#fire emblem book 2 icons

[the-blue-sandglass]

Some icons from the summer banner this year! ^^ Like/reblog if used!

[little-robin-h00d]

Happy Halloween! :D a Halloween Town Ienzo for your viewing pleasure!

I was able to do art for the first time in years recently, and I absolutely WENT OFF! The muses put me in a headlock and didn't let me go until they were satisfied, so this boi got done just in time for Halloween!

The amount of detail i put into this guy is INSANE! But the glazing and light filters messed up the small details that were only really visible anyway at 800% zoom, so i'll be including those under the cut.

Embroidery

Almost every embroidered symbol is unique, only mirrored on the other side of the coat. From top to bottom: the Nobody symbol, the Heartless symbol, a symbol found in the old mansion in Traverse down combining the fleur-de-lis heart and a crown, the symbol of Ansem the Wise, the Kingdom Hearts symbol, a stylized rose, an eight pointed star, the player pin from The World Ends With you and the one from the sequel, a symbol found in Scala ad Caelum, a rounded star, a book, scales of justice, a beaker, Sephiroth's symbol with the wing inside the meteor, Shinra's logo, the buster sword from Final Fantasy 7, a chocobo, a cactuar, a moogle, fleur-de-lis, Red XIII, the Unversed symbol, Nobody symbol, Heartless symbol, Kingdom Hearts symbol, Roxas’ symbol, Eraqus’ symbol, numbers 1-14 in roman numerals.

The general mirroring stops here, and the symbols on the right are: a sun, moon, pentacle, meteor, hidden Mickey/lucky emblem, demon and angel wings on a heartless symbol representing Riku, sea salt ice cream and a thalassa shell for Xion, and Roxas’ symbol and a cut-off Oathkeeper keyblade.

On the inside of the coat’s embroidery are funny easter eggs to fill out the space because I ran out of ideas, from right to left: Sans, Loss.jpg, Amogus, Anarchy symbol, the cool S, the symbol for pi, Bill Cipher, Kirby, Ali from “Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun”, Elmo, a rat, a bat, the Palestinian flag and a watermelon (free Palestine!), two band-aids, the Pokémon type symbols for ghost psychic and dark-types, and the Genshin Impact element icons in order as they appear on the loading screen.

The text inside the Lexicon reads…

Page 1:

Once upon a time, a young boy became a prince. However, this story is not a fairytale…

This is a tragedy.

[This is the story of] Radiant Garden, and the [events that led to its] fall. It all began with [a man with amnesia, and a] series of experiments [by the apprentices of Ansem the Wise,] students of the Heart. [The amnesiac man, only remembering his name was Xehanort, was taken in by] Master Ansem.

… it is unclear when … point of no return.

Page 2: Little Ienzo rarely spoke, but [that certainly didn’t mean he] didn’t understand. The edge of the book reads: see every atrocity, hear every rumor, never shut up.

The rest is illegible.

Page 3: … Heartless because Xehanort had… body…

Page 4: Ignis Fatuus: fool’s fire, will-o-wisp. … illusion, delusion.

There is also text on all of the floating pages!

First floating page:

Design (and art) By: Little Robin Hood 1 Halloween Town Ienzo Wizard/Blue Mage + Will-O-Wisp Fanart encouraged, but please credit [the design]! I have lost so much sleep over this boi… Record: 22 hours awake TToTT

Second floating page:

I hereby relinquish my heart to Xehanort. In order to [successfully] achieve the goals of Organization XIII, I shall be given the number VI, and the title of Cloaked Schemer. I shall apprentice under lord Xemnas directly, and pledge loyalty to the Superior of the In-between. I shall don the cloak and a new name, and act as the Superior’s eyes and ears. None shall be above Xemnas, and my loyalty shall be his alone. Until our goals are finally achieved, my name shall be…

X Zexion

Third floating page: an abridged short version of the “Fresh Prince” theme song

Fourth floating page: T’was the Nightmare before Christmas And all through the streets, every monster was preparing for next Halloween! But good ol Jack had another idea - why not invite Sora and friends? And thus, Ienzo let his magic work, now ready for fun and festive fright! What fun forms might his friends take..?

Fifth floating page: dictionary definition of Wizard and its etymology

[rubywolf0201]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, games, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks...

Oh for sure. I’ll tell you my list of favourite characters from the media that I consume:

1.) Matakara Asamine (BUCCHIGIRI?!)- It is no secret that ever since this anime aired, he has become one of my top fav anime character. Character-wise, I love how he is the sunshine puppy childhood friend character but with some depth like dealing with inner demons regarding his lonely past and insecurities and it kind of goes to show that Mata is not your typical cheerful sunny character as he underwent a corruption arc back in Episode 9.

2.) Diamant (Fire Emblem Engage)- I’m pretty sure if you guys have scoured through my art blogs on my second art account and Twitter, you would realize I tend to draw fanart of him all the time. But as for why I like him. I like how he genuinely tried to reach out people outside of his kingdom that doesn’t need to involve war and bloodshed. He only gets angry/resort to violence if his loved ones or people closest to him are targeted (like the Morion incident) and that he also has major insecurities involving his duties as the Crown Prince. Oh and he also has a funny side to him like laughing at the most corniest joke that his retainer Amber has done. Oh and his relationship with Alcryst and Citrinne are the best too.

3.) Princess Peach (Super Mario Bros)- Gonna throw in some women in my list because it ain’t fair if I talk about hot dudes all the time but really I’ve been playing Peach’s second solo game since yesterday and I’m instantly in love with it. Now as for her character, she is a darling. She can be baking a cake one day, doing her royal duties another day or just go out and have fun with Mario and friends. But really, Peach is Nintendo’s most iconic female character of all time due to how she showcases that being girly and being badass aren’t mutually exclusive and that they can go hand to hand (Amy Rose is of similar vein too as well) and that whilst a pacifist, she won’t hesitate to get her hands dirty.

4.) Tooru Kirishima (The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting)- If anyone from 2022 has remembered how much I talk about this man, then yeah. Anyways, I just love how despite being an extremely violent yakuza enforcer, he’s actually a kind, quiet and socially awkward man but can be a bit of a tease towards his closest friends and family (have you seen the man interacting with the mum’s in Yaeka’s school?). His relationship with Yaeka started out awkward at first but over time, you see them geniunely bonding with one another. But that being said, it’s not best if you get to his super scary side if you piss him off more than once. Also, I have a weakness for scary men (sometimes women) with a heart of gold to them. He’s my silly little meow meow

5.) Takina Inoue (Lycoris Recoil)- I got into the anime pretty late last year despite being released alongside The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting in the Summer 2022 anime lineup but yeah I love Takina. She originally started out as a cold and ruthless girl who follows orders to a tee without being aware of the dangers she posed but after meeting Chisato, her worldview changed for the better in that she became a much kinder person than the cold hearted assassin she was before. She can be slightly awkward with her interactions, a bit straight faced with embarrassing things but that doesn’t hide the fact that she can and WILL kill for her loved ones if they��re in any danger (she’s basically a female Kirishima lol). Oh and I love her voice actresses performance so that’s why she is my fav. (Tho if you ask me who I like more, it’s Xanthe)

6.) Penny (Pokèmon Scarlet and Violet)- Penny is one of the Pokèrivals I just vibe and relate with because like her, I’m a huge nerd when it comes to anime that I like and we are also introverts too. She is blunt and rude yes but she’s a child who is capable of growing, as shown in the DLC epilogue where she began to take notice of how Arlan pointed out that her dad cares for her and that unlike him, she at least have families who love and care for her. (Oh and she has a party full of Eeveelutions, what’s not to love?) Oh and I recommend checking out her storyline because it’s amazing.

7.) Kiyoshi Teppei (Kuroko’s Basketball)- Like with Kirishima, I was also constantly crazy about this lil guy back in 2021-2022. Now I know he was introduced pretty late in Season 1 out of nowhere with no buildup, but he quickly became one of my favs because of how he is a teddy bear personified, can be a little dumb and unaware of the things he do but all he wanted to do is just have fun. Oh and he can display a selfish side if his friends are in any danger (Kirisaki game arc). His chemistry with literally anyone in the Seirin team is just too good but I like the ones with Hyuuga cuz you can te the VA’s are clearly having fun with voicing them.

8.) Souma Shiki (Play it Cool Guys)- Out of all the five main guys, I identify with Souma the most and the reason why is that like him, I’m trying to find things that I enjoy the most but sometimes feel insecure about it as well. The way he just laughs is just too plain adorable and his chemistry with the main cast, especially the ones with Shun is mostly enjoyable. Definetely one of my favs.

9.) Mitsumi Iwakura (Skip and Loafer)- Something that me like Mistumi is that out of all the female main characters that I have seen so far is just how confident, ambitious and reassured she is. Sure, Mitsu makes some mistakes here and there but it’s justified in that she’s moving to an environment that she’s completely unfamiliar with but still she tries her best with the things said environment provides her. Oh and any scene with her is just so enjoyable because of how endearingly innocent and awkward she is and that she is also trying her best in what she’s doing.

10.) Jing Yuan (Honkai Star Rail)- Listen I know that prior to being “fixed” in later updates, many ppl aren’t too keen in using him due to how his gameplay style wasn’t really the best and how other Lightining damage dealers like Kafka and Serval beats him. But I hardly saw anyone talked about his character so here I am. I think what made me fascinated about Jing Yuan’s character is that even if he appears to be slovenly and sleepy looking all the time, he is pretty shrewd and calculating when the situation calls for it. He is also a pretty nice guy and that despite having deep issues with his former comrades in the Cloud Quintet, he tries his best to stay strong as possible to the point of being self-sacrificial. That and he is one of my “Not Gay BUT-” type of characters.

[theparrybutton]

Sequels to RPGs and how they handle progression

One of the most story-rich, narrative-heavy genres in gaming. The kind of games that don't leave many stones unturned, trying to tell full, complete stories with the lore of the setting explored to the last letter. As well as a definitive ending waiting for player, after they defeat a dark deity, or a guy trying to become one, or just a guy who's a huge asshole. Endings that give the world and it's characters a happy conclusion. But what about games that just... don't do that? Games that, while giving you a complete story, still leave out many secrets, red herrings and unresolved plotlines? Games that are made with the intent of following themselves up with a part 2? How do they handle game-to-game character progression? All this growth the player has built up over the course of their long journey?

Game sequels are usually completely different worlds with different mechanics, and even if they're set in the same world and star the same characters, the different mechanics can require character progression to be reset, leading to funny explanations (if any) like Dante selling his weapons to pay rent, or Adol Christin losing his stuff because of constant shipwrecks. RPGs are in the same boat (no shipwrecks here). These game sequels don't interact with their predecessors whatsoever because of that, aside from maybe giving you extra goodies if they detect save data. And even sequels that ARE direct continuations to previous games don't interact with prequels for various reasons. Such as, like mentioned above, having completely different game mechanics, a brand new cast of characters (who would naturally have to start from 0), and/or setting the sequel years after part 1, aging the old cast and effectively "rusting" them. For example, Final Fantasy X-2, despite starring characters from the original FFX, has no data transfers whatsoever, due to different game mechanics. But there are outliers, and there have been different ways sequels have interacted with their prequels, so let's look at a few examples.

Now, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn is your typical case of a RPG sequel. Brand new cast of characters, set years apart from Path of Radiance (part 1 of the story), and also released on a different platform! Despite that, through the usage of GameCube memory card slots present on most Wii models, the game allows you to transfer your clear data of Path of Radiance which can affect various functions in your Radiant Dawn playthrough. For the most part, save transferring will affect characters from the first game in a minor way, due to those characters appearing much later in the story. Transferring will only give +2 to the stats a character has capped by the time they hit Level 20 on their promoted class, with a few exceptions to certain characters. One such character being Sothe, a sort of guardian figure to Radiant Dawn's new main cast, and as such he is present from the very start. In his case, his Level 20 stats by the end of Path of Radiance will carry over directly to Radiant Dawn, overwriting his base stats that he would have without save transfer, even if some stats are lower than his base stats. (Pictured below: RNG-blessed Level 20 Sothe in Path of Radiance and no-transfer base Sothe in Radiant Dawn)

Interestingly enough, the other Fire Emblem sequel game(s), Mystery of the Emblem and it's DS remake don't have any interactivity with their Book 1s. The only difference being that in Mystery of the Emblem SNES, Marth gets a special icon next to his name for just one chapter. This type of data transfer, fully carrying over character levels, is very rare in RPGs, and there's only one RPG series I can think of that does this.

The Trails series, or simply Kiseki, is a very unique series, due to it's 12 and counting games all being set in one, continuous timeline, happening one after another, with some games even happening at the same time as each other. This is because the series is cleanly split into different story arcs, each arc set in a separate in-universe country, so even here we run into the case of new games starring new casts. But the games within those arcs have interesting approaches to save transfers.

For example; Trails in the Sky SC and Trails to Azure, sequels to Trails in the Sky and Trails from Zero respectively, allow you to fully transfer the stats and levels of protagonists Estelle and Lloyd, allowing both to start at a higher level than they would otherwise, as well as having alternate versions of certain scenes, affected by how much side content you did in the prequels. Beyond those two games, a constant between all Trails sequels is that characters retain all of their abilities and the level cap is raised, due to the sequels having a much higher starting level for progression consistency. Characters will get upgrades to their old abilities on top of new ones, and if part 1's level cap was 50, in part 2 it would be raised to 100, with the characters' starting level being above 50. (Pictured below: Rean's average endgame level in Cold Steel 1 and Rean's level cap in Cold Steel 2)

And that's very cool. Not a lot of games care about character progression from previous games and yet here's a series of RPGs that put care and attention to their stories so much that they even maintain character progression consistency.

Now for something completely different, with the way the data is transferred being the unique part.

Two GBA games! But how is that possible? Save data is saved on the carts, not on the system itself! Here the developers used the ol' reliable method of passwords, with password length determining what you get to transfer over.

Short "bronze" passwords only transfer custom character names and certain event flags. Moderate "silver" passwords transfer full character stats from the original Golden Sun, as well as bronze transfers. And now the fun, stupidly long, 260-character "golden" passwords, which on top of previous bonuses, also transfer every item the party members had in their inventory by the end of the game, including exclusive items not present in Golden Sun Lost Age. A huge reward for the patient gamer who managed to put in all 260 characters correctly.

Or, y'know, you could just transfer over through the Link Cable, like a chump.

These were some of the examples of how sequels to RPGs handled character progression, if they bothered to at all. While it is a bit of a bummer that more games don't do this, it's understandable why sequels ultimately decide to separate themselves from their predecessors, even if they are direct continuations. But that's a topic for another day.

[kingarthurtournament]

The Once and Future Contestant: Revival Round 1-B

The top 2 characters will go to the next round!

Ky Kiske (Guilty Gear)

"Ruler of the British equivalent of his world.. His greatest goal in life is to destroy racism, he has fought at least two gods personally, and has a shitty little transformation."

Arthur Pendragon (Arthur King of Time and Space)

"When Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, time fractured, and now he is living multiple lives simultaneously. Whatever life he's leading, he's kind of a dork and Lancelot and Guinevere are his best friends."

Prince Marth of Altea

"In-universe, Marth is to his people what Arthur is to Britain: A semi-mythical Hero-King who United an empire, wielded a legendary sword, and whose spirit gets summoned to defend the kingdom centuries later. Gets “reborn” in the sense of these spirits and in the sense of a biological descendant (Lucina) taking on his identity and sword.

Firestar

"Firestar is a leader of a clan, he has quite a few older characters that could fill out the Merlin role, while he doesn't necessarily own a sword but the religion of the Clans granted him the ability to have access to multiple lives if he just so happened to die on accident!"

Martin the Warrior

"A wandering warrior who makes his fame conquering tyrannical despots with his iconic meteor-iron sword. His Guinevere didn’t cheat but she died and left him grief stricken. After he retires he founds a monastery which is the central location of the book series and his spirit haunts it/his sword for centuries, choosing heirs to defend it and drive out evil. Also, he is a mouse"

Arthur Liebowitz

"That one Arthur from the one episode of Fairly Odd Parents who needed glasses and then suddenly became buff as soon as he had them. "I can see! I CAN FIGHT!" guy."

Arthur (Shrek)

"Look at him.. I mean come on."

Rand Al'Thor

"He pulled the sword in the stone, signifying that he was the prophesied hero. The sword was a magical artifact that isn't actually supposed to be used as a sword, and the Stone was the name of the impenetrable fortress that it was kept in."

[demifiendrsa]

Fire Emblem Engage — Expansion Pass Trailer

Japanese version

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Overview

About

Obtain Emblem Bracelets to Engage with more Emblem characters and get support items and new accessories with the paid downloadable content for the Fire Emblem Engage game.

Pre-order the Fire Emblem Engage Expansion Pass today and download Wave 1 when it becomes available to meet Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude (as one Emblem Bracelet), and take on Divine Paralogues to get Tiki as an Emblem character.

As more waves become available, you can test your mettle in even more Divine Paralogues, obtain Emblem characters and accessories, and experience a brand-new story with added characters and locations.

Downloadable Content Wave 1 (January 20, 2023)

Additional Emblems

*Emblem Bracelet for Edelgard/Dimitri/Claude will be added (three Emblems that dwell in one bracelet).

**When a unit wears the Emblem Bracelet, they will receive stat boosts (including a 20% increase in earned EXP).

**Note: You will receive the bracelet immediately after viewing the event on Lookout Ridge in the Somniel.

*Emblem bracelet for Tiki will be added.

**A unit wearing the bracelet will have improved stat growth when leveling up.

**Note: Bracelet becomes available after clearing the newly added Divine Paralogue map.

Support Items

*Boots, Seraph Robe, Energy Drop, Spirit Dust, Secret Book, Speedwing, Goddess Icon, Dracoshield, Talisman

**Note: You will receive these the first time you visit the Somniel after Chapter 5.

New Accessories

*Receive at the Boutique in the Somniel.

*Rare Set, Frilled Band, Big Ribbon, Single Earring, Round Specs

**Note: You will receive these the first time you visit the Boutique after Chapter 6.

Silver Card

* While you possess this item, in-game purchases in the Armory and Item Shop will be discounted by 30%.

**Note: You can find this item in the newly added Divine Paralogue map.

Downloadable Content Wave 2

Additional Emblems

Support Items (consumable items & crafting materials)

New Accessories

Note: Details to be revealed later.

Downloadable Content Wave 3 

Additional Emblems

Note: Details to be revealed later.

Downloadable Content Wave 4

Additional Story

*New characters, new maps and a separate story from the main, chapter-based story.

Additional Classes

Note: Details to be revealed later.

[lady-byleth]

I posted 14,349 times in 2022

That's 2,285 more posts than 2021!

679 posts created (5%)

13,670 posts reblogged (95%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 1,520 of my posts in 2022

#tales of vesperia - 90 posts

#yuri lowell - 80 posts

#kurofai - 78 posts

#flynn scifo - 67 posts

#genshin impact - 65 posts

#elden ring - 57 posts

#fire emblem three houses - 52 posts

#fluri - 44 posts

#tales of symphonia - 44 posts

#byleth eisner - 27 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#i'm at an almost constant 5 which is great when the doctors tell me that i am capable of working full time even though i am definitely not

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

See the full post

379 notes - Posted March 4, 2022

#4

Cyno: im small but knowing

Alhaitham, not looking up from his book: you don't be knowing what the top shelf looks like

388 notes - Posted September 28, 2022

#3

You know, Scaramouche might not do the fandango but his thunderbolts and lighting?

Very very frightening.

487 notes - Posted November 2, 2022

#2

Like, listen. Listen, okay. The moment I learned they were making Galadriel's character revolve around needless revenge over a man (her brother who is currently happily traipsing across Valinor because that's how death works for elves) I was already mad enough to never touch RoP with a ten foot pole

But this? Taking one of her most iconic lines and attributing it to Sauron? I am livid.

The real Galadriel, the book Galadriel, was always an ambitious woman. She left Valinor to rule a realm of her own, to shape a land the way she thought right. She watched her male relatives do shit and was like "I can do better" and that's what she did

She was driven, intelligent and gifted, she was one of the greatest things that ever happened to the elves, and it all came from herself.

But now they changed her story. This Galadriel isn't traveling Middle-earth to find a place for herself, she's traveling it to avenge a man who doesn't need avenging. And then Sauron pops up and tells her she could be a queen "stronger than the foundations of the earth"? The line she originally said about herself?

The way this is all set up makes it look like a man planted the idea in her that she could be a queen, a man tempted her into becoming a queen, and then continued to tempt her until she refused the ring.

Her whole thing in the books was overcoming the temptation of power and choosing what was right and good. But it wasn't the ring that she needed to beat, she needed to overcome the desires and ambitions inside herself that the ring was using against her

She was her own greatest enemy and she won.

But now they made it all revolve around a man. A man gave her the idea, a man tried to tempt her, a man is who she quotes when she's overcoming temptation...

Do I really need to spell out why the story of a woman whose biggest enemy is herself being changed to so heavily focus on a man's effect is bad? Do I really??

1,879 notes - Posted October 17, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

There have been a lot of animated cats in games and movies and what have you but Stray? That is a cat!

The little "brgh" sound the cat makes sometimes when you jump, the way it just instantly drops when B-12 puts the little backpack on it and then continues to crawl across the ground like a dramatic little shit, the button prompt to push stuff off shelves for absolutely no reason except chaos, the quick little tap tap tap of the paw when it inspects something, how it just SLAPS the first two robots it meets (the dying one at the beginning and B-12 after booting it up), the way it licks its lips after hissing...

These people really paid a shit ton of attention to how cats work and it's given us an extremely realistic little guy that I will love with my whole heart until the day I die

17,581 notes - Posted July 23, 2022

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[manaketemillennium]

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[nintendowife]

I got the book A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games about a week ago. It's a massive publication (seriously, it weighs over 2 kgs and it's the thickest book in our shelf) covering the history of the JRPG genre. 

The Bitmap Books published hardback has 652 pages shedding light on both obscure and more famous titles from 1982 to 2020. In addition to featuring singular games, game series and JRPG subgenres, the guide also gives some insight into what kind of obstacles have to be overcome in order to localize Japanese games into English. 

Just to list a few of the iconic series that make an appearance in the book: Atelier, Breath of Fire, Dragon Quest, Etrian Odyssey, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Kingdom Hearts, Megami Tensei, Mystery Dungeon, Paper Mario, Persona, Pokémon, Star Ocean, Tales of, Trails, SaGa, Sakura Wars, Wild Arms, Xenoblade. 

There’s a lot of interesting info about these games and many more, including ones that were never published outside Japan.

[four-loose-screws]

An Interview with Mr. Toshiyuki Toyonaga about Fire Emblem (Claude‘s Japanese VA), Pgs. 1 & 2

The gaming magazine scene is still a pretty big deal in Japan to this day. Admittedly... I only cared about them to collect the giant bonus posters. I always swore I would read the magazine, but with the hours in a day being so limited, I never did.

Until last November, that is!! I bought Nindori (Nintendo Dream) for a Zelda poster, and saw that the main article of the issue was... An interview with Claude’s Japanese VA!! Now that’s the real treasure!!

And as I read, it only got more and more interesting... turns out Mr. Toshiyuki Toyonaga has been a Fire Emblem fan since the very, very beginning, and has all the unique feelings towards FE of someone who is simultaneously a fan and a professional.

I’ve gone to hell and back slowly working my way through this translation. It just so happened to be at a really high level of Japanese. One of the fun things about being a translator is, you never really know exactly what’s going to be a challenge to translate for you. (Even kid’s books can use a bunch of words you don’t know and throw you in for a loop sometimes.)

And now, it’s finally ready to start posting!! Please enjoy it to your heart’s content!!

However... the interview doesn’t start until page 3, so everyone will have to wait until the next post before you can start to read it. ^^’ For now, enjoy some awesome commentary from Senri Kita, on her illustration for the promo card that came with this issue!

Pg. 1 (pg. 12 in the magazine)

Fire Emblem Cipher Finale Special Feature

Fire Emblem Party

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Fire Emblem (FE) series. The release of the 22nd booster set in October is the grand finale of the TCG FE Cipher, and the promo card included with this magazine will also be the final one. As such, we included a special feature about Claude, the character featured on the card, and the history of Fire Emblem! Please enjoy this lavish party!

Voice Actor of Claude in “Three Houses”

An Interview with Mr. Toshiyuki Toyonaga

About Three Houses & the 30th Anniversary

Pg. 14 ->

Introduction of a Deck w/ the Promo Card + New Booster Set Information

Hero Research Lab

Pg. 22 ->

Promo Card

“Secret Dance Prodigy

Claude (Fodlan)”

Enclosed in the back of the magazine ->

-> The formal event outfit that Claude can be changed into if you purchase the DLC

Claude (Fodlan)※, from “FE Three Houses,” the latest release in the FE series. This card is part of a set with the other class leaders, Edelgard and Dimitri, who were included in previous issues. Because this is the finale, Claude is wearing formal clothing, and the card is holographic!

(above) The scene from “FE Three Houses” that is portrayed on the card. It is from the Officer’s Academy ball.

※Claude (Fodlan): Because there is another character with the same name in “Genealogy of the Holy War,” Claude is called “Claude of Fodlan” in FE Cipher.  (T/N: This distinction does not apply in English, as Claud and Claude are spelled differently. Both are クロード in Japanese.)

Pg. 2 (pg. 13 in the magazine)

making

[rough sketch] The scene for this art is the ball, so I decided to use warm tones, and bring the entire piece together with an orange-gold color. I arranged the information that I wanted to convey (that Claude is drawing the hand to him) in such a way that it would not be covered by the card icons or frame.

[midway progress] I cleaned up the lines that I drew loosely on the rough draft. I also created different layers for the outline and the colors to make it easier to color when the time came.

[finished drawing] I adjusted Claude’s right hand to give it depth, then added another chandelier in the background. When I finished coloring the entire piece, I adjusted it to fit the color scheme I had first imagined. Finally, I added the glittering lights as a finishing touch.

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“There’s only one expression that Claude would have in an illustration on the dance floor at the ball!” I thought, and drew him winking. I thought it would be fun for it to seem like his dance was gradually pulling in the wallflowers, so I created that feeling. I left it up to imagination whose hand he is pulling (because everyone is wearing formal clothing that’s different from their casual outfits). I also studied all the art I had of him as closely as I possibly could to get his face just right. I wanted his personality to come out in the illustration, so I hope I got it right!

Senri Kita

An illustrator. She’s worked as a designer and pixel artist at several game development companies, and was the illustrator for FE: Path of Radiance (GameCube), as well as the pixel artist for Kirby: Squeak Squad (DS). Freelancer since 2006. For FE Cipher, she’s provided the art for many characters, including Ike (from Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn) and Gatekeeper (from Three Houses), who’s always standing in his unique spot. She is an active creator of character art and other illustrations for the app game Fire Emblem Heroes.

[strawberryybird]

FE3H Asks: 21, 35, and 42

OH ur out for blood with these qs. i respect that lmao

21) Support chain(s) you think had wasted potential, and why? I still think about the Ingrid & Dorothea support chain leaving us hanging for resolution like that. I know we all say it, but literally the whiplash of Ingrid telling Dot to fuck off and their paralog.... the potentiality for an A-support digging into how they present themselves like characters is unparalleled. like of ALL the characters to have a Discussion^TM about how they're perceived and how they want to be perceived, it should have been those two. to quote mercymorn the first of the locked tomb series: i often think about this. bc i'm sure everyone has said these two icons, the other support i wish was just... more than it was is Constance & Ferdinand. Honestly what I wanted was a lore dump about their lives or Enbarr or their lives in Enbarr, and what i heard from them was a couple of metaphors about nobility. I just... (brian david gilbert voice) needed more meat for the grind, you know? i just think they could have really dug into something with them; like edelgard & caspar's support chain.

35) What are some of your most unpopular opinions about the game/characters/story? ohhhhhh ok. idk if it's an unpopular opinion per se, but the opinion i don't think would win me favours at a company dinner is the fact i'm not fond of the extremely linear gameplay, largely as it makes the story actually very hard to understand. 3H forces my hand into playing it for dedicated hours because of the volume of cutscenes and lack of natural stopping places (at least to me, ymmv) and because i am not a video game player outside of animal crossing and fire emblem, i just find it very hard to pick up (and subsequently put down). But with 3H, there's no pokemon journal to tell you what you caught and who you fought, there's no recap of here's what you missed on glee - and there's no way to turn back time to remember the intricacies of the relationships and plot for meta-writing reasons. i played Claude's route over the course of a year and honestly? i didn't really remember all the hints of dragon-related information to actually understand the depth of the cutscenes i was watching. the linear style of a half open-world game is fascinating on a 'im going to use my literature degree for evil' level because you are given so much freedom to Play The Game and then railroaded into progress. inset absolute bullshit about how both the intricacies of the story's past and the game's present are lost to the slow plod of time and how the victors (the surviving memories) guide your judgement of events, etc etc. but when it comes to discussing the game i think it's a massive drawback for how much time/effort has to go into simply getting your evidence. whereas with a book, i can flick to any page and gather my quotes. i have to play through to remire village if i want to get to Jeralt Content. it's probably the thing that irks me most, the extremely linear interaction i have to have with it. that was such a ramble haha but of course ymmv with everything i just said, i'm not here to invade fodlan over this u know. i just have shit memory and i wish the divine pulse had a plot recap setting lmao

42) Least favourite monastery activity, and why? i'll go with cooking - i'm one of those horrible pokemon players that just goes for raw power and nothing but power, and i have carried my heathenous ways over to fire emblem. as such, don't have time for stat boosts, and why support 1 of the kids when you can support 2. min-maxing my relationship gains over here lmao

[ladyniniane]

Tag game

I was tagged by @queenfredegund, thank you :3

1. Why did you choose your url? “Niniane” is an alias I have been using for quite awhile, its comes from the character “Ninian” from the game “Fire emblem: The blazing blade”. And “lady” because I wanted something before and I figured out that was simple and classy.

2. Any sideblogs? Yes @encyclopedia-amazonica, where I talk at length about my nerdy interest for warrior women ;) 

3. How long have you been on Tumblr? Since 2015! Time flies...

4. Do you have a queue tag? No :)

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place? I wanted to reblog stuff about the books and shows I liked.

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp? Because...women in armor! Do I need to say more? ;) 

7. Why did you choose your header? Same and I really love that picture! 

8. What’s your post with the most notes? The post about my favorite cdramas (here) with 315 notes.

9. How many mutuals do you have? A bit more than 10 people, I guess? 

10. How many followers do you have? 276 (but I have much more on my sideblog :P)

11. How many people do you follow? 244

12. Have you ever made a shitpost? Do the nanars count as shitpost? ;) 

13. How often do you use tumblr each day? I go on Tumblr daily 

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Not really. I try to keep this blog as drama free as possible. I come to Tumblr to have a good time, so if people annoy me I just block them or ignore them. A certain VERY ANNOYING user of the French side came pestering me once, but I blocked her and ignored her. Because if my job as a community manager has taught me one thing it’s “don't feed the troll”. 

15. How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts? Depends on the post and the subject.

16. Do you like tag games? Yes, quite a lot!

17. Do you like ask games? Yes and about all subjects! 

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous? I guess you @queenfredegund?

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual? Nope haha.

20. Tags? I tag @haweke @vintageshitslover @historymeetsliterature @feministclassicist @ladywraith @characterfromthebook @sinniel @obeijaflorealesbica @korydweninterim @ladywraith @mydaylight @analeonharts

[mochibat]

Get to know the blogger

I was tagged by the wonderful @hyacinth-meadow Thank you again!

1: Why did you choose your url?

I’ve had the username for a while on different platforms so it just came natural lol It’s spooky and cute.

2: Any side blogs? 

Just a nsfw art side blog.

3: How long have you been on Tumblr?

Since 2013, oh no.

4: Do you have a queue tag?

Nope, I do not. Don’t know if I should make one either.

5: Why did you start your blog in the first place?

Probably for the active communities on here.

6: Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

Because he’s the bbq and he looks like a model in that picture lol I also had to edit out a person’s hair from his face so I made it with love!

7: Why did you choose your header?

Because Adrian Baxter is an extremely talented artist and I love the vibe of his art. Please visit his site for more! 

8: What's your post with the most notes?

I’m not too sure? I wish there was a way to check. It’s probably one I made a long time ago about naming my character “Fuck” on a Fire Emblem game and I posted the other character’s conversations with him lol Either that or it’s the “ Being Welcomed into the ghost fandom is like:” post

9: How many mutuals do you have?

I’m not sure but a lot! :)

10: How many followers do you have?

1,397 atm

11: How many people do you follow?

892

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

...I don’t know? Maybe? lol

13: How often do you use Tumblr each day?

A few times, depends on the day really

14: Did you ever had a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won?

Nope. Ain’t nobody got time for that!

15: How do you feel about "you need to reblog this" posts?

I don’t really like when people tell me what to do so I usually scroll past them. I also like to keep my blog a positive place for everyone so people can escape things in their own life.

16: Do you like tag games?

Yes I do! Sometimes it takes me a bit to do them once I’m tagged, but I will eventually do them :)

17: Do you like ask games?

Yep, I love any kind of games like this! 

18: Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous?

I’m not too sure? They’re all famous and amazing in my book.

19: Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Nah, but you all are cuties!

20: Tagging(totally optional): @kazoo-lord, @londontsukino, @moyaiqueen, @meliorangie,

@all-ringils-blazing , @forged-in-love, @chockfullofovaltine, @gaga-ghuleh, @superiorthirst, and whomever would like to do this! 

[sessenaa]

Question game

f@katarrinskey tagged me so I just answered everything because I was bored.

Name: Felix

Gender: ftm male

Height: 1m80 or 5‘9 for you heathens

Sexuality: demisexual bi

Favorite Animal: cats

Cats or Dogs: I‘m allergic to dogs but I love and grew up with them, that said… Cats all the way

Current Time: 6 pm

Dream Job: Idk… Something to do with my sociology major I guess lol

When I Made This Blog: uuuhhh 2015 I think??? I‘m not sure. Didn‘t really use it until a few years later.

Why I Made This Blog: I don‘t remember lol

Reason For URL: Apparently sessena was my imaginary friend when I was a toddler. It‘s also what my dad used to go by online.

Followers: 449 as of me last checking

1. What is the color of your hairbrush? Got a comb… It‘s black

2. Name a food you never eat: Meat. I‘m a vegetarian lol

3. Are you typically too warm or too cold? Cold. Cheers mum thanks for the bad circulation

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? Finishing up a drawing

5. What’s your favorite candy bar? I‘m not really a chocolate person tbh

6. Have you ever been to a professional sports game? Yes. Football (soccer) but I was too young to really remember anything.

7. What is the last thing you said out loud? Told one of my cats to move over

8. What is your favorite ice cream? Funnily enough chocolate but I like most things except for vanilla

9. What was the last thing you had to drink? Tea

10. Do you like your wallet? Yes! It‘s got the Hyrule emblem and I got it from a very good friend!

11. What is the last thing you ate? Mushrooms and mashed potato with a salad uwu

12. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend? Nah

13. What’s the last sporting event you watched? Good question… The last olympic winter games I think???

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn? Sweet

15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to? My boyfriend

16. Ever been camping? Yeh. A few times with our fire departments youth group and just with friends

17. Do you take vitamins? No

18. Do you regularly attend a place of worship? No

19. Do you have a tan? Hard to avoid in the summer when you help with the garden and walk the dog. I‘m a pretty pale person though

20. Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza? Chinese though I never say no to some good za

21. Do you drink your soda through a straw? When I have the drive to grab one yes

22. What color socks do you usually wear? Socks? I dont know them. I go barefoot or in birkenstocks when I can because I am a carricature of the area I live in lmao

23. Do you ever drive above the speed limit? I can‘t drive :( But I wouldn‘t.

24. What terrifies you? Oh a lot of things. Space, heights, dissapointing people… yknow

25. Look to your left, what do you see? My TV only used for video games

26. What chore do you hate most? Laundry

27. What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? The girl on tiktok who sings Iconic australian media moments

28. What’s your favorite soda? Cherry Cola

29. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? I go in but I hate to do that now because of the pandemic

30. What’s your favorite number? 9 because that was one of the few I didn‘t have trouble multiplying in elementary school (and now haha)

31. Who’s the last person you talked to? My brother

32. Favorite meat? I really liked beef when I still ate meat

33. Last song you listened to? Deviltown by cavetown because I am a certified transmasc lol

34. Last book you read? I don‘t read much anymore, I think it was the shepherd‘s crown by Terry Pratchett tho

35. Favorite day of the week? Saturday. It‘s dnd day!

36. Can you say the alphabet backwards? What do I look like? A wizard?

37. How do you like your coffee? I stopped drinking coffee a while ago but sweet with cream

38. Favorite pair of shoes? My birkenstocks which almost have holes in them lol

39. Time you usually get up? 8-9 am

40. What do you prefer, sunrise or sunset? Sunset

41. How many blankets on your bed? 2 and a million pillows

42. Describe your kitchen plates: A colorful mix of plates because we were too poor for matched sets and now we have enough to not buy new ones

43. Describe your kitchen at the moment: Clean thanks to my mum

44. Do you have a favorite alcoholic drink? I barely ever drink but pina colada if I‘m out and about

45. Do you play cards? Not really. I can play mau mau and that‘s it. (Idk what it‘s called in english. Its basically uno but with normal playing cards)

46. What color is your car? Don’t have one, my mum‘s is a black convertible that is older than me tho

47. Can you change a tire? Probably. I can do most things with a good tutorial

48. Favorite state or province? ??? I liked Portugal when I was little… Weird question

49. Favorite job you’ve had? I had one job as a kitchen helper/ cleaner and it fucking sucked. Also had to do service there which killed something deep inside of me.

Ah I tag @bubbakenzie and @foryourownbosom

[rosypixels]

・:*:・ﾟ+｡･10 Random Questions ･ﾟ+｡・:*:・                                                         I got tagged by @technicallyswagpizza, tysm!! 

1. If you could travel one place in the world where would you travel?

paris. i love the idea of france so, so much!

2. What do you do in your free time away from Sims?

i play with my dog, babysit, and sometimes write! i also draw,  but haven’t done so in awhile due to losing a lot of inspiration with the pandemic. 

3. What other games do you play besides The Sims?

fire emblem & pokemon primarily, i also play stardew valley and spyro!

4. How tall are you?

5′4″ and one half uwu

5. One random interest of yours?

i love watercolor painting, though i don’t consider myself good at it! i just love seeing the paint flow. 

6. Current favorite bands or artists?

taylor swift & ariana grande are top favorites recently, especially the latter! but folklore? bro ....

7. Something you’re looking forward to.

the pandemic being over

8.Current favorite films.

i don’t really have a favorite film!

9. Who is a historical icon who has left an impact on your life?

vincent van gogh! his struggles with mental illness, and just the general story of his life is so touching and special to me. 

10. Favorite series (book or movie).

a song of ice and fire. i haven’t finished a feast for crows yet, but i’m not in a huge rush since who knows when winds of winter will come out.

i’m not tagging anyone since this is probably old and i’m sure you guys have done it ^^;;; but if you feel like doing it / weren’t tagged then say i tagged you, i’d love to read your answers!

[benisasoftboi]

Gushing time.

Rune Factory 4 Special arrived a day early, so my entire day has been consumed in nostalgia. The original Rune Factory 4 was the first video game I ever bought on release day - I remember saving up all my money and making my mum drive me to like three different shops trying to find one that had it. I was already a fan of the franchise - before then, Rune Factory 3 had been my favourite video game, across the board. Aside from a playthrough of the first game last year, I haven’t played a Rune Factory game in a long time, certainly not RF4. But just starting up the game and hearing the music again, it was like it was suddenly seven years ago. Running around Selphia and seeing all the characters again - I love JRPGs, have played a lot of them, and I can think of very few that have characters that have stuck with me this long. And the aesthetics - the best thing about the Rune Factory franchise has always been the aesthetics, the music, the scenic and character design, just the general world. It’s a beautifully whimsical balance of urban and fantasy, and it’s the only JRPG world I think I’ve ever come across that I would genuinely want to live in. Rune Factory may no longer be my favourite game franchise - but I don’t think there has ever been another series that has felt so much like home to me.

Here’s a very long selection of personal highlights from the art book (by which I mean photos of the art followed by my rambling opinions):

Yeah, see, here’s the thing - Rune Factory 1 is not a good game. I could write an entire essay on why it’s bad (I actually started and got pretty damn far before realising no one’s interested in my two thousand word review of a game that came out over a decade ago - the short version is ‘Misty Bloom-fucking-Cave’. Anyone who’s played RF1 knows exactly what I mean). Don’t get me wrong, it has good qualities - excellent boss fights, for one, and also, as with the rest of the franchise, it is aesthetically wonderful. But ultimately, it feels less like playing a video game, and more like playing a proof of concept for a game. Which I guess it kind of was - and I can’t hate it because we wouldn’t have the rest of the series without it.

But it literally ends with a dragon spewing plant breath on a tank to make a turnip grow out of the gun. ‘Profound’, my arse. 

It’s Raguna! The “master sowrdsman!” (that is not a typo on my part that is a direct quote from the ending of Rune Factory 1 this game’s script had so many issues-). And Mist! My favourite of the ‘canon’ love interests!

Best girl! When I was a kid, my favourite love interest in RF1 was Rosetta. As an adult, it is Tabatha. I don’t know what it is about her that I find so likeable (she’s as lacking in personality as any other RF1 character), but... idk, I just like her a lot.

Camus’s big ambition is to leave town like even once. He will never achieve it

Fun fact about Melody is that she’s extremely depressed, a fact that comes up once in an optional side quest and is never addressed again. It’s incredibly dark for an RF game

Fun fact about Lukas is that he sucks (he’s one of those ‘obsessed with talking about how hot all the girls are’ characters, an archetype that thankfully doesn’t show up again in these games). But also, interestingly enough, thanks to one of RF1′s many, many script errors, if you marry Rosetta (the girl Lukas is the most obsessed with), he’s supposed to express disappointment that he lost her to Raguna - but instead, he implies that he’s disappointed to have lost Raguna to her. The translators typoed their way into giving him a sexuality change. Which is honestly kind of amazing.

LOOK AT THIS SLIME THIS IS SUCH A COOL SLIME LITERALLY EVERY OTHER JPRG SLIME GO HOME DRAGON QUEST GET FUCKED (jk I like Dragon Quest a lot and its slimes are cool too). Wish you could see in-game that this is what they’re meant to be like.

I just generally love the monster designs, they’re really charming

Rune Factory 2! The RF game with the most weirdly mundane protagonist name (Kyle. In the main four games of this franchise we’ve got Raguna, Micah, Lest, Frey... and Kyle). The two generations thing was actually very cool, but when they say ‘each chapter captures a different lifestyle’, what they really mean is ‘the first half is a weak Harvest Moon I’m sorry, STORY OF SEASONS game, and the second half is a pretty good Rune Factory game’  

lookit this little fuck

Yue Yue Yue! I love Yue so much, she’s great. She’s kind of like a much chiller version of Anna from Fire Emblem.

It’s really cool that we got to see grown up Cecilia (she was in RF1). I have this silly headcanon that if Kyle doesn’t marry Mana, Nicholas (her friend in 1) comes to visit Cecilia one day in the hazy-post game future, and meets Mana, and they get together. While Yue is my favourite, I do genuinely like Mana a lot, and I just want her to find love, I guess.  

Here’s original Barrett! There’s a reason he was popular enough to make a reappearance (well, aside from the whole grumpy pretty boy thing he’s got going on) - he was a great character in this game. His and Dorothy’s relationship is also definitely the most compelling of the rival romances. Bonus Max, who also has a little shout-out in RF4 (check the diary in what will become Dylas’s bedroom at the start of the game)

Ray is male, but apparently he was originally going to be a female character, as he has an unused portrait in a wedding dress. My friend and I agree that this makes him a Trans Icon

Monster designs remain excellent. Especially the goblins

Skipping over Frontier (and also Oceans later), as I never got to play it growing up due to not having a console, and still haven’t got around to it - might try this summer. Except I do need to point out that these guys should be memes. I don’t know in what way. But they should.  

Rune Factory 3! My first RF game. The transformation thing was very cool, even if it was basically useless outside the main story. My friend and I spent hours mucking about in the WiFi dungeon. I loved the desert settlement and all of the dungeon designs in general, and man, RF3 is just great. I hope it gets a remake one day.

Raven Raven Raven! I LOVE Raven (as do most). Her story with Micah is the first time I can remember getting genuinely invested in a video game romance. I’m so glad she cameos in RF4. I love her. She’s wonderful.

I have an odd fondness for Marian. When I was about twelve, I decided to do a playthrough where I deliberately romanced the least popular bachelorette. After poking around on forums, I determined that character to be Marian, and did a run with her. And... I actually came to really like her. I find her endearing. I get that people find her annoying and don’t like her... unethical medical practices, but doing that run has still made me a pretty protective of her. It’s been a long time since I played RF3, so maybe I’d change my mind if I replayed now, but currently, as far as I’m concerned,  Marian’s a good’un.

I think I also used to low key ship her with Collette lol 

Pia’s official art has always been super weird to me because it’s so not what her character is like in-game. She’s a ditzy airhead. This makes her look so serious

RAINBOW! Another character whose art makes them look way more serious than they actually are. Daria is great and would be a meme if this game was more popular. I think she’s also implied to be a relative of Margaret. 

I’ve always been super confused about what Kuruna’s skirt is meant to be. Is it fur? Is it part of her shirt? Is it even a skirt at all?

Check it out, it’s the guy everyone would ship Micah with if this game was more popular

I want Zaid to make a reappearance and interact with Doug. Pretty sure it’s canon that they’re from the same clan? Think it would be very interesting.

RF3 definitely had the coolest farm. Also, still love the desert settlement.

This is from Oceans, so I have no context, but it’s just so cool that I had to share

Rune Factory 4. Culmination of the series is right - when I was playing it for the first time, I remember being blown away by just how much it is a true love letter to the franchise. I have never come across another game series that so consistently grew and improved from entry to entry. RF4 was a perfect ending.

Not that I’m complaining about getting RF5. Quite the opposite.

But if it had been the end (as we all thought it was until about a year ago), well, like I say. Perfect. 

Well. Aside from soda can nipples. Can’t believe they didn’t fix those. Though in some ways, that would have made me sad too

Dolce has such a cool design, in both human and monster form. I’ve always kind of crack-shipped her with Margaret, for no real reason at all

Vishnal! I love Vishnal. Vishnal is pure as heck. Marrying him this time around.

Doug! My choice from last time around. Another character who looks more serious in his official art than he is in-game (well... most of the time)

And then there’s Dylas, who looks much happier here than he does most of the time. Kind of looks like he and Doug swapped bodies, actually. There’s a fanfic prompt for you.

Their ship name is Dyldo. I love them

Leon is nostalgic for me mostly because my friend and I used to get into a lot of arguments about whether or not he’s the hottest character in the game. She maintains that he is, because muscles. I maintain that muscles aren’t actually that attractive. It is a rift that divides us to this day

(He looks oddly... younger in this art though? Weird)

Sechs Empire is such an unfortunate name. Seriously. How rushed was RF1′s localisation team? All those script errors, and then this (the Sechs were the antagonists in the first game, and were only referenced in passing in the rest until RF4 - so it was a bit of a ‘sins of the father’ situation by then).

Seriously, try saying ‘Sechs Emperor’ out loud and tell me you can take this man seriously 

I??? Love??? Them???

I??? LOVE??? THEM???

Still confused as to why Kiel, Xiao Pai, Arthur and Margaret are on the cover now. Don’t get me wrong, I like them, but... Amber, Dylas, Dolce and Leon made way more sense? Even the Archival Cover makes more sense (Vishnal, Clorica, Forte), as those three are all kind of Lest/Frey’s servants (well, Forte for the whole town, but still). Of those first four, all but Arthur basically lift right out of the game with little-to-no impact on the story

NO HAT TABATHA NO HAT TABATHA

I’ve always really loved this Raven picture

And I am thankful for you <3