#tofurambles

[poulpemou]

Kiran's register in Teatime w Alfonse

I love love love this event for canonical Kiran dialogue. Finally, we can see how IS thinks Kiran speaks!

Whether or not you think game!Kiran ––who we know is not the same as comic!Kiran, and who I would argue does have distinctive personality traits despite being a silent self-insert soft-harem protagonist–– is the same Kiran as the one IS depicts here, I just think it's interesting how IS decided to write their dialogue.

Kiran's register is less formal than Alfonse's, but they're still pretty far from casual. A regular teen-to-early-20s person from the modern age is unlikely to use language like this in their day-to-day life. (The second line might seem more relaxed, but "let loose" is not a term you often see nowadays.)

Are they influenced by the language grammar/structure/register those around them use? We don't often get hints of Kiran's way of speaking in-game, though the ones we do get (mostly from implied dialogue with Heroes during 5 star confessions) seem to imply mirroring. Makes sense for them speak in a way that is most clear to the person they're speaking with, and in this case, they're speaking with Alfonse, whose vocabulary and sentence structure is noticeably formal.

But this isn't something you can just imitate, and with game!Kiran canonically spending a lot of time reading when they should be resting, I think they were a well-read (if not well-educated) person even back in the World of Steel. I think they're in fact an avid and voracious reader, and that while they may default to casual language more representative of youths from our time, they feel perfectly at home with more complex vocabulary and sentence structure.

(Maybe they consumed a lot of regency-era movies/shows/books! This could be a fun avenue to explore with your Kiran!)

I guess we'll have to see from the remaining teatimes what Kiran's like with other people!

[poulpemou]

😭 not Canas swooping in for a cockblock just as I was about to invite my boy to the library

[poulpemou]

Happy Valentine's Day! It's the perfect day to proselytise aroace Kiran from Fire Emblem Heroes!

As the "protagonist" of a gacha game, AKA a soft harem game, it only makes sense for the self-insert character to be aroace! Got folks of all genders throwing themselves at you for no understandable reason? Got people taking your lack of interest as a personal challenge? Why, that sounds like the perfect setting for a character to realise and/or profess their aroace-ness!

Here are some satisfied testimonies from our existing representatives!

"Wow I had no idea Fjorm felt this way? Why? Since when? I thought she and Laegjarn were dating?"

"Uhhhhh Gunnthrá said what?????????"

"Do people know I have a job and responsibilities? I have a lot going on, I don't have time for this kind of stuff, do people realize we're at war like 24/7 and I'm literally the only person keeping this place from falling apart and—"

"How come it's always the girls confessing their love to me but not the guys? I mean I'm not into dudes but that doesn't mean I can't be. Actually, who says I'm not? Oriented aroaces exist and—"

"Hey Alfonse. Bro. Are we or aren't we partners. Are we or aren't we the perfect unit if we could be combined into one. Have you ever heard of Steven Universe by the way? Or of this thing called QPR?"

"How come Plumeria is always shit-talking me about lewdness when I literally didn't do anything? Like ok yeah I poked her, but I literally poke everyone? Also what's up with my dreams? Has she heard of this thing called intrusive sexuality that literally doesn't mean anything—"

"Hey, so, I don't know how to say this, Seiðr, but I don't want a baby and I also don't want to be a deadbeat parent, and also Gullveig and Kvasir keep saying things about feelings but I have no idea where that's coming from. Don't even get me started on Heiðr."

"Why are girls weird around me? Am I actually just a cat and never noticed? Is that why they keep petting me and cooing at me? I was just a cat this whole time and no one had the heart to tell me I'm not human?"

"You love me? Aw, thanks, I love you too! I love all of my friends!"

"What is love? Baby don't hurt me. Oh wait this song doesn't exist in Askr..."

"What do you mean they think I'm flirting!!!!!!!! What the heck is a flirting!!!!!! I'm literally just being a good friend what!!!!!!!!"

"I love Day of Devotion! It's a day where you're devoted to your loved ones! Yeah of course all my friends are my loved ones, what do you mean?"

"So when two people like each other very much, they perform this ceremony called ally-supporting, and for some reason people blush when they reach A-tier. I think it's because it's a very important milestone that happens to take place in what looks like a church, and they're afraid to look like they don't belong in a church. Something about Askran churches must seem very intimidating."

"Oh wow you have feelings for me for real? I thought people were just saying that for the bit."

"Oh wow you have feelings for me for real? Can you describe what what's like? I've never understood it and people take it really badly when I ask."

"So back in my world, we have this event called Asexuality Awareness Week taking place during the Harvest Festival, and this other event called Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week that takes place a week after the Day of Devotion."

"Hey does garlic bread exist here? Anyone got any cake?"

"I don't know any of these people. They keep wanting to talk to me and be friends. Well ok. I don't get it but I guess it's my job to ensure troupe morale. I thought that would be Sharena's job but I haven't seen her in forever. Sacrifices for the cause, I guess."

"What do you mean they think I'm flirting!!!!!!!! What the heck is a flirting!!!!!! I'm literally just being polite what!!!!!!!!"

Join today and headcanon your summoner as aroace! Add a layer of complexity to a silent character and off-the-rails writing! You may be entitled to emotional compensation!

[poulpemou]

blue lions route in academy phase is just. you orphan an already orphaned student. you kill the abusive brother of another student. one of your fellow instructors cruelly and callously abandons and rejects their child, a third student. your house leader goes insane right after your second-last mission. what the frickin hell.

[poulpemou]

everytime i think about cyril i'm flabbergasted that he's not 10 in academy-phase. what do you mean he's not 10??? he's baby??????

sweetie that malnutrition 😭

[poulpemou]

HOLY SHIT I BROKE MY REDDIT AU SO BAD I HAVE TO REWRITE THE CODE FOR THE ENTIRE FIRST CHAPTER

I WAS JUST TRYING TO REPLACE THE BROKEN IMAGE LINKS THAT WERE HOSTED ON DISCORD???????? OH MY FUCKING GOD

[poulpemou]

help all my otps are turning into ot3s

help all my ot3s are turning into qp3s

[poulpemou]

(head in hands) i've been spelling shelley's name wrong this whole time and no one told me.........

[poulpemou]

so instead of working on pilgrimage road, i wrote for one of its companion oneshots instead 🙃

(damn you kirito. stop being so compelling with your failswag ways and meow meow eyes 🙃)

[poulpemou]

i keep killing stan in the pursuit of plot/emotions in fics w endgame k2 wtf....... once is nothing, but twice.......

sorry stan (+stenny) i hope the oneshot series and triptych part 2 makes up for my evil inclinations 😭 (although you still die in triptych part 3..........)

[poulpemou]

alfonse my love 😭😭😭

[poulpemou]

"I hate writing fluff," I say, having found it perfectly fun to write fluff for Day 7 of k2week.........

.....but it is true that I'm much better suited for non-fluffy stuff. Day 3 and Day 5 were so much easier (and funner) to write, the ideas just manifested fully formed in my brain.

Born to write angst+gore, "forced" to write fluff 😔

[poulpemou]

heck!!!! spent all my energy finishing up k2 drafts i forgot about titles........

[poulpemou]

thinking about her (sot princess kenny)... half-elf princess kenny... lone orc left princess kenny...

[poulpemou]

update: k2week2023 done!

sigh.... and wound up with even more plotbunnies in the process...

new checklist:

hillside flowers pt.2

triptych pt.2

talking nonsense pt.2 (or at least outline...)

for the love of all good things, work on pilgrimage road and/or the point is

for the love of everything, work on measure of worth 😭😭😭

TBA

fannish blog for my writing projects

current #1 priority is finishing k2week2023 (orz.........), then adding piecemeal to talking nonsense and my..... sigh..... my giant oneshot wips............

my favourite game ever is alice madness returns and i desperately need people to talk to me about it! i will absolutely not be normal about it, that is a promise ^^