In The Autumn of Our Discontent

[mark_asphodel]

After a weird winter, spring and summer, the vagaries of weather are falling in sync with the calendar this autumn.  The first true autumnal chill blew in right on September 1st, and come November 1st I found the first sheen of frost on my car.  I guess we can schedule that first true snow for December 1st, right?

Serenes Forest has some FE12 art now, and some honest-to-Pete FE1 art, at last.

FE1!Midia.  Awww.  And here's FE BS Midia for comparison-- gives a totally different sense of the character, no?

FE1!Linda.  Something is lacking, methinks.

FE1!Nina.  This is what I mean about old-school Nina being an adult while new!Nyna looks like a girl dressed up in adult clothes.  

I love the FE12 art-- not the character designs so much (though I do like many of them), but the CGs and such.  They are beautiful and evocative and, to me, communicate a great deal.

This breaks my heart.  It's called "Acension."

So does this, but for entirely different reasons.  He's so damned pretty... what wasted potential.

 Haven't touched 'fic in many days.  Too much garbage going on.

Comments

[sailorvfan10.livejournal.com]

In fact, Marth in general is beautifully done. physically. But "Blah blah blah," might as well be coming out of his mouth. Because ooh, My Unit is speaking, so listen up, pretty boy! He just hijacked your legend! So just sit there and...look pretty and

*runs off and cries*

[mark-asphodel.livejournal.com]

*runs off and cries*

Well, here's the rub. FE3!Marth didn't have any memorable "lines" that I recall-- nothing really pithy that stands out in the memory like the comments of later Lords or supporting characters do. Frex, Eirika's "So this is war," or Ephraim's jab about how he doesn't get into battles he can't win-- something short that does actually say something about their character. FE11!Marth wasn't really good for pithy little quotes, either, because a lot of his better lines are actually rather wordy and work best in context of the dialogue, but he did have one that stood out. And it's the one they used as his profile quote on FE Wiki (the prince > son/brother one, natch), which does say a hell of a lot about his character.

FE12!Marth has a catchphrase. And it's "Let's go!"

How the bloody hell you go from FE11 to FE12 like that just defies my credulity at present.

[sailorvfan10.livejournal.com]

...

going from "I am a prince before I am a son or a brother," to "Let's go :D :D :D"

....

whut

I just

*sobs*