Final Fantasy XI
Final Fantasy XI is the eleventh numbered installment in the… Okay, you know what it is, I’m just going to tell you about one of the storylines!
During the Wings of the Goddess expansion, adventurers will be sent back in time to experience the events of the Crystal War, a cataclysmic event that is the foundation for conflicts of the modern-day timeline. Should an adventurer choose to serve the Kingdom of San d’Oria, they will be immersed in the story of the Young Griffons—a group of children who would see themselves knights, many of whom grow into prominent characters later in life.
Among the Young Griffons, the player will find Bistillot, a shy boy who doesn’t like to be seen. With his penchant for engineering, shy demeanor, and lack of combat potential, Bistillot prefers to spend his time inside of an orcish war machine that he was able to repair to working condition.
He is often seen before he is heard, with his signature phrase, “HAAAALLOOOOOOOOO” being used to hail the adventurer. Through the course of the story, Bistillot finds his way, even contributing to the war effort with his engineering skills.
However, when another member of the Young Griffons is kidnapped and taken to the present day, the adventurer must return to the present day and reunite with the Young Griffons’ present selves! The adventurer’s first contact in the present day is Bistillot. When the adventurer hears the signature “HAAAALLOOOOOOO,” Bistillot approaches the player, but what the player sees is… a woman?? She introduces herself as Bostilette, a “friend of Bistillot.”
After the rescue mission, Bostilette comes clean. She is, of course, the very same Bistillot who was a little boy twenty years earlier. She explains that she was very sick as a baby, so her parents gave her a boy’s name so that she would be stronger and survive the illness. Once she overcame the illness, she was comfortable to reclaim her name and gender. Well, that closes the book on that story, except… I’ve decided that’s bullshit!
I have unilaterally decided that Bostilette is trans, the sickness she had was dysphoria, she stayed in the orcish war machine because she was an egg, and I hope you all agree!
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I posted this before probably, but I am in love with this fucking site http://www.pronouns.failedslacker.com/ if you haven't seen it, it has snippets from books and it puts you in as one of the characters, you put in pronouns and it basically writes about you in the third person. You can see how you feel about them.
But it does make sense wrt conceptually/practical usage ... I kinda feel the same way. The first time I hear someone refer to me as fae/faer I will be confused, lol, since I'm so used to she/her after 15 years of transition. But seeing it in typing just makes me go :3 and I can't really describe the feeling!!
It's like ... idk, there's something special about the fact that I chose them, they sound nice, and people are validating me by using them.
I know that a lot of people don't feel this way, but I don't think they/them is really for me. I find it kind of clinical (to be clear, only when used on me, I have zero problems using it on other people!!) and ambiguous, like it's saying nothing about me, but I want a positive statement about me from my pronouns. And, I think more people should take neopronouns (I'm trying to nudge my cis partner in this direction too :3) because idk I kinda love the idea of people having a way to express themselves so clearly through the speech of others, that's fucking awesome as it's like they best kind of allyship. I love hearing about everyone's pronouns and why they chose them and what they mean to them, you know?
All that said ... I don't know if I'll ever push people to use them, most people she/her me as-is which is fine, but less exciting. Maybe neopronouns are symbolic for me of me embracing an enby identity.
Edit: I'm not sure if this ramble made any sense to you, lol, sorry if not.
Also: I have finally decided on my Secret Pronouns, following up from the last thread, lol. I think it's it/its but only if you're cool and you're not using it in a dehumanizing way and we're tight and only sometimes.
Sorry for the slow reply, been very busy in the Democratic Kittens Republic of My House
Your ramble made total sense to me and tyvm for the link, that's a really neat site
Your house sounds magical and no prob!
Ahhhhhh sofjenwogiebxb they are so cute omfg
Realized you can't see Curly's face in that one
Gah so cute I want to watch them do their cat activities (cativities?)
I journaled for a few days in the third person with neopronouns. Was kinda fun. I use they/them for others by default but find it boring on myself.
Pet names with extra steps/j
Journalling in the third person is a good idea! I might try that!
Also the pet names with extra steps made me laugh lol
I like to try to study myself like a scientist but it got a little weird not referring to a name (besides subject) because I don’t particularly identify with a name and it’s weird writing it anyway. For all other time I have used second person perspective to sort of self criticize and give suggestions from a more objective seeming lense.
Yeah I think I'd be weird writing my own name in third person personal writing too. Kinda feels too detached for me.
Ah, but is it detached enough?