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[ask-victor-grantzcampbell]

Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday, Victor. Do you have any plans for today...? @theunconcernedembalmer

Any plans? No, I don't have much due to only recently coming back so my load is rather empty this year.

[ebi-noodle-doodles]

In ibispaint-ish style i mean the quality?? I can tell what app a person uses based on the brushes, or quality, and i wanted to see your art in ibispaint, so sorry for the shtty explanation:')), i jus wanna see if your artstyle was compatible or possible to recreate in ibis🥲🥲

oh man sorry for the late reply but I did used to draw using Ibis paint X) now im not used to it- but I think it can be compatible or there is a tutorial out there about watercolor in ibis paint! Ill make sure to reblog reply it here when I found it ദ്ദി(｡•̀ ,<)~✩‧₊

[ddwcaph-game]

In celebration of Chapter Four being complete here's a question for you:

Which one of the main cast is the most difficult to write and which one is the easiest? Also, which one better represent your personality?

Can't wait to play the update when it releases!

Hello, sorry for taking super long to answer this. 😅

Of the main cast, the hardest to write is definitely Brandon/Beatrice. It's a combination of:

being the newest member of the group in terms of development (Cordelia and Cham existed way earlier than B did)

me just having a hard time writing antagonists in general (which is why B's sidequest is taking this direction very early on)

B not having much screen time yet (B would've had more screen time before the rewrite, but that's a whole can of worms)

me just taking a very long time to figure out characters (although I guess this doesn't apply to the IAC cast lol)

and I guess there's also this pressure now, considering B seems to be the most popular character despite being the least developed member of the group

For easiest, I don't think it's a surprise for most people that it's Wayne and Roselyna. Their dialogue just comes to me naturally, especially since they're part of the original trio in the original novel (along with Paddy), and because they're just so much fun to write... Which is funny, since I'm nothing like them as a child, and more like something I ideally wanna be like. I guess they're also partly the reason why MC & Twin are fairly easy to write, minus the bad relationship scenes/variations. Those are always painful and exhausting to write. I always write the positive/emotional variations first, and I have to actively repress those feelings before I can write the opposite variations.

Cham is also easy and fun to write, but also exhausting at the same time, so I don't think I can write Cham for long unlike Wayne and Rosie who's always in my head (but refuse to get into my dreams).

As for who represents me the most, I've already mentioned before that it's Paddy. But actually even more so now that Ate Paddy's an option and actively questioning their gender identity. Paddy has a lot more internal dialogue going on (which is why they're not as easy to write as Wayne or Rosie), but MC's rambly internal dialogue pretty much evolved from how I was writing Patrick before he got demoted from main character status. I'm not saying I'd act or look exactly like Paddy, but in essence, the story I'm writing is basically how Paddy would write it, if that makes sense. It's kind of like Paddy being content enough to watch over the twins (and experiencing the story through them), but would absolutely get wrecked if they went away.

Anyway, thanks for sending the ask and I hope the update was worth the wait!

[in-auctorem-credimus-if]

Are Julie, Maggie, and MC’s father humans? Or are they a different species? Sorry if this is too spoilers!

Hello, apologies if I took a long while to answer your question, but I guess I have a good excuse, since Dear Diary MC will now have the option to choose their Ancestry Traits in the next update!

So to answer your question: not necessarily!

MC can have human, elven, orcish, dwarven, halfling, gnomish, goblin, draconic, or fae ancestry. And depending on their favorite genre, they can also be a demigod, or have werewolf/vampire/nephilim/cambion heritage.

Do note that I specifically mention "heritage" and "ancestry" as the exact specifics are another spoilery matter entirely (and may change later in development anyway).

With all the new changes in development, IAC needs a complete rewrite (not just edits), so unfortunately rewriting IAC is now a lower priority for me, especially because certain details might change in the future again. But everything in IAC still holds up for the most part!

[randomnameless]

The more people complain about self inserts in Fire Emblem the more evident it becomes that they're not holding the "not self insert" main characters (in FE games that don't have a self insert) not even halfway to the same standard

Sorry for the late reply anon, I tried to type something, then forgot, then retyped but wasn't satisfied, and they forgot again etc etc

For your answer -

I cannot really say I agree, because while some MC can be irritating and annoying and be seen as the second coming of Jesus in their respective verses (Ike) - the issue is mostly prevalent in recent games with avatars, especially in FE16.

Take Minerva.

She switches side because Marth'n'pals rescue Maria, not because Marth is really really rad. Minerva has strong bonds with the Whitewings, especially Palla.

Palla isn't fridged somewhere to make Minerva support Marth, or tell everyone how much of a great guy he is, Minerva can bounce off Palla, Maria and Michalis.

Sigurd? Is the protagonist of FE4, and how boys does it deserve him. All of his allies die, and I remember pointing it out in my LP, while Seliph and F!Lewyn all put the blame on Sigurd's allies's deaths on Sigurd himself, that's a load of crap. Quan died because Travant attacked, Eldie died because Chagall was a douche. Lewyn would most likely have died due to his uncles, or Arvis invading the land.

Claude (the FE4 one!) was branded a traitor and marked to die the second he went to Orgahill and learnt it wasn't Byron who killed Prince Kurth, but Langobalt'n'Reptor.

Did Briggid join Sigurd's quest because Sigurd is awesome, or because Aidean asked her to help them - and Siggy's group helped her against her former bandit friends?

Seliph is seen by everyone as the messiah - but he feels like he is usurping this role, because he is no Messiah, he just is the "Son of". Nonetheless, if this is the role the people of Jugdral need him to play/embrace, then he will do it. Seliph doesn't trounce people right and left with his awesome weapon, hell, Arvis is the one to give him Tyrfing.

Ephraim? Deconstruct the Chad Lord trope - it is (partly) because he was such a chad that Lyon turned to evil forces in hopes to impress him - post FE8!Ephraim is a mess. The strongest and chadest of all princes to have ever chaded out there couldn't protect his father, his country nor save his best friend.

Funny thing, Ephraim doesn't recruit everyone in FE8; Eirika recruits people too and is closer to the "future lords of Magvel" than Ephraim will ever be (Joshua gets his "true" ending on Erika's route, seeing his mom, and Innes sided with her instead of Leeroying Jenkinsing in Grado with Ephraim).

For all of the orange sucking FE15 had, Alm might be teh Hero (tm) but he is not the alpha and omega of every character - let Mathilda die and Clive will stop worshiping his oranges. No matter how rad he is, if you did not save Tatiana, Zeke won't join. Ditto if you killed Zeke, Tatiana will not join.

Even if Ike is my most disliked Lord (outside of avatars) from the franchise, he is not the everything to his verse (at least in FE9). Jill will ditch the Greil Mercenaries to join the enemy, unless she has a support, not with Ike himself, but with a subhuman or Ike's useless sister.

See where I'm going?

There's no scissors pulled out to sever the bonds existing between characters to insert a "self-insert" character.

Reyson and Leanne love each other, Reyson will rush to her when she is rescued by Naesala, he will not take a backseat for Ike to rush to her when she is saved.

During Rajaion's last moments, the close up is on Ena being by his side. Not Ike.

Rhea being freed from Gritnea? Billy CG. Rhea having her last (unless power of the A Support) moments in the cathedral? In Billy's arms.

What is Seteth, Flayn, Cyril or even Catherine? I don't know.

Ranulf is Skrimir's right hand man. Ranulf isn't put in a freezer for Ike to take his role, until he returns.

Games where the lord isn't a self-insert doesn't pull the awful "alone B4 U" nonsense, Eliwood might have recruited Nino and saved Jaffar, Jaffar's first and most important bond will be to Nino, and Nino will in turn support her uncle Legault.

Tatiana isn’t fridged so Zeke can only side with Alm because Alm is super cool and has warm hands, nope. Zeke will only side with Alm if Tatiana was, lel, de-fridged from Nuibaba’s abode.

I’ve kind of warmed up (a bit) about Billy and what they could have been, but what the game did of them (self-insert + avatar powers being a blackhole warping the narration and its characters) really sucks, and brings down FE16.

I think this ask was sent before the interview were the devs said they didn’t want to give a better ending in Nopes than any you can reach in Houses else the player will feel bad bcs Billy’s the self-insert...

-> here you have your validation. The world, and even the subsequent Fodlan games must accomodate to make Billy, the player’s avatar, the only reason why the world is saved.

it’s the Doylist explanation to all this Watsonian stuff I’ve brough, and it’s terrible.

I really hope IS will drop this “idea” because the avatar with his magic scissors remodeling characters to turn them in S-Support material is awful, and in a series that prided itself on its story+characters, if you remove the characters you’re not left with anything else.

[mushramoo]

heyo! just wanna say i love your blog and your art, you inspire me so much to draw!! i usually don't talk much but i feel bad for not saying anything. hope you are doing okay, don't forget to drink water and stay safe!

AA IM GLAD I INSPIRE YOU!!!! And no problem lol! I tend to lurk a lot on tumblr I totally get it. If it makes you comfortable then go for it friend!

[ardynzunia]

@sylleblosscm   from here 

Unparalleled are the gardens of Fenestala Manor, in both beauty and tranquility. Her haven these long years: the place her mother would once bring her when she was distressed, the place she would take herself in her lowest moments for a breath of fresh air, and the place she brings her new charge now, whenever their lessons appear to overwhelm him.  

She gazes down at the tired child - for he is nothing if not that, a child - and hesitantly brings a hand up to stroke his hair. When she is not brushed aside she does so again, tenderly, until he finally falls asleep in her lap. And only then does she realise that, for the first time in her life, she has not sought her peace in this place - but she finds it anyway in those quiet, even breaths.

Ruby has been trained over time, not to twitch or stiffen against unwanted or unexpected touch. Made it easier, once upon a time, for Verstael to do his work. But he’s very glad of the training now, as the touch is not harsh but soft and kind. Luna affectionately stroking his hair as he lies on her lap.

It’s so easy to fall asleep, knowing she’s there. Knowing he’s safe. He sees her as a sister any more, and he wonders if she feels the same.

“You’re really nice,” He mumbles sleepily. “I’m glad Caligo agreed to my deal, so I got to meet you.” 

[sketcheydyslexic]

Happy Valentines Day!!! :D

I'm so sorry this is late a bunch of stuff happened all at once so I had to go on hiatus for a while, but thank you so much!

Froggie is very cute 🥰🥰