#accepted: goneril

[frickingnerd]

dating the golden deer girls

pairing: hilda valentine goneril x marianne von edmund x gn!reader x lysithea von ordelia x leonie pinelli

tags: polyamorous relationship, wholesome fluff, insecure!marianne, supportive!hilda, healthy relationship

the golden deers are quite the wild mix, which is also true for the girls of that class! while hilda, marianne and lysithea are all nobility, there's also leonie, who's a simple commoner!

but you don't see her any different from the other girls! you love all four of your girlfriends equally! though some of them do need a little more love and affection than others…

marianne has rather low self esteem, so she's not only hesitant to make any sort of move on you, but she struggles with accepting affection too!

however, you always make an effort to include her in any group dates, as do the other girls! especially hilda always supports her friend and reminds her that she's loved by you and her friends!

leonie tends to be a bit of an outsider too. she's not a noble, so she feels awkward during more fancy activities, such as drinking tea, eating fancy parfaits or dancing at a ball! but once again, you always try to include her and ease her into things!

hilda is probably the most confident out of your four girlfriends! she takes everything easy and is confident in her position as your girlfriend! she's affectionate in public and she always talks about you to anyone who'll listen!

lysithea doesn't struggle with confidence, though she's new to dating and easily flustered by her relationship with you! she's always blushing when you flirt with her and often needs some time to cool down after anything remotely romantic!

your relationship with the four girls is sort of an open secret within the golden deers! your other classmates are rather supportive of this relationship, while the same can't be said for a few members of other classes…

[f1shart]

something i've been trying to answer for a couple of months is Which base game hood has the most Face Template Sims?

by Face Template, i mean sims whose faces are just. the premade maxis presets (and by sims, i really mean the main alive ones.) i feel like people often point to pleasantview when discussing the most basic/template-y of the hoods, but after looking at strangetown i can't help but wonder… Are we really sure about that?

i mean, you have sims like pascal and lazlo and jenny and buzz and tank and the singles who all seem to look EXACTLY like in-game face templates ..............................right?

So, which base game hood has the most Face Template Sims?

In order to figure out once and for all which hood has the most Face Template Sims, I put together a little Notion document(!) to juxtapose their faces with the closest templates, as well as with their suggested feature templates from C.Syde's Wiki (so credit to that guy ^^).

Something I quickly found out as I was piecing this together, though, was that Maxis put in a little more effort than I thought… Every single Sim has at least some slight modification to their face, with the exception of four: Alexander Goth, John Burb, Puck Summerdream, and Desdemona Capp. Two from Pleasantview, two from Veronaville. Ironically, at least to those who are familiar with it, Veronaville is known as the hood with the most unique Sim faces out of the base game trinity. Sure, you have your Vidcunds and Dinas and Nervouses, but Veronaville has threefold what the others do with Sims like Consort, Tybalt, Hermia, Isabella, Romeo, Benedick, etc. etc.

With this in mind, how is it that Veronaville is the true answer to this question? Well, Alexander Goth actually has a modification made to his jaw, but the difference is so slight that I counted him anyway. The same is true for John Burb with a slight modification of his forehead. Basically, not only is Veronaville the base game hood with the most Face Template Sims, it is the only base game hood with any Face Template Sims at all!

But what if we redefined "Face Template Sims"?

Even if Sims like Jenny and Buzz don't technically fall under this category, they bear enough resemblance to templates that many simmers consider them such anyway. Maybe, in this case, Face Template Sims just strongly resemble the templates they're based on. Here's a problem, though: how in the world do you qualify what it means for a Sim to resemble their template? It might sound simple enough—just use your eyes and compare, stupid!—but when does a Sim's face cross the threshold from "looking like a template" to true uniqueness? Here are some examples.

Until I started looking into this topic, I never realized Circe was so similar to Template #27! There are significant edits to her eyes, with lesser edits to her brow area and nose and even lesser edits to her jaw. Despite her strikingly distinctive eyes, I think Circe definitely lies closer to the "Template-y" end of the spectrum. Another example:

Something that continues to surprise my friends is that Mercutio actually shares many similarities with Template #2. I'd argue it's much less obvious in his teen stage, but here we can see that the upper half of his face is basically identical to it. Though I'll never accept this fact myself, Mercutio is unfortunately a bit basic!

Compared to the other two, I'd say Goneril is much more "unique." Maxis definitely shot for a very sharp look for her and, in my opinion, they really cooked ngl... However, when you notice the unchanged eyes and nose, you can start to see exactly how the other template features were changed to achieve her look, which almost ruins her previously assumed uniqueness. One final example:

When the closest template is nowhere near how the Sim actually looks, that's how you know you're dealing with an entirely new species. It's quite funny to flip through the two images and watch the mouth remain entirely unchanged, though.

Even with his unchanged mouth, Loki is by far the "most unique" Sim out of these examples, and one reason for that might be the eyes and nose. At least for me, the eyes and nose are the two most defining features of a face as they sit right in the center. A significant change in either of them leads to a significant change in perception of the overall face, which may explain why Circe seems so distinctive and why Goneril seems to bear more of a resemblance to her template despite the considerable edits in other areas.

Then comes the question of well, are they Face Template Sims or not? You could argue no, that even with some features remaining the same, particularly in the cases of Circe and Mercutio, there are still enough differences to distinguish them from their presets. However, these are outstanding examples; Sims like Buzz, Brandi, Jenny, Titania, Mary-Sue, and the Singles—those often regarded as the most template-y—similarly have these small edits made to different areas of their face that may surprise you in how effective they are at creating a Sim distinct from its given template!

This is all to say that attempting to define a Sim as a "Face Template" really falls into the realm of subjectivity. The technical answer to this question, as I said before, is Veronaville. If that displeases you, perhaps because of its association with basicness, take things into your own hands and decide for yourself which Sims fall into this category.

Or, alternatively, celebrate how unique Sims can look despite their basicness! Surely I'm not the only one who didn't realize that Pascal and Lazlo have essentially the same face for a good stretch of time? Or that Ophelia and Circe are based on the exact same template? Or that Cornwall and Consort look oddly similar when you remove their facial hair… huh.

[beikonsims]

Regan was not on good terms with Kent after his conflict with Circe started, but she still tried to stay in touch with Goneril at least. Even if she also didn't agree with her older sister's life choices and believed she should be in Veronaville.

Bethany could not accept failure and decided very quickly she wants another job. There was not much choice, so she applied for a Nanny position this time.

Lysander continued going out with Holly every night. It was starting to put a toll on his regular sleep schedule, but he also couldn't say no to the girl he liked.

Finally, Niall just tried his best after all. Being a menace was fun, but having a perfect grade also felt really nice. He was doing it for himself, not to impress his parents like Lysander.

[legacyofmanwich]

Legacy of Manwich {2.4} Learning and Growing

Welcome back to Legacy of Manwich, where my kids are super well-adjusted, thanks for asking. Last time, Goneril and Regan were punished by God for existing and Lillie gave birth to King Martin's third and final daughter, Cordelia.

King Martin: "Time to go to bed, little baby!"

Cordelia: "At long last."

Yeah, it took these bozos almost 48 entire hours before they thought to put her in her crib. The back of her head's probably flat.

Regan: "MOM DO YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE THEORY OF BELIEF THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS IN FACT A GREY ALIEN?"

Lillie: "No? What the hell are you talking about?"

Maybe you should get out of the house more, kiddo. Make some friends.

I was kinda hoping you'd make friends with, I dunno, human beings? Preferably normal ones?

Regan: "Hammurabi accepts me and my radical views."

Please, they're not radical. Everyone knows aliens are Biblical demons from another dimension.

Hammurabi: "ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 1988 I WAS TAKEN ABOARD AN OBLONG-SHAPED CRAFT IN GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA AND FIVE HUMANOIDS IMPLANTED A DEVICE IN MY SINUS CAVITY THAT EMITS ITS OWN RADIO FREQUENCY AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN READ MY THOUGHTS."

Regan: "OH SHIT!"

Regan: "Dad, I found a dog, can I keep him? He's blackpilled."

King Martin: *SNORE*

Sorry, kid, but Hammurabi needs to leave. I don't think he took his medication this morning.

Here's toddler Cordelia! She's got a different personality than her sisters, not quite as active as them but just as nice, while also being shy, neat, and serious. I like the diversity!

Lillie: "Who wants to learn a nursery rhyme? :D"

Cordelia: "NO WAY LADY I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE!"

Thanks for inviting another shitty wolf into the house, Goneril.

Goneril: "Mom, I got an A+ at school! Aren't you proud of me?"

Lillie: "HAHAHA! HAHA! HAHAHAHA! Hoo, boy, that's a good one. Run along, now, your father and I were in the middle of fondling each other."

Goneril: :(

Goneril: "Whatever, I checked out emotionally a while ago."

A third grader should not have the bitter heart of a line cook; why don't you go play in the dirt or harass Minecraft YouTubers or whatever it is kids like to do these days? Bring some youthful whimsy into this household for God's sake.

Cordelia's a little prodigy with 7 points of logic skill already. I don't think I've ever had a kid skill this fast without cheating before.

I also didn't peg Goneril as being the artsy type, but she's slinging masterpieces left and right, it's kinda awesome. The girls are all really pretty self-sufficient and are in relatively high spirits most of the time, so long as there's leftovers in the fridge for them to pilfer.

Cordelia: "NOW I AM BECOME DRAGON, DESTROYER OF THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES!"

I'm sorry, I'm really at my wit's end with costumes, you're gonna have to change.

Here's all three girls as kiddos. I gotta say, Goneril is the most beautiful of the three, but Cordelia's really stealing my heart with her disheveled little weirdo look.

Unsurprisingly, Lillie and Martin are fucking dorks and really only spend time with their daughters when the PS1 is involved. Thank you, Crash Bandicoot, for bringing this family together.

Regan: "SMELL YOU LATER, HAN SOLO."

Han Solo: "Hiya, girls! I'm bisexual!"

Huh? What?

Okay? Thanks for stopping by and telling us your sexual identity completely unprompted?

God damn it, Martin.

OH LOOK THE TWINS AGED UP! Goneril rolled Popularity/Family and Regan rolled Romance/Pleasure, which I'm not mad about. They're also both super gorgeous. There's not many pictures of them after this because I had them both hunker down and start working towards some scholarships.

Goneril: "HELLOOOO FAMILY I'M HOOOOME AND I BROUGHT A FRIEEEEND!"

What friend? The pissed-off girl in the background or the influenza that's gonna infect the entire house?

Tiara: "WHAT IS THIS STRANGE NEW TECHNOLOGY?!"

A 30 year old game console, any other questions, grandma?

Goneril: "YOU LITTLE SHIT IF YOU WEREN'T A MINOR I'D KICK YOUR ASS."

Cordelia: "MEET ME OUTSIDE BITCH AND WE'LL SEE WHO'S THE REAL MINOR HERE!"

It's just Crash Team Racing, chill the fuck out

Lillie banged out a bestselling novel this afternoon and Martin and Cordelia are still here playing fucking bing bing wahoo into the evening.

Aww, how darling! How quaint! It would be so much cuter if it weren't 9:30 in the morning and Cordelia's just now getting to bed!

Next time: College, probably!

[randomnameless]

Just thinking about it but -

UO : MC learns the "greater" plot that explains the reasons - and their origins - why things happen, and picking the right choices, is rewarded with the best ending.

FE16 : Claude gets some infodump, still puts in danger the remaining Nabatean (granted Rhea dies off screen so it's not that important!) for being hunted for parts, still uses the shiny bow he got despite learning what, rather who it was, grows as much as a beansprout in a dark closet regarding his beliefs about isolation and acceptance, even after listening to Rhea's history about how humans fucked up her people and why she needs to hide her identity.

UO : Alain talks to Gilbert and Hodrick, learns his country is pretty privilegied compared to the other ones, doesn't want to take advantage of this position but wants to create a lasting peace between his kingdom and the other countries

FE16 : Claude spends between 3 weeks (Nopes) and 1 year (FE16) at least at school, doesn't bother to learn anything (or it doesn't show!) about Fodlan and ends up with some hilarious takes like "Church BaD and promotes isolationism but my slave holders besties from House Gonerils are chads", complete with "Fodlan is to blame when it comes to having relationships with its neighbours when they just want to engage in one little bloodbath every thursday" only discovering water to be wet when the goddess' avatar becomes his teacher.

Guess which game is praised for its "complex" and "masterpiss" of a writing?

[beepboprobotsnot]

One of the more interesting aspects of Shakespeare's King Lear is the double plotline: that the chaos and destruction of Lear's family is mirrored by a simultaneous but mostly unrelated upheavel in the house of Gloucester. And if we have two tragic plots, we also need two tragic protagonists. The protagonist of the main plot is clear: Lear. But for the Gloucester plot, I would argue that Edmund the Bastard is the tragic protagonist, rather than Edgar or Gloucester himself. (Obviously, protagonist does not mean that he's the hero or even sympathetic. Edmund's much more of a Macbeth than a Hamlet.)

Of course, the most important aspect of any tragic protagonist is their fatal flaw, the trait that, while not always negative on its own, ensures the protagonist's dowfall. So what's Edmund's? Ambition. He keeps reaching for more and more, and the victories he achieves are never enough to satisfy him.

Edmund starts the play with a plan to frame his legitimate brother Edgar so that he'll be branded a criminal and disowned, leaving Edmund as the only one who can inherit the Earldom of Gloucester. So already not great, from a moral perspective, but the plan goes off without a hitch, and Gloucester accepts Edmund as his heir without suspecting a thing.

Edmund could have stopped there, rested on his laurels, and waited for the old man to die so that he could inherit. But the type of person who would frame their own brother isn't likely to just stop. So when Gloucester aids Lear, Edmund sells him out to Regan and Goneril, consenting to his own father's blinding and exile just to hasten his own inheritance.

Once again, Edmund could have stopped there, wished the two daughters of Lear luck in the upcoming war and bid them ado before turning to the rule of his new Earldom. But the type of person who would sell out their own father isn't likely to just stop. So he goes with the daughters, planning to wed one and kill off the other to become the King of all England. But that's when Edgar makes his return, and Edmund finally meets his end.

TLDR: Edmund from King Lear gets what he was after very early in the play, so he could have stopped his schemes at any point. But he had too much ambition, to the point that no amount of power and advancement could truly satisfy. And no matter how well his schemes went, how high he built his house of cards, all it took was one failure to bring it all crashing down.

[raxistaicho]

"White Clouds spends the whole section making you suspicious of the Church and Rhea only to turn around and tell you it's a red herring and actually it's the student you should have been suspicious of; which the writers confirmed in interviews"

Interviews a majority of the fandom probably have not, and never will, actually sit down to interact with, leaving their only source to be the original text. If your need interviews from the developers to support your argument that a character is good or bad or morally gray, then your argument is not strong enough to rely on the main text.

I shouldn't have to do homework and dig for interviews from five years ago to be able to play a game an analyze its themes and nuances and decide whose side I think is worth fighting for or which characters I want Byleth to end up with at the end.

"but this fandom has either the reading comprehension of wet paper or projects their Western centric views so hard onto a eastern style game that follows the path of enlightenment with Byleth to a t"

Okay, so where exactly does the whole "no acts of violence" part come in because that's kind of an important early step and it technically doesn't happen until the very end of the game, and even then, in multiple endings Byleth is shown to still have to use harmful/violent means to suppress smaller attempts at insurrection across the continent for years to come. Also, the path of enlightenment also involves not being involved in trades that would hurt people, like weapons trade or animal slaughter or being involved with people who are owning/trading slaves (looking at you House Goneril). There's a lot of other steps in the path that Byleth skips over, but these two are particularly glaring. If Byleth really were "following the path of enlightenment to a t", then we wouldn't be playing a Fire Emblem game, because Byleth wouldn't have agreed to fight in the war to begin with.

"they ignore the text and thus we still have discourse over the church being bad. It's very tiring and why I refuse to talk about 3H because so many have turned it into something it's not."

The biggest issue with this is that this is the entire point of the game!

The game is asking you to analyze it. To dissect it. To talk about it. To make your choices and replay different paths to find the answers you seek. To show it's not black and white and to understand why it isn't black and white. That things are complicated. And no one in this war is free from blood on their hands. No side is 100% right or wrong. It's up to the player to use their critical thinking skills to determine which they believe is the best path forward for Fódlan.

In order for us to fully interact with the text, we sadly have to face some harsh truths, just like Byleth does. Among them being that the church IS bad. Even if most of its intentions aren't and it still does some good, the fact is that it is bad, and it's a major reason why this war started in the first place. To deny that is to deny the text as it is presented to us, and to deny the actual point in the game.

Edelgard is more than just an attempted conqueror. Rhea is more than a seemingly benevolent religious leader. Dimitri is more than a charming prince. Claude is more than a seemingly suspicious stranger. Yuri is more than just a gang leader. Sylvain is more than a playboy. Dorothea is more than a sexy opera star. Lorenz is more than a pompous noble. Hubert, Dedue, and Hilda are more than just retainers to their lords. Seteth and Flayn are more than just members of the church. Alois is more than just Captain of the Knights. Hanneman and Manuela are more than just fellow professors. Sothis is more than a voice in our head.

And it's only through accepting this one truth, that the characters and institutions are not black and white cut outs, that we can get the most full picture of what exactly the true conflict is.

You cannot interact with the text of Three Houses by denying the nuance that makes the story happen in the first place.

The writing is messy, and complicated, and not always well done. But it's also simple, straight forward, and brilliant. It's a contradiction and compliment of themes. It's so very human. And that's what makes it so engaging.

(Apologies for the long rant but that anon sparked something in me and I had to put my two-cents in.)

Nah, don't apologize, this was great, thank you very much for sending it! :D

[lasudio]

VeronaHills, Round Seventeen: Capp (A)

Cordelia was glad for Trent to have experienced another Capp family gathering before he died.

The theme was part housewarming on account of Goneril, Rosalind and Miranda moving in, part celebration of the next generation coming up. A prelude playdate with Patience and Autumn kicked off the proceedings in the afternoon, and Cordelia was pleased to observe their good manners at the tea party she MC'd. Such little dots her granddaughters were - though growing up on the farm had Autumn being more inclined to get grubby in the garden!

Next on the schedule, the family members of wine drinking age arrived, including Trent's daughter Tina. However, she didn't have a drop of Capulet Wine that evening. It was a surprise to see her waddle up to the front door belly-first, and Cordelia knew for a fact wasn't married or otherwise committed, but Trent was beside himself with happiness regardless. Had he not collapsed in the garden later that week and succumbed to years of hiking and sun damage taking their toll, he would have been a fantastic grandfather.

Presently, Cordelia made a note to discuss the matter of Tina and her baby with Goneril. She needed a non-emotive perspective on her soon-to-be step-grandchild. "Not anymore," her snippy sibling would probably remark, which would be a little thoughtless, but they would probably be right.

Some more time to grieve, then the matter would be discussed... though it seemed the topic was on more minds than one.

"I'm sorry about your step-dad, lad." Leod delivered his condelences in a husky voice as he received a massage from Tybalt in the conservatory hot tub. "Seemed nice. And just when he was about to be a grand-da."

Tybalt smiled and graciously accepted his lover's thoughts - it was easy to when it sounded like they were delivered in a lilted lullaby. On the inside, though, he wanted to crash out of the hot tub then and there and bring its water with him in a tsunami to the town centre. This bloody village! Can't mind its bloody own..!

[problematic-fodlan]

My problematic take is that Hilda x Claude is amazing but the reason its amazing is they both suffer with ASPD so they really get each other, and also Hilda and Claude should 100% talk about Goneril owning slaves. Like What?

You're telling me that Holst Claude's bestie and Hilda Claude's bestie/ love interest own slaves of his people who are the people he is VERY open about wanting others to come to accept and understand?

It makes SO little sense that this happens. because no where is it in the game and if you didn't get that one Cyril support you wouldn't know. because they don't act like they don't see Almyrans as people. they're downright supportive, Holst becomes practically blood brothers with Nader.

So why is this Cyril support there??

Either be an issue or just don't be there. If you don't want to address it don't write it.

anyway that was a stupid writing decision

-

[emblemxeno]

Cyril (a 14 year old with trauma): believes that he needs to work to prove himself worthy of living at Garreg Mach Monastery

Idiots: HE HAS TO WORK BECAUSE IF HE DOESNT HE WILL BE DEPORTED!!!

^actual thing I saw brain dead Twitter users saying

It's INSANE.

Like, since he was a kid in Almyra, he had to work to survive after losing his parents since the king wouldn't do shit about it. And he was enslaved and forced to work in House Goneril.

Working has been imbedded into his very idea of self worth and security. Cyril doesn't know a life without work. Day-to-day conversation makes him uncomfortable and standoffish because that's time he could be spending working. People offering to do his work for him or even just help him at all is, sounds to him as a threat to his being, his entire life. Why spend time learning how to read or asking people to teach him when 1) that's a flaw that people can use as an excuse to toss him out and 2) that's time spent not working?

It's why when Seteth asks and encourages him about finding purpose and happiness beyond working for Rhea at monastery, Cyril responds with dumbfounded confusion.

"You mean there's something to life outside of working for someone out of gratitude for taking me out of slavery? Hmm, sounds fake." I joke, but that's not even far off tbh. Children are extremely malleable to accepting a life that's severely lacking enrichment and full of maladaptive behaviors, just because hardship is all they know, and like you said, Cyril is only 14 at the start of the game. He lost his parents when he was 5, and was enslaved at 12, for at least an entire year. It takes a lot of fucking unlearning to help him see there's more to life than work.

And since Seteth is the only person who really tackles that aspect of him in a one to one conversation, it should be natural to assume he's truthful in saying that his sister, the archbishop whom he's known for centuries, would support Cyril finding life that isn't working at the behest of others, including her. No amount of bigoted NPCs in 3H or wierdos on Twitter would change the fact that Rhea would never allow Cyril to be removed.

[mountain-dew-tickledpink]

debby ryan hair tuck

christine for the ask game

How I feel about this character: I ADORE HER SM

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Chloe, Brooke, Jenna, girls who don't even show up in the BMC musical and are only mentioned, Jeremy

My non-romantic OTP for this character: MICHAEL CHRISTINE FRIENDSHIP!!!!!

My unpopular opinion about this character: she's honestly pretty insecure. I know people are finally talking about it now but she doesn't feel totally comfortable in herself and puts on that front to try and seem like she's okay

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: She should've kissed a lady guys /hj

my OTP: probably with Chloe. It's an interesting ship and I like exploring it in so many different ways

my cross over ship: Christine/Zoe from DEH would be so powerful but the woke wouldn't accept that fact.............

a headcanon fact: she makes playlists for every character she's played!! Her favorite playlist to get in the mood is her Goneril playlist because she thought being in King Lear was very fun

[lilias42]

Coucou, pour les questions j'aimerais demander : 2 pour Pyrkaïa, 29 pour Aliénor, et le 20. S'il y a un perso de ton projet de roman que je ne connais pas, tu peux le choisir pour cette question :) Sinon le perso de ton choix :D

Coucou ! :D Merci pour les questions ! :D

2 : Quel est le souvenir préféré de votre personnage ? / What is your character's favorite memory?

Pour Pyrkaïa, vu qu'elle vécu trèèès longtemps, je pense qu'elle aurait plusieurs souvenirs préférés qu'elle n'arriverait pas à départager.

Pour son souvenir d'enfance, c'est quand elle rencontre d'autres sorciers que celui de sa cité, Drus, lorsqu'ils viennent à Lakkos après les Jeux Olympiques sur son invitation. Elle s'y est faufilée en cachette étant donné que les femmes n'avaient pas le droit d'y assister et elle a failli d'avoir d'énormes ennuis quand elle s'est fait prendre mais, cela lui a permis de rencontrer Kelon / Riegan qu'elle connaissait déjà grâce à l'Iliade alors, c'est comme rencontrer un de ses héros dont elle connait l'histoire par coeur, surtout qu'il est très gentil avec elle et accepte très vite qu'une fille soit en train devenir une sorcière. Mais surtout, c'est ce jour-là qu'elle rencontre Metaheta / Goneril. C'est la première fois qu'elle voie une femme sorcier (elle apprend même que le mot "sorcière" existe vu qu'elle l'utilise au lieu d'utiliser le masculin pour se définir) et elle voie à quel point Metaheta est respectée et même crainte par tous les sorciers présent, surtout qu'elle arrive à vaincre Drus sans difficulté ni effort pour le forcer à la laisser devenir une sorcière. C'est ces deux rencontrer qui l'ont encore plus motivée pour devenir une sorcière (et autre chose qui est arrivé ce jour-là mais, ce n'est pas un bon souvenir pour le coup).

Ensuite, elle aurait pu dire aussi quand tout le monde l'a accepté comme sorcière lorsqu'elle a vaincu Drus dans un combat à la régulière mais, elle ne pense pas que ce soit un si bon souvenir que ça. Drus a tellement refusé de perdre qu'il a passé outre les règles de la sorcellerie, ce qui l'a fait se corrompre et elle a dû l'achever avant qu'il ne blesse quelqu'un et abréger ses souffrances alors, même si elle le détestait (c'est quand même le responsable de la mort de son meilleur ami) ce n'est pas un bon souvenir pour elle, elle aurait préféré qu'il n'y ait pas de mort et qu'il accepte qu'elle soit une sorcière plutôt que mourir en refusant d'admettre qu'il avait été vaincu par une femme (et elle vient de perdre coup sur coup son meilleur ami et son petit frère qui n'ont pas survécu à leur sorcellerie, elle a pas vraiment envie de s'en réjouir...)

Il y a aussi le moment où elle voie Daphnel s'envoler pour la première fois sans tomber (enfin, de base, elle voulait la surnommer Daphnè car c'était la saison des lauriers et que la gamine ne voulait pas lui dire son nom mais, vu qu'elles ne parlaient pas la même langue, la petite a compris "Daphnel" et s'est restée. Quand les autres de la nouvelle cité l'ont vu la prendre sous son aile avec la petite qui suit ses traces, ils ont commencé à la comparer à Galateia mais, ça n'a pas duré longtemps car, même si elle a les cheveux blancs, sa peau est noire, là Galateia est censé être blanche comme le lait à cause du marbre dans le mythe). ça a été très dur pour elle d'arriver à développer la sorcellerie, surtout qu'elle a commencé en voulant imiter Pyrkaïa ce qui aurait signé son arrêt de mort et Pyrkaïa a eu très peur que l'histoire de son frère et de son meilleur ami se répète mais, Daphnel a fini par comprendre qu'elle devait développer sa propre manière de faire pour progresser et a fini par apprendre à maitriser les vents et sa consécration pour elle, ça a été d'arriver à voler en marchant dans les airs, même si elle peut aussi planer en tenant les ailes sous ses bras tendus grâce à un grand baton et ainsi, elle a pu commencer à rentrer chez elle pour retrouver son peuple. La voir survivre à sa sorcellerie a vraiment énormément soulagé Pyrkaïa qui a eu très peur de perdre quelqu'un d'autre à cause de ça quand elle s'est rendue compte qu'elle l'imitait, et elle a toujours été très fière de la "gamine" comme elle le surnomme.

Enfin, tous ses souvenirs avec Oengus sont de bons souvenirs pour elle, de leur rencontre jusqu'à leur dernière journée ensemble avant que les agarthans ne détruisent leur bonheur. Elle le trouvait un peu étrange au début vu que leur manière de vivre est très différentes (ils viennent de deux peuples complètement différents après tout) mais, ils ont appris à se connaitre et elle a été heureuse d'aimer et surtout de trouver quelqu'un qu'elle pourrait aimer sans avoir peur de perdre son indépendance, s'étant interdit de se marier pour ne pas risquer de finir sous le joug d'un homme et de peur de devoir se soumettre, ce qui était hors de question pour elle.

Aliénor : pour elle, ce serait sans doute le jour où elle est rentrée à Egua avec Guillaume après que Clovis ait été enfin vaincu et décapité. Elle a enfin pu être de nouveau en paix chez elle avec ses fils et son mari sans avoir peur qu'une nouvelle crasse ne leur tombe dessus alors, ils ont dû bien profiter de leur temps tous ensemble, même si les jumeaux ne s'en souviennent pas vu qu'ils n'avaient que deux ans. Sinon, elle dirait quand elle a enfin pu tenir les jumeaux dans ses bras pour la première fois car, elle est arrivée à terme sans faire de fausses couches comme lors de ses précédentes grossesses et c'était assez magique pour elle d'enfin tenir ses enfants dans ses bras, surtout en se rendant compte qu'ils avaient fait coup double ^^

Gwilim : ça risque surement de changer mais pour le moment, c'est soit quand il est arrivé à renverser le cours d'une bataille avec ses camarades alors que les généraux étaient bien partis pour sacrifier son bataillon afin de tendre un piège à l'ennemi, soit aussi quand ces propres jumeaux sont nés, soit quand ses fils sont revenus vivants alors qu'on les croyait morts (et ils l'ont été pendant un certain temps, ils se sont fait assassiner dans le dos par leur meilleur ami sans savoir pourquoi mais, leur rage, leur envie de revoir leur famille et la magie environnante les ont sauvés et ramener). Même s'ils semblaient un peu changé, ils sont restés les mêmes dans le fond et il était heureux de voir qu'ils avaient réussi à survivre et à revenir. Il a également été très satisfait quand le "petit" s'est enfin réveillé du sort qu'on lui avait jeté pour usurper sa place car maintenant, il sait que tout ira bien pour le royaume.

29 : Quel serait le plat préféré de votre personnage ? / What would be your character's favorite food?

Pour Aliénor, je pense qu'elle n'est pas très difficile de base, elle mange à peu près de tout mais, elle a un petit faible pour ce que Guillaume lui cuisine, surtout que c'est souvent du gibier qu'il a chassé lui-même.

Même si c'était encore assez compliqué entre eux à ce moment-là malgré leur amitié qui se développe car, il y a les fiançailles arrangées entre eux qui les gênent énormément vu qu'ils n'ont pas le choix et se fréquentent de base uniquement pour apprendre à se supporter afin d'éviter un mariage catastrophique, elle a été touchée quand il lui a cuisiné un bouillon de viande et de légume alors qu'elle était à l'infirmerie. Elle s'est pris un coup de poignard perdu quand un groupe de chevalier de Seiros corrompus (surement par un de ses camarades de classe) tente de tuer Guillaume et il s'en est énormément voulu qu'elle se soit retrouvé mêler à tout ça à cause de leurs fiançailles car, même s'il n'assume pas encore vraiment (et c'est normal, il a quatorze ans, c'est un ado dans une situation compliquée qui a l'habitude de ne jamais faire confiance à personne, en particulier à ceux qui sont près de lui à cause d'un ordre de Clovis, et Aliénor n'est pas mieux vu qu'elle le trouve assez grossier et bourru au départ et refuse d'admettre qu'elle commence à apprécier son fiancé arrangé vu qu'il n'a pas le comportement qu'on attend d'un noble, encore moins d'un duc, tout le monde trouve que Nicola fait plus noble que lui à cause de sa retenu), il commence à vraiment s'attacher à elle et à la considérer comme son amie. Alors, il va lui chasser une perdrix qu'il prépare entièrement lui-même et lui cuisine pour lui dire - sans vraiment lui dire ou à sa manière bourrue qui a du mal à exprimer ses sentiments même si Nicola a déjà compris ce que ces deux-là refusent de se dire - de se remettre au plus vite et qu'il s'occupera d'elle en attendant. Elle est très touchée par l'attention et dira par la suite quand elle assumera plus ses sentiments que c'était le meilleur bouillon qu'elle n'a jamais mangé, même avec un coup de poignard dans le flanc.

Pyrkaïa : les olives, directement. Elle adore manger une bonne tartine de fromage avec de bonnes olives fraiches, ce qui constitue une bonne grosse base de ses repas, surtout qu'elle n'a pas les moyens de s'acheter de la viande et encore moins du poisson mais, ça ne la gêne pas, elle adore ce triptyque. Quand elle est arrivée dans le futur fief de Charon, elle a dû être vraiment déçu en se rendant compte qu'il faisait trop froid pour que des oliviers poussent mais, la connaissant, elle a dû utiliser ses pouvoirs pour réchauffer les champs pour qu'ils puissent pousser, surtout que c'est quand même la base de la cuisine grec. Il fait d'ailleurs assez chaud à Charon grâce au reste de ses pouvoirs, ce qui permet à des arbres préférant un climat plus chaud, même si c'est sur une très petite zone.

Gwilim : lui aussi, pas difficile, il mange de tout. Je n'ai pas encore les détails mais, vu où il habite et comment il va finir, il aime beaucoup la viande et le poisson. Si le schéma de l'histoire ne bouge pas trop, il va finir par se retrouver au bord de l'eau alors, il pourra gouter pas mal de poissons différents avec sa famille. En fait, pour lui, le plus important, c'est pas tant ce qu'il mange mais, avec qui. Il aimera bien plus son repas s'il peut le dévorer avec sa famille en étant en paix tous ensemble. C'est aussi le genre de grand-père qui laisse à ses petits-enfants les morceaux qu'ils préfèrent, quitte à avoir moins de nourriture pour lui-même.

20 : Quelle est la chose la plus surprenante à propos de votre personnage ? / What is the most surprising thing about your character?

Pour mon projet de roman, je vais prendre Gwilim [soit Fontanges comme la famille noble française ou Aqmency vu qu'ils ont aussi un rapport à l'eau, je ne me suis pas encore décidé + oui j'aime beaucoup ce prénom vu que ça va parfaitement à des personnages protecteur de littéralement s'appeler "volonté de protection"] qui est le premier héros de l'histoire (j'ai hésité entre lui et le dernier membre de la famille mais, je suis pas sûr s'il aura un rôle plus de protagoniste ou s'il sera surtout un enjeu de l'histoire vu que normalement, il a max cinq, six ans et agit surtout comme un enfant et une donnée aberrante à cause de ses pouvoirs étranges et surpuissants).

C'est un tout petit seigneur qui est aussi médecin mais, ce qui est le plus surprenant à son sujet à mon avis, c'est qu'il aurait aussi pu faire escroc de profession. On est à un moment où les impôts extraordinaires (soit ceux que collectent le roi en dehors de le domaine pour financer le Royaume alors que de base, il n'utilise que les impôts dit "ordinaires" - soit ceux qui collectent dans le domaine royal - pour tout faire fonctionner normalement) se généralisent et deviennent habituels mais, il y a des résistances dans tout le royaume contre la hausse de la fiscalité - surtout que ce n'est pas utilisé pour le bien du Royaume mais surtout pour celui du roi - et il en fait parti. Même si en tant que noble, il n'est pas soumis à l'impôt, il est passé maitre dans la maitrise de l'évasion fiscale afin d'éviter à ses sujets de se finir exsangue à cause des impôts royaux. Il a un côté assez opportuniste pour protéger son fief et les siens, surtout sa famille alors, s'il doit faire des entorses à la loi pour atteindre ses objectifs, il le fera. C'est également le genre à mentir les yeux dans les yeux à des gens d'armes du roi, en affirmant que le gars qu'il vient de ramasser à sa porte est un de ses malades et qu'ils ne doivent pas entrer car il est très contagieux, même si ce n'est pas le cas. Malgré son côté bourru, il est également un assez bon parleur pour convaincre les gens de le suivre ou les manipuler, ce que les gens ne soupçonne pas en le voyant parler de manière très franche et sans aucun filtre.

Pyrkaïa : je pense que c'est sa patience pour certaines choses. Même si elle a le sang chaud (littéralement) et n'a aucune patience pour les conneries misogynes des hommes / son époque en général, elle sait attendre son heure pour obtenir ce qu'elle veut et élaborer des stratégies afin d'atteindre son objectif. Elle sait qu'elle ne sera jamais recrutée comme forgeron dans une forge car c'est un métier d'homme ? Qu'à cela tienne, elle se fait d'abord recruter par un atelier en difficulté financière en lui proposant de chauffer leur four pour qu'il économise du bois et éviter les brûlures vu qu'elle maitrise les flammes, apprend discrètement comment forger en les regardant puis, quand quelqu'un ne peut pas travailler pour une raison x et montre ce qu'elle sait faire. Même si ça doit prendre du temps, quand elle a un objectif en tête, elle déploie des trésors de patience pour l'atteindre.

Aliénor : même si c'est peut-être pas très étonnant, elle peut lâcher une grossièreté quand vraiment, elle s'énerve mais, comme elle a une bonne maitrise d'elle-même, elle ne le fait que quand elle est sûre que ça touchera juste et sonnera son adversaire. Les gens sont habitués que Guillaume soit grossier alors, ça ne les étonne plus quand c'est Aliénor qui lâche la grossièreté étant donné qu'elle est assez à cheval sur les bonnes manières et a une présence assez calme qui impose le respect.

[deathbysatellite]

Capp 1 Household: Week 1 - Part 1

Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Less than a minute into actual gameplay (after spending ages trying to get my game to read my graphics card), and Juliette is already swooning over Romeo.

While Tybalt is already trying to pick a fight with him.

Hermia tries to hang out with her brother by attempting to play red hands I believe, but Tybalt wasn't interested. This is just the start of him being the least agreeable sibling.

Consort is apparently a pretty lonely dude, because he kept rolling Wants to Make a Friend, and he doesn't even have Popularity as either aspiration.

That evening, much of the Capp clan head downtown.

Surprisingly, they all fit at one table. In addition to our main Capp members, we've also got Goneril, Albany, Cornwall, and Miranda.

The whole family then heads over to Gothier Green Lawns.

While the adults play poker, Tybalt keeps shoving Juliet.

This quickly escalates into Juliette attacking her brother, cementing their relationship as enemies, which has yet to recover.

They fight again once they get home.

Juliette sneaks out that night with Romeo.

When it comes to chance cards, I try to pick the option I think that Sim would go with. Given the history between him and Patrizio, I figured Consort would try to sabotage his president's chances. Unforturnately, this backfired on him, and he lost a whopping 3 logic skill points!

Juliette is having much better luck though, as a random even grants her a charisma point.

The welcome wagon shows up shortly before the teens get home from school, consisting of Waylon Menon, Jace Mackarevick, and Vyn Scott.

Meanwhile, one of the kids (I think Juliette) brings home Juan Harris, who seems to be the first person to get along with Tybalt.

Tybalt and Hermia head out, as Tybalt wants a cell phone.

I don't recall why I sent Hermia with him, but nevertheless, she runs into her crush, Puck Summerdream, and manages to snag her first kiss with him.

Once home, Tybalt calls up Benjamin Long in the hopes of striking up a friendship.

Everyone has apparently decided the best place for catch is the family graveyard. At night.

Thankfully, they all head inside right before Caliban decided to make an appearance.

Cleo, a dog that Juliette adopted, joins the family that night. While that was the name the game gave her, I like to pretend that Juliette named her after her great-great-grandmother, Cleopatra Capp.

Cleo starts off quite the destructive things, and manages to destroy two pieces of furniture in as many days.

Alas, poor chair.

Consort attempts to befriend Cleo, but she is rather slow to warm up to anyone. She's not independent or aggressive, but she just wouldn't accept many positive interactions for a few days.

Out to get more electronics; this time it's a handheld game for Juliette.

Hermia does her best impression of the Not-Things from Doctor Who.

Tybalt continues to antagonize Juliette, and amusingly shoves her through a door.

Apparently all is forgiven once they get back home, in a rare instance of them getting along.

[beikonsims]

Goneril was making sure no one said anything bad about Miranda being pregnant again. Either no one seemed to notice or they were just well-mannered enough not to comment on it behind her back.

In the meantime, Dirk took his wife to the side and was brave enough to talk to her about their situation. He needed to know how Miranda is feeling about having another child, but she seemed more accepting of it already.

Dirk still reassured her they don't have to go through with it if she doesn't want to, but after spending all the time with Deidre she actually grew to enjoy being a mother more than she anticipated. Though she still had no intention to have a big family like her parents.

[delicatevalentine]

"Well, well, well. Look who it is! My favorite Goneril. How'd your birthday go? Get everything you wanted?"

Claude shuffled his feet a bit awkwardly, holding a parcel wrapped with a little silk bow. "Look, um--I figured it was kind of lame of me to miss your birthday. Usually, I'm like, the birthday guy, you know? Remembering the dates and being really good at getting gifts. Kinda missed the ball this time. So... I got you something to make up for it. Happy belated birthday."

Claude hands Hilda the gift, waiting for her to open it. Inside was a little pale pink porcelain tea cup and a matching mini plate, showcasing delicately painted floral decals and accented with gold. "Not sure if you like tea, but you like fancy stuff, right?" He asks with a smile, putting his hands on his hips and tilting his head, "If you ever feel like you want to test it out, then let me know, you know? I'm, uh... always up for tea."

The sound of a familiar voice drew her attention in the Golden Deer common room; or, rather, decidedly unfamiliar, given that he was dead to her. She met his cheerful gaze with a glare. Though... with even just that brief glance into his eyes, she could immediately tell that the geniality was false. For once, Claude felt... uncomfortable. Her heart softened just a smidge.

Her eyes fluttered down to the neatly wrapped gift: a rare show of careful attention from her House Leader. She accepted it as he rambled his apologies, each word chipping away at the ice of her demeanour like a pick. By the end of his monologue, she was holding the most adorable teacup and wearing her brightest smile.

"Aw, Claude, I can't stay mad at you!" She set the teacup down and stood up to throw her arms around his neck (which was no small feat with their height difference). "Thanks, I love it. And I'll forgive you for missing my birthday... this time." She pulled back far enough to point a stern finger in his face. "But next year I won't be so gracious... Got it?"

[randomnameless]

Outside Byleth, who do you think the Three House Leaders would naturally pair with instead in-canon assuming all recruits are allowed? And which ships would you prefer for them if you were in control and could change the writing a little?

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Pair as in "ship romantically" or hang out with and spend a lot of time?

Hubert already exists, even if his presence must be erased for "alone b4u" shenanigans, but I suppose that Supreme Leader might be spend a lot of time around Doro, given how she's a prime "commoner who raised above her stations thanks to her talents" token and they really seem to get along, as much as Supreme Leader can get along with people.

If the writing could change, I'd still pick Doro and have her accept that even if she might realise Supreme Leader's war is not so super awesome for everyone involved and the orphans Doro might relate to, she finally found someone she would support until the very end and is sure of her feelings, regardless of Supreme Leader's status. Sure it'd mean non-recruitable Doro, but I think it'd give her closure in some way, as in instead of trying to find a rich dude to care for her until her old days, she prefers to trust Supreme Leader, regardless of what future has in store, even if she grows old and loses her talents.

Claude is, by design, supposed to be closed off thanks to his secret, but the devs are really pushing (even in Nopes!) the idea that he and Hilda might be a thing... Dark humour would be of them having grand plans for the future and talking about warming the Almyran-Goneril relationships - while being served by captured Almyran children because none of them seem to give any fucks about those kids and it'd be a perfect "I think of the people and the future as a concept, but ignore them in my everyday life" cycle to close the Supreme Leader parallel -

In an ideal world where Claude could grow, I'd still pick Hilda and have them face, together, their own prejudices and bias and grow as persons.

As for Dimitri, tbh I don't really have a pick for a "romantic" pair - Nopes already delivered on the "be surrounded by his friends and allies and let them in even if it's small baby steps".

If I had to pick a ship though, both games push hard the "Dedue/Dimitri" ship and I really have no imagination, but I really dig the "Flayn has a one sided crush on him" thing lol, both because she loves romance but also because she could confuse her feelings of wanting to help him - since he might remind her of Seiros and we know how that ended, something Flayn is apparently aware of! - with romance.

FWIW though, in the "ship but not in romantic way", I'd tweak the writing team's arm to have him talk - on-screen - to Rhea, with either them playing an endless loop of "how are you - no you how are you" to avoid talking about themselves, or have Rhea, knowing fully well what Dimitri might be feeling, trying to encourage him to do everything she didn't do back then (but that'd imply giving more than infodumps and ominous lines to Rhea, so at this point, it'd be a straight up rewrite of the plot lol) while Dimitri sort of guesses Archbishop Rhea isn't a "mere" Archbishop but ultimately doesn't mind.