#idk im just very tired of the grandpa trope that gets put on him

[bluegarners]

friendly reminder that if you are going to write in the pov of alfred pennyworth, that old man's thoughts are not going to sound like your grandpa's. he's not going to be thinking "haha i love my kids, i love my grandkids, i wonder if they ate anything today... oh my joints ache, but i'll persevere anyway bc it's important i make tea and dust and whatever the fuck"

this man was a british noble before becoming a deep cover intelligence spy in special operations. he was an actor after that and only came to work for the waynes at the behest of his late father (pre-crisis). if you're writing an early-on in the butler career alfred, he should be cunning and possibly a little resentful. he should be sly and wary and intelligent. he should be attempting to hold his tongue and watchful. he should only be thinking of the waynes as employers, as as obligation. he should have had very little interaction with bruce overall because he was a butler, not a nanny, and thus oversaw the other servants of the house

if the alfred pov you're writing comes after dick grayson, alfred can be softened a little, but he should be loyal only to bruce. alfred would only be in his maybe-50s at this point. he is not some old and doting grandfather figure to dick. once again, he is merely employed by bruce wayne and takes care of dick grayson only by obligation. he should not be trusting or especially sweet. alfred should still be calculative and speculative about dick. he should be judgmental and disagreeable and sarcastic when it comes to dick. alfred does not know this child yet, he has only ever known bruce, and after 15+ years of service in a quiet house full of quiet people and strict routines, involving a 9-10 year old into the mix should have made alfred downright irritated by him

this cycle should repeat with every child that comes into the fold, especially damian (though this pov of alfred with damian is much closer to canon in fanfic and others mediums [we all know why])

alfred pennyworth is not some simpering, soft, sweet old man. he never was and really should never evolve to be one. he is a brutally intelligent, critical, and hardened man, and this should always be kept in mind when writing him. he does indeed soften to people who come into and stay in the fold, but alfred has never and would never open his arms, heart, and the wayne home to anyone ever with ease

[sternbilder]

first impressions of fates:

like i said im playing on hard mode and it kind of feels like that one picture of the youtube thumbnail that reads “hot knife vs tiny cheese”

also ive been so casual (ha) abt letting my characters die on my awakening playthrough that i have to double check after like every battle that i still have everyone

it’s taken me so long just to get to chapter 6...........save me

like at that point i couldn’t even Emote at what i think they were trying to make a very dramatic scene bc the only emotion i could feel is Tired

i’m not sure how i feel about the art style change?? some of the aesthetic things they did were cool like the whole zooming in thing that happens before an encounter?? but i def prefer the simple clean art style used for the awakening sprites, something about the new style is just throwing me off (maybe it’s the coloring or shading?? or just the character designs themselves idk i can’t put my finger on it)

the crit sound effect is so quiet and it’s bothering me...............weak

i just got to the castle thing which means it’s finally time for support conversations YE im so ready for babyrealm and waifu nintendogs lets DO this

i don’t have?? a lot of characters to comment on yet?? i also know jack shit about everyone so shrugs

i like jakob he is a trope but he’s cute?? also i like how they took the entire that is frederick and decided that he was so good that they split up the “butler” and “sir babysitter” components of his personality and just made them two new entirely separate characters. a+ move, writers

also i’m 1000% convinced that grandpa babysitter isn’t Actually dead like come on now. do you take me for a Fool.

kaze and rinkah are this game’s red knight/green knight i take it?? is kaze this game’s equivalent of stahl bc i’m completely indifferent to him as of this moment but if that is where this is going

i’m sad about the lack of voice clips in the support conversations?? i miss them they were kinda pointless but i really liked hearing how the characters sounded, the silence is just weird

they should have taken the part of the budget devoted to being able to blow on ur Fake Spouse’s face and put it toward voice acting booo

i really like the nohrian royals (esp leo what a nerd) but like come on dudes. ur dad is so obviously evil like come children. why do this

also i named my avatar after me and i keep getting confused at seeing both “camille” and “camilla” used in the same conversation

i’m like. half expecting the big plot twist to be that the nohrians are Poor Misunderstood Woobies and that the hoshidans were the bad guys all along but like that sounds almost as predictable as what actually seems to be happening now, which is the Opposite of that so idk

when do i get to cry bc i’m mostly just waiting for that