Okay so the idea of a Kiran and Grima friendship dynamic is honestly one of my favorites in FEH.

Grima as a character was always intriguing to me, but he only became downright fascinating in retrospect of FE: Echoes. Seeing where he came from made his rather two dimensional villainy in Awakening gain a surprising amount of perspective and depth. This is a creature made purely out of a man’s insane hubris and was cursed to walk this earth for thousands of years as a result. He’s essentially Fire Emblem’s version of Frankenstein’s monster. This gave Awakening’s nature vs nurture narrative a significantly more fascinating base to stand on. Made it a bit more character driven, as you can begin to see why Grima holds the perspective that he does. However, there has yet to be a proper scenario in which we get to sit with him and explore the ideas that promises.

Which is exactly why I love the idea of Grima and Kiran. I do not think their dynamic should be dedicated to redeeming Grima via the power of friendship, as that’s more Awakening and Chrom’s brand. But rather, I think Grima getting summoned to Askr would shift the focus of nature vs nurture away from Robin and onto Grima himself. Robin got the chance to question this via their amnesia and now Grima gets to question this via this second start in a world wildly different from the one he walked for lifetimes. And Kiran acts as the off putting yet well meaning embodiment for what that could possibly mean. They are a weird, pitifully weak creature who has somehow succeeded where the scientist that made him and no doubt countless others after him have failed: They have the capacity to control Grima. This automatically means Grima has no intention to let them live for long, but they hardly have the same goals as those ambitious fools. Outside the demands of every conflict the Order finds itself caught up in, Kiran only uses their power to have interesting conversations with weird company. And when I say “use their power” I mean have tea with malicious dragon deity without loosing their head.

It’s hardly enough to get him to stop him from plotting a murder, as it’s only a matter of time before this goes south in his eyes. But it’s… intriguing to see such a comparably unmotivated individual in a position of such extreme power. The piqued curiosity leads to a the formation of a genuine bond as Mr. Wings of Despair Breath of Ruin realizes, “oh shit, I’ve encountered a being I don’t want immediately dead” and has a major existential crisis about it. It’s adjacent to Power and Nyaako from Chainsaw Man, but instead of a cat is Grima is watching this chaotic tactician earnestly fumble their way through this position thrusted upon them. And despite the light years of difference between the both of them, these two come to an understanding of one another that isn’t quite feasible by anyone else.

Meanwhile cut to the outside looking in perspective and this all looks downright insane. Kiran has befriended Fire Emblem satan. Has tea with him sometimes. It’s chill. Don’t worry about it. They say to Alfonse, who is realizing there is something not quite hinged about his tactician. Anna is crying because how the FUCK are they going to house a dragon the size of a mountain range. Sharena has been making cookies to go with the tea to give to the god of ruin this whole time.

i'm gonna throw the fuck up

i've returned for 2 seconds to tell you that they're not leaving my head. (sort of unrelated but i've been thinking as well. what if vasco died before machete ? what would go down)

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Guys Jansport adaptive backpack is on sale for 32% off on Amazon right now (blue color, pink color is on sale for 24%). The usual price is $70, right now it's $47.

if you're doing requests i LOVEEEE your pit withdrawal series like im obsessed so if we can get some more of that i would be so forever grateful and happy. maybe with bruce and jason. np if not tho ok thx <3

Summary of the new watcher announcement:

In Bedside Care for a Beast Collection Event, Chevalier winds up being grazed by a poisonous arrow. At first, he pretends that everything is fine, to only then allow himself to collapse over the bed. Emma is insistent and he knows it'd be a futile effort to attempt to deceive her.

... But he still initially tries.

I wonder, how many nights have he been in pain, all alone, just gritting his teeth through it and waiting for it to pass? Was it ever as bad as for him to count the hours remaining for his condition to improve? Was there ever a time he hoped for somebody to be there... Or how early was it that he's forsaken the thought?

And most importantly: how he must have felt when he allowed himself to be weak and pained in front of her, imperfect despite being assigned perfection, and so very human?

... Sometimes I wonder, you know.

many years ago someone complimented me on how sincerely i wished my ex well after a break up and i did mean it at the time but im truly not that bitch anymore i hope his nose is stuffy the rest of his life tbqph

the bojan-proximity sadness meter

permanent interactions call for 2024 !

hi! my name is morton. i'm a nervous little disabled guy with autism and adhd, but trying my very best to overcome my crippling social anxiety despite it all. extra reassurance that it's okay to reach really out helps me a lot! so if you don't mind, please like/reply to this post if now or at any point in the future you want to give me permission to do any of the following.

send you asks (prompted or not)

send you ask memes/writing prompts (prompted or not)

write you a starter (plotted &/or prompted or not)

private message you through IMs or discord (available to mutuals) to plot,  discuss starter/scenario ideas, figure out the best way to interact, or just talk about our characters in general!

mutuals in general are always 100% free to do any of these for me as well! if you have a preferred interaction method, please feel free to lmk either in the replies on this post or in my dms, or use the interest checker below!

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i'll still be slow. i'll still be anxious. but i'm gonna try to keep improving this year both with interacting, and knowing my limits so i don't push myself too hard and instantly burn out. gonna keep trying until i find a good balance and i'm glad to have yall around for the ride. 👍 (just please keep in mind that iono is a low activity blog, and will not be as active as my main pokemon rpc blog, @.wrongtrain.)

Every day I feel closer to Yiling Laozu era Wei Wuxian. Any day now I’m going to pick up necromancy and become the world’s most hated villain.

My ass doesn't even recognise when there's a blaze post on my dashboard. I just assume one of my mutuals has a new obsession or something.

The urge to make those fake Tumblr posts but it's random civilians in orv live reacting apocalypse vs I have exam tomorrow

I love Marvel’s way of dealing w/ child heroes. I really only read Runaways, Young Avengers, and Champions when it comes to that but they are absolutely buckwild. They either decide from the get go they want absolutely nothing to do with adult heroes, or get pissed at them after doing a team up and unionize with other kid heroes.

Child heroes in marvel before meeting the adult heroes: omg I hope my hero likes me I hope they're not mad I took their name

Child heroes in marvel after spending 0.5 seconds with any of the adult heroes: never mind these guys fucking suck my hero name now lol original who

Guys wait I realized! Its finally the Miami GP this wknd...Fernando needs to recreate those Renault pictures...

Collages I wish I could send to Aston as "reference":

might be me in a second lmaoo