#like Tellius instead of POR/RD

[fiery-emblems]

Like a lot of people I sometimes ponder what my favorite characters might look like if they were allowed to grow older. I've been seeing a lot of good designs for older Soren specifically so of course I got to thinkin' about my own take!

Some notes on design process under the cut cause I think we should all share our thought process once in a while:

So, for this I didn't want to just want to go with "Soren, exactly the same but older". My thought was "if I was actually in charge of designing for a fire emblem game, one that takes place in a future Tellius perhaps and featuring this character as a guest (a la Tiki or the Awakening trio, which they should keep doing BTW) how would I go about doing that".

You have to think of course, about what the character is actually doing and what their role is. It seems pretty likely that after RD Soren is either traveling the world with Ike or wandering around (probably the former) so "traveler" was the theme. As far as the overall shape and the outer layer especially it seemed obvious to reference the dragons, who are also travelers:

I don't want to just straight up copy the look of the robes though for a couple of reasons. 1) that's boring and the idea here is for an updated visual style 2) I wanted to combine different elements to evoke a feeling of mixing cultures. I figure if this scenario takes place say, 80 years in the future or something, fashions will have moved forward and perhaps you would see elements of beorc and laguz fashions mixed together. Especially for Soren given what he is. So I went with an inner layer that looks more Victorian puffy sleeves (which you don't actually see a lot of in PoR or RD since the characters favor more stiff looking tunics, but they are there and I figured its the future and maybe Crimea has entered its puffy shirt era) with the outer layer looking more like what the dragons wear. 3) Staying with robes seems kind of stagnant. I imagine that a much older Soren who's lived a good life along side his love has probably chilled out a little bit. A little bit. 4) I think having more leg visible gives a more adult silhouette.

The other consideration is the hairstyle. As much as I love Soren being a carbon copy of Rajaion, it wouldn't be the most interesting design choice if I was the character designer of a game to just copy a past design 1 for 1. So I decided to just lengthen his hair a little bit and give it a look like its been blown around in the wind. Soren is the windy guy and I'm assuming he would be more chill here so why not let it be loose and free? This also helps avoid him just looking like Sephiran cause I see that a lot too lol.

Yes I also changed the shape of his brand. I've always been fascinated by the fact that it changed shape between games. I know it was likely just a design oversight but what if it changed because he isn't an adult yet and it changes more as he ages?

Lastly there's the why. Why would your fav show up as a guest character? What would he even do?? Well I think Soren could be really fun actually if we assume he went with Ike and that Ike kept Ragnell with him. I'm picturing a situation where Ike has lived out his natural life and died, leaving Soren to return to Tellius alone in order to tell Mist's family what happened (cause Ike just left without telling anyone anything lol), and to return Ragnell to them. Instead some conflict breaks out, you know how it is, and the more chilled out Soren is convinced to bestow the sword onto the new starry-eyed lord who reminds him of his beloved.

Oh yeah. I can see it now.

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

I love the tellius games for a lot of reasons but one of my often unmentioned favorite little things about PoR and RD are Sanaki's designs. She's just a little guy and she's dressed like a throw pillow instead of having an uncomfortably skimpy outfit like a lot of the other younger (and younger looking, Nowi and Nyx do not get a pass!) units that most games seem to have at least one of. She looks comfy and ready for cold weather. Unbothered. Happy in her lane. Focused and flourishing. Common tellius W

wait nyx is supposed to look like a child? I thought she was cursed with eternal youth at like. 20.

[justices-blade]

☆ did someone say anniversary munday

from neffi!! thank you :D

celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.

repost, don't reblog. only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!

happy anniversary, TOA! here's to many more years spent together.

name: leo

pronouns: he/him

birthday: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

where are you from? what is your time zone? the states, but im in europe now and i aint plannin to leave, baybey. CEST!

how long is your roleplay experience? uhhh 13 years of which 11 were on tumblr. the passage of time is horrifying

how were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? deviantart sonic oc self inserts. dont say anything

how were you introduced to TOA? im an avid skimmer of the tellius tag on tumblr and saw toa crop up a few times in the past but the concept of fodlan as a setting fundamentally scared me for a good while because it was the only fe game i wasnt even remotely familiar with. then one winter holiday in 2022 i saw neffis leonardo crop up in the tag and i was like lmfao it would be fucking hilarious if i started writing edward again right and then i blacked out for the next 12 hours and suddenly im here.

do you have any pets? nope. i do want a rat a spider or a snake though. maybe a toad even

what is your favorite time of year and why? autumn... its the cusp of summer and autum weather rn actually and im freaking thriving

what is your IRL occupation? graphic design student (help)

some interests and things you like/enjoy? gaming and writing are the no-brainers, but i also love dnd, drawing and making cosplay. despite being easily scared i also really like horror. also frogs are eternal i love frogs forever and ever

what non-fire emblem games do you play? currently it's mostly warframe, elden ring and arknights with some enstars on the side HAHA maybe xiv'll suck me back in soon < his ass still hasnt played dawntrail

favorite pokemon type & pokemon: favorite type is ghost, but the charcadet line has RICOCHETED to the top of my favorite pokemon list over spiritombs throne LMFAO

tell us some funfacts and trivia about yourself! i once wrote a poem based off of haurchefant greystone of ffxiv fame for korean school because i could not fucking think of anything else and i won a fucking award (minor) for a competition i didnt even know i was getting myself into????

i also inject frogs into any art assignments that i really dont want to do so i find the motivation to do them lmfao

how did you get into fire emblem? smash bros brawl baybey. i watched my friend play awakening for a bit but i only owned a wii (region locked. american. we were in europe) so i crawled to my dad all sopping wet and pathetic to ask if he could pretty please buy me por while he was on a business trip to i think LA. he brought back rd instead.

what fire emblem games have you played? hilariously exactly the same amount as last time (sorry) (gba, tellius, 3ds, engage)

first & favorite fire emblem games: radiant dawn all the way babyyyy

list your 5 favorite fire emblem characters across the series! chad leonardo edward limstella micaiah. yep

who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? can be any context and reason! leonardo showed his pretty face on the screen when i was 14 and it was over for me

any fire emblem crushes? 😳leonardo showed his pretty face on the screen when i was 14 and it was over for me.

jokes aside im not sure i do crushes but if we're talking about current i think pandreo applies

if you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first s support? who would you s support nowadays? - awakening: stahl or miriel - fates: hinata... or beruka - three houses: jeritza probably i am going to be so real - engage: pandreo.

favorite fire emblem class? are thieves meant to be a gimmick/utility class. yes. do i care? BOY OH BOY. rogue my beloved... (also i inevitably end up doting on at least one archer and anima mage)

if you were a fire emblem character, what would be your class and stats? would you be playable? weirdly magic-heavy thief i think. playable only if he likes your vibes. probably have to recruit him like cath. i'm not even that good i'm best used for meteor/bolting/bersesrk etc bait

if you were a three houses character, what would be your affiliation? golden deer!

if you were an officers academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent? boon in faith+axe, bane in riding+heavy armor, hidden talent in authority. no it does not mean i want to be in charge. but alas im reasonably good at it.

if you were an engage character, which nation would you originate from? i thought on elusia for a while but honestly i think its firene for me. i will never say no to citrus.

how do you pronounce TOA? 🤔toe-ah...

current TOA muses: edward, chad, denning

past TOA muses? its just been these three so far baybey

who was your first TOA muse? if you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? [gripping edward really hard as i hold him out towards the camera] this boy has lived in my brain rent fucking free for 11 years he is a vital part of my deciding whether i get fries with my burger order atp

do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? reiterating this from the last time i filled this out: little guys and pensive freaks. i also fundamentally like characters who experience internal conflict of interests between their morality and their loyalty/duty/other social trappings. its tasty!

do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? i love digging deep into lore and piecing it together even if its not immediately evident and a bit fragmented (its the soulsborne enjoyer in me). BUT if i need to do this for a main or major character with a bajillion dialogue and context clues strewn across three playthroughs of a game and i could easily overlook things i would be a little too scared of getting soemthing wrong. "oh x loves orange juice" "WRONG x said as a one off in the middle of this heavy story segment that he hates orange juice and prefers strawberry milk actually" i would fucking die. i would die

what kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? UNRELIABLE NARRATION. shit you look at and go "hm that aint whats going on rn at all". love that shit. i try to not overuse it but i love when it becomes more evident midway through a scene. good stuff. i also love writing impulsive stupid responses and vividly descriptive scenes, but also i love writing affection and devotion in general, even if exceptionally gooey and cavity-inducing, even if ill-advised and misplaced. there's so much more i can add here but i love writing i love writing with people i love writing with y'all. love and peace.

and violence. i used to be scared of fight scenes but now i love thinking in those milliseconds between the violence. flurries and slurries of blood. can i rip more shit apart pretty please

do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man i hope i get to write this one day”? [stuffs my fist in my mouth and screams]

incredibly loosely speaking. i want edward to realise he's been a bit fucked up actually and have to sit in that thought instead of shrugging past it as usual. i want chad to sit with someone and just connect with them so they don't feel as alone (yes this has happened i just love when this happens). i want denning to forcibly feel an emotion, and whether they get better or worse from it might depend entirely on their company.

favorite TOA-related memories? sorry that i keep bringing up edwards 37.5 damage astra during the final fight of apollyon ouranos i just can't stop thinking about it. that's so much fucking damage. that said i loved banding together against the impossible and FUCKING WINNING

present or past tense? uhhh present < just had to go back to check

normal size text, small text, no preference? normal size is a bit easier for me to read, but i have no real preference

got any potential muse delusions to share? 😉 either you know my delusions or you don't . at any rate i don't think my rosters going to move anytime soon

[elluia]

Little gems of the French localisation of Fire Emblem

Hi! I wanted to share a few nice details of the French localisation of the Fire Emblem games with you all 😊

First, I’ll cover the tome names (using Radiant Dawn’s ranks, as it goes all the way to SS), name changes in Tellius, then the Houses names in Three Houses, and finally a baffling line censored (?) in Radiant Dawn that puzzles me to this day.

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✨Let’s start with magic tomes. They all have a unique name, and do not follow the El-Arc-Rex English naming convention. The final rank, SS, is called S+ in French. And probably in all of Europe, for obvious historical reasons. I sure hope so.

Descriptions will go like this:

RANK: French name (translation, lit. translation = English name)

🍃 WIND MAGIC (Magie du Vent)

E: Vent (=Wind, same) C: Tempête (Storm = Elwind), A: Ouragan (Hurricane = Arcwind) S: Tornade (=Tornado, same) SS: Fimbulvetr (= Rexcalibur) Siege: Blizzard (same)

Note that the wind rises with each rank…

The SS wind tome uses ice animations, Fimbulvetr makes perfect sense as a name!

Fimbulvetr is generally the high to highest tier of wind magic in the French localisation: A in the GBA games, S in PoR, SS in RD, A in Awakening, B in Three Houses, Emblem Soren’s spell… and just C in Fates.

🔥 FIRE MAGIC (Magie du Feu)

E: Feu (= Fire, same) C: Inferno (self-explanatory = Elfire) A: Embrasement (blaze, burning, or blazing up = Arcfire) S: Bolganone (same) SS: Brasier (lit. raging fire, inferno = Rexflame) Siege: Météorite (=Meteor, same) Cymbeline is unchanged.

💡 Fun fact: The Hunger Games’ second novel, “Catching Fire”, is called “L’Embrasement” in French.

⚡ LIGHTNING MAGIC (Magie de la Foudre)

E: Foudre (Lightning = Thunder) C: Éclairs (Lightning bolts = Elthunder) A: Feu du Ciel (Heaven’s Might, lit. Heaven’s Fire = Arcthunder) S: Thoron (same) SS: Mjölnir (= Rexbolt) Siege: Fulguration (Fulguration, lit. a flash lightning = Bolting)

Lightning magic is the most interesting.

Two synonyms are used for ranks E and C. “Thunder” is “Tonnerre” in French, which refers to sound only. The translators chose the visual representation instead.

🔮 For the SS rank, they went back and used the name of the Jugdral Holy Weapon! Again, Fates makes Mjölnir a C rank tome…

�� LIGHT MAGIC (Magie du Jour, lit. Day Magic)

E: Lumière (=Light, same) C: Éclat (Spark, Brilliance = Ellight) A: Flash (self-explanatory = Shine) S: Aura toxique (Toxic aura = Valaura) SS: Aura (Aura = Rexaura) Siege: Châtiment (Punishment = Purge) Creiddylad, Thani, and Nosferatu are unchanged.

In my opinion, Valaura’s name change is very weird and makes the two late-game tomes sound too similar.

💖 The siege tome is used in the phrase “châtiment divin” (divine punishment), it’s absolutely fitting to smite your enemies!

🌚 DARK MAGIC (Magie de la Nuit, lit. Night Magic)

C: Larve (= Worm, same) B: Carreau (same) S: Verrine (same) SS: Balberith (same) Siege: Fenrir (same)

Nothing changed! C rank is a literal translation.

I love the increasing intensity with each new rank! It gives Fire Emblem magic some… personality 💪

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Now for name changes in Radiant Dawn!

While it’s rather well-known that Mist is called Alja in German, there are two names localised differently in French!

First is Ena, called Ina instead. Could work as a diminutive, but quite unnecessary in my opinion.

Then, there is Gatrie, who becomes Gatorie. I think they tried to avoid “Gatrie”, a homonym of “gâterie”, which can mean "treat" or can be a slang for… a blowjob. For a character who likes women so much, that’s quite unfortunate (and hilarious!). Even funnier, Gatorie almost sounds like “rice cake”… (or is it just me?)

Finally, there is Ike’s own epithet of “Radiant Hero” or “Hero of the Blue Flames”. In newer games, it’s always translated as “Héros de l’Aube”, meaning Hero of Dawn. It pairs well with Micaiah (“la Fille/Prêtresse de l’Aube” = the Maiden/Priestess of Dawn). Only his ending card calls him “Héros de la flamme”, or Hero of the flame.

In Engage and Heroes, Tellius is still called “Monde de Radiance” (World of Radiance), instead of using Dawn, the common name for its two heroes.

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🔎 Another neat change we have is the Houses names in Three Houses, in fact.

Colours sound silly for a class name in French (it’s mostly fine for naming kindergarten classes), so the localisation team switched to precious metals and gemstones. You can even check in the artbook, they stand out compared to all the other languages!

Black Eagles = Aigles de Jais = Jet Eagles (as in, the jet-black gem)

Blue Lions = Lions de Saphir = Sapphire Lions

Golden Deer = Cerfs d’Or = Golden Deer (same, and the precious theme is kept!)

Ashen Wolves = Loups Cendrés = Ashen Wolves (same, and no gem because the name is justified by Nabatean lore in-game)

It’s neat! And absolutely necessary in French. Great localisation right there.

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🤦‍♀️ Now let me mention a particularly failed translation, twice in a row.

In Part I Chapter 7 of Radiant Dawn, Izuka and Sothe exchange two lines with an aside in parenthesis, showing their inner thoughts. And for some reason, it’s the only big deviation in the whole localisation.

Izuka (EN): But Laguz... They're powerful! (and expendable...) Just what we need. By all means, invite them to join! Izuka (FR) : Car les Laguz sont très puissants (et extrêmement flexibles) ! C’est tout à fait ce dont a besoin notre armée ! Dites-leur de se joindre à nous ! Izuka (literal) : Because Laguz are very powerful (and extremely flexible)! This is exactly what our army needs! Tell them to join us!

(Flexible can be taken as stretchable or adaptable here, but we’re nowhere close the cruel original intent…)

Sothe (EN) : They're good friends. I'm sure they'll agree to help if I ask (you mumbling creep). Sothe (FR) : Ce sont de bons amis. Ils accepteront de nous rejoindre si je leur demande (moi aussi je peux faire des apartés). Sothe (literal) : They’re good friends. They’ll join us if I ask them (I can also do asides).

WTF happened here? We lost two important pieces of information in the asides…

Izuka’s comment sounds almost goofy, not ominous!

Do I have to assume French!Sothe became self-aware for a split second? He’s supposed to question Izuka’s character, not make meta quips.

There are a few possibilities for Izuka:

(The most likely) The translator took “expendable” literally = it’s expansible in French, synonymous with flexible. The second word is shorter and more common.

Is it meant to censor Izuka’s cruelty?

Or is it meant to hide his motives to the player?

A better translation could have been: (et facilement remplaçables) = (and easily replaceable).

But for Sothe...

(The most likely) Did the translator want to censor an insult?

Did they want to make the situation lighter with a meta joke?

Did they think the aside was unnecessary considering Sothe’s obvious suspicion of Izuka?

Did they run out of characters to translate the insult in that text box? (It is full.)

The translation could have been: (ce type est louche) = (that shifty guy). And indeed, finding an appropriate insult for a Teen rating was hard…

Truly a mystery for the ages.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. 🙇‍♀️

[glowingbadger]

So, having not played the games myself and only knowing about things from wiki and the occasional fanfic referencing in-game events I'm in the unfortunate position of adoring Tellius characters with no outlet. But scrolling down your blog has me thinking because you mentioned wondering about situations where Soren or Volke would get down and dirty. So picture if you will "I almost lost you forever" post-battle sex for Soren and stress-relief sex w/dirty talk for Volke.

oh no Friend Anon you activated my trap card

Volke came to mind first, but honestly, your idea for Soren is like one of the only ways I could even imagine him fucking because of just... how he is as a person lmao. So Soren will be coming in the future, I promise you- I keep wanting a good excuse to write him, after all.

To be clear to others btw, I'm not taking new requests right now, this one just hit me in Some Kinda Way. Which is why the impossible has happened and I'm posting writing two days in a row lmao.

Final side note, I literally can't tell you guys how shook I am that FEH has made it clear that the 'e' at the end of Volke's name ISN'T SILENT?? Like... Vol-keh?! What the entire shit.

** quick little TW for both characters being slightly buzzed

Volke (Fire Emblem PoR & RD) x AFAB Reader

NSFW drabbles 18+

"We- we should... go to a room," you say in a breathy whisper, though you're still tugging the front of Volke's cloak, opening one clasp at a time from where you shakily stand, pinned with your back against the storage room wall, "What if... the owner, or- or the barkeep..."

"The owner of this place owes me a few favors and more than a few back-payments," Volke's voice rumbles at the crook of your neck, "As for the barkeep... I frankly don't care what he happens to see," his hands slide under your tunic and up your back, sending shivers through you, "Do you?"

Instead of an answer, you tug him into a deep, messy kiss, and he groans out his approval. Your bodies are warmed by friction and the pleasant buzz of ale, the aches of weeks spent marching and fighting and surviving melting away with every new inch of skin his hands conquer. You feel the graze of his facial scruff against your skin as his tongue teases yours and his body traps you between him and the wall. You've finally managed to open the various layers of his clothing enough to run your hands up his nicely carved abdomen to his chest. Volke utters another low, masculine groan, and his hands grab your backside and pull you firmly against him. Then, his lips are traveling down the side of your neck, and your head is spinning from the heat, his body, the scent of booze and earthy pipe smoke that lingers on his clothes and hair. When at last he reaches the base of your neck, he presses his teeth to the tender skin, and you gasp out his name, your nails raking down his toned musculature.

"Keep making those cute little noises and we'll definitely attract unwanted guests."

"I- I can't help it, you-!"'

His low chuckle grazes across your skin, and before you realize, he's undone the front of your breeches with a single hand that is now pushing down into them.

"I never said I minded."

"Oh-!"

Your head tilts back and you cling to the front of his clothes as his fingers begin to pulse between your thighs. Perhaps you shouldn't be surprised that his hands are inhumanly dexterous, stroking around your clit at just the right angle, hitting just the right pace.

"So- what... is this gonna run me?" you huff the words out between weak whimpers of pleasure, attempting a confident, casual tone.

"I don't charge for these kinds of services," Volke matches your playful tone, in his own subtler way, "Business and pleasure- you understand."

"Shame, that," you gasp as his middle finger rolls a tight circle around the nub of your clit, "You'd... make a killing... Mmmhh..!"

Volke gives a short laugh.

"I'm flattered."

His pace quickens, his touch just a little firmer, and by instinct alone, your hips begin to shift in time with him. He's silent now as he drives you relentlessly closer to the edge, and with your bodies so close, you can't even look up to read his expression. You can only hold onto him in your desperation to steady yourself while his expert fingers send jolts of electrifying pleasure up your center. If he keeps this up for much longer, your knees may very well give out.

"Volke- ohh- fu-fuck, Volke, I'm-!"

"Don't."

His voice at your ear plunges through you, warming you more deeply than any liquor. Then, he pulls his hand from between your legs, and before you can question him, he turns you by your hips to face the wall.

"I want to feel it when you cum."

You brace your arms against the wall in front of you as Volke holds you with your back to him and his lips at your throat once again. Those skillful hands cup your breasts, squeezing and fondling them for just long enough to appreciate their shape in his palms before he moves on, and you arch back against him as his touch travels down your body. When he returns to your hips, he tugs you back to him so that his fully erect cock ruts against the swell of your ass, and you whimper his name. The way he manhandles you is firm and decisive, but not overly harsh, and never without that sense of control and deadly grace that he's known for. It's making your head spin. You need more. Mercifully, he doesn't plan to make you wait.

Volke pulls your clothes out of his way, then grabs a handful of your ass with one hand while his other works his stiff member out from his own clothing. Without a word or any ceremony, he presses the head of his cock to your drooling pussy, then begins to push inside, holding you in place against his thrust. The bulge of the tip and the slight curve of his shaft have him grinding into you in a thousand incredible ways, and your eyes begin to roll back before he's even bottomed out within you. You've wanted this too badly- the thrill of it all has very nearly wiped any thoughts of battle and training and strategizing from your mind. His member is slick with your release in no time, and he grunts into your ear as he begins to fuck steadily into you from behind.

"You feel good... damn good. Squeezing around me like that... Mmh..." His hips pitch forward, driving him in you to the base, filling you, stretching you, forcing a blissful sigh from your parted lips. The hand fondling your ass grips you more firmly, enjoying the erotic sensation of your plump flesh as it jiggles with every thrust. Then, you feel a quick, sharp slap across your backside that causes you to moan aloud, and Volke plants both of his hands on the wall in front of you. He's warm around you, the scent of liquor still potent on his breath, yet each sensation only heightens that of his throbbing cock plunging deep within you over and over.

"Damnit-" Volke's breath hitches, and he groans as he momentarily eases his pace and pushes his member into you slow and firm, "Can't afford to get... addicted to this."

The words seem more for him than for you, muttered in the midst of his efforts to steady himself. But before you even think to question him, his arm is around you and his hand is trailing down the front of your body. Never easing the persistent sway of his hips, his fingertips stroke across your clit once again, and you let out a desperate, blissful moan. Any concern you'd had about being discovered here has long vanished; the onslaught of pleasure is simply too much to bear. His dexterous fingers tend to your most sensitive nerves while his thick member stretches you perfectly around him.

"Fu-fuck, Volke..!"

"That's it, come on- let me feel it," his cock twitches, throbbing at your deepest point, perhaps provoked by the knowledge that you're so dearly close to release. Then, the sensation rushes through you like a crashing wave, and for a moment, you're dizzy and unsteady on your feet. Bracing yourself against the wall and Volke's sturdy frame, you shiver and whine his name as your cunt flexes around his length and your climax overtakes you. Amidst the overwhelming sensation, you barely register that Volke is panting harshly against your ear, his pace stuttering as he feels you cumming on his cock. By the time you feel yourself coming down from that incredible high, you're still shaking, barely keeping yourself upright as he chases his own satisfaction at last.

Volke doesn't say a word- only traps you in place with your back to his chest and both of his hands now gripping hard at your hips. He thrusts forcefully once, then twice, sheathing himself fully in your warmth until you feel his member pulsing with his own release. The way he's throbbing against your tender and over-stimulated inner walls is a shock to your system, but you rally your strength to stay upright while he pours volley after volley of thick cum into you. He utters an earnest and lustful groan, subtly swaying his hips to grant just a bit more of that intoxicating friction as he rides out the last of his orgasm, having filled you and then some. At last, you're both panting, sighing with the blissful aftershocks as the distant sounds of clinking mugs and rowdy tavern-goers float around you.

"Holy... holy fuck..." you gasp as he finally eases out of you. Volke takes a moment to fix his clothes, then turns you to face him, and you hold onto the front of his cloak while you regain your balance. "You... you pent up or something? You've made a real mess of me..." True enough, his load is already dripping slowly down your inner thigh.

"I'm a busy man. Not a lot of leisure time for someone in my line of work during a war. Come on, let's get you cleaned up. Then, another drink," he smirks, "If you're not spent, anyway."

"Generous of you," you reply, wearing a matching grin while you make a passing attempt at sorting your clothes and hair, "though if you're so busy, I'd hate to take up your valuable time."

Volke's shrewd eyes conspicuously scan your body once before eventually meeting yours.

"As I said- business and pleasure."

[enbyleighlines]

Leigh plays Tellius prt 22

It's time for part 2 at long last! Though, I can't help but feel like "intermission" is a more apt name for this section, since it's far shorter than the 3 other parts. But name aside, I am happy to see some familiar faces.

Elincia's struggle to gain respect and recognition from the nobles is so frustrating to watch. I do not blame Ike and company from nope-ing out of that situation. Even so, while their intention was to help Elincia, instead they've essentially abandoned her. Thankfully, Elincia has plenty of friends who are there to support her, such as Marcie.

I didn't use her in PoR, but I think I might use her in RD, depending on her growths. Historically, I have a hard time keeping pegasus knights alive, but I love Marcia as a character too much to not at least try to keep her on the team.

Can Haar actually talk to his wyvern, or is he being funny here? Can all dracoknights talk to their wyverns? Why is this aspect of the game never explored? We really never learn much of anything about wyverns and pegasi. How are they chosen? Also, we learned from PoR that pegasi can live a long, long time. Is the same true for wyverns?

Anyway, I breezed through this map with ease. Elincia is basically invincible during the prologue, and Marcia didn't deal much damage, but she dodged nearly every attack aimed at her.

*Gagging noises*

I can only imagine what Ike would say if he was around to hear that. Yeardley, you are very, very lucky he wasn't.

It's the lesbians!! Poor Nephenee took such a rough beating here, but I was determined to get her to talk to Heather as soon as possible. I took my time on this map, mainly because I wanted to get Neph as much exp as possible. Also, I love those cows up on the righthand side of the above pic.

It's Ludveck time! I'm sad we don't get to brutally murder him the way we did Jarod, but whatever. Also, because of Jello's playthru, I couldn't help but read all his lines with a Southern gentleman accent. It just fits him so well. I hate seeing him flirt with Lucia here, especially knowing what will happen later.

Though, I do have to wonder why Lucia thought this plan wouldn't rouse suspicion. She brought several laguz (of different types, no less) to Ludveck's territory for the sake of sampling their berries? Yeah, sure, nothing suspicious about that.

I also have to wonder why Ludveck is keeping confidential documents in a random cave outside of his manor. Surely his manor would be better guarded?

Oh, Elincia...

I really feel for her here. She's just been put into this impossible situation. But I suppose that's what makes her character arc so compelling.

Aaaand that's the first half of part 2 of Radiant Dawn completed. I can't believe it's almost over.

But I'm excited, too. I am missing the Greil Mercs so badly.

[officialraylynn]

In your eyes

(Fire Emblem: PoR/RD; Ike/Soren)

Warnings: Themes of self-doubt/self-worth; themes of arousal, making out against a wall, mildly possessive behaviour, supportive boyfriends, the boyfriend Soren deserves tbh

Also posted on AO3!

Prompt: "Suck Me — my character will suck on any body part of your character."

Summary: In which Ike has reasons for the things he does and Soren has never loved him more.

    Soren was accustomed to being stared at.

    He had, after all, been dealing with this his entire life. The burning hate-filled stares of beorc and the empty unseeing frosty stares of laguz, both had been part of his life from a tender young age that he had never forgotten. Never truly escaped either; those judgemental eyes forever following him as he grew, though over the years a handful of kind (or a least tolerant) gazes joined in they would never erase the darker ones from his memory. 

    That was never more true than when he grew more into an adult. When his figure grew more slender than outright stick thin and awkward; when his hair was longer (much better kept, thick and so soft looking) and his face slimmer- he learned quickly how it felt to be stared at with desire (lust, not desire; they were different, desire meant they wanted him whereas lust was purely his body- not that they’d want it once they learned of his cursed blood), and just as quickly he learned to ignore it. 

    In the beginning, he lashed out. Confronted and threw insults (even a spell on one occasion), though it was not long before he simply grew tired of dealing with it and simply ignored instead. Ignoring had worked for the laguz against himself, why then could he not use it as a weapon of his own? For the most part it worked, there were times when he was approached regardless of his lack of reaction to their gazes, but overall he was left alone- which pleased him, though he did feel slight empathy for the females he presumed they would attempt to ‘woo’ (ha) in place of himself.

    Ike’s presence likely played a factor in this as well, to be honest.

    He was not called the man’s shadow for nothing, where one was the other was frequently right beside if not shortly behind. Soren grew accustomed to stares over that as well. Reverent gazes directed towards Ike; awe, admiration, want, envy, a fair share of lust as well, and then confused, jealous and even near murderous stares towards him joined his already vast array of how people viewed him. He had long since learned to accept the feel of other’s eyes on himself in such ways, his deeply rooted feelings for Ike made it more difficult to accept the same for those gazes falling on Ike.

    It took time, but eventually even Ike began to take notice of the stares- both directed towards himself and to Soren. He did not have the same hardened skin in this circumstance as Soren did, meaning that they tended to bother Ike much more than they did his boyfriend- it was flattering, and it made Soren’s heart swell with furthered affection whenever Ike would step in to defend his honour or otherwise chastise someone for their staring, but he wished that Ike would adjust quickly just as he had. He hated Ike being upset, especially if it was caused by something regarding Soren himself.

    It only became worse after the wars were over and all of Tellius worked on rebuilding what was broken (before they left hand in hand to live their lives free of the burdens of reputation and the fear of more war one day); Ike was, of course, the more famous of the two but (to his surprise) Soren’s name was not as obscure through the lands as he had assumed- the strategist, a powerful wind mage, always by the Hero’s side, though the stares had begun shifting with the whispers of himself into more positive than the previous negative, the negatives still lingered and Soren still ignored.

    Again, Ike on the other hand, was not quite one to simply ignore- no he tended to deal with the things that bothered him, and when he finally acted it… Truthfully it took Soren by surprise. After all, he had never really envisioned Ike to be possessive (protective, yes), though he wasn’t about to complain. At all. Or, at least not much- there was no denying the pleasure he felt at being the one Ike gave his affections to, the one that Ike cared about in this way, the one whose body his hands touched in such a way. Ike was his, and by the Goddess was he ever Ike’s.

    “I-Ike.” If he had any thoughts to spare, Soren might have been concerned that his nails (always kept neat and not overly long but sharp) were digging too harshly into the skin of Ike’s upper arms where it felt as though he were holding himself upright by that grip alone. Soren, however, did not have any thoughts to spare, so he would simply have to kiss the scratches with murmured apologies later. 

    Much later; after he was no longer caged in Ike’s arms (those strong broad hands gripping wonderfully firm onto his hips), once he could finally breathe again (as he was damn near panting for air currently), once he was no longer dizzy with the arousal throbbing through his entire body, brought on by the very deliberate and surprising actions of his boyfriend. Soren’s face was burning, no doubt a deep crimson from his blushing, his knees were weak and if he outright slipped from Ike’s arms due to them giving out he wouldn’t be surprised.

    He wasn’t going to ask Ike to stop, though.

    Ike did that all on his own, actually. 

    Pausing in his (rather thorough) task of sucking marks along Soren’s throat (very thorough; every press of his lips against skin, every scrap of teeth against his pulse, every gentle kiss after a sufficient mark had been made only made Soren all the more desperate to be pinned beneath Ike’s weight as just as thoroughly ravished) so he could chastely (such a stark difference to the determined near hungry actions of just moments prior) press his lips against Soren’s jaw. “Are you asking me to stop?”

    Dear Goddess- the way lust roughened Ike’s voice never failed to make Soren’s heart stutter, the cocky knowing tone he had asked in yet Soren himself knowing that Ike would stop if asked made the mage’s breath hitch in his throat. With great effort he uncurled his fingers from Ike’s biceps so he could instead tangle them with wild navy locks of hair (noting very briefly that yes he had left scratch marks on Ike’s arms that he would need to tend to after) before using that firm grip in an attempt to pull Ike even closer against himself. 

    “D-Don’t you dare stop.” His demand was raspy and laced with a plea but a demand nonetheless, resulting in Soren releasing a soft moan as Ike shifted their positions just slightly- Soren was never disappointed by his partner’s strength, and he loved the ease in which Ike could grasp his thighs and just pull them up to around his waist (this resulting in an even more needy moan that would have embarrassed Soren were he aware of himself to realize he even made such a lewd desperate sound). 

    If he thought he was dizzy before it was nothing compared to now; with how he could feel Ike’s own arousal pressing against him, how all-enveloping yet comforting it was to be pinned against the wall in this manner (only because it was Ike, the one Soren trusted with the entirety of his very being), how his skin tingled with the anticipation of what was to come. He was wound rather tightly, and he has a suspicion that he was going to be exhausted by the end of this. Happily exhausted.

    “I-I am c-curious, however,” the need to fill the air with words is sparked by his need to get himself at least slightly under control (already so needy and desperate, he almost does want to stop just for a moment so he can clear his mind even slightly), “What brought this on? You’re ah,” his eyes flutter shut as Ike nips in just the right spot to make him whimper, “N-Not usually one for leaving so many marks.”

    For a second time, Ike pauses. 

    Soren isn’t concerned, though. He knows Ike well, better than anyone, and he can only assume that Ike needs a moment or two to collect his thoughts. The man was never the best with words, Soren knows and accepts this, and he will give him all the time in the world to compose himself and attempt to think on how best to explain his actions. As he waited he would brush his fingers through Ike’s hair and let himself be calmed by this brief lull in their passion; breathing still heavy but no longer coming out in pants, body still crying out for attention but no longer as desperate.

    “I don’t like the way they look at you.”

    Finally Ike speaks, words followed by him lifting his attentions from Soren’s neck to press a loving kiss against the brand on Soren’s forehead. “I’ve been noticing them more and more; the ones who look at you as if you’re something to be conquered, as if you can be owned and tamed and theirs. I hate it.”  His hands had since returned to Soren’s hips and now they squeeze, thumbs briefly rubbing against his hip bones in a possessive yet comforting way. Please never stop touching him.

    “I know you ignore them, you don’t let them bother you but-” a sigh, then another kiss at his brand as Ike’s hands slide up and down along his sides in a soothing motion that has goosebumps flaring over Soren’s sweat-damp skin. “I can’t stand it. Especially the ones who saunter over all cocky like and expect you to fall at their feet as if you owe them everything just for giving you attention.” 

    “They don’t know you; they don’t respect you and I just-” this time a huff, Soren can tell Ike is flustered by this and it warms his heart how much Ike cares. “I thought, maybe if there was something to make them not want you, they’d leave you alone. Maybe something they’d notice at first glance, besides the fact you almost always sit so close to me you might as well just sit in my lap.” A kiss his pressed to his cheek and Soren adores the feel of Ike’s grin against his skin. 

    “So I decided to leave my mark on you; maybe seeing them might keep people from trying to bother you, might make them realize that you don’t want to give them any of your time and keep them from approaching you.” By the time he is done speaking Ike has their foreheads pressed together and his hands are cupping Soren’s cheeks in his palms. The protective gleam in his eye has Soren’s heart doing flips while melting at the same time, he’s incredibly touched that Ike is so protective of him and he adores that he values his boundaries so much. He wouldn’t have minded if Ike had made the marks just to show the world that Soren was his, but this? 

    This was admittedly a much sweeter and cherished reasoning

    “They’ll know that I’m not interested when I tell them they’re not worth my time.” His fingers had paused in their stroking of Ike’s hair, though now they continue after giving a gentle little tug. “But I appreciate your sentiment, Ike love.” A soft smile tilts his lips, turning his head slightly enables him to gently kiss Ike’s palm before nuzzling his cheek against it. “Always my protector aren’t you? I can’t say I mind, I’ll wear any marks from you with pride, after all.” Ike may not be quite as possessive as Soren was, but the mage didn’t mind; he meant what he said, anything to show that he was Ike’s and in return the Hero of Tellius was his.

    “I know you would.” A kiss is pressed to his cheek before Ike begins dotting them along his jaw, then moving back down to his throat (his hands having drifted down to once more grasp Soren’s hips). “But I don’t want to do anything you wouldn’t like, and I know you’d be willing to suffer discomfort just to make me happy or keep from bothering me.” 

    “I’m glad you were so enthusiastic about it all.” The lips at his neck curl into a smirk before Ike nips. ”I was rather enjoying myself as well. So what do you say,” a slow and rough grinding of their hips together makes Soren give a soft startled gasp of pleasure; all at once the heat and need from before setting his body aflame once more, “We move this to our bed, and I finally stop teasing you hmm?”

    “I say,” Soren’s fingers curl more tightly around Ike’s hair before pulling (the soft hiss his actions caused making Soren smirk slightly, knowing that it was going to wind Ike even further), “There’s a perfectly good wall right here, and I demand to be ravished oh Hero of mine~” The tightening of Ike’s hands at his hips and the low near growl of arousal that came from the man told Soren that he was going to get exactly as he desired, and as Ike drew him into a rough needy kiss, Soren found himself in the depths of his mind noting that he would care even less about the stares now… 

    After all, he had Ike to help him show just how little those others meant to him, and he would forever be thankful that Ike had chosen him above all others.

[fairelance]

(( Alright my roster here is at the self imposed limit and IDK if I’m gonna love 3H enough to swap anyone out or make 3H verses, but in the case of the latter a casual announcement that AUs involving putting any of my muses in a different FE title will likely result in [Name]; [Title] for the tag, and in the case of 3H I’ll use the tag “3H spoilers” as well as just plain “Spoilers” for a double seal of no spoiler freshness ))

[teaveetamer]

I think you're making the wrong argument re: arguing that Tellius games are comparable to Fates. I'm not a Tellius fan tho (truth is, I haven't even been able to play them yet lol). But PoR was a full and complete game. You paid once for it, got the experience. Then a few years later, they decided hey, we have more story to tell, and released a sequel. A sequel released for the Wii a few years after the original on the GameCube. But PoR is a complete story/game even without RD (1/2)

Fates is basically if they charged you for 3 versions of PoR to finish one story alone. That's not the same. Now, if you believe you're getting your money's worth, that's entirely subjective and a person by person case basis. But charging 3x for 3 different games to tell one story does not equal making a sequel on the Wii to a GameCube game that in itself was a complete game. You really can't compare games of trilogies. Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3 are different games, not 3 versions of 1 game (2/2)

Not sure how you could argue Tellius doesn't count when you haven't even played them. If you play PoR it's very clear that RD was always intended to exist after it. PoR sets up quite a few loose ends that are only explained or resolved in RD. For example, Sothe references Micaiah numerous times throughout the story (I don't think by name, but that's definitely who he's talking about), even though she does not exist at all in PoR. The dragon tribe are also established and their involvement in some future calamity to release the dark god is also foreshadowed but never expounded upon. Lehran's medallion also exists, but it's never really explained (or destroyed...). PoR also doesn't feature any character endings as is the standard for most FE games by that point... though Radiant Dawn does. Radiant Dawn also has no supports, so the developers are banking on you having played PoR and seen the supports there to get an idea of how these characters interact.

These two games can absolutely be played separately, but they are meant to be played together in order to get the full story. If you don't play PoR then elements of RD won't make any sense or will be glossed over quickly with a reminder as you're expected to have played PoR (like, say, why Sothe is such an Ike fanboy despite being with Miccy the whole game), and many things in PoR will retroactively make more sense after playing Radiant Dawn.

charging 3x for 3 different games

Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3 are different games, not 3 versions of 1 game

Pick one? Fates appears to become "three different games" or "three different versions of one game" depending on what best suits your argument.

I don't think it's an argument. Fates is three different games. Each game is 28 chapters long. Yes, including Revelation. That's 84 chapters of story content across the three games. Even if you discount the six chapters at the beginning that are the same, that's 22 unique chapters per game (66 unique chapters of story content).

Azure Moon, for comparison, has 22 chapters total and that's without discounting the C+P White Clouds that it shares with every other route in the game. If you discount White Clouds, it's ten. If you discount all of the chapters it shares with VW and SS and look at only the chapters that are 100% unique to AM, it's two. Three, if you stretch that final battle with Edelgard as being "different" because of Hegemon vs. Not Hegemon.

Each Fates game tells its own story. Yes, each game ties into each other, but you can play any one of the Fates games completely by itself and still have a satisfying (albeit tragic) story with beginning, middle, and end and a plot that's wrapped up. Again, it's no different from these other games. The only difference is that it came out all at once instead of over a period of years. I honest to god don't think we would be having this conversation if Rev was released two years after BR for full price and billed as a sequel.

You really can't compare games of trilogies. Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3 are different games, not 3 versions of 1 game

Yes I can, because Mass Effect 1, 2, and 3 are three different games that all tell one story. That is exactly what you're complaining about with Fates.

Mass Effect 1 ends with you taking out the reaper vanguard, and Shep literally says "there are more like that out there and we need to prepare for war". You even find out what happened to the Protheans, AKA mass extinction of their species by a massive reaper invasion, foreshadowing the events of the next two games. The reaper war is not concluded at the end of Mass Effect 1. Mass Effect 1 is a self contained story, and you could in theory play it by itself and never touch the next ones, but it by no means concludes the overarching story they were trying to tell. Saren is dead, but the Reapers are still out there.

Mass Effect 2 is probably your weakest argument, since Mass Effect 2 is literally "Running around preparing for the massive reaper invasion that's going to happen in ME3: The Game". Sure, you can play it by itself, but its entire purpose is to set up the players that are going to be big in the next game (The Illusive Man being one of them). The reaper war isn't concluded. There's even DLC that sets up the opening scene of ME3! You were definitely never intended to play just ME2 by itself. Even if it does have a self contained story with a beginning, middle and end, it by no means concludes the overarching story they were trying to tell. The Collectors are dead, but the Reapers are still out there.

And you know how I really know ME3 was not intended to be played by itself without the other two? Because you literally cannot get the best possible outcomes in ME3 without playing ME2. If you just play ME3, for example, it's impossible to save both the Quarians and the Geth because you didn't do Tali's loyalty mission. That means Tali isn't in a position of authority, and that means she can't reason her people into a ceasefire with the Geth. You are literally required to have played ME2 if you want to save both the Quarians and the Geth. Sure, ME3 is technically a self contained story with a beginning, middle, and end, and it concludes the overarching story they were trying to tell, but you do not get the full experience unless you played the games that came before it.

And why do you think people were so pissed about ME3's ending when the game first came out? Because they'd been promised this epic conclusion to this overarching story the devs had been trying to tell for three games, but then it just couldn't live up to what it needed/what people wanted it to be!

These are three games that tell one overarching story. Just. Like. Fates.

[randomnameless]

Actually Dragons being too powerful to be slaves is kept consistent in Tellius where the only Dragon Laguz that were enslaved were feral ones. Even then it was ONLY the Red Dragons and ONLY the ones that came to retrieve Alhmeda. Manaketes in particular are either too weak(as dragonstone deprived manaketes) or too powerful. People can tame a tiger in FE(remember Largo) & real life, but try controlling a giant & smart creature that can atomize you with its mere breath.

Funnily enough PoR reveals even the Laguz slavers view the Serenes massacre as an atrocity, albeit mostly in a "you fools just killed the goose that laid golden eggs." This is one of several chapters that say Heron Laguz are particularly desirable as slaves for their beauty and docile temperament.

Another thing to consider is the people buying Laguz slaves were all rich people with mansion, servants & guards. For Laguz like Muarim born in captivity, even if they escape, there aren't alot of places to go. Its mentioned the safest & nearest place for them to run is the Daein mountains, where they'll have to learn survival skills & avoid being killed by Beorc or wildlife, with most of the survivors becoming crazed bandits.

I don’t remember the Largo incident? IIRC in his support chain with Muarim, they were making a contest about who can carry the most cured hams on their backs, and Muarim won because he carried Mist or something

About the dragons, feral or not they were enslaved so yes, humans can enslave dragons, they need drugs to do so but it can happen. 

I’m doubtful about the size and power of dragon laguz in the Tellius saga, we see cutscene Kurthnaga blasting a castle, but model wise he is tiny. When Ena transforms in a pink dragon in FE9 and she fights against us, unless Edward Zihark tanked everything with his face Daien’s castle must have been turned in a ruin after the fight, but it didn’t (then it may be something about gameplay and story integration)

Randoms are afraid of tigers who can rip their heads to shreds, but even cats give them the same fear so... Laguz being children of strength (bar herons of course) opposed to Beorcs being children of wisdom, the only way humans can overpower/control Laguz is to use special weapons, magic or drugs. But 1VS1 counting only on brute force, and not making unbalanced matchups like random cat vs RD!Ike?

Herons are another category on their own, they’re kept as trophies or worse if you want to read subtext in Lekain’s battle quote against Leanne.

I’m not trying to say being stronger the Laguz should have escaped instead of being kept in slavery, there are many factors to take into account, like Laguz born in captivity, some caught when they were very young and conditionned to listen to their masters, etc etc.

Tormod frees Laguz slaves around the continent iirc?

Maybe Valtome wanted to make a non-tamed subhuman lick his boots, and the subhuman bit his foot, of course the laguz’d be executed asap.

Thing is, Laguz are inherently stronger than humans, “physical strength” wise. But they can be enslaved when humans decide to be crafty, let it be by the use of drugs, capturing children or using some born in captivity like muarim who never knew anything ese.

[beyblaiddyd]

like straightforwardness can work in a lot of fe games because even though they can have complex political circumstances they’re usually ultimately more about stopping the world from being blown up by a big dragon more than ideological arguments. like you can have disagreements and oppose particular things within the party and have political happenings ongoing but for the mostpart the cast is all in agreement that they have to stop the big dragon that’s trying to eat the world and kill everyone. 

tellius has to be so complex and multifaceted because it’s a story that’s much more About those complex political happenings and how they shape people’s experiences even if there’s background radiation of mystical stuff that’s typical to other fe games. PoR isn’t a story about a villain being influenced by some dragon god, he’s a guy who decided to invade a country because he wanted to invade a country. RD isn’t about some cursed zombies, it’s about the tension between people being politically exploited trying to protect the people they care about and how the corrupt upper class will manipulate desperation to grasp more power. 

FE3H decided not to be a straightforward story about trying to stop the apocalypse and to instead be four different opposing stories stitched together that are far more about ideology than anything else and then to slap the fe apocalypse model on top of it anyways 

[slumberinglabyrinth]

the base/shared effect for Lions in Fire Emblem Heroes seems to be DC (given that it’s been the ‘when transformed: [effect]’ part that’s shared within races/movetypes) and while we can probably expect Skrimir to be more of a player phase unit given chronic dumbass disorder his propensity towards attacking first and asking questions later, Giffca acts as a bit of a middle-of-the-road unit in terms of how much he ends up doing in the Tellius saga when compared to Caineghis (whose personal inactivity is almost entirely enforced by the position he is in, as I’ve discussed a bit here) and his nephew which makes it somewhat harder to place what his personal weapon effect and what he as a whole might end up being built towards.

Giffca’s primary role in the Tellius Saga and especially in PoR is to act as an extension/proxy for Caineghis, so something of a support beast unit would be easily justifiable but I think that flipping that around and drawing from him being inherently more flexible in the scope of his actions when compared to Caineghis would be an infinitely more interesting. Some ideas:

Mixed phase is the closest to his actual role in story so mixed phase he will be, and we can probably expect him having Special Fighter as his B slot (or Bold as something along the lines of Hardin, but that’d be more Skrimir’s bread and butter since he’d also have dc)

Given that he gets more up close and personal than Caineghis does but isn’t as quick to jump the gun as a certain thickheaded lion, Close Defense 4 might make sense and it’d also be a way to have him further contrast with Caineghis.

Other options for his A slot would include Bracing Stance 3, Nullify as a Prf skill that grants immunity to eff against beast, or really any other defensive skill (introducing a fourth tier isn’t required but I wouldn’t expect them to do otherwise)

Armor March is an obvious choice to put as either his personal weapon effect or his C slot but I think that’d be a bit too easy for a unit with DC both from a design perspective and from a usage perspective. It being his C slot could be justifiable but it really shouldn’t be his personal weapon effect, and given the options for his A and B slot, I think he could easily forgo a C slot if we slap a special and an assist onto him (might be a good chance to get Harsh Command+ into the standard summoning pool if it isn’t already by the time he comes out?).

For his weapon (this is one single idea):

Broadening his transformation criteria to allow him to transform when granted “a movement bonus from armor march” (so no boots, no gray waves) regardless of who he is next to would be a really neat direction to take “can travel” and “can do more things than Caineghis” in, though it would require a significantly weaker actual unique effect when compared to our current baseline for a Lion Laguz.

As mentioned/linked to above, Nullify is Giffca’s default skill in RD (and he’s the only one with it) and that makes him a convenient candidate for having it on his weapon instead of an a slot a la Garon/Sothis. I think this and a broader transformation critera (plus the static stat bonus on every beast weapon) would be enough for his weapon if he gets a decent statline given that it makes him more flexible than Caineghis in terms of physical movement/team comp while making him a bit more specialized towards surviving based off of not getting blown to pieces by specific weapons/units/builds instead of having obscenely large numbers carry him to victory.

as a side note i’m like 50/50 on nullify making ruptured sky deal 20% instead of 40%

[voidfishersong]

Pirates of Tellius AU

I'm back at it again with another niche Tellius AU no one but me will ever read!

this is some sort of weird IkeSoren/IkeRanulf hybrid but like. better keep it open ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

basically it’s ‘what if I stuck Tellius characters in the Pirates of the Caribbean universe, smashed both the plots together, and made it slightly gayer (but only slightly because tellius is pretty gay)?

It starts out more following the plot of PotC but I assure you that is only superficial and also gets drowned pretty quickly

also you can see where this post started as brainstorming and eventually became actual fic so. please read it

Ike is obviously Will Turner - I mean, this is textbook, right down to his dad having Secrets™️. sword boi runs into trouble.

Soren is Elizabeth - but raised by Almedha (hence a background in dangerous things when he was young, but now very sheltered by his parent).

and Ranulf is the suave but kind-of-stupid pirate because I have no self control and JUST IMAGINE RANULF IN THE HAT. THE HAT, GUYS.

it gets gayer I swear I’m pushing a Soren/Ike/Ranulf agenda y’all

Ike and Soren, childhood friends, Almedha doesn't like Ike coming over, Soren’s got some sort of arranged marriage Ike has many swords but dreams of greater things than the smithy. the rest of the Greil Mercenaries are the people from Ike's area of town - Titania's the only one I struggle to think of a job for, but she lives next to the smithy and Mist has a bedroom at Titania's as well as above the forge (Ike has a bed there too, although he rarely uses it). Oscar and his brothers are a bakery/butchery hybrid, Rhys is the apothecary, etc., Shinon and Gatrie are probably still mercenaries lbr

the only thing Ike knows about his father's death is that he was killed by the pirate captain of the Black Night (haha I regret everything), a mythical ship that appears and disappears at will - but only at night.

Lethe stole Ranulf's ship, crew, and weapons (he'd be so proud if he didn't currently lack a ship), which I don't have a name for yet, anyway so Ranulf comes in to the port, people lose their shit, he escapes, but he really needs a forge to get these handcuffs off. oh, the Greil smithy! nice. duel! jail :(

Ike is kinda sad because Soren has to do Noble Things which currently just means "sucking up to the princess" Elincia - and he thinks his mother might be planning a marriage at this rate.

One night, one of the Mad King's fleet ransacks the town. Ranulf sighs, knowing enough of these beorc pirates by reputation, but hey, he's in jail.

The pirates kill the king and go after Elincia to throw Crimea into chaos. Unfortunately, she's not alone - but fortunately, Soren can talk his way into any situation and gets them a parley. bonus points if he pretends he's the princess and Elincia is a servant.

Ike's world is upside down - his town's burning, Soren's been taken, what does he do? Titania tells him he can go - she'll help rebuild, keep the town order, and Mist can run the forge. Just - you know that sword, Ike? the one your father hid under the floorboards and told you to never touch? take it. you might need it.

so he does - but might need some help, too. who better than a pirate who knows the way of the sea?

they steal a ship and go. Ike yells about pirates, Ranulf offers to throw him into the sea, but they resolve it quickly because Ike understands there's more to the world than he knew. Ranulf's got an uncanny sense of direction and he knew Ike's father, but there's something else he feels he's missing. Greil was a pirate, Ike learns, and one of the finest - Ranulf might've left Gallia if he'd asked.

but their ship isn't meant for two - they need a crew. Ike soon learns Ranulf has a reputation five miles long, lovers in nearly every man and woman on land, and can outdrink anyone when they stop at an Outpost to pick up everyone you recruit in PoR. and then they head for Nevassa Cove.

I'm throwing the plots of both stories out the window now. also, the laguz? they're staying - in a slightly different form...

Ike and Ranulf’s crew don't make it to Nevassa quickly, though, so who knows what Elincia and Soren are doing in the meantime. bonding, probably. Elincia's no idiot - she's heard the rumors about Lady Almedha, her mysterious background, her ever-present veil - and the Captain of the Mad King goes on about what lives in the water. She starts to question the fables of her childhood, full of sirens who would sing you to the depths and creatures that could topple flagships. Soren's planning, but he's got to keep up the Princess pretense - but he's noticing, too.

Ranulf's crew comes across some of their own myths when their ship is blown into a coral reef. Ranulf and his first mate (originally had this as Kyza but I want to save her for the eventual RD-inspired sequel, and Ike's role onboard is kinda undefined) know better than to go outside here, but Ike doesn't, and so he meets his first mermaid - oh, he didn't mean to offend, he didn't know they were called laguz. Kurthnaga is kind and offers the assistance of his friends to unmoor their ship, and Ike learns their form is not limited to the kind he saw in paintings of beautiful merwomen. Ike tells Ranulf, and Ranulf admits he knows more of the sea than he let on - there are different clans of laguz, all below the water, and the sea dragons are only one (although they are where landwalkers got their idea of the kraken).

the next tribe they find as they cross the canyons of Phonecis and Kilvas, known as a ship's graveyard. there's something about Ike, Ranulf muses as Ike speaks to King Tibarn about the Mad King's destruction and their explosives which threaten to ruin even the ocean floor. Tibarn listens, even with a siren at his side (one of few, Ranulf thought them all dead), and when Tibarn not only lets them pass but offers assistance, Ike welcomes them.

"I thought I was the captain around here!" he calls, earning a smile from Ike at the helm. He can feel Reyson about to speak, to ask why he is a captain of a beorc vessel at all, so Ranulf interrupts with a call to the crew and they depart, singing out of tune but merrily.

Tibarn's laguz follow in the water, save Tibarn himself and his white siren, who stand on deck and could almost pass for humans. Ike wonders about this - Kurthnaga and the dragons didn't have quite this human a form; are Tibarn and Reyson special, or is there even more to the laguz than meets the eye?

He asks Ranulf as much, when they're sitting below deck having a drink. "Laguz have three forms," Ranulf answers. "One for the water, one for the land, and one in-between." He fingers the brim of his hat, an item Ike wishes he'd take off when they're dining like this, away from the rowdy crew.

"How do you know so much about laguz?" Ike asks instead, ever focused on the mission. He doesn't get an answer, though, because the bell is ringing and the crew is clamoring and they see Nevassa Cove in the distance.

"Good find, Ike," Tibarn congratulates him with a slap on the back.

"Ranulf found it." That's Reyson, with something in his tone Ike can't quite place.

"Good find, Ranulf," Tibarn repeats, casting an amused smile to his companion.

They board smallboats and row to the cave under cover of darkness. The plan is cast aside, however, when Ike watches the Mad King's captain unsheath a rapier and advance on Soren. Ashnard won't tolerate their game of role-play any longer, but Elincia jumps in front, waving her arms wildly and yelling to get in the water, Soren!

Ike doesn't listen to whatever Ranulf is or isn't saying; he jumps from behind a cave wall, waving Ragnell and shouting hellfire on Ashnard.

"Well, well, little pirate boy," he mocks, and Ike realizes how massive this captain is in person. "Are you worthy to set foot in Nevassa?"

Ike raises his chin and Ragnell and meets Ashnard's eyes. "My father was Captain Gawain, who sailed that ship long before you destroyed her planks with blood, Ashnard," he says. "You aren't fit for the sea!"

They fight, slipping on sand-dusted rocks and breathing in blood and sweat and the dank smell of the cove, swords ringing like broken bells. Ranulf waves his hand and the crew - Ike's crew, really, if he's being honest - swarms Ashnard's, Tibarn's laguz fighting from the water and dragging pirates to the depths. He crosses to Soren and Elincia and motions them to an underwater tunnel. "Ike's ship is waiting for you," he tells them. "Go!"

"I'm no laguz, Sir Ranulf," the princess protests, but her eyes speak defiance rather than fear.

"It's Captain Lay, Princess," he says with a smile. Then he pushes her into the water, angled so she falls back on Soren and sends them both splashing. "Hold your breath!" And Ranulf dives in, relishing the feel of his shifting form only for a second before he pulls Elincia down, down, up, up through the tunnel and they emerge on the outside, Elincia sputtering and gasping and clinging to him like a lifeline.

"Swim to the ship. Reyson will be waiting."

She lets go but doesn't move. "Soren - he's still in there - you'll go back - please, Captain, return and -"

He cuts off her growing politeness when thrusts his hat at her chest and spins around. She's right, her companion didn't follow, and Ranulf has a sneaking suspicion why, if Ike's many stories of his friend are true.

"Damn," Ranulf says. He goes back.

Ike can feel his arms straining and he regrets never using Ragnell until a month ago. Ashnard is stronger, but at least Soren and Ranulf got away, he thinks. Of course, that's when a knife embeds itself in Ashnard's forearm. Ashnard turns. Ike turns. Soren is there, half in the water and hair dripping wet, holding another knife. Ashnard opens his mouth, and Ike strikes - brings Ragnell straight down and cleaves the Mad King's skull in two with a precision Ike didn't know swords could have.

Ike stands there, staring at the body and his blade, for a full minute, breathing heavily and shaking from adrenaline. When he moves, Soren is staring at him. Ike drops Ragnell and runs to the water, and Soren - Soren moves away, backing against the cove wall.

And I don't want to write Angst™️ but you know where this is going. (Half laguz have two forms, but that's still one more than a beorc.)

Ranulf interrupts the moment, because, hey, I'm glad you're safe but there's a battle on outside and I'm pretty sure the Royal Navy's here as well so let's go!

Ike is still holding Soren, whose face is curled into his neck and hair brushing across Ike's back like a blanket of seaweed. He looks at Ranulf, eyebrows high as he takes in Ranulf finally without that hat and decides his ears are cute. "Is every person I know gonna show up with a tail now, or is it just you two?"

"Just us, I think." Ranulf grins, then sobers. "Still a battle on, Ike," he chides. Ike nods and turns to Soren, who nods in affirmation. "Hold your breath, Ike," says Ranulf, and then they're streaming through the tunnel and Ike never, ever wants to go swimming again by the time they break the surface.

The Royal Navy is there, and they're impounding Ranulf's ship. Ike's ship. Whatever. They haul Ike out of the water, which he accepts because he isn't a laguz and he's more of a chance of surviving in prison than in the water. The guards bind him for piracy - unfair, because he hasn't actually stolen anything (Ranulf stole the ship, technically). Ike tells them as much - yells it, more like, along with a string of curses and proof that he just saved the Princess and killed the Mad King Ashnard - but when Elincia's voice rings out a call for silence he's just as affected as the Navy.

"Sir Ike," she begins, ignoring the whispers of her guards and one commander who tries to tell her he's a pirate and shouldn't be addressed personally, "you have saved me and my kingdom from destruction. For that, you have our gratitude. You will remain a free man, and all charges of piracy against you shall be dropped. I offer you a place in my Navy, Sir Ike, as it would be an honor to have you beside me."

His motley crew, hands tied behind their backs in the center of their ship, stares at him; Elincia's Navy stares at her; and no one moves for a moment.

"Thank you, your Majesty," Ike says, the title an honest mistake but he doesn't take it back because it's true now. "Thank you, Elincia," he continues, "but my place is on the sea. My father sailed these waters before me, and it's time I lived up to him. Besides," he offers her a crooked smile, water dripping into his eyes from his lashes, "I think the sea has companions to offer me."

"Of course," she says, a smile playing at her lips. She removes her arms from their position across her chest (Ike had thought it a ward against the seeping chill of night air on wet clothes) and lifts something up above Ike's head. In the moonlight, he catches a glimpse of a familiar hat, its wide brim decorated with strings of beads and feathers, before Elincia places it on his head, soaking his hair even more. "We shall leave you to your ship, Captain Ike," she says with eyes alight, and turns away with all the grace and poise of a royal.

After a great deal of spluttering and critiques from the Navy quickly aborted by a mere glance from Elincia, Ike's crew is released and the Navy returns to their ships with Elincia, who hands Ike an envelope and a hug before departure. Ike stares after them, adrenaline entirely spent and confused how he just got named a pirate captain by the Queen.

"Well, well, well, congratulations!" comes a familiar voice, its figure moving across the deck. "The hat suits you, Ike," Ranulf grins, clapping him on the shoulder. "Lethe might've stole my other ship, but you've earned this one well." He pauses, just for a second, winks, and then says: "Captain."

Ike smiles, but his attention is quickly caught by the shadows behind a mast. It's Soren, as he knew it would be. Ike puts an arm around him, a gesture he finds awkward for anyone else, and runs his fingers through Soren's damp black locks. "I think I've got a position open on this ship," he offers. "If you'd like."

Soren looks up, and Ike thinks his red eyes are beautiful in the moonlight. "I would." It's almost inaudible, but Ike hears it anyway. He holds him tighter.

They return home first, and his crew laughs through the streets and fills the inns and taverns with gold and merriment, undoubtedly spreading rumors of the battle with the Mad King that will grow into something ridiculous, but Ike doesn't stop them. When he knocks at Titania's door, Mist throws herself at him and she's crying and Mist's crying and Ike might be too.

When they've told each other all that matters between their family and Mist is asleep on Titania's lap from exhaustion, Ike makes tea for him and Titania and sits across from her. "Were you my dad's first mate?" he asks, unprompted except by the companionable silence of being home.

"I was," Titania replies, nostalgia twinging across her face.

Ike nods and sips his tea. He knows the rest of the story, and if Titania would like to spin her own tales he'd gladly listen, but he'll also listen to Mist's soft breathing and relax.

"Who is yours?" Titania asks instead.

Ike starts, almost dropping his tea. "I don't - I'm not sure. There's - well, there's Soren, and Ranulf, and I don't know..." he trails off.

Titania smiles, a glint in her green eyes. "You don't have to know. One day, you'll know, though. It might sneak up on you, so watch out." She knows something, Ike thinks, something about me but more than that, she knows something about the world and the sea and the captains that follow the wind and their hearts.

"Okay," says Ike, because he's home and he doesn't have to say any more. In a few days they'll head out again on that wind. Ike doesn't know where it'll take him, but he'll be ready.

[jelloapocalypse]

What's a good place to start with Fire Emblem? Lotta people have been talking about it and i've been super curious.

There are three good places to start with FE in my opinion:

The most standard, barebones Fire Emblem game you can start with is a GBA game simply called Fire Emblem in the US (aka FE7 or The Blazing Blade).

It’s a solid game overall with passable characters and good maps. It is the most middle of the road Fire Emblem game and works as a good launchpad for the series if you want to get a taste for the gameplay. It’s also pretty easy to find an emulator for it online. I don’t think this game holds up very well in comparison to more recent games, so if you want to play a lot of FE games I would recommend doing this one earlier in your exploration of the franchise than later.

PROS- Good introduction to the mechanics of the series- Passable story and cast- Easy to emulate- Reasonable difficulty

CONS- While the cast and story aren’t bad, they definitely aren’t that great either. This is a game you play for the mechanics and not the characters or story- Terrible support system- Eliwood sucks

Another good game to start with is Fire Emblem: Awakening. This game focuses a lot more on the support system and has character convos and buffs that I might compare to a dating sim. The story is totally boring, but the gameplay is alright and the characters are fun! This is also a very easy game to find and you could probably pick up a copy for your 3DS at a reasonable price.

PROS- Very easy to find- Good, incidental voice acting and cutscenes!- Excellent support system w/ a largely likable cast- Good dialogue writing!- Has a Casual mode if you’re not into permadeath.

CONS- The story is terrible- Has an overworld map that allows for grinding. Personally I always find games with this mechanic to be weaker than those with a set campaign and a set amount of exp for the game to be balanced. Sometimes map difficulty will randomly jump and you have to go and grind for awhile- The child mechanic that has a tenancy to push players towards min-maxing eugenics to get the best, boring kid units instead of just having fun

In my opinion the best Fire Emblem game to start with (and also the best one in the franchise) is Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. This was released for the GameCube.

It has solid map design, solid plot, well-written characters (most of which are greatly expanded upon in the sequel, Radiant Dawn, which is my favorite game of all time), and it works really well as an introduction to the series. It’s a standard Fire Emblem title done almost as well as possible, save for some bad VA work and dated graphics by console standards.

Unfortunately, this game is VERY hard to find and pretty expensive. If you have a Dolphin emulator you can play it using that.

PROS- Despite the simple story, the plot is engaging- Satisfying difficulty curve that really makes your army feel powerful- Great characters and the best Lord in the series- The two Tellius games PoR and especially RD have what is unquestionably the best writing in the franchise.- Has the Shove/Rescue mechanic, which every other FE game desperately needs to adopt- Class-ups do not require promotion items and the Lord classes up at a reasonable time in the story (cough cough) Eliwood (cough cough)- The only FE game with a well-done Hard Mode.

CONS- Finding a legal copy of this game is like pulling teeth- The small amount of voice acting in this game is terrible- That’s it, PoR is really really good and you should play it

Hope that helps!

[enbyleighlines]

Reasons why the Fire Emblem franchise peaked at Tellius:

main characters have an actual personality, backstory, individual goals/desires, established flaws, and a character arc

no dating sim elements

the sheer amount of queer coded characters (Kyza, Heather, Ike & Soren, Tibarn & Reyson, etc)

Seriously, Kyza is a silver-haired cat-person with they/them pronouns. They are almost literally the "has blue silver hair and pronouns" meme

the running gag of Ike having absolutely zero interest in dating women

the laguz, which are a race of people who can transform into cats, lions, tigers, wolves, hawks, ravens, herons, and dragons

an anti-prejudice message which, while not perfect, does explore, among other things: being willing to have uncomfortable conversations, classism, the ramifications of war on the underprivileged, and how religious doctrine can be twisted to justify prejudice

Soren and Micaiah being the best narrative foils (sharing nearly identical backstories and strikingly similar stoic love interests, yet having opposite personalities)

a plot that's driven by character actions and motivations and not just something that happens to the characters

the ultimate ally Ike Fire Emblem who doesn't always understand what he's talking about but damn does he have the spirit and the willingness to learn

the greil mercenaries literally inventing the found family trope

not allowing the player to vicariously date whichever scantily-clad anime waifu strikes their fancy

Ike betraying everybody's expectations by, instead of growing up into a heart-throb bishonen pretty boy, evolving into a bara muscle man

Ike also betraying everybody's expectations by rejecting any fame, noble titles, or other fancy gifts others try to bestow upon him, preferring to live the simple life of the everyman, because that's where the true heart of humanity lies

Ike's absolute brutal honesty and snarky one-liners

did i mention that there are characters that can turn into cats and wolves?

Ranulf especially has the most early 2000's high school OC aesthetic possible with his blue hair, ears, and tail, his cheshire cat energy, and his heterochromia. Arguably Ranulf is Claude's spiritual predecessor, with his playful personality hiding a sharp intellect, except Ranulf actually has a paired ending with the male protagonist

I'm not saying PoR and RD don't have their flaws (they're borderline unplayable at times with the difficulty spikes, the lack of support conversations in RD leaves the new units with much to be desired in terms of characterization, the offensive stereotypes of Heather the man-hating lesbian and Kyza the flamboyant femboy, the lack of racial diversity, how much grinding the Dawn Brigade needs in order to become decent units, the English localization team screwing up the translation in several key conversations or outright adding extra content to push their Ike/Elincia agenda, etc)

But in comparison to the newer games, with their blank-slate protagonists, dating sim elements, and lack of attention on creating a cohesive plot that isn't segmented into three or more routes that all only contain a fraction of the entire story...

Well, the Tellius games are just superior.

Like sure, Heather being a stereotypical man-hating lesbian is not great. But I'd rather have that than have a small number of bisexual options that exist solely for the representation points, while also ensuring that they don't have to be bisexual, if the player so chooses, to avoid hurting the feelings of the cishets

So far I have played PoR, RD, Shadows of Valencia, two of the three Fates games, and the golden deer route of Three Houses

Shadows of Valencia was also very good, if too short. And I will forever hold my golden deer students close to my heart. But I really hope that future FE titles start putting more focus on developing good characters and stories, and less focus on things like character customization and player choice. I'm not saying those things are bad, but they're not what I play Fire Emblem for. I came to Fire Emblem for the high fantasy world politics, the world-building, and the compelling narratives. I don't need 10+ romanceable waifus and the ability to change the main character's outfit in my war strategy game.

[shauni-will-never-write]

I actually like Bride!Sanaki

by @dangerouseggwolfangel

So… regarding the new banner, and Sanaki. I have an unpopular opinion but I know you won’t judge me for it. If people didn’t told me what was the problem with Sanaki being on this banner I wouldn’t have figured it out by myself, that’s for sure. When I saw the trailer I was super excited, because I still don’t really believe that Sanaki is in the game at all over so many popular Tellius units, and now she is even the first Tellius character to get a seasonal alt??? And beside that, Marth got an alt, so I was totally convinced people would have rejoiced on Tumblr. And then… people pointed out the… problem… to me. I’m not naive, I’m an adult who has seen Nowi in a lot of “interesting poses” thanks to the internet, but when I saw Sanaki in a wedding dress I didn’t think even for a second that this was a way to sexualize her or worse. I saw a little girl playing dress-up. I think it’s because in my head I have a distinction between little FE girls who will get sexualized no matter what (Nowi, Delthea, Mist, Elise, Amelia, Sakura) and those who are not seen that way by anybody. I thought Sanaki didn’t even have many fans at all, much less fans that considered her their waifu. It’s like people who consider FKanna their waifu, I don’t think they exist at all because… she’s everyone’s daughter. I’m not sure if FE really thought enough about things before making this banner, but I don’t think they intentionally wanted to pander to a certain type of customer. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt this time. And about them choosing the 10 year old Sanaki instead of the older one, I’m 100% sure it was an unfortunate accident. They just chose the PoR Sanaki because the RD one was already in, and they wanted to kill two birds with one stone. I think it’s a reasonable explanation, and a better one than “they wanted to make her as young as possible in order to appease lolicons”. I could be wrong, but I really hope I’m not, because IS would lose many points in my book if I am. I guess what I wanted to say is that I was really happy to have Bride!Sanaki when I saw her, but now people could think bad things about me if I get her and boast about it, and that sucks. I don’t want this controversy to lessen my enjoyment of the unit. And I certainly don’t want IS to get scared of repercussions and decide to never give a kid an alt ever again, because that would mean no more stuff like summer Elise and Halloween Sakura :( I won’t say people who are complaining that they shouldn’t, they have every right to complain, and IS actually created a mess by not being enough clear about Sanaki just being an innocent girl who’s playing wedding and not someone’s actual wife, but still… they are not as evil as you are making them out to be. Just my two cents

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First of all: that’s a totally legit opinion, and I agree with it to a certain degree ^^

If you like Sanaki, or if you never really cared about her but find this alt very cute, then by all means, go ahead and be excited about her release and pull for her. I’ve seen people yelling about “she can’t get married, she’s a child!”, but she is NOT getting married. NONE OF THE GIRLS are getting married and most of them don’t even have a canon spouse. They’re not wearing wedding dresses because they’re heading to church; they’re wearing them because they’re participating in some kind of traditional event.

But as someone who has very unfortunately already encountered nsfw art of F!Kana and F!Morgan… there’s definitely going to be a minority of players going after Bridal Sanaki for the sake of “loli power”, and I fear there’s going to be nsfw art of her. That doesn’t mean the majority shouldn’t/is not gonna appreciate Bridal Sanaki for what she is: a cute little girl dressed up as a bride for an event. I said it was moe fanservice, and judging by her “cute” damaged pose, I believe it is, but moe fanservice differs from ecchi fanservice. We know there’s no intentional/obvious ecchi fanservice here because her dress is very modest and even her damaged art doesn’t show bare skin; so while there definitely are gonna be sick artists out there who are going to… twist that design (I mean, utterly disgusting things like Sonic Dreams Collection exist, so at this point EVERYTHING is possible), it still doesn’t make her existence bad. Especially since she wasn’t drawn in a sexy manner at all, contrary to Bridal Tharja or Ninian, who show up their bare legs in their damaged portraits. In my opinion, the moe fanservice is intentional; the ecchi fanservice, while not wanted/intentional, is definitely gonna appear in fanart as a consequence. It’s not IS’s fault (although I cannot believe none of them thought that’d happen, but eh, in this day and age you wouldn’t be able to make ANYTHING if you didn’t want it to be sexualized on the internet by people whose tastes and actions you can’t control)

I still think it would have been more… sensible to make Sanaki a flower girl instead. It wouldn’t have changed anything about the whole loli appeal thing, but I don’t know… I can’t help but feel uneasy and I can’t really explain why.

But eh, what’s done is done, so the best thing to do is just appreciate how cute Sanaki looks and how nice it is that her damaged art isn’t lewd in the slightest ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Those who don’t like Bridal Sanaki, don’t pull for her. Those who like her, just go for her, and may the RNG Goddess have mercy on your orbs (and your nerves! ^^).