Final Fantasy XIV, Part 15 (Last Wednesday Night)

Last Wednesday night, five of the Mighty Owlbears banded together and fought against some elder primals. Sephirot and Sophia were up first. I know these graphics are a bit dated and other people have ooooh'd and aaaah'd over this already, but hey, it's my first time, all right? So I'm gonna slather praise on these gorgeous boss demons. Sick stuff. Check it out.

Truffle, Glock, and Worfina stand strong against Sephirot

And as badass as he was, Sophia just straight up tops him in every sense of the word. Rawr.

We killed the third demon guy, too, but honestly, I wasn't as impressed by him. Just take my word for it that we killed him and saved the world. From there, we went on to explore Alexander - Fist of the Father, and while that's a pretty strange and evocative name on one hand, on the other, it also sounds kinda dumb. But I digress. Screenshots, speak for me!

I'm starting to feel desensitized to how awesome all this stuff is. Remember back in March when I wrote extensively about an NPC I dubbed Evil George Washington? I was positively enchanted by his tricorn hat and sideburns. Now, as I'm looking at all these Voltron robot bosses and hologram mandalas and cities built inside of giant robots, I'm finding myself writing things like, "Yeah, so, this was pretty neat, there were robots and goblins and we just sorta ran in and kicked their asses."

I really wish that some of these dope holograms and robot-bosses would've shown up before I was 300+ hours into this game. Hey, James Fantasy, creator of Final Fantasy XIV, if you're listening? Maybe instead of killing goobbues in one of those random forest zones around level 30, we could've gone inside the hologram manadala thing instead? Would've had more emotional impact. Just a suggestion.

Anyway, after a hard day of adventure, Drippy and Aericka went to her new apartment for a while and hung out. She hasn't got her hot tub installed just yet, but I like her choice of posters and quality table decorum. And she lives near the beach so like, we can just run outside and go for a night swim whenever we want. Really, it was the perfect end to a delightful day.

On that note: It's summer, now, and I'm playing a lot less Final Fantasy than I was when the weather was chilly and the days were short. Other games have grabbed my attention, lately, too, like Sea of Thieves and Hunt: Showdown and, of course, some variety or another of D&D. So, this will likely be my last Final Fantasy update for a while... I still love the game, but like I said above, I can feel myself becoming desensitized to all the awesomeness, and that's simply not what I'm about. Gotta savor it, and not rush through one thing simply to reach another. After all, 

“There are a thousand reasons to live this life, every one of them is sufficient.”

― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

(For the record, I have no idea who Marilynne Robinson is. I just wanted to end with a snappy highbrow quote. And since I've essentially ruined that now...)

"Oh, do not look at me so. A smile better suits a hero..."