FINAL FANTASY XIV Grant A Wish Contest Winners

[Sasunaich]

The Grant A Wish Contest has come to an end and we received a multitude of hilarious entries. It was a tough call, but after carefully going through all of them we are proud to announce the winners of the FINAL FANTASY XIV Grant A Wish Contest!

Winners:

• Crysten - Best Wish
• Yugon - Funniest Answer

Congratulations to the both of you and a massive thanks to all of the other participants!

[Thebard]

Only I am funny, how dare you!
Congratulations to the winners.

[TenraiNagi]

Congratulations!

[YUGON]

Thanks!!
and Congratulations Crysten!

[Thebard]

Dear winner this is for you and also all the other winners in FFXIV or as I call them, bastards.

No, no, go not to Lethe, neither twist
Wolf's-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine;
Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss'd
By nightshade, ruby grape of Proserpine;
Make not your rosary of yew-berries,
Nor let the beetle, nor the death-moth be
Your mournful Psyche, nor the downy owl
A partner in your sorrow's mysteries;
For shade to shade will come too drowsily,
And drown the wakeful anguish of the soul.

But when the melancholy fit shall fall
Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud,
That fosters the droop-headed flowers all,
And hides the green hill in an April shroud;
Then glut thy sorrow on a morning rose,
Or on the rainbow of the salt sand-wave,
Or on the wealth of globed peonies;
Or if thy mistress some rich anger shows,
Emprison her soft hand, and let her rave,
And feed deep, deep upon her peerless eyes.

She dwells with Beauty - Beauty that must die;
And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips
Bidding adieu; and aching Pleasure nigh,
Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips:
Ay, in the very temple of Delight
Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran shrine,
Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue
Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine;
His soul shall taste the sadness of her might,
And be among her cloudy trophies hung.

Thebardformerlyknownasjohnkeats.

Enjoy those grapes now yall!

[Crysten]

Just happened to stumble across this just now! Was totally not expecting this! Thanks to the community team and congratulations to Yugon on his scarf also!

[Matsume]

Dear winner this is for you and also all the other winners in FFXIV or as I call them, bastards.

No, no, go not to Lethe, neither twist
Wolf's-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine;
Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss'd
By nightshade, ruby grape of Proserpine;
Make not your rosary of yew-berries,
Nor let the beetle, nor the death-moth be
Your mournful Psyche, nor the downy owl
A partner in your sorrow's mysteries;
For shade to shade will come too drowsily,
And drown the wakeful anguish of the soul.

But when the melancholy fit shall fall
Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud,
That fosters the droop-headed flowers all,
And hides the green hill in an April shroud;
Then glut thy sorrow on a morning rose,
Or on the rainbow of the salt sand-wave,
Or on the wealth of globed peonies;
Or if thy mistress some rich anger shows,
Emprison her soft hand, and let her rave,
And feed deep, deep upon her peerless eyes.

She dwells with Beauty - Beauty that must die;
And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips
Bidding adieu; and aching Pleasure nigh,
Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips:
Ay, in the very temple of Delight
Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran shrine,
Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue
Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine;
His soul shall taste the sadness of her might,
And be among her cloudy trophies hung.

Thebardformerlyknownasjohnkeats.

Enjoy those grapes now yall!

In response:

We the Lalafell of Lalapalooza (Lindblum), in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Lalafell of Lalapalooza (Lindblum).

When in the Course of Eorzean events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of Eorzea, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's Gods entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of Eorzean Citizens requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Lalafell are created equal, that they are endowed by The Twelve with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Linkshells are instituted among Eorzeans, deriving their just powers from the consent of its members, — That whenever any Linkshell becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Linkshells, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Linkshells long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that Lalakind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to retire such Linkshells, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

We, therefore, the Lalafell of Lalapalooza (Lindblum), in General Chat, Assembled, appealing to The Twelve of Eorzea for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of this Linkshell, solemnly publish and declare, That these Lalafell are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the Garlean Empire, and that all political connection between them and the State of Garlemald, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent Lalafell, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent Lalafell may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of The Twelve's divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

Let us Unite, for the greater good of all Lalafell, One for all and all for One!