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Oh, I see... Maybe my bow-leggedness has something to do with it? Being bow-legged means your tibias curve outward and your knees cannot touch one another when you put your feet together while standing up. I think it's called being bow-legged because the shape of the tibia is like that of the kind of bow used to fire arrows.

But then, the discomfort and pain came mainly from spreading my thighs like that, so I do think flexibility is still involved. I always tried to improve it in my PE classes, but those exercises just never worked.

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I find it amazing that many of the artists who contributed some rather ho-hum artwork to Awakening would also contribute to Cipher and give such wonderful work.

Rco Wada who illustrated Micaiah would give us this wonderful Flora card.

Douji Shiki would take another crack at Elincia and deliver with this.

Homare would go from Palla to this badass Kagero.

Rika Suzuki would illustrate the breathtaking Reyson/Leanne after doing Seliph.

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I'm not overly fond of the DLC artwork in general. Some of it is pretty good - Marth is probably my favorite - but there's just something off about most of them that bothers me. The faces or poses seem weird, or I just don't like the style...

Micaiah is definitely the worst, though. The pose never really bothered me (though while we're on the subject, I tried sitting like that just as an experiment - I can't get close without feeling like I'm about to dislocate something, but sounds like that's a flexibility thing), but... everything else.

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My list from best to worst:

Roy

Ephraim

Leif

Lyn

Est

Marth

Katarina

Seliph

Eirika

Alm

Catria

Elincia

Celica

Palla

Ike

Micaiah

I'm not quite sure how to comment on all of them. Roy and Ephraim both look amazing, Leif looks great but his clothes look a bit baggy and his shoes a bit pointy, Lyn looks great but there's definitely something weird going on with her legs/feet, Est is cool, Marth is cool but I don't like how he's just wearing Lucina's clothes rather than his usual garb, Katarina looks good, Seliph is good but his overcoat looks a bit odd, Eirika is good and I'd imagine that's the dress she'd wear when she marries, Alm looks good and kinda reminds me of a samurai to some extent, Catria is good but something always looked a bit off about her art to me, Elincia is only so-so, Celica is below so-so, Palla is with Celica except that panties shot is completely unnecessary and out of place if not for that shot I'd rank her higher on the list, Ike and Micaiah just look awful.

And about Micaiah's position...I sit like that all the time. It's really, really comfortable. Then again, I've always been flexible, so I guess that helps.

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I forgot about the pegasisters and Katarina. Not much to say about Katarina, Catria looks sort of cute honestly, Est is nightmare fuel and what the fuck Palla is gross.

Figured i'd give some extended thoughts: Fanservice in general bothers me, but in Micaiah's DLC art it feels like an insult. It feels like the artist doesn't know who the character is but thought she was hot and drew some R34 of them. They just take a respectable character and turn them in to a ragdoll for people to fap to and that really grinds my gears. The same applies to Eirika's art in my opinion but to a lesser extent.

Oh, and that card art of Elincia is a big improvement, it looks pretty good.

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Eirika's is alright in my opinion. I get WHY they did it (to give out the Bride class), and she looks good and drawn very well, but I think they could've promoted that class a different way and left her as a Swordsmaster.

At least mine learned Astra, so all good on my end! :)

As an actual list for me, best to worst:

Ephraim

Roy

Leif

Palla

Alm

Lyn

Katarina

Eirika

Catria

Marth

Est

Celica

Elincia

Seliph

Ike

Micaiah

Ephraim looks amazing, as does Roy, Leif, Palla, and Alm. I like the art style used for Lyn and that Katarina was drawn by the Awakening artist (can never remember the name). Eirika and Catria are alright. Marth is just in the outfit Lucina used, but he looks good. Est looks a little too cheerful. Despite being drawn by a porn artist, Celica looks okay. Elincia looks like they tried too hard. Seliph looks like his eyes are too big. Ike's an arm short and the art isn't all that great, tbh. And there's the infamous Micaiah, who... yeah, I don't think I can say anymore.

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My opinions on every portrait:

Marth: He's okay. There's really nothing bad to say about it, but it's not exceptional either.

Roy: He looks cool. I like how it manages to make a character like Roy look like a badass.

Micaiah: It's absolutely terrible. The ugly outfit, pose and facial expression are extremely unfitting for her character, and why is she a dark mage, when she's supposed to be a light mage? I'm ashamed to even say this is Micaiah. It's my least favourite DLC art by far.

Leif/Leaf: I like it. It's done by the same person who did the FE8 artwork and FE9 portraits and he looks cool in the artwork. Overall one of my favourite DLC artworks.

Seliph/Celice: I don't really like it. His facial expression doesn't really fit and his outfit looks pretty bad.

Alm: I love it. Gaiden's artwork isn't exactly eye-pleasing so it's nice to see a good piece of artwork of Alm. It really fits his personality. His outfit looks great, as well as his pose. One of my favourites.

Lyn: She looks pretty good, but I think the legs look pretty bad.

Elincia: I don't like it. It doesn't fit her at all. I almost didn't recognise her.

Eirika: Not a fan of it. Why is she wearing a wedding dress in the first place, other than fanservice? It's very unfitting. She's not even wielding a sword, she's wielding a staff, which she never uses in FE8. What's next? Ephraim the Groom?

Ephraim: This one is definitely my favourite. He looks serious, calm, badass and confident, very fitting of his personality. The armour looks great, too.

Celica: I dislike this one too. In Gaiden she was actually pretty badass and then we see her here with a generic anime pose and expression. Even her original Gaiden artwork looks better than this. Not to mention she's drawn by a porn artist.

Ike: Ew. All I can say is he looks awful. Also, where is his hand? It looks like he has a sword for a hand.

Catria: Eh, it's okay. Nothing spectacular.

Palla: Meh. I hate the panty shot. What happened to the mature Palla I know?

Est: Not a huge fan art of the artstyle but it's okay.

Katarina: I actually like it. It's cool how they made her a Grandmaster and there's nothing really wrong with it.

From best to worst:

Ephraim

Leif/Leaf

Roy

Alm

Katarina

Marth

Lyn

Seliph/Celice

Catria

Est

Elincia

Eirika

Ike

Celica

Palla

Micaiah

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I did a bit of experiment while sitting down. I think it's the hips that determine whether or not someone can sit like Micaiah. I noticed that my torso was a bit more sunken-in than normal while sitting like that.

now let me find a good Dark Mage costume, discard any last trace of dignity I have, sever all ties with my family, and take a picture :P:

Ahem. . .

Eir's in a wedding dress to advertise the Bride class. The art doesn't do the in-game sprites justice, and the class itself is okay (I use it on Donnel!Noire because Underdog OP).

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Rating:

Catria

Katarina

Celica

Palla

Eirika

Alm

Roy

Elincia

Lyn

Est

Micaiah

Marth

Ephraim

Ike

This probably isn't everyone but oh well.

Catria is the bomb with Katarina and Celica not too far behind. I would use a DLC Catria badge if one existed. On the other side, Marth's wearing Lucina's clothes and has a boring face, I just dislike Ephraim, and Ike took sword hand too literally. Everyone else is somewhere in the middle.

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I did a bit of experiment while sitting down. I think it's the hips that determine whether or not someone can sit like Micaiah. I noticed that my torso was a bit more sunken-in than normal while sitting like that.

Eir's in a wedding dress to advertise the Bride class. The art doesn't do the in-game sprites justice, and the class itself is okay (I use it on Donnel!Noire because Underdog OP).

Don't forget to grow your eyes as big as your hands somehow.

I still don't get why they couldn't do that with someone who was actually married and used staffs like Nyna.

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idk. Probably because he's also an enemy unit in the Rogues & Redeemers packs.

So's a bunch of other people (their non-DLC versions).

I think it's because old Elty didn't star/co-star in a game.

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Though it means nothing, Eldigan's a DLC char. too XD

I wonder why he didn't get art like the other DLC characters.

hnnnngghghhh, he totally should have and he would've looked amazing if he did but alas... _(:'3 」∠)_ I will never give up hope, the karuta card game art gives me so much hope pls.

Though I was just grateful enough he ended up in the DLC anyway, that was the best surprise ever for me

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As for Micaiah's pose, I can sit like that too, but it still doesn't change the fact that overall her design is awkward and not fitting for her character at all...

Overall the main thing that bugs me about certain artworks is that they just don't match the character(s) they're supposed to represent. But only a small handful of them fall into that category for me, so most of the art I either really like or am okay with.

eta:

I think it's because old Elty didn't star/co-star in a game.

Yeah I'm willing to agree that that's probably why.

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Ephraim's art is just perfect (This is how I want my Fire emblem characters to look like, not some of those awakening aberrations), while Marth and Alm are good.

Eirika's is beautiful but the class in itself is stupid and shouldn't exist. Not a fan of the rest.

And don't get me started on Micaiah's. The guy who had the bright idea to do that to her should be hanged. Her FE10's design is one of my favorite in the whole series and seeing her reduced to that is saddening.

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Eirika's is beautiful but the class in itself is stupid and shouldn't exist.

I adore the Bride class. I love how crazily acrobatic it is. It's like if in Kingdom Hearts 2, during the Beauty and the Beast iconic ballroom scene, a bunch of heartless and nobodies showed up to crash the party, and Sora, Donald, Goofy and Beast all got ready for battle, and then Belle whips out a huge goddamned lance from beneath her ridiculously poofy dress and started beating the shit out of all the monsters while leaping up into the sky like a goddamned dragoon.

It's also insanely useful gameplay-wise, and a dread fighter-bride couple is very useful in Apotheosis, because it means they can pierce Aegis+ or Pavise+ with their choice of physical and magical attacks. No matter what enemy they're facing, they can always target their weakest defensive option.

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