#lionheart................2!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rawbin-warriors-blog]

I made a google slides presentation about into the wild for my friends because I wanted to introduce them to warrior cats and here are some pictures I drew for it (I drew in total 51 pictures)

#I made everything in like 2 weeks #I had to give up on making backgrounds for every slide because I didn't have time but hopefully I'll have time for the others #I will now also be making 5 more presentations about the other books in the arc and I am looking forward to it #warrior cats #my art #into the wild #warriors #spottedleaf #ravenpaw #firepaw #fireheart #graypaw #graystripe #bluestar #lionheart #longtail #sandpaw #dustpaw

[brightwingedbat]

HELP???

#gw2 #guild wars 2 #charr #tharrhon lionheart

[greenerteacups]

was conducting my bi-weekly reread of lionheart (as one does when in need of a pick me up) when i noticed a note in the preface about how the original title of lionheart was initially “all their words for glory”. glory was a huge theme in book 1, considering the whole sorting hat vs draco debacle, but i was also just wondering if there was a story behind what prompted the title change?

Yeah! Glory was a huge theme in Book 1 — to a similar but slightly lesser extent in subsequent books because there's not usually all that much glory to be had in middle school, even if you are trying to save your idiot friend from dying, at least as Draco understands it — but it crops back up in the last two books in a major, major way, and it was those two books (basically, the ending of the fic) I was thinking of when I named the fic. But it kept itching at me for some reason, because I didn't like the length, or the syntax, or the mouthfeel or something, and more than anything it just felt... wrong. Like, it wasn't a bad title, but it wasn't the title, you know? It wasn't right. I kept toying with alternatives, like "Glory" or "Words for Glory," or other song excerpts, but nothing satisfied.

Then one day, I was brushing my teeth and thinking about the fic — as you do — and the word "lionheart" dropped into my brain. Just out of the blue nowhere. It's like the muse kicked up her sexy-ass leg and pitched a fastball straight into my brain.

I changed the fic name the next day, and it's been that way ever since.

#greenteacup asks #lionheart #also not to let this fly under the radar: BIWEEKLY? #there are two possibilities here and both of them are insane: 1. 500k words every two weeks (nuts. fucking nuts. you are fearsome to me) #2. 500k words twice every week (I am lighting prayer candles to you in hopes of winning your favor; you are God and/or the Devil) #either way! very flattering!

[moregraceful]

might blow up in your pretty face by kitnita

The forfeit system was something tucked neatly into an otherwise dry part of the already dry CBA, barely touched. Every team still went over the protocol for it before the start of the season, along with all the other rote stuff they had to talk to players about before rosters were finalized. The last lockout had put a stop to it being a required part of every game, though, and winning teams rarely exercised their right to a forfeit. Miro couldn’t remember the last time the Stars had used theirs.

A Winner's Room fic feat. the Dallas Stars draft class of 2017 that made me so crazy I couldn't comment on it for three days after reading because I would get so upset (complimentary) by the relationship dynamics every time I opened the AO3 page to comment. A fave by one of my favorite Stars hrpf writers!

For @hrpffandomeventblog's April event: moodboards. Photo credit: 1, 2, 3*, 4.

#duckduckgo coming in clutch then nerfing me at the kneecaps bc the links to the images in their search are BROKEN #jake is higher bc i had to hide part of the dashboard bc the original image had such wacked out saturation #but also. critically. CRITICALLY. bc i read this as a king and lionheart but they all think they are the lionheart story #BUT THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT ALL THE LIONHEART. JAKE IS THE KING BUT HE DOESN'T THING HE IS AHHHH #''why the draft photos why not something recent'' bc they have always been for each other. always. #fic rec #birdboardin' #this post took i shit you not like 2 hours to create bc i kept having to dial back my summary lol

[clueisfound]

ive always wondered about this, what do you guys think sparrow used as their last name and thus logan and hobw last names? cause surely they did not become the ruler of albion and start a royal line and just decide their whole lineage would be first names only

#fable #fable 2 #fable 3 #maybe lionheart #or something from the town criers list

[sodatank]

tryst

#richlip #richard the lionheart #philip augustus #historical rpf #i gotta get better at 1) drawing the age difference 2) drawing richard WHO IS 6'5"? #anyway hurray for an attempt at a background! slay!

[superthatguy62]

FF2 Villain/Character Talk: Leon

Because I have a lot of thoughts about this lovely little crumpet.

Final Fantasy II

Leon is one of the four main party members of Final Fantasy II, except that’s kind of a lie. While artwork and the naming screen suggests he’d be one of your companions, in the game you have him for the span of a single battle. When the party is revived, Leon is missing. While he is initially the driving force behind their initial trial to enter the rebellion, the party is forced to put Leon out of mind as they go on more missions.

(That’s him on the far right)

The biggest key aspect of Leon that is not immediately obvious is his family situation: Maria is Leon’s sister and only biological sibling. Firion and Guy, as their wildly different looks imply, are orphans that were adopted into Maria and Leon’s family. Maria and Leon do share an association with the color purple and are sometimes (but more rarely than you think) portrayed with the same hair color. 

Leon only returns at the end of the game, where

He’s the Dark Knight.

He’s the Dark Knight of Palamecia.

He betrayed his family.

Throughout the game, the party has to contend with the Dark Knight of Palamecia. Initially, these encounters are straightforward with the party unawares although while the Dreadnaught is exploding, Maria realizes that she recognizes the Dark Knight’s voice. However, it’s only after the Emperor dies and the war appears to be over that the Dark Knight is revealed to be Leon, taking the throne for himself.

This twist is preserved to varying degrees depending on the version. The Famicom and Origins versions lack portraits, meaning that the twist is preserved. The PSP version gives the Black Knight a (somewhat doofy looking) unique portrait to preserve the twist. The path of least resistance is definitely the GBA version, which simply darkens Leon’s portrait, presumably hoping the original GBA’s lack of backlight prevents the player from noticing.

When the party goes to Palamecia and confronts Leon, Leon goes into a rant about how power is the thing that rules the world and he won’t let go of it. The GBA versions onward also throw in some lines about how the weak need the strong to control them and where he accuses the rebellion of throwing away lives by opposing the empire.

Then the Emperor returns from Hell.

Leon is taken with the party back to Fynn. While Hilda is shocked to see him, Firion asks for Leon to join the rebellion and she ultimately leaves the decision up to the party. Leon is clearly concerned about the death that the revived Emperor will bring, and at Maria’s request, he rejoins the party.

In the end, Leon helps the party defeat the Emperor, but knows that things can’t simply go back to normal. Leon leaves to go off on his own, and despite Maria asking him to stop Leon, Firion instead promises that they will meet again.

Leon is notable for being the series’ first Dark Knight. He’s moreso a Dark Knight in terms of title rather than ability as, outside of brainwashing the town of Bafsk, he doesn’t display any particular dark powers. Still, he is considered the inspiration for the job (alongside its variant, Warmage), with the jobs’ implied Hell connections potentially being a reference to him serving the demon-infested Palamecia. Spinoffs lean into this by giving Leon abilities that suggest that the Emperor did indeed give him dark powers.

Prototypes

Leon’s genesis comes from two characters in the very early design document: A character named Leon who is “Part of Bamberg and a famous knight” and Rigel, a “Cold-hearted Dark Knight”. He may also have a bit of Ricard in him, one of the princes who schemes for the throne.

In the Early Plot, Leon’s role is largely the same as the final game, but the dynamic is wildly different; Leon being Maria’s biological brother is not mentioned in this treatment. Instead Firion gets the bulk of the emotional payoff, with the heavy emphasis on Firion and Leon growing up together and being brothers in arms (Guy and Maria are merely friends here). This implies that, as plans shifted, Maria absorbed the sibling relationship with Leon from Firion. Some descriptions such as Leon’s FF2 Dawn of Souls/PSP manual description or his Opera Omnia description suggests that he is still best friends with Firion, but for obvious reasons, this is never shown in game (unless you pull an Ultimania and generously interpret his “I knew you’d come Firion” as him respecting Firion’s strength).

Additionally, Leon wouldn’t hide his identity from the party. Not only that, but during his encounters with the party, he would try to sway Firion into joining the Empire, a sharp contrast from the final game’s Leon who seems to have rid himself of his feelings for his family. In fact, Firion is the one who has to cast aside his feelings to fight Leon.

Last, but not least: The treatment specifically says that Leon sought to act as the Emperor’s heir, implying that he respected Mateus in some way. In the final game, Leon is dismissive towards the Emperor’s return, refusing to hand over the throne. There’s also a bit where Firion points out what the Emperor became, asking Leon if he intended to become that, furthering a parallel between the two, but that’s moreso a Firion thing, so I’ll just save it for another day.

Regardless of these changes, Leon’s primary role in the game was fixed at this stage, being that he would join the Empire as the Dark Knight and oppose the party.

The third and final treatment is largely the same, although Leon has now shifted to a form close to his final version self. Still, a few things stand out: First, Leon is noted as “the rival” of the game. Second, building on the previous point, Leon is listed as an enemy like Borghen and the Emperor, suggesting that he would have been a proper boss fight (this is also hinted at in the previous treatment, where it mentions the party fighting Leon several times). Lastly, it mentions that Leon ‘comes to his senses’ after the Emperor returns from Hell, though whether that’s literal (suggesting that he was brainwashed) or figurative (suggesting he was not) is unclear.

Other Portrayals

Leon appears in the Labyrinth of Nightmares novelization of Final Fantasy II (That One With The Emperor’s Name). Information on said novel remains scarce unfortunately, as it has never had an official english translation and neither of the two known fan-translations have gotten deep into the book before going on indefinite hiatuses. What little is translated shows Leon in a foul mood due to his betrothed abruptly marrying another man about a month after giving him the equivalent of a marriage proposal (long story), though he pretends not to be upset in front of others like Maria. The sequence portrays Leon as someone who can mask his emotions, able to hide his grief and bitterness from Maria for almost a year; Had it not been for Firion eventually explaining, Maria would’ve never realized.

The book also goes a bit into Leon and Maria’s family life: They live in Mysidia in this portrayal, their father is master hunter and Leon is aptly following in his footsteps. He’s also stated to love Maria with “much greater than any esteem he had for himself, even dropping his anger towards Maria and Firion due to the former convincing the latter to teach her how to be an archer.

Leon’s characterization pre-downward spiral is also displayed in the prologue. He’s said to be one who values peace over his own happiness and his love for Maria is such that his refusal to teach her to hunt is moreso rooted in concern for her safety. On the other hand, Leon is shown to be somewhat petty, privately applying his annoyance at his former fiance’s marriage to all women after witnessing it.

Leon also has a childhood pet (implied to be a dog) named Perry. Perry is close to Leon, to the point that the dog is probably the one individual that Leon is emotionally open with at least until he succumbs to demonic madness and ends the poor pup on the spot.

Details from here become scarce. One thing that I can seemingly figure from a fansite is that, despite his claims during chapter 2, Leon stops caring about Maria in his madness and instead shifts priority to Firion. The novelization takes cues from earlier drafts (Alie, Borghen actually being threatening, etc) so this would be one of those.

Interestingly, an interview with Keniji Terada that predates the novel mentions that he was writing a prelude of sorts centered around Leon. It’s unclear if this story ever made it to magazines, but it’s likely that it evolved into the Labyrinth of Nightmares novel.

Leon also appeared in the Memory of Heroes adaptation. I’ve covered the novel a lot on here previous so the brief take is: Outside of nuances such as having a recognizable self-taught fighting style, Leon’s role is almost exactly the same as the game . The only significant difference is that Ricard passes on the light he was blessed with to Leon. It’s thus implied (in the novel’s canon at least) that he has a connection with the Zauver the Thief from the first part and consequently Ingus from the third part.

Leon’s made numerous appearances in FF spinoffs, mostly the mobile game titles. Due to the simplicity of said titles and how they use their characters, Leon is usually portrayed in his mid-FF2 form, i.e. as an antagonistic Dark Knight. Opera Omnia, being post-FF2, portrays him firmly on the side of good, albeit with the Emperor briefly brainwashing him in a way that implies that his lust for power still exists somewhere within him.  

Legacy

As mentioned prior, Leon technically started the trend of Dark Knights (and their related job Warmage/Hellblade). Guidebooks for the original releases of III and IV allude to this, as both feature backstories about a knight named Leon who uses Dark energy. Even today, Stranger of Paradise has a passive for its Dark Knight job that mentions “memories of a power-hungry Dark Knight” (paraphrasing) as a clear nod.

It is also possible that Leon inspired another character: Kain Highwind. Kain is the best friend of Cecil Harvey, the Dark Knight-to-Paladin protagonist of Final Fantasy IV. Despite this, Kain ends up coming to blows with Cecil; While this is revealed to be the result of brainwashing, it is implied that the form of brainwashing that the main villain uses is one that roots itself in the targets’ insecurities. Thus, Kain’s envy of Cecil and desire for Rosa to be his are implied to have existed in him even prior to the start of the game. In the end, Kain goes to Mt Ordeals, in hopes of someday overcoming his moral weaknesses. For bonus points, it’s said that Kain had potential to be a Dark Knight, but preferred to follow in his father’s footsteps as a Dragoon. 

On a more coincidental note, there is Delita Hiral who, like Leon, was put into a traumatic situation involving his own powerlessness and the death of a sibling that ended with his apparent demise and both began to covet power as a result. However, Delita wants to use that power towards benevolent ends and in spite of his lashing out initially, he nevertheless keeps a somewhat amicable relationship with Ramza (moreso on Ramza’s end) while the mantra that Leon adopts is more suited towards Tactics’ villains (indeed, Dycedarg Beoulve reveals towards the end of the game that he has similar views regarding the relationship between the weak and the strong). As such, it’s more likely that this is merely a happy coincidence than a clear nod to Leonheart.

Conclusion

Leon is an odd character in that he’s interesting in spite of how little screen time he gets. So much about him is shrouded in mystery due to the nature of Famicom-era Final Fantasy storytelling: There’s not even a proper intro in a number of versions of the game, we’re given no real info on what life for him and his siblings was like prior to the Empire’s invasion, even the assertion that he’s Firion’s best friend is only barely alluded to due to the nature of the game. And of course, there’s his role as the Dark Knight; Was he brainwashed or did he willingly turn turncoat? Did he always resent the Emperor or was it more akin to a Chirin’s Bell/Ringing Bell situation? And where does Leon go off to, after the game ends?

I dunno. I just think he’s neat.

#Final Fantasy II #Final Fantasy 2 #FFII #FF2 #Leonheart #Leon #Lionheart #Leonhardt #Firion #Maria #Palamecia #The Emperor #Emperor Mateus

[jeandejard3n]

Dragons: Fire and Wind

#the silmarillion #glaurung #glaedr #brisingr #icefyre #the tawny man trilogy #memory sorrow and thorn #the brothers lionheart #dealing with dragons #meraxes #dragon boy #beowulf #the reluctant dragon #rhaegal #dragon's dogma 2 #dragon's dogma ii #dragon's art #dragon's lair #dragon's dogma dark arisen #wings of fire #the witcher #jrr tolkien #terry pratchett #christopher paolini #astrid lindgren #robert munsch #one piece #porunga #shenlong #miss kobayashi's dragon maid

[calpicowater]

Day 9/366: January 9th 2024 | Work Fit Today was chill. Got so bored at one point my coworker was teaching me how to dance at Persian weddings. LOL... Also these are the new jeans I got. Baggy AF but pretty nice.

#365 #52 #ootd #2/100 outfits #lionheart windbreaker #work hoodie #levis dad jeans #adidas ozweego

[jackienautism]

please share your self indulgent aus 👀

fdjgdjgkg 🥺🥺🥺 to be honest w/ you i dont really have too many in my arsenal... as many as id thought id have i mean. but ill go through the ones i have now / remember from past interests! most of them aren't necessarily self indulgent just as a heads up... some are more practical than others though

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the quarry / until dawn:

this is just at the forefront of my mind (since i tried making stuff for it today, it didnt work very well) but i wanna assign the TQ / UD girls / characters dog breeds..... i do have solid ideas / thoughts for the girls specifically but i think i waanna save it for it's own post / keep it a surprise

do not hurt me but ever since last summer i thought it would be sooooo cool to put a like. danganronpa spin on TQ / UD dkndkg LIKE LIKE.... itd have the danganronpa mechanics and stuff but not necessarily the killing game premise you know? itd make more sense if i like explained my ideas and such but i also think i wanna save it for later.... but know i have a shit ton of thoughts on what i wanna do and stuff dgkdg i WILL say however, protag!laura and protag!sam respectively

i wanna make this like... immediate swap of the UD characters w/ TQ charas ... like. emily woould swap w/ kaitlyn, jess w/ emma, sam w/ laura, ashley w/ abi etc etc. so instead of kaitlyn and dylan at the scrapyard, it'd be emily and matt at the scrapyard ya feel me? the same events that happened in TQ will happen but theyre just. w/ the UD characters instead

and speaking of... ive posted / talked abt this briefly but i have SOOOO many ideas for a UD / TQ situation swap AU... meaning the UD guys are in a TQ environment... and oh man do i have a ton of imo HELLA COOL AND EPIC ideas for it... i just gotta flesh things out more thoroughly and come up w/ "chapters" i suppose. ive got giant general ideas and some already solidified scenes but. thats kind of it. im super excited to work more on it though. it is my Child

this one is DEF on the sillier more self indulgent sidde but since i love drawing characters i love in diff styles of games i like... i wanted to draw the TQ / UD charas in the fire emblem style... which then lead me to. what if ijjust assign them classes and shit? i don't know which game id necessarily base the AU off of but. at the very least id just assign them fire emblem classes and create designs for them and stuff. that's always fun

speaking of games w/ sprites, this isnt reallly an AU but i reaaaally wanted to draw like sprites for the TQ / UD charas and rewrite / recreate scenes as if the game were a visual novel... so theres that

and this one isnt an au and i maaaaay have mentioned this before on this blog i cant remember BUT ANYWAYi had this dream a year ago w/ the UD charas and it just. yeah it spiraled dfgjnfdjg it began as this very warped AU of until dawn but as i began developing it more, the more realized that it just... it wasnt worth calling it an AU? like. ive been putting too much work and EXTRA extra stuff ve4ry much outside of UD for it to be considered an AU... sooooo i took them and made them my own characters and made it my own original story LOL its been almost a year and a half since i began development but its still faaar from being finished. i have a BUNCH of ideas and shit, but i def still wanna like. organize things a bit more before bouncing shit off of others. but yeah. i stole the UD girls and made them mine

TQ / UD GIRLS IN THE MEAN GIRLS MUSICAAAAAAL... i've only thought abt which roles the girls would fit since i rlyonly care about them buuuut maybe itll become more fully fledged as time goes on (it probably wont) but atm ive assigned both TQ / UD girls as mean girls musical characters :]

UD GIRLS PERSONALITY SWAP!!!

UD / TQ FUSIONS!!!!

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other:

i was REAAAAALLLY into life is strange in the fall of 2021... hold on post on hold i can't believe its coming up to 2 years since i first watched my friend stream it. fuuuuuuuck. anyway. i had this life is strange in the fire emblem three houses universe AU gdgjnf like. the LIS charas were in FE3H and were in the diff houses and stuff. i didnt have too much of it fleshed out but i had this idea for rachel and max with rachel basically taking the role of sothis and oiiuggh i still love the idea so much

also had a danganronpa in a fire emblem three houses universe and vice versa... and for these i had more ideas for the DR in the FE3H universe AU for some reason. i think coming up w/ classes and backstory was easier for me idk. i remember having this whole thing written out.... i actually have a whole doc if anyonne is interested.... its real old and bad though so i probably wont share it publicly but 🤷 we'll see. came up w/ most of the ultimates / talents for the FE3H guys... didnt come up w/ much more than that however. i think coming up w/ whos gonna kill who + motives + murder details was too much for me to handle. hence why i dont have tooooo much w/ this AU. i really do want to go back to these one day though

also had a persona 5 in a DR universe AU sort of. despite my very limited knowledge on P5. i only really thought about ann and shiho's role in the AU and let me just tell you it does not end well for either of them ]: but the idea i have is so GOOOOOOD

this isnt an established AU or anything but i had this idea to like. randomly select 2 of my fandoms and attempt to make an AU out of it. i think that'd be fun

RESIDENT EVIL SWAAAAP AUUUUUU GOSH I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS AND YET NONE AT ALL. I WANNA WORK ON IT SOOOO BAD I LOVE IT SO MUCH

AU where claire teams up w/ ada instead in resident evil 2. i had this whole day dream sequence for it. hopefully i still remember it i rly need to get it down. i deeply care for them both. my ideas rock

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i think that's everything? for as much as i love resident evil im kind of shocked there arent more. esp since ive had the fixation for like a year and a half now. maybe there will be more to come who knows. ill def add more if im reminded of some / more come to me later on

#lionheart-giddings #asks #the quarry #until dawn #danganronpa #fire emblem three houses #resident evil #YOU ARE TOO NICE 2 ME !!!! THANK U SO MUCH FOR ASKING ME TO SHARRE #TQ #UD #FE #FE3H #DR #RE #my thoughts #my TQ tag #my UD tag #my DR tag #my RE tag

[gsprops]

#propmaking #cosplay #cosplayprops #mass effect #bayonetta 2 #replica #ffxiv #ff14 ffxiv #ff14 #ffxiv cosplay #gunblade #gunbreaker #crownsblade #weathered Lionheart #square enix

[brightwingedbat]

Rhon when he encounters the alien mushrooms in Jahai Bluffs

Based on this post;

#gw2 #guild wars 2 #charr #Tharrhon Lionheart #art #BrightWingedBatArt #mushroom #doodle #lws4

[whack-patty]

I'm curious if you have any voice claims for your guy Sneep. What's he sound like in your head? Because I've just been reading everything he says in the voice of a crazed JK Simmons, and I can't tell if it's terribly cursed or terribly fitting

Oh man I have no clue to be honest---I do know it's deeper than his little frame makes it seem like it should be. And also that he sounds crazy sometimes

So tbh JK Simmons could totally work

After looking him up to figure out what's going on there I discovered that JK Simmons voice acted Mayor Lionheart in Zootopia. Zootopia and the Sing universe are connected in my head so enjoy this

Tfw you sound too similar therefore you're rivals now

#JK SIMMONS WOULD BE FUN BC THAT MEANS WE ALSO GET CONTENT OF SNEEP SNORP DOING THE FRIGGIN #IM GONNA BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN WITH THE LEMONS BIT #U KNOW WHAT I MEAN #YEAH U KNOW #anyway good suggestion partner i dig it #whack patty's pats #sing 2 #sneep snorp #mayor lionheart

[canarymemories]

i have so many thoughts abt my bb piece all of a sudden and now i feel the urge to talk abt parts of it for like ten years but,, alas i cannot

#well i mean. i can but #1 i'm supposed to be working rn #and 2 ouegh #i saw this quote from lionheart earlier and i'm fully blaming that for the wip brainrot going on in my head rn

[one-winged-dreams]

that "I'm VARIAN love with you" tag made me giggle REAL hard when the post crossed my dash so thank you for that blessing of a pun and your heartwarming love for him

@dearly-beeloved

SDKJHGJKD BEEEEEEE 😭

I'm glad you liked my silly little isms born from my being so in love it makes me look stupid 🥺

#KHJSDG THANK YOU THOUGH #seriously when y'all enjoy my ship content for varian especially it adds 2 years to my life #i appreciate you #all of you #;A; #answers #bee! #king and lionheart

[mallratsys]

I just realized I never posted this shithead. Lionheart came about, because I was, and am, really connected to the title Sparrow in my primary playthrough of Fable 2, but Lionheart was still one of my favorites and I didn't want to go to waste, so bing bang boom, a little guy with attachment, and self-confidence issues named Quentin 'Lionheart' Finn (The 1st) came about.

In the picture, it's about the time Sparrow met him, outside the Westcliffe crucible. Essentially, he overheard the altercation with Hammer and Mad-dog + Murray and saw Sparrow standing there like a ripe apple, and decided to lend a hand. Ensue him becoming Sparrow's closest friend, and falling deeply in mostly unrequited love with Sparrow.

#Lionheart #fable #fable 2 #fable oc #He's got a few familial ties to canon character. Most notably he's (obviously) Ben Finn's uncle and the namesake for his brother. #mallwrites #VERY old art. One of the best of him tho #fable games #Sparrow: Theresa I found this rodent outside the Crucible can we keep him? #Lionheart. Covered in Dirt and Muck and Sand: :)