#Fire emblem Ike

[artofminmini]

*points* married

[theblindarcher]

Not a bad pull.

GBA style portraits of Brave Ike, Stefan, Shamir, and Reina commissioned by jesusflowers14 on Twitter

[platinumamiii]

~ Emblem Ike~

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

Ike and Elincia for my sister!! It was her birthday a couple days ago. Happy birthday Laura, I love you so much! 💖

[riftek]

shhhh im cooking

[this-is-your-last-dance]

Ike appreciation post! Path of Radiance Ike is such a genuine and so sweet and pure-hearted🥹he's such a rare kind of main character!

He's blunt (to the point of being considered rude) and honest in a way they don't allow many main characters to be, he makes mistakes but he always does his best to learn and apologize when he messes up! He's not dumb or oblivious! He's actually very perceptive and understanding of others, especially of Soren! He seems to be able to read Soren's emotions and quirks as much as Soren can read his! Most would assume Soren isolating himself and looking depressed is just "typical Soren" (in Titania's words lol) But Ike can see through it and can tell how much he's truly hurting🥺 He wants to help Soren and protect him! He knows exactly what to say when he reassures Soren when Soren's being down on himself!🥹(Ike would hate anyone who hates Soren, he is Soren's #1 defender) He loves Soren so much, they BOTH know the most about each other. Ike wants to be a good person and do good things and be there for the people he loves! He values freedom and equality!

He believes in people and the goodness in others, but when he witnesses true evil he does not hesitate to strike them down. Interestingly (or not because or how stupid most misconceptions about Ike that are spread are) unlike most would assume about Ike, he's NOT obsessed with fighting. He is not the typical fe character obsessed with fighting trope. He takes no joy in being a part of the wars and hurting others. Most of his boss conversations is him asking the enemies to retreat or surrender, and when there is no other choice, he fights. Because he has no other choice. But his first choice is to be merciful. He enjoys sparring because it makes him feel close to his late father, he says sword training helps him him and (we also know that he is desperate to prove himself and avenge his father) he wishes to become stronger to protect his family.

Ike witnesses horrors and the harsh truth of the world what war really means. By the end of radiant dawn he's SO tired. But he still makes sure that the world of Tellius is doing well and recovered before he leaves with Soren.

He trusts that they can manage peace and harmony. He believes in them all!

(If i wanted to make a true Ike appreciation post I'd just post the entire two games if i could lol)

[arkus-rhapsode]

Oh, Ike… How I’ve missed you.

[dailyfigures]

Ike ; Fire Emblem ☆ Intelligent Systems

[hoshidensha]

Looptober / Melotober Day 19: Lords + Nostalgia

Radiant Dawn was my first Fire Emblem (purchased right when it came out for retail price lolol) and also one of the few games I've fully completed, so it's deffo nostalgic for me heheh

[maris-stella]

something something old meme

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[yancadoodles]

a quick valentines' ikesoren doodle ~ i always wanted to draw these alts

[gabbieviie]

Ike

[foundfamilyhq]

[mr-president]

yeah idk man

[nerdyoatmealart]

I originally started this Ike painting last year, but after a certain point I was absolutely stumped on what to do for the background. Ike taking up a good portion of the canvas didn’t help.

My sister and I were finally able to get our hands on a copy of Path of Radiance near the end of 2023, and it helped me finally get an idea for his background. So now the painting looks like Ike going back to reflect on some of his memories from when his journey first started.

His canvas is a panel 4” x 4.” He’s for sale for $20 and shipping as well! DM me if you’re interested!

[thisvegetabledoesntfallinlove]

Isn't Ike gay coded tho?

you've activated my trap card, I could talk about Ike's queer coding for hours so TLDR for those who don't want to read a text wall about some jrpg character they don't know, Ike is queer-coded, and both gay and aro Ike are perfectly valid readings of the text.

Ike's pretty universally agreed to be queer-coded. most of his coding falls into the "complete lack of attraction (to women)" area. (for instance, completely rejecting Aimee's advances and being generally uncomfortable with her seeing him in that light, or his utter disinterest in admiring pretty ladies with Gatrie.) because its coding (ie subtext) and not canon (ie textually stated) there's a level of interpretation required. there's a number of queer men that fit the specific divergence from heteronormativity that is "not interested in relationships with women." mostly gay men and aspec men.

one can easily read his relationship with Soren, for instance, as being romantic, because of some tropes present that are usually reserved for romance only in fiction. (for instance, his ending where he runs away with Soren is usually cited as being the closest Ike gets to a fire emblem protagonist's typical marriage ending.) but a stated-platonic relationship that's more important and committed than friendships are usually depicted as also pretty easily maps onto aromantic experiences of anti-amatonormative friendships and queerplatonic relationships, which leads his dynamic with Soren to be an extra check on the aro-coding list as well. actually, his relationship with Soren has less romantic framing than his relationship with Elincia, (which has similar amounts of More Committed Than Friendships (are usually depicted as) as well as multiple instances of characters commenting on its romantic subtext (shinon "you fell in love with a pretty little princess" and Ranulf "oh what a romantic atmosphere") which Ike doesn't respond to, and doesn't clarify on.) despite this, Ike and Elincia are pretty widely regarded as textually platonic, since they never do anything expressly romantic like kiss or confess attraction or get married or something, and if it was meant to be romantic they would've because there wouldn't have been any reason to encode a M/F romance. in my opinion, his relationship with Elincia kind of sets a bar for how committed, close and romance-adjacent his platonic relationships get, and none of his relationships with men really exceed that besides maybe Soren, who he's closer to but not more romantically framed than.

all in all, his coding leans heavily into the "confirmed bachelor" kind of queer, without giving much clarification on his attraction or lack thereof to men. what's important is that he's not interested in women romantically. so he's definitely queer-coded, but not down to a specific label. just a general vibe that gay and aromantic men share. both readings are supported by the texts, both groups have been known to relate to and project upon him, and there's room for both interpretations in fandom spaces.