#sonia (fe)

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Sonia and Brendan Reed

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

ursula wake up. sonia does not want you. she's evil. you gotta get it together girl

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[pandorastower]

Art by ぼんこ

[avionvadion]

Rewatching the memories and-

Ya’ll.

IT’S THE SAME IMAGE.

“There are better places to take a nap than on the ground, you know.”

THE FUNNIEST PART IS THAT CHROM IS VOICED BY MATTHEW MERCER. RAURU AND SONIA’S VA’S ALSO VOICED FE CHARACTERS. THIS HAD TO HAVE BEEN DONE ON PURPOSE.

[best-fe-parent-tournament]

Worst FE Parent Poll: Round 1 - Match 5

[kplays]

The tail end of two supports togther can be a little messy but it be how it works sometimes

But this one also has the Last of the main

For extra messy

[monpalace]

there's this to.

[rosecelebi]

Posting my favorite FEH Meet the Heroes art every day

Sonia

[archer3-13]

Notably its ONLY witches and NOT Arcanists/Cantors, SOV constantly emphasizes are soulless victims and even the class description calls them tragic.

No matter how you get down to it, I wouldn't count Nuibaba on the level of Hilda and Sonia because all her cruel behavior was after she was forced to make a contract with Medusa.

Yes that is true of the individual class descriptions, hence the justice for jedah sarcasm.

But as has probably already been reiterated, no nuibaba wasn't 'forced' to contract with medusa. It was a poisoned deal between life and death, but nuibaba still decided her life was more important then any ethical qualms of making a contract with an evil spirit.

Neither was she forced to take revenge on her spouse, or kidnap young maidens to drain their life force, as nowhere in the accordia backstory text does it mention medusa forcing or compelling her to do those things. those are therefore things we can infer she consciously chose to do out of spite/revenge and a desire to retain her beauty and youth on her own. After all, if they wanted us to think medusa was the direct cause of her turn to villainy, they could have directly said so. That they did not, suggests that nuibabas turn to villainy lies In the betrayal of her trust by her spouse and that medusa is mearly a means of enacting that villainy not a cause of it.

And as I've already stated, the game reiterates through visual distinctions and dialogue cues that nuibaba is fundamentally different from the duma faithful and especially other witches. The rules on witches dont apply in the same manner to nuibaba as they do to other witches by the design of the game.

[lattehearted]

major L for sonia today, lads, she's not mentioned in the wikipedia article for monarchs of fictional countries

[randomnameless]

The fact that Jeralt's death in Hopes, when Sothis has supposedly has her memories, causes Sothis to try and take over Byleth's body to enact revenge for the death of her lover. It would mean that Relics are pseudo-bodies meant to trap the souls of Nabateans, but it could be fixed by Sothis if she takes them back into their care.

IIRC Sothis says in her battle lines that there will be a day of "reckoning" concerning the Relics...

But even by your theory, Sothis being pissed when her trash - i mean - Jerry dies still paints her in fucking bad light, because in this theory, she'd get control and trashtalk "her kid", but hey, given how much she cares about the Nabateans, I'd say that fits, in a really, horrible way.

Jerry > her children (including Billy?) in Nopes, and in Houses, given how CF unfolds it's just Billy > the world/her children when, by that time, she has all of her memories, including Zanado!

Nopes at least has Thales reveal the crest stones store the "essence" of Nabateans, we know Sothis' soul resides in hers, but what about the other Nabateans, who aren't as powerful? Are their "souls" in there, or is it just their power but their "sentience" disappeared, or are they just "souls" but like FMA's - they lost their mind and are just "energy" now?

Is she seeing Rhea's death as a temp thing, like putting her in time-out?

Given how her crest stone poofs away in Tru Piss, I'd say she wouldn't see it as a time-out but considers this death as final, granted, Nopes has every character be their worst selves to some extent, so a Sothis who gives even less fucks about her children would be right down this alley, but at this point between -10 and -15 her "worst" version from Nopes - regarding the nabateans - isn't that different from her "best" version in FE16...

Considering how Hopes says the Shadow Realm works and how it restored Edelgard's mind in Azure Gleam, this would mean Sothis remembering everything in Houses when she's there is a result of being there. If Sitri was simply Sothis, the new form giving her amnesia like what happens in reincarnation, this would also mean that Sothis also saw Byleth as the child they gave birth to there. The child they once gave their life for, and proceed to do so again. Byleth's Enlightened One/Nirvana state isn't just them fusing with the goddess, it's a symbol of a mother's love in a game that focuses so heavily dads. Byleth is the result of both Jeralt and Sothis, Jeralt giving them their martial skills while carrying on the teachings of Sothis unless Byleth rejects Sothis and ends up losing the state by shattering her heart as the Japanese puts it.

Though, this also comes with it's own issues. Sothis only saves Rhea if Byleth is very close to Rhea, otherwise Rhea dies. The fact that Jeralt's death in Hopes, when Sothis has supposedly has her memories, causes Sothis to try and take over Byleth's body to enact revenge for the death of her lover. It would mean that Relics are pseudo-bodies meant to trap the souls of Nabateans, but it could be fixed by Sothis if she takes them back into their care. It raises the question of what's the deal with Flayn having her mother's Crest Stone and Sothis initially thinking Flayn is just a new body for her. It also means Sothis is willing to help kill Rhea in Hopes, despite Rhea's death breaking her heart in Houses, though this means Shez has to go against their Agarthan nature which seems out of character considering they're meant to be an Asura in their own right. Is she seeing Rhea's death as a temp thing, like putting her in time-out? Considering the titles she gives her supposed children, does she see them as actual people she created with Byleth being the exception due to actually giving birth to them?

Hopes really did a number on Sothis with it's devs wanting to portray her as the terrifying monster the Agarthans saw her as.

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

Vaida begging Sonia for a second chance after Unfulfilled Heart because "[w]ithout Lord Nergal's good word, I'll never fly again!" hits. great character work no notes. I love this game's characters so much

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[pandorastower]

Night of Farwells by chevaliers17

[randomnameless]

Unlocking the rapport convo between Ramona'n'Yunifee where they tackle the "mom by adoption" thing after Yunifee says that they're not really parent and child (apologising for accidently calling her mom!) and ultimately acknowledging and accepting their feelings for each other :

I couldn't help but compare how heavy-handed Fe Fodlan, even if it's more lampshaded in FEH, tries to sell the "uwu Lonato is Ashe's adopted son", or Ashe sees him as such.

Because it has no fall out or no acknowledgment from Ashe in AM, when Lonato basically goes :

"You stand against me and disagree with the nonsense I'm sprouting? I won't try to reason you, but I will "put an end to this" "

Which is even more lampshaded in Dimitri's battle convo :

Your Highness... I cannot stop here. For my child, and for the people of Fódlan.

Lonato cannot stop fighting for his child... even if it means to kill his other child (or adopted son, he sees Ashe as "lesser" than Christophe because Ashe isn't his blood son?).

I know FEH is allergic to having Fodlan characters react to the events that happen through the course of the game(s) save for 2 notable characters (and even then, I don't remember if Pre TS Dimitri talks or even muses about Boar!Mitri) but can you imagine someone who only plays FEH, who is hammered with Ashe's "wow Lonato is so great he adopted me when I was someone who stole from him I want to be a great knight just like he was!", play FE16 and not be disappointed with Ashe's lack of comments/consideration/realisation that his "oh so awesome" father figure... was willing to cut him down to avenge "his child"'s memory?

Morad feels like shit in UO after having tried to attack his adopted daughter/sister Yunifee while being berserked, and the devs designed a "bad" ending by implying berserk!Morad/Ramona kill Yunifee if Alain doesn't liberate Bastorias so there is a pay-off to the "those people share an important bond!" in the story, even if it's not a blood-bond.

In Fodlan ? Even in the post TS, when you had him fight against the dude who was in to "avenge his child", Ashe will never comment on Lonato not seeing him as "his child" despite him considering him to be his adopted father, to the point of seeing his life as expendable if it meant fighting for Christophe's sake.

Hell, we have some instances where he mentions he wants to become a "great" knight like Lonato which is... Yeah :/

I'd say we could blame FE Fodlan (FE16 in this case) for not giving mandatory conversations/deployment and all, but, idk, after this exchange, it feels like Nino post-Sonia's defeat, is still harping around on how "great" of a mother she was.

FFS, in FE5/9/10 we had special interactions when children were supposed to fight against their parents, either they don't fight, kid switches sides and joins their parent on the opposite side and becomes a red unit, or the parents becomes a punching ball and never retaliates against the blue unit kid.

In Fodlan, Nino will never realise that Sonia never loved her.

But we're sold a version of Ashe that still believes Sonia was the bestest knight ever, and wants to emulate her.

[azelfandquilava]

Personal opinion, but I think if Cleobulus is female, they'd definitely be hideously ugly. Fire Emblem's rules basically go if you're a genuinely bad person, you are ugly, no doubt about it.

I think like Ludveck is like the only exception I can think of. Even like Sonia, one of the only semi good looking characters in FE that is truly evil, has a very sleazy expression in her portrait.

I’d still rather take a potentially unattractive but unique Cleobulus design VS another generic class design.

That said I seriously doubt they’d make her look bad. Pretty much all of Houses’ designs are fairly attractive par a few expression portraits (Solon and maybe Kostas are the only two who I’d class as outright “ugly”).

[kplays]

Well that went about as well as could be expected