#mycen

[forblazess]

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Illustrations by shojo mangaka, Yumi Tamura (Basara, 7 Seeds, Don't Call it Mystery) from the Fire Emblem The Complete (1996) artbook.

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[lululeighsworld]

In the Eyes of the Beholder, Chapter 1, on AO3

Rating: Mature Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Fandom: Fire Emblem Heroes, Fire Emblem Series Relationships and Characters: Gunter/Summoner Leigh, Jagen, Mycen, and Marcus Additional Tags: Hot Springs & Onsen, Nudity, Age Difference, Knights, Established Relationship, Grumpy Old Men, Banter, Revelations, Non-binary Summoner

The newest recruit to the Order of Heroes grapples with the worst kept secret in all of Askr.

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[fefuckability]

ROUND 1: Will young blood prevail, or is gramps gonna school him?

Which man is more fuckable?

Alm

Mycen

Voting ended onMay 17, 2024

Feel free to rb/comment with your reasons!

[smashorpassgilf]

Mycen (Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia)

Mycen

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onJan 2, 2025

[valentialbein]

And what of my adaptational bitterness?!

Not long ago, I decided to look at some of my favorite FE15 scenes with Japanese voice acting, given how fantastic the English dub is-- and something I picked up in the process is that the scene between Alm and Mycen in Rigel Castle has a couple of interesting changes that I wanted to lay out! Particularly with its most... iconic lines. Major spoilers ahead!

(Note: I'm not a native Japanese speaker, and I'm not entirely fluent, but I took two years of college classes and damn if I'm not putting that all to use here!!)

While I put together a document going through the whole conversation in Japanese and loosely translating it, most of it is generally the same, aside from two bits. You're also not going to get the whole picture just by reading the lines, as the voice acting does a great deal for both sides of this conversation, so I highly recommend you pull up the scene in video form as well.

Now, the first change is pretty brief! Specifically, when Mycen brings up Alm's birth during his whole spiel about how the gods are deteriorating.

Mycen: しかし、そこにアルム。お前が生まれた。(Shikashi, soko ni Arumu. Omae ga umareta.) But then there's you, Alm. You were born. But then you were born, Alm.

Alm: ！！ (*gasp*) ...! What does that have to do with any of this?

The second, more important one, is Alm's reaction to being Rudolf's mercy, and how Mycen responds to that. The exchange goes like this:

Mycen: それが愛するわが子であればこれ以上の喜びはない…… (Sore ga aisuru waga ko de areba koreijou no yorokobi wa nai…) So for it to be his beloved child, he could feel no greater joy… So for that death to come at the hand of his beloved son was… a mercy.

Mycen: ルドルフは、そう言っておった。(Rudorufu wa, sou itte otta.) Rudolf told me so himself. He told me himself that he could imagine no more peaceful end.

Alm: そんな…… 父さん、父さんっ……！！(Sonna… Tou-san, Tou-san…!!) That's... Father, father...!! And what of my peace?!

"Sonna..." on its own is a pain to translate, but the specific meaning isn't as relevant as how Natsuki Hanae says this line. Rather than reacting with even more bitterness because Rudolf's convoluted plan made no room for Alm's own say on the matter - him yelling at Mycen earlier for sending him to kill his own father is about the same already - JP Alm just... breaks down and cries for his father, essentially. And it's this difference in reaction that makes Mycen respond in turn!

Mycen: 泣くな、アルムよ。(Naku na, Arumu yo.) Don't cry, Alm. This is not the time for mourning or self-pity, boy.

Compared to something like "nakanaide" (please don't cry), "naku na" is more direct in just. You know. Telling someone not to cry instead of asking them. So perhaps there's a weight behind those words that I'm missing, but with his quieter and more even tone of voice, and the way he addresses Alm by name, it comes off as a lot gentler than how he scolds Alm in the localization.

Now, why were these changes made? Are they better or worse? I don't know! Sure, I'd like Mycen not to be kind of a dick to his grandson while he's feeling so vulnerable, but I can tolerate it because that's how I first experienced the scene, and their supports say a great deal more about how they feel about each other than a scene where they're both freshly grieving. More than that, though, I think Alm breaking down and sobbing and Alm sticking it to the man both get to something very important about his position here, something that Natsuki Hanae and Kyle McCarley also portray amazingly:

He's way too young for this shit.

[ojisanmansion]

[vilkalizer]

Grandpa has arrived.

Mycen can just have 60 def with fairly minimal effort. And his weapon debuffs enemies by 6 + 20% of his visual def. Casual -18 atk/def, sure, why not!

Very funny grandpa.

Still need ninja Nomah though