An update on my FE awakening, whoa a lot of stuff happened like I ended up s ranking chrom but his older sister is dead and there was more war stuff like ballisto is dead now too and validar guy has the emblem, all this stuff is crazy and what was your reaction to that happening for the first time around?

look I'm weak. I love Chrom. I S-ranked Chrom. I regret nothing. It's an excellent choice.

It's honestly hard to remember my initial reactions, though, considering I first played the game almost eight years ago at this point. My memory of events is spotty on a good day, and at this point I've built up so much additional story around the events of the game for one of my WiPs that it's hard to parse out what the original feelings were from what my deeper story examination of events has made.

I do know that I was honestly really sad when Emmeryn died, because I really liked Emmeryn, and I was equally distraught when Basilio died because I really liked him too he was great and I was so hoping he would make it with Lucina's warning and also Validar is the worst I hate him and also I was really scared for Robin by the end of tha chapter for. You know. Reasons.

Awakening has so many interesting points and potential and then it just- aaaaaaaaah! This is why we have fanfics! There's so much to explore there that the game just glosses over or doesn't mention at all. It has been so long, and still I crave more XD

THIS EXACTLY!! I wasn't kidding about that decade of brainworms tag -- I started actively writing Future Built in 2016, but I was in the planning phase in 2015, meaning I've been attached to this game and this story and its untapped potential for eight years.

...damn, that's crazy to realize.

I'm not done writing fics, either, I'm just on break due to burnout. Please know I crave writing every day. The spirit is willing but the fingers are recalcitrant.