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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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  • Alright you all, how visible is my new PFP? I need eyes other than my own for this, and I can't tell if I need to tweak it or not. Can you all tell what it is?

    here's a picture of my cat so this post actually has substance. She has a habit of not eating, which she's practicing right now.

    :::

    • It's a gorl with trans looking flag

      • YES IT WORKS lets-fucking-go

        Specifically it's Hapi from Fire Emblem: Three Houses with the demigirl flag (even tho she's cis, I'm not). As long as you see that it's an individual and a flag though

        • holy shit, i forgot there was dlc for fe3h

        • On the demigirl grind.

          Great flag. Feels good to say, too.

          Demi demi demi~

          • demigirl, demisexual, what's next, demigod?

            Does feel good to say, ironically enough I've ended up full circle in my gender identity. This is what I thought I was when my egg first cracked, guess I should have just stayed the course. I guess I'll see how I feel in a month, right now I just feel like I've synthesized my desires into a coherent label, it could very well change. It is also a good flag, I like how the pink pops, but not too much.

            edit: looks horrible on hyfetch though. I guess I could use the transfemme colors, very corally

    • Also trying a new browser workflow. Hexbear is now a dedicated web app on my linux desktop, and I'm trying out the mullvad browser for accountless stuff, and, (fae inhales, preparing for the worst, before releasing a sigh of defeat) Brave for my accounts, including the Hexbear web app. I will say, it definetly runs smoother like this...

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