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    Fire Emblem Finally finished my Emperor Armor Edelgard Cosplay

    Finally finished my Emperor Armor Edelgard Cosplay

    Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:12 AM PST

    [Sketch] Crimson Flower

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    Dancer Marianne makes me feel some type of way

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    Sara (FE5)

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    Black Friday 2006: Fire Emblem fans, allow me to make you cry

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    (OC) tsundere Tiki

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    Petra: That is not punny

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    [OC] Dragon Form Idunn

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    Sacred Stones Princess Eirika Fanart

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    I did this comic abour Pawns of Loki, is really fun this new game mode, I hope You like it!!!

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    I drew pre-time skip Hilda @Yavanna_art

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    Competitive Swimmer and Rockstar Robin

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    Falchion made of wood and painted. I think it's pretty decent, and I might do some more fire emblem stuff in the future

    Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:09 PM PST

    I drew Prince Dimitri! (OC)

    Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:47 PM PST

    Some Mentally Ill Rambling About Dimitri

    Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:09 PM PST

    As a certified fucked up individual, I always like to pay attention to the portrayal of mental illness in the media I consume, and Dimitri is honestly one of the weirdest examples I've seen to date. He's simultaneously better and a whole lot worse than what I normally see, so I decided to write a long, rambling Reddit post about it. Enjoy!

    The Good

    First things first, what does Dimitri's characterization do well? Well, for starters, it handles itself well in Part 1, mostly. I'll get to that in a bit. But his negative character arc is actually pretty well done? While his underlying issues were always there, he's generally found ways to keep them under control enough for them to not matter much. But as he discovers more and more about the Flame Emperor and is confronted by his triggers, it becomes more and more intense and harder for him to manage. It's fairly accurate to how things go with regards to real life mental illness, at least when you've reached a point of having the proper support system to help you manage it. You'll generally be okay, but there's always a risk that it'll get worse, especially with stress and particular triggers.

     

    The second good thing is the irrationality of it all. I know people complain about Dimitri's whole thing with Edelgard not making logical sense, but like, it doesn't have to? It's not a logical state of mind, it's one fueled by grief and anger. Generally speaking, when you're in such an emotional state, you aren't thinking clearly, which is also pretty consistent with his portrayal in Part 2 regarding his single-minded insistence on taking Enbarr. The characters who suggest you go there are the ones who aren't strategically trained, but care for Rhea, such as Cyril and Mercedes, while the experienced strategists tend to lean more towards taking Fhirdiad first. Dimitri should know better, all the lords are experts in strategy and tactics. But he doesn't, because he's not really thinking logically. Having that be the case would kind of defeat the purpose, and it's far more realistic for him to jump to the conclusions he does. From his perspective, he's identified TWSITD as responsible for the Tragedy, then he sees someone he trusted and cared about cooperating with them and fighting him. While it may not make logical sense to assume she was behind everything, it does make emotional sense for his overwhelmed brain to combine his grief and anger at the Tragedy with his anger at her betrayal and identify her as the one to take down.

     

    This gets into the third thing Three Houses does really well, and that's its portrayal of psychosis. Psychosis has two aspects to it: delusions and hallucinations. The former is what I touched on in the previous paragraph, the way he blames Edelgard for everything that happened. The latter is also very accurate though, with how he hallucinates the voices of his dead loved ones telling him to kill Edelgard. One thing that often gets on my nerves in terms of how hallucinations of this sort are shown is that they're often depicted as either random things that contrast the normal personality, or as a fleshed out fantasy that makes the person not understand what's going on at all. And typically, neither of these are the case. Hallucinations are basically your brain concocting experiences to justify the delusions you have. When you aren't able to process reality properly, you end up needing to take shortcuts that lead to delusions. But oftentimes your own senses won't back them up, and that's where hallucinations come in. And that's portrayed very well by Dimitri. His hallucinations have to do with the underworld myth of Eastern Faerghus, as well as the culture of chivalry and knighthood. He believes his dead loved ones are suffering in hell due to having lingering regrets, and that he needs to help them get revenge so they can pass on in peace. He also believes Edelgard to be the one behind all of their deaths due to his delusions. As a result, he hallucinates their voices telling him to get revenge for them so their suffering can cease. It's not a random, unprovoked thing, it's well rooted in everything he was already established to believe in, and it helps him rationalize those beliefs with the real world.

     

    The final thing I want to touch on that it handles really well is the fatigue. Everything Dimitri does when he's feral is driven in part by him being extremely tired, and not just physically. He's been dealing with all of this happening inside his head for years, and what he wants more than anything is enough peace to finally be able to rest. It's tiring enough to act as a soldier for all that time, let alone having to fight your own brain 24/7. A lot of what he does that seems reckless and irrational actually makes sense when you factor the fatigue in. He disregards his own injuries and insists that the army push on to kill Edelgard as quickly as possible because for him, it's the only real way he can even just get some decent sleep.

    The Bad

    All of that praise being said, there are some things about Dimitri that I would call poorly presented at best and flat out wrong at worst. The first of which is the speed of his recovery. Dimitri shows little to no signs of progress or healing until Rodrigue is killed by Fleche, after which it feels less like a realization and more like a mode switch. And that's definitely not great, because it's not how mental illness recovery actually goes. Ideally, what he'd need to do is make slow progress towards understanding that his hallucinations aren't real and to learn to get out of his angry headspace, as well as seek help when he has issues instead of trying to take everything on himself. But what makes this extra perplexing is that the game itself acknowledges this as the path to recovery. In Dimitri's support with Marianne, they talk about how progress and healing is slow, but worth it. So it's odd that the game doesn't reflect that in the actual story. It may have to do with structural issues, though. There isn't enough time to properly showcase his healing on a realistic timeline. Still though, it's frustrating that it slips up there.

     

    The other thing that's notably bad is the way that the game pushes a romantic relationship between Dimitri and F!Byleth. While the trope of connecting with a troubled person and helping them out, then developing romantic feelings for them is a common one, it's still… not good. Mental health support isn't a healthy foundation for a romantic relationship. Not to say it can't come from a romantic partner, just that there needs to be a separate relationship there as well. And that's not really portrayed within the story. Instead, what we get is Byleth caring about Dimitri and providing him the support he needs, and then Dimitri feels connected to her because of the support and they get married. That's not establishing a relationship beyond that healing, and it's not a good message to send, both to mentally ill people and to healthy people who have loved ones with mental illness.

    The Ugly

    This is probably the worst of the issues, and why I say he's also remarkably bad, not because it's unrealistic or anything, but because it sends a bad message. The connection between mental illness and violence is everywhere in the media, with both coverage of real life news and fiction. And one of the first things that people with mental illness will tell you about fictional depictions of ourselves is that we need to stop being portrayed as violent homicidal maniacs. It's such a pervasive trope and it's never good. And Dimitri falls into it so hard it hurts. He's so homicidal that it borders on comedic, and his entire story is about him recovering from and learning to manage his mental illness, at which point his homicidal urges apparently are fully under control. The reason I didn't put this under The Bad is because it isn't totally out there? All of his internal motivations make sense: he was traumatized as a child and made a child soldier, and that old trauma was triggered by Edelgard's invasion in a way that sent him into fight-or-flight child soldier mode. So it's not like his characterization is wrong in the sense of it being unrealistic, it's just… a bad look. Regardless of the possibility of it, the fact that his characterization plays into some of the worst stereotypes about mental illness so egregiously is really nasty.

     

    Related to this is the big issue with Dimitri in Part 1, which isn't actually because of him. This is about Felix. In Part 1, Felix spends the entire part decrying Dimitri for his history of mental illness, despite the clear progress that was made. His entire relationship with Dimitri at that point is defined by him calling Dimitri a violent boar who wants nothing more than to kill, which is absolutely not true at that point, and the narrative ultimately proves him right. It's pretty blatantly ableist, and I feel like that's not really talked about enough both by the game and by the fandom. His ableism is entirely realistic in that this is the kind of scrutiny a lot of mentally ill people face, same as what I said above with Dimitri. It's not that it's inherently wrong in terms of how this would happen, it's just a shitty portrayal that heavily feeds into negative attitudes that people suffering with mental illness already struggle with.

    Closing Thoughts

    I'm really not sure what to think about Dimitri, honestly. There was so much care put into getting the details of his experience correct, and that's honestly really cool, and I wish more representation put half of the effort this does into research and accuracy. And it really does help make him sympathetic. But at the same time, it has massive issues in terms of the way it portrays him as inherently dangerous or threatening because of it, and it's such a glaring problem that it nearly ruins the entire thing.

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    Huevember - Idunn

    Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:41 PM PST

    Here’s an Empress Edelgard I painted (:

    Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:36 PM PST

    [FE4 Character Discussion] Examining the Crusaders #36 - Shannan, Wielder of Astra

    Posted: 13 Nov 2020 07:41 AM PST

    Welcome back to Examining the Crusaders, the series where we look at all of the playable characters in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. Last time we looked at Iucharba, Casual Axe Fighter who is committed to fighting for what is right.. Today we will look at Shannan, Wielder of Astra.

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    Shannan is a swordmaster who is the Prince of Isaach and the carrier of major Od blood. He was first introduced in the first generation where he was in Verdane having fled from Isaach with his aunt Ayra; Shannan was entrusted to Ayra by his father Mariccle as the future of Isaach. Shannan and Ayra were taken in by Sigurd and the two travelled with him, with Shannan tragically having been present when Deirdre was kidnapped. Later, when Oifey was told to flee to Isaach with a young Seliph, Shannan volunteered to accompany them and he would alongside Oifey and Edain raise Seliph in Tirnanog. Before the start of the second generation, Shannan departed for the Aed Shrine to investigate rumors that the Balmung was there.

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    Chapter 7 introduction: Patty leaves the Aed Shrine, remarking to herself that the rumors she heard were not false: the shrine was in fact filled with treasure which she hasn't been able to get in a long time. She then says that she has to get out quickly. Shannan then leaves the shrine and catches up to Patty; he tells her to hand the sword she has to him. He says that she can keep everything else but he needs the sword. Patty refuses to do so as it was tough for her to get the sword and goads Shannan to try to catch her to get the sword back; Shannan yells at Patty to wait.

    Here, we see Shannan get impatient to get the Balmung back from Patty, and for good reason; it's his sword, not Patty's. Patty wants to be playful though and goad Shannan into having to chase her for the sword; this relationship develops more in the next conversation.

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    Chapter 7 conversation with Patty/Daisy: Patty tells Shannan to get his hands off of her; Shannan says that he doesn't want to hurt her and just for her to give him back the sword. Patty asks if the sword is his; Shannan explains that it is Balmung, the ancestral sword of his family, and that he is the only person who can wield it. Patty asks how the Balmung ended up in Aed; Shannan answers that it was last wielded by his father who died in the Grannvale-Isaach war and that it must have been stolen off of him after his death. Shannan learned only recently about Balmung's location and came to Aed to retrieve it. Patty after this realizes that she is speaking to Shannan and asks to confirm his identity; when he does, Patty is awestruck at how incredible he is. She tells him that she has heard stories of his heroism and has been a fan of him for a long time; speaking to him fulfills her dreams. Shannan, unimpressed, asks for her to just give Balmung to him. Patty proceeds to do so, and Shannan is filled with the power of the Balmung.

    Shannan here just wants to get the Balmung and be done with Patty; he doesn't want to hurt Patty when trying to get the Balmung from her, which shows his honorable way of the sword. He's very impatient to listen to Patty's antics when she is fawning over him as his main goal is just getting Balmung; it's almost reminiscent of how Navarre treated Phina in FE3 when they first met.

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    Chapter 7 secret event with Daisy: Someone says hello to Shannan, startling him. That someone turns out to be Daisy who laughs about scaring Shannan. Shannan yells at Daisy because he almost hurt her and asks her to cut it out; Daisy retorts that she is just bored and isn't strong enough to fight. Shannan reluctantly says that he will help her with that although he does not have the time to give her a full lesson; Daisy squeals that she is getting a private lesson with Shannan. Shannan then warns Daisy that she needs to take it seriously or else he will not give a lesson; Daisy affirms that she will be serious. Shannan after that begins the lesson by talking about posture but realizes that Daisy isn't listening. At that point Daisy just sighs.

    Daisy is so bored that she decides to startle Shannan. Just like in the last conversation, Shannan really does not want much to do with Daisy (i.e., just be an edgy swordsman like his predecessor) so he agrees to give Daisy a quick lesson to get her out of his hair. Predictably, Daisy fangirls over Shannan to his dismay, but he still somehow finds it in him to push forward - maybe because he feels it would be better for the army for Daisy to get better.

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    Chapter 7 conversation with Larcei/Creidne: Larcei is glad to see Shannan unharmed. Shannan apologizes for not being there when the adventure began and says that he's heard that they've had a tough time. Larcei tells him not to worry since the most important thing is that he's safe and then is about to say something else but trails off. Shannan asks if Larcei is any stronger; Larcei affirms that she has gotten stronger but is still not as good as him. After that, Shannan offers to give Larcei a quick lesson and starts helping out Larcei to improve her technique.

    Shannan does feel regret for having left Isaach before their rebellion began, but he's thankful that Larcei and the rest of them are safe. In compensation, Shannan decides to give a quick lesson to Larcei about swordplay to help her get stronger (just like he did with Daisy later in the chapter). As noted in the Larcei episode this is also mirrored in one of the opening demo events and there, Shannan ends up defeating Larcei due to his superior experience.

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    Chapter 7 conversation with Seliph: Seliph calls out to Shannan that he is glad to see him unscathed. Shannan apologizes for worrying Seliph and thanks him for liberating Isaach. Seliph replies that if it were not for Shannan's courage that inspired them to fight, they would still be in Tirnanog. Shannan then looks at Seliph and notes that he is starting to gain muscle; he says it's nothing when Seliph interrupts him. Seliph asks Shannan what he thinks about challenging the Empire; Shannan says that it's not bad at all that they've come to this point, and says that they have all waited for this to happen. Seliph then thanks Shannan.

    Shannan sees Seliph for the first time since Seliph first left Tirnanog, and he is impressed to see how Seliph has grown into the position of leading an entire army. Seliph did a good job in liberating Isaach; not only that though, he has personally grown as a fighter as he put on muscle. Shannan takes pride in that and is glad to see that his protege in Seliph has started the rebellion against Grannvale that they have all waited for.

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    Chapter 10 conversation with Seliph: Shannan says that Seliph has really grown lately and that there is nothing left for him to learn. Seliph thanks Shannan for everything as he owes everything he knows about swordplay to him. Shannan trails off, saying only that Seliph thinks that; Seliph asks Shannan if he needs anything as he seems weary. Shannan tells Seliph not to treat him as an old man because he is still young. Seliph apologizes and is going to explain that he did not mean to do that, but he is interrupted by Shannan who says that it is fine. Shannan thanks Seliph anyways for apologizing as it shows that he cares.

    The player has gotten to the point where they are about to enter Grannvale for the first time in the second generation under the leadership of Seliph. Seliph is extremely grateful to Shannan for all that he has been taught and he credits his abilities to Shannan, but Shannan seems to not take the credit for it. He probably thinks that it's all on Seliph's natural abilities that they got this far and he is probably too humble to take this credit. Afterwards Seliph teases Shannan as being "older" (he is probably around 28-30 years old at this point) but Shannan asserts that he's still young. His relationship with Seliph is almost like the relationship an older brother would have with his younger brother.

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    Endgame conversation with Larcei/Creidne: Larcei tells Shannan that they've come a long way; Shannan nods and says that he guesses that they have. Larcei says that she can't stop thinking about everyone in Isaach and hopes that they're alright. Shannan teases Larcei for being homesick, an accusation which Larcei angrily denies as she says that she's not a child. Shannan teases her again for acting childish but then says that he's kidding; her "terrifying glare" does not fit on a face as "beautiful" as Larcei's, which leaves Larcei swooning.

    Shannan teases Larcei, his lover whom he helped raise, a lot for being childlike. He waxes romantic for...really the only time throughout the game, which is weird considering that Larcei is his cousin.

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    Endgame conversation with Patty/Daisy: Patty calls out to Shannan to the latter's confusion. She says that it's lunchtime and presents lunch that she made to him; Shannan, still confused, asks her what she is doing as they are at a battle, not a picnic. Patty complains that she has nothing else to do given that nothing there needs her "light touch." Shannan brusquely asks her why she thought getting in the way was a good idea. This offends Patty as she rebukes him for treating her like an "old bag" when she spent all day making him lunch; she says that she will not do that again. Shannan apologizes to Patty and asks for her forgiveness. This makes Patty happy now as she is relieved that Shannan will eat her lunch anyways; she says that she loves Shannan a lot now.

    Shannan yet again is annoyed by Patty's antics when she runs out onto the field to give him lunch. This time however Shannan is made to feel bad when Patty laments how she had spent so much time making lunch for him. Shannan has a moment of remorse when he realizes what effect his words had on his lover Patty and apologizes to her because he is not in fact a totally edgy swordsman; he is fair to people when he thinks it is warranted.

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    Ending: Shannan will go home to Isaach after the war as he has left the Isaachians to wait for long enough. Seliph will say that he cannot thank Shannan enough for what he has done for him, protecting him throughout his life. After that, Shannan laments how even though Sigurd had given him shelter, he had been unable to protect Deirdre and thus he had failed Sigurd. He says that because of this, Seliph does not owe Shannan anything because Shannan caused Seliph so much pain. Seliph consoles Shannan and tells him that if it were not for him and the Isaachians, he would not be there; Isaach will always be his home. Shannan replies that he is sure that everyone would be glad to hear Seliph say that. Afterwards if Shannan has a lover, his lover will remind him that Seliph is his king, and Shannan will concur and think of a title to address Seliph as. Shannan's lover will apologize for saying that as it is hard for him to say goodbye to Selihp, but Shannan says that it is fine because she spoke honestly. After that, Seliph will tell Shannan that he thinks of him as a brother; Shannan promises that he will always be allied with Seliph.

    We see here that Shannan, like Oifey, has a sort of survivor's guilt stemming from his trauma in the first generation. As noted earlier, Shannan was told by Sigurd at the beginning of Chapter 3 to take care of Deirdre and Seliph; he was unable to dissuade Deirdre from going on her ill-fated journey to see Sigurd. As a result, Shannan blames himself for Deirdre's abduction and holds himself responsible for Seliph having to grow up without his mother. But Seliph consoles Shannan as it's not his fault; not only that, but that Shannan and his people are responsible for them being at the point they are at now. After that is when we see Seliph and Shannan part ways which is difficult for them to do; Shannan swears that he will never abandon his "little brother" of sort, the son of the man who had first given him safety.

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    Final thoughts: Shannan may outwardly appear to fit the "edgy swordsman" archetype pioneered by Navarre and seen both before and after FE4, and he does seem that way in some of his interactions with Patty where he wants nothing more than to get away from her. But otherwise, Shannan is so much more like that. He was first sheltered by Sigurd at the beginning of the game and had a great debt to him as a result of that; after that was when Deirdre was kidnapped on "his watch" and of course later on the failures of Sigurd's army at Belhalla. These failures haunted Shannan as he grew up into a man just like they did with Oifey and Finn, and he blamed himself for Seliph having to grow up without a mother. But Shannan still trudged on forwards, raising Seliph with Oifey's help to become the skilled fighter and leader that we all know, and he forged a brotherly bond with him. This is why at the end of the game, even with an entire nation awaiting his return to be enthroned as king, Shannan still found it difficult to say goodbye to his "little brother" Seliph. Even someone that tough as Shannan has a softer side.

    Thank you for reading this episode. Next time we will look at Patty, Reluctant Thief and her substitute Daisy. Until then!

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