#grimleal trash heap;

[theotherseapancakes]

this is dumb. but i cannot quit thinking about the fact grima has that weird bulbous bit from the FEA models like im... is that his stomach. man. just--there's so much to unpack. do we wANT to try to unpack Grima Anatomy again. D-do we? We need to, don't we. I can't write fic without thinking abt this now... augh

[theotherseapancakes]

im gonna need all of you to listen and go vote for the sake of Grimleal we can't lose this one

Higher Bracket Round 1-B: Match 11

Narinder/The One Who Waits(Cult of The Lamb) vs Grima(Fire Emblem Awakening)

[inuringly]

TOMORROW IS A NATIONAL GRIMLEAL FUCKER HOLIDAY SO HERE Y’ALL GO did i make this for myself. Yes. Yes I did. [[ Fell Xenologue - memories of a sad princess from another time historical accounts often ask, “why did it take so long for Grima to try to end the entirety of Ylisse? Nobody could answer it, except the former Queen, perhaps.  ]]

[theotherseapancakes]

Today is absolutely the day I stare at Grima and I ponder way too hard how that fucking thing grew. Forget the tongues discussion I want to know if that top neck part formed off of a normal spinal column that went out of control. I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS

[theotherseapancakes]

ARGH I JUST THE THEMES OF FEA ARE SO FUCKING PERSONA AND NOT PERSONA AND BY THAT I MEAN LIKE OLD SCHOOL PERSONA AND I JUST CANT FUCKING COPE. IM GONNA EXPLODE I GOT TO TALK ABOUT IT i am working on writing a smt4 oneshot taking all of this into consideration because I feel the main heroes/antagonists in FEA could really well fit into the usual alignment and philosophical debate dynamic--

[theotherseapancakes]

HI I CAN'T LINK VIDEOS IN ASKS I DONT THINK? SO I'LL JUST PUT IT HERE:

(OFC it was Excelblem. Of course. Who else?)

im not going to anon - hi, fellow grima enjoyer logging in to say that prev ask made me giggle bc I recently saw a vid on youtube covering the topic of just how many Falchions TECHNICALLY exist in the ENTIRE FE series and the answer was like "45" and I hate that so much. It IS kinda funny though, it's like The Master Sword But Worse. The Unmastered Sword. The Everywhere Blade. Naga must be toothless (literally). anyway i love ur analysis etc. ok byeeee

HELLO FELLOW GRIMA ENJOYER IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU

but also I'll be honest: I can absolutely see 45 existing when you get into all the technicalities. It's ridiculous.

(if you find the video again I'd love to see it, that sounds like an entertaining watch)

[theotherseapancakes]

I so very badly now want to write about RKC trying to cook and destroying a building or something idk. Thinking about this so much. If he's opposite Chrom maybe he can be puppeted to do better. Does Grima cook better. What if he's actually worse. What if he makes everything too raw on purpose. This is exactly why he just orders takeout all the time in the one AU what is he going to do. Not only is he Chrom, he is Zombie Chrom. Doubly incapable. He can play a mean piano though

[theotherseapancakes]

Very entertaining to me how one of the most popular tumblr posts I have is me yelling (sleep-deprived) about Chrom's insecurities.

(I rambled this got long im sorry.)

Slightly, SLIGHTLY less funny that it constantly reminds me that was the day a bird broke into our house and refused to leave, though, which is funny, in a horrible way. Because Chrom attracted a Robin, I guess, IDK. It was a small one. (It was not funny at the time. Literally nobody would help us we called EVERYWHERE just had to make our poor roommate come home.) I get notes on that one so often. I feel like Chrom's insecurities SHOULD be obvious, but maybe they're not AS obvious as I thought? Hrmmm. Food for thought. ... I'm putting this on main because I'm scared it'll also blow up somehow--but while I'm here, I'm also thinking about how FEA has some really good leitmotif useage. Like, I think anyone if they just listened to the OST will notice the obvious Id ones (which I tend to feel belong to Robin, as the protag, which makes sense to a degree, but Chrom too) but I feel like rambling specifically about something dumb. Say how "Such Bonds Are The True Strength of This Army" has such a simple melody that gets reused in so so many pieces. It's really good stuff; Nintendo music is always leitmotif heavy in the best ways but it's not absent here. It makes the game feel cohesive to me. Also I can't think of many times I've heard the notes to Id Purpose also in other songs. It's present in Sorrow for obvious reasons but I still just. Gosh, I fucking love this game. I know it's a mess, I know it has issues. I know, I know. But fuck if it doesn't compel me. I don't ask much of my fiction. Just engross and compel me. Sell me on your characters. And I can't deny awakening does that. Sitting here rotating Robin in my head and Chrom and thinking about how their relationships really do mean the difference between so much. Grima is so lonely (the latest FB event makes this doubly obvious I would say) and Robin is so surrounded by friends and allies. That shit hurts. Like, imagine if you made all these friends only to be told by the universe, hey, no, fuck you, giant dragon time. Anyway everyone should go play the gay awakening mod and also my game about anime chess people, it was the one that introduced easy mode gdi. GO PLAY IT PLEASEI M ON MY KNEES CRYING AND BEATING THE FLOOR.

[theotherseapancakes]

There that's better, two ficlets in one day or so is pretty good. Not fully recovered enough to art but I sure can write yee-haw. I'm back on track and have generated tomorrow's themed word for Grimaugust. I don't know why I'm doing this, but my brainrot is so strong. So very strong. Waugh. I love them.

[theotherseapancakes]

Guess I’m seriously designing Taguel AU Chrom now. That is a thing I am doing.

[theotherseapancakes]

OK so honestly this started as a joke but sincerely requesting how much we know about Chrom’s parents from anyone who I can light the Fire Emblem bat signal to because uh... Well I have reasons, that will be discussed Later. Important ones. But ik the Grima Squad probably knows more than I do

[theotherseapancakes]

Me when I try to design fire emblem clothes like

[theotherseapancakes]

thing 1 and thing 2 but its just Morganses RKC showing up and scruffing both of them by their hoodies or whatever like “ok enough Grima needs u”

the current forging bonds rerun exists for me specifically. does the person who decided fp morgan is fp grima's overglorified secretary know how funny they are. does he file grima's taxes

[theotherseapancakes]

ok, ok. I have a few things i need to draw today but the one taking precedence is an art ref for my MRobin because I REALLY need to do this...

[theotherseapancakes]

I have been helping new roommate with unpacking hell, and introducing them to Fire Emblem. And DunMeshi. And a lot of things. Slowly. (They've been playing BG3 for me in turn. Fun!) But tonight, I am going to work on this Chrima fic, because the new Resplendent Grima has me Some Kinda Way. I have been meaning to write about the Muspel alts for awhile, so... Rest Assured, Grimleal, It Was Seen

[theotherseapancakes]

HELP IM DYING thank you for this incredibly funny and important reference--

i've always had trouble finding real references for what robin's clothes look like under their coat, so when i unintentionally spawned robin without his coat while playing with mod stuff i figured i'd share

don't worry about what's going on around his waist that ain't what's important here