diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/ClientState.cs b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/ClientState.cs
index da9873d8d..5101657ba 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/ClientState.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/ClientState.cs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ internal sealed class ClientState : IInternalDisposableService, IClientState
             ConditionFlag.NormalConditions,
             ConditionFlag.Jumping,
             ConditionFlag.Mounted,
-            ConditionFlag.UsingParasol]);
+            ConditionFlag.UsingFashionAccessory]);
 
         blockingFlag = blockingConditions.FirstOrDefault();
         return blockingFlag == 0;
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Text/Evaluator/SeStringEvaluator.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Text/Evaluator/SeStringEvaluator.cs
index 7003893ff..b9633d6e3 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Text/Evaluator/SeStringEvaluator.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Text/Evaluator/SeStringEvaluator.cs
@@ -939,9 +939,7 @@ internal class SeStringEvaluator : IServiceType, ISeStringEvaluator
 
                 if (p.Type == ReadOnlySePayloadType.Text)
                 {
-                    context.Builder.Append(
-                        context.CultureInfo.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(p.Body.Span)));
-
+                    context.Builder.Append(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(p.Body.Span).ToUpper(true, true, false, context.Language));
                     continue;
                 }
 
diff --git a/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/Data/Widgets/NounProcessorWidget.cs b/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/Data/Widgets/NounProcessorWidget.cs
index bc0bd0ac9..3cb5d3242 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/Data/Widgets/NounProcessorWidget.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/Data/Widgets/NounProcessorWidget.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using Dalamud.Game.Text.Noun.Enums;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 
 using ImGuiNET;
+
 using Lumina.Data;
 using Lumina.Excel;
 using Lumina.Excel.Sheets;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Interface.Internal.Windows.Data.Widgets;
 internal class NounProcessorWidget : IDataWindowWidget
 {
     /// <summary>A list of German grammatical cases.</summary>
-    internal static readonly string[] GermanCases = ["Nominative", "Genitive", "Dative", "Accusative"];
+    internal static readonly string[] GermanCases = [string.Empty, "Nominative", "Genitive", "Dative", "Accusative"];
 
     private static readonly Type[] NounSheets = [
         typeof(Aetheryte),
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ internal class NounProcessorWidget : IDataWindowWidget
                         GrammaticalCase = grammaticalCase,
                     };
                     var output = nounProcessor.ProcessNoun(nounParams).ExtractText().Replace("\"", "\\\"");
-                    var caseParam = language == ClientLanguage.German ? $"(int)GermanCases.{GermanCases[grammaticalCase]}" : "1";
+                    var caseParam = language == ClientLanguage.German ? $"(int)GermanCases.{GermanCases[grammaticalCase + 1]}" : "1";
                     sb.AppendLine($"new(nameof(LSheets.{sheetType.Name}), {this.rowId}, ClientLanguage.{language}, {this.amount}, (int){articleTypeEnumType.Name}.{Enum.GetName(articleTypeEnumType, articleType)}, {caseParam}, \"{output}\"),");
                 }
             }
diff --git a/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/Data/Widgets/SeStringCreatorWidget.cs b/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/Data/Widgets/SeStringCreatorWidget.cs
index 92e57ddac..2175b8be1 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/Data/Widgets/SeStringCreatorWidget.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/Data/Widgets/SeStringCreatorWidget.cs
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ internal class SeStringCreatorWidget : IDataWindowWidget
                 ImGui.TextUnformatted(Enum.GetName(articleTypeEnumType, u32));
             }
 
-            if (macroCode is MacroCode.DeNoun && exprIdx == 4 && u32 is >= 0 and <= 3)
+            if (macroCode is MacroCode.DeNoun && exprIdx == 4 && u32 is >= 0 and <= 4)
             {
                 ImGui.SameLine();
                 ImGui.TextUnformatted(NounProcessorWidget.GermanCases[u32]);
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/AutoUpdate/AutoUpdateManager.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/AutoUpdate/AutoUpdateManager.cs
index ce135b947..d40184a76 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/AutoUpdate/AutoUpdateManager.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/AutoUpdate/AutoUpdateManager.cs
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ internal class AutoUpdateManager : IServiceType
             condition.OnlyAny(ConditionFlag.NormalConditions,
                               ConditionFlag.Jumping,
                               ConditionFlag.Mounted,
-                              ConditionFlag.UsingParasol);
+                              ConditionFlag.UsingFashionAccessory);
     }
 
     private bool IsPluginManagerReady()
diff --git a/Dalamud/Utility/StringExtensions.cs b/Dalamud/Utility/StringExtensions.cs
index 50973e338..c28aebab2 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Utility/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Utility/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Text;
+
+using Dalamud.Game;
 
 using FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Client.UI;
 
@@ -10,6 +13,9 @@ namespace Dalamud.Utility;
 /// </summary>
 public static class StringExtensions
 {
+    private static readonly string[] CommonExcludedWords = ["sas", "zos", "van", "nan", "tol", "deus", "mal", "de", "rem", "out", "yae", "bas", "cen", "quo", "viator", "la"];
+    private static readonly string[] EnglishExcludedWords = ["of", "the", "to", "and", "a", "an", "or", "at", "by", "for", "in", "on", "with", "from", .. CommonExcludedWords];
+
     /// <summary>
     /// An extension method to chain usage of string.Format.
     /// </summary>
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ public static class StringExtensions
     public static string StripSoftHyphen(this string input) => input.Replace("\u00AD", string.Empty);
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Truncates the given string to the specified maximum number of characters,  
+    /// Truncates the given string to the specified maximum number of characters,
     /// appending an ellipsis if truncation occurs.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="input">The string to truncate.</param>
@@ -88,4 +94,128 @@ public static class StringExtensions
     {
         return string.IsNullOrEmpty(input) || input.Length <= maxChars ? input : input[..maxChars] + ellipses;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts the input string to uppercase based on specified options like capitalizing the first character,
+    /// normalizing vowels, and excluding certain words based on the selected language.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="input">The input string to be converted to uppercase.</param>
+    /// <param name="firstCharOnly">Whether to capitalize only the first character of the string.</param>
+    /// <param name="everyWord">Whether to capitalize the first letter of each word.</param>
+    /// <param name="normalizeVowels">Whether to normalize vowels to uppercase if they appear at the beginning of a word.</param>
+    /// <param name="language">The language context used to determine which words to exclude from capitalization.</param>
+    /// <returns>A new string with the appropriate characters converted to uppercase.</returns>
+    /// <remarks>This is a C# implementation of Client::System::String::Utf8String.ToUpper with word exclusion lists as used by the HeadAll macro.</remarks>
+    public static string ToUpper(this string input, bool firstCharOnly, bool everyWord, bool normalizeVowels, ClientLanguage language)
+    {
+        return ToUpper(input, firstCharOnly, everyWord, normalizeVowels, language switch
+        {
+            ClientLanguage.Japanese => [],
+            ClientLanguage.English => EnglishExcludedWords,
+            ClientLanguage.German => CommonExcludedWords,
+            ClientLanguage.French => CommonExcludedWords,
+            _ => [],
+        });
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts the input string to uppercase based on specified options like capitalizing the first character,
+    /// normalizing vowels, and excluding certain words based on the selected language.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="input">The input string to be converted to uppercase.</param>
+    /// <param name="firstCharOnly">Whether to capitalize only the first character of the string.</param>
+    /// <param name="everyWord">Whether to capitalize the first letter of each word.</param>
+    /// <param name="normalizeVowels">Whether to normalize vowels to uppercase if they appear at the beginning of a word.</param>
+    /// <param name="excludedWords">A list of words to exclude from being capitalized. Words in this list will remain lowercase.</param>
+    /// <returns>A new string with the appropriate characters converted to uppercase.</returns>
+    /// <remarks>This is a C# implementation of Client::System::String::Utf8String.ToUpper.</remarks>
+    public static string ToUpper(this string input, bool firstCharOnly, bool everyWord, bool normalizeVowels, ReadOnlySpan<string> excludedWords)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
+            return input;
+
+        var builder = new StringBuilder(input);
+        var isWordBeginning = true;
+        var length = firstCharOnly && !everyWord ? 1 : builder.Length;
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
+        {
+            var ch = builder[i];
+
+            if (ch == ' ')
+            {
+                isWordBeginning = true;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (firstCharOnly && !isWordBeginning)
+                continue;
+
+            // Basic ASCII a-z
+            if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z')
+            {
+                var substr = builder.ToString(i, builder.Length - i);
+                var isExcluded = false;
+
+                // Do not exclude words at the beginning
+                if (i > 0)
+                {
+                    foreach (var excludedWord in excludedWords)
+                    {
+                        if (substr.StartsWith(excludedWord + " ", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            isExcluded = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!isExcluded)
+                {
+                    builder[i] = char.ToUpperInvariant(ch);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Special œ → Œ
+            else if (ch == 'œ')
+            {
+                builder[i] = 'Œ';
+            }
+
+            // Characters with accents
+            else if (ch >= 'à' && ch <= 'ý' && ch != '÷')
+            {
+                builder[i] = char.ToUpperInvariant(ch);
+            }
+
+            // Normalize vowels with accents
+            else if (normalizeVowels && isWordBeginning)
+            {
+                if ("àáâãäå".Contains(ch))
+                {
+                    builder[i] = 'A';
+                }
+                else if ("èéêë".Contains(ch))
+                {
+                    builder[i] = 'E';
+                }
+                else if ("ìíîï".Contains(ch))
+                {
+                    builder[i] = 'I';
+                }
+                else if ("òóôõö".Contains(ch))
+                {
+                    builder[i] = 'O';
+                }
+                else if ("ùúûü".Contains(ch))
+                {
+                    builder[i] = 'U';
+                }
+            }
+
+            isWordBeginning = false;
+        }
+
+        return builder.ToString();
+    }
 }