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a blog for fire emblem (awakening and if/fates) (note: any if/fates posts/info that was not announced prior to the game's release on June 25, 2015 will be tagged as 'fe if spoilers')

[thesparkofrevolution]

The double Corrin combo!

[darkgreyclouds]

Do you need a hug, Dad?

[tactfiction-deactivated20170807]

angst/ fluff with corrin being upset saizo won't show PDA

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You noticed it when those feelings of loneliness manifested into frustration. Seeing Kaze walking with his wife, arms linked, sometimes holding hands, whenever out on trips to restock supplies. Saizo would walk beside you, but your husband refrained from public displays of affection.

It wasn’t anything you thought to hard about, considering his personality. But Saizo was capable of being loving…it made you feel left out whenever you were in public.

Not because you wanted to be like everyone else, but because it almost made you feel…used, in a way. Your passions were reserved for evenings, and then you were awake alone in bed, your husband having disappeared until the next night.

It was rare you spent much time doing anything together, much less something like holding hands or linking arms. Your brow furrowed, mulling over your thoughts. Maybe it was because you never asked, you figured, looking up to your tall, handsome ninja.

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[mustacheelm]

daughters and fashion

[mustacheelm]

hoshido girls and fashion (including overlap from nohr)

[mustacheelm]

nohr girls and fashion 

[destinyrush]

[moencabbage]

Long haired sakura😘

[pancove]

my submission for the world around us zine!!! i love scarlet a lot and wanted to imagine what her convos with some of the other characters would be like since the game didn’t give us a chance to see it.. and selena is my forever girl so i had to pair them.

i’d reccomend full view to read it!!! 

[unassumingvenusaur]

actually, if you're ever up for it, i'd love to hear your thoughts on queerbaiting in awakening.

oh man, you asked for it 

*ahem* 

Awakening is a game deeply, deeply embedded in heteronormativity. It has a system of marriage where pretty much every character can marry every other character of another gender, which in and of itself raises some unfortunate and untrue ideas about men and women’s relationships always having an undertone of romance and them never being able to just be friends. 

On top of this, despite the large cast of characters, and the fact that one of the characters is a self-insert, there are exactly zero options for any sort of same-sex romance. Not only is this highly unrealistic, but it also, in my opinion, unnecessarily limits a wider diversity and breadth of gameplay, reducing the number of potential experiences and the game’s replayability for the sake of adhering to certain constricting norms. 

Now, the explanations (not necessarily excuses) for this usually follow the lines of “well, the reason for the marriage mechanic is the kids, and that wouldn’t work with gay relationships” (which i take severe issue with for many reasons–this is a fantasy game, after all, and the second generation doesn’t have kids–but i’ll leave that untouched for now), or “Nintendo is a conservative company, and they didn’t want to upset anybody by including gay content.” 

Nintendo is a conservative company, I agree. They likely didn’t want to upset anyone with gay content, I agree–only to an extent, though, which I’ll elaborate on later. However, I really can’t believe this is the full explanation for the decision–in fact, I’m rather convinced that IS (or at least NoA, I’m not sure if this applies to the original Japanese script as well) possesses a level of malice towards LGBTQ+ people. And the reason I think this is the queer baiting. 

Despite the fact that only heterosexual relationships are allowed to come to fruition, the game clearly, explicitly teases you with the idea of same-sex romance and feelings of attraction only to deny actual representation. All for the sake of “humor,” it seems, as if taunting a segment of the player base that is already marginalized is the most hilarious thing in the world. There are innumerable examples of this. Take the F!Robin and Flavia supports, for example, where Robin is mistakenly convinced that Flavia is hitting on and trying to propose to her. 

Robin: K-Khan Flavia!Flavia: Well? Have you thought more about my proposal?Robin: Oh, er, right. You mean the one about me going to Regna Ferox?Flavia: And joining my family. Don’t forget that bit.Robin: Yes, about that. You see, I’m not entirely sure what it means. Because we’re both women, and… I mean, not that there’s anything wrong with that, but…Flavia: Yes? And…? We’re both women. That’s no impediment as far as I’m concerned!Robin: It is for me!Flavia: Why? Isn’t it more important that we hold love for each other? Any other details—Robin: This is a bit more than a detail! 

Note the implication here that even Robin, the supposed player self-insert, is strictly heterosexual and made uncomfortable by the idea of being in a relationship with another woman. Or take the Severa and Kjelle supports:

Severa: It’s one thing for a child to be a tomboy, Kjelle, but you’re a grown woman now! Augh! Now I can see your stomach! Really, have a little… Wow. Those are serious abs, Kjelle. I could do my laundry on them. No wonder you walk around with your shirt hanging off…Kjelle: It’s not “hanging off.” I just untucked it! …And why the sudden compliment anyway?Severa: I…I don’t know! It just kind of popped out of my mouth.Kjelle: You don’t have the hots for me or something, do you?Severa: Hah! You couldn’t handle me for an hour, and you know it! 

Or Maribelle and Olivia’s supports:

Olivia: Hee hee! Besides, I’d rather hang out with you than some stuffy noble gentleman. So then, would YOU care to join me for tea, O fairest of nobles? Methinks heaven should count it’s angels, for there is one standing in front of me! Those pantaloons must be made of mirrors, for I can see myse—

You can see yourself in them. You can say it, game. Don’t think this only applies to women though–see Virion and Libra’s support for an example. 

Virion: (blushing, smiling) Hmm… From this angle, Libra looks quite different. Very manly, in fact. That big brow… Those massive knuckles…Libra: Sorry? Did you say something?Virion: Who, me? Oh, er, no. Nothing of import, my good man! Er, friend. Man…friend. *Ahem* 

Nothing important, of course. This is a sideshow to be dismissed and laughed at. 

It’s obvious they added such lines not to please LGBTQ fans (because then they would have added romance options at the end of these exchanges) but to please straight people who fetishize the idea of gay romance. This sort of takes down the explanation that IS didn’t want to upset anyone with gay content, too–the implications here would be obvious to anyone, even a homophobe who would be made viscerally upset by any reference to gay people. 

This isn’t even mentioning the DLC conversations which take the queerbaiting and ramp it up to 11– there’s the time when Kjelle drinks a truth potion and starts groping Severa, calling her pretty, saying they should “forget about the boys,” or the time Vaike runs around telling everyone Lon’qu is gay, in an oh-so-uncomfortable bit of dialogue (but he never says “gay,” of course. You can never say “gay.”)  

All the while, characters insist there’s “nothing wrong with that.” Yet their actions don’t match their words.

LGBTQ+ people here aren’t brushed aside to reach a larger audience, they’re used as a commodity to evoke laughs and please certain other demographics. They’re exploited and not given anything in return. Fire Emblem: Awakening was not made for LGBTQ+ people, which is part of why I work so hard to reclaim it. IS seems to think our existence is a joke, but it’s not. And I don’t think we should take such a suggestion lying down.

[valadren]

I’m gonna reblog @unassumingvenusaur‘s post to add to the discourse for a second.

I’d also like to point out that FE has a history of brushing up against LGBTQIA+ themes in their games, at least as far as the NA translation is concerned. FE7 had implicit romantic intention between Heath and Legault (which was played for laughs), but also had an implied but seemingly genuine relationship option between Florina and Lyn. Sacred Stones had an implied connection between Eirika and Tana that went unstated, and most notably Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn actually had both Ike and Elincia, arguably the two main characters of the series (sans Micaiah and Sothe in RD) with this same kind of hinted same-sex relationships. If I’m not mistaken, Ike has no possible romantic ending with any woman on the team, but has one for Soren and one for Ranulf. Elincia also has an implicit bond with Lucia that’s said to run “deeper than the bond of milk sisters.”

At one point in time I actually thought that Radiant Dawn was the start of a progressive shift in FE’s trajectory, but Awakening was a step back. Don’t get me wrong, I love Awakening, but @unassumingvenusaur put it best in her post above. I’d argue that Fates went even further with its baiting, even though it includes canon same-sex options. Beyond the fact that the only two options are between a heavily suggestive and flirtatious man and a woman who’s trope is stalking the main character, we have someone like Soleil. Soleil is canonically bisexual, and has no same-sex romance options. So we get to see her flirt with girls as much as we like, but then at the end of the day, she marries a guy. It is kind of dismissive of LGBTQIA+ people that a part of their lives is played as a joke, and honestly one of the reasons I’m so committed to this hack is that it shows a truly positive part of the FE community, and showcases proper character depth. I strongly believe that an overwhelming majority of the supports written for this take the clear-cut personality traits of these characters and also goes into a serious exploration of them. We have people addressing Cordelia’s trauma over losing her squad mates while not letting go of her fastidious nature, or Laslow showcasing both his charm and flirtatious behavior, while also exploring the dark reality he had to face. I honestly believe this effort does more than just reclaim the game from a pretty dismal view of people like me (for example), it wholeheartedly improves the quality of it, and shows a genuine love of the characters spanning these two games.

This got a little rambly, but I’m in a mood. tl;dr though is that queerbaiting isn’t a new element in FE historically, and this hack is made out of genuine good.

[unassumingvenusaur]

Thank you very very much ^^

[ruibits]

wanted to try drawing an older kanna

[chetlier-deactivated20181227]

Ophelia in lissa’s clothes ヘ(◕。◕ヘ)

[apticho]

Can you smile for me one last time?

Not like this… please… I-I’ve lost so many already… Gods… p-please….

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[apticho]

“AH UM— UUUAAUHHH HOW DO I LET GO???—”

lon’qu/olivia a support

bonus:

15 mins later

[momoconteng]

Lost & Found

[mordredbi]

he got lost in hoshido

[tactfiction-deactivated20170807]

Benny for the kidnapping prompt, please!! If it's not too much to ask, maybe with a little extra angst? ;)

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The band of royals burst into the fortress, leading an anxious group of soldiers with them. Among them was your husband, Benny, who gripped a razor sharp lance in one hand, and a bloody, crinkled ransom note in the other.

It had since been ripped in two, after Benny found it tacked on the war council’s tent that morning.

His gentle demeanor evaporated as he trailed your captors, sprinting as fast as his heart pounded in his chest. It took hours to find the fort just outside of Mokushu. As soon as they did, all your family was on the case.

But they were running out of time. They may have found the place you were held at, but how much longer did they have? According to the royals, not much.

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