lionhearted :.

write and draw more trash

do justice to a couple of characters that are butchered by their respective fandoms through rping

me: *puts Marth within his reach so Abel moves away from his spot and gets closer and I can have Marth talk to him*

marth: *counter-attacks and kills Abel*

me: *resets and tries again, this time equipping marth with a bamboo sword so he can't kill Abel in one shot*

marth: *critical hit*

ameliiorate:

“Ah, mother, here!” And she’s already begun to wrap the gift around the tactician’s neck. Standing back once she was done to observe her handiwork, and of course smile. It didn’t really match the outfit her mother wore, but she liked the theme nonetheless. “What do you think?”

▬  ❛Lucina ?…❜

Both surprise and interrogation died on Roxanne’s lips as the princess worked on dressing her up with what seemed to be a colorful scarf. The tactician immediately had the reflex to snuggle more of her head into the warmth - that is, until she legitimately took in the bright colors and the somewhat clumsy crochet work. Stretching out her neck so she could get a better view, all emotion momentarily doused from her eyes as conflicting opinions sprouted.

❛Um… it’s warm, for sure,❜ she started, raising a hand to feel the wool. The scarf itself was comfortable, well-made, and didn’t bare too many extravagant colors. The patterns scattered on it, however, were a whole other story. From an objective point of view, they looked a bit dowdy, although having visibly required a decent effort. From an subjetcive point of view, they were… charming, so to speak. Roxanne could very well see herself taking the time to stop in front of a store to ‘aw’ at it before walking on. Never would the thought cross her mind to actually buy it, much less wear it herself, though - but here she was.

And if the brunette was to be completely honest with herself, it wasn’t so bad. It was Christmas anyway, after all; this would brighten up her usual, dull outfit. At best, maybe she could hide most of it under her coat and only benefit from the warmth, at least until she was safe from peer’s judgement. At worst… this would be a lesson in humility. A risk Roxanne was more than willing to take. Lucina seemed so proud of her idea, the tactician was glad not to be lying when she finally replied,  ❛I think it’s lovely.❜ A shy smile, and she buried her neck into the scarf once again, her voice slightly muffled when she continued,  ❛Truly. Thank you.❜

Her hand dropped back down at her side, only resting a second or two before making pursuit of an item seemingly hidden in one of her pockets. ❛I happen to have something for you as well,❜ the brunette explained as a request to bear with her. It was a modest, simple gift, and it was no happy coincidence she’d been carrying it; ever since she’d gotten a hold of it, Roxanne had brought it everywhere with her, trying to remind herself to wrap it up so she could formally present it - a project she decided to abort right then. No point in beating around the bush.

She pulled out a chain that soon revealed a small pendant. The tactician had been a tad too careful when choosing it, deciding not to aim for something too big out of fear that it would become inconvenient. For the same reason, she’d picked one that didn’t seem too fragile. She didn’t want it to be a burden; she wasn’t even sure her daughter had any interest in jewelry. But the pendant resembled her own, with a similar tint of blue and barred with silver streaks. It was differently shaped and more humble, but it was the best Roxanne could find in hopes to give her daughter a token of their relationship. 

ok here it is

literally no good reason I won this match

Battle wounds with ameliiorate;

Customer service with auspicious-magician;

Roxanne’s birthday with kid-tactician; 

Movie night with isofgregor.

If I owed you a reply to a thread that you really want me to keep, don’t be shy and let me know - knowing that a thread is important to you is good enough for me to try to pick it up.

If you owed me a reply, however, that’s a whole other story - any thread I was waiting a response for I want to keep. I don’t remember them all, but I do have a few in mind that I’d definitely like to continue - that is, if you weren’t intending on dropping them in the first place. If so, please let me know as well.

If you are involved in one of the threads listed above and you’d like to drop them, please tell me as soon as possible so I don’t spend too much time on them for nothing.

First of all, I’m not disappointed with the game. Admittedly, seeing everyone label it as the most boring/uninteresting Fire Emblem game made me lower my expectations a bunch, and I honestly think the game is fine - at least for a remake of a NES game; it felt a lot more complete than I had expected.

I agree that there isn’t a lot of humor, and the atmosphere does get a little heavy as the story goes on, but I honestly don’t think it makes the game bad in any way. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore how Awakening can switch between lighthearted moments and serious business, but I think ultimately Shadow Dragon depicts a much more realistic portrait of what war is supposed to be. I will admit, on the other hand, that camaraderie isn’t always very present, what with the lack of support conversations or even just slightly boosted stats when two units fight side by side.

Which brings me to the next point; characterization isn’t a big thing in this game - which again, can’t blame them - it is a very old game -, but that’s a double-edged knife, in my opinion. Personally, I almost always used the same units and while moving everyone along could get tedious at times, it turned out to be a perfect set-up to take the time to make up headcanons and whatnot concerning the units I was using. I’ll agree that’s more of a roleplayer thing than a gamer thing, but it allowed me to imagine entire character traits and relationships for each of them, which was terribly fun and is something I hope to find some way to expand eventually.

Oh and before I get to my final point I need to say; perma-death is a terrible, terrible thing, but makes everything so much more satisfying. So does the lack of easy training - you get to cherish every little level up. 

Lastly I wanna talk about Marth, just because. For starters I have to say that I knew next to nothing about him and pretty much any fandom opinion I had been exposed to was that a) he’s girly (Smash) or b) he’s bland (Fire Emblem). I really wanted to ignore both statements but I was admittedly anticipating the second one a lot because from what I understood even the narration (because no cutscenes) liked to cut corners with the story and there is no support conversations and very little possible interaction on the battlefield, and again, I can’t tell if it’s specifically because I lowered my expectations or not, but I was not disappointed. Marth is great. 

Yes maybe he tips a little on the cliché side of the hero who’s been thrown in a cruel world when he was too young but still somehow thrives through the trials and challenges and puts the people’s need before his and etc. etc., but I refuse to call him bland, there is a little bit of sass/humor about him that will surface in the most unexpected moments and he is not nearly as stoic as many interpret him to be.

But mostly, he is so. heartbreakingly. lonely. Everything about him screams isolation. And I’m not just talking about that painful moment when he returns to Altea and finds out some of his family has been killed after holding on to the hope that they were still alive for +three years and then having to freaking brush it off and smile because everyone is celebrating and ‘I am a prince before I am a son or a brother’, jfc.

I’m talking about how there’s no one up there with him. Malledus tags along but he’s mostly just there to pass on information so Marth figures out where to go or what to do next, Nyna makes an effort but doesn’t quite get through to him and even then, she’s not there on the battlefield, she’s just keeping track of things from a distance. Caeda would be perfect for this role, which would make the whole confession at the end make so much more sense, because honestly ?? I don’t want to get too much into that but that made about as much sense as Chrom proposing to Olivia right after meeting her. And don’t get me started on how Marth wasn’t even gonna bring it up if Nyna didn’t push him to. But yeah, in the end, not once did they actually talk to each other in game, and we can’t even justify it with lack of supports and whatnot because they both state that they haven’t talked since leaving Talys. Overall, the only person that sort of came close to being a decent companion for Marth is Minerva, who also has some angst of her own over the war, but she sticks to her own personal issues and even then, she has the whole Whitewings squad surrounding and supporting her.

And this might be stupid but from the way I see it, it entirely justifies the fact that Marth isn’t someone as open as other Fire Emblem lords. I mean, I only did a quick research but it’s pretty clear that Eliwood, Lyn and Hector all have each other’s back, Ephraim and Eirika can totally rely on each other, Ike has Soren, and lmao don’t get me started on Chrom. Marth is alone, he’s been alone for years, what some call lack of characterization is really just how he manages to cope with the solitude, in my opinion.

I don’t want to spoil more than I already have but that’s why I’m so glad a certain someone turns out to, in fact, not be dead at the end. I mean I know he’s supposed to have Caeda at the end of the game and all, but I’m tempted to ignore that for the time being because I’m still a bit cringed out by how forced it felt. I’ll try to keep an open mind though because fe12 is next.