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puppetmaster13u · 3 months

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Prompt 121

There have been tales throughout time of it, in many forms and in many places. Some would even argue that it’s about different things, mere coincidence lest legends be really true. Of beasts and guardians and creatures of great destruction all wrapped in one.

Some tales have long since been forgotten, left to dreams and dust until they were merely stories. Insatiable monsters trapped in legends told at night, and guardian spirits lost to the sounds of day. The being whose body formed the land they stood upon, whose blood powered everything around them as they turned their prayer to false gods that would not save them.

They abandoned their dead and ways of old, turning towards false light and fear of shadows growing. They pray to false idols while damning those who warn them in the same breath, denial dancing on their tongues while they know the truth all the same.

Their pride and hubris dances amidst their veins, fear an alien feeling as they ignored the warning signs, so certain in their own power and creations.

And yet, the rocks still shift, something great, something Ancient awakening. Metal collapses with dying screams, great swaths of earth crumbling as it shifts, scales that had not seen sun for uncountable eons revealed as the land devoured itself.

The ground opens in wounds of green, revealing what had once been sleeping, as large as the world itself. Death giving way to life in a cocoon, an egg, the lives of many given to give birth to one entity, a being caught between, given life amidst the stars.

#DCxDP #DPxDC #Prompts #You know the Mystery Flesh Pit? Same Vibes as that even in space :)#Ghosts are Dragons #Eldritch Danny #Like lovecraftian space godling dragon Danny #Same size as the moon #Don’t worry he didn’t destroy the earth it was a different planet #I mean that planet still cracked #and oh my god what if it was Krypton #Kal’s father realized that all the drilling was Waking This Thing Up #There’s definitely depictions of Danny as like an ancient Death God that Krypton just forgot about or something #Or Danny is from a different world #Maybe both lol #Go wild

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tubbytarchia · 11 months

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is this format still hip and cool I headcanon that Galaxy-Eyes eats a little

#That said I love the starved look and wanted to preserve a malnourished vibe in my own version!!#Kazuki's original sketch especially is really cool in a different way but GE is quite inconsistent in canon depictions #it looks more goofy than scary sometimes and I want my GE to have slimmer in part but well built proportions to kill u!!!#Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon #Galaxy-eyes #kaito tenjo #yugioh zexal #also the anime version and Kazuki's original make GE look like they're balding + a weird hat #dark magician hat?? it IS Kazuki we're talking about lol #tubby art #Tubby yugioh art

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fantasy-frog · 5 months

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My dragon age hyperfixation emerges from the depths. I suddenly feel the urge to get angry over fictional politics on main. I might start referencing elf racism and mages’ rights as real social issues. Unfollow while you still can

#my post #Dragon Age #Dragon Age: Dreadwolf #DA:D #i am being sarcastic and this is a joke #there is obviously nuance to some of the commentary on dragon age and criticism of its depictions of minorities #this post is not about that

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starboy-squeakers · 1 month

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Again not a dungeon meshi reader/watcher but every time I hear about that laois guy I get reminded of how my system had/has a hyperfixation on dragons so intense that we got that big fancy dragonology book and we treated it like the damn dragon Bible for like years

Now, obviously, we understand that there's different interpretations on mythical creatures, and no one interpretation on a dragon is necessarily gospel, but that multiple interpretations on the classic tale of beasts of scale and fire are completely valid and to be expected!

however if you call an Eastern dragon a coatl I'm going to come to your house and slaughter your family

#THEY'RE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT #yes they have similarities but coatls have WINGS typically and dont usually have other limbs. they're more serpentine birds #meanwhile Eastern dragons (Chinese depictions for example) don't typically have wings and are more lizard-like #like Mushu !!!!!!!! Mushu is an Eastern dragon #and then there's drakes and wyrms. which are entirely different bc they can't really fly #drakes are more like draconic horses or dogs. no wings but four limbs and a tail with a reptilian appearance #wyrms are more serpentine with no limbs and no wings. though i think some interpretations of wyrms give them like.. two forelimbs #then there's wyverns. wyverns have two legs and two wings instead of the typical eight limbs (four limbs two wings)#(i also perosnally hold true to the interpretation of wyverns with poisonous stingers for tails but that's just me cause i think its cool)#..... how much of this is just me talking abiut dragons #explodes.#oh yeah and obv there's the HTTYD interpretations which i adore! they're interesting #the designs are so fascinating and from what ive seen seem to have some science behind them #and arent just the typical western style of dragons. which nothing wrong with the western style it's a classic ofc #but it's still fun to see some variation!!#and ofc there's WOF #which holds true to Western dragons in simple anatomy but has its own variations and of course its own lore #then there's. fuck i forget the name but it's a fantasy story based in China i believe #i loved it so much it was so cool #anyways it had a dragon character named Seryu. I love Seryu. he my favorite #anyways i liked the interpretation of dragons there bc iirc it held true to ummmmm some Chinese mythology involving dragons #cause Eastern mythology of drahons is . so much diffetent than Western #Western dragons are commonly very monstrous creatures‚ usually very animalistic #they tend to embody the Christian concept of greed/gluttony hence why they're so typically monstrous/villainous #which i find interesting but i wont get into that #meanwhile. i wanna say Eastern dragon legends more revolve around the idea of a dragon as more of a godly/fae-type creature?#that's probably a poor comparison but that's how i interpreted it. agian im probahly wronf about all of this #im some weirdo rambling about dragons on the internet. dont trust me explicitly #i need to get more dragon mythology books #HELP I REACHED THE TAG LIMIT I DIDNT THINK THAT WAS POSSIBLE GOOD LORD OKAY I'LL SHUT UP NOW

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junotter · 1 month

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sometimes researching for avatar redesigns has you 6 layers deep into the Japan's Meiji era allies wiki

#im trying to mess with some of the stuff that feels weird about the ways the fire nation is depicted idk #like i do not feel optically it is good for like them to be so heavily based on japan's imperialist actions #while dressed in clothes that come from places japan colonized #but i dont want it to just be solely japanese though i did draw zuko and azula in hakama but its largely cause i wanted to draw hakama #and like the only place with strong japanese influence being kiyoshi island and my own frustration with the modern day samurai depiction #i think fundamentally it isnt a choice that had as much thought as i am putting in put into it but it does raise an eyebrow for me #anyway i think keeping the thai influence is fine despite the brief invasion japan had into thailand due to thailand then allying with japa #and further allying with the axis due to allying with japan #ugh and ive been told not to think this much about it because its fiction but its also fiction so so so heavily based on real places #and when you base fiction on real cultures you fall into some unintentional pitfalls #i also fucking hate the royal fire nation robes they look so meh and the most costumey out of everything in the show #they look like heavy blankets despite being a supposedly hot nation #theres ways to have heavy robes (heian era japan) but they look like i make them out of fleece and velvet blankets #back to kiyoshi island i think the really only aesthetically japanese reference in the show being an island of noble warriors is lame #plus over done #it feels like nowadays theres a lot of people who get all whiney about people saying fire nation is based off japan #but like dude the creators in the comics and korra like go even more into the japanese influence and clearly it was the original intentions #also i do think you could do some pretty interesting world building by having say there be an older cultural influence on kiyoshi island #from the fire nation especially if the place is established as a central port area then you tie in some okinawan or even hawaiian reference #and gives an explanation that makes sense to why kiyoshi stands out from the rest of the earth kingdom you have long term cultural trading #and it establishes interesting relationships even pre kiyoshi time thereby drawing back onto some real historic references #cause for awhile ryukyu china and japan used to be this trading triangle which could explain some of these various influences going on #i think you can get a really interesting harmony when you create the fire nation out of a mix of japan and thailand #i mean both have these floating buildings due to living on some pretty wet lands and theres harmony in that mix #god i did see one person go like “fire nation is more based on china because theres a lot of red and red is important in china”#my brother in christ red is also important in japan #red is important in like many many asian cultures #i mean of course a lot of that importance stems from china and cultural exchange with china but idk kinda silly to say with your whole ches #like if you want to bring china in then the dragons are the biggest thing like sure some mythos has dragons in japan #but a lot of those comes from china in some way

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04tenno · 5 months

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i can't believe i got beaten to shishido teice for shame (sending the ask a clean six hours after you reblogged it from me)

i'll shake it up a little though: 6, 7, 12 and 23 for tsuruno and/or arakawa :]

IT'S OKAY HOMIE thank you very much for writing in and for introducing variety to my enclosure <3 I will answer for both because I cannot pick favorites even if you put a gun to my head <3

CHARACTER ASK GAME!!! 💫

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

Tsuruno: The way it doesn't come naturally to him to really make an effort to connect with with more than one person at a time to the detriment of his other relationships, no matter how he feels about the others or what his evaluation of his standing with them is. I struggle with that a lot...

Arakawa: Uhhhhh mommy issues <3 LMAO the scene with his mother in the dressing room had me Looking Away bro the depiction hit sooo close to home...

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

Tsuruno: I've really been enjoying the way Gaiden's introduced more people to Yamaguchi's work as an actor and how much fun everyone's been having with his other roles and incorporating stuff from them into their depictions of Tsuruno! I think Yamaguchi's super underrated (and unfortunately his talent doesn't fully come through as Tsuruno due to the motion capture being done by others), so it's been nice to see people come to appreciate him.

Arakawa: I feel like you kind of have to pay close attention to Arakawa and his journey to fully enjoy him as a character, so although he's not the most popular character out there, the stuff people do make for him is almost always on-point... delicious fucking food...

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

Tsuruno: Complete and Utter Dog Person... I need one of Yamaguchi's dogs to make a cameo soooooo bad...

Arakawa: He's a Kaomoji User to me... probably doesn't use them as much as when he first discovered them but everyone's super thrown off getting texts or emails from him for the first time because of the gap moe...

23. Favorite picture of this character?

Tsuruno: You don't really get the full effect from this framing but I felt like SUCH a Victorian gentleman seeing an ankle during this scene it's not even funny... there's definitely other Tsuruno moments I love, but I think I'll love them more once I get to them in my sunglasses-less mod playthrough!

Arakawa: Literally my favorite picture period I don't caaaaaaare this is one of the sexiest shots in the franchise AND THE GAME AIN'T EVEN OUT YET

#asks #gaslightgatekeepgodot #yakuza like a dragon #like a dragon gaiden #like a dragon infinite wealth #like a dragon 8 #yuki tsuruno #masumi arakawa #i struggle to really say anything positive about tsuruno's portrayal in fanworks-#-that applies exclusively to him and not to his relationship with shishido #well. i struggle to say anything positive about tsuruno's portrayal in fanworks period LMAOOO #<- wrote a 1600 word essay on how i feel about the fanfics i've read so far (which is all of them) (they ruined my life) (neutral)#i really love all the depictions of tsuruno spoiling shishido and kind of teaching him how to be a person again #and his insecurity about why shishido would want Some Old Guy like him out of anyone and stuff... but this ain't about shishi #For Once. For Once This Ain't About Shishi #also sorry all my hcs are based on the actors or on other roles i don't have a creative bone in my body we know this #snap's redraw of that arakawa pic is my icon teehee...

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ashanimus · 6 months

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white people shut the everloving fuck up about what appropriating peoples culture means challenge and just enjoy your goddamn sparkle dragons

#the road to hell is paved with good intentions #do not be offended for us #“this appears to be an Aztec Quetzalcoatl”#you idiot there were no people who even called themselves that if you want to get to the brass tracks of it #and its not a fucking lakota headress #have you ever seen a peacock or a turkey #yes this is about flight rising #shut uP shut UP and just LISTEN i promise it doesnt fucking hurt #you do not know enough about what you are “defending” to correct people!!#We do not actually want you correcting people for us #“eurocentric misconception”#the feathered serpent is OLDER than the temples its EVERYWHERE and its been depicted a thousand ways #shut up #fucking come back to sparkle dragon game and this immediately happens #its like that fucking white idiot who wanted to lecture about appropriate biracial representation #cloWN

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solvicrafts · 10 months

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It just occurred to me... I never did show off my newest Loki plush, did I?

So uh... here you guys go:

I made him a few months ago and just completely forgot to post about him (plus I had other things going on)

#felted dragon shop #loki #lokean #it's not easy to see in the photo but Loki is actually wearing lamellar armor! it's just hidden underneath his cloak and fur wrap #I made this guy I think 4 months ago #it's hard to see in the picture but I actually added sewing lines along where his mouth would be #to represent when he had his mouth sewn shut in the myths #I chose to portray this version of Loki as sort of a combination of different depictions of him #so he has mythological and pop culture influences in his design #I'd also like to do a more mythologically accurate version of Thor #along with other Norse deities #and Greek #I had a whole line planned for the Theoi #and still have about half of the supplies I need to make them #originally my shop was going to be focused on mythology rather than high fantasy #but then I found that I enjoyed making elves way more xD #so my plan is to eventually offer multiple lines of plush #from various fantasy to world-wide mythologies from both popular and lesser-known cultures

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littleragondin · 2 years

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Dragon!Mangkorn and Tiger!Yai, inspired by a still of one of their photo shoots and @scarefox comment that Mos looked very dragon-y in it (he did).

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#Big Dragon the series #Mangkorn x Yai #MangkornYai #the comment 100% triggered the whole thing which is why I tagged but if you want your @ removed please just tell me and I will!#thanks to the people in here who wrote about the series colors and yin/yang symbolism for guiding the aesthetic choices I made #a few comments on my choices bc I don't want to clog the description so #Mangkorn's 'crest' is inspired by Thai Naga dragons depictions I found #(I had started with more 'classically' chinese dragons as inspo but they just looked incredibly cool)#I didn't want to give Yai animal ears (despite finding it lovely) bc of the double ear situation it would induce #so he has a tail AND also skin stripped markings #(I *know* tiger's stripes are purely on their fur this is like artistic licence)#also it's fake fur on his coat #but he strikes me as the kind of guy who would wear faux-fur of his own species and play it as #'wearing the hide of my enemies so fckn b e w a r e'#and while Mangkorn's claws are false Yai's nails are particularly sharp #no other reason that I wanted him to claw Mangkorn's neck but had the visual of those claw-ring-things before anything else in there #anyway they both have really nice faces (especially Yai goodness) but very challenging to draw - a nice exercise #my art #qmdslkjf my autocorrect keep switching Yai to Yaoi I'm just („ಡωಡ„) p l e a s e

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evendrierguys · 11 months

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yeah we all saw the trans colours in gwen’s storyline in atsv but My emotional support trans metaphor is still when women were dragons by kelly barnhill very transparently saying “if a child in your family being trans is causing you genuine distress and grief then you need to fucking work on that. you fucking NEED to love and support and fight for trans children and let them choose what will make them happy.”

#.rtf #really interesting book btw. had some really strong really painful depictions of familial trauma and grief imo #if not for the military wlw trope i would be Pleading for a prequel/intraquel about the aunt and her gay dragon polycule

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thedeadthree · 1 year

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— 🎼 + CURRENT FAVES

TAGGED BY my darlings @queennymeria, @chuckhansen, @yennas, @risingsh0t, @shellibisshe, @marivenah and @leviiackrman to list the five songs that are my current favorites! ty so much! <3

TAGGING: @feystepped, @griffin-wood, @unholymilf, @kingsroad, @florbelles, @statichvm, @jackiesarch, @confidentandgood, @denerims, @aartyom, @stormveils, @swordcoasts, @rocketsummer, @arklay, @rosebarsoap, @loriane-elmuerto, @themysteriouslou, @pearlcscent, @maeflower, @shadowglens and you!

THE POWER OF PROPHECY — ramin djawadi

SISYPHUS — foie gras

WOULD’VE, COULD’VE, SHOULD’VE — t*aylor s*wift

THE CROWN OF JAEHAERYS — ramin djawadi

GOD COMPLEX — VIRA

bonus tracks: HOUSE VELARYON, FUNERAL BY THE SEA, SPACE MONKEY (placebo), WHERE THE SHADOWS LIE (bear mcreary and fiona apple) and DIANA (chelsea wolfe).

#only if you want to! 🥀❣️#t: text #leg.txt #t: about leg #t: radio #leg.tagged #and also every single song as well for the greens and the velaryons have been on a loop for me as well 🕯🤍😵‍💫#the album is so stellar truly a work of art and i have had it on a repeat loop since it released kzjxjx #added bonus tracks as well bc im indecisive ✨😌#una has been on the brain and sisyphus and god complex depict her to the LETTER #god complex having the slipping of her sanity and her CLAWING at to keep it.. clawing to *COUGH* as an anchor #yet neither are much better off ajjzjxj #she’s losing her mind but it’s fine <3 #in sisyphus the line ‘im losing my own mind! hail sisyphus! welcome mankind! hail sisyphus!’#the nature of her presence as the mistress of whispers to the greens the snake in the garden she is as an informant to iovanna ->#and then there’s the part where because of the influence of the dragon she’s bonded to (the cannibal) her own corruption?#loyalty (and ehem *feelings*) for her king.. loyalty to her friend and her own dragon it’s a fun time time to be una!#if things go as planned she leaves westeros and sets her sights to asshai where her mother resides :)#and the power of prophecy and all of rhaes themes are just *muah* THEYRE ELITE..! 🤍🤍#prophecy and the dreamlike of the singing is so lovely for ella ✨😖 its on her edit for that!#funeral had me in TEARS hearing it so it had to be included ✨🤧🤍#ty ty airika for putting it in urs bc i listened to it again after i saw and have been all day since ✨😖

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red-dragon-archfiend · 1 year

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I don't have enough time or experienced with enough classes to write a detailed multiclassing guide, but for D&D players, especially new players, wondering if they should multiclass, the simple answer is "probably not". Multiclassing is, in general, bad. The game was not balanced with it in mind, and it's very easy to muck up your character if you don't know what you're doing. I'm not just talking from an optimization perspective, either; it's difficult to justify it narratively in a way that doesn't cheapen the significance of what class levels represent. You don't become a Bard by practicing the lute for a week. You can't become a Wizard without years of study. If you plan to multiclass, my advice would be to find some way of tying it narratively into your primary class somehow; an Eldritch Knight becoming a Wizard is sensible, because they already have an understanding of how to work arcane magic, they just need to spend some time focusing on that over improving their martial abilities to learn enough to start filling out a spellbook. Of course, that still takes a long time, but the Eldritch Knight's previous experiences mean they already know how to cast multiple spells already. If you want to multiclass for story reasons, ask yourself two questions: Is multiclassing really the best way to convey this change in my character, and, if so, do they have the adequate time, experiences, and resources to practice the skills necessary (physical training, study, spiritual attunement, etc.) to even START being that class? The reason I put so much weight into class levels is because the Player's Handbook itself makes a point to clarify what sets a member of each class apart from others who seem similar on the surface; not every soldier in a given army is a Fighter, chances are most of them aren't. And Paladins are even rarer! To achieve even one class level is a strong indication of skill and effort, and I as your DM would expect you to consider how your character achieves levels in a second class. My campaign features a Fighter/Warlock multiclass, and her patron is both the supplier of her occult magic, and her instructor, personally training her in her dreams, so she can level up in either class and it'll make sense. My favorite combination, Paladin/Sorcerer, can be explained by latent powers emerging in response to their experiences and the holy power they channel within themselves, perhaps a gift from their deity or the result of them or their ancestor slaying a creature like a dragon or vampire whose blood imbued the Paladin's bloodline with arcane magic. Maybe a Monk/Cleric comes from a monastery that reveres a specific deity, and that Monk caught their deity's attention, choosing the Monk for a holy mission. If multiclassing is part of your character's backstory or projected future, having a plan for it is key to making them still feel like a cohesive, singular character.

#musings #dungeons and dragons #take my advice with a grain of salt since not all groups will put the same weight into class levels as i do #but the reason most wizards are depicted as elderly is because wizardry is extremely difficult and takes a long time to master #class levels being rare or hard to achieve is kind of necessary from a worldbuilding perspective #if becoming a wizard was possible after what amounts to a college course there'd be wizards everywhere #and the players wouldn't be as important because their own abilities wouldn't be anything special for a long time #i didn't talk about optimization very much since i think most d&d players don't care about that as much as roleplay and thematics #but if you're questioning if multiclassing would be good for you #look at the benefits you'd get from even one level of another class and ask if that's worth setting your main class back permanently #even one bad multiclass level can become a problem with initiative is rolled and you're functionally one level lower than you should be #it's also why timing when to multiclass is important!#it's tempting to multiclass as soon as you hit level 2 but unless you're starting as your secondary class you should really wait #until you're at least level 5 or so because that's a big power spike #and once you achieve that it doesn't hurt as much to delay levels in your main class in favor of another #that's variation in this of course #if you're a paladin who plans to take just one level of hexblade you really should do it at level 2 if you dumped strength #you don't want to be relying on 13 strength for weapon attacks any longer than you have to #and if you're only interested in the thematic elements of a class remember that flavor is free!#plus you can use things like your background to give you a feel akin to a different class #a warlock entertainer who makes a deal with the devil to save their music career is a cool way to get bard flavor without multiclassing #especially since if you manage to become a true bard you probably don't need the devil's help anyway

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randomnameless · 2 years

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I'm very dragonpilled right now and 3 Houses/Hopes refuses to scratch the itch despite arguably having one of the best takes on manaketes in series history(used loosely here ofc since not all dragons are made equal in FE). God, the Nabateans are right up my alley and yet we get crumbs. It got me thinking about Laguz vs Nabateans, seeing the dragon fam drama in Tellius be touched on, TONS more than Rhea, Seteth, Flayn, Macuil, Indech, the Relics siblings, and even Sothis.

I know this is about to sound like I'm asking "lol what's the difference between night and day" here, but I genuinely would like to know just how much better IntSys did with the dragon shifters in Tellius from a person more knowledgeable about it, and how they could've done the Nabateans much better in hindsight, especially since both games do a very interesting twist on dragons for the series. I'm thinking of watching a playthrough of Tellius to literally just FINALLY get my dragon fam/race fill instead of asking the Fodlan series to give me anything (I'M STARVING DAMMIT), and would like to hear your thoughts on what you think of the Laguz overall and how their race enhances the plot. Spoilers welcome btw.

Oh.

(ugh i forgot this in my drafts i’m so sorry!)

Let's say Tellius starts and breathes with the racial angle/card - we have two kinds of humans, beorcs who are random humans and laguz, humans who can shapeshift.

Through the course of the saga, we see Laguz. Not just here as mere place holder and infodumps, but we see the various leaders of the different tribes, we go to Castle Gallia, Ike talks and learns from all kind of Laguz around.

For the dragon Laguz living in Goldoa, their first appearance, iirc, is when Ike's boat crashes on their shores, dragons are isolationists and ask him to get the fuck out, we can't because no boat, and the situation is dire until the dragon prince, Kurthnaga, pops up and defuses the situation.

Afterwards we see Deghinsea talk to the other Laguz Kings about the plot.

But for the dragon laguz? The most important about them isn’t their scale or anything, but the familial drama associated to Goldoa’s royal line. They are not only dragons and here to give a backstory to someone - nope, they are characters with arcs.

It ultimately touches the greater plot and one of Tellius’s most destestable themes - but such is their verse, and they are fundamentally a family screwed by their world.

Sister goes to hold the hand of the worst human alive, worst human alive use the kid they got as a barganing chip, older brother goes to rescue her and ends up as a drugged and tortured being, younger brother is sheltered but lost about what is happening, and their father is enduring the loss of his two children and also the fate of the world on his moustache, until he cannot anymore. Older brother’s wife sides with worst human alive just to get a chance to see her beloved, and her own grandpa has to betray his country for her sake and her unborn kid.

Meanwhile? Rhea is a lizard in hiding because her siblings became toothpicks, but Seteth ? Doesn’t have anything to do and or reaction when the truth is revealed, or when people are trying to turn them in toothpicks again. He won’t talk to Nemesis, and player pandering forces him not to give more fucks than needed about his sister.

Like, gosh, Rajaion only appears in a cutscene (bar his, uh, alternate form) and I get more about his relationship with his siblings, dad and lover from Tellius than Seteth’s 10 supports and 2 games where he could be interacting with his siblings, but, uh, never does in a meaningful way.

And that’s not to say Seteth BaD or anything like this, really !

Just to say the lizard family from Fodlan didn’t receive even a tenth of what the Goldoan royals received, even if they have much more screentime.

Quality > Quantity.

What they could have done with Fodlan to make the dragon family act more like a family rather than the clusterfuck we had?

Well, for starters, the Nabatean AG paralogue is a step in the right direction, because they interact without using Billy as the “center of universe” prop everything must tend to.

Maybe Fodlan could have started by at least naming one (maybe not all 12) dragon who was turned in a relic.

Maybe we could have had a confirmation about Flayn’s status, as a pure blooded Nabatean or as a hybrid.

They could have given us more breadcrumbs about what it means to share “blood” with humans, and if it was something that is supposed to be common, or reserved to “very special humans”. They could have developped more about what Nabateans felt seeing their current “allies” use relics, or even their enemies engineer fake “hearts” to turn humans in grotesque abominations supposed to mirror them.

I’m not saying we should had playable Indech’n’Macuil, but at least see and interact with them more, or give more info about them, why did they escape after the WoH, did they even meet Rhea once in 1k years, etc etc. Do we know if Nabateans are still surviving outside of Fodlan (it’s implied by Petra iirc) ?

That’s why I would have wanted more War of Heroes content, I know the Nabatean civilisation is already razed but we could have had the content I wanted and expected since day 1, about Nabateans, their place in the world and how they are supposed to work/live/coexist in peace with humans (and agarthans?) - we could have had some Nabateans who thought they were superiors to humans and were tyrants, and Nabateans who wanted and worked with them on an “equal” basis or some who were just consulted as oracles or seers...

Can they still live with humans ? Did they disagree on what to do next, after the Red Canyon, did some wanted to hide until the end of the times, or some wanted to rule over humans, or some only wanted to guide them?

All those things, and we will never know.

Bear in mind, we don’t know Deghinsea’s tax policy (still his country is isolationist to an extreme degree so...), but we know he loved all of his children, we know Almedha feels like dirt because she feels like she is the catalyst for the destruction of her family and expects Ena, her sister in law, to despise her, we know Nasir’s love for his granddaughter is stronger than in loyalty to his King and his own morals...

And we see Kurthnaga trying to do the “right thing”, only to realise the “right thing” isn’t the thing we always want to do, and how he ultimately has to walk in his father’s shoes.

It’s a tight group, take one of them, and you would find bonds and links to another member of the group.

In Fodlan, if I look at Rhea’s bonds (even if I take Nopes because remember, player pandering means “alone b4 u since zanado”) I still don’t know how she feels about Indech, how he feels about her, or what is going on in the state of the world.

Fodlan really tries to sell us a story where the Nabateans aren’t that close to each other, where Indech will not give a fuck about his sister being turned in a pair of daggers and where Cichol doesn’t think it is important to warn his brothers that Supreme Leader and her friends want to erase every Nabatean from Fodlan -

Hell, again with Fodlan’s main issue (or one of its main issues) - the Nabateans cannot collectively react to an event like a second attempt at ousting them from Fodlan, or in Supreme Leader’s words, create a “Nabatean blood-less world!” because Hresvelg Tea needs to be sold.

Almedha might have hold Ashnard’s hand, Kurthnaga, Deghinsea, Nasir and Ena are quick and fast to call him an asshole. I’m sure Rajaion did too. And there’s no need to have some “maybe we could have walked with him” or some “maybe he had his reasons??” when a member of their family is/was being tortured under his care.

Compare this to Seteth’s “well i know you don’t want to kill Supreme Leader but we have to put an end to the war!” when Rhea has been in her dungeons for 5 years, when he knows she’s in Enbarr and when he knows what happened to Flayn in the span of 1 month.

Fodlan cannot develop Nabateans without making Supreme Leader look like a fool, and Supreme Leader is Fodlan’s cash cow.

That’s, I think, the main difference between Fodlan’s Nabateans and Tellius’s dragon laguz.

#androblob #i'm so sorry i sometimes start to type a reply but then I put it on hold #because i have something else to do and here we are 3 months later #laguz in general were characters not nods or background exposition #never to be touched upon as to not make someone look bad #or just nods and being around because hey look we brought back beasts you loved them before right?#That's what they did in FE13 and I hated it #The FE14 beasts were apparently living in villages and no thought or care is given about a race of shapeshifters leaving in a world with hum #humans damn #they're just like people from a random village who just happen to have fur that's all #after coming from Tellius it's a bit light #but the game didn't want to shed light on them so at least that's that #to make nabateans better in hindsight talk about them #make them interact with each other #give them that familly or close group vibe the dragons from Tellius had #i think shifters and manaketes are used to lampshade an existing situation to depict racism or the struggle to live with people who are #different #if it's just to have a unit with fur then bar the gameplay what's the point?#at least that's what bamco does and it often works #Fodlan is an exception because the one who is arguing against coexistence is the cashcow of the saga #so she can't be wrong nor be right else the game wouldn't be released #so we're left with that milquetoast piece of jelly #'tell me is it bad that i do not want to die because my ears are pointy?'

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