#fire emblem merrin

[tidbi-t-art]

could you do tuesdays with merrin please? : )

I do not know who she is, but I actually had a lot of fun drawing her, I hope this pose is relatively accurate :)

[godtwin]

the racket of solm!! 

unexpected love for these 3 weirdos

[bananabraiined]

A suave performance.

[nowis-scales]

With each new FE game, there is an opportunity for more pride headcanons! These ones are for Engage, but you can find Awakening, Fates, Three Houses, and Echoes all here. As I’m still experiencing the game (but getting quite close to the end), it’s possible that some of these could be a little off-base. If I missed anything in a support, well… it happens! I’m perfectly happy to update these if something in my impression changes.

Please be kind and remember that it’s all in the name of celebration — it’s okay to not agree with my hcs (sometimes I might not, too — I fluctuate on some of these!), but be polite about it. There’s room for everyone in need under the rainbow. Thank you!

[the-blue-sandglass]

Part ?? of the FE: Engage ladies, this time with Merrin! Like/reblog if used!

[shuruzy]

Merrin & Panette

[slyfire]

lesbian merrin icons~

coolest engage character, is she not?

feel free to use these icons without credit.

all artwork/renders used are from official sources.

[72stars]

doodled a shoujo-y Merrin

[outrealmbarracks]

[silenceandm0ney]

Heterosexuality was never an option

[violasgamingpalace]

Wow, I didn’t think Fire Emblem Engage would do this without any subtext

[ibrokeeverything]

Merrin and Rosado's support chain is my favorite thing ever! You can tell the voice actors are having an absolute blast with it! It's so silly and fun and I absolutely adore it!!!

[sunstone-smiles]

Anticipation Over a Dish

Author’s note: Happy October everyone! And happy first day of Tickletober!!! Let’s kick this event off with a prompt from August’s Tickletober 2023 list with Day 1: Anticipation! I hope you enjoy!

Series: Fire Emblem Engage

Characters: Bunet, Chloé, Merrin

Word count: 935

Summary: Bunet gives his opinion on a new dish Chloé and Merrin created, although his answer wasn’t exactly what they were looking for. It seems like Chloé and Merrin have some persuading to do. 

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He thought a single ‘no’ would be sufficient enough, but not for these persistent gals.

“No no no!” Bunet steps back with his hands up in defense. “Chloé! Merrin! Stand back!”

Chloé and Merrin approach him with smirks on their faces and their hands up in the air like wiggling claws. It doesn’t help that his two friends found out a secret about him when they were helping him cook the other day that they can easily use to their advantage.

“Come on Bunet!” Chloé says, “How could you not like our dish?”

“Yeah!” Merrin agrees, “We were so creative!”

“I politely disagree! The ingredients do not mix! It goes against the flavor profile and the voices of the ingredients!” Bunet exclaims. Before this chaos occurred, Chloé and Merrin asked him to come to the Somniel’s Café Terrace for the chef to taste test a dish they had made. The flavor was…unique, to say the least.

“I think they totally mix,” Chloé replies, “My pickled fish guts marinating a flame-cooked Solm roast. The tangy flavors just burst in your mouth. Folk food meets campfire comfort!”

“I was skeptical about it at first too, Bunet,” Merrin responds, “but it’s got potential! It’s like…a new version of surf and turf!”

“It’s no surf and turf dish I’ve ever heard of!” Bunet yells back.

Chloé fakes a gasp. “How rude!” she teases with a smile.

Merrin looks as if she’s about to pounce, a toothy smirk on her face and eyes staring him down. “You’ll pay for that!”

Chloé and Merrin rapidly approach him. He steps back and hits the arm of a couch, throwing a hand out behind him before he teeters over.

“Wait wait wait!” Bunet frantically exclaims with an arm out in defense. Bunet shirks back. He sucks in his chest and belly with a gasp of air when Chloé and Merrin’s fingers freeze in place right before they nearly graze him. He nervously giggles in anticipation while their hands are still hovering so close to his torso. “On s-second thought! Maybe there is some sort of flavoring that has potential!” he speaks quick, frantic.

The female retainers keep their hands in position, ready to strike at a moment's notice, keeping Bunet on edge. “So, you agree with us?” Chloé asks.

Bunet stays quiet. He can’t lie when it comes to food. His eyes dart to the side before giving a shy shrug and smile. “N-No?” he ends his statement like a question so that maybe they’ll have mercy on him.

Merrin grins, “Get him.”

“Oh no—” Bunet is cut off as Chloé and Merrin tackle him on the cushions of the couch. Their hands immediately leap to the task that Bunet has been dreading: their task of tickling him silly.

“Wahahahait! I’m sohohohory! Ahahaha!” Bunet’s voice immediately spills with laughter. He squirms and wriggles on the couch, trying to play-wrestle away the hands of his attackers while still trying to defend his ticklish spots. Although, two against one definitely isn’t easy.

“It’s too late for sorry now, Bunet!” Merrin smirks. She takes the advantage of his outstretched arms and digs into Bunet’s underarms, honing on his tickle spots like a wolf to prey. Bunet should be fortunate that Merrin doesn’t have her clawed gloves on, or his laughter would be spewing like an overboiled pot of noodles more so than it already is. The chef of Solm barks out another laugh and throws his arms down, allowing Chloé the chance to delicately scratch at his ticklish belly. She then moves her hands down and scribbles above his waist, causing Bunet to jolt with an explosion of giggles leaking out of him, like the chocolatey liquid of a lava cake when it’s sliced in two.

“Thahahahat’s a tickle spot! That’s a tickle spohohohot!” Bunet cackles and kicks out his legs. He attempts to shove Chloé’s wrists away, but the nimble pegasus knight fights back to keep on scribbling.

“Ooh, no wonder we found out you were ticklish by accident when I tied your apron around your waist the other day,” Chloé giggles. “This is why!”

Bunet curls himself like a packed ball of rice and extends a hand out to surrender while the other is clutched around his middle. “Ohohohokay! I gihihihive! I’m dohohone fohohor!”

Satisfied with their results, Chloé and Merrin pull their hands away to show mercy to Bunet and the chef collapses even further into the cushions. He turns onto his back with a hand placed on his rising and falling stomach. Chloé and Merrin help him to sit upright.

Chloé returns to a motherly, concerned tone. “Are you alright Bunet?” she asks by gently sitting beside him. “We were only playing around. It’s completely okay if you don't like our dish.”

Bunet shows them a warm smile, “I know you both were only having fun.” He pauses for a moment to think. “You’re right to say that I didn’t like the flavor of your dish, but…perhaps it does have potential.”

Chloé and Merrin are shocked. “Really?” they both say at once.

“Yes. I didn’t think so at first, but after observing your teamwork that you used to execute your effective tickle attack, I can see the same kind of teamwork you used in making that dish. Perhaps, with another member of the team, we can make the dish shine to reach great quality.”

Merrin clasps her hands in excitement. “You mean, you’ll help us? Haha, thanks Bunet!”

“Of course,” Bunet nods, smiling when he sees how happy he’s made his friends. “It’s the least I can do to offer my expertise.”

[moonndust]

chapter 20, 21 and 22 were something… (part 1)

(includes fire emblem engage spoilers)

only alear, kagetsu, alcryst and merrin survived the griss hide n seek level

and i vividly recall alcryst always dealing the final blow.

atp if alcryst dies in-battle then it’s fuckin over for all of us

alcryst died once at some point and i immediately went to the time crystal

he’s like my only maxed out character and i am not risking the chances of losing a wet towel of a menace

one crit and its all over for the enemy

kagetsu had like 8% crit chance and landed on like more than 10 crits in a row.

i like but also dislike the lack of characters in each cutscene. like wtf was everyone else doing when griss was talking to alear? they were clearly right there??? right???

then get his ass. sneak up on that bitch and STAB HIM IN THE GUT OR SMTH.

it’s that easy.

this game has so many plot holes. way too many that i can’t even think of one.

like half of the casualties in the plot could’ve been avoided if we used that damn time stone. framme was so fuckin right about using the time stone to stop florra port from getting destroyed. use your brains y’all!!! USE IT!!!

ik it would make the game like longer but still‼️

i didn’t understand a single thing in veyle’s backstory (i wasn’t paying attention to all the “tell don’t show” shit)

my opinion on marni drastically changed when she immediately switched up. it really felt rushed but i really like how her va portrayed marni’s feelings.

marni’s death was like witnessing a child getting disowned and killed right after

mauvier’s character is great‼️ he’s just bland‼️that’s all‼️

the battle was pretty easy ngl. alcryst (as always) landed the final blow on veyle.

the cutscenes were awkwardly put together ngl. like the cutscene where veyle is crying over alear’s dead body, vander and alfred are just 🧍

i mean ig it could work as a parallel cutscene to lumera’s death but still.

why tf were they just standing there. they were most likely standing in shock but at least make them closer to alear’s body or smth omg.

anyways

the writing is dogshit but i somehow nearly cried in some cutscenes. don’t ask why bc i don’t know either.

i’m blaming the god tier va work for that. they put so much effort for such a shitty script that it works.

zephia, ik you’re hot n all, but i am this close to throw hands at your ass

“we’re all family here.” THIS IS NOT THE FOUND FAMILY TROPE THAT I REMEMBER

mauvier was just there. ngl he did a lot of work in the battle but he also didn’t do much at the same time??

i’m not done w/ the chapter 22 battle yet but goddamn that’s a lot of cutscenes.

ngl it would’ve been fun to fight the corrupted + corrupted veyle as the units w/o alear. that was such a missed opportunity for a good challenge.

i like corrupted veyle’s voice better than her normal voice…

oh no they took away marth’s blue hair and pronouns 😨

they took away everyone’s colored hair and pronouns 😱

now they’re all red and pronounless 😢

i started the battle in chapter 22 w/o knowing that alear was the only one who could get the rings…

so my dumbass made alcryst waltz to lyn’s ring and i realized that i fucked up

had to use the time crystal and go back 2 turns to the very beginning

and replay the battle from scratch.

pandreo (once again) was a fuckin trooper and carried everyone

the emblem rings i assigned the everyone was lowkey random but i let the ai do it for me since i am a lazy fuck

so there was uhhhh alear/roy, alcryst/lyn, kagetsu/lucina, pandreo/corrin (later changed to micaiah), seadall/byleth, rosado/eirika (changed to corrin), clanne/celica, zelkov/eirika, alfred/sigurd, merrin/leif (originally ike) and timerra/ike

i sorta did change timerra’s class to picket pretty late so she kinda died in almost everything but its ok i still love her

i wanted to play around w/ the change class mechanic on the benched units i had (i wanted to give diamant exposure therapy through sage class)

i actually have a good strategy that i didn’t even get to use and i’m pissed.

this is just a one shot alcryst centered strategy. 1) make alcryst engage w/ lyn and dispel doubles, 2) pandreo uses rescue and teleports alcryst close to him n seadall, 3) seadall uses dance on alcryst, 4) astra storm that bitch w/ those sweet chain attacks‼️

this could also help w/ lucina’s all for one skill.

seadall’s dance was a life saver in every battle.

alcryst, kagetsu pandreo and merrin are the biggest carries in my team atm

alear is just… there

in conclusion? always take out the villain when they least expect it.

griss in post-battle chapter 20 telling alear the big fell dragon thing? get his ass from behind.

hyacinth just standing there at chapter 10? pop his old bones

when sombron appeared before alear died? just yank the helmet off of veyle’s head. marni cracked it ffs.

oh yeah and use the time crystal like your life depended on it plot wise.

[potatoleartblog]

Wanted to redesign Merrin a bit, gonna colour and refine digitally later 😴