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    Sass Dismissed [Comic]

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 02:28 PM PST

    Relax (OC)

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 07:24 AM PST

    Lysithea! Ashe! Ghosts do exist in the monastery.

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 11:07 AM PST

    Lucina wearing Corrin's armour - ultimate self-indulgence. ---------- Commissions are open, see https://neri-nea.wixsite.com/portfolio/commissions for more

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 03:56 PM PST

    maid annette!

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 05:06 PM PST

    I drew Claude for stress relief.

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 06:08 PM PST

    Just finished up the Sword of the Creator! What do you think?

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 07:00 PM PST

    The Wings of Hegemon

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 07:43 PM PST

    A criticism of how Azure Moon's storyline uses political issues

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 12:32 PM PST

    I know a lot of people on this sub really love Azure Moon, and many consider it the best route in the game. And I can see why - it's consistent, well paced, emotional, and has some really great characters and dynamics. But I've always been more cold on it than others, and I've realized why: The way that it handles its political content.

    Now, I want to state before we start this that this isn't about Dimitri or how he handles things or his ending. Nor is this about any lack of political content - rather, it's about political content that I wish the route wouldn't have included at all.

    My issue with Azure Moon is that it, much like Crimson Flower and Verdant Wind, brings up several really big, important political concepts - but unlike CF and VW, doesn't thoroughly explore these topics. So much of Crimson Flower is dedicated to exploring the harm done by the institution of the nobility and the Crest system, which pays off when criticism of those things leads to dismantling them; so much of Verdant Wind is dedicated in part to exploring racism and xenophobia within Fodlan, which leads into Claude making enormous strides toward reconciling Fodlan with the outside world.

    Azure Moon also brings up and is in part founded on political concepts. Much of it is the burden of expectation and how people react to it - many if not most of the Blue Lions have been deeply hurt by the system that they inhabit. Sylvain's brother was disowned for not having a Crest, leading to his death, while Sylvain is constantly wary of being used for his Crest; Ingrid wants nothing more than to be a knight, but is constantly pressured to instead marry into wealth; Felix is disgusted by Faerghus' ideals of self-sacrificial chivalry; Mercedes' life has been one of constant tragedy due to the Crest system; etc. And outside of that specific theme, there's other politically defined characters, such Dedue, whose entire background is one defined by genocide and oppression.

    And those character arcs do pay off. Much of Azure Moon sees these people healing, coming together and learning to move past their sordid histories. But while their emotional states are healed, the political situation which explicitly led to that emotional state is hardly touched.

    Where Crimson Flower and Verdant Wind have significant payoffs for their big political concepts, Azure Moon does not, as it's largely laser focused solely on emotional issues. The idea of the values and systems that Faerghus and, indeed, all of Fodlan is built on being deeply hurtful is foundational, but it's not thoroughly explored or criticized. The route attempts to ameliorate this through its endings, many of which note that these issues are solved over time, but this reads like a band aid - an attempt to handwave these issues without needing to take the time to actually explore the topic in depth.

    The result is a route that feels inconsistent in some regards. In contrast, the greatest strength of Crimson Flower is its consistency - all of its characters have in some way been damaged or in some way hurt by the system which they inhabit. Every character in Crimson Flower is an exploration of a different angle of this - Bernadetta's father's abuse in the name of making her a good wife led to her severe anxiety; Ferdinand's belief in the nobility, instilled from birth, led him to belittle others and put too much on himself; Dorothea grew up on the streets, neglected by the nobility until they found a use for her in her voice; etc. And because each character fits into this schema of exploring the injustice of the system, the fact that the entire route is dedicated to dismantling that system feels like an earned culmination, a worthwhile payoff to a theme that runs through the entirety of the route.

    The same consistency displayed by Crimson Flower in this regard thus becomes inconsistency with Azure Moon. Just like the Black Eagle characters, the Blue Lion characters are largely damaged by their system. But while Crimson Flower's plot is dedicated to following up on this foundation, Azure Moon's plot is not. Azure Moon is instead dedicated to reconciliation, forgiveness, and healing from trauma, which are incredibly worthwhile things to explore - but it means that the political issues which Azure Moon brings up are left behind.

    Perhaps the worst example of this in my mind is the genocide of Duscur. It's established that, in retaliation for the Tragedy of Duscur, Faerghus committed genocide against the people of Duscur, and the survivors face oppression and discrimination to the game's present day. This is an issue that demands careful exploration - it's genocide, maybe one of the biggest topics a work can handle. But it's not really explored in any sort of significant way. The genocide is essentially put on the wayside, as the Tragedy itself and its fallout is made the main focus.

    Dedue, the only character from Duscur, is largely defined by his relationship to Dimitri. The discrimination against him is brought up, but not significantly challenged. Ingrid's supports with him are a good example of this entire subject being handled very poorly - Ingrid is shown to be bigoted toward the people of Duscur, and while over the course of their supports she comes to respect Dedue specifically, she is never made to examine her own bigotry outside of paying it lip service. We can contrast this to, for example, Hilda, who in her supports with Cyril is directly called out for her racism toward Almyrans by both Cyril and Holst, and in doing so is made to examine it.

    This is, to me, a very clear example of Azure Moon's general fumbling of politics. It brings up a very clearly political issue - in this case, racism and genocide - but chooses to primarily examine the emotional effects of that issue, largely ignoring its political foundations. Ingrid conquers her emotional issue by coming to respect Dedue, but the political issue of her disliking him due to being from Duscur in the first place is more or less dropped.

    All in all, this is not a particularly route-destroying criticism. Azure Moon is a great route - its characters are layered, its emotions are poignant, its themes are really well emphasized. But I do have to question the inclusion of the route's political foundations if they weren't going to be expanded on, explored, or given payoff. I'm not saying that I want Azure Moon to have emphasized these issues more - in fact, I actively don't want that, as that would make it far too similar to Crimson Flower or Verdant Wind. Rather, I would have liked to see the route find more apolitical means of creating wounds from which its characters must heal, so that there were no big political issues to fumble in the first place.

    While I do like Azure Moon, it is my personal least favourite of the three main house routes, and this dissonance is the primary reason why.

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    I paid Tara Platt (voice of Edelgard) to say this and I thought you might like this here

    Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:10 PM PST

    I decided to redraw a pic of Sakura back in 2017 (OC)

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 04:12 PM PST

    Lorenz Hellman Gloucester

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 07:36 AM PST

    Shannan Fanart

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 02:00 PM PST

    Hi everyone. I do loads of FE art and I currently taking commissions so please feel free to check my art site neri-nea.wixsite.com/portfolio (I will post some art here as well, I'm mostly on Tumblr and Twitter). Thank you so much for consideration.

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 02:13 PM PST

    Cutscene after Verdant Wind chapter 18

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 09:38 AM PST

    I haven't seen this discussed anywhere, though perhaps I've overlooked it.

    After Claude & the gang capture Fort Merceus, the Death Knight rides his horse straight down the side of a goddamned wall. I know the Death Knight is a pretty powerful dude or whatever, but how does this apply to his horse? Horses don't work like that!

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    New decade same nino

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 08:20 PM PST

    My queen, Hilda

    Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:08 PM PST

    I'm a teacher, and I thought you all might like my attendance binder. It's older than my students....

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 09:43 AM PST

    Effects of Crests

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 10:52 AM PST

    So I started up a NG+ run recently and i was looking at the Crest Signs the game gives you there, and I honestly found it quite interesting. Particularly the fact that the Crest of Blaiddyd is said to come from the Grim Dragon, and given Dimitri's constant mentioning of seeing the ghosts of the past screaming for vengeance it kinda made me harken back to Linhardt and Hanneman's theories of Crests directly affecting the holder's preferences and attitudes or even more and I really wish that was elaborated on more.

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    Whose Your Favourite Bad Unit that you always try to use?

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 07:47 AM PST

    Let's be real, everyone has that one character that you know is awful but you use anyways. Mine is Ewan. He's so bad but I'm always compelled to train him. Love his design, his character, and Mages are one of my favourite classes in the series.

    Edit: He also reminds me of my younger brother (who refuses to play Fire emblem) because he's a prankster and loves to tease me and my younger sister.

    submitted by /u/Daqra
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    Hold me down I know I’ve lost control

    Posted: 10 Jan 2020 08:19 PM PST
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