Psi

Psi

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27. They/He. Love Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, Mother/Earthbound, Toradora, Spice and Wolf, and more! Bi.

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I think the absolute best feature of Fortune's Weave that I fully applaud and hope appears in future FE games are guest units whose kills add to an exp pool that gets distributed to your own units after the map. Amazing system that expands narrative possibilities and lets you play guilt-free.

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I didn't think Solel would have a role like this I'll fill out the apology form

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I didn't care at all about Byleth and Sothis until 5 years after 3H came out and now they're in my all-time top 10. So no matter what first impressions FW leave on me, there's always the possibility that in 2031 I get hit with an epiphany and then BAM I'll be writing Solel essays or whoever lol

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Datamining is exciting and all that but y'all have to remember how much stuff was datamined in both Houses and Hopes that never manifested in the game. Neither through updates nor DLC. Something being datamined does not mean it'll be in the game. It might! It might not.

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Part 3 of Fortune's Weave is such a weird video game. It almost doesn't even feel real. Part 1 was a very different FE in a way where it very much knew what it wanted to be. Part 2 was pretty typical FE. Part 3 is a very different FE in a way where I don't feel like it knows what it wants to be.

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For all that talk about how the art has changed in the manga though this panel from the latest volume is really great lol. They're such creatures.

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"When you want to hear my voice, play Saria's Song. You can talk with me anytime..." I’m happy and excited about the Ocarina of Time remake, and I drew the Sage of the Forest. #TloZ #fanart

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Something was bothering me while re-reading the Toradora manga and I realized what it was. It's *super* obvious comparing it side by side but the change was subtle over time trust me. The art style has changed! I mean, the manga's been going on for almost 20 years, so it figures, but it's worse now!

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Compare the first two pages there from Volume 1 to the latter two pages from Volume 10. The thing that tipped me off was I found myself thinking "isn't Ryuuji uglier than he used to be?" lol. They stopped drawing highlights in his hair entirely, and the overall art style is just less detailed.

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The details primarily seem sacrificed on the boys though, the girls less so. Such is the consequence of being a shounen publication I suppose. That said, Taiga's worse too still. She's drawn way more moe and I don't like it nearly as much as the earlier style. Compare the big chapter illustrations:

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Opinions shift a lot in the early days (did you know my first favourite Engage character wasn't Etie but Jean?) but these are my current top 10 Fortune's Weave characters after Parts 1 and 2.

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Okay apparently a lot of people miss this and make their lives much harder when it doesn't have to be that way so FORTUNE'S WEAVE PSA: In the first battle of Part 3 do not forget to turn your blessings on in the preps menu. It is night and day doing it without vs with Aurora's blessing.

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Will and GallicaπŸ‘‘ ウィル & ガγƒͺγ‚« #MetaphorReFantazio #パタフゑー

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In my efforts to use every character in Part 2 at least once but having done absolutely zero pre-planning on recruitment, the way I split up the units ended up being a little awkward lol. Sirocco ended up on Theodora's team, Ultand on Dietrich's, and Lysander on Cai's πŸ˜… But I'm glad I managed it!

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Watched the first episode of the new Apothecary Diaries season. So excited to see these volumes adapted 😌 Spoilers for future volumes (sorta, I guess, though it's sorta the whole setup here): It's funny though, the swarm itself won't happen until Season 5. It'll be *years* for all this to payoff.

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But there's *soooo* many great scenes and storylines in the volumes in between and after too, it's just funny to think about the fact that if we're *lucky* and the Apothecary Diaries anime adaptation keeps going and going without delays, it'll be like what 2031 or 2032 when the swarm hits?

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I always end up studying fictional packaging like this so much cus it's always kinda funny. "Pretty!" is a speech bubble, so it's the fireworks saying that? "Lots of fun! Family Fun Fireworks! Full Points for Fun!". I'm guessing it's fun. I love the arrow with "Look!". Like yeah man, uh huh, indeed.

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I've done Theodora 1+2, Dietrich 1+2, and Cai 1+2 now (in that order). All that's left is Leda 1+2 and I'll be able to head on to Part 3. I'm 107 hours into the game. If I reach waaaay back into the depths of my memory I can vaguely recall a portion of this game with Eshmel, Troy, and Hong Hua...

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I knew this would be the worst FEH banner ever made when the writing was on the wall with the first CYL redux banner and yeah this is indeed the worst FEH banner ever made. Just god awful.

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Fortune's Weave DLC is cool and all but I DIDN'T SEE ANNA WHERE IS SHE??? She's not in the expansion pass trailer cus she'll be free DLC *inhales massive amounts of copium*

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Need her...

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Fabio: Finally my intellectual equal Tialla: Do you think the kidnapper made people really small and put them in a bag and carried them away?

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The thing with Fortune's Weave is it's both an *incredibly* bloated game and *also* clearly suffering from a massive amount of cut content that negatively impacts the story telling. They needed to heavily compress what's there and fit in the rest of the story to make this work properly. Alas.

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I'm still trudging my way through the game at a measly 86 hours or so. So I still have what like 40% of the game to go? Yeah...pretty bloated lol. But half the villains die off-screen in routes that were cut before release! Supports that should but just *don't* exist! Characters you can barely use!

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Another Miss Silksong masterpiece from yours truly

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The prompt was to draw something kissable and this might be my finest work.

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I need to go back to this game so bad I miss Gallica. After Fortune's Weave perhaps I lock-in on Metaphor.

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I'm 24 hours into Metaphor now and my experience still consists of eagerly awaiting the next Gallica text box. Yeah there's really fun class-focused turn-based RPG gameplay and some great character writing and hard-hitting themes criticizing society and politics but what will the fairy say next?