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that damned Solovey.

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valya / scoundrel. final fantasy, bioshock, far cry, &c.

the worst consequence of the pandemic was how sea shanties went from being like a lame dad kind of thing to a decidedly pansexual flavor of cringe

Imagine letting a bunch of tiktokkers ruin a whole genre for you and deem it “cringe” instead of simply ignoring them and continuing to enjoy music you earnestly love. Couldn’t be me.

imagine getting chased through the desert by a huge beetle and finding a puddle to drink from but you're getting really bad cramps now and jesus man it's so bad it's so bad it's probably gaining on you

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[…] Yes, I know exactly what sort of man you are. Not the man you were, once celebrated in story and song, for he has long since turned to ash. In Meracydia did you claim your glory, seized it with both hands, and for a price no less than death; and when death came to claim you in turn, you stood upon that precipice, gazed into that yawning abyss from which no light, no life can ever escape; and rather than give yourself over to that eternal embrace, much less to allow your memory to pass into legend, what did you do instead? You turned away, and gave yourself over to fear. Yes, that is exactly the sort of man you are, now and I fear forever on. Neither your vaunted strength nor your storied accomplishments shall follow your name into the annals of history; in their place, only cowardice shall remain.

— An excerpt from the personal writings of Damophon, an aetherochemical scholar of some renown during the late Allagan era. The subject of this passage remains a mystery into the modern day, for no record has been found among Damophon’s other works in which he refers to this man by name; some scholars have theorized that Damophon is addressing none other than Emperor Xande himself, but no evidence has yet been found which might support this conclusion.