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Fic Update: "Good Neighbors"
Jan. 30th, 2010 02:06 amFire Emblem fans have this impulse to cross over the game continents. I've seen Elibe/Magvel, Elibe/Tellius, Archanea/Tellius, and so forth. Now, there really are two game continents that exist on the same planet, in the same timeline, with canonical ties, but one of them is not terribly popular and the other is downright obscure. While Archanea and Valencia appear to share the same language, they offer completely different mythologies, magic systems, and an entirely different "feel" all around. It's a situation ripe for exploitation if you're so inclined.
FFnet is being a pain tonight, so I'll upload it here. Spoilers for FE2, plus all kinds of cross-references between the games. I don't think a reader needs to know either world intimately to get the story, but understanding the references adds a layer of meaning.
( I do not own Fire Emblem or any of its characters. )
Yes, I did just spent three thousand words on an imaginary intercontinental trade dispute. Some context: this is part of my series of interconnected FE2/3/DS stories, “Tales of the Unified Kingdom,” and ties in pretty closely to both “By Any Other Name” and “Homecomings,” both of which show post-war Archanea and its neato innovations like the siege engines, windmills, and so on. The parallel between Rigel/Sofia and Archanea/Valencia was something I couldn’t keep away from... though you can read this as a metaphor for the popularity of the relevant games. The whole Old World/New World dichotomy is my own spin on the continents.
PS: For those of you who’ve read “Homecomings,” I’ll just say this-- Valencia also exports malaria to Archanea. So there.
ETA: "Cellica" is not an available choice in the ffnet drop-down character list. This must be corrected, post-haste.
FFnet is being a pain tonight, so I'll upload it here. Spoilers for FE2, plus all kinds of cross-references between the games. I don't think a reader needs to know either world intimately to get the story, but understanding the references adds a layer of meaning.
( I do not own Fire Emblem or any of its characters. )
Yes, I did just spent three thousand words on an imaginary intercontinental trade dispute. Some context: this is part of my series of interconnected FE2/3/DS stories, “Tales of the Unified Kingdom,” and ties in pretty closely to both “By Any Other Name” and “Homecomings,” both of which show post-war Archanea and its neato innovations like the siege engines, windmills, and so on. The parallel between Rigel/Sofia and Archanea/Valencia was something I couldn’t keep away from... though you can read this as a metaphor for the popularity of the relevant games. The whole Old World/New World dichotomy is my own spin on the continents.
PS: For those of you who’ve read “Homecomings,” I’ll just say this-- Valencia also exports malaria to Archanea. So there.
ETA: "Cellica" is not an available choice in the ffnet drop-down character list. This must be corrected, post-haste.
