Notes and Errata of Mark of the Asphodel

Writing fake novel excerpts for the purposes of fiction, or fake history books, or even fake song lyrics here and there... doable.  Fake epic poetry, even terza rima poetry?  Man, not my strong point. 

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Juggling my non-entry for the fe_contest "Crossover" challenge with the fe_fest stuff.  Yipes.  Deadline, deadlines.

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FE4 is pretty darned fun.  Though I should start trolling message boards, pointing out that every other entry in the series is Doing It Wrong with regard to promotional items, money management, arena abuse, weapon allocation, and weapon repair, and are thus not Real Fire Emblem.  As frustrating as it is to not freely trade stuff, especially stuff acquired from bosses, overall I like the FE4 system.  I'm actually using the arenas instead of ignoring them as a death trap.  

Anyway, I got two-thirds of the way though Chapter 3.  Silvail fell on the 25th turn, and now Brigid, Claude, and Tiltyu are being pursued by PIRATES! and such.  

Status Update!

( The sort of thing that used to go to a rant comm )

As BS as I find Thracia 776 to be, when compared to something like Sonic Adventure DX, so much is forgiven.  You want BS?  The QA team there appears to have been run by Catbert.

 So, a while ago I experimented with chocolate-chunk sourdough French Toast, which didn't work so well.  When my most excellent spouse scored a day-old loaf of chocolate-chunk challah, also from Zingerman's ovens, I decided it was time to redeem myself with the breakfast deities.  This time around I adapted Alton Brown's recipe for French Toast, adding vanilla (because I love vanilla) and skipping the step where the fried bread goes in the oven.

The results?  Tender bread pieces with lacy brown exteriors, perfumed with honey and vanilla, studded with gooey chunks of dark chocolate.  Oh, yeah.  Much better.

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Somehow, my "Band AU" fe_fest piece has mutated from a character piece analyzing the dynamics in my four-man band of Ephraim, Lyon, Innes, and Joshua to a thing wherein Amelia, Neimi, Lute, and Vanessa show up to fangirl said band.  Well, Lute's not fangirling so much, but... you know.

Meh.

Also trying very hard not to make the piece a world-spanning mashup, in part because the idea of Eliwood-Hector-and-Lyn as a power trio is awfully cute.

Justin Bieber!Roy is also a good bad idea, though the idea of Eliwood and Roy at equivalent ages at the same point in the space-time fabric raises more questions than I ever want to answer.  And no, I'm not making them brothers.