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The first time I played Awakening I decided it would be too weird for the prince to marry the random foreign woman he found on the ground, so I married Frederick and then looked up a guide and decided to make Chrom marry Olivia lol.

I don't care if you shipped it. I'm asking if it happened

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This is my one and only crossover crack ship 😘👍

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Euphoria no bg + inspo

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Arcane Euphoria

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I've drawn Soren and Ike as summer, spring, and bride feh alts and Soren already has a desert, child, and valentines alt. Which alt should I design next?

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Love you even more 💖

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Love you love you love you! 💖

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Daily life in Askr

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Adorable! I've commissioned this artist too. They're stuff is cute!

Vibrates out of seat 😍😍😍

TO THE PHONE AHOY

YUSSSSS

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On that note, my Soren poll is almost over.

Personal Soren Ranking:

Sage > Khadein > Valentines > Mage > Baby > Archsage

The many flavors of Sorn

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Every Soren art is peak

Poll 135 - Soren

Please do not criticize any art you may not like or compare one art to another in terms of quality, it's unkind and downplays the amount of work that the feh artists put into them. Please treat the feh artists how you would as any other artist - with kindness and with love.

Artists in order: Miyajima Haru, Manabi Okada, Miyajima Haru, Iori Suzuki, sena, Kita Senri

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The foils upgrade classes!!

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Quick sketches: Foils outfit swap!

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Random thoughts for the day, which came to me not just because of Fire Emblem but also my own comics-

This is probably not surprising to anyone who's followed me for a while but, I really don't like the aesthetic of classic high fantasy. I'm talking like knights and elves and wizards....it's alright and I've definitely enjoyed stuff like Elder Scrolls and Dragon Age ect. but the actual settings are pretty forgettable (unless you're specifically talking about the WEIRD areas like Morrowind or the daedric realms).

I think this is because I grew up on games like Tales and Final Fantasy. These games take the tropes of high fantasy but they tend to mix in elements of lost technology, or aesthetic elements that are somewhat alien. If you've ever played Tales I'm talking about things like the dungeons within the planet in Tales of the Abyss with the floating music themed platforms, or the entire realm of Spira in FFX which is so colorful with the oddly shaped buildings, or even the way FFVII mixes things like magic and spirits with highly advanced cities.

I just think it's so much more fun when designers are able to expand their influences out past medieval Europe gray/brown colored familiar sameness. That's why I made it a point to reference Asian cultures in my own comic (and for my future project ideas I want to do stuff like turn of the century American fantasy, or Mediterranean inspired fantasy and things like that).

I think this is also why I like Awakening and Fates (and Kozaki designs in general) more than other FE settings even though the world's themselves aren't that fleshed out. They're just more interesting to look at.

Tldr: I think it's important for designers to take inspiration from reality when creating a fantasy world, but I also think it's way more effective when the push the boundaries past just making things look "realistic". I want to see more fantasy realms that are inspired by things that aren't medieval Europe, as I've said many times before. Let it be alien. Let it be anachronistic.

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The many flavors of Sorn

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The many flavors of Sorn

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Sketch of the day: Modern AU?

My idea for this is that Soren's father is an extremely corrupt Trump-like business man who had his wife institutionalized to prevent her from talking about abuse. Due to this Soren has been in foster care from a very young age. I know most people go for a goth/punk look for him but this time I went with a kid who tries to dress low-key/ a little nicely but he has a hard time because his clothes are second hand and don't fit right.

Ike and Mist are from a very loving, solidly middle class home with parents whom are well liked and respected in the community. They struggle a bit with the loss of their mother but for the most part they're very well adjusted. Ike in particular is the jock who doesn't tolerate bullying at his school! Its easy to imagine that his life revolves around some kind of contact heavy sport like football or wrestling, which his father no doubt coaches.