#alhanalem

[the-crystal-in-chronicles]

“Happy New Year” Crystal Chronicles artwork by Toshiyuki Itahana. Posted on the old official Crystal Chronicles blog back in 2008.

[rabarta]

"actually it's coral blue number 5"

+ bonus doodle i regret to inform you all i got flustered drawing

[soulbanished]

💖 i have a couple of names i go by, but you can call me mordacia or marian / marion !

💖 they / them or he / him, 20s, white, personal + self ship sideblog. i follow from a url starting with f.

💖 i don't exactly have a 'dni' but i'd prefer if only adults follow, and i don't want harry potter fans or people who self ship with minors [yes, even aged up] following me. otherwise feel free to talk to me any time, although i'm a little bit skittish and slow to respond sometimes

💖 my main f/o is kireek from phantasy star online! if i don’t already know you, please ask to follow if you share - i don't dislike sharing on principle, but i am very picky interacting with new people.

💖 i have a few others i may talk about from time to time here - generally i'm okay with sharing as long as you are, but i'm not comfortable sharing alhanalem. i doubt it will be an issue, but please do not follow if he is also your f/o.

alhanalem [final fantasy crystal chronicles: ring of fates]

magus [chrono trigger]

[galaxydynamite]

SO I FINALLY FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN AN ART PIECE I'VE DONE TO POST IT. the first OFFICIAL art containing my new f/o

[mihari]

TEISEL, YUUKA AND RAZIEL??? YOU HAVE IMPECCABLE TASTE [also, i was the one who submitted vivienne and elma on that one blog! it's nice to see other selfshippers who know phantasy star! my blog is @hucasts]

You! Fellow Crystal Chronicles fan! You are my moot now!

[inertiaticesp]

Hiya! If you don't mind answering, do you have any headcanons for FFCCRoF characters? Both playable and non-playable? Your takes on the game and its characters are really cool ❤️

anon you have no idea how much this ask made me smile. unfortunately i don't have very many i can think of off the top of my head, but here's a little something i posted on an older blog:

i think yuke hands are similar to owl talons (mostly resembling a great horned owl or snowy owl but theres variation between individuals of course)

yukes that are of high class/societal status like alhanalem was as royal mage wear decoration on their talons, usually gold jewelry on the tips or hand chains

to get into stuff regarding individual characters, the lich has particularly sharp talons and always applies an uncomfortable amount of pressure while holding someone, careful so she doesn’t break skin, but it’s enough to intimidate the guards out of interacting too much with her unless needed — besides the memory loss she inflicted on everyone, that’s part of why no one thought to question her (the other part is that al himself used to have sharp talons as well, and wore claw guards like those you put on cats when he handled important documents)

another headcanon i have but haven't made a longer post about is meeth's whole cutesy demeanor - this isn't really based in canon, but i think it's partially a habit she started when talking to kids she takes care of, especially lady tilika (and later yuri and chelinka of course!)

i also see meeth as someone who despite her belligerent personality kind of blames herself for what happened to tilika, and thus is extra protective of yuri and chelinka - she couldn't bear it if anything happened to them, especially if it was her responsibility

other than this... i'd have to do some digging and maybe replay the game again, since i certainly do have some thoughts about how chelinka should have at the very least had a more active role in the story/dialogue, and thoughts about al and meeth's relationship and how important it is to me - specifically, as a strictly platonic relationship, because having them be close friends who live together with no explicit indication of a romantic relationship or marriage is honestly something i didn't expect at all from a game of this demographic or time period (not to mention having them be romantic would ick me out severely for obvious reasons regarding meeth's design)

[namingway]

i have so many thoughts about rof yukes so im throwing headcanons in here. i think their hands are similar to owl talons (mostly resembling a great horned owl or snowy owl but theres variation between individuals of course)

yukes that are of high class/societal status like alhanalem was as royal mage wear decoration on their talons, usually gold jewelry on the tips or hand chains

to get into stuff regarding individual characters, the lich has particularly sharp talons and always applies an uncomfortable amount of pressure while holding someone, careful so she doesn’t break skin, but it’s enough to intimidate the guards out of interacting too much with her unless needed — besides the memory loss she inflicted on everyone, that’s part of why no one thought to question her (the other part is that al himself used to have sharp talons as well, and wore claw guards like those you put on cats when he handled important documents)

[retirement-home-rumble]

Whelp, Alhanalem didn't get it, but William Afton sure did.

Guess who I'm voting for.

Sorry about your blorbo :(

But congrats about your other blorbo :)

[mayor-skeleton]

I dug up a REAL old game from my childhood, Final Fantasy: Ring of Fates and I finally finished the damn thing after like, ten whole years of never touching it (I got stuck in the last dungeon)

alhanalem was my favorite cause he sounded cute and looked cute and had CHARACTER

[rabarta]

🏳️‍🌈 i do not even remember if i even sent you one of these. tell me about alhanelem :3

GOOD GOOD YOU HAVE ASKED THE ONE CHARACTER I HAVE EXTENSIVE SOURCE BACKED RESEARCH FOR he is gay demisexual and a trans man and let me explain why. youknow that post like 'the wisdom that only a post-menopausal man can provide' thats him.

okok jokes aside there is an important plot point where there's an impostor masquerading as alhanalem and she has king kolka placed under a spell and stuff. and the First thing al takes issue with other than the obvious fact that someone is pretending to be him is that shes a woman and the name alhanalem belongs to a man - the phrasing "belongs to" is important here, because names in yuke culture are unique and no two have the same name. again i say this scene makes a lot of sense if he's trans, of course it's upsetting to see someone pretending to be you and using your own name, but then using your past against you? fucked UP. (as an aside the lich is my favorite villain in the game but that's for another post)

AS FOR THE GAY + DEMISEXUAL HC i do think that he is attracted to men, he's flirted with by a shopkeeper and goes 'either i am having difficulties aural or your sales pitch is quite unusual' 😭 al doesn't really take to it well when the idea of him being with a woman is presented. when yuri and chelinka tease him about 'picking flowers' (gathering herbs) and assume it's for some girlfriend, he immediately changes the subject back to moogle plants and gets mad (more so than he usually does when the kids don't pay attention). theres also the dialogue he has with a yuke npc who was an engineer at rela cyel, who recognizes him as the king's royal mage and the head of the institute, and says he's been "waiting so long" to see him again... and al immediately shuts that down and says he's mistaking him for someone else, but that's just because he didn't want the kids to know about his past yet... in the new world after yuri and chelinka defeat galdes, where they haven't met al and meeth yet, al is actually seen talking to the same npc about rebuilding rela cyel together

i think given his general personality plus his previous (and current) responsibilities, it would take a lot of familiarity with someone else for him to experience romantic/sexual feelings... plus MAYBE a little bit of projection as someone who is considering the demisexual label

to end this off

(this is a real quote. taken a little bit out of context but it's still gay in context too.)

[soulbanished]

ive certainly shared this before and its not the full conversation but this always gets me. immediately changes the subject the moment yuri and chelinka make up some nonsense about a girlfriend

[selfshipassignments]

Oh my golly goodness gracious! Is that somebody from Crystal Chronicles! You, my dear friend have amazing, amazing taste.

But when I think of mages and mentors a specific Magician Card comes to mind!

Alhanalem of the Yuke shall be the Dark Sage!

LET'S PLAY A GAME. REBLOG THIS WITH A PICTURE OF YOUR F/O AND A SMALL BIT ABOUT THEM, MAYBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP AND I'LL ASSIGN YOUR SELFSHIP A RANDOM YUGIOH CARD.

[galaxydynamite]

Sunlit sea and Coconut with Alhanalem? -@hades-beloved

Sunlit sea☀️ - What nicknames or terms of endearment does your f/o use for you, and which are your favorites?

he actually calls the player ‘dear’ in a platonic sense in the post-story multiplayer mode and when i read that dialogue my jaw dropped. of course in terms of my self ship, it’s a romantic term of endearment, but i can imagine al also calls madelon ‘darling’, ‘beloved’, very traditional nicknames. i could see him using eloquent language like he usually does too - "your eyes are more breathtaking than the luster of any crystal”

Coconut 🥥 - What are things your f/o does to express physical affection for you? (Or vice versa)

i don't think al is really one for pda OR physical affection - judging by his reactions when npcs flirt with him, he'd be pretty uncomfortable showing affection in public, and his helmet kind of prevents him from kissing in the conventional way. that being said, he is quite the romantic, in the sense that he sees beauty in what others might consider mundane + he is a pretty sentimental person at heart. maybe he'd brush the tips of his wings against madelon's hand, or let them sit close while he's working [but NOT on his lap, that'd break his poor old bones]. madelon definitely kisses him on the helmet all the time though, just. usually when they're alone together. lord knows if yuri and chelinka saw that, neither al nor madelon would hear the end of it [they already teased him about picking flowers and thought he had a girlfriend!!! cue the "ewww old people love" comments]

[ruderubicante]

DnD Character - Alhanalem aka “Bloop”

-Baketako -Blade Dancer

Due to their language being bubbles and tentacle gestures they tend to name themselves in conventional manners on land.

So in other words - Alhanalem would be called Al.

Pronounced as "Bloop" in Common.

More to be added later.

[alphadrg]

HM. Top 10 favourite characters, who is your favourite villain, and your least favourite characters? 8Ic

FINAL FANTASY FACTS (accepting) in which i include kh characters too

top 10 favorite characters is a lot. but the number 1 character that I love and will die for is Amidatelion from Crystal Bearers. Others in no particular order are: Alhanalem (CC), the twins (14), Lightning (13), sora (KH). i have others of course but these are just some i have VERY STRONG EMOTIONS TOWARDS. i also really like gurdy/hurdy and the black knight from the original CC. their stories are immensely tragic and yes i did sob like a baby at the black knight’s conclusion. honestly i just love all the characters in the CC spinoffs.

villain wise my favorite has to be zenos (14) and jegran (CC). i guess amidatelion also is technically included into this as well? I have an obvious thing for characters who want to reach godhood or enact ‘god’s will’. i’ll also pop marluxia in here because marluxia is honestly a god tier villain.

least favorite character i admittedly do not have one? i guess the big bad of ring of fates is my least fave just because of how boring he was compared to the rest of the game. good game overall, but the villain was really weak. also lyse. and don’t get me wrong I LOVE LYSE but man they kinda dropped the ball on her character in SB. 

[teamcalamity]

Opus Explorations - FF8 In depth

FF8 is my favourite of the Final Fantasy's and the release of a new Squall sees the perfect excuse to try and get an 8 themed deck into play (I would have tried anyway).  You should by now already be well aware of the issues facing FF8 in FFTCG, Edea is the nuts but is limited to mono lightning, the next 3 best cards are all called Rinoa and the EX searcher can't search the main protagonists' Legend card. If this is going to do well (or at least vaguely OK) then we will have to show some restraint and not go all in on the FF8 characters, bulking out the deck with some strong supporting plays.   I felt the best balance for this was in mono ice, as we can employ some key characters (Squall, Rinoa, Laguna, Ultimecia), take advantage of powerful cards available to the element (Genesis etc) yet still maintain some kind of tangent theme.......Time Compression (aka dull/freeze). This deck is full of dull/freeze mechanics, I personally find full on discard a bit grubby.  We want to be on the front foot so ideally we want to get 2 backups down early and then starting putting pressure on the opponent with our forwards.  We should be able to control their response by locking it down or removing it. I'll start with the FF8 crew..... Squall x2 - Of all the main protagonists, Squall has probably had the roughest deal in terms of the cards he's been given and for some reason he's usually focused on discard.  I'm going for the new one here but you can pick whichever you want (5 drop hero might be a good shout).  This new one is at least on curve at 8k.  His first ability should be fairly easy to get off and is a nice bonus but we will focus more on the second ability with our dull/freeze theme and try and work some ways to make this worthwhile without messing up our own gameplan. Laguna x2 - Weird art but searches Squall so gives us a bit of tempo and might even sneak a point of damage early on.  Also means we can keep Squall at 2 copies and make space for some better ice cards ;) I'd love to see a Laguna backup. Rinoa x3 - I've gone for Opus 2 Rinoa mainly because of her synergy with other VIII forwards.  We should be able to get her some boosts (I want to say pump her) so she might be quite formidable even though that does slightly go against her break effect.  It's still relevant though and awkward for your opponent to play around (fingers crossed full art Yuna is just used for peoples collections).   Ultimecia x2 - Probably a 1 of but with our theme it sucks to see it early and have to ditch it so will go for 2.  Still a relatively new card and has 2 nice effects.  I don't see the 6 damage situation being a strategy we want to pursue as with ice we want to be on the front foot, instead this will help reinforce the advantage. Don't be afraid to play just to get one effect off, we don't mind paying 6 as this might enable Squalls ability as well.  Yes I know, Orphan is a better 6cp ice forward but this is an 8 deck (feel free to swap with Orphan haha) Cid Kramer x0 - He doesn't exist. Why not! In chapters he searched Squall or Seifer and gave them haste.  Can we get that now please. OK our fan service is over, let's look at the rest of the forwards.... Lasswell x2 - 2cp on entry removal option, should be able to attain the 7k, awesome card. Palom x2 - A bit of Opus 8 flavour.  Rich hates this card so I'm desperate to fuck him over with it.  He thinks dulling all the backups is irrelevant...until we follow up with Ultimecia mwah haha!  The effects are all actually decent for a 2cp forward. The freeze will probably be most useful. Garland x2 - Marmite card from spoiler season, I think it's gonna be good so let's give it a spin.  More dull freeze options but with a dull bonus of not choosing.  Opponent is most likely going to dull their lava spider every turn though. Time Mage x2 - More Opus 8 flavours that fit in with the dull freeze theme.  I originally had White Tiger L'Cie as the idea of making opponent pay an extra 3 for a Diabolos is quite appealing.  I've gone for this to give it a try but I'm not sure we need it.  Most likely this will go for Bablizz. Genesis x3 - Don't think this needs explanation. #bangenesis used to be a thing. Kuja x1 - Perfect turn 1 play to generate 2 cp.  We want him in the break zone as he's there for the backup recycling ability.  EX burst is a juicy bonus if it comes up.       Kurasame x2 - We are running all 3 of the Type-0 package so will get the search (EX too) and boosts the other forwards.  If we can get him down for 4cp with Enima we're in Value Town! Next up I'll go through the backups, there are 8 different ones which all have a purpose but only 5 spaces available, hence the Kuja incase we need to get something else in mid/late game.  Legend Aerith ruins the fun slightly so fingers crossed everyone goes for the new forward.  As I said, try and get two cheap backups down early and start playing out forwards to apply pressure. Continue building up the backline as we go. Jihl Nabaat x2 - The Calamity meta makes this quite essential, protects from Fusoya, Alhanalem etc.  I want to play x3 EX Jihl and x3 Cocytus.  Maybe I'll stop being a pussy and go for it. Emina x1 - Playing this turn 1 will feel sweet.  Makes Kurasame and Kazusa 4cp and can be searched.  Once that's done Kuja it away. Cocytus x 2 -  Playing this turn 1 will feel shit.  Sexy Jihl's lazy eye'd cousin.  EX conditions shouldn't be too much of a problem to achieve and if played to field at the right time it's really good.   The Emperor x3 - Have you tried this yet? I reckon probably not.  It's actually bonkers.  Once you are ahead in board state this just hammers home the advantage every turn.  On 5 backups we can happily empty our hand and discard 2 for the effect to break a forward and then follow up with Squall's ability. Duke Larg x 2 - Ice booster, pretty standard and +1k is always nice to have out, particularly with ice's undercurve power. Terra x2 - Dulls a forward when you cast a summon.  Haven't seen this used very much, I think it's underrated. Once it gets going it's so cool.  When I go through the summons I'm going to remind you of this each time, kind of want this at 3. Snow x3 - 3 might be too much but at 2 when you don't see it you wish you had 3. Some people say this is shit, but the reality is if your opponent can't deal with it it's gg.  At 4cp make sure you play it on a turn you will get value out of it with some attacks.  Heca and Alexander are about so this probably won't survive many games.  I'm tempted to run Doctor Cid as a deterrent. Kazusa x2 - We shouldn't have much issue with dulling forwards so let's smash one with 10k.  He breaks himself to dull 2 as well.  A bit telegraphed once they see Emina and Kurasame are out or you search him but we have dulls for days so not much they can do about it. I think most people forget he exists anyway. OK, finally the summons, they are all dull focused and mostly called Shiva.  Remember every time you cast one, Terra can dull something as well. Shiva x3 - An ice staple, can be used on defence or attack.  Dulls 2, oh wait with Terra it dulls 3. Shiva x3 - EX burst and damages a dull forward.  Will be loads of Shiva in the break zone so you should be able to pop whoever you want.  Oh yeah you get an extra dull on top with Terra. Shiva x1 - The EX burst is nice but as a stock cast, 2 freeze is pretty good.....if 1 of the targets is active, Terra dulls it as well. Shiva x2  - The new Shiva! Choose 3 forwards or monsters, dull them and freeze them.  Brutal.  Only in your turn though...booooo.  Imagine being able to dull 4, if only there was a way. Zalera x1 - It's not called Shiva!  4 is the key number at the moment so I've only gone as 1 of.  Doesn't suffer from choosing though.  A nice follow up to a dead Rinoa or a Time Mage.  Terra stacks as well to add someone else to the resolution pot if needed.  Did I mention I like Terra? Hopefully you get some joy out of this or worst case it inspires some new ideas for your own deck.  Maybe one day we'll see a FF8 starter deck.