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Been a while since I drew a new piece for my long-running Xenobabes Floral series! Had this piece collecting dust for over a year, but decided to finish it! Here is Glimmer!

Recent Nintendo games really have been pretty good for gender, huh?

Alvis is there because even though he has been around since 2010, it was only the Xenoblade 3 DLC that really confirmed his status as enby

When I first started playing Xenoblade 3 I was genuinely taken aback by how relevant the entire thing felt. But that’s something that I love about 3 in particular.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 seemed very political to me when I started playing it and was unfamiliar with the rest of the series. (Spoilers ahead.)

What do we see there? Two nations are at war with each other, even though the people on either side are no different from each other and have no reason to be hostile. The only ones who benefit from this are their rulers. And they have elevated national hatred to an absolute. But the real reasons for war are completely different: distribution of resources and distraction. The elite see the masses as a resource, and the elite owns this resource via Flame Clock system (in this reality, it is the life force itself, but in some other reality it could be the means of production). By the way, the "leaders" of both nations are just puppets in their hands, literally. The common people wonder what they are fighting for and whether they need it (the answer is 'no'). Only by uniting can they fight back against the ruling class. And only violently, because there is no way to win peacefully. The liberated colonies of both nations and the City must work together to do this effectively.

...So, what is this idea that tells us that people who are being oppressed and used as a resource by some group of people in power should rise up, put their differences aside, and unite against that group, against their REAL enemy, if they want a better life?

As someone who has the misfortune of being a citizen of a country that is currently engaged in such a senseless war, I can say that it very much reflects the problems and questions that many people are facing right now. And it offers a solution that a communist ideology would offer, yeah. (Let us also remember that extreme militarism and nationalism, on the other hand, are features of the far-right totalitarian system.)

…But then there is the whole Queens thing, the intersection of universes, the shift in emphasis to philosophy, and the fact that the new social order built in this struggle will be thrown in the trash with the Origin reboot. It all continues the general philosophical line of thinking about the future that is characteristic of the series as a whole (yes, there is the idea of ​​"no gods, no masters" and that people should determine their own future, which echoes the idea that power and resources should belong to the people, but it is still more general). But still, the third part turned out, in my opinion, more social and relevant to our present.

I’m sorry if this is kinda basic, but if you put a well written “lovers are reborn and find each other in almost all of their lives” story beat in front of me, I will 9 times outta 10 eat that shit up.

You mean that a couples love is so strong that they are always drawn to each other no matter when they’re reborn?

You mean that they get to relive meeting each other, growing closer and closer every moment, and eventually falling in love all over again?

You mean that even if their story might end in tragedy, they will still find their love in another life?

You mean their fates are so strongly intertwined, that they’ll always find their missing puzzle piece?

You mean that their love is so strong it will literally defy time and space to allow them to be with each other once again??

You mean they’re so perfect for each other they can’t help but fall in love?????

I’m a sappy romantic at heart, I fear.

I actually did think about how Xenoblade 3’s ending after future redeemed affected the overall message like you mentioned with 1, but I actually don’t hate it.

Noah and Mio did in fact let go of each other in the ending. They didn’t know what was going to happen after origin restarted. They were willing to take the chance of never seeing each other or their friends again for the sake of their worlds. Of course they WANTED to stay, but they knew they couldn’t. But after the events of Aionios, the universes had actually became mixed of the same stuff.

Think about all the people in the city who were also descended of people like Noah and Mio, from Keves and Agnes. Noah and Mio I don’t think are the only star crossed lovers of this whole game. The city people did exist, and where does all the data from them go? Origin.

The universes were drawn to each other, and after Origin’s restart I believe it wasn’t only Noah and Mio’s desire to see each other again, but the combined collective of every human in Aionios who wanted to be with each other, defy the fate of them being apart forever. Be Whole again. And the universes kinda wanted that too. They were drawn to each other and wanted to be one again.

Aionios happening just opened that door again because of people from the city. Humanity’s collective fear of what would happen to them if the worlds collided created Moebius. I think humanity’s collective feelings of love for the opposite people in the universe, their willingness to accept the future whatever may happen to them, and BECAUSE they felt that love in Aionios was because the worlds merged to be as one again. And I think thats pretty neat.

I do kinda get what you’re saying about Future Redeemed’s ending about being a cop out, but I don’t exactly think it is. I don’t think they threw out all of 1’s ideas of “do not let people in power control you, and fight the predestined fate put in place by higher powers.” Noah and Co. already fought that battle against Moebius, who was keeping everyone controlled underneath their thumbs. Their fate was to be reborn and used as child soldiers to fuel the everlasting now.

Xenoblade games have a tendency to swap motivations as well which I think is so awesome. Xenoblade 2 had you saving the world from annihilation, Xenoblade 3 has you trying to annihilate your world for the sake of one in the far future, where you’re free to choose your path. Free to choose a different smile than what Aionios offered.

Sorry for the long ass response I just adore Xenoblade as a collective series and love to talk about it

I’m sorry if this is kinda basic, but if you put a well written “lovers are reborn and find each other in almost all of their lives” story beat in front of me, I will 9 times outta 10 eat that shit up.

You mean that a couples love is so strong that they are always drawn to each other no matter when they’re reborn?

You mean that they get to relive meeting each other, growing closer and closer every moment, and eventually falling in love all over again?

You mean that even if their story might end in tragedy, they will still find their love in another life?

You mean their fates are so strongly intertwined, that they’ll always find their missing puzzle piece?

You mean that their love is so strong it will literally defy time and space to allow them to be with each other once again??

You mean they’re so perfect for each other they can’t help but fall in love?????

I’m a sappy romantic at heart, I fear.