#I hope you can enjoy my dumb splurge of alear thoughts anyway!

[doodlesandbooks]

Alear for the character ask game! (I’d particularly like to know the song…)

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

I love this character because she's the first woman in any sort of media that I have related to as well as or better than with the men in the same thing. She's made me feel a lot more comfortable being a woman, because hey! Women don't have to be 2D and super strong or super clumsy and stupid.

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

I don't know really, I like her voice, I like her hair, I like her kindness and gentility, I like that she's naive and I like that she's a dragon who can unleash a goku blast at will upon her enemies.

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

I don't know, I really liked her for the vast majority of the game. I think maybe the bit where she invites Rafal to the Somniel at the end of the DLC, since it felt very sudden and stunted, the decision wasn't necessarily the wrong one, but the way it was done felt, to me, badly executed.

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

I'm not really sure, somewhere with a cozy bed and her friends at her side.

NO! actually I am sure! I would put her in super smash bros because I want to main her XD

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

I actually have a playlist that I have made for her, but the first one on the playlist is 'Into the Sky' by Jim Yoseph and Laura Brehm.

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

She's got some AuDHD vibes I think, but also, she's a bit naive and not the smartest. Also she likes to sleep a lot.

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

I love all of the cute drawings people do of her, she's got such a fun design, and it is lovely to see this drawn.

8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

Often times, when I see deep takes or angsty stuff about Alear, it's about the male counterpart, I'd love to see some deeper takes about her. I love her because she's a multifaceted and interesting character, and it would be nice if the fandom reflected that for the woman just as much as for her male counterpart.

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

yes, but I'd prefer not to think about fictional characters meeting me, I don't know why, but imagining myself with my blorbos has always made me super uncomfortable.

10. Could you be best friends with this character?

refer to previous question!

11. Would you date this character?

again, refer to previous question!

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

That she has depressive episodes semi regularly, that her favourite flavour of ice cream is vanilla, that she loves to have her hair brushed, she would be a great gamer in a modern world and would own an MVP T-Shirt (yes she was my MVP most of the game)

13. What's an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot?

I think she'd use the XD or the sunglasses emoji. I also think that she would use the sparkles emoji to outline sarcasm.

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.

Stripy and two tone (like her hair) pastel soft academia aesthetic, try saying that three times quickly!

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

Alearfred I think.

16. What's your least favorite ship for this character?

I'm not sure, but I'm not too keen on Alearcryst. They just don't work romantically for me. I love Alcryst, he's just far better platonically with her.

17. What's a ship for this character you don't hate but it's not your favorite that you're fine with?

Kigetsu X Alear is OK.

18. How about a relationship they have in canon with another character that you admire?

I love love love her relationship with Veyle!! Two siblings growing and healing together, they support each other and the hurt comfort stuff is just lovely with them.

19. How about a relationship they have in canon that you don't like?

I don't so much like... and I am sorry @yanderefairyangel forgive me - Rafal's relationship with Alear. I can see why people like it, but... I don't so much... mostly it was Alear going up to the manipulative, unkind and blatantly cruel dragon man who had killed and resurrected undead and longing for death copies of her friends, who had levelled a world for no reason other than “I want to be like dad” and she just goes up to him and says in the supports, “I like you rafal, I think you’re kind, and we can hang out!” and I know it’s canon (dlc but still) but I really felt a kind of “she would not freaking say that.” Feeling

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

Ho ho! In a smashbros type AU where they can all just hang out, Corrin, and Alear are besties, Robin and Alear have sleepovers and chat about nonsense together, and Byleth and Alear do loads of baking together.

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

I have had such horrible writers block for ages, but when I am writing for her (I haven't posted any anywhere because I cannot get anything even close to done) I really like doing hurt/comfort scenes where she gets a hug, I also like doing cute scenes like buying boba with Veyle.

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to ths character? Something you don't like?

I haven't found that many so far, but I like romantic scenes with Alfred, I like when writers do angsty explorations of her character.

23. Favorite picture of this character?

look at how dumb she looks, I love her.

24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

... I can't think of one... I guess, my DnD idiot sun elf bloke kind of reminds me of her, but I can't think why, he's a himbo warrior, she's not really... is it the dumb? The pattableness of their hair?.. I don't know...

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

1st impression: Stupid Nintendo Switch controllers looking waifu

Impression now: Blorbo blorbo blorobo blorbo bolo-

26. FREEBIE QUESTION!!

As an artist, I like to give particularly stylised characters their own little physical quirks when I draw them, so I am going to use this freebie to ask myself:

What head-canons or stylistic changes do you make when you draw this character?

I like to draw her a bit more on the chubby side, since she looks a little (very tiny bit) more rounded than her counterparts in the game and I'm taking that and running with it