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Practice with some poses found on Pinterest (poses by mellon_soup and kibbi_the_kibbitzer)
#my art#cards#Alvis wilson#Mahira cor#four of hearts#king of hearts#Dylan espadas#king of spades#rune Diamant#prince of diamonds#mercury cor#ace of hearts#amethyst diamant#ace of diamonds#hearts#diamonds#spades
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toa anniversary munday!
Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.
Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!
Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.
Name: Nic
Pronouns: they/them
Birthday (no year): 14th July
Where are you from? What is your time zone? The UK (BST)
Roleplay experience: I started around like '06 via msn or stuff doing Harry Potter or Naruto rp with my friends.
Got any pets?: Catcat!
Favorite time of year: Summer - I hate the heat but like, I need the sunlight to keep myself together
Some interests and things you like: Reading, writing, languages and linguistics, astrophysics, mythology, history, animals uh... I find almost everything interesting and it definitely keeps me awake a lot.
Some funfacts & trivia about you: I fell asleep at a scout camp once in the toilets and didn't hear the tannoy that was sent out for me. My grandfather taught me how to stroke bees. I love water/the oceans/seas/rivers but never learned how to swim. Peas scare me. I'm pretty good at -- and rather competitive about trivia games and quizzes.
What non-Fire Emblem games do you play?: The Sims! Dragon Age, Persona, Story of Seasons, Rune Factory, Stardew Valley, Wildermyth
Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: Fire or Fairy and I just think Dreepy is very endearing.
How did you get into Fire Emblem?: I saw a review of it on a news channel and decided to try it out. Then I became obsessed and haven't looked back since.
What Fire Emblem games have you played? I've watched playthroughs and read scripts for all but I played about half of fe5, fe7 (lyn and eliwood modes only though), fe8, 3/4 of fe9 before my emulator crashed, fe10 and everything post Awakening.
First Fire Emblem game: Fates
Favorite Fire Emblem game: Either Genealogy, Radiant Dawn or Three Houses
Any Fire Emblem crushes?: Ayra, Mercedes, Camilla, Lucia, Diamant, Jeorge, Sonya and oh my god I hate myself for this but Sylvain.
If you’ve played the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays?
- Awakening: Chrom but now I'd probably opt for Libra or Henry?
- Fates: Takumi before I knew what an S support was. Kaze as a neutral pick, Subaki for Hoshido and Niles for Nohr
- Three Houses: Dimitri or Mercedes ?
- Engage: Yunaka was my first!
Favorite Fire Emblem class: DARK FLIER. but also any pegasus class is so chefs kiss for me
If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class? I'd want to be a pegasus knight or a mage but I could see myself being an armoured unit tbh
If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? LION PRIDE LETSSSSSGOOOOOO
If you were an Engage character, which Emblem would you Engage with? Micaiah :D
How did you find TOA? I just searched the fire emblem rp tags on a whim one day and found the group. Had a nosy around and was really impressed and excited to join :)
Current TOA muses: Elincia, Goldmary and Julia
Who was your first TOA muse? If you don’t have them anymore, could you see yourself picking them up again? Lincie! :D
Have you had any other TOA muses? I've had quite a lot um... Eirika, Ares, Orochi, Mercedes, Mae, Manuela, f!Shez, Macuil, Lana, Forrest, Constance, Tana & Celine
Do you think you have a type of character you gravitate towards? I do feel a big pull to healers usually? Or pegasus knights.
What do you believe you enjoy writing the most? Character's bonding and forming relationships.
Favorite TOA-related memory: Unlocked 2021 Cha Cha Slide
How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔 Usually like noah but with a t but sometimes i call it twaaah just to be silly.
Got any delusions that didn’t see the light of day that you’d like to share? 😉 Tatiana, Safy, Rodrigue, Altena and Yunaka all have either blogs or partial apps. Of them Tatiana and Rodrigue whilst still outliers could potentially hit me with a steel chair at some point in the future.
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@fircmblcm
"I recommend that we fortify these specific villages. Send two mages to each one as well, as they'll be able to warn us of any attack our kingdom faces. This way we don't have to split up our military forces as much." Baradius was the King's Mage, and as such earned a spot on the advisor table despite not being a noble like all the others. They looked at him with disgust and always refuted his suggestions on principle. However, Morion knew his worth. Especially after receiving the gift. Baradius knew that it was in the room, as he could feel the rune's presence. With a simple gesture of his fingers underneath the table, the mage was able to activate the toy inside Morion's ass. For now it was a gentle pulse, but as soon as the king agreed with Baradius, the vibrations would strengthen. There was one in Diamant as well, who also wore such feminine underwear underneath his royal clothing. While Diamant also joined them at the table, he had a reputation of being fair. However now that he was Baradius' slut, the mage knew that the prince would provide unilateral support for whatever Baradius said.
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What do you think about the Engage's cast design ?
Ohhh well... how do I say this... well. Mixed feelings because there is MANY problems with the design.
Basically we have several categories : 1) bad design 2) design is good but one details feels off 3) design is good but it doesn't feel like a FE 4) design is good and fit with FE but doesnt match the character and fails on the communication parts 5) design is good and feels like it belongs to Fire emblem.
So to give you an example of what I mean. I the 5) category I would put Diamant, Alcryst, Amber and the Fell Twins because they look like Fire emblem character, they look like character that belongs to a strategy game that takes place in a fantasy land about dragons parataking into a war.
An example of 2) would be Alear, because their design is great and belongs to a Fire emblem universe due to their vibes, however, the hair rubs me the wrong way. I mean look at Lulu with full red hair, or full blue hair. It's peak design, but even if the reason for their hair ito be liked that is explained, it still feels very goofy. Which is weird because Mika Pikazo habitually handles well multicolored hair ? Just to give you an example, this is how I habitually color the Alear
I won't say it's better, but it doesn't give off the same vibe at all.
Or at the very least, just this, just this would have sounded more harmonious.
I am gonna be honest, I prefer the way I color it because, as you can guess, it's the reason why I choose to color their hair like that, but really the hair is the only complain I have with their design.
In the 3) category, well I'd place Céline, Hortensia and Timerra. They have all three really good design, but it doesn't feel like FE at all. It belongs more to a Idol video game. I would say the same thing about Ivy, it really feels more like an idol video game then a RPG character. And the Stewards twins. They don't look like Fe character but more like Grandblue fantasy, Ryza atelier or Rune factory if you ask me.
In the 4) category, Saphir and Vander because they don't look they age at all!! How is Saphir only 35 ? As a matter of fact I could say the same about the Stewards twins because they look younger then Hortensia !! Another example would be Gregory. Mainly because his design is just Creeps without piericing and tatoos which is not ok. Creeps's design works not only because it fits his personaility but also because it allows to show his piercings and tattos in a way that is harmonious, as well, his haircut reveals his tattoed face. But Gregory ? His personailty is that he is shy, kind and loves fluffy stuff ! he shoult be covering his chest, it doesn't fit his character to be so immodestly dressed at all !!
and in the 5) category, Zephia. Defintely. Just;... her design is ridiculous. It has 0 harmony, it just feels uncessary fanservice and to the point it has no balance. it does fit her character somehow, but it makes 0 sense and is not very aestically pleasant.
So here it is. Honestly, if you ask me my favorite design, the awards goes to the Fell twins. No competition. And my most hated is Zephia's.
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Harry potter, just creative this chaotic squad who breaks into the Ministry on a daily basis.
A hufflepuff who's a god at seeing the future, also Divination.
A slytherin who's creative at spell work ( charms, transfiguration, ect. )
A Gryffindor who's an actual genius at Potions/Alchem
And a Ravenclaw who's love for runes. Curse breaking or not.
So names, pinterest has helped me a good lot so :
Hufflepuff : Amara Stella Nikolaou ( Greek / Latin )
Slytherin : Samira Diego Xenvenhus. ( Spanish / Arabic )
Ravenclaw : Diamante Salvatore Seirra. ( Italian )
Gryffindor : Oaklyn St Paul. ( English )
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🔶Diamonds Royal Family🔶 (Part 2)
Hey peeps!
Here’s part 2 of the Diamant family!
These characters are from Cards, a really cool series made by @arty-e ! Please go and check out her stuff when you can, since it’s honestly amazing.
Back to the shiny people though
Rubis Diamant-Al’Naya, Sphene Al’Naya,
Rune Diamant, Clover Méihuā,
Amethyst Diamant, Beryl Zoloto-Diamant,
Crystal Diamant-Kvarts, Misha Kvarts,
Lunaire Diamant, and Soleil Diamant!
That’s all the yellow bois!
Next is Clubs!
#my art#Cards#Diamonds#Clubs#Rubis Diamant#Rubis Diamant-Al’Naya#Sphene Al’Naya#Rune Diamant#Clover Méihuā#Amethyst Diamant#Beryl Zoloto#Beryl Zoloto-Diamant#Crystal Diamant#Crystal Diamant-Kvarts#Misha Kvarts#Lunaire Diamant#Soleil Diamant#8 of Diamonds#Diamonds Noble#Jack of Diamonds#Jack of Clubs#Ace of Diamonds#Queen of Diamonds#2 of Diamonds#10 of Diamonds
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VISUAL SERIES + Maryse’s Wedding Dress
Maryse was not allowed any control over her wedding, her parents considering her too young to be able to decide on such things; despite the fact that they deemed her old enough to go through with marriage. Adam, her father, was a big romantic and quite tradition in his vision. He wanted his little girl to walk down the aisle with a princess gown, big sleeves, big trail, big skirt. Marisa, her mother, didn't object to that. She too could picture her husband's vision and even if her resolve began to crumble the closer they got to the wedding, she couldn't back down. After all, she had been the one to arrange the whole thing. It wasn't until one of the last fits of her daughter's gigantic gown that Marisa changed her mind. Seeing her little girl almost gone amidst all that fabric ― her sky-blue eyes trembling with fear ― it was like watching a trapped bird, struggling to breathe within its cage. So, because she could no longer stop this wedding, Marisa tried to at least give her daughter a little bit of freedom. Completely rejecting the luxurious dress they had made for the occasion, Marisa chose a flow-y golden gown, simple and light. To represent her daughter's need to be free ― her need for adventure and for breaking rules. People had questioned her decision, asking if the dress wasn't too simple or if the Lightwoods wouldn't think she wasn't taking the married seriously. But Marisa could only see the slight relief in her daughter's eyes. And that was all that mattered, because she'd always remember how despite the simplicity of her dress, her baby girl still made everyone in the Cathedral gasp due to her beauty.
#( ∝ ; ces lumières vous guideront#( ∝ ; tes yeux d´océan cette tragédie douce amère ; headcanon#( ∝ ; souvenirs gravés en runes sur nos corps ; save#( ∝ ; le reflet sur la surface n'est pas elle#( ∝ ; perles et diamants et beaux atours ; wardrobe#( that thread with therunemaker had me thinking about this and i'm upset now )#( but yeah maryse's dress was ridiculously simple so much so she can use it#day to day if she so desires )#( she doesn't tho it is hidden in her wardrobe & after the whole thing with#robert and annamarie she literally never wants to see it again )#( she looked absolutely stunning in it tho )
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Création et raison d'être
Personne ne sait réellement à quand remonte la création de la Compagnie. Le folklore de certaines régions semble toutefois relayer des histoires, qui peuvent être associées au fonctionnement de ce groupe de mercenaires, remontant à plusieurs centaines d'années. Il est toutefois impossible de confirmer depuis quand la Compagnie opère à Cathan. Quant à son objectif, il semble limité à être le bras armé de quiconque est en mesure de payer ses services, ce qui assure un certain équilibre naturel entre les puissances cathanaises.
Fonctionnement
Hiérarchie
La Capitaine
À la tête de la Compagnie, on trouve la Capitaine. Elle est désignée si généralement par son titre que la majorité des mercenaires de la Compagnie ignorent son nom — pas que ce soit spécialement important, puisque la bienséance veut que l'on s'adresse à elle par son rang. Bonne vivante, elle semble laisser à l'intendance le soin de prendre les décisions opérationnelles, préférant la chasse, l'équitation et les festins organisés à sa demande, lorsque les temps sont fastes. En coulisses, toutefois, il est indéniable que c'est elle qui dirige la Compagnie et que chaque décision a été soigneusement soupesée. Depuis cinq ans, elle voyage avec le bataillon de l'Étendard — tous ignorent où elle était avant.
En raison de la stature et de la notoriété de la Capitaine, les rumeurs vont bon train à son sujet. Notamment, les plus âgés de la Compagnie rapportent qu'elle n'a pas vieilli d'un seul jour depuis son dernier passage dans le bataillon de l'Étendard, 25 ans auparavant. Certains ont émis l'hypothèse qu'elle est marquée de runes rares et puissantes qui ont arrêté son vieillissement; d'autres encore estiment qu'il s'agit en fait de la fille de l'ancienne capitaine, qui aurait repris sa place à la tête de la Compagnie. Quoi qu'il en soit, si les rumeurs se répandent rapidement, tout le monde sait qu'il vaut mieux éviter que celles-ci se rendent aux oreilles de la Capitaine.
Commandement
On trouve également les rôles suivants dans la Compagnie :
Lieutenance : Bras droit de la Capitaine, la lieutenance est responsable des activités militaires et de la formation des recrues, en plus d'être la figure d'autorité à qui se rapportent les mercenaires spécialisés en combat. Une personne par bataillon occupe ce rang.
Intendance : Bras gauche de la Capitaine, l'intendance de chaque bataillon agit à titre de comptable, de responsable de la logistique et de gestionnaire des ressources. C'est grâce à cette personne que chaque bataillon est en mesure de fonctionner. Une personne par bataillon occupe ce rang.
Responsables : Dignes de confiance, des mercenaires d'expérience peuvent avoir des rôles de responsable pendant les missions — on les appelle, sur le terrain, sergent ou sergente. Il s'agit d'un titre qui ne donne rien, sinon plus de responsabilités lors de missions, à titre de vétéran.
Les bataillons
La Compagnie, forte d'environ 1500 membres, est divisée en trois bataillons. Ceux-ci parcourent le territoire à la recherche de contrats, chacun couvrant une section différente afin de maximiser la possibilité de sceller de nouvelles affaires. Le bataillon parcourt les routes sans s'arrêter jusqu'à ce qu'il trouve un contrat qui justifie l'établissement d'un camp.
Bataillon de l'Étendard : Le bataillon de l'Étendard est le plus équilibré lorsqu'il s'agit de la répartition des rôles. Les combattants ne sont pas surreprésentés et on y trouve également un nombre appréciable de spécialistes en tout genre. Il s'agit du seul bataillon joué et jouable sur le forum.
Bataillon du Bouclier : Plus porté sur la défense et la prévention, le bataillon du Bouclier est celui qui comporte le plus d'alchimistes et c'est pourquoi il est plus souvent amené à prendre des missions qui relèvent de la protection, de la reconstruction ou du soutien.
Bataillon du Fer de lance : Intrépide et fonceur, on dit du bataillon du Fer de lance qu'il est le plus brave — ou insouciant, selon les versions — de la Compagnie. Il y a un plus grand nombre de soldats dans ce bataillon, qui comporte également des équipes d'éclaireurs plus nombreuses.
Chaque bataillon est composé de plus ou moins 500 âmes, chacune mettant la main à la pâte pour le succès de la Compagnie. La composition précise de chaque bataillon peut varier en fonction des besoins ou du hasard.
La Compagnie est reconnaissable au blason peint sur les habits et les armures des membres. Le symbole de la Compagnie est constant — un bras ailé tenant une épée à la verticale — afin d'être rapidement reconnus. L'arrière-plan change toutefois : un drapeau (Étendard), un bouclier (Bouclier), ou un diamant (Fer de lance), selon le bataillon.
Contrats
Le bataillon repère les contrats de deux manières principales :
grâce aux comptoirs établis par la Compagnie dans les principales villes et aux ambassadeurs et ambassadrices qui y travaillent et sont responsables de négocier des contrats avec la bourgeoisie locale et les personnes influentes, qui sont ensuite relayés à la compagnie principale par des messagers et messagères à cheval;
grâce à des équipes de reconnaissance, plus mobiles, qui peuvent se permettre de rentrer dans les terres pour solliciter les cités moins desservies ou les villes qui ne disposent pas d'un comptoir permanent.
La Compagnie ne lève le nez sur aucun contrat, tant qu'il est suffisamment lucratif — autrement dit, tant que la Compagnie est pratiquement certaine ne ne pas encourir plus de pertes que de gains, le contrat est accepté. Ainsi, les tâches des mercenaires sont variées : étoffer les rangs de la garde privée d'un noble le temps d'une conférence, servir de garde du corps, escorter une caravane marchande, collecter des dettes ou des impôts, éliminer un troupeau de bêtes qui causerait des dommages à la propriété d'un bourgeois, aider à reconstruire un village après un incendie, etc. La Compagnie ne considère aucun travail comme au-delà ou en-deça de ses compétences : seul l'argent parle. La seule exception à cette règle est si l'acceptation d'un contrat viendrait à opposer deux bataillons de la Compagnie en combat.
Dès lors que le bataillon signe un contrat à valeur élevée, qui risque de l'immobiliser pendant un certain temps, il installe un camp plus développé proche de son client. Les mercenaires s'affairent alors à monter des tentes, à bâtir des écuries et des latrines, à creuser des puits et à construire des palissades afin d'opérer à partir de cet épicentre d'activités.
Camp
Lorsque la nouvelle de l'installation d'un camp de la Compagnie commence à se répandre, un nouveau lieu de vie se crée rapidement dans les environs. Le plus souvent, il se forme une sorte de faubourg autour du camp où s'installent temporairement étals commerciaux, fermiers et artisans, qui flairent les bonnes affaires, cherchent parfois à se faire engager ou juste un peu de protection indirecte. Certaines personnes ne voient pas cette pratique d'un œil très amène : les détracteurs de la Compagnie ont tendance à dire qu'elle attire les jeunes et dépeuple les régions, qui se retrouvent à la merci des pillards et de la déchéance. L'intendance de la Compagnie installe également un petit office afin de permettre aux populations des campagnes avoisinantes de solliciter ses services.
Il n'est pas rare que les petits hameaux des environs envoient également des porte-parole pour tisser ou redorer les liens avec la Compagnie, apportant des cadeaux sous forme de spécialités locales, des matériaux de construction ou d'autres services utiles pour les mercenaires.
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Deuxième partie à venir!
Elle évoquera le recrutement, les spécialités au sein du bataillon ainsi que ses valeurs.
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A ne pas manquer également :
La présentation du projet
Les premiers aperçus
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Quel-est ce reflet ?
Le bonheur en esquisse
– Quel-est ce reflet ? demanda-t-elle par sa bouche nacrée d’ivoire.
– L’esquisse d’un songe… répondis-je après l’avoir miré.
– Mais encore…?
Je soupirais alors en me rendant à la fenêtre puis lui révélais sur le verre sale du velux, quelques notes de musique empoussiérées. Devant sa mine obtuse et sa moue à l’avenant, j’opposais un nouveau râle et des paupières frémissantes.
Ce ne fut pas suffisant...
J’empoignais alors un manche, six cordes tendus/accords mineurs, lui dévoilant ainsi le sens caché de mes runes digitales.
– C’est tristounet bleuté ton truc, me fit-elle la remarque une fois mes arpèges achevés.
– Je n’ai pas encore le loisir de choisir la couleur de mes rêves, ricanais-je du tac au tac.
– Ça sent le sud, aussi, ajouta-t-elle.
– C’est des accords de bossa, expliquais-je.
– Ça doit être ça... hum, convint-elle.
Elle se tourna à nouveau vers le velux entrouvert qui grinçait en sourdine sous les caresses du vent nocturne ; faisant tourner ses mèches purpurines, autour de ses doigts parés d’or blanc, toc et diamant. Ses pupilles inspectaient la crasse du carreau où des éclats lunaires s’abandonnaient par hasard.
Indifférent à cette hypnose, je lissais mes phalanges autour de ma belle de bois et par l’acier dressé sur son corps , lui faisait murmurer quelque trille d’Acadie.
– Dans la lumière de la lune, tes notes brillent bizarrement.
– Ainsi s’ahurissent les photons de nuit, si tant est que tu parles toujours de ce que tu observes... ?
– Va savoir… me sourit-elle à demi mot.
Son dos était quasi nu, seul une ficelle tendue au moment des reins, et qu’on devinait seulement par à coup à la pointe de ses cheveux, habillait l’ocre las de sa peau.
Elle s’alluma un tesson de cigarette poivrée ganja. Inspira patiemment la bouffée première, puis tapissa l’air ambiant des volutes de la seconde, nacrant la pénombre de spectres indociles… elle persévéra jusqu’à l’instant où s’invitèrent dans les ténèbres quelques étincelles éparses.
Tendrement, Je riais à l’abri de mes lèvres.
– Ce n’est pas drôle c’est beau… me reprocha-t-elle gentiment.
– C’est ton insistance qui m’égaille, pour d’éphémères lueurs, tu t’emploies à plein poumon…
– Ça vient du coeur…
– Pareil... lui rétorquais-je en lui confisquant son joint après lui avoir volé un baiser.
Elle se mordit un coin de bouche, m’offrit une oeillade revêche, passa l’index et le pouce sur sa gorge parée de pacotille clinquante avant de s’emparer délicatement de ma guitare pour sa place, usurper au creux de mon ventre. “ Serre-moi, dit-elle, je commence à avoir froid.”
Aussi m’exécutais-je.
Sans un soupir, pour le coup.
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Corrispondenze Samhain
Sabba: Maggiore
Animali: pipistrello, gatto, elefante, airone, sciacallo, gufo, corvo imperiale, pettirosso, scorpione, cervo
Esseri astrali / Mitologici: Beansidhe, Erlkönig, fylgiar, goblin, arpie, medusa, peryton, phooka
Erbe e piante: Melo, angelica, mandorle, alloro, ginestra, bardana, erba gatta, calendula, cannella, chiodi di garofano, mais, belladonna, aglio, zenzero, zucche, cereali, nocciolo, cicuta, artemisia, mandragora, ortica, pero, mentuccia, aghi di pino, melograno, zucca, rosmarino, ruta, salvia, semi di girasole, dragoncello, cardo, timo, ginseng, assenzio, grano
Incenso: Benzoino, copale, incenso, eliotropio, resina mastice, menta, artemisia, mirra, noce moscata, patchouli, salvia, sandalo, assenzio
Oli: Basilico, incenso, canfora, alloro, cedro,
chiodi di garofano, copale, coriandolo, cipresso, eucalipto, erica, ginepro, lilla, artemisia, patchouli, menta, salvia, sandalo, girasole, vetiver, assenzio, achillea, ylang-ylang.
Fiori: Crisantemo, calendula, passiflora, girasole
Alberi: Acacia, melo, cipresso, nocciolo, agrifoglio, ginepro, quercia, pino, Tasso
Luna: Luna del Sangue, Luna Rossa, Luna Nera, Luna della Caccia
Pietre: ambra, ossidiana nera, berillo, diaspro, corniola, quarzo chiaro, diamante, granato, ematite, diaspro, onice, opale, pirite, zaffiro, rubino, quarzo fumé, tormalina, turchese
Simboli: Luna Calante, zucche, spaventapasseri, falci, mais, scopa, calderone, pipistrelli, gatti neri, fantasmi, scheletri, gufi, ragni, la luna, teschi, castagne, funghi
Divinità: Ecate, Cerridwen, Arianrhod, Bast, Persefone, Hel, Kali, Cernnunos, Osiride, Ade, Anubi, Loki
Elemento: Aria, Fuoco
Colori: arancio, nero, rosso, marrone, giallo
Soglia: tramonto a mezzanotte
Studi magici: divinazione, proiezione astrale, lavoro su una vita passata
Strumenti: Athame, falò, scopa, calderone, calice, sfera di cristallo, tarocchi, specchio magico, oghams, tavole Ouija, pendolo, rune
Falò: melo, agrifoglio, querce, pino
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Diamonds royal portrait
#my art#cards#diamonds#lazuli Diamant#king of diamonds#alexandre diopside-diamant#queen of diamonds#Rubis diamant#jack of diamonds#amethyst diamant#ace of diamonds#rune Diamant#Crystal diamant#prince of diamonds#princes of diamonds#royals#lazuli said no sphene
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Le geste répété de la mer // The sea’s repeated gesture
Caressant son rivage bleu
tout au long de la nuit, patiente, patiente,
rhétorique entêtée qui jamais
ne persuade, les rochers ne voulant pas
être galets, les nuits et les jours et
les siècles s’écoulant avant que les galets
ne soient réduits en sable, le sable
enfin barrant le chemin de la mer
à l’intérieur des terres, une île
se formant du limon. Néanmoins
cette nuit toute entière et toutes
les nuits de notre vie la mer
caressant son rivage bleu,
patiente, patiente.
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Stroking its blue shore
throughout the night, patient, patient,
determined rhetoric that never
persuades, the rocks unwilling
to be pebbles, nights and days and
centuries passing before the pebbles
dwindle to join the sand, the sand itself
at last barring the sea’s way
into the land, an island
forming from the silt. Yet still
all this night and all
the nights of our life the sea
stoking its blue shore,
patient, patient.
La myriade du passé, elle entre en nous et disparaît. A l’exception des fragments qui, quelque part en elle, comme des diamants, refusent d’être consumés
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The myriad past, it enters us and disappears. Except that within it somewhere, like diamonds, exist the fragments that refuse to be consumed
Jusqu’à ce que parfois
un esprit ou un corps ancien –
– on ne voit plus vraiment
lequel ce peut bien être-
ces insistances indurées
ayant évincé toutes les autres,
devienne pur diamant,
transparence dure taillée
en mille facettes miroitant
des lumières de l’invisible,
irisation originelle,
arc-en-ciel de mort.
Until sometime an ancient
mind or body-it’s not clear anymore
which it may be-
those indurate insistences
having crowded out all else
becomes all diamond:
hard transparence cut
to a thousand facets gleaming
with lights of the unseen,
a primal iridescence,
rainbow of death.
Le saint, béni soit-il, erre encore »,dit Jacob, « il erre à la recherche d’un lieu où se reposer
*
The holy one, blessed be he, wanders again,’ said Jacob. ‘He is wandering and looks for a place where he can rest
Entre les pages
une plume de roitelet
pour marquer quel passage ?
Du sang, pas sec,
perles écarlates sur la poussière des pierres.
Un regard étonné
que l’on perçoit à peine au visage qui se tourne –
Quelle chose, qui avait-il vu ?
Des traces.
Voici l’auberge froide,
le voyageur l’a dépassée
cherchant encore
la chaleur d’une étable,
un lieu où naître.
*
Between the pages
a wren’s feather
to mark what passage?
Blood, not dry,
beaded scarlet on dusty stones.
A look of wonder
barely perceived on a turning face-
what, who had they seen?
Traces.
Here’s the cold inn,
the wanderer passed it by
searching once more
for a stable’s warmth,
a birthplace.
J’appris qu’elle s’appelait Proverbe
*
I learned that her name was Proverb
Et les noms secrets
de tous ceux, rencontrés, qui nous entraînent
plus loin au fond de notre labyrinthe
de vallées et de montagnes, de vallées tortueuses
et de montagnes plus escarpées –
leurs noms cachés sont toujours,
comme Proverbe, des promesses :
Rune, Présage, Fable, Parabole,
ceux que nous rencontrons seulement
dans un instant de grâce, un regard échangé,
ou côtoyons, des années, sans les reconnaître
mais dont un mot plus tard
revient chanter pour nous
comme d’en haut parmi les feuilles,
encore tout près mais invisible
nous tirant d’arbre en arbre
vers le temps et le lieu inconnu
où nous pourrons apprendre
ce qu’arriver veut dire.
*
And the secret names
of all we meet who lead us deeper
of valleys and mountains, twisting valleys
and steeper mountains-
their hidden names are always,
like Proverb, promises:
Rune, Omen, Fable, Parable,
those we meet for only
one crucial moment, gaze to gaze,
or for years know and don’t recognize
but of whom later a word
sings back to us
as if from high among leaves,
still near but beyond sight
drawing us from tree to tree
towards the time and the unknown place
where we shall know
what it is to arrive.
Extrait de/ From : Breathing the Water, (pages 46-51)
Denise Levertov – Traduction de Raymond Farina
#denise levertov#the sea's repeated gesture#poetry#poem#literature#littérature#le geste répété de la mer#poésie
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Is Alear a coward ? part 2
4- Past Alear
Before I hear anything about Alear having lost their memory therefore it doesn't count, unlike Robin, Alear is still the same person as they were 1 000 ago, they still recall their name, their hair being still red is a proof that it's still part of their identity.
And you will see that when we compare Alear to their past self all the things I said weren't gaslighting but actual facts.
Past Alear is a broken person. They saw all their siblings died in awful ways and lost their mother at a young age. Them describing exactly how their sibling got killed means that they assisted powerless at their brother being drowned, their sister being burned, their younger siblings getting ripped appart by the Corrupted. They are physically 17, meaning they spent at least this much years trying to stay a alive and they speak like a child. While sounding emotionally broken. Saying that this version of Alear is unsettling is an understatement.
The problem with the English language is that it's harder to notice the difference in speeches compared to the japanese one, so they have to rely on different strategy. I already mentionned it in my Rafal post : as a compensation for the loss in translation of Rafal switching prounouns and speech, the english version have to make his speech sound more haughty. Same thing here. To show that Alear speaks like a child vs how they speak now, they have Alear tells how they feel without trying to put forms. What do I mean ? Well. When Alear talks with Past Alear, they are being incredibly straightforward and with the coldest delivery ever. They ask for the ring right away, telling them who they are, their dad, and saying I quote "Your answer must be yes. I cannot let you go with that ring. If I disobey Father...I will be killed". Or "Most were defects. Defect require disposal. But I am not a defect." Even when they describe their sibling death, we are just told about it in a dry, straighfoward way. This is completely different then how when Alear had to use metaphor to get their point across to how much they were scared. Another thing showing Past Alear's immature speech is their dialogue as they create an avalanche. "It worked. I'll keep doing what works." Or when they meet Lumera, they tell what they think without any filter, like young children. Or the way they justify not wanting to kill Lumera... as simple as that, she checked on them, and that was enough for them to feel hesistant in killing her while being scared and the fact that they are being so straightforward about that manages to shows that they speak like a child and at the same time, that they are completely emotioneless.
When Alear tried to communicate their feelings, they are using what I mentionned, using metaphor or speaking in way that makes their audience relate to what they evoke, like with Diamant in the C support. Past Alear doesn't even try to gain that from their audience, they speak things like it's in their mind, they tell the audience what happened and they use simple words to express how they feel. If Alear has to use images such as their blood runing cold seeing the Corrupted, Past Alear simply says "I hate them. They scare me. they are awful", like kids do, but it's so straighforward that it conveys their lack of emotion and the state of their broken mind. When Alear fight their double they say that they are jealous because they say what they feel out loud and shows it. Past Alear says what they think out loud but never show anything. This difference in their expression shows that Alear is more mature emotionaly but also stable. They are capable of emoting and communicatiing in a way that isn't unsettling. The opposite of past Alear's whose expression is oversimplistic. They say it in an almost robotic way and what would be considered clumsy expostion in another context seeing how they are openly speaking of their life and fear of dying in a context that would not fit, but here because it shows the emotional damage Sombron puts them throught, it compensate the loss of the effect produced by the use of hiragana and emphazise the Alear's robotic state.
However, Past Alear straighfowardness and dryness in the way they say things isn't only trying to restore the effect created by their use of hiragana in japanese lost in translation. It's also a way of showing to the audience how emotionally broken they are. They speaks of their dead siblings without hesistation compared to how Alear had problem articulating the sentence that Lumera passed away when asked by Queen Eve, compare their face too. Alear is looking down, Past Alear is looking right at us. They do show some signs of emotion with the mentions of the cute little siblings, the adjective showing affection of the said siblings, however it's delivered so straightfowardly it's almost as if they felt nothing when saying this. This is also showing what Past Alear says about them. That they don't think and are like the Corrupted. The fact that they aren't even capable of thinking of lying to Sombron is an evidence of that, they are just that obdient and therefore that broken.
Compared to how Alear has to use imaged language to have character understand how they feel, the way Past Alear's cue are written are unsettling but is also what makes us sympathetize as it translates their absolute broken state of mind. Alear uses expression that we almost use ourself in a trivial way without realizing that it allows to project more our audience into the feeling we were speaking about whereas Past Alear is so blunt that it is unatural. When we speak about our feelings we just don't say "I am sad" or "I am scared". We often rely on expression to shows the intensity of our feeling. The character in the game don't do that either. They use a language that is richer when it comes to image and expression. Past Alear doesn't have that at all. They tell the audience what happen and despite the vocabulary used, their blunt and dry delivery is showing how broken they are. (the emotinal damage is unreal)
Hence Past Alear isn't telling people what they are feeling unlike Alear, they are saying things like a robot regardless of who they are speaking to. They cannot show vulnerabilty and have no real person to confide in. They were able to tell Alear and Veyle that because Veyle is their sister and Past Alear is clearly envious of present Alear. They have friends that love them (the Royal and other random units with whom Past Alear's dialogue is "You are strong. You should be fighting besides me"), they are able to show weakness and gets comforted when they do, they are a "hero that saved the world" what Past Alear will end up wishing.
5- Comparing Alear's attitude to Veyle
Another thing that showed Alear's cowardice is definetely how drastically different their attitude is to Veyle's. Out of all children of Sombron, only Alear fears the Corrupted and I am not quoting the twins since they did not grew up with our dragon siblings, but only Veyle and you'll see why.
Veyle was shown multiple times fighting Corrupted all alone, by herself. She was also shown openly defying Sombron multiple times. In chapter 15, after the Alear drama, her encounter with Griss infers that she frenquently leave Gradlon seeking for you know who and that the Hounds had to make her go back to the temple. She even says I quote " I won't harm anyone even if it cost me my life". She openly defy a dragon Sombron at the risk of getting killed and even as he is using the rings, she literaly orders him to give it back to Alear.
In comparision past Alear was traumatized in so many way they are unable to emote or even to think straight. The fact that their siblings were killed before them implies that they assisted powerless to their death and therfore, they bear a guilt on that. When Veyle fight past Alear, they says that they would wish to stand by Veyle's side as a friend and an ally, therefore to not repeat the same scenario as their sibling they were unable to help but they can't because they are paralyzed by fear. Fear of death. Something that never scared Veyle since she openly defy Sombron and the Corrupted during the enitre game. Alear was incapable of that. Even when meeting Lumera they are indecise, conflicted by their fear of dying but not willing to kill the only person that has been kind to them for the first time in their entire life ever since their mother died. They said it, Alear is terrified of death, they just want to live and don't know what to do as the only way they found to stay alive was to obey Sombron to the letter. This means they also never considered fighting back the Corrupted due to their fear that in chapter 1 lead them to instantly think of runing away. (As you see, this one scene really hurted the whole Alear developpement). Compared to Veyle's bravery in defying Sombron openly and even fighting the Corrupted, Alear is defintely a coward and while you cannot blame them for being scared, nothing shows more this then the difference between two people who still had to go throught the same things.
Compared to how Veyle whose only way to be under's Sombron influence was when Zephia was messing with her dragonic pulse, Alear was under Sombron's influence because they were deadly afraid, and while Veyle still fought back against it, with her own body rejecting the personality Sombron made for her, Alear didn't, they were broken and did things, as told.
In short Alear's "cowardice" is a moral one. The fact they still did and commited terrible attrocities by fear of Sombron when their younger sister refused to. This also means that Alear was reduced to despair.
This also shows Alear's evolution in hindsight, something that is apparently considered not to be valid among fans even though écriture à rebours is a valid narrative form that rely heavily on using things in retrospective heck that's even the same strategy as flashback. Alear getting to see how they were 1 000 ago at a point where they became a comptent leader and even ended up becoming the hero claded in white with a shining sword that they dreamt to be upon the day they meet Lumera is showing how much Alear changed ever since that period. The little fell child scarred of death openly defied death thrice and even then never gave up, this is the one thing consistant with Alear, is that they want desperately to live, but as a Fell child, it lead them to commit crimes whereas as a Divine child it leaded them to overcome death itself (thrice).
However, seeing and learning the reason of Alear's fear of the Corrupted after seeing them having choosing to become one so that they could help their friends one last time is showing the extent of this actions and how much Alear's changed. I already pointed out how the game already showed this side of this character in the game throught the use of cutscene and dialogue, but this moment really showed the impact and you have no idea how much it hurts the story that it uses time travel rather then a dream like chapter to do that since chapter 24 hurts the story (not to the point of killing it but it does shows how clumsy it is) but fact is that it does shows Alear overcoming their fear. And when it comes to chapter 21, seeing Alear being so petrified that they could not help their sibling because they feared death and that they ended up risking their life to save Veyle also show them overcomming this fear of dying that prevented them from being there for their others siblings in order to help Veyle, the sibling they wished to help back in the past, they could not be her for her during 1 000 years and when they finally reunite after discovering their family ties, they sacrifice themselves to save her fufilling the wish Past Alear had 1 000 ago.
This also shows how Alear used to follow Sombron's ideology since they were stronger then our Alear them having strong stats due to them having to rely on strengh alone to survive and be performant to save themselves. Meeting Lumera gave them the courage to defy Sombron and the proved themself strong enough to defeat him alone, but they did it ALONE and this recklesness comes back in other chapter, notable 10 where Alear overestimated their strenght. In chapter 10, it costed them the Emblem and almost them and their allies life, and in the past, it would have cost them their life if Lumera did not saw them and took them with her. Must I remind you that Alear was alone then ? That in chapter 18, Sombron asked Zephia if she collected Alear's body ? Had Lumera not being there, Zephia could have arrived sooner to get rid of Alear's body and they wouldn't be there. This was a terrible idea. And this was the first time Alear defyed their father, and they did it alone. The second time was the final fight boss where Alear fights them together with their friends and sibling, not relying on strenght alone but on the strenght of their bonds after learning that they need their friends to success and that connections is real strenght, something that 1 000 ago they did not had despite connecting with Lumera. Xenologue Alear commiting the exact same mistake despite not being Sombon's child in this world shows this as well, that this is one of Alear's biggest flaw even if they are doing it for the sake of others. And it's not like self sacrifice isn't a flaw, just to quote Elliot Nightray :"All your 'self sacrifice' only pleases yourself! Have you ever saved anyone that way? All you want is protect yourself!"
5- Why erasing the French in Alear's name weakened Engage's symbolic.
Alear's jp name is the french word Lueur meaning glow and their entire storyline is how they are a light that ended up gaining intensity to shine brighter. This is visible in both Lumera and Sombron's dialogue towards Alear.
In chapter 25, when Lumera/Lumière tells us how her encounter with Alear was her salvation from loneliness as she dies she calls Lueur her light " 光", and Lumera's japanese name is Lumière, the french word for light/光 whereas Alear is Lueur the french word for glow of light which can be also said 光 or 輝き in japanese, hence going back with Alear glowing form as an Emblem, this means Alear really became light and this was what this journey was about.
In French, lueur is a faint light compared to Lumière who designed light itself in it's brightness and when we say that the light/lumière lost in intensity we say that it became a "lueur" whereas a light that gains in intensity goes from being a lueur/mere glow to become a light/lumière.
Whereas Sombron fighting them says calls Alear a a 灯, a light that is precised to be a faint light coming from a toarche hence the light weaking in front of the wind ready to blow on it in this contect, the "light before it goes out" which is why tomoshi become hikari, Sombron implies that by blowing on this faint light, it's like he is extingushing light period, but it also follows Alear journey from being a frail ray of light to a bright shining one, that the fragile glow survived the wind blowing on it. Alear was a Lueur trapped within Sombron's darkness, Alear was forced to repress themselves the light that radiated from them in order to survive. However, when they are with Lumera, they are able to fully be themselves , therefore fufill themselves and blossom into a glow shining brighlty and even becoming light. This also comes in play with how essential Alear's developpement and growth into a courageous being is.
In french we have an expression with "lueur d'espoir"/glimpse of hope and that's what Alear has to become during this journey. If you recall in chapter 25, Lumera mentions how she had to stay strong despite losing her family, her friends and fighting all alone as the Divine dragon, she wasn't alone to run away. This defintely gave more weight to the advice she gave Alear. Light is considered to be a symbol of hope. Lumera, because of her name, had to stay this symbole. What's more she is revered as a deity, meaning people belive in her and she has to hold up to their expectations. This is precisely Mauvier's mother losing hope in Lumera that leaded her to believe in Sombron instead. That is also shown through Alear's second resurection : "I wish I could see this and that, but all I can see" obviously was darkness, but it becomes light as the Emblem uses the Miracle on Alear. Alear has to go through a journey of having lived into the deepest pit of despair because of someone largely desesparated yet clining into a hope that came too be a delusion, to overcome obstacle and become the lueur d'espoir of this world, a brave leader that people will learn to believe in for who they are and not simply because they are the divine dragon. This also makes all of Alear's support about them being a normal person and not some sort of extraordinary being, albeit repetitive, important as it means that their allies knows that even if they commit mistakes like everyone else, they can still count on them and therefore not lost faith in them, which was not the case with Lumera and Mauvier's mother and makes it so important to point out how Alear swearing to never ever repeat their mistakes from chapter 10 is when it comes to their relationship with the other character as a whole.
Despite all it's flaws, the Fell Xenologue also shows the fate of a world deprived of light, coming from both Lumera and then Lueur themselves, a world plunged into darkness, without hope left, only dead people in it, a literal underworld created by Sombron through Rafal's manipulation. Chapter 22 too, seeing how tense it was. Sombron having absorbed the ring, raised Gradlon and heading to the portal for others world, Veyle switching to her other personality, and them being unable to summon Emblem, the world would have been doomed if Alear didn't came back. When Veyle was about to give up fighting, it's Alear that inspire her to fight back. This scene did a great job at portraying Alear as being the lueur d'espoir (even though the idea is still super dumb) they needed. Even in the final boss fight, as Sombron threatnens to close the door of the portal, it's Alear who stand whereas the other began to lose hope, saying that they won't give up and motivating everyone in the process.
Whatsmore Lueur's sword is named Libération, meaning freeing. The other weapong they can acquire is called Wille Glanz which means shining will in German. It's shows how they are freeing themselves from Sombron and from fear throught their journey, how they ended up developping a strong will and this lead me to talk about the bad ending.
Because, while Alear becoming an Emblem is quite peculiar. I mean, they become a unique Emblem who posses their own body and wear their own ring. Well, this immortalized their spirit but not their body. And nothing show this more then the bad ending.
This ending occurs if you fail to defeat Sombron and choose to not use the dragonic crystal. Alear awake with Sombron telling them that all their friends are dead, the camera switches to Veyle wearing her helmet and showing her other evil personality due to the helmet. She is much older, implying that the ending must take place after a long moment ever since Alear and their friends died. We see Veyle wearing the ring of the connector althrough in the game normally, only Alear can wear it. Alear looks into the mirror to see them dressed in black with their hair and eyes full red as opposed to their blue eyes and hair in their Emblem form, looking in absolute horror as Sombron laugh. This ending shows the consequence of the player/Alear giving up. The dragonic crystal, to an extent shows Alear's willingness to never give up even facing death and encouraging the player to not give up either when facing defeat but to simply try again and when the player rewind, they follow that mindset but if they don't, then a Game over appears. And in that case, the players decision to accept the game over dooms the world. Alear didn't became the lueur d'espoir, they didn't became the dragon that saved the world dressed in white with a shining sword, they got back to being similar to their past selves, dressed in black, prisoner of darkness, having failed to save this world, as this world was leaded to doom. Compared to the sword they wield, Libération, showing that they are freed, this ending showed that they became prisoner of the very thing that saved their life, being an Emblem, their body being dead, but their soul immortalized as an Emblem became prisoner of the ring of the Connector and because of the fact that Emblem summoned by Fell dragon are deprived of their own will and forced to obey, like Alear was 1 000 ago, obeying because of fear, but deprived of free will, acting without thinking. If the good ending is Alear accomplising themselves in a new life, then the bad one is a back to square one kind, with Alear becoming a prisonner of Sombron once again and with Veyle being trapped again in the process.
I'd like to point that out of all avatar and maybe of all character in Fire emblem, Alear is the ONLY ONE that can fail to save the world. In Awakening, Robin and Chrom don't fail to save the world since they are different people then their future selves, even if Lucina comes from a future where they failed. Robin's choices all ends up to the same conclusion of the world being save. Same with Corrin, what'ever path they choose, they save the world. Byleth's mission isn't to save the world nor even to stop the war, but their fonction is to choose Fodlan's future just as Shez and by that criteria, there is no bad route but only choices. Alear out of all of them, is the only Avatar who in this timeline, in this life, in this world who doesn't have to choose, their only choice is tied to the Dragonic Crystal, but it isn't even theirs... it's the player's. If the player give up, the world is doomed. No "all choices lead to the same conclusion", no "there is no right path", Alear is capable of failing in the very objective that has been theirs from the begining of the game : honoring their promise to Lumera and stopping Sombron from destroying Elyos. Here accepting the game over has terrible consequences, something that in other Fire Emblem games where magically ignored as for other video games. Something that even the Classical mode with permadeath can't equal. Alear can fail everything, failing at saving Elyos, failing all their friends and the connection they made, failling at saving their little sister, and becoming once again alone, prisoner of Sombron's power/influence. Alear is the only avatar whose dream can be left unfufilled if they end up giving up. This element even from a meta point of view is a terrible slap in the player's face, because it shows that yes they can fail, and not only their unit's life, but ... the world itself. The almighty player can be wrong. The almighty player can fail. That those long 25 chapter can be concluded on a terrible ending for the world itself. The ending that awaited all the characters upon chapter 22 had Alear being unable to came back, the ending that occured in the Fell Xenologue too. With the sole difference that Alear was still there and much alive, they came back in chapter 22 giving the cast the hope they lost. They arrived in the Fell Xenologue throught the prayer of a desesparated Nel as a new hope and even after discovering that this world couldn't be saved, they still offered hope back to the onlu survivors of the Fell world by inviting them into the Somniel. With that ending however, all hope is definetely lost. Alear's very philosophy, the one they learn though this journey, can be proven wrong by this ending. And compared to Sigurd who died along with the other gen 1 and was spared to see the world he failed to protect sink into darkness, Alear has to witness themselves their extent of their failures, and the cutscene shows how horrified they are. Saying that this is an unsettling element is an understatement. The Allmighty Avatar that came back to life (thrice) still managed to fail.
6- Elements surroding the Engage direction about how it convey Alear's point of view.
Saying that the Engage's art direction is something rather divising is quite accurate, seeing how the game itself pretty much divised people. However, to how much extent it was the case, we don't know. But there is one thing that seems obvious, is that for all the quotation marks that seems to be rotating around that subject, Engage relies on symbolims to help visually conveying Alear's perspective of their adventure.
While Engage does allows us to see what happen with other character like Hortensia or Zephia, Alear is the main focalizer and when surrounding Lumera and Sombron there is a clear play with duality between the two.
It's something very basic and obvious, and simple keeping with how Engage tries to be straightforward ad simple in it's story and world, the play between white and black, between angleic and paradisiac imagery and devlish/hellish imagery. When Alear meets Lumera for the second time, 1 000 after they awoke, once she transform into her human form, she is shining. Lumera is dressed in white and golden, her colour palette are pastel palette, which reflects how Alear and the other view her as : a luminous being, tender and kind, and angelic mother figure that Alear would ended up looking up to 1 000 ago, seeing how they said in their dying moment they wished to become like her, a rightfull dragon that save the world, dressed like her in white and with a shining sword, like hers. Sombron in comparison, looks monstrous even in his human (?) form. His purplish skin reflects that, as well as his demonic design with his sharp teeth and long pointy ears, his bright red eyes. His terrying appearance is meant to convey how it feels through Alear's eyes, he is the source of their suffering, their trauma, their darkness itself, pretty much how Grima was symbolizing Robin's grief. Lythos is shown to be an idylic place, a beautiful garden, and white immaculate castle in which evil presence like the Corrupted cannot enter compared to Gradlon, a dark place, volcanic, so hot that you can barely bear it, with a dark temple with the articheture being less vast then Lythos castle, darker, an unsettling place. They were characterized after how they are to Alear and to Alear's mind. This is even more obvious as when Lumera becomes Corrupted, she is shown to be scary : Alear loves Lumera as their mother, but their mother became the one thing that used to haunt their nightmare.
Another evidence of this are obviously the character's name : Lueur, Lumière and Sombre. In the dark, a glow ens up extenguishing itself, in the light, it gains intensity. This supposed to show how Alear went from the darkness to the light, to being an evil dragon to a good one. To choose the right path. To Alear, Sombron is the source of evil and of Darkness itself, it's his arrival that perturbed the peaceful land that was once Lythos and Alear never knew him as any other thing than that, the cause of their suffering, as opposed to Lumera the source of their salvation.
This is even present in the opening theme... not the eng one, the japanese one. I mean, look at the lines :
約束した 名を呼んで
駆け抜けた十二の光 覚えている
We made a promise, you called my name
Do you recall the 12 lights running across ?
This refers to the promise Alear made with Lumera. The 名を呼んで part is refered to in chapter 25; Lumera saying " the day I called your name, I stopped to be alone"
or
赤の記憶燃え上がり
The red memory burning bright
refering to Alear's memories and most probably my argument from the game to all the people who for some reason refuse to take into account Past Alear in the story of Alear's character developpement because "they don't remember this period"...( boi, forbid people from writing their character having duality due to how they built themselves and became a different person after their amnesia !!)
or
繋げ炎 伝えよ愛を
あの旅路のように
彼の人のように
Connect the flame, convey the love
Like this journey did
Like this person did.
This shows that the "kimi" the narrator is adressing to is Alear and to some extent the player as the song is about Alear's journey. Their goal to save the world "like this person "did, to become the one link connecting everyone, Emblem from different game and people from different countries who barely had ties to each others.
And no I am not making things up seeing how the last chorus replace "like this person did" by
此の紋章のように
Like this Emblem did
It's not even the only moment where the music was designed to reflect Alear's perspective on things. The Corrupted theme is here to convey musically Alear's fear. The use of electronic and the rythme creates an unsettling vibes, attempting to deliver the impression delivered by the Corrupted, as Alfred described them " They are things are like people, but cracked, almost crumbling", a cacophonic melody that attempts to recreate the way the Corrupted walks in the game. Compare this to Faraway Holy Land, the quietness and relaxing vibes from this music reflecting the holyness and peacefulness of Lythos.
Tragedy playing in chapter 10 perfectly reflects the mind of not only Alear but their allies being the one moment where they failed King Morion. Black devastation reflects perfectly the impact that Alear felt faiing the Emblems, Alear's gravest mistakes. It goes from the chock, to the arrival of the Hounds feeling cacophonic, to despair noticing that Veyle stole the rings, with the heartbeat of Alear resonanting, to the utter despair as they beg for Sombron to stop, to the anger they felt towards Veyle at that moment. Chilling rain reflects Alear's helpness as they are trying to escape with their allies after commiting a terrible mistakes and are struglling through a wave of Corrupted reinforcements (which reminds me of Don't speal her name from Awakening). Fell Dragon Sombron is a short slow music however, it's an horror feast of terrifying sounds.
I'd also point out that like many FE games, Engage reuses a lot it's main theme into it's various soundtrack however, when it does, it chooses a peculiar moment of the main theme to do so. The soundtrack Engage that play in the main menu is the end of the opening song, Dragon dream uses the brigde mixed with the ending of the song, Garden of Light, a very slowed down version of the chorus, History of Elyos, mixing the end of the opening with the main them of Fire Emblem, Veyle'theme reusing a slow arrange of the main theme's bridge. And so on and so on. If you compare, most of those tracks reusuing the main theme are either fight theme, either Alear/Lythos/Gradlon related theme seeing how the Kingdom's theme doesn't have this leiftmotiv. Basically, look at Memories from Red days and you'll understand : those songs are reusing the main theme to convey musically Alear's feelings, remniscene and so on and so on. The biggest evidence of that is how Veyle's theme reuses the bridge of the main theme, the part saying "the red memory burning bright" as Veyle being Alears sister that they meet once still evoked a sense of familiarity and is played for foreshadowing.
And that is just a sample of an Alear analysis. Really. I just tried to focus on how the game tried to conveys Alear's fear and growing from that using dialogues, story chapter, visual symbolism from the art and the music, and every element I felt necessary but because it was about focusing on how the game showed Alear as a coward and an individual making mistakes and growing from it, I focused on this rather then making a full analysis of them.
But now, if that's how the game shows Alear's personality then how come so many people don't see their evolution and consider them to be bland ? Why is it that so many players complains about Alear being boring, having no real character growth or dilema in Engage ? Why is it that people will rightfully say that the manga does a better job at characterizing Alear ?
Well, the manga doesn't have a nintendo to say STOP apparently unlike the game, and the manga can shows more ealisy thanks to illustration that can be left without dialogue, whereas in FE game it's not even an option. What's more, being an Avatar gives people biais towards Alear as they are unable to view them as a real FE protagonist despite being the second character that feel the least like an Avatar, the first one being Shez. And being an Avatar hardly changes who Alear is as a character. And finally, one of the saddly common factor in Engage "criticism"... bad faith. Why ? Because people never described Alear in a same way: for some they are boring and uninteresing because they are already "a grown individuals with a set of morals", for other they are "painfully naive, throwing tantrum around like a child (friendly reminded they are 17 years old) and never learning anything as they keep making stupid mistakes", for other "they don't have real goals nor real motivation" yet others will say that Alear feels like they aren't trying to improve to reach their goal and motivations, implying thereby that they do have some... and so on and so on.
However, as you can see, from the game's textual reading, everything is pretty much showing that Alear is a person capable of failing and trying to improve themselves as a leader and as a ruler for Lythos.
And that was it. Hope you'd enjoy this and if you feel like adding something feel free to reblogg or to send me ask in my inbox
#fire emblem engage#fe engage#fire emblem#alear fire emblem#fe alear#character analysis#meta#meta analysis
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Wow. This is embarrassing.
OCs:
Andre
Aero Diamante
Baghead (Rune)
Beau
Curtis (and her RE: AU Gabriel)
Drew
Drea Sinclaire
Matty/Pupcake
Padrig’s mom SURI
Toy Spencer (BatIM OC)
Officer Leah Mack, Chris the mime and Dawn the succubus are also available.
Canon:
Rigby (AU/Divergent Regular Show)
Jevil (Hoo boy.)
Asgore (Deltarune only)
Noah Maxwell (TribeTwelve)
Brian (MH)
Claire Redfield (AU, affiliated with golgothaviral)
Possibly Sherry Birkin
(Post re6, will likely also be affiliated with golgothaviral.)
Jack Fain (BatIM)
Mike DeSanta (GTA: 5)
Jerkimedes (Pit People/Battle Block Theater)
STANLEY PINES (GRAVITY FALLS)
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♣️Clubs Royal Family♣️ (Part 2)
Hey peeps!
Here’s part 2 of the Méihuā family!
These characters are from Cards! A series by @arty-e that I absolutely adore. Please go and check out her art and series now!
Anyhoo, here’s the art!
Clover Méihuā, Rune Diamant,
Forrest Hofer-Méihuā, Sakura Méihuā,
Lily Méihuā, and Taio Méihuā!
And that’s all the green people!
Next up is Jokers!
#my art#Cards#Clubs#Diamonds#Clover Méihuā#Rune Diamant#Forrest Hofer#Forrest Hofer-Méihuā#Sakura Méihuā#Lily Méihuā#Taio Méihuā#Jack of Clubs#Jack of Diamonds#3 of Clubs#Ace of Clubs
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LA JOAILLERIE
Certains le savent, c’est mon métier de cœur. Diplômée avant tout des Métiers d’Arts en Bijouterie Joaillerie, il est temps que je rende hommage à cette passion.
Beaucoup ne voient que ce qui brille mais ne voient pas le travail qu’il y a derrière... Les heures passées sur chaque pièce, ton temps, ton âme, ta vie, ton énergie. Les gens ont perdu le sens des valeurs. Au départ, cela ne brille pas, nous, de l’autre côté du miroir on est sale, avec parfois les doigts qui saignent. Dans cet article, je ferai honneur à 5 artisans que j’adore et je pointerai du doigt 2 problèmes. Et maintenant présentation des artistes ! :
STEEVE GRANDJEAN : Ce petit français spécialiste des crânes va ravir les yeux des rebelles ! Pratiquant la technique de fonte à cire perdue, les sculptures sont superbes ! https://www.facebook.com/pg/Steeve-Grandjean-skull-jewelry-1579362285610149/photos/?ref=page_internal
PAULETTE A BICYCLETTE : Si leurs designs ne sont pas vraiment ma came, ils sont dans mon top 5 pour une bonne raison, et elle est très importante; cet atelier utilise de l’or qui n’a fait souffrir personne et qui n’a rien détruit. Je vous explique plus bas pourquoi, car il s’agit de l’un des problèmes dont je veux parler. Petits bijoux simples pour ceux qui aiment le classique/bohème/la mignonnerie :-) . https://www.instagram.com/paulette_a_bicyclette/
MY SACRUM : Du lourd et du pieux ici, vous admirerez les ténèbres et la lumière se croiser. https://www.etsy.com/shop/MySacrum
INTO THE FIRE : Parfaite maitrise de l’anatomie, cet américain vous impressionnera avec des pièces massives, puissantes. Oui je sais encore des crânes, mais pas possible de passer outre ^^. http://www.intothefirejewelry.com/
RED SOFA : Amie de la nature, jouant avec les effets de matières, je suis fan. Des branches, des Runes, laissez-vous envoûter héhé. https://www.etsy.com/fr/shop/redsofa
Non, on est pas chez Boucheron ni Cartier ni Chaumet, mais ces artistes undergrounds méritent tout autant d’être admirés je trouve. Si cela est affaire de goût, ça l’est aussi pécuniairement.. La qualité se paye, mais il y a de tout, le prix est fixé en fonction du nombre d’heures de travail, de la taxe de l’État, du loyer de l’atelier à payer, des matériaux à rembourser et autres frais. Pour vous donner un exemple, le kilo d’or pur est à la minute où je vous parle à 34510€. Cependant, certains abusent, genre tu payes la marque.... “Oh mais ils ont raison puisque des gens sont prêts à acheter!” , c’est prendre les gens pour des cons, profiter de leur ignorance. Certains bijoutiers font style “Oui on fait des pièces uniques ou petites séries à la main, ce bijou en argent coute 1100€ ça les vaut”, putain mec t’as aucune race, le kilo d’argent pur est (au 29/04/2018) à 438€, pour ton bijou je sais que tu as fabriqué un moule en caoutchouc, je sais combien d’heures à peu près t’as mis à le faire et ôte-moi d’un doute mais il ne pèse pas 800 grammes XD, donc je sais qu’il ne vaut pas 1100 boules... Voilà c’était un poing sur le premier problème.
Second problème, j’en parlais plus haut sur l’or éthique, j’explique. L’or extrait dans les minerais doit être traité au mercure et au cyanure, dans 95% des cas, ces poisons sont rejetés dans la nature, dans les rivières... ça pollue, c’est mortel. C’est peut-être un peu plus cher, mais j’encourage mes confrères à utiliser de l’or qui n’a pas bousillé la planète. Les gens sont plus sensibles à ça maintenant, ça vaudrait peut-être le coup d’essayer...
Il n’y a pas que la planète qui en souffre, mais aussi les humains, notamment pour les pierres, ce que je vais vous apprendre va sûrement vous choquer, mais il faut que vous le sachiez. Je pense que vous êtes déjà au courant qu’on envoi les enfants au fond des mines car ils passent plus facilement, mais bon comme vous portez des fringues fabriquées par des enfants exploités on est plus à ça près. Mais sur l’échelle de la gravité, on monte un peu avec ceci : Des rubis, des diamants, des saphirs, Dieu que c’est beau, mais chaque pierre est recouverte de sang.. Les “ouvriers” chargés de les trouver sont des esclaves. Ils sont drogués à l’héroïne, puis s’ils en veulent d’autre, il va falloir trouver des pierres. Chaque jour, ils vont chercher leur salaire : un shoot d’héro... Pas d’argent, pas de nourriture, ils font la queue en fin de journée devant une cabane, contenant une poche d’héroïne avec une aiguille...
Vous vous doutez qu’il n’y a pas de happy end pour ces pauvres gens, je ne l’aurai jamais su si Médecins Sans Frontières ne s’étaient pas déplacés jusqu’à mon école de joaillerie pour nous prévenir de bien choisir nos pierres précieuses. Il y a eu un film avec Leonardo DiCaprio pour dénoncer cette horreur : Blood Diamond; je ne suis pas capable de le voir perso.
A vous de choisir ce qui a une vraie valeur.
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