[This fanfic features married Hubert well after the war has ended, so he’s softer than he is in canon, but also more haunted now that he doesn’t have a war or four to distract him from repressed trauma.]
everything about this… this statue, the choppy waves, the cliffs behind her, the echo, the drumming….. aesthetic
Lyrics in Faroese:
Trøllabundin eri eg eri eg Galdramaður festi meg festi meg Trøllabundin djúpt í míni sál í míni sál Í hjartanum logar brennandi bál brennandi bál
Trøllabundin eri eg eri eg Galdramaður festi meg festi meg Trøllabundin inn í hjartarót í hjartarót Eyga mítt festist har ið galdramaður stóð
English translation:
Spellbound am I, am I The wizard has enchanted me, enchanted me Spellbound deep in my soul, in my soul In my heart burns a smouldering fire, smouldering fire
Spellbound am I, am I The wizard has enchanted me, enchanted me Spellbound in my heart’s root, my heart’s root
WHO IS THIS FAIRY
That’s Eivør, a truly amazing Faroese singer. She has the most amazing range and vocal abilities that frankly make my hair stand on end.
Took a while for this to come back around, but it’s too beautiful not to share again.
Diver convince octopus to trade his plastic cup for a seashell
imagine if a fuckin……. giant alien just showed up and stuck a huge hand in front of your face and then proceeded to offer you three different houses and wouldn’t stop until you moved out of your old shitty apartment and then helped you fuckin move
hey hey let’s stop equating fatness with capitalist greed!!
it’s not only a useless metaphor since the rich tend to go to great lengths to be thin - it also spreads the disinformation that fatness is caused by overconsumption, rather than genetics + a million other environmental factors, just like any other body size.
But on the topic of Dimitri getting to remain morally pure while still benefitting from other characters’ actions, Claude? Just handing Dimitri the reins of the Alliance? Because Dimitri came to help him in the fight against the Empire?
Claude taking off to Almyra after being defeated would be one thing. It makes sense when he does it in CF. The Alliance is conquered so he leaves to ensure stability for the new leader.
But the Alliance isn’t conquered in AM. That’s the whole point of Dimitri coming to help. To stop the invasion! Why stop one invasion just to agree to a different one?
The logical course of action here would be for Claude to ally with Dimitri so their nations can both maintain independence. But the writers wanted a United Fodlan in every route. They wanted Claude out of the picture one way or the other.
So it means that Dimitri gets the benefit of conquering the Alliance without the moral stain of having conquered Alliance. He gets to be the Good and Pure Reluctant Leader while benefitting from the same imperialist themes that run through the whole game.
