I hate Valentine’s Day. Every year it’s some overly cringy Hallmark expression of ‘love’ that equates real human feelings to gifts, love hearts, chocolates, and absolutely dreadful romantic comedies. Even the best PC games have been lured into this sugar-coated, rose-tinted world, offering a vast array of different Valentine’s cosmetics for players to pick up to twin with their in-game crush. This year, though, the FFXIV Valentine’s event finally broke that mould.

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