#rune factory five

[ivorysodapop]

I am fond of RF5 but some of the sprites bother me.... they are not all created equal (compare Ares to Scarlet, for example)... so here is an edit

[bugjjuice]

all I draw is rf4 at this point

[dandelians]

Here's an illustration of Ryker.

Edited version. I'll just keep both lmao.

[foreverkitty]

everyones done!

[rainbowroseart]

Some old Rune Factory 5 art! Honestly don’t know where they are but probably Basara’s Hideaway?

[imayeenatheart]

Murakumo

I love me a himbo wolf man.

[plow-and-propose]

🙃

[glyphron]

I'm just going to put this here.

There's a lot of memes about Lucas saying he's a God. But, first, people forget the concept of a God between the eastern and western world is vastly different. In the western world, a God is a super powerful being capable of doing almost anything. In the eastern world, a God can be as simple as a spirit with particular powers over an element or area. They're not as indestructible or omnipotent. Next, a better translation into English for Lucas' status would be "demigod." A being that is godlike but lives among men and operates within their society.

As for Lucas himself, he is definitely NOT full of himself. He lost his memories and had nothing but his notes to rely on to teach him about the world again. In which he discovers he has all these powers that no one else he's ever met has. And has to draw conclusions on that alone. Given the culture RF games reflects, it would not be out of line for him to conclude he is actually some sort of divine being. I mean, what other conclusion is there to come to?

So, now you have a demigod running around trying to coexist with normal and, frankly more delicate, humans. He is now trying to figure out how to be himself qithout hurting anyone, hence his list of taboos. And to add to that, we can assume he is not lying about any of his abilities. He displays more than half of them throughout the game, and they work exactly as he says they do. Why would he be lying about the rest? He has no reason to, especially given his personality.

He is not narcissistic. Far from it, actually. He tries to be responsible with his powers and not meddle in delicate affairs or solve everything for everyone else. Remaining rather neutral because, he truly believes its not his place to decipher what is wrong or right but to just maintain balance. And let humanity decide for itself what it wants to do. He is not controlling and does not expect reverence or praise for anything he does. Nor does he spend time pushing it people's faces. He only brings it up when people misconcieve what he is or what he's doing. Like when his powers are called magic tricks. In other words, he is simply clarifying with what seems to be the reality of them, the truth. That's not really a God complex, despite literally counting as an Eastern concept of a God.

In short, his character arc is rather fascinating and particularly good. I must admit, when I first heard of his claim, I too rolled my eyes and expected narcissistic tendencies and the like. What actually happened was not something I expected AT ALL and I'm so glad I gave him a chance. He actually IS a demigod in the realm of RF considering he has powers on par or similar to the Dragons that are actually worshipped as gods in that universe. His claims ate legitimate. He's not pushy about it just corrects people when they get it wrong, as is his right. No one in their right mind wants to be mislabeled or seen as something they aren't. And he genuinely wants to be a benevolent being but, not in the sense of controlling things to be "just so." Rather, benevolent in that, he doesn't want to disrupt people in making their own decisions and living their own lives their own way. So, he goes out of his way to make taboo anything that causes problems or disrupts people in either the short or long run and avoids them as much as possible. He's also very well spoken, rather charming, and gentlemanly. And one of my favorite characters in Rune Factory 5 so far.

I urge other players to shake off their prejudices and consider the source culture of the material and how that culture differs from ours, and give Lucas and his romance a fair chance. And see how they feel AFTER that.