Parrhesia

This is weird and uncomfortable. Yes, he's the voice of four roles in the series. But he was a person, first and foremost. I don't keep up much with the US VA community, but it seems very tight-knit, and that he was a cherished part of it. https://twitter.com/SimplyAllegra/status/1347478353427668992 Here's a thread of testimonials from Allegra Clark, who seemed particularly heartbroken by his death. I'm sure others have their own stories to share. Let's come together and remember that actors are people, not just their roles.

Blind hard/classic was pretty straightforward, but Maddening - which I haven't played - just doesn't sound fun. Definitely sounds leagues harder than like, FE8 or 9 HM, so I don't think you can really say it's the easiest in the series. I kind of wish there was a step between Hard and Maddening, but if I have to err in a particular direction I'd rather a breezy FE experience to a frustrating one.

Pretty awful in terms of events, obviously, and it's thrown off my plans a lot. Had originally planned to go abroad midway through the year; lol. But I kept putting one foot forward, like I always do. I got through a year of my Masters, I'm now most of the way through. Beat one hellish placement, had a second postponed. Grades dipped. It's fine. Weirdly, it's been very good financially due to stimulus payments.

I'm a traditionalist. Swords > Axes > Spears > Swords, yes. Dark > Anima > Light > Dark, sure. The within-anima triangle, depending on game, that's okay. Don't do whatever the fuck Fates did. I like it as a nice little way for the player to counterpick opponents, and think the game is gently better off for it - and building FEH around it was a great decision. But it's not a dealbreaker, not to have it. I'd rather it not be there than be the FE14 abomination.

Bad-faith 'heh why do you even care??' in the thread looking for FE opinions is kind of fucking stupid. Do better.

There was a young man from Japan Whose limericks never would scan When asked why this was He said "It's because I always try to fit as many words into the last line I possibly can" Also this is really an FFTF thread, not a discussion of media. Moved accordingly.

Just don't have there be any seize objectives. Does anyone, really, regard that as anyone but Defeat Boss with added inconvenience? And there doesn't need to be a rapier. I think a dancer lord is a good idea, tbh. They were the lords of my ROMhack, back in the day - though it only ever got two chapters in.

The pipe dreams remain the same as ever: some guys who have no relation to Majesty 2 take the IP and make Majesty 3, Bungie reclaims the Myth IP and makes Myth 4. Both are resoundingly unlikely.

I'm slated to finish Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark tonight. I recommend it massively - it's effectively the FFTA3 we never got, and you can tell how much love went into it as well as the QoL improvements it has over most other TRPGs. I've been poking at ranked online Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition sporadically, as well as comp-stomping. I was given the confidence to give it a shot basically through watching T90's Low Elo Legends series. 'I could do better than that', I thought, and... apparently am correct, given that my Elo's currently 1069. And as ever still poking in at Myth 2 every now and again. It's nice to be... one of the unquestioned best players in the world of a thing, even if it's purely due to longevity and lack of competition. And of course at all times I need some kind of MMO just to press the 'bars go up' button. That looks like being Final Fantasy 14 for the forseeable future; I just got to the end of the MSQ so far, less than a week before the new patch comes in. Fuuuck that last trial.

Shinon and Titania are sleeping with each other, as are Sigrun and Tanith. Leon will eventually find someone who is both sexually compatible and hard to kill. There's a far richer diversity of body types than we actually see displayed in-game.

8 > 6 > 7. They're all good, but there's something... weirdly bland about 7. It's pervasive. But it doesn't have the sanded-down appeal of 6, and 8's just really good.

Selena doesn't have pigtails, which is a massive advantage over Selena.

If you love her arc, the conclusion of which is becoming Selena, why is Severa your preferred form? Do you wish Bilbo stayed in the Shire?

Big mood: I go to check one of your recent posts at random just to make sure I wasn't fucking hallucinating your signature and here we are. Anyway, yes, public record, Guideline 4.5: Signature Size = Signature Size. My 3000-word essay on why Byleth is the best avatar in the series would take up just as way too much space as my amateurish artwork of her. That was a completely separate event.

ides of march came early, bitch

Severa isn't even the best version of Severa, which is Selena, who isn't even the best Selena. Makes you think.

I'd rather they speak. Actually, in cases where everyone around them is voiced, I'd prefer the protagonist to be voiced, too. No special treatment.

If you think FE14 having a theme is mindblowing, I can't wait until you read a novel or watch a film.

Moved to FEH.

There is no ethical consumption.

My alarm is the news. That was the best possible way to wake up.

Just like the others, it could really stand to use three or four chapters fewer. Book 2 got bogged down in the middle. 3 petred out badly at the end. 4 has been vague and blurry to a fault. But they're never going to be amazing, the format makes that nigh-impossible. If the character writing is strong - and on aggregate, it has been since year 2 (though obviously there's duds like Surtr, Loki, Mirabilis, Plumeria...) - then it's enough that some big melodrama happens for the player to go 'whoa' and turn the page rather than skip the dialogue. Nothing fancy. And they've consistently achieved that, not counting Book 1.

The FE8 animations are far better than the FE6-7 ones on average. I mean... look at the Fighter and the Berserker for fuck's sake, or the Paladin crit galloping in place for all eternity. Most GBA animations are bad, and at best are a nice watch once or twice. When people say the Elibe animations are great they literally just mean the sword infantry classes. Maybe like the sage, or Hawkeye.

We're changing the subject. This will be enforced with an iron fist.

Haven't, yet. But I have four +10 grails; it'll probably be speed for Jamke first, then attack or speed for Ethlyn, ?haven't decided yet? for Brunnya and finally speed for Marisa, since her defence is already sky-fucking-high.