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    April 29, 2020

    Fire Emblem Hilda! #2

    Hilda! #2

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 08:33 AM PDT

    Byleth's 'Normal' Twin Sister AU

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 12:02 PM PDT

    Timeskip Lysithea

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 10:56 AM PDT

    Heroe's Relics. Here's Ingrid! Thanks for the support. I'll gladly take it if you have any advices or critics, I look forward to improve myself!

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 06:25 AM PDT

    "It's as if... someone understands how I truly feel."

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:48 AM PDT

    Athleticwear Leonie [OC]

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:53 PM PDT

    Anna: Successful Businesswoman

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 06:40 AM PDT

    [OC] Just Claude

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 06:29 AM PDT

    Heroe's Relics. I didn't know wich one I'd do and found myself a solution. Here's Thyrsus. Yeah it's late but do I need to sleep when I can draw for all of you guys ? A huge thanks for all the love so far!

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 03:58 PM PDT

    Spring naps

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:14 PM PDT

    I wasn't ready for all of you being so kind about my Relics so I've decided to put some of my old artwok too. Hope you like it

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:25 AM PDT

    El...

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:57 PM PDT

    Naga

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 01:22 PM PDT

    30th anniversary Lilina

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 07:00 PM PDT

    [OC] Gone (sorry it's so blurry)

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 12:23 PM PDT

    Queen Micaiah

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 01:03 PM PDT

    We need to be nicer to Edelgard fans.

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 01:10 PM PDT

    If we drive them out, they might slither in the dark.

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    Unpopular Opinion: Corrin may not be the best-written Lord, but I still think he’s probably my favorite Lord in the entire series.

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:29 PM PDT

    When I first completed Conquest for the first time, I was utterly enthralled by the cast, gameplay and even bits of the narrative. I loved the game and it captured a sense of magic in me I haven't felt since Tellius, with Radiant Dawn being my all-time favorite game period. So you can imagine my surprise during the height of Fates' spotlight in the franchise, where you had endless amounts of people stating their complete (even if justifiable) revilement of Fates' writing.

    Now I'm not going to suggest that Fates wasn't anything short of a mess writing-wise. It had a hard-to-understand and dense format, bizarre character decisions and awfully black and white morality. But in the end, I still can look back on Fates and safely say it has perhaps one of my favorite casts in the entire series. A lot of the characters felt alive when you chose to get past their tropey exteriors and analyze them through their supports, and Arthur, Charlotte, Kana and Xander are some of my favorite characters in the franchise.

    I also adore Corrin as possibly my favorite Lord in the series, even in spite of their writing issues.

    Now I'm not going to say that they didn't have a lot of problems mechanically with their writing, but I couldn't help but love their personality in Conquest. They were sincere and earnest at the best of times, loved their adoptive family and clearly did the best they could to spare the lives of enemy combatants and help those in his own party. While I can definitely see a lot of people's ambivalence with him being the leader despite never having been tested, Corrin feels so austere in the way he presents himself that I'd be surprised to learn he's a scion or royalty.

    I also strongly admire how they handled the latter events of Conquest overall. I'm not going to justify a lot of the more questionable if not outright bad writing decisions in the route, but I loved how Corrin eventually came to acknowledge he couldn't save everyone and had to discard his ideals to do what was necessary for the situation — him scaring off Iago in Chapter 16 was both hilarious and awesome, but I also really liked how it's less that he accepted his role as Nohr's general but moreso how he clearly doesn't feel comforted by it. The Wind Tribe chapter shows him being relieved that he really is worthy of the Yato, and he clearly hated having to invade Hoshido in spite of his benign intentions in trying to change Nohr from the inside then let both Nohr and Hoshido continue their vicious cycle of conflict.

    I think what struck out to me the most was Chapter 27, where Corrin outright accepts the ire Takumi felt to him during the two's final confrontation — I love that about him, because I myself struggle with accepting responsibility for my actions at times, and a lot of people would probably like to try to justify their actions for what they done. Again, it wasn't exactly written in a good way, but the way it was done... I don't know, it just made me love him and respect him more.

    Nevermind the fact his appearance in supports and spin-offs furthered my love for him. I loved his S-Support with Charlotte, where he told her without a hint of ambiguity her fears of being ostracized are completely human and that she's valid the way she was. That alongside other great support lines like Nyx and Xander showcased Corrin at their best, a highly empathetic and caring individual who clearly values the lives of their men and women. Add that to spin-offs like Warriors doing F!Corrin and her dynamic with the Royals justice, and you just have a character I love and feel is great even in spite of the messy narrative they're embedded in.

    Plus — he's a fucking dragon lord, and one you can fully customize and rename to effectively make your own OC Lord. What's not to love? I really appreciate how he very well was the first playable Manakete in the series (to my knowledge) that wasn't a crusty old man or a little girl, and all of this and more easily makes Corrin my favorite Lord in the series.

    Yes, I completely acknowledge he's not written all that well. But what points we DO see of him that's done at the most clear and earnest capacity of his just makes me adore him, and genuinely do hope for the day Fates is remade so he can get a better story to be in. Because really, Fates' cast deserves it, as they're all great in their own ways and deserves a retake.

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    Sleepy boy

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:21 PM PDT

    Made a clay Areadbhar to celebrate my first run through of the Blue lions.

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 03:27 PM PDT

    Finally got the golden light...300 plus hours in

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 04:39 PM PDT

    Time to reproduce in the lorenz bed!

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 01:49 AM PDT

    Berkut - A Tragic Tale

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 11:02 AM PDT

    Today I'd like to talk about Berkut, an undeniably popular character, with a vocal group believing him to be overrated. Berkut is one of my personal favourite characters, and I'd like to explain why. This will contain spoilers for all of Shadows of Valentia.

    Berkut is introduced in a cutscene where he is seen dancing in a grand ballroom alone with Rinea. His theme, "Pride and Arrogance" plays, and as we'll later learn, it's a fitting title.

    When we first hear Berkut speak we quickly learn his number one vice: power. Like Fernand, he believes strongly that your birth decides your station and trying to defy that is fighting destiny. His ambition to one day rule over all of Valentia is made clear, and his fiancée, Rinea, is not thrilled about this, though Berkut doesn't seem to notice. Berkut's story is how his ambitions start to steadily crumble until there's nothing left.

    After seeing Alm's victory at Zofia castle, he challenges him at the Forest Crossroads for "entertainment". His arrogance is fueled by his belief that a noble will always be superior to a commoner. In his mind there is no outcome other than winning, losing isn't even a remote possibility.

    He does of course lose, and Berkut comes sulking back to his uncle, Emperor Rudolf. Jedah, the leader of the Duma Faithful is there. Berkut despises them for how they use unnatural means to obtain power, seeing them as cowardly. Jedah carefully chooses the words that would hurt Berkut the most, insulting his loss at the hands of farmers. Berkut's pride is wounded enough at the loss itself, but having the words come from another whom he despises is putting salt in the wound. At this, Berkut begs Rudolf for another chance to fight Alm at the Rigelian border, which he is allowed. Soon afterwards, Nuibaba offers him the power of Duma, but he refuses. A victory over Alm will only matter if done by his power alone. He has too much pride to accept the help of those he feels are below him. He does accept Nuibaba's magic mirror, however, as a failsafe if he were to lose.

    When Berkut loses to Alm again at the border, there's deep anguish in his voice. He uses Nuibaba's gambit, and whilst he's disgusted by the unnatural power, using the power at all is the first sign of Berkut sacrificing his ideals. When Alm breaks the spell, Berkut needs convincing by Fernand just to retreat and live another day. He was prepared to fight there until only either he or Alm remained. That's how strongly he feels about winning, about proving to Rudolf, and to himself, that he is strong.

    Back at Rigel Castle after his, he's distraught. He even yells at Rinea, losing his cool to the one person that is always able to soothe his heart, another sign of him cracking. Here he talks a bit about his backstory. He reveals that the one thing anyone has ever wanted from his is strength. Not even his father or mother asked for anything else. So when Berkut fails to prove his strength, and especially against those he deems lesser than himself, his whole world-view crumbles. Everything he's ever been taught is power and the social order of nobles over commoners. When both of these truths about himself are ripping apart at the seams, simultaneously no less, he doesn't know what to do with himself. Duma takes this opportunity to take advantage of Berkut's vulnerability to tempt Berkut to receive his power.

    The final straw is when Rudolf denies his request to fight in the battle of Rigel Castle. Rudolf calls him weak. When power is the only thing Berkut has ever been taught is valuable, and his uncle tells him he lacks any, to Berkut it's akin to saying "you're worthless. I do not care for you. You are a burden to me". The man he yearns to one day be is telling him that he has no value.

    As if Berkut's world couldn't be crumbling around him any more, he learns that Alm is the true successor to the Rigelian throne. His one ambition in life is now completely unreachable. His house of cards falling down around him, his whole life was a lie. Rinea tries to tell him that she never wanted to be empress, she just wanted to be with him, but Berkut is too deep in his own despair, and her words fall on deaf ears. He interprets this confession as yet another aspect of his life falling apart, and at this, he finally asks for Duma's power. His pride is no longer holding him back from accepting it. What once was unthinkable for Berkut is now the only option he feels he has. He has sacrificed every aspect of who he is to obtain the one truth he knows: power.

    Berkut sacrifices Rinea to Duma, claiming that power won't betray him, as he now believes everything else in his life has. At this moment where he is at his absolute lowest, he falls back to how he was raised, with the worth of strength being the only thing instilled in his mind. However, after his defeat at the hands of Alm once more, Rinea's spirit appears and speaks to Berkut. She claims that Berkut was a "just, right, and noble man". Berkut says that the man she loved died after he took in Duma's power, and this idea is reflected in the name of the song that played during the battle "The Scions Dance in Purgatory". Berkut was physically alive, but everything that made him who he is, his ideals, pride, power, and love for Rinea, was all gone, all that was left was a husk, a vessel for Duma's power.

    After seeing Berkut in the main story, Rinea's description of him seems wildly off the mark. To get an idea of where she's coming from, it's best we take a look at a memory prism showing the time when they first met. With Berkut, everything he does he does so he can one day sit on the throne of Rigel. Everything is about proximity to power. Everything except Rinea. Rinea, as she laments, is from a lesser house. Berkut has absolutely nothing to gain from being with her. In fact, it's mentioned in this first meeting that other nobles might give them looks if they were found together. Berkut shrugs that off though, for once not caring about what others think of him, only Rinea. Rinea is shown to have been the only thing that, even for a moment, led him off that path of conquest. She was the only person capable of making him forget about his ambitions. She was person that revealed there's some warmth deep down in Berkut's heart, a heart that's been caged away since he was a child.

    Berkut's tale is a tragic one, for even the love of his life was ultimately not enough to change the mindset he was raised in. If Berkut had been treated as a person growing up and not just a tool to boost Rigel's military might, I'm sure he could have lived a happy life with Rinea, and could have been friends with Alm. He's a product of the environment he grew up in, and it made him a horrible person, but those glimpses of what he could have been make it a sad tale. Though I often hear it said that Berkut is only beloved for Ian Sinclair's performance, I feel like this isn't giving the character enough credit. Goodness knows Ian Sinclair killed it, it's my favourite voice acting in the series, but that emotion didn't come from nowhere. Those performances of anger, anguish, and arrogance are rooted in Berkut's tragic story.

    This tale of "what-ifs" is one of my favourites in the series. What if Berkut had loving parents? What if Rudolf showed is affection? What if Berkut was raised alongside Alm in Ram Village or even if Alm was raised in Rigel, with the path to the throne unreachable from the beginning for Berkut? What if Rinea was able to reign in his path of bloodshed? It's this story and questions like these that make Berkut, along with Lyon, my favourite antagonist in Fire Emblem.

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    ~a casual Edeleth <3

    Posted: 29 Apr 2020 05:54 PM PDT
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