#Also SLASH POS THIS WAS HILARIOUS

[thatoneluckybee]

Okay don't get me wrong here I ADORE when creators give their characters accents. It's a fun way to distinguish their speech from others, can hint at world building and backstories, and it's just fun too!

But I cannot take this child seriously here I am in tears

[beantothemax]

Bean

The time has come

The blorbo posts are moving out of tellius, who knows how long it will be until they break even the fe containment

CRAB BLORBO NR. WHATEVER I FORGOT!

ANNA!!!!!

Back to the basics, list time!!!

She is in literally every game except fe2 and it's remake fe15

I adore her little finger chin touch that she does in every game

Every iteration of her is actually a different person and they're all a big family of sisters

^this also has the implication that Anna has interdimensional travel powers (and also time travel)(this is also hinted at in engages epilogue)

I believe there's two eras of Anna, pre and post-awakening. With pre-awakening being more down to earth and existing a lot more as the menu and secret shop person, with post-awakening being more high energy, and I don't want to say one-note, but more, let's say focused on a specific gimmick, which in Annas case is being a cuttthroat buisnesswoman, and this often comes along as borderline psychopathic (/pos imo), but I don't think this was the intention. I love both versions

Post-awakening she's actually a playable character in almost all the games, including Awakening (Very fun to use, trickster class which is staves and Swords, she does especially well with Levin sword and that's always fun), Fates (haven't used her, dlc), Three Houses (kinda sucks and has no supports, also dlc and one of the other dlc characters is just better in everyway gameplay wise) and Engage (also very fun to use, uses axes at base and bows on promotion which is very nice, she also has great magic and can be very good as a mage)

Sells you drugs

So Anna huh, the most reocurring fe character by far, and I love reocurring characters. She's a shrewd buisnesswoman and always have been, but she's a pretty chill gal pre-awakening and just hangs around and gives you tips. And sells you drugs, don't forget about that. Then in awakening she returns once again, but now with a more, high-energy personality. The reason I called her borderline psychopathic is that she here begins to make a lot of quips and jokes about killing people in ways that are some kind of money puns in a very lighthearted tone, "prices aren't the only things i slash" for exampel. I personally find this kind of endearing (this holds up with my other blorbo Henry also from awakening). Then in engage she shows up as a child who has been lost from her family (her anna sisters) Here in engage she has a wonderful childlike feel when doing all her merchant things, while still having that dash of psychosis. And I find this very endearing as well.

She also has a boyfriend who is also reocurring, just not as much has her. Meet Jake! His personality and looks vary a bit.

Then there was the final dlc to awakening, bringing one final challenge to all who played the game. Apotheosis, featuring the final final boss...

Anna the merchant

This is an insane boss, probably the single strongest boss in all of fire emblem, with insane stats like 99 hp, 60 str, 50 mag, 70 skl, 70 spd, 65 lck, 55 def and 55 res. So insanely much.

But that's not even the worst part, her skills are. Counter dealing all physical damage back, Vantage+ to always attack first, Aether which is usually only a main character skill, dragonskin (????????) which halfs all damage dealt and RIGHTFUL GOD

RIGHTFUL GOD????????

rightful god gives 30% extra proc chance to all proc skills

BUT EVEN THE FACT THAT SHE HAS A SKILL CALLED RIGHTFUL GOD IS SCARY ENOUGH AND HAS SOME WEIRD IMPLICATIONS

yeah, insane boss

But overall yeah I just like her, great vibe tbh.

I think me liking her might also have something to do with that she reminds me a lot of an oc I made a loooong time ago with pie who has a special place in my heart.

Anyway finishing picture of all of anna

I find it extremely hilarious that Anna just. has time travel powers. The single constant of the fire emblem universe is the presence of silly capitalism gal

ALSO SHE’S A SUPERBOSS?????????? RIGHTFUL GOD?????????? WH?????????? WHY DOES THE FUNNY SECRET SHOP LADY HARBOR THE POWER OF THE HEAVENS

[nilikhangdiwa]

um.

yeah so i feel like i probably have at least one thing in here that will appeal to you 😭😭 like i honestly just write whatever the fuck you can have free reign to browse if you'd like i've been in this hell for 4 years

fic and author recs under the cut because it got LONG

anyway more importantly i know moon already said mirror's face by ryukogo but have you all read mirror's face by ryukogo. gotta be one of my favorite genders forreal !!!!

a dirge for dying stars by augustmishas is also one of my faves, 10/10 made me bawl like a little bitch. similarly, what does it mean? by triglycerides got me crying in the club !!!

hold me tight (tell me i'll be alright) by RoaringRaina is one of my favorite bansaku fics ever ever ever !!!! along with this, Soft Epilogue is also one of my bansaku favorites ever ever ever !!!

Summer Rain by hellbend stands as i think one of the best itatsumu fics and i adore it so much genuinely ao3 user hellbend never misses with itatsumu

summer kisses by vagarius remains to this day one of my favorite a3 fics ever. skye lore of the day is that i used to memorize the url of this fic and i reread it so much that it was on the homescreen of my new chrome tabs. hidden treasure (also by vagarius) is also one of my favorites !!

Wolves in Sheep's Clothing by AJadeLion is one of my favorites as well!! i love chikage and taichi, my two little guys who tried to ruin mankai company 💕💕

Desire (But Not Like That) by Timeskipped is my citochikaita bible and it's so very everything to me.

for some sillier fic recs, Today I Will Be You by NoodleStories and Chikage's Family Cums Together As One by citowon are two of my faves !! they're hilarious and 10/10 will make you start cackling rolling around in your bed !!!

i'm definitely missing like a million fics, but i very much welcome anyone who would like fic recommendations to ask! i think i can more easily give fic recs for specific likes and favorites...

lastly, a3 writers on ao3 are so good... there's a certain je nais se quoi or whatever that a lot of fic writers on ao3 have, and i really admire all of them! so here's my shortlist of writers you should check out:

floweren for short works that punch you in the gut

augustmishas for gekkagumi/lone wolves that will ruin your life slash positive

RoaringRaina for bansaku always and forever

ryukogo for mukuyuki and summer troupe lovelies (and juligawa)

featherlight221b for kniroun and merlan oh my god merlan

ChetRoi, zhennie, and milgram for ckit, they remain my faves for ckit i think

springtine for sakuya fics i love sakuya

mimiitsu for the chigasaki siblings gotta be one of my favorite genders

ohvictor for some of my favorite itarus ever

AJadeLion for chikage characterization that will make you want to eat drywall /pos

Rioul for absolute god tier autumn troupe fics

evictionaries for banri and masumi fics that will shatter you like glass

derireo for same age troupe shenanigans that i hold close to my heart

Milque for god tier bantai i swear i promise trust me

isuilde for tsuzuomi the tsuzuomi writer ever

Timeskipped for... honestly a lot of stuff!! really really lovely writer

tsuzuruchipalace for ittz.... the best and silliest itatsuzus ever...

you! the fic writer reading this! i wish i could just slap an appreciation post for everyone

not everyone named above still actively writers for a3 anymore but i also want to just like. present some older writers and works cuz u can never go wrong with the classics ykyk

a3 ao3 makes me so happy actually. we got some goodass shit here. please make a revival we gotta come back from the war yall

Mankai March question 21!

Today, let’s talk fanfic! Have you written any A3! fanfiction? Show us your best work! If not, feel free to shout out your favorite authors and fics! Let’s share some recommendations!

[oneinathousand]

I read the Treasure Island book to see how accurate the 1988 animated version is to it, and to my surprise, despite the slapstick and exaggeration going on for the characters, it gets quite a few details right that you wouldn’t expect from something like this. At the same time, it’s also interesting to see how the characters in particular were interpreted in their own unique way.

The cartoon is practically a case study for how adaptations can use the same material as the original, but by changing the context is becomes totally different. So, here’s my scattered observations below in no order:

I didn’t expect how much dialogue for Dr. Livesey comes straight from the book or at least is interpreted very similarly, including his famous “the words ‘rum’ and ‘death’ mean the same to you”, so the anti-alcohol message of the movie was not pulled out of the filmmakers’ asses. And in general, while book Livesey is a lot more stoic than the cartoon, he’s still very cheeky when dealing with sick or injured patients, it’s just that cartoon Livesey combines the sarcasm with constant giggling. Book Livesey also straight-up slashes a dude across the face with a sword!

Poor Jim Hawkins really went through the wringer in the book that the movie didn’t touch on since it would be a damper on the slapstick and exercising message they have going on for him. His dad dies of an illness right around the same time as Billy Bones’ death, his mom is greedy, he got stabbed through the shoulder and pinned to the mast by Israel Hands during their confrontation and at the same time Jim had to kill him in self-defense, Silver cruelly tells him after he gets ambushed by the pirates that Dr. Livesey and the rest of the gang hate him for running away from the fort which Jim believes enough for him to weep the next time he sees Livesey and think he deserves to die, and the very last lines of the book are Jim saying that he has nightmares over the whole ordeal.

Captain Smollett is probably the most different to his book counterpart for one key reason besides his more arrogant and bumbling personality: cartoon Smollett brushes off all of the punishment he receives like it’s nothing, but in the book, he’s wounded during the stockade battle and gets shunted off to the side for the rest of the story.

I used to wonder why Squire Trelawney had no more dialogue once the characters got on the island, but really, he didn’t have much to do in the book after the stockade battle, either, except to babysit Smollett while he recovers from his injury, though before that he was said to be the best shot of the whole group. Hilariously, it’s said in the book that both Trelawney and Smollett are over six feet tall, while Livesey, who was the POV character for the chapter where it’s said, is definitely shorter than both of them, but of course, this was switched around for the cartoon.

Long John Silver is definitely the best example of having many of the same lines as the book, but by a simple change in vocal delivery, it shifts your view of the character. Book Silver is boisterous, gregarious when he chooses to be, and able to lose his temper. Animated Silver is always calm, always collected, and only slips up when he’s releasing a chuckle while threatening violence. This guy is as cold as the depths of the seven seas, and doesn’t seem to have any genuine affection for Jim. You would expect that for this more comedic adaptation, the more affable aspects of the book version’s personality would have been put to the forefront, but instead they chose to emphasize his ruthless, pragmatic side to show that there was still a threat, and I commend the animators for that.

Tangent about Book-Silver: I was aware before reading that while he’s explicitly unmarried in the cartoon, he did originally have a wife who is mentioned but never shown. What I didn’t know was that his wife is actually a black woman (no I haven’t seen the show Black Sails), and Silver tells the pirates at one point that after he gets the treasure, he plans to meet back up with her and retire in the Caribbean, which is what Jim believes he did at the very end after he escapes capture with some of the treasure. That detail really puts Silver’s motivations in the book under a whole new light. Being a disabled man in an interracial marriage in the 18th century would be even more difficult than it would be now, maybe he did try to go straight for a few years until he felt like he had to get the treasure and run, no matter what, but I guess his true character is left up to the readers’ interpretation. We don’t really know anything about the wife, but considering Silver left her to take care of business while he was out at sea, she must be pretty tough herself. Can you imagine what she would be like in the cartoon?

The one line from the cartoon I thought would be in the book, Silver saying “In one hour, those of you who are still alive will envy the dead” is technically original. What Silver says in the book basically means the same thing, it just takes him a lot longer to say it rather than one line. I consider the animated one an improvement, as it’s far more intimidating in how straight-to-the-point it is.

Pew is probably the closest to the book in terms of personality, appearance, and actions, the comedic Bobby song notwithstanding, though in the book he dies from getting trampled by horses. Billy Bones is also fairly close, just with a nasty cold and not being quite so rude when he’s drunk.

[god1ngs]

was also not around for that era, sounds hilarious tho

wonder if i...not going to think that aloud

-fox boy

it was. embarrassing in a slash pos way