reverse unpopular opinion for....aw heck, go ahead with Rhea for this one as well
This might as well be a part 2 to the previous Rhea ask so :D
I find Rhea to be so compelling for several reasons, one of the biggest being the inherent contradiction that she is very much capable of caring, loving and trusting others, sometimes with some insane gestures when you realize their meaning behind them (ie. Saving Jeralt's life by giving him her blood thus risking outing herself because of it, letting Catherine keep Thunderbrand despite the fact it's the one Relic she could safely recover- implicitly trusting her with one of her family's remains without any obligation to do so, risk angering a noble house to give Cyril a better life and treating him like her son in all but name)... And yet she cannot, for the life of her, bring herself to be honest with them.
Something fascinating I noticed about Rhea is that she ironically seems to prefer people who are blunt with her, because look at the people she's closest to - Seteth spends all of Part 1 openly questioning her, Flayn is constantly on the verge of accidentally outing herself, Cyril is so direct and honest he sometimes accidentally comes off as rude (Shamir too even if she's not as close to Rhea) and Catherine wears her heart on her sleeve.
Heck, all of them are either not that religious or outright non-believers, which ironically I believe helps reassure Rhea they love her because of who she is as a person and not because she's the archbishop, especially given how much she implies to find the position incredibly alienating.
And isn't that just so fascinating? That she is more than capable than loving others and caring for them risking her own personal safety, she appreciates people being honest with her.... But cannot, will not be entirely honest with them in turn.
Because make no mistake, that right there is Rhea's true fatal flaw: her compulsive need to keep everything a secret.
From the big but understandable stuff that would get her and her family scrapped for parts if it became public to downright pointless shit to hide like not liking hot drinks, and it's the one trait that screws her over the most, between being the reason Jeralt left (since she didn't tell him ANYTHING about what happened with Byleth so he assumed the worst and fled) and the thing preventing her from making connections as deep as she actually wants (like even just telling her loved ones how much they mean to her), as well as getting the support she actually needs. And because she feels she has to bear everything on her shoulders, she crumbles under the weight because no matter how hard she tries, she will never be good enough.
In that sense the role of archbishop is a sort of mask to her. It's definitely a part of her, but also something she has sort of burrowed into like a safety net preventing her from being true to herself. Because that'd mean making herself vulnerable, in more ways than one. To say nothing about putting her surviving family and remnants of her dead kin to jeopardy.
If she were to open up she'd be... More lively, I think. Definitely sillier if Heroes is any indication, and arguably more willing to take a direct approach in helping people. And definitely more loved and happier.
And perhaps, one day she'd realize she doesn't need to bring her mom back to fix Fódlan. She's not doing it alone anymore, after all.
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had artblock so @loregoddess told me to draw ocs. this is Rose and uh. the beast. from a beauty and the beast story i'm working on. (Beast's design is highly subject to change tho im not very good at drawing Creatures and im not certain im satisfied with it)
Here’s my take on Lavitz from Legend of Dragoon, hope you like it! To be honest, I feel like he needed a more cleaned up look to match his personality- though I think it was mostly the hair I hated. Did consider drawing the Dragoon armor version but it’s....alot.
WOO CONGRATS ON NANOWRIMO (seriously that shit scares me so kudos)–also yeah the inbox purge and having it reopen for fresh requests sounds like a good plan (but take that break first, that’s a lot of writing and you did awesome).
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First off, I'd like to say it's SO good to see you back! I had wondered what happened to you, but figured life was just hectic. :) Secondly, this all sounds awesome to me: whatever works for you! I think it's a good idea to purge the inbox and start out fresh; once you're ready to write, of course. :) Again, nice to see you back and congratulations on winning NaNoWriMo! :D
Thank you everybody, and especially you two for the sweet responses.
I’m gonna go ahead and do the purge. Until I’m done with the purge I’m going to close the inbox for requests. So I’ll make another post when it’s opened again post purge, and also talk about what I’m going to do with the fic request length and all. So, only send in chatter if you don’t want it deleted. Then, when it’s open again, I’ll start writing again for y’all.
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How I feel about this character: im love them. Amaterasu doesn’t have an especially strong or compelling characterization because they’re a goddess in a wolf’s body and also player-controlled which makes everything kinda fuzzy. pun sort of intended. But also. Amaterasu is a goddess-technically-genderless-but-its-very-important-that-she’s-written-as-female-and-not-treated-any-worse-for-this-by-the-narrative in the body of a WOLF who has ART MAGIC and is both loving and nurturing and a stone cold badass and just. very important.
All the people I ship romantically with this character: none...
My non-romantic OTP for this character: Ammy/Waka
My unpopular opinion about this character: human form has small and well-clothed boobsOne thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: M O O N S T O R Y
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it is the rarest of rarepairs and as such I am fiercely passionate about it despite being the least shippy person ever and I am glad you have come to this rarepairhell that makes it a hell one person larger than it was before
Probably either Diamant or Fogado. I don't think they're bad, far from it. They're just the ones I vibe with the least.
13) Who is your least favorite retainer?
Bunet. If there's a character I feel absolutely nothing about, it's him.
35) Spoiler slot! Talk about whatever spoilery thing you want and how you feel about it.
I love Marni and what she adds to Engage so much.
Just the whole thing that she was practically groomed into villainy and is a brat that would kill dozens of people for the slightest praise because that's all she ever cared about and yet when she finds out she can relate to Veyle? She cries! She feels empathy for her and does her one selfless gesture in trying to break her helmet!
She gets stabbed by her mother figure she idolized for it and yet she praises Veyle with her last words because that's the only gesture of affection she has ever known!
She's the one character who dies because of her attempt at redemption and it seems pointless at first but then it turns out her actions are what let the others save Veyle in the first place!
It's her one and only selfless gesture and it's one of the most important acts of the entire game! It mattered!!
