#Laura S. Arseid

[saiyef]

WOAH! WOAH! WOAH! An actual bed scene? In Final Fantasy? This is a series where sex is non-existent/entirely offscreen. Sure, there’s Cloud and Tifa’s night under the Highwind, or Tidus and Yuna’s really long kiss in the water in FFX that people think was a metaphor for sex or that technically Wakka and Lulu had to have had sex in order to make their baby; but even then, those examples were more chaste than titillating.

Though, to be fair, this does more apply to basically like 95% of all JRPGs in that, even if they do have romance, it only goes as far as kissing (which even then it’s still pushing it) and for the majority of the game it will remain teasing romance or the interactions remain platonic. For specific examples, the Tales of games (which a number of games do have romances in it), after 28 years and 17 main title games, there are about only 3 kisses in the entire series (Tales of Symphonia 2, Tales of Arise and technically Tales of Graces but only in a side quest and it was an accident). Fire Emblem, despite the S-Supports, Marriages and having children as part of the gameplay, has no mentions or allusions to sex whatsoever (though it being a Nintendo game definitely plays a part in that). Even Persona, the series famous for its romance options and does go out of its way to explicitly allude that your romantic partners do go all the way with your player character, keeps the scene entirely offscreen and some players still find it ambiguous. And, on a final note, there’s Trails of Cold Steel 4 where there is a point in the game where main character Rean does in fact have sex with his chosen romance options (note: NOT any of the ones that are his students) but it is kept ambiguous except for these 3:

I think the JRPG that really pushed it to that level of explicitly sexual (but still keeping the sex scene offscreen) would have to be Xenogears.

Yeah, that’s about as explicit as JRPGs go. I know this does count as a rant, but this doesn’t make me mad; it’s just something I noticed that kinda bugged me. Though to be fair, I think Japanese media in general (other than specific media) does go out of its way to keep sex out of it.

[thaumana]

Laura's Love Letters - Trails of Cold Steel (2 & 3) - Easter Egg and Trivia Rambles #2

In Trails of Cold Steel 1 and 2, you can get a glimpse of 3 love(?) letters in Laura's dorm room.

Although she was generally known for her popularity among female students at Thors Military Academy, it's more likely that she got these letters from Cindy, Chloe and Seria, her 3 biggest admirers from her hometown Legram

[iwonn-arts]

Gaius and Laura commission for @/dreamyichigo <3 ——— ✦ commissions ✦✦ Twitter: @iwonn_arts Redbubble & Teepublic: Iwonn

[witchofcustom]

Trails of Cold Steel but it’s a late 90’s eroge

[meatymidnightmultiverse]

For the sake of it, this is the abs post I was talking about

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[3amsoda]

laura s arseid commission

[genshingorlsrevengeance]

I seriously love the post you made about insomnia!s/o! Could you do the same prompt but with Ayaka, Edelgard (3H), Laura (cold steel), and Shenhe?

Hugging their S/O to sleep

Genshin Impact: Ayaka, Clorinde, Arlecchino, Shenhe FE3H: Edelgard, Dorothea, Constance ToCS: Laura, Towa, Elliot

First post in question

Man, I really need to start writing for the other fandoms again on this blog.

Ayaka must have been lucky, the only way to stave off S/O's habit of not sleeping was to be cuddled close into them.

Ayaka has zero issue in helping her S/O sleep, especially in such an intimate manner.

Though her face is flushing red, she still can't help but let her smile go ear to ear, hugging S/O close.

She nuzzles her head underneath their chin, listening to their heartbeat and not wanting to miss a single beat.

(Ayaka) "Good night, my love.~"

Clorinde can't help but hesitate whenever S/O gives her a hug, being unused to such intimacy.

But it doesn't take long for her to enjoy the feeling of their warmth, though her hands are usually gently caressing theirs instead of any grandiose display of affection.

And when she learned that S/O slept better when she held them, Clorinde decided that her embarrassment was a small price to pay for her love.

Making sure to not smother them they were comfortable, she lets their head rest on her chest as she sighs in content.

(Clorinde) "Sleep well, S/O. And...should you need me to move, please let me know."

Arlecchino usually had no trouble sleeping herself, but S/O did.

At first she was half tempted to wish them luck in falling asleep and leaving them be, but she wasn't that cruel.

Usually.

She can't always be home for S/O to hold them, but she indulges them whenever she is, still unused to this kind of intimacy from...well, anyone.

Her grip is tight, as her blackened fingers ruffle the back of their head, holding them close to her.

(Arlecchino) "I cannot guarantee that your dreams will be entirely pleasant near me but...I wish you a good night regardless, S/O."

Shenhe nearly crushes S/O's ribcage when she learned that they slept better with her nearby.

The tighter she hugged, meant the better they slept, right?

She lets go and makes sure she didn't cut off their blood circulation and nods to herself.

Shenhe still holds S/O tight, but makes sure they could at least breathe. This was something she both enjoyed and had zero issue in helping.

(Shenhe) "Let me know immediately if you need to breathe."

Edelgard's hugging strength is pretty damn strong anyways, but especially at night.

The nightmares still haunt her even so many years later, and even as Emperor.

Yet, when S/O was so close, the nightmares ceased.

At least in private, Edelgard doesn't hesitate to hug S/O tightly, breathing easy.

For now, she could just enjoy this moment and not have to think about her duties. Just her lover.

(Edelgard) "...Thank you, S/O."

Dorothea is openly affectionate with everything, including hugs.

And it absolutely warmed her heart to know that even that simple act could make S/O sleep with ease.

Zero hesitation and worry, Dorothea gladly takes S/O into her arms as she lays down on the bed, humming a tune to herself in a psuedo-lullaby.

Though, she expects the same to be done for her. If she pampered S/O like this, then it's only right they did the same for their darling singer.

(Dorothea) "Good night, my dear.~"

Constance scoffs at any notion of such affection displayed so easily!

She absolutely was not embarrassed that S/O felt comfortable by her hugs, dispel that thought!

After all, such effects were only natural when receiving it from a Nuvelle!

Pompousness aside, the blush that creeps onto her cheeks are always burning bright whenever S/O falls asleep thanks to her hold, making her mutter something under her breath.

(Constance) "...I hope I'm at least comfortable for you, S/O...N-NOTHING! I SAID NOTHING! RETURN TO SLUMBER!"

Laura is always at risk of snapping S/O like a toothpick with her hugs, but luckily she knows how to control her strength.

It makes her heart skip a beat whenever S/O got close to her in general, but doubly so when they shared a bed.

And whenever she hugged them, it never failed to make her smile to see how quickly they fall asleep thanks to her.

Especially with how tightly she was being hugged as well.

(Laura) "Hm, sweet dreams, S/O."

Towa pouts for a moment since she was supposed to be the one providing the hugs, yet here she was, completely engulfed by S/O's arms.

She's hugging them as tightly as she can, yet she felt like it was nothing compared to S/O's own vice grip.

With her head barely coming up to their chest, she pouts to herself in the darkness.

(Towa) sigh "I feel like a teddy bear right now..."

Elliot is a little nervous sharing a bed with his S/O, especially knowing they struggled to sleep easily.

But it quickly fades when he notices that his presence helps them fall asleep, doubly so when he hugs them.

His cheeks warm up but he can't help but let out a soft chuckle and hugs them with his hesitation quickly rocketing away.

Making sure his hair wasn't getting into their face, Elliot holds S/O's waist closer to him, resting his head against theirs.

(Elliot) "You're really cute, S/O..."

[inkedmyths]

Various Cold Steel ship stuff bc why not

[zakumeister]

Shout-out to blue noble swordswomen, my fave genre of character

[saiyef]

I'll admit I'm a little curious, who did you end up choosing to romance in CS4?

Also, have you seen this before at all? (No, Crow, Vivi, Rosine and Claire are not in there)

https://tiermaker.com/create/reads-ship-list-cold-steel-4-474953

I am very much about Rean x Laura since CS1 and 2, so she was my choice. I just felt that she and Rean had the best chemistry back when I was going through CS1 and 2 due to having major common ground in their interest in swordsmanship and their similar personalities and that stuck, especially their Bonding Events in CS4.

But she did have some strong competition from the options, that being:

Fie (I just really love all of her Bonding Events in all of the games with how she just opens up to Rean, which makes her developing feelings for Rean understandable and really sweet),

Sara (I wasn’t 100% onboard in CS1 and 2 but her and Rean’s interactions and Bonding Events in CS3 and 4 really convinced me of their chemistry as a potential couple and that Sara really developed feelings for Rean now that they’re equals and no longer teacher and student),

Towa (just all of their Bonding Events in all 4 games are really sweet together),

Emma (for their Events in 2, 3 and 4, because I was a bit biased towards Emma when I was going through 1 because I thought she knew the full picture of what the hell was going on in 1 but didn’t tell anyone which frustrated me but in 2 it was explained that she only knew about the Old Schoolhouse being a trial to become Valimar’s Awakener and it would not have mattered if she told us or not which got rid of my frustration)

And Juna (admittedly she was frustrating at times in 3 but I found it understandable considering what happened to Crossbell, the SSS and her backstory for being kicked out of the Crossbell police academy for speaking out against that Erebonian instructor smearing the SSS, but her Bonding Events in 4 where she was slowly coming to realise that she has in fact fallen in love with Rean was really cute to, student-teacher thing aside)

Plus, I know she isn’t a romance option, but I just really love Rean and Claire’s whole relationship throughout all 4 games, that scene of meeting in the bar in 1, 2 establishing that whole using Rean as replacement for her little brother in their Bonding Event, how their interactions became awkward at the end of 2 and throughout 3 transitioning Claire to no longer view Rean as a replacement for her younger brother and their very complicated relationship in 4 where they are enemies because Claire is sided with Osborne but they still very much care for each other.

Plus, I found Rean’s interactions with Rosine really cute too.

[morgenstern16]

Average Laura/Rean conversation

Laura: "Sword sword sword sword sword?" Rean: "Sword sword sword sword." [Laura pushes Rean into a wall and starts making out with him]

[andoryuanzuru]

Laura S. Arseid

Commissioned by @Crispytp91 on Twitter to draw up Laura in her Cold Steel 3 outfit!

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Trails + OC - Sothe ft. Cold Steel cast ✨

Carry meme for @/randomzombie on Bluesky!

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