#really. getting to the VERY heart of the moefonse dynamic. getting deeply in BOTH of their heads about it | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

moe-broey · 5 months ago

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Smartass guy with a flat affect vs guy who almost always sounds like it's joking and likes to play dumb. Neither immune to the urge to over-explain themselves in earnest. Fight.

And now I'M gonna over-explain myself 😤😤😤😤😤 Because this piece captures like. Some headcanons of mine that are so precious to me, and SO much. Of the Moefonse dynamic and friendship... the heart of how their back and forths work.

But first close-ups/text descriptions for easier reading!

From the very start, Alfonse is playing. That's his intention. To say something he knows will get a good response out of Moe. But his delivery is either too dry and flat or too genuine. He's extremely subtle, and his humor doesn't tend to land because of that.

Meanwhile, Moe can be unaware... generally. But just as much, if not more, it's deeply attentive towards the things it cares about. It takes these things SO seriously. Moe... really hates being misunderstood. It struggles with empathy, and its sense of compassion is entirely self-centered. Which seems unrelated, but all of these things contribute to it making a joke, and then feeling a need to immediately explain the joke. Just to make sure we're all on the same page, here. Nobody is left out.

So just. Joke (passed!) + Joke (also passed!) into Joke (passed, carrying on the bit), into Worry (Joke check: failed.) into Worry/Reassurance (You're my dear friend and I love you. No need to worry) into Understanding/Reassurance (yeah that WAS funny). Which, as a side, really flatters Alfonse... that's not something he gets often. He gets it A Lot from Moe though LMFAO

AND ... FINALLY..... FINAL TIDBIT OF CHARACTERIZATION

This doodle was closer to what the final panel was supposed to be (under the thought bubble), but I got distracted and forgor..... but it has essential characterization.... honestly both drawings do. So it's fine LMFAOOO

But it is So important. That neither of them are acting on their feelings. And it is sooooo important. That they're extremely verbally affectionate with each other anyway. And it all comes full circle, to the top caption. Moe sounds like it's joking here. But it is SO genuine. Also Moe might as well have said "I want you, like carnally" with that. Endlessly ambiguous guy. And for better or worse, Alfonse is built the Exact Same Way. 🧍

Oh yeah and. The. Posts. That inspired this LMFAOOO

They're both doing this. Btw.

#fire emblem #feh #WAAGHG... I SPENT. FOREVER TYPING THISSSS #mostly fighting to focus on the most important things/context. so. many tangents. were made while writing this .#anyways i do not have the energy to tag tangent actually LMFAOOOO JUST. I LEAVE YOU W THIS #my most precious hcs is that alfonse IS playful he's just extremely subtle about it.#he loves to fuck w his loved ones though. older brother mentality. he does this to both sharena and moe.#the other precious hc is that moe thinks alfonse is the funniest person ever. and alfonse is so deeply touched by that #bc a lot of his jokes tend to fly over people's heads. bc he is So Serious.#he feels seen when moe reacts like that.#adjacently. there is a whooooole other tangent/post. in here about alfonse being his father's son.#I AM GUSTAV'S NUMBER ONE HATER. but NEVER FORGET. he competed w henriette to find the best rock #when they were young. and he saved the roundest best rock. that henriette found. and he locked it in a box #and held onto it for years. the box that needed its contents magically transported out of it bc it was unbreakable.#i'm JUST saying.... there is A Lot of potential here. and i do think about it. So Much.#that is so enough from me though i'm gonna explode. and die. badly. goodbye 👍#fe alfonse #moe tag #summoner oc #my art #my comics

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