I Like Heroes Solely Because It's The Only Place Gunther Can Be A Beast Of A Unit Who's Actually A Threat

I like Heroes solely because it's the only place Gunther can be a beast of a unit who's actually a threat on lunatic mode. The way he was MEANT to be. WHO'S THE EXP SPONGE NOW?!?!

FEH will continue to be my favourite thing b/c it has created a world where the possibility exists that I can be the middle of a Gunter sandwich

So, I actually drew this some time last year, but I never really liked it, so into the corner it went. I fished it out a few weeks ago and decided to try and finish it. There were lots of mistakes with the linework, and while I managed fix *some* of them, I couldn't make it *right*, partially due to the acrylic paint I use as whiteout being really hard to draw on this time for some reason.

I fucking LOVE New Mystery of the Emblem. It's my second favorite game in the series, after Conquest. These are my favorite characters from the game (and Barst, but these are the top three). NM is honestly the only game whose cast I actually like. It's amazing how three conversations can make a character more sympathetic, interesting and likeable than several pages worth of dialogue. Sad that IntSys decided to forego quality in favor of quantity these days. And I know Cecil is from the original Mystery and Norne and Frey are from Shadow Dragon, but the non-main characters in the famicom games were pretty much NPCs, and characters that are locked out of all but the easiest game mode might as well not exist. If IS remakes Shadow Dragon in another twenty years, for the love of Naga, make the prologue a part of the whole game. It was literally the best part of the story!

Young, starry-eyed women who become jaded and nihillistic over the course of the story, usually falling in love with older men who have played the role of savior for them in some regard (love may or may not be requited. Usually won't because I'm a proud sadist)

20-something guys in bands who chain smoke and are just a fucking mess

Star-crossed lovers

Lazy, dead-meme spouting jackasses who speak entirely in Simpsons and King of the Hill quotes. So.... me, but like, prettier

 What is a theme you see in most of your OCs?

I suppose we have a different idea of what consequences should be for gigantic, world/country-threating blunders. When everything goes back to the status quo in-universe and we're told "Oh, btw, the problem learned their lesson", I generally tend to call bullshit. It's no different from a story saying "Mary Sue was the bravest, smartest, kindest girl in the land, and she felt really bad about that massacre she caused."

Maybe it's just been years since I've played FE8, but I don't remember an instance in the game where Eirika's trusting nature gets tested after she fucks up with Fomortiis. I can almost forgive it for being an old game, but this problem always crops up. Likewise with Celica, when she gets deus ex machina'd back into the story, the game is pretty much over. She fights Duma because he's standing before her, threatening her and her friends with death, not because she learned a lesson about not trusting strangers/ gods. When I fuck up something badly, it doesn't matter how bad I feel about it- people will still be mad. And my screw-ups aren't threatening the world! Even if I fix it, I still have to deal with people being mad at/ disappointed in me.

And where in Birthright or Conquest does Corrin actually deal with the death of anyone? In that exact instant immediately after their older brother dies? Beacuse they don't grieve for Flora. They don't grieve for Gunther. They don't really grieve for anyone, outside of the immediate second when that person dies (and not even then in Gunther's case). They can whinge about killing Hoshidans in self defense, but not bat an eye when it comes to breaking into the palace in Macarath and just murdering eveyone there (seriously- they broke in to steal something and massacred the guards who were just doing their job. And felt nothing). We the player might feel bad that Xander and Ryouma are dead, but it has no impact on the actual in-game story. Corrin forced people who weren't ready to/ didn't want to rule into a position of leadership. So what? It doesn't affect the story at all.

Nohr conquers Hoshido and is directly responsible for the deaths of their queen, both kings AND prince? The new queen will just mosey on over there for their corronation, not a single hint that she might have some lingering resentment towards the person who was directly responsible for her brothers' deaths. In Birthright, Hoshido invades Nohr and kills three members of the royal family? No hard feelings, especially directed towards YOU, Corrin. YOU feel bad (or at least, you implied that you did)- that's all that matters from a narrative perspective. Corrin crying for five seconds isn't a consequence for me. Whatever country they screwed over being thrown into a turmoil is a consequnce. That wouldn't "last forever" either, but it sure would make it seem like people in positions of power making stupid decisions actually negatively affects the world around them. Like it does in real life. The US government was fighting over a fucking fence and people couldn't afford to feed their families for a month as a result. But we don't need to bring that up after the fact. I can assume everyone responsible learned their lesson.

This isn't a matter of how we think people would naturally react to such situations- it a matter of IntSys not being able (or willing) to figure out what consequences should be for huge events. These are games about WAR, and yet... there are so few consequences for this war you're fighting. Awakening touched on it, with Chrom saying that the people of Ylisse almost starved because his father conscripted all the farmers, but Birthright can't make a pasaing mention of how people are freaking out after their former prince(ss) lead an enemy battalion into their castle and murdered 3/5ths of the royal family? Sure, I can assume that happened, but if things like this are left up to assumption, you've written a bad story. You might be okay with assumptions, and that's fine. If you think these are good, properly flawed characters, then by all means, enjoy. But I, and many other people, say "that's not good enough."

Too many FE fans: We want really imperfect main characters that show weakness and flaws!

Intelligent Systems: Okay, sure. *Eirika, Micaiah, Corrin and Celica exist*

Those fans: These characters are f*cking dumbasses.This isn’t what we wanted.

IS: 

My dream team is nearing completion. And it wasn't until I had them all together that I realized I have a lovely otome harem on my hands.

The shrinking violet moe who blushes when you make eye contact with him but becomes a puppy when his feeling are requited and always wants to hold hands.

The cheerful, outgoing atheletic one who treats you like one of the guys because he's too embarrassed to admit his feelings and ruffles your hair as a sign of affection (even though you hate it).

The yandere that handcuffs you to a radiator and brands his initials on your asscheek that you go after because you want to see what happens you knew what you were signing up for, don't complain when he murders you

And the quiet, mature one/ slash obligitory older character who I always end up choosing in these games simply because I don't have the patience for the other ones' shit.

Stage one is complete. Stage two will be +10ing the rest of them, and I can only assume it'll take at least four years (since it took almost a year just for gunther when I was working solely on him). I pray that DCD will voice a blue unit in the future, so I can have a complete cancer raids team but if it's a character with any tsundere traits, it's going in the trash where all tsunderes belong.

Hello! Sorry if I’m bothering you, but I’m back with more questions haha. I’m just,,, really curious about ships. So... what are your ships for the following characters? (even if you can’t do it in the game, for example azura x shura) -Takumi -Saizo -Kaden -Hinata -Azama -Subaki -Hayato -Benny -Keaton -Odin -Laslow Again, sorry for bothering you and have a great day~!

Bothering me? Lol, impossible. Can't lie, it makes me feel a little special to think my opinions matter to anyone.

Okay, so there are lots of Hoshidans here, and I think it's no surprise that I have no love for them. Maybe it's my Nohr bias showing, but I find so many of them downright unlikable. Therefore, characters like Takumi, Saizo, Tsubaki and Hayato should die alone. I jest, of course (*hoarse whisper* not really), but some of them are just so horrible that I wouldn't want to burden anyone with them. Especially Takumi. I get that he's young and has hella self esteem issues, but that's really a "him" problem. Who would want to be in a relationship with someone who treats them like garbage until YOU work to make them open up? Likewise with Azama. ...you know what, I ship Takumi/Oboro- they can be awful together.

Oh, you know what would be the best ships ever? Pair Tsubaki with Chrom. He's already a Cordellia expy, so why not carry that over as well? That, and Kaden and Izana. Both of them are obsessed with beauty, while thinking they're the most beautiful things. I can just see them staring deeply into each other's eye... at their own reflections...

Benoit I ship with Charlotte. What can I say, they're good together. A badass blood knight and a Disney princess- perfection. Keaton is a tsundere, and I... just despise them, so I wish he just had a garou girlfriend in the mountains that doesn't put up with that hot/cold/hot/cold shit and every "it's not like I like you or anything" is just met with a deadpan "I'm leaving you.". And as for not!Owain and not!Inigo, I can only think of them having girlfriends from their world, and I know I paired Inigo with Kjelle and Odin with Cynthia (of course, Cynthia was his cousin in my playthroughs, but since when does that matter?).

Despite having played Fates more times than any other FE games and cycling through most of the pairings, there just aren't that many that stand out to me as interesting. Although, when I think about it, you know who Takumi needs? Flora. She understands what it's like to be second fiddle all your life, but she would not for a second tolerate his bullshit attitude. You can't pull that Corrin C support shit with someone who can give you a literal cold shoulder. How do you have such an interesting cast that has such terrible chemistry with each other???