#bravely default praying brage

[bravelydefaultbrilliantlights]

Ivybeth as seen in Bravely Default Brilliant Lights (originally from Praying Brage)

[kelbunny]

Reading the Bravely Default Praying Brage archive can be quite fun lol. Even if it requires using google translate and seeing silly lines.

[superthatguy62]

Brandt, Aire, Yunita and Jusqua were featured in Bravely Default Praying Brage, a web browser game that ran from 2012 to 2019.

This is another explicit connect between Bravely Default and Final Fantasy: the 4 Heroes of Light, understandable as the former was originally (and, in some ways, still is) a sequel to the latter.

Notably, this is also a rare case of the main characters of 4HOL, much less characters in that game in general, appearing elsewhere.

[bravelyartbooking]

little known bravely default series facts

I noticed a couple of comments about the Bravely Series on Twitter last night that made me realize some folks didn't know some of what I consider common knowledge of the series (like why the ba'al theme wasn't on the Bravely Default soundtrack).

Contains spoilers for all three games. Also this got longer than I thought, thanks in advance if you make it to the end and find something you didn't know! I'm sure most of this seems obvious to long timefans.

Here is a compilation of what I know that may or may not be common knowledge to newcomers?

I had to split this into three parts because of Tumblr's character limit and I'm honestly too tired to fix the numbering. A much more readable version can be found on Google Docs here.

First part:

The version of Bravely Default that was received in the West is the second version of the original Bravely Default game, released in Japan in Dec 2013. This version, called "Bravely Default: For the Sequel" came with a massive (80ish) amount of improvements based on player feedback, such as: additional sidequests for the Asterisk Holders in later parts of the game, difficulty and encounter settings sliders, battle speed, redrawing the cities, and the Bravely Second mechanic itself.

This means some tie-ins to Bravely Second didn't exist with the first version - the Adventurer being green when you first encounter her, the end AR movie with Magnolia, the Ba'als and their theme. All this was added later.

The Japanese version does include different languages, including English, so if you can't understand Japanese you can still easily play this version of the game on a hacked or Japanese 3DS!

The first release in Oct 2012 was called "Bravely Default: Flying Fairy" and a lot of JP folks still use BDFF to refer to it.

While BDFTS and BD: Where the Fairy Flies (the Western release) are functionally identical, some changes between JP and West include but are not limited to:

Costumes were censored (such as the Vampire having a bodysuit under the belts and the Bravo Bikini)

The ages of Agnes, Tiz, Edea, Alternis and the Venus sisters was bumped up 3 years in their journal entries (or anyone whose age is written out instead of written as numerals).

Japan had merchandise that had codes for the extra costumes. The extra costumes made it into the Western version of the released game for in-game currency with the exception of Tiz's Dimensional Officer, Edea's Military Cadet, Agnes's Bravo Bunny, and Ringabel's Wakoku Warrior.

You can summon friends from Japanese versions and those costumes will be visible EXCEPT the Bravo Bunny is censored (the cut-out is covered) and Wakoku Warrior is replaced with Freelancer.

These codes expired after like 2 years.

There are 4 novels called "Pocketbook of R" (2 books) and "Pocketbook of R Second" (2 books). I'm including all the translation information I currently have.

Pocketbook of R is a first person journal from Ringabel in what is commonly dubbed "Infinity World" between the events of Bravely Default and Bravely Second.

Ellen translated the first book here (note that she did largely 'summary' translations as she hated the writing in the novel).

Bill translated most of the second book (page 70+) here. (Bill's native language is French and while I did some proofreading, there may be some clunkiness of translating from a third language into a fourth.)

Ellen started translating the third book here. This and the fourth book take place at the same time as Second, for the most part.

No solid English translations of the fourth book currently exist though I know the gist of it thanks to an older Tumblr fan who gave me the rundown. I'm sure RNT will make a video.

Second Part:

There are an additional 2 novels that are based on two of the spinoff games.

One is "Bravely Default - 200 years later" based on Praying Brage that was released in the Japanese Bravely Second collector's edition ONLY.

One is "Bravely Default Fairy's Effect - Rinne's Miracle" based on Fairy's Effect that was released as a standalone novel.

Very little information has been released about both. One day we'll have a summary/translation.

There are (currently) 4 spinoff games, all currently shut down.

Praying Brage (Nov 2012 - Apr 2017) was a browser game and was based on the premise of Edea going 200 years into the future to save Agnes. RedNovaTyrant has a great video on it here!

Bravely Archive: D's Report (Jan 2015 - Oct 2017) was a mobile game that centered around an alternate/future Luxendarc with crystal memories and a new main character who is revealed to be Deneb

It released in Australia for about 6 months in 2018

Bravely Archive Fairy's Effect (Mar 2017 - Aug 2020) was a mobile game released after Bravely Second that took place simultaneously 8000 years in the future and between the events of Bravely Default 1 and Bravely Second. There's a lot of lore for both games in FE that can be seen in various videos on the internet (such as info on the Kaiser/Glanz Empire and Agnes's transition into Pope, Ominas having a role in saving Mahzer and the newborn Edea from Eternia during Braev's coup), but Bill translated some of the remaining website summary here.

Bravely Default Brilliant Lights (Jan 2022 - Feb 2023) was a crossover mobile game in a new world that combined Luxendarc and Excillant characters and setting. It lasted 13 months and I archived as much video as I could on Youtube but as of now, first person "reports" can be found here that summarize each board of each story.

It explains why "First Born" Ba'al was a thing in Bravely Second.

An 'offline' version was released but pulled from the app stores in July 2023.

There are 2 audio dramas for the first game!

First one is called "Festival of Reunion" and a translation of all four tracks can be found here.

Second one is called something like "Bracelets of Eternity" and so far no English translation seems to exist (though I know the gist of the first track).

The Ba'al theme was released with the first audio drama.

There's a Luxendarc / Linked Horizons concert that took place in Japan in 2013, you can find video of it on Youtube and Amazon Prime Video, and they released music CDs specific to it.

Square released an X-mas Collections Music CD that has wintery remixes of some of the Bravely Default music.

There is a Bravely Default 4 volume manga that's a retelling of the first game. Red made a video about it here. You can find scans online and most of the translations were done by Ellen.

There is also a manga anthology that serves to tie together Bravely Default and Bravely Second (released around the same time as Second, if not earlier). Red also made a video about it here. Ellen scanslated the third story in the anthology, I reuploaded it here after her imgur account got nuked.

Bravely Second was changed between the JP and Western releases based on feedback from Japanese players:

Sidequests were streamlined so that players could get a "good ending" based on their decision even if they chose the opposite Asterisk after the time reset

The Black Mage/ Ranger sidequest had its endings completely rewritten, as the Japanese version ends with either Bahamut being eaten or the wounded NPC dying depending on who you sided with.

Some costumes that were DLC were added to be bought with in-game currency (same as Default)

Fort Lune was made more easily available instead of being locked behind a SE Member account (along with some other things like costumes).

Some of the writing was tweaked as there were complaints about the memey/modern references/references to other media like Dragonball.

Aimee/Hawkeye costume was changed (there was also minor censoring of other costumes, like adding a bra to Ranger for Magnolia).

The fox companion was moved to different locations instead of sitting next to the Adventurer, lessening some complaints of "mood whiplash" between tent scenes and serious story events.

Some JP preorder-exclusive weapons were excluded (as far as I can tell, some weapons were just very hard to get).

The controversial apology for Bravely Second was in regard to the large amount of negative feedback the team received from the JP fans in regard to Second (though some Western fans also had a lot of negative things to say, it was largely only because of the costume censorship to the point at least one mod was released).

Third Part:

Magnolia and Pope!Agnes had large plushie prototypes made of them that were never released.

There's an official MMD figure of Agnes from Second.

2 types of large Edea plushies were released, one with closed eyes and one with open eyes.

Only 200 of the open-eyed Edeas were made/released but now there apparently there's only 199 in existence because I tried to buy one and the seller told me she was damaged in by a wild animal getting into the warehouse, rip Edea...

Large plushies were released of Edea, Ringabel, Agnes, and Tiz based on their Default appearance. Tiz's plush had an unfortunate hair style in the prototype that they changed in the final version. Images of this bowl cut have been lost forever.

Gloria got a smaller plushie that's in the JP SE Store.

A set of even smaller Default 1 cast plushies, among other things, are in the 10th anniversary set.

The European Collector's Edition of Bravely Default Where the Fairy Flies included this unfortunate figure of Agnes.

The Bravely Second artbook has three versions:

Original Japanese version, scans of it exist online

Bravely Second (Western) collectors edition version, which removed several images - sketches/concept art of Agnes tied up in the ribbon and a couple of images of Geist as well. This version had translated captions but any text on the images was not translated.

The fully English translated version which also restores the images removed from the CE.

Sales data has indicated that the Bravely Series reached 3 mil in Nov 2021. No word on 4 mil or 5 mil, but maybe we'll find out this year?

Bravely Default 1 (all versions) hit 1 million in July 2014 (21 months from initial BDFF release)

Bravely Second (all versions) hit 700k in April 2017 (2 years from BSEL release)

Bravely Default II (all versions) hit 1 mil in Dec 2021 (10 months from BDII release)

So much JP only merch was released through the years, especially in the years before Second.

Some through the SE Cafe collab with BDII

Some through Artnia (here's Default and Second's collabs)

10th anniversary stores with Hakabanogarou in person and online (now closed)

10th anniversary collab with Super Groupies for watches, Agnes's pendant, a stole with Airy's pendant.

Stuff on the SE JP store

Limited edition rubber stamp sets for Default and Second

Linked Horizon branded BD merch was released with the concert like pins.

Magnolia figure.

Official D's Journal

The messaging Line app released Bravely Default/Bravely Second stickers drawn by a fanartist made official artist named Satokivi! I think they were like 3 dollars per set.

She also drew the mini series of 4koma called "Praying for Miko" for Praying Brage

Physical versions of these stickers are on the JP SE Store.

There's a vinyl record

Pop-up Parade figurines of the main four were released in 2023 for the 10th anniversary of Bravely Default.

Bravely Default II had two demos, the first one specifically made difficult to get feedback from the fans. They implemented some feedback to change the final version of the game (but not everything). This was the first time they have asked for feedback from the West instead of just Japan.

Team Asano has released Lunar New Year art every year except 2016 with Bravely characters and the zodiac animal

They do Christmas cards every year, and it seems that this year they included a special card for a special fan with an extra character in the dragon art. If you know you know.

The woman on the cover of Bravely Default II isn't Gloria.

Bravely Default II has several secrets in the names of Chapter 5, 6, and 7. Spoilers for BDII below:

Twin AGES refers to both the first initials of the known Heroes of Light (Adelle/Gloria/Elvis/Seth and Aileen/Godric/Emma/Sloan) as well as the repetition across the two eras of Heroes. Also, you’ll notice that the initials are shared between the folks who inherited the same blessing from the crystal (assuming Emma got the Earth Crystal and Godric the Water Crystal). This is most noticeable in the final fight against the Night’s Nexus when the spirit of the old Hero of Light is standing behind the new to help them. - Adelle/Aileen - Gloria/Godric - Elvis/Emma - Seth/Sloan

Twin CAGES refers to the ‘cage’ that Adelle locks herself into, and the ‘cage’ that Elvis is forced into without her

Twin PAGES references back to the twin eras of the known Heroes of Light, but now with the Player - whose help is needed for the cycle to end. This is why “P” is the last letter to fade in the ending credits when the player is thanked.

I'm sure there's a lot more I'm forgetting, and this isn't even including the Bravely Default original concepts that were revealed in a booklet in the 10th anniversary exhibitions.

If you made it to the end, I applaud you, and I hope there was at least one or two things you didn't know!

Also one day I'll finish the video on the English fan survey.

[bravelysanta]

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR - BRAVELY SECRET SANTA

Link to the form

The boring stuff/Deadlines: 1)  You have until (Sunday) October 20 at 1 AM EST to sign up. I’ll also be posting regular updates so follow bravelysanta at Twitter/Tumblr/Bluesky.

This is a hard deadline. If you miss it, you miss it! Try again next year!

REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST JOIN THE GROUP ON SNEAKY SANTA - the link will show up after you fill out the form.  Email me at fairyglowcharm @ gmail if you forgot to join it.

2) On the afternoon of October 20th, you will receive an email with the name of the person that you’ll be gifting via Sneaky Santa.

I will check-in a couple of times between mid-Nov and early-Dec. Please use these check-ins as opportunities to tell me if you need help!

3) Gifts are due anytime between December 22nd - 29th. If you will not be able to post it during that time, submit/msg me beforehand and I’ll post it for you.

4) If you think you may not meet the deadline, please contact me immediately and no later than December 21st. But please don’t sign up if you know your availability will be iffy in the first place.

5) If signing up as a pinch-hitter, those will be due by Jan 1st.

Guidelines:

1) If you must cancel your application, please notify me immediately either via email (fairyglowcharm @ gmail) or the bravelysanta accounts, preferably before assignments are chosen on Oct 22. If you find you cannot meet the gifting deadline and need an extension, please also notify me before Dec 21st. 

2) When filling out your name on the Sneaky Santa website, please include your social media handle (either Tumblr or Twitter/Bluesky), so your Santa knows how to @ you. Example - Koma (komatsujo). 

3) Remember that you are gifting a present to someone, and be prepared to spend at least some time on it. No one likes a last-minute gift!

4) Both fanart and fanfic are accepted as submissions. Santees, do not specifically request one or the other.

5) No AI generated art or fanfiction is allowed. The point of this is to create something for someone. Everyone of all talent levels is invited to join, to share the love of Bravely.

6) If you know there is a game, character, or ship that you don't wish to create content about, please indicate that in the last question of the form. I will do my best to exclude pairing you up with someone who is requesting a gift regarding those items, but please understand that I can't make promises if wishlists are not filled out.

7) Please try to complete your wishlists before Oct 20th for these reasons.

8) When creating your wishlists, please do not specifically request fanart or fanfic (example: do not request specifically fanart of the Crystal Crew as kids, instead of requesting something like “I would love to see the Crystal Crew as kids, doing something cute”). However, you should have more than 1 item on your wishlist. Please try to have 3-5 different items so your Santa has some freedom! 

9) Specifically requesting shippy gifts is allowed, but no NSFW material, either in wishlists or presents. This is mostly about smut, but also be mindful with gore and violence.  

10) Your wishlist and present MUST include Bravely themes or characters, such as Bravely Default 1 or 2, Bravely Second, Fairy’s Effect, Brilliant Lights, Praying Brage, etc. With the presence of Bravely characters in Octopath: COTC, Octopath characters + Bravely characters is allowed, though please be mindful of spoilers for the Octopath games. Same applies to other Team Asano games. 

11) Please try to keep your assignments private! Talk about them with friends in DM all you want, but if someone can find out that you’re their Santa on social media, that ruins the surprise!

12) Please tag submissions as #bravelysanta2024 !

13) If there is anything else you would like to specifically avoid during Secret Santa, up to and including a specific person, please indicate as such in the last question. These answers will be private and will never be shared with anyone outside of myself. This includes if you don't want to be matched with me, I'm a people manager, I can take it.

Link to the form is here!

[bs-el]

Hey, welcome to the results page. If you'll look above you'll see way more than three pink stars. I extracted this from the game's Main Menu. This isn't even the answer I intended when I made the post, we'll get to that one later.

Even though I messed this whole thing up, we can still have a little fun talking about all of these options, and what it was that I actually messed up! Welcome to the fun >w>

I'll be going through all of these in three sections: Facts, Fuckups, and Fiction! The first section, Facts, will be sorted by how many of you picked that answer, for maximum suspense.

The Facts

A fan hacked their game and distributed modded Nemesis to other players

u/Matrix_Sentinel over on reddit figured out how to mod the nemesis in both Default and Second and created a ton of extremely overpowered bosses with Duration 0/0/0 - 0/0/0 to indicate they were modded and sent them out online. They were never taken down, even until the very end of the servers. I have copies of Matrix_Sentinel's save files so I can access these if I want (and you can get them too if you look on reddit).

Aimee snipes the heroes from the other side of the planet on purpose

If Luxendarc is on a globe, there's absolutely no way she'd be able to make that shot. And yet...

Amphisbaena's Magic and Physical Immune heads are both weak to money damage

I'm a huge fan of this game, so much so that I speedrun the fastest category of it. While prepping for my routes, I spent two hours hitting both of Amphisbaena's heads with every single attack in the game. The only one that actually damaged both of them was Takeover. You could say it's pq performance >w>

An entirely different Bravely game takes place at the end of chapter 4

BRAVELY DEFAULT Praying Brage takes place many years in the future of the END LAYER that occurs at the end of chapter four. Please enjoy Red Nova Tyrant's video that summarizes the plot!

The Rain spellcraft was almost certainly coded incorrectly

u/Tables61 over on reddit compiled information on how a good chunk of the math works out behind SECOND's attacks and magic. Of note, the Rain spellcraft is coded such that if you apply it to a spell that normally targets a single enemy, Rain will cause it to scale inversely with the number of enemies on the field. What this means? Fire Rain against one alarune will do significantly more damage per hit than Fire Rain against six alarunes, even though you're still only hitting four times. This goes almost directly against the description of the rain spellcraft. Oh yeah, and also the way the Meteor spell interacts with the rain spellcraft causes its damage to skyrocket to absurd levels. You can deal 9999x4 damage at earlier levels due to this faulty code.

Edea accidentally ate the baton used to fight Praline in the first game

I know this game got a ton of criticism for how often they talk about food, and for that reason a lot of people skip through the tent scenes. That's the reason why I put this as an option. Even still, what a way for a relic to go.

🥉 Contrary to popular english fandom belief, Altair and Vega had a child

If you voted for this, I'm giving you a bronze medal! This is the answer that required you have the strongest series knowledge. When Ba'al; Firstborn was distributed and encountered, many fans thought it was supposed to represent Vega's despair at never getting to have a child with Altair. It's a really good guess, but it's probably incorrect, as Bravely Default: Brilliant Lights introduced us to Claire, and eventually revealed that she is in fact the daughter of Altair and Vega. She was transported to another world before Altair and Vega's homeworld was destroyed in a sort of superman situation. I can't even give you more info than that because I don't know all that much about Brilliant Lights myself!

The Fuckups

🥈 The pink stars on the title screen are the real life Altair, Vega, and Deneb

Like I said before the read more, this one was supposed to be true! However, upon examining a real starmap, getting confused, and deciding to extract the image from the game files, I realized it's not true at all! What a wild ride! If you voted for this or the next one, you get a silver medal.

🥈Despite fighting alongside Minette, Bismark the lion isn't a boss enemy

Vulnerable to Obliterate, which explicitly says it doesn't work on "Bosses or Special Enemies" and yet Bismarck is listed in the bestiary as a boss... what's going on here? Poor wording is what! I meant for this fact to focus on the fight mechanics instead of the bestiary, but I realized everyone might mistake this for a bestiary question, so.... Silver Medal to those of you who guessed this!

The Fiction

🥇The bestiary implies that the Faithful Fox is Yoko, as they both love croissants

This is the answer I intended to be the fabrication, as I've woven some deception into it! Here's the last part of Yoko's bestiary entry:

Everything seems in order, yeah? Here's the last part of the Faithful Fox's (aka Comrade's) bestiary entry:

Wait a minute, there's no croissants here!! It's all inari-zushi!! During the cutscenes where Yoko interacts with the party for the first time, she becomes enamored with croissants and ate all of the croissants the party had. It's one of the few times the food talk bleeds out of the tent scenes or sidequests and out into the main quest, and so it's probably much more prominent in your mind than inari-zushi is. If you picked this answer you get a Gold Medal, congrats to you for picking out the true fabrication of mine!

And with that the game is done! I may make more Luxendarc Saga posts in the future since that's my whole thing, so stay tuned! That being said...

Happy Eleventh Birthday to BRAVELY DEFAULT, eat your vegetables, and ta-ta for meow!

One of these Bravely Second niche factoids is a lie, vote on which you think is the lie!

Some of these may require series knowledge more than just Bravely Second knowledge >w>

Please reblog for visibility! i'll reveal the answer once the poll is over!

Edit: i messed up! One of these is actually a half lie, and i'll be giving a silver medal to those of you who guess it >w< Edit 2: To anyone reading this, I highly recommend getting all the evidence for one of these before you make the poll, because wowee I sure messed up!! You'll see soon enough >w<

[nikolai-nikolanikov]

[zephybat]

It be Lillia Derosso

[bravelyluv]

[bravely-incorrect-quotes]

[ID: Tumblr]

Tiz: friendly reminder that he

[An image of Egil as he appears in Bravely Default: Praying Brage.]

Agnès: he what

Tiz: he

[bravelyfashionzine-blog]

★  Hello everyone!  ★ Bravely Fashion Zine is now open for sign-ups! This will be a Fashion Themed Bravely Default Zine, mainly focusing on the different characters throughout the series and the sort of clothes they wear, inspired by the many different jobs these characters can have. We hope that you have fun participating in this project!

> For more information, click here!

> Sign Up Here!

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to leave us an ask or contact us at bravelyfashionzine@gmail.com!

[bravelyconfessions]

Reposting this since the original post didn’t show up in the tags for a couple of days:

This is for confessions related to the Bravely Series (Bravely Default, Bravely Second, Praying Brage, Fairy’s Effect, etc). Octopath Traveler confessions are tentatively allowed pending further information about the IP.

Guidelines: 1) Must be about one of the series based on the Luxendarc universe(s)!

2) No need to submit a picture - I will create the confession based on submitted text, but feel free to suggest a particular picture to use!

3) Confessions may be NSFW if necessary, but will be tagged as such when posted.

4) Confessions about individuals in fandom will not be permitted.

No personal attacks allowed.

5) I will correct grammar, spelling, etc mistakes if needed! But please make it understandable or I may not be able to figure out what is meant.

6) Confessions that are racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or any other attack on a group of people will not be posted.

7) If the blog picks up, a queue will be established. If your confession doesn’t show up, it’s either because it hits one of the above points or because it’s in the queue. Ask me off anon and I will let you know.

8) Have fun!

[bravelyseriescollabs]

Bravely Series Collab 2020 -How to choose characters and guidelines

Thank you to everybody who voted in the poll! The results were very close - one vote - but in the end, we had a  winner.

The theme for the Bravely Series Collab 2020 is a Modern AU!

Basically, how you think the characters would dress if their world was ours in 2020~ 

How to reserve characters:

Send me an ask/instant message here @bravelyseriescollabs​ or @misedejem​, on the twitter (@/bravelycollabs/@/misedejem), or on discord if you can contact me there with the one character of your choice - though this may increase depending on participation

It’s first-come-first-served, and one artist per character, so I may request a backup character if your first choice is taken. You’ll be contacted if your favourite becomes available again

Guidelines:

Anybody can take part, and you can join right up until the deadline

Any Bravely Series character is available, major or minor, so long as they are canon (from Default, Second, Default II, Praying Brage, Archive, or Fairy’s Effect)

The poll results were very in favour of Octopath and 4 Heroes of Light, so in addition, you may also choose to draw any of the playable characters from said titles (eight from OT, four from 4HoL). This is just to avoid spoilers for anybody who has not played those games.

Feel free to design named characters with no artwork (e.g. Altair/Vega)

Submissions can be digital or traditional, or even things like cosplay - but block colour backgrounds/transparent backgrounds please!

No smaller than 1000x1000 px if possible, no larger than 4000x4000

Keep it SFW and try to avoid spoilers

Full-body or half-body is fine, but please avoid cropping the sides (visual representation below, feat. a Tiz)

Side note: If anybody wants to draw a background, contact me~ I usually split the characters into groups based on their role, so multiple backgrounds would be fine.

All previous collabs are on this blog if you want ideas~

You guys said late July - early August was best for you, so the deadline is currently July 31st 2020

Reservations will be posted on this blog/a google doc and linked elsewhere

Please post your work here/on twitter under #bravely collab 2020

Have fun! Let’s get started~ -Mod Misede

[thewanderingcotabus]

bravely default - praying brage by jungmin jin /dospi

[bravelyartbooking]

[bravelysanta]

Bravely Santa sign-ups are here for 2024!

Link to the form

The boring stuff/Deadlines: 1)  You have until (Sunday) October 20 at 1 AM EST to sign up. I’ll also be posting regular updates so follow bravelysanta at Twitter/Tumblr/Bluesky.

This is a hard deadline. If you miss it, you miss it! Try again next year!

REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST JOIN THE GROUP ON SNEAKY SANTA - the link will show up after you fill out the form.  Email me at fairyglowcharm @ gmail if you forgot to join it.

2) On the afternoon of October 20th, you will receive an email with the name of the person that you’ll be gifting via Sneaky Santa.

I will check-in a couple of times between mid-Nov and early-Dec. Please use these check-ins as opportunities to tell me if you need help!

3) Gifts are due anytime between December 22nd - 29th. If you will not be able to post it during that time, submit/msg me beforehand and I’ll post it for you.

4) If you think you may not meet the deadline, please contact me immediately and no later than December 21st. But please don’t sign up if you know your availability will be iffy in the first place.

5) If signing up as a pinch-hitter, those will be due by Jan 1st.

Guidelines:

1) If you must cancel your application, please notify me immediately either via email (fairyglowcharm @ gmail) or the bravelysanta accounts, preferably before assignments are chosen on Oct 20. If you find you cannot meet the gifting deadline and need an extension, please also notify me before Dec 21st. 

2) When filling out your name on the Sneaky Santa website, please include your social media handle (either Tumblr or Twitter/Bluesky), so your Santa knows how to @ you. Example - Koma (komatsujo).  (Everyone's names/prounouns/social media handles will be posted on a spreadsheet linked on the site, but this makes it easier to find folks.)

3) Remember that you are gifting a present to someone, and be prepared to spend at least some time on it. No one likes a last-minute gift!

4) Both fanart and fanfic are accepted as submissions. Santees, do not specifically request one or the other.

5) No AI generated art or fanfiction is allowed. The point of this is to create something for someone. Everyone of all talent levels is invited to join, to share the love of Bravely.

6) If you know there is a game, character, or ship that you don't wish to create content about, please indicate that in the last question of the form. I will do my best to exclude pairing you up with someone who is requesting a gift regarding those items, but please understand that I can't make promises if wishlists are not filled out.

7) Please try to complete your wishlists before Oct 20th for these reasons.

8) When creating your wishlists, please do not specifically request fanart or fanfic (example: do not request specifically fanart of the Crystal Crew as kids, instead of requesting something like “I would love to see the Crystal Crew as kids, doing something cute”). However, you should have more than 1 item on your wishlist. Please try to have 3-5 different items so your Santa has some freedom! 

9) Specifically requesting shippy gifts is allowed, but no NSFW material, either in wishlists or presents. This is mostly about smut, but also be mindful with gore and violence.  

10) Your wishlist and present MUST include Bravely themes or characters, such as Bravely Default 1 or 2, Bravely Second, Fairy’s Effect, Brilliant Lights, Praying Brage, etc. With the presence of Bravely characters in Octopath: COTC, Octopath characters + Bravely characters is allowed, though please be mindful of spoilers for the Octopath games. Same applies to other Team Asano games. 

11) Please try to keep your assignments private! Talk about them with friends in DM all you want, but if someone can find out that you’re their Santa on social media, that ruins the surprise!

12) Please tag submissions as #bravelysanta2024 !

13) If there is anything else you would like to specifically avoid during Secret Santa, up to and including a specific person, please indicate as such in the last question. These answers will be private and will never be shared with anyone outside of myself. This includes if you don't want to be matched with me, I'm a people manager, I can take it.

Link to the form is here!