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Another Obeguda comm from Cioccolatodorima. Stunning as always. Guda's dress is so pretty 😍 I like how Oberon's clothes are glittery as well.

Thanks again to @asksythe for feeding my Oberon x Titania!ritsuka obsession.

You guys should read her fanfic, Lies and his wife Truth. One of, if not THE best Obeguda fanfic in my biased opinion.

Here's the version where you can see the background of the wood throne.

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Another Obeguda comm from Cioccolatodorima. Stunning as always. Guda's dress is so pretty 😍 I like how Oberon's clothes are glittery as well.

Thanks again to @asksythe for feeding my Oberon x Titania!ritsuka obsession.

You guys should read her fanfic, Lies and his wife Truth. One of, if not THE best Obeguda fanfic in my biased opinion.

Here's the version where you can see the background of the wood throne.

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It really does look very pretty!! I love the butterfly accessories.

And a music box standee huh… 👀

Flowing Glitter Standee attempt 2! With movable butterfly accessories!

Oberon x Titania!Ritsuka @shaine26 's commissioned art by artist Cioccolatodorima for the fanfic Lies and His Wife Truth. I'm actually not a hundred percent happy with this. The flowing glitter is good, the acrylic bloc quality is good, the butterfly and jewel accessories are good, the print quality is good. But the print layout can be better. Flowing glitter standees really need to be printed in at least two or three layers, with the image layer sandwiched by flowing glitter for maximum effect. Here, the image is printed on top of the flowing glitter bloc, so only a little bit of the glitter can be seen. It's such pretty glitter, too. The finished product is still very pretty, but it's definitely something I will remember for the next attempt. Hmm... I kinda want to try making a music box standee.

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Edit: Why is this getting so many likes and reblogs? I don't understand. I thought English FGO was just a small, sleepy fandom??

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I want to write an LB6 Oberon x Gudako x PHH Vortigern story.

The other day, I told @erimies that I wanted to try my hand at writing a dark romance story.

I don't often write romance, and even when I do, I view it less as shipping and romance and more as the continuation of characterization. So, if I feel this is how this character would behave or potentially change in a certain direction, I would follow that logic to its conclusion no matter how I personally feel about it.

But the thing is... despite how Oberon Vortigern would like to portray himself, I don't personally think of him as a truly evil kind of character. You see it in the way he conducts himself in canon LB6. There was a lot of things he didn't have to do, but he did (like teaching young Castoria and giving her a short time of respite from her loneliness and ostracization).

There were also a lot of things he could have done were he truly evil, but he never did. I'm talking about his relationship with Riri during the early part of the Lostbelt. Almost every night in the early part of the story, they were alone with each other. Almost every night. Whether it was him climbing in through the window of her room in Mike's tavern, or when he sent Castoria away to gather woods or create a bounded field, leaving him to sit alone with Riri by the fireside. They didn't do anything. They just talked.

I don't think it's possible to overstate how emotionally vulnerable Riri was at that time before she met Mash again in Norwich. Someone as smart and socially savvy as Oberon should have been able to twist Riri's heart and mind like a pretzel in that situation. He might not have been able to pull the wools over her eyes for long, but he absolutely could have done devastating damage or primed her in a way that would benefit him more. I'm fairly sure there are some kinky hentai doujins out there that explored this very scenario. But the fact that Oberon never even tried spoke volume.

Then there's his wet sock of a fight at the end of LB6. Like, sir, can you be more half-assed in your big villain speech and fight?

Summer 2023 on JP server more or less cinched the deal. Oberon is just... a wet cat... and really really really (embarrassingly) down bad for Riri.

Hah!

My point is, I don't think regular Oberon cuts it for a truly dark romance kind of story. Not against someone whose heart is so resilient like Riri. So I thought of exploring the Vortigern side.

As it so happened, I acquired the novella Garden of Avalon, in which PHH Vortigern is featured as the villain.

Having read it, I... have thoughts. PHH Vortigern seems to exhibit the same kind of put-upon, enforced evil as LB Oberon. Again, his actions gave him away. He usurped his brother Uther's throne via violence... and yet let Uther go with his life and limbs fully in tact. And that's how we arrived at the canon Artoria, who is a dragon in human form... because Uther took one look at Vortigern's dragon aspect and thought. I would like me a big freakin gun just like that and he went on to do really skeevy-sounding human experimentation (via way of Merlin), resulting in Arotia....

...Bruh...

And people wonder why Artoria felt so inhuman as king... Well, if her purpose of existence was only to defeat Vortigern and never to succeed Uther as King, then it kinda makes sense, doesn't it?

Even when he was defeated, Vortigern still worried about the fate of the world and his own niece (in the usual tsundere snarky way).

Well, I guess Oberon really is an alternate version of PHH Vortigern. There's a good bit of similarities between them. Implied and not. In any case, that's where the PHH Vortigern x Riri comes in. Because I thought, there are things worth exploring here.

....

Nineveh 2461

... is the name I gave this story idea.

...

On the eve when the two brothers, splintered now in blood and heart, part from one another, the aggrieved people of Albion proclaim. 

We do not want to be fought over by either dragons or wyrms, for whichever one prevails, the little men will lose regardless. 

And so a plan is hatched alongside Uther’s dream to birth a dragon in human form. Is it not customary to proffer a greedy dragon with a virgin? A tribute shall be gifted to Vile King Vortigern, so that he would be sufficiently distracted and thus turn the worst of his evils from them. This shall be no ordinary virgin. Nothing that the Vile King himself could clutch from the populace. 

No. 

This one shall be crafted to specifications. A vessel shall be made. A ritual shall be enacted to call forth that which he desires but may not touch. 

One who can withstand his savagery. One whose burning hurt will endure even the Vile King’s frozen embrace. 

...

Ritsuka is summoned into a ‘vessel’ during the Arthurian cycle in PHH, singularity style!

Core story is a flip on the classical wicked dragon and imprisoned princess tale. 

An exploration of what book Vortigern means by a ‘dark paradise where humans cannot step foot on.’

It’s less that Ritsuka is imprisoned and more that she’s enjoying domestic life, taking care of cantankerous dragon man Vortigern.

This tragic, weirdly domestic romance is doomed because, regardless of how she feels, she has to resolve this singularity and return to Chaldea.

The climax is Ritsuka’s servants aiding the local Artoria and coming to her rescue. 

Oberon Vortigern is among the rescue team, spearheading it. 

Final battle involves Oberon Vortigern against himself. PHH Vortigern against a version of himself. 

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FGO Fes 2024 "CHALDEA Treasure Hunting" Oberon Edition Experience Video (Earphones recommended / Low volume recommended) Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dElTAHf0m0

Disclaimer: the translation is rushed, so there's probably room for improvement. I'm just posting this here for personal keeping since similar videos have been taken down from Youtube in the past.

Note: The context for this part of the event storyline is that Ritsuka is sent on a treasure hunt for a lost Holy Grail (as it goes) by Goredorf. She gets to choose one among several servants (Aesclepius, Takasugi, Tiamat, etc...) to go with her. Only one though. This video is the Oberon choice. Yes, it is very otome game-esque. 😁

--TRANSLATION--

Come on an unforgettable adventure with me, the Fairy King Oberon!

“It’s a steam town!”

You…you’re a 20th-century kid, aren’t you?

You should be used to this kinda thing, shouldn’t you?

Ah, well, I get how it can be so exciting. It’s just as consumeristic as your era, but this atmosphere does have a certain romance to it.

It’s an era focused on industrial design that exposes its mechanical insides.

It really is the strength of humanity to imagine such a contradictory world.

Ritsuka Choice 1: “Thanks for taking me here.”

Ritsuka Choice 2: “You really are a dependable partner!”

What are you on about? Of course, I am! With such an invitation as yours, I, Oberon the Fairy King, will spread my wings and come flying your way!

Ah, my time really has flown though. Would you be able to bend the rules a bit? What shall we do on this chance adventure! Gotta look your best though, eh! 😉 Now then, according to this steam clock, there happens to a Blessed Holy Grail located underground! If we find it, we’re bound to get a bunch of QP, am I right? Let me repay my debt to you!

However, for this city looking so mechanical, there really are a lot of stairs…Not a single elevator to be seen! Well, let’s just get over with and go down. If only we could fly, but as you know my wings are a mere decoration. Perhaps I should ask DaVinci to make me some, then? Ah no, [rest of question to self not very audible]

Ritsuka Choice 1: “Oberon…! Wait!”

Ritsuka Choice 2: “I can’t see anything!”

Uh…did you say something? Sorry sorry, my attention must’ve drifted elsewhere.

Oh…our faces must be close, aren’t they?

Are you alright?

Man, you should look at your face! It’s a shame it’s so dark. If I had a camera, I would’ve taken a picture. Oh no, I meant nothing by that. Really though, it’s just I’ve never seen your face like that. It’s not your nerves in battle, nor the fear of death! Don’t look at me like a child there…ah, never mind. Putting it into words just takes the fun out of it.

More important than that, it’s that the two of us are alone down here. No fearsome enemies to be seen. Just us two enjoying a trip on this road together. The path seems to get narrower from here. Grab my hand and let’s head in! Don’t get too far from me, okay? Come on, give me your hand.

It’s really dark now. This must be the lowest level. Just one way to go now. I think it should be quite simple now!

Mm? Hmm? That’s what? From the back? Oh no, something unexpected happened again! Quick, Master!

This is a stubborn one! And it’s gaining on us to boot!

Ah the light’s starting to come through! Keep going!!!

There’s no way forward!

Get down, Master! Your hand!

Master and Oberon hold onto each other as they fell down.

To the bottom of the deep, deep darkness they went.

Sigh…the artist drowns in his art. Good grief. Who would’ve thought the road would be destroyed. Well, guess I’m just used to falling. It’s just a little [something] more than usual now.

O-----www.. Ah Master, are you alright?

After all that, there are an unbelievable amount of flowers here, aren’t there? More than enough for a lifetime! Flowers are always blooming somewhere you know? Water. Sun. Flowers. Bugs… Green. It’s all a cycle.

Yep, that was me who set the grail there. Let me know when you go an adventure, okay? Ah, the request itself was true! It’s just…you weren’t as calm as I thought you’d be so it didn’t go exactly as planned. Today is a very blessed day for you. That’s import-

Marine Nemo: Captain! I found Oberon! [We found him!]

Prof. Nemo: I believe Oberon is continuing to reject our transmissions~

Capt. Nemo: Ah, we finally connected! Oberon, is Master alright? When you went down, our signal got cut off.

Oberon: Oh my, I didn’t know about any of that! Master is alright and has even taken a Holy Grail! It’s no problem at all!

Eng. Nemo: ‘n that case, get yer ass back ‘ere already! After that, spill yer guts! Nurse Nemo: If either are injured, I can attend to you, so please feel free to ask.

Capt. Nemo: Everyone! Be quiet for a moment. Oberon, Master, above all else, I’m glad you’re safe. I really do want you to take your time to enjoy the town. If you would be so kind, could you take some photos for future reference? There must be so many vehicles in the Steam Town, certainly.

Oberon: Yep! We’re happy to bring souvenirs to you, Captain! After all, we gotta lift the engineer’s spirits too eh!

Eng. Nemo: I-It’s not like I’d want a motorbike or anything! Well…I have been thinkin’ ‘bout some extra parts for my Penguin Potter, so…

Oberon: Okay then! I’ll be right on the lookout for it! Well then, see you at Chaldea then.

Bakery Nemo: I’ll be baking a warm basket (of bread) for you then!

Oberon: Well right then. Let’s go back to the surface and let’s stroll around the town til the sun goes down! So messy and covered in grease and full of all kinds of shady shops it may be though. They’ll all become beautiful memories though. After all, as long as there are unknown worlds about, that means there are wonderful adventures to be had, right?

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Illustration for Lies and his Wife Truth.

The Starbread that the amnesiac Ritsuka makes to mark the end of her journey and the beginning of the new home in chapter 16: The Maggot and the Earthbound Star 4.0.

I meant to include a note about this bread at the end of the chapter, but I was too tired the night I finished that chapter. In any case, the proper name for this bread is Solstice Bread and there's a long pagan tradition behind this bread. Depending on the location and local beliefs, it can either be called sun bread or star bread, and there are a lot of variations in the details of the bread. It can be either savory or sweet since people typically use whatever is available around the time of its making. It can carry different meanings. At its core, it is a bread that is meant for communal enjoyment and made in celebration of the seasons.

Well, I personally know only surface-level stuff about the solstice bread, but I find it to be a beautiful bread and a beautiful tradition.

Commed art.

Artist: Cu Den

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I want to write pathetic simp lord Oberon 😀.

Like a crack fic with some meat to it.

The other day I watched some snippets of this new anime called The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to be Archenemies. And what a blast that was! Hilarious! The show has such infectious energy it makes me think of Oberon. You know, Oberon is already canonically kind of a weeb. He's a depressed shut-in simping for a 2-D fantasy girl (Titania, who doesn't exist), for whom he wants to destroy the world. Doesn't that just sound pathetic? 😀 No wonder some fans draw parallels between him and Blackbeard.

So... how about we just give him the whole weeb package?

Let's say... the moment he meets Ritsuka in LB6, he's instantly convinced that she's his Titania as opposed to at the end of the Lostbelt like in canon. And from then on is born simp lord Oberon.

Hahaha!

Then circumstances ensue and these two, the Insect of Abyss and the Last Master of Humanity, fall into a torrid affair where both sides keep beating around the bushes. Meanwhile, all the people around them already know what's up and they all think please just kiss already and stop this embarrassing display of 'we tote aren't heads over heels for each other honest!'

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TEMPURAWAYYYYY!!!!!

An acquaintance offers another round of YCH commission. I just think it’s hecking cute and hilarious.

My hubby thinks it’s sad and I’m being mean for picking the pose where they are separated 😂😅.

I said fine, fine ! I’ll order another one where they hug each other all lovey dovey like.

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In Christmas 2021, my darling husband, who at the time knew nothing of FGO other than my adoration for female Ritsuka, commissioned this piece for me as a Christmas gift.

Hehehehe... Aww... He didn't know I mostly ship Ritsuka x characterization and Ritsuka x Oberon. Hehehehe.

Still, Dantes is great.

This is the commissioned piece that reminded me that... wait a minute, I can tote do this too! I'm a working adult woman! I have money! I can pay people to draw the pieces I have in mind! And so on...

Yeah, I think I'm going to make this one into a printed poster for my home office.

Artist: Arthur TNG (he really did a great job here)

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The 2024 April Fool Event on JP Server was pretty wild, huh?

What if U-ELIZA-ORT were incubated in the usual place instead of Ritsuka's head for once? 😬 We would have a very different event then. Oberon would be unlikely to chalk everything up to a dream either because Dantes and Gramps would absolutely be on his bug butt.

Commed art by Kiwis Uwu.

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(Joke) Illustration for Lies and his Wife Truth.

Amnesiac Ritsuka picking up her husband(s) in the Welsh forest.

It's a scene in chapter 6 The Maggot and the Earthbound Star. Except as a joke. Alternative title: Oberon vs Oberon vs Oberon in the battle for the wife's attention. Hah!

Commed art.

Artist: PntP

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Ritsuka making a 'gift' for Karna that accidentally her way to Root 😅

Illustration for the fanfic 'A Master's Guide to Rehabilitating Self-Destructive Muffins,' in which Ritsuka attempts to put some pants on Karna 😀

I commissioned this... close to three years ago... and then I promptly forgot about it altogether cause I kept trying to hold off until I post the story.... hahahaha... ahem... well... it's here now. Because I'm trying to work my way through my 18 GB of documents and commissioned artworks on the Drive.

In any case, I need to finish that story. Just let me finish being sick and wrangling the bank over mortgage stuff first 😢

@erimies : Won't you post the artwork you made featuring... hehehe... well... you know what! That! Come on! Do it, Meri! Cheer me up, won't you please?!!! I love that piece you made!! It is so cool! Let's not lose any more of our cool story ideas and art pieces because we both have the attention span and memory of dodo birds and are way too overworked these days!

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ObeRitsuka. As per usual!

Commed. Artist: ThThao

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Character Illustration for 'Lies and his wife Truth'

Vengeful King Oberon, or as Morgan calls him, 'Dread King Vortigern.'

Artist: Nikru

I've been sitting on this character design for close to half a year now. I commissioned this design pretty early on during the initial drafting of Lies and his Wife Truth, mostly because this part of the story was in the plan since the beginning stage, before I even wrote the prologue.

It's one of my most demanding commissions to date, requiring months and lots of reference materials, going back and forth over several different designs with Nikru.

The core reference is the Witch King of Angmar, but through an Oberon lense (hence the stag antlers, which Oberon is said to have in several real-world lore), and with armor details from Garden of Avalon and FSN (it's said that Saber Alter's armor is drawn from PHH Vortigern's armor).

The mantis leg scythe comes from Oberon's in-game model. The sword is an original addition, as swords are typically associated with kingship in medieval Europe (plus canon Oberon always wanted a sword, so we decided to give him one).

The intention behind the design is... I want it to be disturbing. I want Oberon to look... both regal and inhuman (that's why we can't see his face or eyes here). Because while I want to write an Oberon Vortigern in love and being an actual family man, I also didn't want to defang the character. I didn't want to... what's the word? Sanitize him. The character is compelling because he straddles such a fine line as an eldritch being with a surprisingly human core to him.

And Ritsuka is compelling in her dynamic with Oberon because she's exactly the kind of character who can accept and embrace him as both the charming, capricious fairy king and the monstrous eldritch insect of abyss. If she needed him sanitized and humanized, then she wouldn't be the Ritsuka we know and love in the first place.

Haha! I am pretty happy with how this design turns out. Initially, my plan was to sit on this design until the story progresses to that specific point where we do get to see Vortigern takes the stage, waging retaliatory war against the Wind clan and wiping them out until only Aurora is left.

That part is... still a way away, for all that it's one of the first elements in the plan for this story.

In any case, I decided to post it now because 1/my drive folder is slowly overflowing with all kinds of commed arts and reference materials that it's getting hard for me to remember the pieces I commissioned and whether I have posted it yet... hahahahah.... curse my post covid memory. 2/ I have some concerns over storing all of my stuff in one place only, considering what's been happening with our online space and all. So this one is just another place for me to put stuff just in case.

Ahh.... I'm sick like a dog. Pray I get better this week.

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Illustration of Oberon-Vortigern and Titania!Ritsuka, by one of my favorite artists, Cioccolatodorima.

Absolutely gorgeous. I can't stop staring at it.

The Summer king and queen, inspired from the fanfic Lies and his wife Truth by Sythe on Ao3.

A gift for me and all other Obeguda fans out there.

Thanks to @asksythe for the illustrations and references to help me visualize this masterpiece. Love your story for feeding my obsession with this ship haha

[shaine26]

Illustration of Oberon-Vortigern and Titania!Ritsuka, by one of my favorite artists, Cioccolatodorima.

Absolutely gorgeous. I can't stop staring at it.

The Summer king and queen, inspired from the fanfic Lies and his wife Truth by Sythe on Ao3.

A gift for me and all other Obeguda fans out there.

Thanks to @asksythe for the illustrations and references to help me visualize this masterpiece. Love your story for feeding my obsession with Obeguda haha