#or 150's

[karlydraws]

Welcome to Michael's Coffee ☕

Saw this pathetic forty-something guy trying to hit on twenty-something barista

[dyinggirldied]

Sung Hyunjae is the King and Han Yoojin is the queen I can't -

[meltedmush]

Dumbass thought but shizun (sy) x Tony the tiger

I’M CRYING

[gentlemanmotorslifestyle]

[neeeeeoposts]

KEVEDD YURI KEVEDD YURI we all say in unison except im just now realizing i made kevins hair too dark but im too lazy to change it

[entropyvoid]

Golden Hour (+ lineart below cut)

I took a picture of the lines for once and did some basic crappy photo editing on my phone, so you could probably print this out and use it as a coloring page or something if you so wish lol. Do with it what you will.

[manhwamuneca]

Ha! More volleyball torture this chapter!

(Idk this one never got posted)

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

Proč mě bůh nenávidí

[next-semester]

I'll have some of whatever the pilots are smoking bc how are we justifying $150 for the fan premier exhibit on top of $200 for concert tickets.....

[allinsideyourhead]

Simon and Garfunkel performing at Hippodrome d'Auteuil in Paris, June 1982

[wyvernne]

i’m working on the frwad sequel and casually thinking about how vampluc would definitely burn down mondstadt if the holy knight asked him to goodbye

[randomnameless]

tbh, I stopped caring about houses that much when I found out that it's an otome/dating sim game with srpg gameplay sprinkled on top. In other FE games, you either gather supports by pair ups or by having units standing against one another. And mechanics like cooking in Fates were done to get some more stat boosts. And even if the avatarization of the game started with New Mystery, Robin and Corrin feel more like customizable characters than an avatar for the player.

In houses, Byleth is like every typical dating sim protag, that does not speak and the few times they do is by having the player choose options that may raise heart points with a character or lower them, you have to find lost items and when you give them back you gain heart points, you have to give them gifts to gain heart points and cooking now doesn't give you any beneficts in battle and only works for, you've guessed it, getting heart points. And let's not kid ourselves, tea time is like the "dates" in otome games, in which you can spam gifts till you raise the affection to the max. The only thing that distincts those points from the otome ones, is that those are necessary for proficency and for unit classes.

Heck, we even have a ring to give to the chosen blorbo in order to get a special custom made cutscene, when in pasts games getting an S support gave you a broken unit to deploy and a little blurb of text during the credits. And of course, calendar/day systems are also common in these tipes of games too.

People complained about awakening and fates for turning the franchise into a dating sim, but 3Houses is literally one in and of itself, and yet is praised as peack FE experience and as peack srpg.

(I could also argue that is because of this otome nature why the characters are "tell don't show" with their given trauma, unlike in pasts games when it was "show don't tell" (Nino, Reison, Camilla, Leif, Soren...))

Well,

When you put it like that, it becomes obvious that the other games (FEH, Engage) mentionning Fodlan are stuck on the uwu monastery part of the part 1 and not the, y'know, events happening that will lead to part 2 because as you said, the SRPG aspect is just "sprinkled on top" lol

However, the "pair up your units and build their relationships!" has been a non gameplay mechanics for decades now (FE4's was a gameplay mechanic, it had no support convos - FE6 added the support convos and gave a small gameplay boost but it didn't commit and we had no endings, FE7/8 had endings, FE9 had convos but FE10 removed them and yet had endings depending on the pairs, etc etc) even without avatars.

Then we entered the avatar era and if it added the "my waifu and my bae" shenanigans, FE13/14 were still more centered on the story aspect that on the "dating sim" aspect, as in, even if you could raise affinity with a character by doing X or Y, it wasn't really coded in a minigame - came FE16 which you analysed perfectly : tea time, gifts, eating, S-support CG, etc etc.

That being said, FE is a RPG, meaning it has characters : you play FE for the solid gameplay but you also build characters, and imo the best way to develop and write characters is to interconnect them with other characters, and/or with the plot/lore.

Sure, Arden functions as a wall/tank. But through the 5 lines he has, you learn that he is part of a group of knights, has friends who often tease him but is relied upon by those people and takes pride in that, he'd also like to find a wife someday and has self-esteem issues.

Is he as developped as, say, Xillia's Alvin? Hell no! But they're characters from two different genres, Arden has those 5 lines that puts him above any "generic" armor.

(I find it interesting how UO and in a way, FE11, gives you the opportunity to play with generics instead of playing with named characters, in UO generics will turn out to be better since you can change their growths, but they're generics. Do you want the RPG of the Tactics/Strategy aspect?)

So, I'd say that support conversations are important, I love Saias and Ralf to bits, but I'm sure I'd love them more if they had more lines. And since support through battle can be a chore (hello FE GBA and trying to get Bartre and Karla's supports when she joins 2 chapters before the end!), I initially welcome any way to grind those supports faster lol.

However, it can quickly spiral in, well, the otome mechanics we have in FE16 - if you want to build support then why not have an entire mini-game for that, and meals and chorals and whatever else?

It's all about finding balance between developping your characters without turning your game in a dating sim or what I'd call "playing the sims and pairing those dolls with those other dolls you like".

Still, let's not kid ourselves, nowadays the "dating sim" aspect of the series is, while decried by some, very popular - and FE is first and foremost, a series that has to sell.

3H is not peak SRPG not peak gaming experience or even in FE gameplay that'd be FE5 but I can't ignore the fact that its dating sim aspects might be part of the reason why it's still very popular.

[misforgotten2]

A Stodgebaker.

[capsensislagamoprh]

Aiight all. I finished bag room 1 of... whatever. Time to look at some very bad photography! Here is the outside.

Again, easy to lift with one hand, but it’s very tall, so maybe you’d have to carry it for your young one... or yourself. *wraggles brows*

Simple lock and tie mechanism. Pull the ribbon over, tie a half bow. So easy. Opens and closes like a dream.

See? The tab. Also, I kinda like the purple trim. I was on the fence about it, but yeah. Good.

I’m telling you, the HARDEST PART is the eyes. How the ever loving flippin ponies do people make it look so easy?! Anyway, fancy sitting room.

Okay, the doll is not the best. The body is cheap. The eye face up is not the best. But the outfit is not bad, imho. Belt is its own piece. The robe has belt loops. The slip night gown is beaded. Shoes are custom. Underpants can fit many types of dolls.

I will give the body this. It’s very articulated.

I hope to some day get better at the face up and hair thing. Re-rooting is long, but it is quality. Styling is harder, though.

Blurry. My carpet is scratchy. I need to shampoo it. Also, yes, that is a glowing fire place with changeable batteries. You can have a fire. You can not have a fire. Your choice.

What’s it look like when it’s not lit up? Like that. I painted it, but it is an insert, so you can pull it completely out if you like.

Now, window... I’m pretty good at windows. Here’s the permanent image.

Changeable image one:

Changeable image two:

Changeable image three:

You know. For verity. Here’s an image of everything that comes with this set.

And yes, there is plenty of room for everything in the bag. You can also move the pictures around if you like. There are two books that move and open so as to be interactive props.

And. There is ONE surprise for the new owner hidden in the set. IF you want a doll room, let me know. It’s for sale. I’m already working on the project for 15 - 28 of Jan. Again. Check the safety on your blades. It can really throw off your schedule.

[shiftingwithmars]

CODY SAYING THAT HE LITERALLY WENT OUT INTO THE RAIN TO TAPE 150 HERSHEY KISSES TO THE TOP OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR HIS SICK GIRLFRIEND?!?

SKWJIDJD

THIS IS FUELING MY BRETT OBSESSION

[chonnysinferno]

we recieved 3 thousand 100- :O waow!