#sharena's intro

[creativesplat]

Empathetic Ambassador : Sharena of the Future

@sharenaweek Day 1: Past and Future

Sharena's into under the cut

I can’t believe it, but the hero I’m telling you about today is… me? This me is from another world, and far older, advisor to the Askran King Alfonse, head of ambassadorial work, and a professor of philosophy on the side - wow! 

The hair she sports is a combination of mothers and mine - two buns on the side of the head and pig-tails like my pony-tail. That’s a lot of hair! Her skirt is like mothers, too, and looks very comfortable the detailing on the side of the dress reminds me of my boots, and the harness is similar to my skirt belt, and her armour has Askr’s crest! So cool! 

My - I mean her - weapons are good old Fensalir and three special tomes. If they remind you of Eir, Peony, and Veronica, they should! Each one is a study of the philosophy and magic of their realms Hel and Ymir, Ljósálfheimr, and Embla! And Sharena wrote them all! I can’t believe future me is so smart! 

Her world has established peace between Askr and Embla, and has an order of heroes dedicated to relief work and not war. That means she has time to study her passions like philosophy, culture, and making even more friends! I hope I can work as hard as her and grow up to form the peaceful world she speaks about! 

now a quick ramble on design:

Hair is similar to Celine's because I wanted it to be akin to Henriette's but still have the Sharena vibe

The reason she study's philosophy is because all that stuff with peony got her very existential and confused, she coped with it by looking into the philosophy of personhood and became hooked

I feel like her hair became more pink as she ages

the long skirt is because she mentions she would feel uncomfortable in the short DoD outfit Alfonse is in, therefore she would want something more flowy and comfy

[moe-broey]

6/13 • Day 5 • Change of Fate

Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Loooong ass time ago. I made a Hel!Sharena (dubbed Helena) concept. I wanted to revisit that, for the AU prompt! This was a little rushed, so I'm not entirely satisfied w her outfit... but you get it.

@sharenaweek

[ayymrr]

Day 6: Starry Sky

[crystalelemental]

FEH Books Redux

Unfortunately, I have re-downloaded FEH. A large portion of this was a friend telling me that they also re-downloaded the game, and were reading through the stories, and felt like there was more there than previously given credit. And we know how I am. I like to talk. So I'm going to talk about each of the books and what I thought of their story! This will also include character work, because for me, a lot of the impact of a story is character work. Especially here. We'll get to that.

Book One Book 1 is a pretty basic story, with exceptionally little going on. It's setup. All we really get out of it is a bunch of quick little short stories about each of the worlds, set against a backdrop of "Where's Zacharias?" and "Embla's royal family is cursed by their dragon god's blood to want to destroy Askr." There's a bit of establishment for Veronica's hostility, and that Bruno is Zacharias and searching for a cure. But fascinatingly, my own memory of the game's story had failed me. I thought this book established all the clear loneliness of Veronica and connections between her and Bruno, and...that didn't happen. Sharena notes that Veronica seems lonely, but a lot of those tidbits I remembered? Paralogues.

As a result, I have effectively nothing to say about the book. It's astoundingly boring. I actually wound up forgetting I was trying to re-read at one point, and skipped dialogue against Roy, because I had picked up the pattern and went "there is nothing of value being said before this fight." I was correct, of course. It's the worst book by virtue of what it is.

Book Two Book 2 is an odd one. It's more fleshed out as a story than Book 1 by a pretty large margin, but it's not good. The story is structurally sound, and events unfold in a logical order. But it lacks depth.

Surtr is just an incredibly bland antagonist, conquest for its own sake because royalty does whatever it wants, etc etc. Fjorm is fairly interesting given her drive for revenge, and Laegjarn is memorable because of her constant read on the Askr trio's strategies and staying one step ahead. But Hrid and Ylgr offer nothing, Gunnthra's neat to me but does nothing, Laevatein is bland as hell, and Helbindi does little for me. By character, there's little weight. Even Veronica gets set on a shelf. The most we get out of her is that Xander is super protective and willing to die for her, which is better for him than for her, and he's got his own game to establish he'd do that.

More than that, I think it just lacks for clear ideas. It doesn't really play with any concepts. It's a very bland sort of "Evil King, Good Princess" dichotomy, backed by "evil king's daughters aren't bad people but are trapped by his evil" for drama. Because FEH cannot help its origins: bad parents and familial tragedy is all it knows. I can't say there's much to examine that isn't present in virtually every Fire Emblem ever. I have little to say. Bottom tier.

Book Three Book 3 finally starts to pick up the pace. It is legitimately trying to be an interesting story. Unfortunately, its problem is that, despite having interesting concepts, it fails to see them through.

The intro presents a few really tantalizing pieces. Eir is the concept of a Merciful Death; an end that brings peace and closure in contrast to the horror of death as it naturally stands. Lif and Thrasir, the original sovereigns that founded Askr and Embla, return from Hel and seek to lay waste to their kingdoms. Hel herself is demanding and controlling of Eir, while Alfonse's father is immediately characterized as a bastard who cut off his son and who is feared by his children, creating an interesting comparison. With Lif and Thrasir, you can get a sense of the command of genealogy; the idea of a sort of cycle of violence and fear from parent to child extending back to the kingdom's founding, and challenged by those seeking to be a monarch for the people, and allying with one whose approach to death is that it should be merciful.

And then it proceeds to undo literally all of that. Lif and Thrasir are actually Alfonse and Veronica from another universe. Gustav actually super loved his children, even if he's a rat bastard. Eir isn't even from Hel, she's a good person from the life kingdom that Hel kidnapped, making her entire story just Nino again. All of that interesting setup is completely subverted in a way that makes it worse. The only interesting concept we retain is that Lif, having lost his kingdom, made a pact with Hel to revive his kingdom is he destroys another; trade a life for a life. It examines that idea of what the duty of a monarch is, and presents a once-good king who, having lost everything, chooses to protect his people by devastating another country. There's some interest in that! Shame Thrasir is completely wasted. And I think the conclusion of the book, Eir still weeping for Hel because that was her mother in her mind, has some power to it. That no matter how terrible your parent, they're still in some ways your parent, and it's okay to grieve them.

Book 3 feels like a book of exclusively missed potential. It's an interesting idea on the whole, but everything, down to the drama of individual events, kinda falters. Gustav's too much of a prick to feel anything about what they present. Eir's torture at the hands of Hel is sad, but in a fairly ridiculous way that doesn't make it as impactful given we never see a positive interaction between Eir and Hel. The defeat of Hel is also annoying. Good thing the rite that would completely destroy our kingdom was done by Lif and Thrasir, so we can just steal their completely ritual item and kill Hel with that! Problem solved! It's clownshoes. I don't really respect it.

Book Four Book 4 is a fairly rough intro. Peony does nothing for me, and the constant commentary in the early chapters about "It's a dream so anything is possible/everything makes sense" is annoying. I'm also just not a big fan of the costuming this book on the whole.

However. This might be my favorite book.

Once you get past the goofy intro, this book gets serious in a way that rules. The Dream World was literally falling apart for vague and uncertain reasons, and so the rulers of dream decided to steal children who are abused and abandoned, who would never miss their homes, and turn them into dream fairies to stabilize the realm. Freyr, who presides over good dreams, feels some guilt about this. Freyja, who commands nightmare fairies, considers it necessary. Their underlings remember none of this, but through the story, awaken those memories and are forced to confront their past. There's a great use of dream as escaping reality, using layers of dream to maintain dramatic weight in trying to escape Freyja's nightmare, and some fairly impactful twists and turns for the first time in the game.

In particular, I adore the antagonist trio. Freyja, being bullied and ostracized as a child, is intensely bitter and seeks to keep the attention of her brother, the only person who was ever kind to her, exclusively on her, growing hateful of mortals who he tries to attend to. She thinks of others, even her subordinates, as people to use, and doesn't recognize how much they matter until they're gone. Triandra and Plumeria themselves know this, but don't mind. Even after regaining their memories, they recognize they had nothing to return to, and their lives are better here. They're completely devoted to the one adult that ever really did anything for them. For Triandra, her parents were abusive, and she wound up killing her father to protect her sister. When they became fairies, Triandra, as the one facing that trauma, governed nightmare, while her sister Peony, who was shielded from the worst of it, retains hope and governs good dreams. For Plumeria, she was neglected and ultimately abandoned to die. She is deeply distrustful of others, and immediately assumes the worst intentions of everyone she meets, and treats all forms of attention as leering. Her role governing lewd dreams is due to a desire for attention and affection above all else, but a deep distrust of actual connection; she holds a safe distance in this role and hates everything about the people who arrive to her dream realm.

I do think Peony and Mirabilis are pretty bland. They're fairly one note and uninteresting. Peony and Sharena swapping roles and the whole changling situation is a pretty extraneous mystery, but I do think it thematically ties in well. The answer of "It doesn't matter who's the real Sharena, we shared so much that we're both a huge part of each other, and we're happy with our lives as they are" is kind of the whole focus of the dream. You dream to find the life you want, and map that to reality when you wake. Never waking is a problem, and is presented as maladaptive given it's the goal of the antagonists to prevent awakening. They're stewing in their misery. But facing what's real, accepting that maybe something is sad but finding happiness in your life, is the point. I do think it understands that circumstances drive which category you fall into. What Triandra and Plumeria suffer dictated a lot of what happens in the dream. It all works out pretty well, and is one of my favorite books.

Book Five Book 5, more than any other book, suffers from being stuck in a gacha game.

The main story involves Fafnir, king of Nidavellir, going on conquest after conquest against other nations, in an endless militaristic gambit. His brother Otr is all for it, his sister Reginn defects to your side, explaining that Fafnir was once very kind, but turned to war almost immediately upon taking the throne. The sage Eitri, who creates most of the mechanical weaponry used by the kingdom, has her own designs on capturing the summoner to replicate their power.

Turns out, Reginn is the princess of the kingdom, who was lost during the chaos of a coup years back. Eitri, a deeply devoted nationalist, feels like the country has gone to shit over this and seeks to put the true successor on the throne. The crown that Fafnir wears was Eitri's design, and drives anyone not of royal blood mad, ultimately corrupting them into a beast that will tear apart their own kingdom. Fafnir is just some guy she summoned from a different world, and has been searching for a way back, though he can't remember why, Nergal-style. Otr found this out, and has been working with Eitri to destroy Fafnir's home world gate to prevent him leaving, because he is so deeply attached and can't stand the thought of losing the only person he has left.

Dramatically, Reginn and Fafnir's tragedy lands really well. I'm a lot less invested in Otr, I think his stuff is interesting but not particularly compelling. Eitri is a delight, and the book ending video of her ranting about how she won this so hard her death doesn't even matter is the single best bit FEH has ever produced. The events as they unfold carry tremendous weight, presenting that Reginn's ancestors are on Eitri's side, calling for her to "Destroy the heretic" in reference to the man she sees as a brother. Which, thematically, makes this book slap. You are literally haunted by the spirits of those who came before, all the way back to the founders of the country, whose primary goal seems to be endless militarism and perpetuation of royal blood. The original king waged war on the jotun that oppressed them, but in turn created a nation that cannot escape the demands of blood and war. It is so intense that, given reference to a peace offering to Jotunheim that presumably took effect with Fafnir, any outside of the bloodline and their militarism is corrupted until they fit in line by the crown that signifies leadership. It rules.

Unfortunately. This is gacha. And this story is effectively told in about ten chapters. That's all it took to produce one of their best. But we can't have that. There must be 13 to meet the demands of the system they are trapped in. And so, the jotun.

Dagr and Nott are arguably the worst OCs in the game. They add so little that I consider them actively detracting from the story. Their existence adds so little that, when they speak, it feels like their character portraits pop in from literal nowhere. They have no presence or purpose, and Dagr's familial drama with Nott's death is completely without meaning. I assume it's supposed to mirror Reginn, whose family is fighting too, and resolve that oh even with fighting there's a bond of love. But Otr hates her guts, so like. It doesn't even do that.

This book is so close to my favorite, but the constraints of a gacha force them to produce three chapters of completely meaningless garbage to fill a quota. And it is deeply, deeply sad.

Book Six Book 6 is rough. We return to the conflict between Askr and Embla, to finish the conflict between these nations and officially welcome Veronica as an ally of state, rather than the ally of convenience she's been the last three books. To do this, we have to deal with Embla, who can control those who share her blood in the royal family to violent action against Askr's kingdom. We're finally resolving what Book 1 set up.

It sucks. Guys, I'm sorry, it's so bad.

Thematically, the books emphasis is on opening vs closing your heart to others, and the impacts of loneliness. Veronica was already emphasizing these themes, but they're renewed in Embla, whose final sendoff is that she is lonely and isolated, and perpetuates this fate for herself by never fully opening up to and trusting others. There are some solid bits like her conversation with Askr where she expresses fear of betrayal, and how he says he can't live in fear of betrayal and allow himself to abandon mortals over that. This bleeds over into a sort of "appreciate what you have" narrative, echoing back to Letizia, who is only bitter that she feels she has nothing because of what was taken, despite being the head of the Curse Directive and affection from both Bruno and Veronica. There are some decent thematic parts to this story.

But. Critically. It fails dramatically at every turn. Elm, Embla's retainer, is so pointless that he dies and I literally did not realize it. Embla's loneliness is explained two different ways: first by Askr who expresses that people wishing to migrate elsewhere felt like abandonment so she forced her kingdom's people to never leave, and second by saying that actually one of her subjects tried to kill her? For no reason? And that she then feared betrayal and closed herself off from others. These reasons don't really align so well, so her backstory feels conflicting. Letizia's on screen for like two lines of dialogue before going "Surprise! I'm evil!" and the whole first half focusing on how her lies will catch up to her people the masses can tell a good ruler from a bad one feels...just extremely juvenile given current circumstances. They kill Zacharias, too, which I feel is pretty lame. Though at the top of the goofs list is Askr's death, where he has to quickly ask Ash to consider him a father as he's dying to fulfill Fire Emblem obligations to only die for someone else to have family drama over.

I also don't really share the fandom's apparent attachment to rat god Embla. Don't get me wrong, I like her design well enough, but Embla's personality is pretty bland. The loneliness angle is something we've seen done better with Freyja, and more consistently with Veronica. Add in her unclear history and it's very hard to take her all that seriously. Really not a fan of this book on the whole.

Book Seven Book 7 is a time loop story, centered on the Golden Seer, Gullveig, and her predecessors in Kvasir and Seidr. The drama is mostly fixated on finding out who Gullveig is, in order to stop her growing into the universe-ending beast she becomes, but does have a nice conclusion we'll get to.

To cut to the chase: I actually liked this book quite a bit. I generally like time travel stuff, even if it's absolute clownshoes nonsense. There are straight up Yugioh filler arc events in this, countering Gullveig's infinite power with your own infinite power but adding another attack so yours is bigger. It's nonsense.

The good of this book hinges entirely on Gullveig. I love a good sad girl, and Gullveig's whole thing is tragic time loop, so like. I am a sucker. Kvasir is also pretty interesting, though she gets less time. Seidr is...fine. She's your current iteration of the same entity, who is light and hope. In contrast, Kvasir is deeply lonely, having literally no one outside of the summoner ever appearing in her life, while Gullveig is created by the head light god by having her kill her sister to stop a curse that then jumps to her to make Gullveig, who hates what she's become. They're way more interesting iterations. I think the romance is kinda whatever, Kvasir doesn't get enough interesting interaction with the summoner to make her feelings feel all that engaging. But it's fine.

The main problem with the book is mostly that outside of Gullveig, it's...not particularly engaging. Head Light God (Njordr?) is just Lord Gwyn, fearful of the rise of humans and aiming to destroy the entire world because better absolute death than a world without him. He then tries to order Gullveig around after having her kill her own sister and absorbing her curse, and is surprised when she just unmakes him. Nerbuz is really boring. She does basically nothing of interest. Seidr's sister, Heidr, is also just nothing. She exists to have a curse and be a momentary fakeout on the true identity of Gullveig, but the trailers for the book spoil the hell out of who it really is, so it doesn't even work. And of course, "Will you make a baby with me?" Even if they try to downplay it as just a spiritual thing haha, it's a weird thing to throw in, FEH.

I think this is a solid "Decent." Not as strong as book 4 or 5, but perfectly serviceable and engaging enough I can get behind it. I blame this on their refusal to outright gender the summoner, but clear desire for you to interpret them as male, resulting in Gullveig's overt feelings being tragic sapphic time loop material. I'm taking this, knowing that it would bother the devs.

Book Eight Book 8 is an interesting one overall, but I think it's another middle of the road one.

Its positives are largely in how it handles its character drama with the kids. I wound up really liking most of the kids, with Nidhogg in particular just being devastating at the end. They handle what they're doing with their cast a lot better, despite having yet another huge OC cast.

The downside is that, the crux of this drama is...kinda stupid? The setup is also seen in Octopath Traveler 1, where your healer heals an evil man because their healer code says they can't decide who lives and dies, then the evil man does evil to them and they Change. This happens to Yggdrasil Man (Laerdor?), who changes his family from the Healing Hands to the Quieting Hands. But like. This crux also relies on him, a literal god, being kidnapped super easily, and then also all of his kids being killed. It also explains that evil man didn't even hesitate and killed all his kids immediately, even though them being alive for the moment was supposed to be the motivation for Yggdrasil Man to work. It's a little much, is my point. I can't take it fully seriously. The work well with the ground work set, but the ground work is kinda flimsy.

And with that...

Book Nine (So Far) So, without the full book, I can't talk to it too much. But I will say this. I don't hold high hopes.

Alfador is being set up as purely a despot, Baldr as self-righteous, Hodr or whatever her name is being the quieter girl who's more self-depreciating so I like her better, Rune isn't really doing anything, Loki's around but who cares. And you can kinda map a good chunk of tihs, I think. Baldr's going to have a moment of reckoning, likely with Hodr dying because family drama is a must. Alfodor's going to have no appreciation for life because that's damn near every single antagonist in every single book thus far.

There's one (1) point of interest, in Alfador's accusation that Askr is attempting to conquer the nine realms. Which. Isn't too far off. It's not intentional, but how many realms have we killed the king and installed a sympathetic monarch in their place? All of them? Except Embla, who we're friends with anyway. If the realms stand isolated, this does pose a problem. Moreover, there's ongoing lore around your summoner being wildly overpowered, having the ability to constrain anything, even gods, with their power. It's something many characters seek to gain for themselves, but it also...never amounts to anything. Outside of Eitri, no one really does anything about it. So it's just...up to the individual narrative to make reference to your power being scary, or just let it go as not important right now. It makes each book feel highly isolated, despite its intent as a unified story.

Moreover, it does feel incredibly repetitive when you're shotgunning the whole thing. The concept behind the story itself seems to be the bigger draw; there's literally no other explanation for why Book 3 is so popular. Even the ones I like are largely carried for me by "I think dream realm/steampunk/time travel is cool, so these are the ones I liked." It's rare that character work gets really interesting, as pretty much every character that lands on something is some sort of familial drama. Characters they care about die, or they die for someone they care about, maybe parent is garbage and doesn't care at all and the siblings are the ones that die, maybe parent does care but their death is a catalyst. But there's not much wiggle room here. And around all of this, we're dealing with the constraints of telling a story while being a gacha. It's just. Not particularly great for them. There are components I'll carry with me. But by and large, it's nothing too special.

[serenit-teas]

Gonna go wild and throw this out here imagine Cult of the Lamb FEH AU where the summoner is the lamb(or whatever animal you like honestly!) and it plays out very similarly to the actual intro of the game where ‘we’ (the summoner) are summoned by the god Askr.

Though the Dragon(Bull?) comes off a little strong and starts speaking to you through your mind in a tongue your once human ears aren’t accustomed to hearing - - while also reeling from the sudden summoning - - so being understandably dazed and frantic you run off, but before making it too far and gathering your bearings you’re captured and intended to be used as the final sacrifice by some ragtag cultists hoping to get in good graces with the fell god Embla, though before anything can be completed you’re saved by Askr.

And after being saved and given adequate time to process what has just happened, the god gives you two things. The first, a blessed cloak and hood, by wearing this item are you able to understand the language of this world. And second, a sacred artifact, one he calls Breidablik, that was once full of divine power meant to bring peace, but now a victim to time. The god is solemn when he tells you that despite your transfer into a new world and rescue from the cultists, the poor god is at the end of his strength, his life is almost spent. His bringing you here was a last ditch effort to have someone listen to his pleas.

He tells you of a kingdom that is fighting a losing battle against the same people that almost killed you. The Askran kingdom is on it’s last leg and the Emblian empire is wasting no time in wearing their forces thin. Askr is desperate and earnest when he pleads for your help, says, ‘That you must be the one. When I extended my powers and searched for someone to take my hand, you did. Only one with an open heart could have made it here.’ .

- - -

That really is as far as I’ve gotten plot wise! But there’s a million ways that things could go and be developed! ^^ Maybe Askr has a means of communicating with the Askran royal family and has told them to expect ‘A new ally’. Maybe the Summoner comes across Alfonse, Sharena, or Anna struggling to hold off some enemies and helps them out and one thing leads to another and boom! You are now part of the Askran kingdom defense squad! <:) (The Order of Heroes!)

Maybe it’s a situation in which a gods powers are dependent on the amount of those who are devoted to them, and in turn that power is what keeps said nations and even its royal families healthy and safe!(Something something gods imbuing royal families with their blood so the fate of the god affects those who were blessed as well) So the Askran kingdom as well as its royal family really are in need of some help!🥺

Please excuse the rambling I had an idea and absolutely went wild with it😔

[thot-farm]

WE ARE FINALLY GETTING QUEEN HINOKA. (This gives me hope that we will get King Leo someday.)

She is the wielder of both Fujin Yumi and Raijinto. she is only a 2 ranged unit tho 🫤.

The feh game8 rated her 9.5 and said she is going to have abysmally low def/res.

I'm not that excited to actually use her as a unit, especially since bow Leo exists with dog shit def but high res.

But I am excited to have her just because I love Hinoka.

Sharena trying to make me cry with this intro (it's probably not that sad. I'm just emotional)

"As a Hoshidan princess, Hinoka fought against Nohr with her siblings. But during the conflict, she lost both her older brother, Ryoma, and her younger brother, Takumi…"

"Now, she carries on her fallen brothers’ purpose, as well as the heavy weight of being Hoshido’s queen. They say that her dignity and determination inspired Hoshido with renewed hope!"

[feh-updates]

Sharena added more Hero intros to Meet Some of the Heroes! This time, Chloé: Spring Wings, Framme: Spring Fangirl, Mirabilis: Spring Daydream, Linhardt: Spring Snoozer, and Sylvain: Spring Flingster have been added.

Learn more:

[clouvu]

Instys really said Beefy Wife Rights 

[phantominarii]

hi fire emblem what the fuck

[monasterys]

EDELGARD ; MOODBOARDS

(not) sharena's intros: allow me to introduce to you... lady edelgard of the adrestian empire! the lord who took the phrase "be gay, do crime" a little too seriously.. she is a force to be reckoned with, the independent, mysterious woman who plans to put an end to the church and begin a new chapter in history.

[oyabxn]

🐋Valentines Day Jinbei Intro🐋

Summoned: "I am Jinbei. It appears there is a festival for the Day of Devotion, is it not?"

Status Page

"Ah."

"I am the first son of the sea. Tell me, is this the festival Commander Anna spoke of?"

"Come now. This is no time to sneak up behind me, Summoner. Or you won't get your gift."

"You think my outfit suits me? Consider me grateful. Very grateful."

"Festivals are fun. I wonder if Tiger will like this one....."

"Hmm? Am I in love? No. I haven't experienced it."

"Princess Sharena seems to be in good spirits. If she's happy, then I'm happy."

"Do not worry. Someday, you may find your own happiness, friend."

Turn Action

"Of course."

"Wise decision."

"This way?"

Special Trigger

"Here's a gift for you!"

"This is how I feel."

"How joyous!"

"Don't think I'm sweet."

Defeat

"A grave mistake......"

[diadoescomics]

You're probably sick of some FEH questions, but I got a hopefully "better" one. I know Book 4 isnt done yet, but how would you go about altering it to make it better, while still keeping the light/dark fairy and sleeping realm themes? Do you think they can still pull something out before the book ends to really make the overall story worthwhile? And, less critical thinking, thoughts on our new sleeby binch Mirabilis?

I think they could start with the character designs for one. You can keep the theme of the dream/nightmare but just looking at all the book 4 OC designs you wouldn’t say they’re from a FE game. Also drop the rapey undertones that’s just nasty. 

And IF they’re doing a nightmare realm, I feel like they coulda use more material from the previous books, like they made Bruno and Hel appear but I feel like it was such a throwaway “hey remember these guys?” sort of deal. They coulda given us more heart wrenching drama but instead we get...whatever it is we got. I will be very impressed if they actually manage to turn it around and make it interesting before the end but I’m not holding my breath. The stuff about Sharena is interesting, but taking from the new intro video it looks like they’re gonna focus more on Peony and Triandra for whatever reason.

As for Mirabilis I don’t really have anything to say. Her whole character is “sleepy” and we got people who do that way better in fe, see Haar and Linhardt. 

I’d be way more invested in the story if it actually felt a bit more fe tbh. 

[troublesomeknight]

I honestly don’t trust Peony. I think she’s up to some shit. Am I really the only person who noticed how at the end of Sharena’s introduction for her on the website, Sharena only mentions that she went into the dream world to help Peony and then idly thinks she may have forgotten something? 

Also there’s the way the sequence loops at the end of the trailer. That seems pretty sketchy. 

Edit: Okay, never mind. I actually watched the intro video for the new heroes and Peony has a quote about children forgetting about fairies when they grow up. So I guess her thinking she forgot something might just mean she met Peony before as a child. I still think there’s more going on than it seems.

[witchsshop]

Me: Decides to pair up Alfonse and Fjorm

gets to the end of book 2 and learns that fjorm doesn't have much time and that she is going to die

Me: oh no

sees intro to book 3 and sees death killing sharena

Me: OH NO

gets to the part where alfonse's father dies protecting him

Me: OH NO

Sees that his father comes back as an undead and alfonse has to kill him

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[reuska]

Some people thinks that Eir is a brainwashed Sharena, that's why Lìf doesn't want to help Eir to remember her past. Maybe he doesn't see her as his sister (that's why he still protects the flowers, like if the real Sharena is dead) or maybe he thinks that remember her old life would be too painful for her. What do you think? It would be another cool plot twist

I’ve heard the idea and it’s beautifully provoking but unlike the time I first heard the Lífalfonse theory, I can’t find any solid hint that would back this one up. I’m not sure I would be able to come up with Lífalfonse theory by myself (I’m a naive audience by default) but when I heard it for the first time, I recalled all the book3 events, especially the previous chapter and suddenly it all made a terrific sense.

With Eir it doesn’t. The intro shows her memories at the very end. The flowers. Alfonse and Sharena looking at her. I believe it’s her first person memories because of the angle of the flower. If she was Sharena, that second moment would include only Alfonse. Also, Eir said she remembered Hel smiling at her, and white wings. But since her stable memories start after the Dead!Askr got wiped out, if she was Sharena, she would not have memories of Hel BEFORE.

(If I ignore this contradiction, Hel could kill Sharena but a valkyrie (Thorr???) came and blessed her with 1000 lives so Hel took Eir as her daughter and kept sucking up Eir’s lives. This sounds really valid if you ignore those memories of Eir. Hel, I like it xD But I still think Eir is a standalone character with many twists to reveal.)

Anyway, I love how no one trusts anything in Book3 anymore. It’s hillarious :D

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Similarish~

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My original plan for the similarities post was to see what similarities I could pull out of my ass from their ver 1 intro pics, but, suprise /s, only the boys really had any.

V1 Camilla doesn't even have an intro (which was actually a surprise), so there is nothing to compare to Hinoka. Bow Hinoka and B!Camilla didn't have any similarities either. Elise doesn't have any that are similar to Sakura. I didn't look at Takumi's and Leo's intros. Xander's and Ryoma's intros, which had to be Sharena's best attempt and making them seem completely equal because almost every picture and every other sentence with them is a similarity

Oh, and I ran out of room to put Cornball and Azura. They would have all been compared to each other, but it would have been a stretch. I believe I was going to do L!Azura thinking about Nohr and Hoshido and fateful prince/ss having to decide between Nohr and Hoshido.

Off topic but feh related. I wish we had King Leo and Queen Hinoka. Even if it's Fallen Leo and Hinoka, I'm okay with it. I'd even be okay if there was a Camilla wielding Siegfried thrown in there just because she can.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE IS DAWN M!CORRIN?!?! M!CORRIN DESERVES LOVE, I LIKE FEMUI AND M!CORRIN BOTH BUT HE IS GOOFIER WHICH MEANS HE IS>>>