#fire emblem 4 shannan

[m0rb1dspade]

Fe4 characters as fantrolls part 3

Shannan & Scathach

Ayra & Larcei

[kurisulez]

Ayra and Shannan

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[fe4remake]

this is one million years late but thank you for the song recs from like over a month ago! they were spot on and i am definitely going to check out the full album the two corb lund songs are from. ougghh but first my heart is breaking for sigurd and the gen 1 crew all over again 🤡

i just finished fe5 last week and i have been Processing... it's taken me something like two years to complete (lunatic who doesn't use save states and resets the chapter if anyone dies), four total for the two games, and i am just,, Overwhelmed!!! but really my first impression is that fe5 is so special, it was really like a great big appendix to 4, and together they form such an enchanting myth of a story..

👀 if you'd like to share, i would love to know which characters you liked or disliked the most (for either story or combat reasons!)

AHHHHH OF COURSE!!! i'm so happy you listened to the recs and enjoyed them! corb lund quickly became a favorite of mine, a few other songs i like of his include when the game gets hot, apocalyptic modified blues, the cardplayers, and devil's best dress (i don't associate them with anything, i just like them<3)

i'm actually still in the process of playing thracia (busy w uni) but i completely agree, the jugdral lore is on a whole other level. i especially love thracia atm for how each chapter feels realistic given leif's situation

and i agree wholeheartedly, no one's dying on my watch ‼️ every unit that i lose is a wife that dies we're all getting through this together

and I'D LOVE TO!!! i don't actually have any jugdral units that i actively dislike story-wise, some were disappointing gameplay-wise (diarmuid i'm looking at you gayboy) and even though i haven't played fe4 in a minute i remember scáthach and febail carried my ass sooo shoutout to them

in terms of thracia units, lifis and shiva are my favs to use atm. yes i have a type (units w high avoid)

in terms of story, some of my favs include:

(fe4) shannan, deirdre (<- i am. SO obsessed with these two. words can't even begin to describe), quan, ishtar, finn, sigurd, erinys, iuchar, hawk

(fe5) leif, safy, lifis, EYVEL (i fw her so much. i did NOT initially catch that she's brigid and was NOT expecting them to turn her ass to stone. i love everything about ch5, it was suprisingly touching for a fire emblem game LMFAO), glade, perne, tina, shiva, carrion

thank you for the ask!! i love hearing abt your opinions, if you have impressions on any aspect of the jugdral games you want to share please please do :)

[lilycove]

by far one of my favorite Fire Emblem Guys

[jugdralchaosinbound]

Seliph: What does "thot" mean?

Ares: A thoughtful person

*later*

Seliph: Thanks Oifey, you're such a thot

Oifey:

Shannan: *wheezes*

[vermiformish]

Tfw you have od holy blood but can’t learn Astra

[rainbowdonkee]

Never forget Ayragate happened...

[tmetta]

[ipsen]

"In ages to come, the people of Jugdral tell legends of a divine king of ages past. None shall ever forget his name: Seliph."

[vividfullsensation]

I FINALLY GOT THEM LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

now, normally i don't make my own text posts but considering the recent feh channel, i have to ask:

how are we feeling today líf fans?

[teaveetamer]

Please rank all Fire Emblem games you've played from gayest to least gay

Oh my god ok I'm gonna do this from least gay to most gay because I think it's more fun that way

Least gay: Fire Emblem Awakening. Granted it's been awhile since I played it and maybe I just missed a lot of it the first go around, but I don't recall feeling a lot of gay vibes from it.

6) Probably FE4. Not that FE4 doesn't have gay potential (it has so much gay potential) I just don't think it was fully realized. It's an older game, no supports or anything. There's so much they could do with it. Shannan and Oifey raising Seliph as gay dads??? Plus, you can't tell me that Sigurd, Quan, and Eldigan weren't all banging.

5) Fates. Look as much as I love Fates and all the gay ships in Fates I think it's still got some risidual Awakening on it and they didn't want to go too hard on the gay because they wanted to keep the marriage mechanic front and center. Niles and Rhajat are carrying the game hard to keep it from going full Awakening.

4) SoV. There's even CGs that look like boyfriends arguing over the best color for the kitchen backsplash okay. Oh, and it has the series' one (1) instance of an explicitly gay man that is not related to the avatar character in any way. Not higher because there's like no gay ladies tho.

3) Sacred Stones, maybe? This one is hard to place because I haven't finished it, but... I mean it's clear that everyone wants to bone Ephraim, right? It's not just me? Everyone is into him? Even the final boss? Cool. Eirika has some nice gay with some of the ladies as well.

2) Three Houses. Blue Lions truly are the BL house. I don't think Dimitri can go five feet without meeting another man who wants to lovingly rail him. He has sexual tension with basically every man he's ever been on screen with. Mercedes present for the ladies as well.

Gayest: Path of Radiance. Good god you cannot go two feet without stepping in something ridiculously gay. The fanfic practically writes itself. Ike has a cat boyfriend and a tsundere boyfriend. The pretty heron man gets sold to a creepy old dude and then is rescued by his boyfriend. The Lion King has his own Dedue. It's just. *Chef's kiss*. I'm not too far in Radiant Dawn yet but my lord, I'm pretty sure Tormod and Sothe banged and there is no heterosexual explanation for Heather.

"But Vee!" I hear you all saying, "there's no explicit same sex love in that game like there is in 3H/Fates/SoV! Shouldn't those games be higher" to which I say... yeah well it was made in the mid 2000's. If you think homophobia is bad now, think about how bad it was 20 years ago!

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FE4 Suzuki Novelization Translation (Gen II) - Afterword

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Afterword

In general, it’s probably best to entrust game novelizations to young writers.

However, “Fire Emblem” is my favorite game series, so when Ascii Corporation* approached us about a Fire Emblem novelization, it was quickly decided that I would be the one to write it.

My involvement in the gaming industry started with a position as a designer for a simulation war game. It is from that point of view that I understand how to turn a war scenario from a game into a novelization, and where I can put my own spin on things. One such thing I do is consider what would be the best strategy and tactics to respond to the enemy’s movements, and how to incorporate that. (For example, I discovered on my own the strategy to go behind Kapathogia Castle to save Coirpre, which allows Seliph to conquer the castle three turns faster. This method is not written in any of the currently published strategy guides.)

During my first playthrough of the game, in the beginning, I was confused by the skill that the cavalry units have that allows them to move again, as well as the implementation of the arena. In the previous games on the Famicom,** I completed the game without ever once entering the arena. This time, I made it all the way to chapter 4 without entering the arena, but the game became so difficult that I had to start over from the very beginning with a new save file (Wasting forty hours of my life in the process!).

On my first playthrough, I prioritized speed, so I didn’t put much thought into the romance system. Because of that, Aideen ended up marrying Dew. But, on my second run, I realized the importance of the romance system, so on my third playthrough, I made a plan (?) from the start detailing who would marry who.

I say this because I based the story of this novelization on my third playthrough.

The ways in which games and novels present stories is very different. So to utilize the unique features of a novel, I didn’t follow the same progression of the story as the game, instead resolving to omit some things, while also placing an importance on explaining some scenes and situations that were not detailed in the game (Shannan and Patty’s story at the Aed Shrine is one such example.). As a result, because I had a page limit, I had no choice but to cut out a lot of the story’s first half. I hope those who were wishing for the characters in the first half to play an active role in this novelization will forgive me (And if the opportunity arises, I want to try writing about them some day.).

I intended to be as faithful to the original story as possible, but there is one part I changed on purpose. That is the plot where Arion is revived by Julius, and makes a second appearance. If he could play an active role after being revived, that would be great, but it’s a shame that he’s treated as a neutral party, and doesn’t leave Altena’s side. So I ended his story with his glorious death. (The scene I wrote in which Arion and Altena confront each other received positive feedback, and it is a favorite of mine, too... so I hope the creators can forgive me!).

I hope those who have played the game once will read this book and think “Of course, so that’s what the meaning behind those lines and actions were!” and will want to play the game again. That was my ideal goal for this novelization, but how did I do?

I can’t wait to hear the opinions those crazy about Fire Emblem have of this book!

Lastly, I’d like to express my heartfelt thanks to Kyōko Takase, my head editor, who shared countless helpful suggestions with me; and the illustrator, Rika Suzuki.

July 1996

Ginichirō Suzuki

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*T/N: The publisher.

**T/N: Japanese version of the NES.

[pangtasias-atelier]

If you got a muscle x chub couple (one buff and one fat) from each Fire Emblem game (spin off exclusive characters included) for your birthday, who’d you want them to be and why?

Not doing the spinoffs cause I don't really enjoy them in a kink capacity. (The sole exception being Hrid right now lol) Also bundled the Archanea games together and also the Tellius games since the casts overlap.

1/3/11/12: Buff!Kris x Fat!Wolf. I just love Wolf and was sad having to kill him in FE3. Glad he was recruitable in the remake and he hates the MU so I love him even more lol

2/15: Fat!Luthier x Buff!Atlas. This is such a fucking crackship of mine, but I absolutely adore Luthier. Even before echoes revealed his design, I just really liked him back in Gaiden. Atlas I was meh cause Celica group has everything covered for the most part. But echoes made Atlas so big and beefy and I love it. Plus, making big Atlas a mage is something I love so Luthier teaching him popped into my head and now I kinda ship it lmao

4: Buff!Shannan x Fat!Oifey I guess?. Idk what it is about Genealogy, but I can never think of a gay pairing when it comes to it. I blame the game being the absolute most heteronormative (despite what gross Tumblr fujoshis say) and me playing it back when I vehemently tried to make excuses about how I possibly couldn't be gay sksnsk. Also, I just kinda don't care for 2nd gen.

5: N/A. with the lack of supports and also how kinda small the story/text is (plus it being focused on a few characters) Thracia just feels like it's filled with the most nobodies/fillers. It gave me Salem and Deen who I love but the characters I enjoy just don't interact with anyone else.

6: Buff!Geese x Fat!Elphin. I am still eternally sad that these two do not have a support together despite Geese being the one who sailed Elphin after the asassination attempt. Plus, I just enjoy them individually lol

7: Fat!Eliwood x Buff!Hector. Couldn't think of any other ships I actually care about

8: Buff!Cormag x Fat!Artur. Big kinda gruff but pure hearted knight with chunky timid mage. I MEAN, how could I not

9/10: Fat!Pelleas x Buff!Tibarn. This is just me keeping old ships back from highschool in a deep place in my heart. I still have really old as fics that are absolutely nothing and those'll never get published cause they're awful agsjsbjs

13: Buff!Frederick x Fat!Robin. Same exact reasoning as with Cormag/Artur. But it's doubled cause Frederick is already a hunk of a man and he's just so gentlemanly

14: I'm tied with like two lmao. Buff!Saizo x Fat!Corrin or Buff!Corrin x Fat!Kaze. Saizo grew on me right away cause I hate how much the characters kiss the MUs ass in every FE game. Plus he's pretty buff and kinda tsun so him being secretly pampering of Corrin is cute. Kaze I love too (I miss his fates VA😭) and after using a tanky Corrin in BR Lunatic, he just was such a tank and now big beefy Corrin being super protective and pampering of Kaze got stuck in my head.

15: Fat!Byleth x Buff!Seteth. At this point, I'm pretty sure it's not a secret that Seteth (and Flayn) are like the only 3H characters that I can without a doubt say "I enjoy them as a character and feel they fulfill a proper role in the narrative". Byleth I can't imagine anything besides a twink or with some heft. Plus I enjoy fandom drawing Seteth more meaty than he is lol

[airlock]

so, folks, I’m here to start another heinous text post series!

once again, we have results on a FEH poll -- and once again, IS has fucked up the vote counting beyond repair, leaving me filled with desire to tally things up nicer and properer. which I will try to do anyway, but the only numbers published were the ones above their top 100, so I guess we’ll technically have some missing information

but then, I thought, hey, while I’m at it, why don’t I offer some pointed critique as to whether the most voted characters deserve their votes?

let’s start with the professors. below the cut: the top 15 most wanted teachers in Fire Emblem, and whether they are any good as professors!

#1: BYLETH (10574 votes across all genders and forms)

yeah, yeah, that figures; if you don’t want to think too hard about this, why not go with the character who is only known as Professor, right?

that said, I’ve had classes with professors whose facial experssions never change and whose dialogue choices don’t matter, and let me tell you, regardless of who was controlling them behind the scenes, I can’t recommend that experience

#2: ROBIN (3110 votes across all genders)

ehm, sure? I mean, if taking over the plot and arbitrarily succeeding at everything you try are teachable skills, sign me up I guess-

#3: CECILIA (2426 votes)

our first extant personality is here, and not a bad choice at all! I mean, if her curriculum is whatever Lilina is doing, then I’d learn happily. even if she can be astonishingly blunt and I happen to have weaknesses and insecurities-

#4: CAMILLA (1303 votes)

look, I get it; those of you who played fates are ever so often telling me that, despite all the hype, there’s an actual character there somewhere beneath the slab of meat. I’ve heard you tell me a million times by now. but please, by all means, explain to me what this can possibly represent if not 1303 people with a teacher kink

and yeah, I hope you’re bracing yourself for that already, because we’re going to be running into multiple characters who are obvious horny votes. potentially even some who are sneaky horny votes -- like, sure, Cecilia is a good teacher, but she’s also the series’ first bangable teacher, and I have no way of knowing where one ends and another begins out of her 2426

#5: IKE (1121 votes across all appearances)

what’s there for him to teach, anyway? how to get away with yelling at a foreign monarch whose help you need? how to do handstands with a sword? ... actually, you know what, sign me up for both of those, even if this is basically an additional horny vote

(pew pew peeeeeeeeeeew I went there)

#6: LYN (877 votes)

er, I don’t even... are people counting it as “teaching” if she sometimes talks exposition at the player character? I mean, even as far as that goes, exposition usually falls to the other people in her team anyway...... hmmmmm

like yeah, regardless, she’s passably nice -- opinionated, sure, but that doesn’t usually grate much -- and dedicated to self-improvement... like, it’s not that she has any outstanding qualities for a teacher, but she’s already a better candidate than probably half this list

#7: CLAUDE (869 votes across all appearances)

869 votes total, of which 619 are for his post-timeskip appearance. nice. (and also, booyaka booyaka)

... I guess you can accuse this one of being a horny vote also, because I mean, it’s claude, he does that to everyone -- but considering that Dimitri didn’t get into the top 15 despite what Erica Lindbeck would have wanted, I think it’s safe to assume that this is at least partially about Claude’s brains.

that said, though, being clever doesn’t alone make someone a good teacher, so, what does he really have going for him? well, he’s very eloquent -- although he’s never struck me as the good-at-being-the-center-of-attention type. and he’s funny, which is a thing that a lot of people look for in a teacher, although let me tell you, years of cram school have really shown me to only want that in a secondary capacity,

... wait, on second thought, how many people voted for this just because of Joe Zieja?

#8: SHANNAM (852 votes)

wow, I can’t believe 852 people have been completely duped! ... well, he did accidentally teach Mareeta how to Astra, but that sounds like it had nothing to do with what he was doing at all. I guess it’d be nice to discover a hidden talent just like that, but it doesn’t seem to be something we can rely on Shannam for. just like everything else

incidentally, I’m told there’s going to be a lot of random Jugdrali nobodies on the next categories too -- I’m guessing that must be the newest FE Reddit mob prank. too bad there’s probably not going to be a category that Dorcas can take over

(in case you’re wondering, the actual shannan has a modest 171 votes to his name)

#9: MANUELA (851 votes)

I’m not going to call this an outright horny vote, but one thing I can tell you all for sure is that nobody who’s voting for this wants to have an actual class where things get done

like, sure, she’s not without her share of admirable wisdom, but we’re talking about someone who openly felt like jumping into a lake when someone told her they look up to her and think she has made good decisions

#10: TITANIA (818 votes across all appearances)

the very first character on this list I can’t fault or make fun of at all, and it’s taken us the entire top 10 to get there. bravo, Fire Emblem fans. and bravo IS for splitting the tellius votes again, making her rank even worse on the official list

#11: EDELGARD (766 votes across all appearances)

what. I mean, sure, she’s a fantastic public speaker, but like, I hope you haven’t had enough yet of the teacher who boasts about how they WILL fail you

#12: SETETH (733 votes, possibly with uncounted change)

being taught by seteth is, presumably, like being taught by snape, minus all of the venom. solid choice, I suppose!

plus, if we’re following up on the Joe Zieja thing, I’d really be lining up to take classes from Mark Whitten. or Allegra Clark. or Christian La Monte, but that’d just be because he’s adorable and I’d watch him doing like anything

(get your mind out of the gutter)

#13: CANAS (685 votes)

I’m like, at least halfway sure that’s the one I voted for. hell yeah!

what’s there not to love? sure, he might be a spot awkward, but that unmatchable passion for knowledge is one of the best traits to have as a teacher, not to mention that he’s humble, happy to teach, and even good with kids! er, other people’s kids, that is. kids other than Hugh

(technically, he’s also voiced by Joe Zieja, but eh, I doubt anyone’s thought of that)

#14: ATHOS (664 votes)

if Seteth was the Snape pick, this is the Dumbledore -- again, without the venom, if he does have skeletons in his closet. that said, he forgets to eat just because he probably doesn’t have to anymore, so y’know, brace yourself for how that translates into keeping the class organized

(incidentally, his student Pent just barely missed my cut, as he is #16)

#15: LUKAS (647 votes)

you know what? it’s not that Lukas isn’t kind and passionate for knowledge and a bunch of other things that make a good teacher, but I regret to say I am 100% calling this both a horny vote and a voice actor vote. a horny for the voice actor vote, if you will. you’re not looking for a class, you’re looking for an ASMR roleplay of one

HONORABLE MENTIONS (highest vote in their continuity, without reaching top 15)

Maiko (622 votes): I haven’t played TMS#FE, so someone else will have to gauge the extent to which this is a horny vote

Marth (544 votes across all appearances): look, marth’s whole thing is how he’s just a naïve whelp standing on the shoulders of giants, so let’s be real -- you want Jagen to be your teacher. and hell yeah, so do I

Plumeria (400 votes): holy shit, look, 400 people who aren’t funny at all. like not even a little bit

Eirika (363 votes): it’s strange that she’s beating out the plethora of proper teacherly characters in Magvel, like Saleh and Duessel. I guess the upshot is that she’s never going to catch you cheating in a test?

unlike what I normally say on my heavily opinionated text posts, I’m eager to hear what you all have to say about all that -- this poll is a lot less fun than the discussions it raises! so yeah, who deserves all the votes they got here? did the one you voted for make the cut? are you on the defensive because I’ve seen right through you? let me know in the replies and reblogs!

[22degreehalo]

This sorta happens in Fire Emblem 4/5 with Shannam (pretending to be main character Shannan) except it's even funnier because he claims he can teach anyone the famous Astra technique exclusive to Isaachian royalty but completely coincidentally ends up fake teaching this to an actual long lost Isaachian member who of course follows his directions and actually Does it. And then has no idea why famous hero Shannan is standing there losing his goddamn MIND

underrated trope: main cast achieves some level of fame and run into random nobodies in shitty cosplay pretend to be them for clout. bonus points if locals believe the shitty cosplayers over the main cast