(FE: Engage) Jade, Etie, Goldmary, and Ivy with a hard to notice S/O
Jade feels a presence when she's in the middle of writing, but she already knows who it is.
(Jade) "And suddenly, the Knight felt a cold presence in the room, yet when she turned around, no one was there..."
(S/O) "Hah hah, very funny."
Jade softly chuckles as she turns to S/O.
(Jade) "I couldn't resist, my apologies."
She had heard stories of S/O giving people in Somniel a heart attack because they seemingly appeared out of nowhere, despite the fact they were the entire time.
It was very entertaining to Jade, who got countless ideas of what to write from it.
And she had grown used to knowing when S/O was in the room with her, even when it seemed like nothing was there.
Etie stopped after her morning jog to take a quick break.
She was in the middle of wiping off sweat when a towel suddenly appeared in front of her.
Etie took it without question and wiped it off her forehead before stopping.
(Etie) "...Thanks, S/O."
(S/O) "Why did you suddenly stop?"
(Etie) "Well, I had to make sure I wasn't seeing things. A towel appeared before my very eyes on this empty bench."
Turning to S/O, she gave a quick kiss once she made sure she was sweat free.
(Etie) "Your teleporting magic works wonders, you always know when I need one!"
(S/O) "It's not magic, Etie-"
(Etie) "Eh, my explanation makes it sound more fun."
Goldmary was in the middle of cooking a dish when she spoke aloud.
(Goldmary) "Ah, curses! I'm almost out of salt, I have to quickly grab more before my perfect dish is ruined!"
As if on command, a salt shaker appeared as soon as she blinked.
(Goldmary) "Haha! Truly, these ingredients know perfection when they see it, knowing they too will be almost as perfect as me!"
S/O never had the heart to say anything as she cooked, she didn't seem to recognize their presence either.
The things one does for love.
(Goldmary) "S/O! I have our dinner ready! Hm...Where could they be? They're usually so punctual."
(S/O) "..."
Ivy can't help but still get jumpscared by S/O whenever they say something to her.
She's either lost in thought or in the middle of calling out for S/O before their voice suddenly appears.
(Ivy) "AUGH?! Ah...I'm so sorry, I should be used to this by now..."
(S/O) "Hah, it's alright. It lets me hear that cute scream so-"
(Ivy) "You will speak of this to no one."
(S/O) "Mhm. Wanna know the only problem with that?"
(Ivy) "What's that, S/O?"
She blinked, and they completely vanished, making here eyes widen.
(S/O) "I'm already gone."
(Ivy) "They're in the walls...THEY'RE IN THE GOD DAMN WALLS!"
S/O uses their "invisibility" to their advantage to tease Ivy, but always makes sure to give her surprise hugs and kisses to make up for it.
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People on Twitter denying that Engage’s cast is very queer coded is really funny to me lmao
Like, to an extent, I can understand it seems cheap and inoffensive just to make Alear’s romances gender neutral and them being the only ones to have paired endings is sad. Fair.
But deliberately ignoring how fruity the Engage cast is? What? Supports between Fogado/Alcryst, Fogado/Pandreo, Diamant/Amber, Etie/Goldmary, Celine/Hortensia are very gay! Anything that comes out of Alfred’s mouth is gay! Merrin is very les to the point her personal skill is her escorting women like the handsome gal she is! Kagetsu and Chloe are very open and brazen with their gay words (okay maybe the former is explained by language barriers but honestly he’s probably queer, too)! Rosado personally executed the gender police himself!
Part of the criticism of Engage’s queerness is that no character “uses it in a meaningful way” i.e. explain deeper parts of their characters, and Twitter people compared it to X, Y, and Z characters from the game that shall not be named, and idk, personally in a game with a tone like Engage, it matters less to be specifically descriptive and matters more to be more playful and fun with it. It’s not like Fates where there were only two same sex S support characters and so they had to be written with that directly in mind for their characters (which Treehouse then removed, damn thee), but Engage from the jump tries to be more feel good and hopeful, so not only does there not really need to be character arcs intertwined with implied differing sexualities, that opens the avenue for more of the cast to be read as queer/queer coded by fans.
Idk, that’s what I feel anyway
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