battle -M's revelation!-

arc 5 part2

Stay up late thinking about the character

Be haunted by the memory of the character

Wonder if you'll ever finish that fic you started (x 20)

Reread your old fic and ask if you'll ever write anything again

Be tormented by visions of a made-up guy (gn)

can’t be that hard to respect some pronouns - submitted by hellkat212

The nerve...

Kirby and marx gijinka

I really like this guy.

His chemistry with Jeong is fabulous.

It's so interesting that the first thing to really disarm Jeong is him saying "Sure you caused a little trouble, it is what it is. Don't worry yourself over what's already in the past. This old man would never abandon a member of his own family."

"How...unexpected. He may have just made his all-time greatest enemy...but he still protected me merely because he considers me family now?"

He really pauses, not a thinking sort of pause, but genuinely taken aback, and then for the first time ever he is prompted to think of his grandfather by someone, by someone's positive words and treatment toward him.

And then the Poison Master asks him some questions rather than just let things be like other people who have been afraid of him. Like the diviner teacher, this man ISN'T turned off by how scary he and his potential are, he's excited about it and to be a teacher to him and see what he achieves.

He thinks of Jeong as an absolute treasure.

He asks Jeong what happened and Jeong gives honest answers, and then he believes it. He gives Jeong options, listens to his opinions, and trusts and goes along with them while preparing to deal with the outcome of that path.

They follow each other's thoughts easily; the Poison Master is proving good at guiding Jeong into a thought and then adapting to and following along with Jeong's sideways takes and leaps of thought/action.

I'm really looking forward to this relationship and mentorship progressing.

Also appreciating how the art style for Jeong has subtly changed. He's still clearly himself, bit it looks like he lost some baby fat after the body reformation into a demigod. He's looking just a bit older, more masculine, still a beautiful face, but leaning closer to handsome than pretty now:

Compared to just a couple chapters ago:

Also I love Jeong's sassy face here:

Seoul Music - Submitted by: fastman27

So the other day I got a question about my timeline, specifically involving Basil/Parsley. I love when this comes up because I get to prove it out and stamp out years of Natsume's bad localization decisions every. single. time.

Magical Melody's Basil and Save The Homeland's Parsley are the same person. No, this is NOT the same person as 64's Basil.

And here's why:

(Translated from https://web.archive.org/web/20051101095413/http://www.shiauta.com/column_06_04.html)

Basil (Magical Melody) "My dream is to spend my whole life chasing after plants!"

Family: Unknown First appearance: At the Sunnyshore Lake event Birthday: Spring 16th Hometown: Unknown Hobbies: Plant collecting Height: 174cm Address: No fixed address

The other image on the right is "Parsley" (Basil!!!!!!!) from Save the Homeland's official guide book. They share the same details, except the age of 21 which you only find out in Save the Homeland. The Basil married to Lillia in 64 (or married to Anna in BTN) is a different Basil, with a birthday of Summer 11 and an age of 36.

But wait, here's more! (also from the Magical Melody blurb)

Common places to find him: Exploring caves, souvenir shops, wandering all over the village Likes: Strawberries, Pontata roots, herbal tea, tomato juice, grass juice, corn, various herbs, etc. Dislikes: Mayonnaise, scrap ore, failed dishes, sautéed poisonous mushrooms Background: A recurring character seen in various places throughout the series' history.

It is said that the males of his family all share the name "Basil." Their professions vary, including plant hunter, botanist, pharmacist, and others. Is a flower the key to meeting him...?

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It's no surprise that Bokumono has its own version of Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy, given that Wada and the team over at Game Freak + Atsuko Nishida were on good terms with each other! (You can even find a rival child wearing a Pikachu hat in HM64!)

But sure, that might not be concrete enough evidence for you - dear reader who might ask "but how can Basil be a rival for both Nina and married to Lillia if not for being an AU?!" - and I get that! So here's an official comment from Wada about the world setting of Magical Melody.

和田さんコメント 今回の舞台となっている花 の芽村は『牧場物語２』より も前の時代という設定です。

Wada-san's Comment The setting for this game, Flowerbud Village, is established to be in an era before "Bokujou Monogatari 2."

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FE4 Julia + OC Setsuna for @echobows C: Thank you for the requests! Setsuna is sooo pretty! ;-;

And as it so happens to FE4 characters, Julia has a bunch of official designs + the Heroes versions lol I took inspiration from a lot of them.

>> Request a simple sketch for a 5 USD tip through my Ko-fi! (no revisions or redraws)

Not a problem! I think the best way to sum it up is in this gif:

Further thoughts below