only mithra :/

sasuske · Post by **sasuske** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:49 pm

hey i like mithra, but ima elf

soooo [mithra] [elvaan] [fun] [can i have it]

Poge · Post by **Poge** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:06 pm

/slap Sasuske

sasuske · Post by **sasuske** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:11 pm

ouchie

Eviticus · Post by **Eviticus** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:53 pm

First off....is that Gackt I see in your avatar?

Second, as far as I understand it, you can be a memeber of this website. You can feel free to use our resources, and likewise contribute to them. But in the actual game, you cannot posses a MithraPride link pearl. That is the one and only defining trait of our LS and we will keep that going as long as we can.

sasuske · Post by **sasuske** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:57 pm

ummmmmmm gackt huh? no thats cloud from advent children. but w/e ill make my own pearl called ElvaanPride lmao. but yea ill use the site and althought im not in the shell ill glady help people (i like helping out)

<<<<< 46 drg (retired unless you need help)
<<<<< 30 nin (uber gear, and i can help in like bcnm)

Sugarpie · Post by **Sugarpie** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:02 pm

Elvaan? eww >.< uglyness Elvaan and F&U (Fat and Ugly) kinda like me in RL ; ; /cry

but yeah it happens x.x

Post by **Karou Ariyen** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:14 pm

Sugarpie wrote:Elvaan? eww >.< uglyness Elvaan and F&U (Fat and Ugly) kinda like me in RL ; ; /cry

but yeah it happens x.x

HEY! Don't make fun of my Elvaan mate

oh and Sasuke don't try to join ls as non mithra i already tried with my elvaan got me MP Diabolos on my mithra tho

sasuske · Post by **sasuske** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:52 pm

Sugarpie wrote:Elvaan? eww >.< uglyness Elvaan and F&U (Fat and Ugly) kinda like me in RL ; ; /cry

but yeah it happens x.x

uglyness?

no way and were not fat. trust me you need sunglasses to protect your eyes from my sexiness

mozyr · Post by **mozyr** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:53 pm

Aww, I like elves! I'm also getting married to one. Welcome to MP, even if you aren't a Mithra!

-- Sarah

sasuske · Post by **sasuske** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:57 pm

thanks

Eviticus · Post by **Eviticus** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:00 am

To answer the question earlier, Gackt is a singer from a j-pop baned named Malice Mizers I do believe, and he looks -incredilby- like Cloud so much so that some have accused Square of ripping off of his image when making the character cloud.

http://www.ifrance.com/boscoadventure/ff/clod.jpg

Take a look see, or do some googleing.

Post by **Ambrey** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:36 am

Sorry to say, females with football player shoulders are just not sexy in anyway in my book, and in general, all elvaan I have met in my gaming time (over a years worth) on FFXI, elvaan are the most arrogant and ignorant not to mention rude of all the races. I dunno what it is about that race but everyone plays them the same way.

Kopopo · Post by **Kopopo** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:50 am

Eviticus>> Damn, you're right!!

Post by **Alya Mizar (Tsybil)** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:07 am

Ambrey wrote:...in general, all elvaan I have met in my gaming time (over a years worth) on FFXI, elvaan are the most arrogant and ignorant not to mention rude of all the races. I dunno what it is about that race but everyone plays them the same way.

Not so. I have met many who play the truly noble Elvaan. One of my best friends on Garuda is one such.

Zeph · Post by **Zeph** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:17 am

I am also an Elvaan man.

First off, allow me to apologize for any bad experiences some of you may have had with my so-called 'brethren.' I assure you we're not all arrogant and ignorant. Frankly, I've seen too much racial prejudice in Vana'diel, and I've no tolerance for it. I've met my fair share of arrogant and ignorant Mithra, but I do not judge all Mithra from these few individuals. I ask that you do the same in regards to other races.

Judgment should be based not on one's appearance, but on one's integrity. This includes even the Beastmen. I've friends among the little Tarutaru, the imposing Galka, the Humes, and of course Mithra. Heck, I'm romantically involved with one. If you don't find a race 'attractive,' then fine. Beauty is, after all, subjective. But please do not spout rude and demeaning comments about a group of people because they do not fit the narrow mold that is your concept of attractiveness.

Finally, I would also like to extend an apology for every Elvaan man who has ever worn a subligar. I never have, and never will (Bone, Beetle, etc. doesn't count.) I like wearing pants, thank you very much.

/bow

~Zeph

Addendum. Tetsuya Nomura, artist for the more recent FF games, seems to be considerably influenced by J-pop, particularly Gackt. Hence why Cloud resembles him. Squall Leonheart's clothing is supposedly based on a leather outfit Gackt once wore during a concert. I like Nomura's character designs, but his heroes keep getting more and more androgynous...

Eviticus · Post by **Eviticus** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:20 am

Oddly enough, me and 2 friends are actually role-playing with our FFXI characters. They just started, lvl 9 Thf and Rdm from Sandy. A Hume and an Elvaan. Anyways, the Elvaan is Sanzo from Saiyuki. Oddly enough, Sanzo is a very arrogent character, so she plays a very arrogent Elvaan. This is, though, the only arrogant elvaan I have met thus. Other then that, attitudes are evenly distributed from what I see.

P.S., Androgeny can be a good thing.

mozyr · Post by **mozyr** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:36 am

/applaud Zeph

Just because most people play Mithras like whores on my server and give them a bad reputation as such, doesn't mean we're all like that.

-- Sarah

Post by **Shirai** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:21 am

A few of my best friends are Elvaan,
so I welcome you with open arms.

Tho I must agree on some Elvaan players being rude and snobby...
And some just plain STUPID!!

But that are just some.

sasuske · Post by **sasuske** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:43 pm

http://www.ifrance.com/boscoadventure/ff/clod.jpg
LMAO

anyways yea i admit some elvaans are arrotgartnhgjh and such but w/e. im not, im just sexy and god [fact] lol. yay but there is a lot of racial prediduce in the game agaisnt elvaans

oh well maybe all the elvaans should just stop tanking or dealing increadible damage

. but hey its just a game, some people just act differently on games.

Post by **Yukira** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:23 pm

mozyr wrote:/applaud Zeph

Just because most people play Mithras like whores on my server and give them a bad reputation as such, doesn't mean we're all like that.

-- Sarah

*_* You mean Siren?! Seems like I've luckily avoided that kind of encounters.

Although Mithra get a lot of attention (why is it almost always a Galka in my case?), usually just making some things clear with a player like that is sufficient to stop it. If that doesn't do the trick, I'll reveal them I'm a male player...this is when it most certainly will stop.

Ryerya · Post by **Ryerya** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:49 pm

[quote]I'll reveal them I'm a male player...this is when it most certainly will stop. --Yukira

LOL, that has certainly helped stem the unwanted display of affection in this game. I have played with both polite and rude players in general, and I have to agree that you can't judge a race by its cover... err book by its color... ummm you get the point hehe

Prrsha · Post by **Prrsha** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:17 pm

Elvaan rub me the wrrrong way, esp elvaan NPCs. That Elvaan NPC in Khazam from Sandy Oreo needs a good /slapping.

mozyr · Post by **mozyr** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:27 pm

Yukira said:

*_* You mean Siren?! Seems like I've luckily avoided that kind of encounters.

Yes. On Siren server (I will leave out names), there was an actual brothel being run by a Hume and a Mithra (they're boyfriend and girlfriend in real life) out of the Lion's Perch (or whatever the heck the pub is called in Southern San d'Oria). It was a Mithra only brothel. And, yes, people could (and did) pay to cyber with Mithras until they got shut down by a GM and had their IDs temporarily suspended (the only way I know anything about this is because we were all on the same LS together, and my friend and I wound up booting them off the LS once we found out what was going on).

The Elvaan I'm marrying in game -- God, does he play an elf well! He's so proud (not stuck up -- just proud of his heritage) that I just want to smack him sometimes. But he fights for the honor of San d'Oria and for the honor of his love, so it's all good. Mozyr can turn him into a gooey puddle of sentimental Elvaan mush just by smiling at him. It's so fun to watch this really tall, proud elf get all weak in the knees because someone's smiling at him. He's toned down his proudness and arrogance a lot since he's been around her and, well, she's not Elvaan. So he really can't hate other races. He's always willing to help others -- even if he's in the middle of doing something he really wants to do (like hitting 25 with his BLM), if someone needs help all the way across Vana'diel, he will drop everything to help them.

I think we also seem to be forgetting the fact that Mithras are kind of like the Amazon warriors of the game. They're a strict, matriarchal society and while they do have that playful/caring streak to them -- they come from a society of hardened warriors who shunned them for moving to more cushy parts of Vana'diel. Whenever I actually RP Mozyr, she tends to be very militaristic since she was born and partially raised in Kazham before her mother got called out to San d'Oria. In San d'Oria, she was raised by a very tough old Elvaan bird named Celestiahne (my best friend IRL). She's not very playful, and tends not to get along with other Mithras who she thinks have lost and/or forgotten where they've come from. I guess you could go so far as to say she's a self-hating Mithra, because other Mithras really have to prove their worth to her, moreso than any other race. She still hates Humes more than Mithras because of the way they treat the Galka. That and I've noticed on Siren server at least, all the a$$hats seem to come out of Bastok. It's sad.

Aside: (This makes it somewhat easier for me to get "good" people on the Mithra Pride LS there since I refuse to just invite random people just because they're Mithras or whatever. It's sort of a screening process, I guess. Cuts down on possible drama. I've been a member of way too many now-broken LSes because the LS sack holder invited everyone and their grandmother to join.)

I mean, Mozyr is playful, but if she sees a Mithra doing something degrading (like acting like a whore in front of the AH, which happens every time I'm in front of it, I swear), she will lay the smack down. Of course most of the time when she's in front of the LS, I forget to equip her armor, so I'm guilty of doing that, too. LOL

Yeah, I know it's just a game. I just take roleplaying seriously. So...yeah. Not all Elvaan are horrible, proud, arrogant fxxxtards, and not all Mithra are happy-go-lucky playful little things. I know of a few Mithra on Siren who play out their characters the same way I do -- they are cute balls of fluff, but they can be very dark, proud, self-righteous, and mean. Just don't forget the fact that there are actual people behind those characters, and they have feelings just like the rest of us.

Yukira said:

Although Mithra get a lot of attention (why is it almost always a Galka in my case?), usually just making some things clear with a player like that is sufficient to stop it.

I have a hume after me right now. I'm like, "See that Phalanx ring up on my bazaar for the max amount? That was made by MY Red Mage. MY Elvaan. It means TAKEN." He...doesn't get it. /sigh Mithra do get a lot of attention, though. I'm not going to complain about that.

Yukira said:

If that doesn't do the trick, I'll reveal them I'm a male player...this is when it most certainly will stop.

Oy. Yeah, I can't do that since I'm not a male player, and I can't lie (even about stupid things like that -- I feel really bad doing it).

Anyways, tired of typing. Going back to reading AZ Revised Statutes now.

-- Sarah

mozyr · Post by **mozyr** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:28 pm

Prrsha, I agree. I slap that guy every time I'm in Kazham. We don't need to be "saved" by Altana. *rolls her eyes* The next time I go to Kazham, I'll be sure to slap him once (or a few times) for you.

-- Sarah

Prrsha · Post by **Prrsha** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:38 pm

Post by **Yukira** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:16 am

Well, here's a little something I wrote about my character, Yukira...enjoy/be bored to death

:

Yukira was born 19 years ago in Kazham but due to circumstances she can't remember, she moved to Windurst with her mother, when she was only a few years old. She never knew her father, though she never really cared about that. All that mattered to her, was that her mother was there for her.

Yukira's childhood was generally happy and she made many friends with Tarutaru and Mithra children. Her mother, who was a Samurai, joined one of the Mithran mercenary companies protecting Windurst. When about 10 years old, Yukira became very interested in the ideals of 'Bushido'. Of course she had a very naive view of it like protecting friends, killing evil things, getting fame and stuff like that. Alltogether a 'black and white', 'good and evil' -view of the world familiar to many other hot-headed youngsters. At this stage she slowly spent less and less time with her Tarutaru friends (who already had had their share of her energetic personality and playful pranks). They never really stopped being friends; it just happened so that the Tarutaru began concentrating on learning magic skills, while Yukira and her Mithran friends trained together the art of swordsmanship so you could say they kind of 'grew apart' from eachother.

While nearing adulthood, Yukira and her Mithran friends' playing together became dangerous as they would sometimes sneak out of the safety of the city at night to do real combat with weak monsters near Windurst. Their parents would not permit it until they were of age. Fighting against tiny Mandragoras and Bumblebees was of course good training for the young Mithras but one thing, that would ultimately haunt Yukira perhaps for the rest of her life was that when fighting a monster, she and her friends would not kill it outright. They would cruelly toy with it like a cat plays with a mouse, often causing needless agony upon it. They didn't do it for sadistic pleasure. It was only pure and innocent fun to them, lacking the understanding at the time that even monsters are living beings able to suffer, to feel pain and fear like everyone else. On one such occasion on a moonlight night, they learned that lesson.

They were heading back home from their nightly hunt. They had ventured farther from Windy than before, but that didn't really bother any of them. Actually they were getting pretty good so perhaps it was a little bit of overconfidence in their own abilities. Besides, the walls of Windurst were already on sight, though far away. Yukira felt happy. She had had great time with her friends and none of them had been wounded, some minor scratches unaccounted for. The stars where shining brightly and the full moon was just beautiful. Nightair was cool and felt really refreshing after working up so much sweat. Her companions' laughter mingled with her own as they joked about a goblin they had taken by surprise. It had no chance against them as they stabbed and cut it from behind before it could react to the threat. Of course they didn't cut too deep, so they could keep playing with it. It had lasted a long, good time. Yukira was still within her thoughts as she noticed her companions' laughter had ceased abruptly.

The youngest of us, Nahoko, was staring to the direction we came from, her ears twitching occasionally. "I think I saw something behind those rocks over therrre." she said. I didn't see nor hear anything though. "We'rrre nearing Windy alrrready, I don't think anything will dare to follow us therrre. As a matterrr of fact, I don't think anything would dare to follow US!" answered Tarara, the oldest of us and like an older sister to me. Others sometimes teased Tarara because of her Taru-like name, but she always just laughed heartily with them. "Let's run to the wall! The last one therrre is a furry Galka!" said Tarara. We began running together laughing on the way. I saw from her face that Tarara was concerned because she didn't laugh with us anymore and she glanced behind us every now and then. Nahoko and Fumi didn't seem to notice anything though. Then the first arrow flew past us and hit a tree only a few feet to my left with a loud thudd. Nahoko and Fumi seemed surprised and quit their laughing realizing they were in real danger now. Tarara moved behind us covering us with her shield and shouted "Goblins! Rrrun like you've never rrrun before!" . "They'll neverrr catch us, their legs are too short!" I said chukling while running. "True. This will be fun though!" answered Tarara. More arrows flew, nowhere near us though. Nahoko and Fumi were smiling now too "Hah! Lousy shots. They can't hit us!". And still we laughed while running, despite of the situation. Then I felt something painfully strike my back with a force. Somehow my legs didn't obey me anymore and I started to stumble and fall. Before touching the ground I suddenly realized the terrible pain in my lower back and I cried out. When I hit the ground the pain in my back got unbearable. I had difficulty focusing my eyes and all sounds seemed fuzzy somehow. I felt utterly helpless. I began to cry, tears rolling down my cheek and I was more scared than I had ever been in my life. Not only because of pain, but also because this feeling of helplessness was completely unfamiliar to me. I heard the others shouting something but I couldn't understand anything but the pain and fear. Suddenly someone grabbed me and I was painfully lifted off the ground. "It hurts...hurts...so much!" I cried. I heard Tarara's voice then: "Don't worry Yuki, you'll be allright....you'll be allright." I realized she was crying too as she carried me. I heard Nahoko's and Fumi's concerned voices too. "Tarara! She's bleeding so much!" Then Tarara's voice: "Go get help! Search for a Taru-healer!" I felt really weak now and I began to slip out of consciousness. Last thing I heard was Tarara's crying voice: "No! Yuki, don't...".

I can't focus. All the feelings that I had felt...were they experiencing them too, while we...toyed with them? Is...what? Laughter. Laughter of someone. Tarara? Nahoko? Fumi? ...me? Where? Why can't I see? What is happening? Pain! It's me that's...causing it? How? I laugh. Nowhere. Everywhere. Pain. Fear...I see.

I wake up. I 'm lying on something soft. A bed? Yes, that must be it. "She's awake now." I hear a familiar, high-pitched voice. I'm in my own room. A very old Tarutaru in white robes is at the door speaking to the other side. Then he turns to smile at me. "Feeling better-setter? Don't try to get up yet. You're still weak, although my healingmagic-wagic cured your wound.". "Yuki!" someone cried and was hugging me before I knew it. "Tarara? What happened?" I asked. Tears were rolling down her cheek as Tarara answered: "An arrow hit you....badly. We thought...we thought you wouldn't make it.". "Send for me if you need me later-waiter." the white mage said smiling and stepped out. "I...I'm sorry that I worried you Tarara." I said, silently trying to hold back my tears of joy. She just said: "You silly...just rest and sleep well. I'll be here when you wake up." I let out a sigh of relief and hugged her: "Thank you Tarara...thank you.". I have never slept as well as I did
that day.

Today Yukira remembers well that hard lesson. She understands now that even though combat is often unavoidable with beastmen, you should grant them a quick death as you wish they would to you. She still fears and hates goblins but no longer toys with them in battle. Nahoko and Fumi still stay in Windurst acting as mercenaries there. Tarara left Windy at the same time as Yukira did, about two months ago, to explore the world. They swore to eachother, that they would meet again there after a year and tell about their adventures so far.

Yukira has pursued the fighting arts since leaving Windy and now more than ever, wants to become a Samurai like her mother was. Recently she has also started learning the art of healing as a white mage, remembering the Tarutaru, who saved her life years ago. He died of old age a while after Yukira was saved and she still sometimes mourns his loss. Sometimes roaming the countryside as a white mage, helping those in need, she truly enjoys making others smile with all her heart. Generally Yukira is still as energetic, playful and full of smile as she was earlier, but sometimes, just sometimes she falls silent and stays alone with a sad look on her face.

Post by **Shirai** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:52 am

Prrsha wrote:Elvaan rub me the wrrrong way, esp elvaan NPCs. That Elvaan NPC in Khazam from Sandy Oreo needs a good /slapping.

I slap him every time I see him...
He will never convert me!

sasuske · Post by **sasuske** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:18 pm

you think you get rubed the wrong way

man out of know where taru's start jumping on my leg and doing weird things to it. maybe i should be careful when wearing subligar

mozyr · Post by **mozyr** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:28 pm

Love the story, Yukira. Whenever I play Mozyr as a Dark Knight, she just sits there and continually casts Bio II on things to watch them die slowly. When she's in a really bad mood. Which she's been in quite a bit, lately.

And I slapped that Elvaan guy in Kazham twice last night. My Elvaan mentor and her husband got mad at me. Then I reminded them that I don't follow Altana. Ha ha.

The only thing he's good for is the Teleport-Yhoat quest, anyways.

-- Sarah

Rinaah · Post by **Rinaah** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:26 pm

The Elvaan feed my furry butt. I am a Sandy cat and proud to be one. I ignore their ugliness because they give me money and treats..