#fe lumera

“Time… it’s moving too fast. I can’t seem to keep up”

Design notes:

Probably one of the characters with the most egregious clipping issues.. I find her design really overwhelming, so I went with something more elegant and simplistic! Also something she could actually sit down in..

I think her dragon form is really cool, so I wanted to incorporate design elements from that with the see through cape and scale pattern!

Full art for Fallen Lumera - Corrupted Dragon

In a lot of critique's of Engage's writing and tone, I've seen several comments pointing to the corny nature of Lumera and Alear's 'pinky promise' scenes. As cheesy as these lines can be, I'm here to argue why I think these lines are actually pretty suited for their dynamic.

When Lumera approaches Alear for the first time, she sees his repressed state and his fears of defection and death at the hands of his father - what she sees is an abused child walking on eggshells as not to displease him. And she clicks onto this through listening to Alear’s speech - his expressionless voice, as well as his words:

“This is the first time for me… you’re being… kind.”

“Really? I’m… sorry to hear that.”

Thus, she approaches him in a completely opposite sense to his father - she’s careful to reassure him against his father’s insults, stating he isn’t a defect and telling him she doesn’t want him to die. This culminates in using a juvenile playground interaction as you would a child. Something Alear was never able to be under Sombron's thumb.

In return upon Lumera's final death scene, the two express their love for their found family in each other. For Alear, who has finally regained the knowledge and memory of his past, he can finally express his true gratitude and affection in return for Lumera's unconditional love. In this scene, he lets his emotions free - and of course, mirrors Lumera's own question of 'pinky promise’ - I know we all meme on Lumera’s first death scene being so tedious, but this scene actually hit the mark and was quite emotional (which kinda makes me wish they held back a bit on the first death scene to wait for the payoff of this one - after all, Alear had no memories of her during the first cutscene). By repeating her own ‘pinky promise,’ Alear reassured her of 2 things before she disappeared. 1 - that he had indeed regained his memories of how they met and their time together. And 2 - he finally feels safe enough to express himself beyond his repressed persona as a Fell Dragon (she probably also guessed from both this and from Veyle and Alfred’s presence at the scene that he now has a loving support system with his group - which puts her at peace that her child will stay safe and loved without her)

❥ “I guess Fell Dragons have to die in the end... But I wanted to be... a good dragon.“

“And you will! Someday life will return to you. And when that beautiful day... should dawn... I will give you a birthday gift that suits you perfectly.“