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@x-inay

Rumor Has It! A Harbor Herald Exclusive!

((Should you happen to pick up this particular issue of Limsa Lominsa’s widely-circulated tabloid newspaper of fine repute, you’ll notice a submission column.)) Evenin’, me lovelies! How strange it is to write that greeting; I typically do not write in my clan’s dialect. Still, anything for an attention grabber, and I do need your attention!

Yes, you! The one about to use this paper to line your fat cat’s litterbox!

The Harbor Herald is seeking to put its ear to the ground, as it were, and we will be publishing a Rumor Has It column once a sennight or so. Please submit anonymously any rumors you think the Realm must hear. These will be published once there are enough fit for the ink on this paper—and your beloved cat’s bum.

 Editor’s Note: Any names that are signed to submissions will be included in the column, so sign wisely!

((OOC Info: Please submit any rumors you’d like to be spread around via my askbox! I will publish them when there’s enough to do so. This is a good place to introduce a shady character in the Quicksand, perhaps, or a bit of good-natured drama between characters! Reblogs are highly encouraged; let’s make something fun! @crystalxivrp​))

He flomp He chomp But most importantly He do angry stomp stomp

via tiktok/@kyuutpie

@x-inay when Link be mad lol

Kitten nest

@x-inay

Share your inner cow bell. Relish those who accept you. Forgive those who don’t. Joy.

The Lucky Sparrow Entertainment Troupe Experience, 11/10

I always, always adore going to these shows. I am a huge closet (well, not so closeted now) fan of LUCKY and I have been for a long time. These are some screens I managed to grab of their latest show and am posting with permission. It was tricky to get some of these because I couldn’t ‘lock on’ with Gpose, but I think they turned out fairly well.

Please keep up the great work @luckysparrowffxiv​, I so very much look forward to the magic and fun you provide at all of your events.

What you do is very, very special.

Ok, I’m not a big fan of these kinds of posts, but lately, I’m becoming more and more disheartened so I need to know if you’re out there. 

Please reblog this post if you are willing to write with ‘un-shippable’ muses. 

I’m talking about those muses who are perhaps elderly, who are married/taken and not liable to affairs, muses who are asexual/aromantic, or even just muses whose muns don’t really want to ship. 

While I’m always happy that anyone would want to write with me, sadly, over time I have realised that my older/married/ace muses are very rarely (virtually never) requested. So please share this on your blog so that people know they can throw their muses at you who are not going to wind up in ships or with smut threads. 

Lucky Gifs - 10/13/2019  (5 of 5) - Ellmida Performing Phantom of the Opera

Some short gifs taken at their last show. I can’t believe I forgot to post these!

Another amazing show with @mai-takeda​!

@luckysparrowffxiv​ @ivyffxiv​

Lucky Gifs - 10/13/2019  (1 of 5) - During the Performance

Some short gifs taken at their last show. I can’t believe I forgot to post these!

Another amazing show with @mai-takeda!

@luckysparrowffxiv @ivyffxiv

Had the pleasure of drawing this incredible and musically talented miqo’te

Go see her preform at one of the @luckysparrowffxiv events twice a month! You won’t regret it

I LOVE HER ART JGXJTZJGXKHF! SO CUTE! HOLY CRAP!

Reblog if your rp partners (and followers) are great writers and you love each and every one of their portrayals!

OMG, you all know who you are and I <3 you guys!

So much yes

@ziyo-yo

🌊 The Lucky Boat Show 🐳

Lucky Sparrow has TWO shows this month too, both ready to sail!

Every time 5th Astral rolls around, the Lucky crew gets quite excited to rock- the proverbial boat. Come join our scallywag lot down at the Lucky Sparrow’s Lavender Hall on Sunday, September 15th and/or Sunday, September 29th at 6:00pm EST. The shows will set sail at 6:30pm EST, don’t miss out!

Balmung Server, Lavender Beds, Ward 16, Plot 36

**For those with older computers, we suggest you seat yourselves in the front as to lower the chance of items despawning in the show space.**

There is no OOC entrance fee. We do not require any in-game gil for admission. All gil is requested IC. Donations are much appreciated and put towards renovating our venue and future shows, but not obligated. We most enjoy sharing a night of excitement and music with everyone!

We hope to see you there!

🍀Stay Lucky!🍀

The poster features @ehrinrae getting some revenge on @ellmida for always teasing her about the one Lucky Boat show she’s missed.

🍀 Lucky Sparrow Entertainment Troupe 🍀 general info | staff & recruitment | posters

Other Balmung related events can be found at @balmungrpcalendar ! 💖

Tonight!

i hate @dukeofishgard for this

tbh this is false andi should be ashamed of making it because this implies sato is at some point satisfied with the amount of dick in his life and that’s blatantly not true.

to the people who complain about performance RP;

Forgive the mild rant, but I was a bit baffled by various complaints about performances, so I figured I’d shed some light on the ones I’ve heard lately.

Understandable.

But also, consider this. We’re looking for something that gets people on their feet, gets them interested in listening. Unfortunately, by today’s musical standards, a riveting baroque ballad on a lute doesn’t quite slap like it used to back in the 1600′s. Don’t get me wrong. They’re still beautiful pieces, but they don’t always convey the intended message to a crowd with modern conventional thinking.

Not only that, but there’s only so many studio-recorded covers of modern songs played on ancient instruments that exist on YouTube, believe me. Once upon a time, I thought I was going to exclusively play oud and lute pieces. I quickly realized how unrealistic that was.

Besides, most of us actually try pretty hard to make our instruments make sense in the XIV universe with things like magical amplification and sound distortion. Take a breath, put down the lore book and suspend your disbelief for three minutes at a time to simply listen. This is supposed to be fun.

Also, here’s a polite reminder that Allag exists.

First of all, listen to yourself say that again and tell me that’s not incredibly callous to say about someone’s hard work. We put hours into agonizingly re-writing these songs to make them XIV-relevant, macro-ing them, and practicing them until our timing is flawless. Remember that, please.

Second, yes. This, in the real-world music industry, is called a “genre” and it’s generally where all songs of a similar style fit into. But sarcasm aside, performers often operate in the genres that they themselves enjoy. We apologize for not having the same taste as you in advance, and hope that instead of complaining, you’ll find something you like in the songs that we bring to you. Or you can just kindly mute until the next song comes on.

And because it takes us so long to prepare these songs and we’re not professional songwriters, nor paid to do this: Yes, you’re going to see some of the same songs over again while we work on new material. That’s probably because we, the performers, REALLY like them and are proud of our work enough to want to show it to everyone we possibly can. I’m not going to apologize for that. Not even sarcastically.

If every performance feels the same to you, perhaps you’re not looking very closely into the song and what it means to the performer. All of us performers hand-pick those songs to say something to the listener, or simply to bring you a good show.

Tick off /yell chat and stick to your RP, or simply RP elsewhere. We won’t mind. We’re here to tell a story. We’re here for the people that want to watch, mingle, and/or cheer us on.

But do us all a favor and keep the complaints to yourself.

As someone who is both a musician IRL and enjoys other people’s creative IC performances very much, I support all of this. These performers aren’t just copy-pasting lyrics; there’s a ton of innovation, dynamism, and visuals that bring their FFXIV song covers to life. If you’re going to attend a performance event, I think it’s not only polite but beneficial to really pay attention to what these people do; it’s good for the spotlight to be on others from time to time, I promise. It will give your character something to be inspired by and grow from (even if that is the character not liking the music, though that’s always kinda eyeroll-inducing to me, but you do you).

A lot of great points above.  The players behind performing characters do put a lot of time, effort, heart, and soul into what they bring to the stage.  It’s not a simple matter of slapping pasted lyrics up on the screen, at least not anymore.  That worked several years ago, but with the tools we have in game now, we can do so much more than what we could when some of us first started way back in early ARR.  Back then, it still took time, but less than it does now, to cobble something together.  Performance RP has evolved by leaps and bounds since 2013. It’s always a challenge and, sometimes, it can feel very competitive. Most performances, or their venues, give some idea ahead of time as to who will be performing, so you can reasonably tell whether it’s someone you want to see or not, if you’re familiar with them or their content.  Consider this before going to a show.  If you’re not sure about how someone performs, ask around.  Someone is bound to have some idea since a great many performers are now veterans of the in-game stage.  And if they’re not, give the newer ones a chance. We all had to start somewhere, and we all had (and still have) our teachable moments.  As far as justifying various sounds and instruments, as the OP pointed out, Allag left a lot of stuff behind.  Skysteel Manufactory is a thing. Garlemald is also a thing.  Defectors, stolen tech, and black markets are a thing. Airships and even SUBMARINES are available to free companies, both of which are powered by Ceruleum.  Aetherial wheels are common in FC houses, and these collect aether for various purposes.  Orchestrions exist! And no one needs to sit there and constantly turn a crank to make them play, they’re powered somehow!   They also have a means of projecting sound built into them, otherwise what’s the point? What about Mammets and magitek light rods? All of these things exist in the game.  Players and performers have everything they could possibly need to bring more advanced instruments and devices into performances.  Yes, FFXIV can be considered a “high fantasy” setting, but there is no shortage of technology, and the game has been around long enough that all those resources could have easily leaked into plenty of accessible markets by now.  So you can try and make the point all you want that electric guitars and synth sounds don’t fit into the game. Call them Electrum guitars of you don’t like the word electric, or even Levin-powered.  Anything and everything is possible, and all of these elements have been a regular part of Final Fantasy as a franchise forever.  If you have trouble stomaching that, you’re probably playing the wrong game.

P.S. It costs you nothing to let people play however they want.

Interior Design Commissions

Hello all! This is West O’hteco from Balmung and I love housing design!  I’m opening [5] spots for room critiques and/or decor commissions.

If you are interested in joining the queue: Feel free to shoot me a private message or add me on Discord! West#2786 We can chat specifics and you’ll be added!

I look forward to helping you!

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