#rouge x asellus

[talesbytaylor]

That time in Luminous, when Rouge was the first human ally that Asellus and White Rose met after leaving Facinaturu.

Seriously though. When I first played Asellus’ story in 1998, I went to Scrap immediately after finishing the Owmi quest and fought the Fire Sage in Shrike, where I naively tried to recruite Riki, Mei-Ling, T260G, and Gen in the same way I did with the other SF protagonists. (I actually forgot to recruit Lute that time.)

Imagine if you will... I identified so much with Asellus because the reactions she got from the people at the pub was nothing new to me (I was constantly bullied and teased at school at that age), but it still hurt to see it happen on a game. 

So when I went to Luminous and talked to the random silver-haired stranger and he just immediately offered to join, I was like “OMG YES, THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIEND!!!!!!!!” xD

And that was how this legendary OTP was born.

(Although I was more of a Ildon x Asellus person back then. But hey, I have every right to have multiple shippings! ^_^ )

#saga frontier remastered #saga frontier fanfiction #rouge x asellus #rouge #asellus #boy meets girl #girl meets boy #ルーアセ

[talesbytaylor]

When cherryboy Blue meets the beautiful Emelia ... an older, sexier woman xD

Besides Silence x Mesarthim, this is another favorite Saga Frontier rarepair that i’ve discovered in the Japanese fan community! There is also an audience for Blue x Annie too, but I think I prefer Emelia over Annie, just because I secretly ship Red with Annie xD

I’ve talked with someone about how they came to ship Blue x Emelia, and it turns out that their friend had played as Emelia as their first SF character and got Emelia’s BAD ending as their FIRST ending. 

Which then cemented the fact that Emelia would be moving on as a single, bereaving woman, canon-wise (for that friend, of course). 

And then the second SF character they played as was Blue, who then happened to venture out on the Arcane Magic quest, and tada... the very first female character that they recruited in Blue’s story was Emelia!!

And just like that ... a new ship was born ^_^

For my part, I read some wonderful Blue x Emelia fanfics (from the person I talked to) which cemented me as another shipper! I’ve also found some Blue x Emelia art as well, though regrettably, there aren’t as many of them as Rouge x Asellus. (Oh ... and that person also is a huge RouAse fan too ^_^)

I’m currently working on a Rouge x Asellus pic I drew long ago, but still trying to get through the digital parts of it x_x but after that, I’m thinking a Blue x Emelia pic is next! (We’ll see though, because I also really want to do something for Silence x Mesarthim T_T )

#ブルエミ #ルーアセ #saga frontier #rarepair #blue x emelia #rouge x asellus #headcanon #fanfiction

[talesbytaylor]

I love the Japanese SaGa fandom.

Like oh my god. It is a different world and I want to live in it and never leave.

I am talking about all the amazing work featured in SaGa Air Fes 4!

One thing I absolutely appreciate about the Japanese fandom is the love for crack ships! I’ve seen both art and literary work of so many SF1 couples that I never even imagined, but I love it all the same!

Including this one cute picture of Zozma and Rei. Who woulda thunk it! But it was adorable and I absolutely loved it! 

I also discovered a new favorite pairing for me: Fuse and Asellus. Ever since the Remastered content was released last year, it seems more plausible to me haha. 

Surprisingly, I also found quite a lot of artwork and fanfics on my OTP: Rouge and Asellus! 

I’ve had fellow North American fans scoff at my pairing idea (no joke... this happened a couple times in this Saga Discord server I am in... I just don’t understand why people have to make a comment if they have nothing nice to say...). But my favorite pairing is actually a thing in Japan! 

I’ve got nothing against the idea of Asellus being a lesbian queen (which technically is not even canon anyway, but it’s definitely a favorite amongst fans in social media lol). I do much prefer the idea of Asellus being a bisexual queen though! Men and women and any nonconforming partners for my beautiful girl Asellus! <3

One thing i was a little disappointed about: I only found 1 fan art of Ildon x Asellus! That was my OG SF1 pairing when I first played this game back in 1998 haha. So it made me super happy that this pairing is still alive for that one artist who submitted it ;_;  but I am a little surprised that somehow Rouge x Asellus is a more common pairing than Ildon x Asellus!

Of course, there were Asellus x White Rose stuff all around too. Also lovely! But I have not found any Asellus x Gina stuff yet, another surprise, since she seems to be 2nd most popular candidate to be Asellus’s gf.

Anyways... I’m gonna try to figure out through all the Japanese language (which I don’t understand a word of.... sob....) to see if I can actually buy some of their work. There is this one artist whose doujinshi I REALLY want to order, but I’m not even sure if she is selling them because I’m having a hard time trying to find any link that suggests a price to her stuff. Does anybody use Poipiku? Is that the Japanese version of Patreon or something? 

Long live otakus! Thank you for giving me another reason to enjoy life <3

#real life stuff #SaGa Frontier Remastered #asellus #my otp of otps #rouge x asellus #ildon x asellus #i'd love to see zozma x asellus one day lol #fuse x asellus #asellus x white rose

[talesbytaylor]

My OTP to the rescue!

Due to some real life stuff, I’ve been feeling quite sad and alone for a while. I don’t do anything these days besides go to work and then come home. Nowhere to turn to, nobody to turn to. I haven’t been online on any social media for months either, so when I accidentally clicked Twitter and saw my Dashboard, I felt all right again.

Just like that. With one click.

It was a New Year’s-themed Rouge x Asellus fan art from one of the artists I follow. The cutest thing ever.

Suddenly the world feels all right again.

But then... when I realize how a random OTP fan art made me so happy so quickly like that, I feel sad again. It’s tough enough being into a rarepair for an equally rarely-known jrpg. And the local fan community not being very welcome to multishippers like me makes it worse. I’m not gonna let a bunch of jerks force me to hide. But I wish I had at least one person I could fangirl with, whom I could talk to in my own language (instead of using Google Translate to talk to the Japanese community, as lovely as they are).

If I post enough about my favorite rarepair, would I eventually attract a like-minded person...? If I pretend that Rouge and Asellus from SaGa Frontier *was* a plausible pair, even if they officially only have one interaction in the entire game? 

For example... in My Hero Academia, somehow Bakugo x Ochaco is sizeable. Those two characters have a handful of interactions in the series, yet there is a horde of shippers for that rarepair.

I wonder if I can make the same happen for Rouge x Asellus. 

Sigh. Nobody reads my Tumblr so it feels impossible. But then again, Meghan Markle meeting and then marrying a real life prince happened. I’m sure that was as unimaginable and unexpected as the concept of Rouge x Asellus. Lol.

I know I’m being a dork, so whoever is reading this, you do not have to remind me... I already know :)

#personal journal entry #musings of a multishipper #musings of a rarepair shipper #saga frontier #rouge x asellus #square enix #fanfiction #fan art #ルーアセ

[talesbytaylor]

Queen Asellus and her loyal servant men.... ;)

I wanted to add Virgil as one of her worshippers bahaha. But... his sprite was TOO LARGE! He would’ve overshadowed all of them!!

I wish I had Zozma in the pic though. He definitely would’ve been on the ground with Rouge and Ildon, worshipping the ground that Asellus walks on <3

#my ships #my otps #love triangle version #SaGa Frontier Remastered #Romancing Saga Re;univerSe #asellus #rouge #ildon #rouge x asellus #ildon x asellus #ルーアセ #イルアセ #saga frontier fanfiction

[talesbytaylor]

Classic love triangle tropes (ramblings)

Do people still enjoy reading about love triangles in fanfics?

I feel like those were way more popular in the early 2000′s, up to maybe early 2010′s...

Maybe it’s because I’ve been listening to a lot of cheesy love songs from late 90′s/early 2000′s, but... 

I really want to write a cheesy love triangle fanfic concerning Asellus hehe 😊

Not Asellus x White Rose x Gina though. Sorry. But it’s because there already are so many of those on AO3!!!! It’s too commonplace >.<

Nothing against yuri. But if you really know me... I love my rarepairs in SF <3

I thought about Ildon x Asellus x Zozma (based on this old doujinshi I saw on sale last year... it was published in 1999 I think ;_; I didn’t get to buy it thoughhhh).

But I love RouAse so much... it will probably be Rouge x Asellus x Ildon instead ^_^

Oy... this blog is slowly becoming solely focused on SF multishippings xD

I might work on my Simpsons fanfic later today. I have some ideas in mind.

Also working on some art for the first time in 100 years! Simpsons related though... but if I can muster up the courage to draw anime-style, I will post my SF art here as well ;_;

#saga frontier remastered #saga frontier fanfiction #asellus #ildon #rouge x asellus #ildon x asellus #zozma x asellus

[talesbytaylor]

The first ever time I’ve ever tweeted to another public account >.< 

This may not be anything out of the norm for most people, BUT it is a BIG step for me because I have a high functioning social anxiety that unfortunately rolls over to online interactions as well! So, yay!!!! GO ME!!!!!

#real life stuff #saga frontier #Romancing Saga Re;univerSe #asellus in a bikini omg #asellus brings all the boys to the yard #with her water milkshake #ildon x asellus #rouge x asellus #i wanted to make rouge stand where fuse is but i couldn't figure it out #also got lazy to fix it haha #fuse x asellus #is a thing for me too #multishipper

[talesbytaylor]

1) Zozma watches Rouge watching Asellus.

2) Zozma follows Rouge walking with Asellus.

3) Asellus: Hey Rouge, do you feel like somebody is stalking us?     Rouge: Yeah, kinda!

4) Asellus: Ugh, it’s Zozma, that creep. Let’s hide behind that house over there.

5) However, Zozma gets the last laugh ^_^

(Zozma is a RouAse shipper! Who knew! 🤣🤣🤣)

#saga frontier remastered #saga frontier fanfiction #Romancing Saga Re;univerSe #rsrs #zozma #rouge #asellus #rouge x asellus #fun in the sun #ルーアセ

[talesbytaylor]

Finding Polaris, Chapter 3: Ace of Swords

Shameless self-promotion time ^_^

After an entire year, I have finally updated my SaGa Frontier fanfic, “Finding Polaris”!  Be warned, it is extremely LONG and it may be rife with repetition and grammatical errors that I have overlooked from staring at the screen too long!

Chapter Summary: (click here to read!)

Asellus and White Rose find Gen and a few others in Scrap, and they decide to embark on the Wakatu trip together for the Saber Card. The two girls travel with Gen, a Wakatu Rebellion survivor and one of the last known samurais from the region; Fuse, an IRPO Agent who had been ambushed in broad daylight in Scrap; Lute, a friendly musician who seems to be travelling with Fuse to ‘broaden his horizons’; and a magician named Rouge whom Asellus is mistaking as the nameless doppelganger she met back in Tanzer. 

So ...... I only have 1 review, and only about 100 views. And I think only 1 person is following it T_T

I tried to advertise it on a SaGa discord server, but I quickly found most people there to be purist gatekeepers and I’ve had a few negative interactions with other fans who felt they had to tell me their hateful opinion on my favorite pairing, Rouge and Asellus. So I have no idea where to even promote my fanfic, except on Tumblr, in hopes of any passing SF1 fans take an interest ;_;

I found tons of friendlier SaGa fans on Japanese Twitter though. I’m still in awe of the fact that # ルーアセ is an actual thing over there! But due to language barrier, I cannot really talk to anybody unless I use Google Translate (I’m sure I’ve been butchering the language all this time ... I am so sorry, people ;_; )

(Psst... if anybody else wants to discover it for themselves, just Google “ ルーアセ “ and you will find loads of wonderful stuff of my favorite couple ^_^ ) Websites are in Japanese, but the art is still beautiful!

Please leave me a review if possible~ 

Thank you! ^_^

#SaGa Frontier Remastered #saga frontier fanfiction #fanfics #asellus #rouge x asellus #HEY FUSE #rouge #blue #lute #white rose #ルーアセ

[talesbytaylor]

Note to Self

サイメサ - Silence x Mesarthim

レドアセ - Red x Asellus

ゾズアセ - Zozma x Asellus

ラスアセ - Rastaban x Asellus

イルアセ - Ildon x Asellus

ルーアセ - Rouge x Asellus  <3

ヒューアセ - Fuse x Asellus, after the Remastered version/Imperial Saga ^_^

I have also seen someone mention a Lute x Asellus before, but.... that one is very obscure, even for me xD 

Also, Lute would be perfect for anyone! He is literally the friendliest guy in SaGa Frontier ;_;

#my ships #saga frontier #asellus #multishipper #I do have a non Asellus ship on there! #Mesarthim

[talesbytaylor]

Nostalgia vs Depression

I’ve loved this game since I was 8 years old. That was also a time of 90′s pop songs and classic anime. So basically this game holds more than just fun memories of gameplay... it also reminds me of the kinds of music I heard on the radio, the kinds of TV shows and movies I watched, and even the books I read (though sadly I’ve forgotten the titles and authors, but I remember what the stories were about). 

The power of nostalgia. It’s more influential than one would think.

This past summer has been a rare opportunity for me to indulge in a lot of it. Though most of it wasn’t exactly good (I was on a medical leave related to mental health, after all), and it started off rather hectically, I was able to give myself some time to play SaGa Frontier Remastered. At first, I didn’t think I’d spend so much time on it because I’m an adult now, and I thought maybe it won’t be as fun for me like before since I know how the game is gonna end, etc, etc.

I was wrong! 

After several days and nights of grinding, I found myself looking for fan art and fanfics to read! I was back to my old, dorky weeby 8 year old self!

And fortunately, my two best friends are supportive of me nerding out like a weeb, so I didn’t feel too guilty about being a kid again. They both have never played SaGa Frontier (I am definitely going to get them to play once we are all able to move in together xD) But the sad truth was that many other North Americans who also loved SaGa Frontier wasn’t into the game like I was. Even the SaGa discord server I joined didn’t yield much results in my quest to find online friends to nerd out with; most people only talk about the gameplay and nothing else. I wanted to talk more about the lore and characters (and of course, the OTP shippingssssssss).

I *was* able to find a few people on Twitter who had the same OTP pairing in SaGa Frontier as me! But... alas, I could not speak Japanese very well and they could not speak English very well. I still follow them on Twitter, but I felt guilty about always sending them messages in English (because they would always take the trouble to reply back to me in English, which was so sweet but I just felt so guilty for not being able to write a single word in Japanese ;_;), so these days...even though I really want to talk to them more about Rouge x Asellus and other things about the game, I’ve been sort of staying away. They’ve also written so many lovely fanfics... I want them to read my own fanfic... but my stuff is so bad, and I’ve barely written only 2 chapters to my SaGa fanfic. I want to talk to them when I have something worth showing to them ;_;

But of course that is taking forever now because I am back at my stressful job, and since my commutes take about 3 hours each day (going to work and back home), my energy is so drained ;_; I don’t know how those girls are able to handle their jobs and still find time to write fanfics! 

I am so lonely though. And I also want to start drawing again, but my mouse keeps double clicking and I’m too poor to buy a new mouse (I had a new unused mouse from before but I’ve misplaced it in my house...). There is no way I can do line art and stuff on Photoshop with this mouse...

So far, my nostalgia kick has brought me back to my interest in old hobbies of reading and writing fanfics and drawing fan art. But here is the thing with having depression: you lose motivation so fast, even with the things you enjoy doing. 

I am trying to embrace my nerdy hobbies again while trying to fight off my demons at the same time. I want to keep what little friendship I have with those SaGa fans, and I hope that through my fanfics, I could bring out more fans ;_; and I would love to make my OTP pairing a fandom-worthy ship... basically, have it upgraded from crack ship to a canon-feasible-ship lol. (Although the LGBTQ gamers are using White Rose and Asellus as a national lightning rod... and as a bi/pan/queer girl myself, I’m not sure I appreciate this shove-down-your-throat approach of pandering... but I suppose that’s modern day marketing for you.)

It’s such a long ways off though. Nobody reads my Saga frontier fanfic. And the Simpsons one that I have going? Not much traffic there either. Some days I also wonder, what’s the point?

Trying to use nostalgia as a way of fighting my depression is not something new, but I’m trying to use it to my favor. Sigh.