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Had a dream where I was reading/remembering a story that I swear I read years and years ago and now I have no idea if I actually read it or if it was just a figment of my imagination.

MC got some kind of magic book that transported him to a parallel world with monsters and gave him quests (he and the book had a friendly rapport) at night while he went to school by day. Eventually he found out that one of his classmates who he had a minor crush on had a similar book and they started meeting up in the other world, I think they had sex at some point due to otherworld circumstances? Also his classmates noticed that he was getting really buff from the monster fighting.

Eventually this other girl who had a crush on MC found out about the books and stole them so she could use them to manipulate MC into dating her and FL into staying away, and the last I remember of the story was MC's confrontation with book thief girl.

Also, MC and FL could turn into bats in the other world.

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I want my hands baacckk, even typing with tremors is a crapshot >=[

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Hmm, complications. One Move a Day will be irregular for a little bit while I sort this out.

Ugggh I need the meds that make my hands work... I'll get back to animating this evening after I've got my prescription filled...

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Putting on a good face

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Ugggh I need the meds that make my hands work... I'll get back to animating this evening after I've got my prescription filled...

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Alright, FE Fates analysis that popped into my head while I was laying in bed.

While they are literal characters that exist within the world (even if they aren't relevant to the story), the child units of Fates can also be read as reflections on their set parents, either who they could be without their existing inhibitions or who they wish they could be.

Short analysis of each parent and what their child represents in them when viewed through this lens under the cut (unsurprisingly, I have the most to say about the royals, since they're the most fleshed out):

Corrin-Kana: Kana shows Corrin with their friendly nature allowed to run free, innocence intact and without question of their place in the world or their background. Kana's dragon form brings them only joy and a sense of connection to their family, and their first use of it is to protect their parent, contrasting with Corrin's dragon form which sets them apart from both sets of siblings and is first used to avenge a mother they only briefly got to know.

Ryoma-Shiro: Shiro is Ryoma's desire for a life free from the responsibilities of a prince and able to express both his personal interests and grievances. Shiro is found wandering around, looking for the Hoshido he's heard about but never seen. He's openly critical of Ryoma for spending little time with him and trying to push a sense of responsibility as prince on him in a way that Ryoma never would have been able to with either of his birth parents, who died before he was fully grown, leaving him with the position of High Prince and three younger siblings to take care of, or with Mikoto, who would have appeared rather suddenly in his life as his stepmom and who he may have felt he had to accept to keep peace in the family, even if it became more genuine as time went on, but who also died suddenly and in a way that meant Ryoma's first days as leader of Hoshido were during wartime.

Xander-Siegbert: Siegbert shows both Xander's desire to be a "better" prince and to be able to express insecurities . Siegbert is constantly working on improving himself, but still finds time to be considerate of his friends and family in a way that Xander's supports with Camilla show Xander is often too busy to show. Siegbert is considered a born leader, while Xander mentions that his own stern image and strength don't come naturally to him.

Takumi-Kiragi: I mean, Takumi even openly says that he's jealous of Kiragi. Kiragi is naturally skilled at archery, self-confident, and friendly, all things that Takumi expresses in various supports as who he wishes he was. Kiragi also more or less does whatever he wants unless someone else drags him into being responsible, which Takumi forces himself to be.

Leo-Forrest: It's mentioned in supplemental material that Leo has insecurities around being a pretty boy, and Corrin expresses that Leo's more serious attitude is a front for a kinder personality underneath. Forrest is openly feminine and is not only proud of it, but entirely accepted for it by the people around him (except for Leo himself, initially). Forrest also has a strong sense of justice, which Leo cannot display himself due to Garon's power over him.

Azura-Shigure: Shigure is emotionally expressive and makes friends easily, even while being fairly introverted, while Azura has trouble showing her feelings or getting close to people. He also spends a lot of his time on artistic pursuits, where Azura spends much of hers worrying about all the things she knows but can't say.

Saizo-Asugi: Pretty straightforward, Asugi is open in his desires and spends time exploring who he is and wants to be before taking on the mantle of "Saizo," while Saizo himself has always been trained to be rigid and disciplined in all things. Asugi is loyal to Shiro, but he also has a life outside of him.

Laslow-Soleil: Soleil is almost literally the persona Laslow created for himself to feel more confident, except sincere and openly queer. Next.

Azama-Mitama: Mitama is just mostly the desire to be even lazier and get away with it most of the time, otherwise Azama seems pretty happy as himself.

Hinata-Hisame: As above, Hinata is pretty happy with who he is, but Hisame does show a calmer temper and more interest in tradition.

Odin-Ophelia: Like with Laslow, Ophelia is pretty much Odin's persona that he made to inspire himself in the bad future but without the actual trauma behind it and also her friends are less weirded out by her.

Niles-Nina: Nina both has parents who care about her and is able to express her frustrations regarding them to their faces, which Niles had no chance to do since he never knew them. Nina is also able to interact sincerely with people without the pathological need to piss them off.

Subaki-Caeldori: Caeldori is the effortlessly perfect person that Subaki tries to present himself as, and everybody respects her for it. She also admires Subaki himself, while Subaki kind of implies in his supports with Niles that he doesn't have much of a relationship with his own parents.

Arthur-Percy: Pretty simple, Percy is just as boisterous as Arthur, and just as fond of heroism, but isn't constantly stymied by terrible luck.

Jakob-Dwyer: As with Subaki, Dwyer is effortlessly good at butlering while Jakob struggled to get even the basics down. Dwyer also spends most of his time doing as he pleases and is openly dismissive of authority, which Jakob would clearly prefer to do with anyone who isn't Corrin.

Silas-Sophie: Probably the hardest to connect, mostly Sophie is pretty similar to Silas except a bit more cheerful. Maybe he just wants to be a girl.

Kaze-Midori: Midori shows Kaze's desire to focus on his interest in herbs and medicine and to thus be able to fix things when the people he cares about get hurt. Midori also lives without the guilt that has plagued Kaze for years, probably since he was about Midori's age, and thus represents a desire to go back to those days.

Hayato-Rhajat: Rhajat is the only child who is explicitly older than her parent due to the deeprealm shenanigans, and this shows Hayato's desire to be treated as an adult. Other than that, I don't have much evidence that Hayato wants to be broodier or better at curses, but if you take the rest of this analysis as accurate you could add that onto a reading of him.

Benny-Ignatius: Ignatius is another case of being a more expressive and talkative version of his father, which helps him get close to other people, even while looking intimidating. Benny has expressed difficulty in making friends due to his frightening face.

Kaden-Selkie: Selkie is also pretty similar to her father, but she is a little less empathetic, which Kaden could wish to be in some circumstances, such as the Nohrian army passing through Kitsune territory in Conquest. Kaden may want to feel less bad about hurting people who are a possible threat.

Kaden-Velouria: Velouria cares a lot less about what other people think of her, while Kaden seems very conscious of being judged.

Aaand that's that! Maybe I'm onto something, maybe this is bullshit, but it's a fun reading either way!

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Day 045- Tail Whip

For once, a round Pokemon has betrayed me!

Shoot, I forgot to make the ears fully bounce...

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Socialized yesterday and it resulted in me sleeping through most of today, One Move a Day will return today/tomorrow morning!

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Green: So I found five kids abandoned by the side of the road the other month. Took care of them until we could find a more permanent place for them, but I did decide to keep one. Diantha: Keep one? Green, they're not a litter of stray kittens! Green: Acts enough like one... X: *Knocks a glass of water off Green's table*

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Day 044- Double Edge

I think Porygon should always be animated like the 90's computer model it is, jank and all.

(In fact, I think, regardless of the medium, that Porygon should just use a low-poly CG model that's animated like it's from the late 90s. Hell, rip its Stadium Model and base its animations on that for maximum authenticity. I mean, I wasn't going to do that, since I don't mix well with 3D software, but ideally.)

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Day 043- Thrash

Spinda isn't hard to animate, but the stumbling means that you can't just do a walk cycle since each step has to be different and so it takes forever to animate.

Also, I keep putting Ghost types just before Normal type moves, oops...

I promise that's still Dynamaxed Runerigus, but if I fit it on-screen Spinda would be too small to see any detail.

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Day 042- Max Knuckle

So it turns out modular Pokemon like Runerigus actually take sooo long to animate because the parts are all doing things separately.

Also, poor little Cherubi is just a splatter of cherry (cheri?) jam down there now, GMaxxed Pokemon are usually somewhere around 16x as big as normal, so I have to assume Dynamax is similar, and Runerigus is already like four times Cherubi's height. RIP, little guy.

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Oh.. oh that's uhhh bigger than I expected... I'm soooo sorry Cherubi....

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Things Sherry somehow inherited from Leon despite not seeing him for like 15 years:

The hair (okay)

The job (oops)

The questionable hurt sounds (Oops)

The driving tendencies (OOPS)

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Day 041- Take Down

I love grass types =] Sorry about tomorrow, Cherubi =p

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No move today, spending time with my parents for Father's Day!

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forever grateful i was simply too lazy to let the makeup industrial complex get its hooks in me. I was just like im not doing all of that. in fact. im doing none of that