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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 6 months

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Happy Halloween and Wei Wuxian day!

#better drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #digital art #I'm trying to practice digital art more - initially wasn't going to draw anything for today....I simply couldn't rest until I *did*.#I'm starting to get the hang of it !#I find traditional *much* easier especially with colouring. It still feels very...off to me.#The noise filter helps retain some of the texture I find digital lacks! More experimentation needed though.#Original draft for their costumes was 'Groom of Hanguang-jun' and 'Bride of The Yiling Lazou'.#Y'know; like those 'bride of Frankenstein' and 'Frankenstein's monster' sort of couple costumes.#Their costumes now are 'Well educated lady with land someone wants (and it's the 1600s)' and 'Werebunny'.#Every costume wwx ever puts on has a full backstory and lore to it. Even if its just a hat and fake mustache.#Okay I'm on break NOW. I will return when my long comic is done.

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000marie198 · 11 months

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Okay so, the prospect of dragons becoming 'softer' and 'less strong' and 'pet-like' due to living with vikings for a few years is so messed up!

This is partially due to how Toothless was characterized in THW. His character in Httyd 1 & 2 + GotNF +RoB/DoB + RTTE + other short movies is leagues different from THW Toothless. And amongst the common reasons theorized for this is dragons having become 'softer spoiled pets' due to 'being away from the wild'. And I hate it!

These dragons, especially the ones who have riders, are canonically stronger, faster, smarter and stealthier than any wild dragons due to all the experience they gained over the years. The dragons of Berk, particularly the gang's dragons, have travelled tremendous distances in single flights, fought battles with armadas and hunters and submarines and entire flocks and practically giants, been to habitats far and wide where wild ones don't dare venture, been through so much, have had near death experiences countless times and came out of those stronger than before. Heck they've even planned and strategized before! They have sharper instincts, faster reflexes, higher endurance and stamina than the wild ones who live in their own habitats. These guys have experienced and survived going through all kinds of habitats. I really doubt that the gang's dragons, the first and last line of defence, the researcher assists, the protectors and best friends of the most competent group on the island would get soft just like that.

AND! And, each of these dragons, Toothless, Meatlug, Hookfang, Stormfly, Barf and Belch, they were becoming smarter and smarter by the day. Toothless in the first movie was intelligent, curious, kind, stealthy, elegant, scary, dangerous, adorable, protective, strong. And he remained as such throughout the series. Why turn him into a... A senseless dog?! Where did his grace, his speed, his stealth and intelligence and protectiveness and loyalty go? That was NOT Toothless. Why was my boy treated like a silly pet and nothing else? Did they just up and forget everything he did throughout the course of the franchise? Toothless whose first thing to do when he got a controllable tailfin was go out to find Hiccup's lost helmet that fell in the ocean and then he broke that tailfin because he valued and treasured this friendship over potentially distancing freedom, Toothless who had defeated and befriended multiple feral dragons without being able to fly, Toothless who ate an eel to keep his best friend safe, Toothless who played possum to fool the outcast guards and escape on his own, Toothless who was willing to drown because he couldn't leave Hiccup alone, Toothless who broke the most Intense mind control hold of the Bewilderbeast because the bond he had with Hiccup was stronger. Are we talking about the same Toothless even?

Gah, I just despise that last movie for so many reasons. I might've given it grace marks if it was just the theme being sad but everything in it was wrong and messed up and illogical.

#can you tell I don't like THW At All? bcoz i don't #i get the themes they were trying to deliver but it was executed extremely poorly #the Bing Bam Boom episode of DoB did it way WAY better #and actually made logical sense #but thw? nothing made sense. every reason for every plot point was refutable #even the villian felt like a ripoff who couldn't decide whether to dress up as Vigho or Pitch and mashed the two costumes #thw salt #httyd #httyd thw #dreamworks dragons #httyd rob #httyd dob #httyd rtte #httyd toothless #httyd hiccup #hiccup and toothless

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rowanyx · 8 months

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There is something so deep about Laerryn's choice in the finale, and Brennan's phrasing of the decision to be made.

To clarify, this scene (copied and pasted from the CR wiki transcripts):

BRENNAN: On a 16, you must make a tough decision. Do you want to further limit the release of energy and make the release of energy safer for the physical environs of Avalir and Cathmoíra, or do you want to ensure that Rau'shan and Ka'Mort will be permanently banished from Exandria?

TRAVIS: Impossible.

AABRIA: Laerryn's little joke to herself was always that the Heart of Avalir was the thing she inherited, but it was too small. She made it bigger, she improved it. She improved the Etheric Net and built this and that she was the Heart of Avalir, and she gave everything to this city. But I know what people are fighting to protect and I remember what Quay said about going down with the ship. So we will ensure it. This will work. Avalir be damned.

or this timestamp of the episode (in case the link doesn't work for the timestamp, the first comment's list has it labelled Laerryn's Tough Decision):

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As we were first introduced to her, Laerryn Coramar-Seelie is the Architect Arcane. As Aabria herself even put, her whole life, all her work, is about taking the city and making it better. Building more. Expansion is the name of the game. So when Brennan specifies that the limiting of energy output will save the physical environs rather than the people, that holds weight.

Just, in a mechanics aspect, there is the fact she is an Abjurer. The whole point of her magic is exactly this choice. To stop things from being destroyed. Her wards that take the damage so that she or others will not. She is not built to bring destruction, leave the fight to others. She will be there to soften the blows that come her allies' ways. She is the one one deciding this, and it feels right, because she's spent her studies dedicated to figuring out how she will prevent the destruction that comes her way.

But that isn't all.

Because any other hero, any other party member, every other soul faced with this question could so easily think that it is a useless decision. A city can be rebuilt, but only if the Betrayer Gods are stopped before they kill all the people that can do so.

But Laerryn, who has dedicated her years to this, the position of Architect Arcane, knows this city and her structures far more intimately. She has been there, step by step, as she forged them. Designed them. Watched over their construction. It is by her hand it was built.

Asking her, specifically, is asking her to choose between everything she's done, or let it all burn. Asking her to make this decision is asking her to decide her legacy. Will she live on as the maker of the land that survived such devastation, but not the people, or will she go down as the one who helped stop the Calamity?

Her choice boiled down to this: Limiting the energy, their work, the libraries and churches, the colleges, grand towers and hallowed halls, stone and mortar, it all can go on unshattered. Or, stopping the Betrayers, the people may continue on.

Was her work more important than the lives she was surrounded by?

Aabria mentions Laerryn was given the Heart of Avalir, jokes how she improved it. But the Heart of Avalir, while magical, is only an engine. It was made, and can be again. So in this moment, I think Laerryn maybe realizes that the true heart of a city comes from the people. Always thinking, thoughts speed by her, whether or not she ever had time to really process the revelations before her demise.

Evandrin is already gone due her hubris. Who else would she lose? Would it have felt like home, without Loqautious there by her side? Would it truly feel like her city, without Patia keeping up with her? What would she cause, without Nydas to hold her back? What is Avalir, without her Brass Ring?

Her assistant, probably still waiting for her, in their offices, and the choice of which will see tomorrow?

How many will feel the heat of Rau'shan's flames as they die? How many will fall to Ka'Mort's earth?

None, she decides. Her friends and neighbors, the kinsmen of her home, will not feel these pains.

I think it is also a moment that beautifully showcases her accepting her death. She will not be here to heal her city. She's going down with the ship. Maybe her blueprints will be found and used, and Avalir will be as it once was. Maybe they won't, and they'll construct it all anew. But she won't see it, so it is their turn to take what was given and build on.

Of course, Rau'shan and Ka'Mort were not the only assets of the Calamity, and damage and destruction was still wrought across Exandria. But there are enough hands to clear the ruins and make their own stories. And that is because of the greatest Architect of them all.

She gave them a chance indeed.

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avisisisis · 1 month

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I know everyone likes to make fun of Ezra for believing Maul, but I honestly really liked that, because. Like. He's been working so hard to learn to trust people again. His new-found family is teaching him how to open up and how to let himself love others without being too afraid of losing them to connect

And he doesn't immediatly trust Maul, which shows that even if his trust issues are much better now, he's still not stupid and knows to be careful around strangers, especially if you found them inside a Sith Temple

But. Maul shows and tells him what he wants to see; he acts kind with him, reassures him when he's in doubt, and manipulates Ezra (who is a CHILD) into beliving in him so he could get what he wanted

Then he betrays him, and by blinding Kanan, he proves Ezra's 'little me' right

#i actually think it's beautiful how he still keeps trying even after having been hurt so many times #and it's not even about maul hurting him. it's about maul hurting kanan #like if maul hadn't done that then ezra would've been perfectly fine w having him as a slightly evil friend that his entire family hates #part of the reason why i love ezra is because bc even though he's been betrayed #he still works to be better #he still fights for what's right #still helps others. he can and will jump in the middle of the battlefield to save a stranger because that's who he is #and he always trusts his family to watch his back #he's been tempted by the dark side so many times and yet he's still “dark side? never heard of it”#and even when he DOES use the dark side. he gets better. he realices that what he's doing is wrong and GETS BETTER #ezra's world was violently taken away from him when he was only a child #he lived on the street for years with nothing but himself. he learned to never trust anyone and to always think for himself #he couldn't afford to help others (unless it wasn't TOO dangerous and he could get smth out of it) because he can't put himself in danger #he learns to forget his parents's beliefs #then the ghost crew comes along and they show him that world again #and now that he knows it he will never leave it again #star wars #star wars rebels #sw rebels #swr #ezra bridger #darth maul #star wars meta #sw meta #twilight of the apprentice #avis' post

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pisshandkerchief · 2 months

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the obvious double standard with which we as a society treat amab nonbinary people and trans women who don't fit the level of feminity that they're expected to is actually disgusting.

#I see it every day in the way my gm (and closest friend at work) is constantly misgendered without anyone apologizing #but everyone uses the correct pronouns for me and quickly corrects themselves if they mess up.#I see it in the way my nonbinary dad #couldn't be friends with women in our old homeschool group #without rumors being constantly spread that they were just trying to get in the women's pants.#I see it in the way my mom was disgusted and disturbed by discovering my dad's early forays into crossdressing #but is proud of me for being my authentic self.#I see it in the way my dad is still scared to wear a skirt despite frequently expressing a desire to #for fear of being seen as “an ugly man in a dress".#I see it in the way my theatre director is constantly called they or he despite clearly having she/her pronouns on her email.#I see it in the way my mom refuses to use the correct pronouns for my dad even though they are out to her #and constantly “forgets” my gm's pronouns even though I've used they/them for them for months.#deep down I know if I was born with a penis my mom would think of my transness much differently.#when “women” embrace masculinity they are seen as empowered at best and at worst as victims of the patriarchy.#confused little girls who don't know any better.#when “men” embrace feminity they are seen as predators. traps. manipulative freaks.#I see it every day. It's so deeply ingrained in our society it seems like there's no escaping it.

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jestroer · 2 months

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I'm not usually a person to post on many serious matters not regarding fandom on here, but as someone who watched a lot of his stuff and posted about him in the past a bunch, I just wanted to say that I'm no longer am going to interacting with any of Wilbur's content and if you support Wilbur Soot then please don't follow my blog because you are not welcome here. All strength and love to Shubble in this ✊

#just felt i should adress this stuff cause its. yeah #its so messed up #his music really helped me through some messed up stuff and even if i wanted to listen to it now i couldn't even enjoy it i don't think #its just. man #i havent been watching much of sbi and their friends since technos passing but like. this still is such a punch for some reason #glad shubble is in a better situation now and that she had the strength to come out with this. this is such a mess #tw abuse #Wilbur soot #im not gonna make more posts about it or rb much stuff if its not support for shubble #cause i try really hard to have my blog be a positive space for myself and for people who enjoy my art and my blog #but like. wilbur is such a godawful person and its like. with dream i just always thought he was annoying asshole #if not an absolutely awful person although you know i don't rule it out #but with Wilbur like. i never thought about him this way and now that i do a lot of stuff feels. well bad #there are a lot of things that seem really bad with this context.#its just. man. what a fucking asshole. don't even have words for this

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scribe-of-hael · 8 months

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Therapist: Breakdown Wheeljack isn't real, he can't hurt you

Breakdown Wheeljack:

This Breakdown's EARTHSPARK toy, BTW

#transformers #earthspark breakdown #Breakdown #Tf toy #Wheeljack #earthspark wheeljack #They didn't even try #At least the seekers are seekers from cyberverse #And most of the back cause are reminds #But this is just straight up insulting #Literally couldn't have cared less #Oh kids won't notice #Brah #Idk how many cyberse molds they have gotta me one of them wa a better fit than this #Didn't even bother with the head #He's to hoping a legacy figure or somthing better comes out

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tvconefive · 2 months

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#couldn't decide which version I liked better #also trying to just post more often #even if it's just sketches or studies #since it's not like i don't have tons of these just sitting on my ipad #rust cohle #true detective #my art

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mingos · 1 month

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me every time i survive a moot's softblocking spree, even though we’ve spent multiple weeks talking & they’ve called me their friend multiple times: does this mean we're.... friends? 🥺

#‘ 001. ’ (out of character)#because of past experiences where i apparently couldn't differentiate someone wanting to be my friend vs. someone who was just “being nice”#(ie. they stopped being nice once i got too much for them i guess) i try not to assume friendship unless i am explicitly told we're friends #or we've been talking consistently for a few weeks where i can kind of safely assume because i think i've got a little better at telling #but even past that point i still get caught off-guard when presented with evidence of friendship. i'm like ME? you? me? friends? 🥺

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zabiume · 5 days

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Thinking about how Hachi & Orihime’s powers are similar (they are right unless I’m mistaken ?) I really like his & Soi Fon’s fight against barragan. It makes me think about all the possibilities kubo could do with Orihime’s powers. Do you think as she grew older she could’ve gone to him for more training ?

HACHI VS BARAGGAN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BLEACH FIGHTS EVER!!!! it's soooo good!!

i don't think the issue with orihime is a matter of training, really, and it's completely plausible she could have gone to him during the 17 month timeskip. i think the issue is that kubo probably had no idea what direction to take with her and chad's powers and ended up toying with them throughout the story, only to end that journey with, "...well, they're fullbringers!" (<- and the absolute kick of it is that we don't even get a mention of this in the actual fullbring arc for orihime, we just get a clumsy explanation in CFYOW)

i think, in the beginning, kubo didn't know much about what chad and orihime were going to be—he just knew he wanted them to have powers because he wanted them to accompany ichigo on his many adventures. the technical details were probably something he pushed to the back of his mind for later, which makes complete sense because when you're writing a serialized story, you don't need to have the ENTIRE thing figured out, and trying to have the entire thing figured out is probably exhausting when you're just trying to make it through writing the next 50 chapters. writing for manga involves a lot of logistics, not just creativity, so it's not surprising if some things were blank slates he was just waiting to fill in later. manga writing is such a touch-and-go, experimental process that sometimes you might tease or hint at a certain plotline, but then end up going in a different direction entirely, for a variety of reasons—editorial disagreements, pacing, lack of time, realizing a certain plotline doesn't fit the story at its current stage etc etc. one example i could give you for this is how orihime remarks that she wants to try and destroy the hogyoku, and then she.....never brings it up again. there isn't even a single panel with her reflecting about how she couldn't do it or how she didn't have the time. of course, people have taken this to mean orihime is a dumbass, but i think the more likely explanation is that kubo probably had 3-4 alternate plotlines, but ultimately he picked the one we got in canon because that's what worked best, logistically and creatively. another example is how there's a vague allusion to chad's powers being more demon-ish, more in tune in hueco mundo, but that never goes anywhere either, because again, i'm sure kubo had alternate plotlines/vague musings he was hoping to follow up on later, but ultimately decided to forego it for whatever reason.

this isn't even exclusive to bleach or even necessarily exclusive to orihime! serialized stories in general often end up writing themselves on the go, unlike in a published novel, where you get time to plan, to have a first, second, xth draft. i doubt mangakas have the luxury to prepare anything beyond a storyboard and a few handful of scenes that they really want in the story. it's just the way the industry works, and this is not even touching the impact that sales/popularity might have on the series' writing. i'm not sure what kubo's set-up was like and how much autonomy he did or didn't have to create bleach in a vacuum free of outside pressures, but no one is immune to these things and i don't doubt that they affected bleach too.

this is kind of why it feels like we get big build ups and teases regarding orihime's powers that don't conclude in ways we hoped they would. i don't know what other versions of bleach and what other versions of orihime kubo had planned, but it'd be interesting to hear about + speculate about whether or not that would've been an improvement compared to what we got.

i've said before that i didn't necessarily need to see orihime in a solo fight, and it was nice to see her using her powers more creatively (as a transport system, as drones, which was pretty cool, and even fixing ichigo's bankai), but orihime is not immune to the problems in storybuilding and she often falls victim to it compared to say, ichigo, but not as worse as, say, chad. it would have been nice to have more overt, creative, clever uses of her powers like we got in the hachi fight, but i guess i can live with the feeble attempts that were made in that direction!

#hachi and the kidou system in general are proof that fights can be way more than zanpakuto clashes #kubo really should have used that more! we got a lot of great non-zanpakuto fights in early bleach and they were interesting #in fleshing out characters who werent necessarily gifted in zanjutsu but had other strengths #ultimately the moral is that these industries are really toxic and exploitative and that any mangaka who works/worked in it #really did the best they could with what they had while desperately trying not to buckle under the pressure #it's a miracle they even managed to get a decent story out of it. i know i couldn't and that's admirable in itself #flawed stories are proof it was written by a person and there's merit there - esp in a climate where we're discussing the possibility #of stories being written by machines #that being said - i hope the conditions in the industry improve and that artists can one day see a better future #asks

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burymeinblack2022 · 2 years

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Ik I always say this but the implications of the my way cover in the context of the band.... Getting shot at left and right during the 2000s for not being like the other bands in the scene.... For trying to uplift outcasts and make them feel welcome somewhere trying to show people it was worth it being yourself and you're worth being here and everyone giving them shit for caring abt kids and promoting acceptance, freedom, expressing yourself and human decency... The daily mail shit.... The constant attempts at villainizing and belittling them and the fans... All the shit that wore them down and took a toll on them as they strived to make the world better and more welcoming for others... The ending and now their ressurection... The current reflection during this tour on their past selves/the bands past and acceptance/embrace of that in the present and the future as part of the bands fabric and essential in spite of the pain it brought back then... How they don't regret any of it even the bad parts because it brought them here... Because even when they struggled they did manage to help others who were in similar situations despite the continuous blows and obstacles they encountered in their journey... Their mission and efforts were not for naught.... The record shows....they took the blows.... AND DID IT THEIR WAY

#This is all over the place bc it's a brain dump and it came to me in the shower #And I was trying to remember it exactly when I got out but couldn't and ended up writing even more #I'm pretty sure I must have repeated the same thing a bunch of times and I could do better with time but. Yeah #mcrnj2 #Mcr #Mcr return #wow anna said something #anna's shitposts #My Chemical Romance #Return era #Don't even get me started on the rest of the lyrics... The last line is perfect to sum it all up

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butwhatifidothis · 8 months

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Do you think it'd be in character for Claude to fake an alliance with Edgey in GW Pt 2 so that he could undermine her while seeking an alliance with the Kingdom behind her back? I mean, that way, he could ask Rhea directly about what Edgey told him instead of blindly believing her.

It would be more in character, but not as much as it looks at first.

Because yes, Claude is very familiar with not exactly telling the truth, and he is also familiar with working around people who inherently distrust him. And something somewhat like this kinda happens in 3H, with Erwin - Claude has Nader create a distraction for the army to pass through Gloucester territory to Myrddin so that Erwin's forces don't intercept them (he does this in all the routes in fact, save for of course CF). So it's not like he isn't capable of some form of trickery, even when it comes to people he considers allies.

What becomes an issue though is that those sort of trickery means are mostly used for last-resort, fairly specific situations - Plan A wasn't to make Erwin think his lands are being attacked, it was the only option Claude had available due to the very landscape of Leicester necessitating going through Gloucester territory, and due to Erwin's stubbornness about aligning with the Empire (whether or not those reasons were self-serving or for self-preservation). Again, with Myrddin we see that he's willing to openly help the Kingdom/Church, despite the act of doing so breaking any neutrality the Alliance could have held onto. Communication with Erwin had already failed (due to, again, his stubbornness to align with the Empire), but Claude also explicitly says that he doesn't want to engage in actual combat with House Gloucester, so lies were the only way to go forward.

With the Empire, however, there was never any worry about engaging in combat with them - they invaded his lands, and he fought back. If Edelgard had started with negotiations with Claude first, that'd be one thing - if there was an attempt at an assurance for peace from Edelgard's end to start everything off, it'd make the idea of him joining her to betray her later have some ground to stand on logically. But with him doing absolutely nothing to provoke her she attacks his lands, which has two reasons for her doing so in specifically Claude's mind: taking Garreg Mach to use as a base, and getting rid of the Alliance and Kingdom at the same time.

To the first reason: while Garreg Mach is a good base, it's arguable that having to defeat the Alliance on top of fighting the Kingdom for it makes taking the base moot to begin with. Even for the symbolic nature of it, since Rhea has already been booted out at this point. The trouble would be more than its worth, essentially. And the second reason is... fairly obvious as to why that isn't gonna work out lmao.

Then there's also also the fact that Claude was handling the Empire pretty damn well - he is a young leader and is tricksty in his antics which means skepticism from his more experienced peers, the Alliance is known for its weaker military strength, and he had to deal with Shahid looming over his head, yet Claude still manages to hold off the Empire pretty effectively. So with Edelgard invading Claude's lands off rip and his shown proficiency at fighting back against her without much non-Alliance help, there's no benefit to siding with her, even falsely - none that would outweigh the benefits of siding with a party that has given him no misgivings, in any case. She's not a force that is too big to take on from the outside and so needs to be taken out from the inside, so going through the effort of getting inside is meaningless.

So, would falsely siding with Edelgard while secretly siding with the Kingdom be more in character? It certainly can be, if one plays the cards right. But given how Claude's handling of the Empire and Edelgard's actions against the Alliance are written, it'd be far more in character for him to just side with the Kingdom outright at that point

#ask #anon #clyde discourse #like at that point it's better to just cut the fat #there's no pretense of neutrality from Claude; he's already fought back against her #there's no pretense of peace from EdeIgard; she's already invaded his lands #the Empire is not an impossible force; Claude is dealing with them extraordinarily well given his circumstances #the Kingdom isn't a potential threat to Claude; it has done nothing to garner any attention (positive or negative) from the Alliance #and if the biggest issue was the Church/Rhea then Claude can just. snoop around? to find shit out? like he always did in 3H?#(hell with the war going on he - as leader of the Alliance - is the only one with fairly safe access to the ONLY SAFE WAY into Garreg Mach)#(so he could literally just like. have spies get in and snoop around? or even walk in himself if there's no one there? like hello)#and not side with the girly trying to kill him and who is responsible for the deaths of many of his people. just a thought #so there's nothing to really gain from pretending to side with Edelgard that couldn't be found in allying with the Kingdom

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dazzlerazz · 6 months

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