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rexcaliburechoes · 6 months
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i'm having so many feelings about alm + berkut // literally no one asked
i'm having to many feelings about alm and berkut. they are my sons, baby boy baby, sweet children of mine. i want to wrap them up in blankets and give them hot chocolate and a place to scream their troubles and be heard.
thoughts under the cut because this got long.
one of the things that stick out to me the most about alm is how responsibility is thrust upon the poor kid. he knows he's getting into a war, he knows what a war with rigel will bring. he knows how the people suffer, and how something must be done, and the only way to do that is by a war. in order for any change to happen, sometimes force is the only path. he needs to throw off the yoke of the old gods and let the people live by their own hands, he needs to stop the suffering, and if it is war that will do that, then so be it.
alm has responsibility thrust upon him, when all he's really stated before is how he wants to help the people, and that's practically it. he doesn't necessarily want to wage war. i've read a really good fic outlining to celica (through lukas) how, "if there were another peaceful solution, alm's sword would be first on the pile", and i genuinely think this is true. the boy has been only taught the practical skills (combat, strategy, weather and terrain, etc) and not the finer points of leading. he acknowledges how much he has to learn when he prepares to right back against rigel, sure, and he does learn to lead, but as the quote in hamilton goes, "dying is easy, young man, but leading is harder."
when clive comes to him and just makes him leader, he practically says "hey wait are you sure this is a good idea??" and even later, everyone assumes he's gonna be king at the end of the war
and it hurts, because if you think about it, he's never been taught how to handle the court, how to handle nobility, any of this high aristocracy bullshit. and celica's right. he has no idea how the hell any of this works. he says he's not a farmboy, but he is. he's a country bumpkin from the southern most tip of zofia, hailing from a truly backwater village.
and sure, he has celica to rely on, and clive to rely on, and mycen to rely on. he's forgiven celica already since their fight, and loves her. but she's right. and clive just thrust the title of "leader of the deliverance" and later "king of valentia" onto him. and mycen, mycen isn't truly his grandfather, and all the man does is chide alm for every single decision he makes since leaving the village.
and it's not fair!! it's wholly unfair and sad and painful to think of how alm must step up to the mantle that was pushed upon him. mycen was right. "once you march on Rigel, you place yourself in the hands of destiny. You won’t be able to stop the events that unfold. No one will wish you well. Many will even try to stop you; unexpected tragedy is sure to follow. That is the price of what you are about to undertake." and he's right, and alm said he was ready for it, but even so!!
"and what of my peace?!" he screams to the uncaring world. "what of my personhood?!"
and the world keeps turning on its axis, cold and unchanging as the rigel winter.
"this is not the time for mourning or self-pity, boy." the world tells him. "you cannot be a person, for you are the leader, and leaders must make sacrifices."
and this theme, this arc of alm's fits incredibly well with berkut's. it fits so well and i'm so incredibly sad.
because berkut... berkut was a gentle child. according to the valentia accordion, he was so timid that even riding a horse could make him cry. berkut, being the nephew to the emperor, being in line to the throne only because his father's brother is the emperor, who has no children... he has never was supposed to become emperor in the first place, either. his worldview is deeply shaped by rigel's culture, by how "a prince of rigel cannot possibly be weak". i've discussed this before, about how berkut is an unfortunate product of his upbringing.
but it hurts. it hurts how, no matter what he does, he can't ever be recognised for his accomplishments, that he fails so horribly to a farmboy- a zofian country bumpkin, a weak soldier compared to him- that the only person he has to look up to (much like alm, as mycen keeps ripping him apart, and clive only wants him to lead and also tells him off throughout the story, and celica, who's an entire ocean mass away) finds him a disgrace and leaves him out to dry, because he's simply not good enough, not even when he's been forced to walk this path.
"uncle!!" he screams to the retreating figure of the red-clad emperor. "please tell me i am good enough for you!! please tell me my own pain wasn't for nothing!"
and the silence is deafening, just like crackle of flames that drown out even the cries of the one thing he truly cared for most.
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good-beans · 5 months
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I keep seeing more and more ocgram stuff and become increasingly tempted to post about my own but ough
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katofvalentia · 1 month
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OH HELL NAH
Not the "localization purists" from the Unicorn Overload s***show finding out about that "retranslated" Fire Emblem Echoes mod and praising it while saying Echoes' localization was abysmal
You literally cannot make this up
Of all Fire Emblem games-
You pick ECHOES to dog on for localization
Idk man I would not like to live in a reality where Lukas does not have some of the most fire quotes known to man simply bcuz someone wants a 1:1 translation without any care for all awkward sentences and dry character voices that brings in a narrative.
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marianne-von-edmund · 2 years
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I love fire emblem paired endings cause they range from "And so Leonie and Felix joined a travelling circus :)" to "Devastated by Tobin's death, Gray was nearly lost to the demon drink until Clair convinced him to clean up. After declining knighthoods in the One Kingdom, the two married and lived out quiet lives. Gray was especially fond of his son, whom he named after his friend"
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chromgioh · 1 year
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I think fire emblem engage is the first fire emblem game since awakening to actually feel like a fire emblem game. It feels like it’s truly going back to its roots of an uncompelling story with vaguely interesting characters with silly names and silly outfits and it’s refreshing I think
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fayesdiary · 1 year
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Echoes for the game ask, but if someone beat me to that, then the next FE game that you love the most
Echoes it is then!
Favorite thing about that game
Oh gods I don't know what to choose
If I had to choose three of them they'd be the characters, the voice acting and the flavor text!
Those three are what they give the game most of its incredible charm!
Least favorite thing about that game
The sexism holy shit, I think this is one of the most misogynist Fire Emblems accidentally or not.
For crying out loud, more than half of the female cast gets kidnapped enough that I was able to make an essay about it!
Kidnappings aside, there's also shit like most of the female cast being overly dependent on men, their endings always putting them in the backseat and so on.
And "it was the remake of a 1992 Kaga game" can only excuse so much when most of the shit is exclusive to Echoes, like Faye, Rinea and Conrad.
Favorite character in that game
Eh, I dunno. I bet it's Rudolf.
Would I recommend it? Why?
slams table YES IF YOU HAVEN'T GO PLAY ECHOES I AM NO LONGER ASKING
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ENGAGING GAMES OF THE SERIES, THE GAMEPLAY IS SIMPLE BUT FUN, THE WORLD IS ONE OF THE BEST AND THE WRITING IS TOP-NOTCH
...well the dialogue at least, the story is a bit more iffy BUT ANYWAY
I DON'T CARE HOW YOU PLAY IT, BUY IT EMULATE IT OR PIRATE IT WHO CARES JUST DO IT
Free space to go off about something!
I know I said it already, but god I'd kill for a spiritual sequel to Echoes
Not a remake, a brand new game that takes most of the cues out of this game. More free roaming, more JRPG elements (imagine a FE game who strucutres itself like a classic JRPG), no avatars please i beg you, and more optional bosses, fun characters and a sizeable postgame!
...or, you know, just an FE4 remake with the same quality as Echoes is fine too
Rating out of 10
A solid 9!
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authordgaster · 2 years
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If we’re gonna say the Gatekeeper is Alm, (maybe a reincarnation or something) how about we reincarnate other Lords into the role of background characters?
We could say Celica is priest at Garreg Mach, or maybe a mercenary for the sake of irony.
Chrom could be a Faerghus minor lord or something and Lucina is his young daughter.
Maybe Robin’s a runaway Agarthan who gets taken in by Chrom.
Corrin could be a Nabatean who survived the Genocide and just wanders around doing acts of kindness.
Feel free to share ideas, maybe I’ll include something like this in a fic I’m working on.
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humanmorph · 1 year
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i cant lie i still want to replay fire emblem awakening its the only fe game i played more than once or even ever finished       (i think). i know the problems it has as a modern fire emblem game... the story really isnt anything to talk about. the characters are probably more one-note than i remember them being. im not even good at tactics games i always played on easy mode for a reason AND YET
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silverstonesainz · 6 days
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hello pls giveth max verstappen and “i dropped everything to be with you! everything!" but don’t make it too sad or i will cry in ur texts ok bye love u
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need me 𐙚 or the one where things don't quite go according to plan (1.2k words)
d rambles. . . love u so much, don't cry
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Max follows after you, jacket shrugged off and left to lay haphazardly on the floor. Your heels click against the hardwood floor, echoing throughout the apartment. Every step you take is angrier and angrier, it sends a chill down the Dutch boy’s spine. 
He watches you at the end of the hallways, how you slam your purse down onto the kitchen island, fingers fiddling roughly with the diamonds stuck to your ears. Your hair lay beautifully, a waterfall down your back and compliments your sleek dress perfectly. You look beautiful, even with the angry tears that make your eyes glimmer. 
He says your name, hopeful— maybe even a little wary of how you’d react. But you don’t, not a flinch or a flicker of movement. You remain fixated on the stubborn earring that can’t seem to budge off your left ear. 
“Slow down, you’ll hurt yourself.” You don’t listen. You are almost just as stubborn as he is and if it weren’t for the moments leading up to this one, he might’ve laughed. But instead he just stares at the way your knuckles just begin to yellow. He sees the restraint in your otherwise angry movements, the way you do try to slow down even if your blood boils. 
You give up with a huff not too long, palms pressing flat against the cold marble and head hanging low as you try to catch your breath. He watches your shoulders ride and fall with every breath, patiently waiting for them to grow softer. 
“Will you please,” Max walks his way to the opposite side of the kitchen island, across from you, “please tell me what’s wrong?”
You scoff, lips curved into a smile but eyes clearly upset. You shake your head, swallow the words you had initially planned on saying and turn around instead. Max sighs, fingers brushing through his hair roughly. He pleads, calls your name again, begs you to talk to him. 
He sees your shoulders slump, the way your hands come up to grip onto the back of your neck. You press into the flesh, halos of white around your fingertips showing him just how tightly you hold yourself. The air settles uncomfortably in the room. It’s thick, filled with unresolved feelings and many words yet to be said. Your fingers fall from the nape of your neck and down to your sides. Max watches you shift on your feet, the slight sway of your body as you try to reconcile yourself with the situation you both find yourself in. 
“Did you know,” You breathe, “You have this glimmer in your eyes when you laugh. Even in the darkest room, they kind of… twinkle. I used to think that I made it up in my head…” You finally turn back around, finally look at him and he almost wishes you didn’t. He swallows a breath, heart suddenly floating in his chest in the worst way.  
He says your name again, and his heart aches at the way your eyes squeeze shut— almost as if you were repulsed by the sound of it. Pain, hurt, it's stitched into every muscle beneath your skin. It’s clear in the way you hold yourself, how you have your chin pointed out but your fingers shake against the marble countertop. 
“You don’t know how ridiculous I felt tonight Max, trailing you like a lost puppy and watching you look down at your ex-girlfriend with that god damn twinkle in your eyes. How stupid I felt standing there watching you fall in love with her all over again.” 
“Again? This is about her again?” Max asks in disbelief.
“No! This isn’t about her. This is about you!” You point an accusing finger at him, breathing jagged and eyes filled with rage. “This is about you letting my hand go at the door—”
Max scoffs, turning to walk out of the room. But he hears your heels click quickly behind him, followed by your angry continuance. 
“—about you dazzling the room and leaving me in the furthest corner of the room to fend for myself—”
For fucks sake, Max mumbles. 
“—This is about the way you looked at me when I finally found you after two hours, talking to your ex-girlfriend, like you were surprised to see me there!” 
Max stops in the middle of the living room, stops when your hand pulls him back and forces him to look at you and all the resentment you carry with you. You stare at each other, boiling with emotions that threaten to pull you apart even further. 
“What do you want me to say?” Max asks, voice low as he struggles to keep his composure. The tears brim at your eyes, a hopeless smile on your lips and you release the breath you’ve been holding. Max watches your whole spirit deflate, taking your facade with it. “We’ve been having versions of this argument for weeks now and I… I’m at a loss. You don’t seem to believe me when I say I love you and it just feels like now you’re finding reasons to push me away.” 
“Push you away?” You repeat, the disbelief evident in your voice, “Max I dropped everything to be with you! Everything! Moved hundreds of miles from home, left friends and family and the only life I’ve ever known to be with you.” 
The volume of your voice rises with every word, every syllable prickles at his skin and entices the guilt to eat at him. He swallows the nerves again, pushes down his sins back into his gut. 
“I’m not pushing you away,” Your voice breaks, shakes with every tear. Mascara begins to bleed under your eyes. “God Max, I am reaching out for you. I need you! Can’t you see that? I need you and you—” 
“I love you!” Max panics.

“But do you need me?!” 
His silence breaks you. His lack of an answer is answer enough. It’s all you need to know. Sobs rack through your body. You cower away from your boyfriend and he’s forced to watch you fall apart without a clue on how to put you back together. You are gasping for air, tears soaking your skin as you try to find a bit of solace in a home that is barely yours.
“I have to go.” 
“No.” Max shakes his head, pulls you back. “I need you.”
“You don’t” I do. “You don’t” I do. “You don’t need me like I need you. You don’t need me like a jacket on a cold day, or coffee in the early morning. You don’t need me the way I need you Max. You don’t suffocate when I’m not around. My absence does not affect you the way yours does me. Maybe you need me, but not in the way I need you.” 
Max turns away, emotions finally getting the best of him. He sniffles, tries to blinks away the tears that burn his eyes but they fall anyways. You both stand in the middle of his home, stand in the middle of your chaos, unsure of where this night leaves the two of you. Max thinks of every way to mend the situation, but even with you sobbing into your hands, he’s at a loss. He’s clueless, hopeless, guilt-filled without a damn clue on how to fix a mess he’s made. 
‎‧₊˚✧ add to the mix ✧˚₊‧
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bloozz · 11 months
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since you mentioned ayato's feet i have a request then/jk🥰🙏
— what if yan!househusband sees us like bleeding or wounded (gettin a scratch from a sharp toy, getting paper cut or accidently harming ourselves with a kn*fe while preparing a snack) but in our eyes we just need a few bandaids and aid kit and we will be fine but for yan!househusband he thinks we are in a verge of death now his gambling on whether to take us to the hospital and pay us for the most expensive private room or treat/heal us LMAO
bascally; his rambling and panicking on what to do and our ass is just looking at him unfazed and just proceeds to do our daily routine and then yan!househusband just see us not there anymore and he panicks more until we assure him that we are okay (maybe it will take 5 hours or somthing😭🙏)
we stan a overdramatic househusband
omg. I love this 😭😭😭 also thanks for the request bbg 😍also ill draw the ayato feet and post it in a few days
yan!househusband x gn!reader !! <3
: yandere, stockholm syndrome , blood, wholesome, hubby almost gets a heart attack, sfw , gn reader , papercuts ( reader is an office worker btw!! ) , reader is called "love" , CUDDLESSSSSS
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just a normal day with your husband kidnapper just casually sweeping the floor like the malewife he is. you;re just sitting on the couch, looking though some documents when..
"ouch !"
the sound of a broom dropping echoed across the living room. he immediately ran over with his phone ready to call the ambulance for whatever happened.
"ARE YOU OKAY, LOVE?!"
"i-im fine— why are you crying?"
he let out a few sniffles and started to dial up the police when he saw the drop of blood and blood coating the paper's corner. you barely managed to stop him in time. he screams something about you having to go to the hospital because you're bleeding..
you try to tell him that you just need to get a bandaid but he block it out and runs around panicking and mumbling that you're going to need to amputate your finger ?! (why did you marry him again?)
he was rummaging around the house for baby locks so this would never happen again YOU WOULD NEVER GET HURT AGAIN— and by that time, you already got a small bandaid and cleaned your finger.
a few hours of panicking and crying later...
"dear, please just calm down... its 3 am and im tired... cmon.. you can lay with me..."
he stopped in his tracks and stared at you with tears staining his cheeks and fluttering his long eyelashes. he just whimpered and climbed into bed for a snuggle. his tense body slowly relaxed in your tight hold and calming heartbeats.
(little did you know hubby slept talked about how much he luvs u)
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sorry if its kinda short!! been having writers block lately
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unexpectedbrickattack · 10 months
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Some (scary, Huge) fake peppi sketches i managed to get out recently
Ramblings under the cut heehee
Wanted to emphasize his HUGE and Hulking body. Hes got Similar movesets to the ingame fake peppino, but theyre fundamentally very Peppino-esque; he is strength and speed based just like Peppino instead of being (primarily) unpredictable and speedy. Thinking of the grab still being one handed but its more like him grabbing Peppinos shirt/body, and immediately chucking him against the wall (similar to peppinos two-armed grab)
The shouldercheck that Peppino does is mimicked with Fake Peppino using his hand as a mace/heavy weighted head weapon.
Runs up the wall on all fours instead of the regular run he does ingame (similar to Peppino using his hands to help with wall climbing)
He is INCREDIBLY loud and shrill during this fight; his voice echoes over itself and its very fast and unintelligible. Hes got very loud and nervous laughter bubbling up alongside the shrill screaming so its just NOT a fun time for Peppino at all.
He is normally very docile, but bc of some hcs I have wrt to him and pizzahead (and the tower overall), he is EXTREMELY stressed out and out of control when Peppino goes through his boss gate. Once he gets his ass handed to him AND he exhausts himself w the chase sequence, Fake Peppino is calmed down enough to think rationally again. And he has decided that Fighting Sucks and he would much rather just keep making pizzas lmao
(yoinking this from discord bc i do Not want to paraphrase lmao)
[I make my peppino SO hulking despite being short so i wanted to convey that same kind of Hugeness but like, if he had the extra height to go along w it Like peppino throws his weight around so i wanted fake peppino to do the same; hes very fast but also incredibly destructive and brutish]
[Im trying to find the best way to put it but like. In the same way getting angry gets u worked up and ur face gets hot and ur heart starts pumpin, the same thing will happen to fake peppino, only it translates into his body starting to bubble up and boil. Which looks AWFUL and it FEELS awful and it further aggravates him when hes burning up and falling apart So he will escalate very fast and essentially go blind w rage until he either passes out or gets knocked out]
[I want him to be a somewhat close parallel to peppino; act first think later. Everything makes him emotional and just like peppino, it will build up out of control very fast, and make him blow up in anger before he can think of a better way to handle it]
[ALSO wrt to fake peppino fighting i want the direction to be less ‘oh that is a weird freaking thing’ and more like ‘that a scary huge monster what the fuck IS that’ Like he makes the ground shake in his own pizzeria when hes chasing after peppino like hes throwing his weight around in such a way that makes him feel like the tank from left 4 dead. Big mans. Charges after peppino, misses; and where peppino would just bonk the wall, fake peppino makes a crater in the wall before shaking off the debris]
[hes not really throwing temper tantrums hes like. JUST as emotional and unable to ‘mask’ as peppino is but he does not have the 40+ years that peppino had to at least have the awareness to be ‘im destroying my own home’]
[I feel like. He is just as fast and strong as peppino, the difference being that peppino has Self Restraint, even if its not Alot And body limitations like breaking limbs n such, but fake peppino does not have that hindrance]
[He and peppino arent like emotionally unstable they are just incredibly volatile when under immense stress. Like most people!! Peppino is just under maximum stress 24/7 and fake peppi is a brand spankin new peppino that finds everything raw and stressful
(From a tagentially related convo)
[hes got a weirdass hobbled together nervous system (since u always see those nervous system diagrams laid out w a floating brain lol)
Its very human like but also inconsistent in some places ie he can feel pain but not All the time. The human body is very VERY complex and theres so many things working together to make shit happen. A nervous system but no bones to help hold it up and send it through the body; its floating in doughy goop ALL the time. His skin isnt Real skin so it doesnt have the same kind of like. Setup to easily receive pain and touch overall. Stretching his body out makes it hard to actually access the nerves so hes often unaware of Pain. But he can Feel things happen. I dunno]
[(responding to the idea of Fake Peppino getting hit with something blunt vs getting impaled or stabbed and grazing his nervous system)
[YES its like literally hitting a raw exposed nerve. The same pain youd get from a fucked up tooth i think however, if u managed to do that his instinct to protect himself would go haywire and hed literally try to maim you or die trying. He has no built in shock response to extreme pain like a normal human does]
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rexcaliburechoes · 5 months
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i'm having so many feelings about the echoes soundtrack... because the main theme of the piece titled "echoes" is mirrored at the very end of "heritors of arcadia"... as well as how the opening hook fades into the main motif of the piece.......... the songs are literally bookends.............. the motifing is incredibly strong in this game it it makes me so emo.............................
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good-beans · 2 years
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Happy Christmas in July, time for a nutcracker au for my blorbos :D 🎄❄️🐁
Stay tuned for the fic this afternoon 👀 but don't be fooled, it's really just about the rgb trio asdfggh (The others have their brief appearances, though, and it was so fun doing art of everyone)
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katofvalentia · 6 months
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Another Echoes ramble: Berkut edition, go!
I will open this up by saying that I enjoy this character, a lot. I think this mainly stems from the fact that Fire Emblem is a series where a lot of its major antagonists fall either into the role of problem dragon or evil cult, not that there is anything wrong with that mind you, I just appreciate some variety. Echoes was my 3rd FE, after Awakening and Fates, so I think that sorta explains my attachment to this character.
Now onto the actual opinion post!
The rest will be under the cut
From what I have seen, the general consensus around Echoes original characters is split, you either care about them or don't. I think they have been discussed at length already so for the sake of not getting off-topic, I will leave it at that.
I would like to talk about Berkut's role in overall narrative first.
Before Echoes, Alm's character didn't have its narrative foil. Celica does compliment what he lacks but is still not a foil in his story. The big enemies Alm faces aka. Rudolf, Jedah and ultimately Duma are not the true contrast to Alm. As he is part of Rudolf's plans, he inherits his wish (while Rudolf is also a martyr). Alm, like most Rigelians in the story, represents Duma's philosophy of strength and fortitude but not its extreme. Duma and Mila's extremes come from both dragon degeneration and their position as godlike figures of Valentia. And lastly Jedah, while being Alm's opposition, was not his foil, but rather he was Celica's. So naturally, the next step was to give him a proper foil for the remake. That is where Berkut comes in.
I had expressed this many times, but a big part of Alm's character (in Echoes at least) is how much he is attached to his own identity as Mycen's grandson. He goes with Lucas and ultimately accepts leading the Deliverance as Mycen's representative (according to what Clive had envisioned). He does what he does to carry on his legacy when Mycen refuses to do so himself, to honor his name and his blood, as he was led to believe all his life. His world shatters as the truth reveals itself.
Berkut, as Rudolf's nephew, was raised to be the next ruler of Rigel. He takes great pride in that, even during his first meeting with Rinea he uses his identity to present his own value. This is interesting when you consider Rudolf's lines in Fire Emblem Heroes, which directly state that Berkut was a shy boy in the past. Also worthy of note would be Rudolf's lv 40 convo in FEH where he admits that he could not bear to face Berkut due to his guilt over sending Alm away (and his overall grand scheme). Growing up in Rigel, the country that it is now, practically run by the extreme teachings of Duma's faith, around the hardened emperor Rudolf who strives towards his own goal for a better Valentia in self-isolation and many of the soldiers and generals following them, it is natural that Berkut would become arrogant and prideful. However what makes him different arround the other high ranking officials in Rigel is that his dependance on being the heir to the Empire is a sign of a deeply neglected inferiority complex. Every time his identity is threatened in the story due to his failures, he seeks attention from Rudolf but to no avail. And at every turn, a Duma faithfull is present to pull him down further, to mock him and use his insecurities for their own agenda of serving Duma. Just like with Alm, his world shatters once the truth reveals itself, the truth neither character can no longer try to deny.
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Alm is not Mycen's grandson.
Berkut is not the heir to Rigel.
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Alm is not allowed to crack, there is no peace for him, only a responsibility he is now forced to bear. He who was raised by Mycen, a former Zofian general with Rigelian origins, is basically told to deal with it, bcuz destiny or whatever. Alm had his friends to fall back on, the friends who followed him bcuz he was Alm of Ram Village, the people who followed him bcuz he proved to be a capable leader of the Deliverence and what he learned growing up with both strength and kindness. So while it was definitely hard to accept his new identity, not being alone (in a sense) and having a clear goal (to reach Celica), made it a bit easier.
But where does Berkut trully crack? Not immediately upon finding out that Alm is Rudolf's son, but when Rinea in his eyes "rejects his identity". Rinea, the kind girl that she is, loved Berkut. But to Berkut, the heir of Rigel's throne, her declaration that she would support him when he is just Berkut, seemed like a betrayal to him. At that moment, he grouped her with everyone else who pitied him. But how can the future Emperor of Rigel be pitied, that is surely not the way things are supposed to be??? And for that, the maddened Duma gave his blessings and strength that Berkut thinks is rightfully his, with the woman he loves by his side. Everyone else is wrong, what he was raised to be however, is correct.
Alm's journey was about a boy who did not think about the big picture at first, forced to expand his horizons as duty is thrust upon him multiple times. He had to grow out of thinking from just his perspective, as a Deliverence member, as a villager from Ram, as Mycen's grandson. Berkut however has chosen to remain narrow-minded, bcuz he had nothing else to fall back on aside from his own identity. And this narrow-mindedness proves to be his downfall, as well as Fernand's (his case is more complex tho) and Jedah's at that matter. Even at death's door, he doesn't suddenly change in that regard. I personally believe that Berkut hallucinates Rinea at the end (well I think that was the intention of the scene since nobody else reacts to Rinea herself), bcuz that reinforces everything that has been established about his character. Yeah he lost, but he is meant for even greater things, at least he thinks that himself.
While Jedah was meant to be the extreme of what Celica could have become if she surrendered herself to Mila's faith, Berkut was meant to be the human equivalent of Duma's extremes, as those extremes had shaped him into what he was. Rudolf ultimately made the right choice to send Alm away, bcuz he easily could have ended up like that, or even worse due to his destiny, when not even Rudolf could have been able to interfere.
"He is carried by his voice actor." I hear many tend to say about him. Well yes in fact, he is, mister Ian Sinclair did a phenomenal job portraying Berkut's charater, and I personally would say his performance is stronger than the one provided by his JP counterpart. Many characters in media are defined by their voices, be it the way they speak or through actual voice acting. So I don't think that saying "he is only good bcuz of his VA" is a real jab at his character imho.
Another thing I noticed is, I believe that in order to get attached to Berkut, you need to be invested either in Alm's character or story to a certain degree at the very least. Which is a testament to how much Berkut is a foil to Alm and how his addition to Echoes' story was a meaningful change.
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I heard the words 'mutant' and 'Felicia' together and they've been echoing in my head all day so can I just make some Mutant!Fe Headcanons okay-
I just have to put them out there please ignore my ramblings
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(Inspired by the rad @earth90214 of course)
Cat like tendencies, she's an on-again-off again cuddler. She'll wrap herself around Peter and nuzzle her head against him in bed, then suddenly get overstimulated and need to turn over. He understands and chuckles everytime. He also knows that when she slow blinks at him, she's in a very good mood.
Felicia's apartment has huge windows. It's the first thing she looks for, so she can lay out in the sun and recharge like a cat. Sleeping in the sun all day before going to work at night is a routine she's equipped for, if need be.
Super-sensitive smell. Very helpful for the career she's in. When not on the clock, Felicia is known for wearing aromatic and complex perfumes, mainly to cover up the smells that can get a bit overwhelming at times. Because of her sense of smell, she'll also avoids things with lemon and citrus, and won't eat them. She loves Peter's bodywash and can smell him from a mile away.
It's subtle, but her eye-lids are double layered.
Vestibulo-ocular Reflex. Felicia has an internalized gyroscope. Very handy for gymnastics and acrobatics. Felicia will always land on her feet, or at least try to.
If she's sidelined and caught of guard by a large threat, her hair will frizz out.
She can hiss. She will hardly ever do this, and only does this in extreme surprise or when she's messing around with Peter. (And yes her nose scrunches like a cat when she does it, lol)
okay bye :)
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You know what I can talk shit all day long abt Engage and how it looks like VTuber genshin idol shit but I have to admit. Warriors did look like that too we cannot forget Tiki
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