FE_Contest Time Again!

[mark_asphodel]

 I wasn't going to enter this time, despite the wonderful " woman king" prompt from xirysa ,  because a) 500-word limit?  Moi? and b) the one idea I had dealt with a very obscure character about whom I already wrote back for Challenge 002!

Oh well.  Have some more Yumina anyway.  It's not like anyone else is writing about her, and I love her to bits.

Comments

[sarajayechan]

Yumina and her brother Yubello are twins, but don't go thinking they're Eirika and Ephraim with golden hair.

Ahahaha >_>;; Hopefully my comparison didn't come off as that! Their characters are nothing like the Renais twins, but I could see the SITUATION with their birthright being similar. Yumina's a ruler, Yubello supports her, etc.

[mark_asphodel]

Oh, no, I didn't mean that. Just because they're obscure and they're twins I thought people might view them through archetype goggles. And while Fire Emblem has its share of darling little boys, I can't really think offhand of another Yumina "type" in any of the games I've played.

[sarajayechan]

Ah, that's good. XD Part of me figured you didn't but I'm...well, weird. And overcritical of myself. XD

Yeah, if I were going to compare Yumina to anyone...wow, I really can't think of anyone to compare her with. XD She may have the distinction of being the only FE character not to fall into any "type"!

[myaru]

I kind of crackship adult!Yumina with Ellerean because they'd have amazing destructive potential. Elly would actually be the more moderate of the two, IMO.

This would be really cool, actually. Crack, maybe, but cool.

[shimizu_hitomi]

Not gonna lie, Yumina is easily my favorite FE staff chick.

(Well okay, Serra comes close though.)

And Yumina/Ellerean would be kind of amazing. Terrifying, but amazing. XD

And, given that the kiddies never, ever, bond with Marth (who failed to save them) and are eventually deprived of all their protectors (Lorenz, Ogma, Sirius), that leaves some very interesting political avenues to explore.I've always found this striking. Marth is much closer to Melissa, even. (For certain values of "closer".) We never really do see Yumina reconciling with Marth as the one who killed/defeated Lorenz; they join up only because of Ogma. And one of the weirder things FE12 does (well, maybe not so weird in context), is that it REALLY emphasizes the twins' attachment to Sirius. (Despite not actually showing Sirius interacting with them on screen, which still pisses me off....) I think this does actually have some basis in the designers' notes -- I think I remember them pointing out that Camus was good with kids or something like that, so the

[mark_asphodel]

(Well okay, Serra comes close though)

Serra, in spite of her surface persona, really does seem to have a depth and poignancy that the other "flaky" staff chicks don't quite match (as much as I like dipstick Melissa), and to be honest the "gracious" staff chicks bore the hell out of me. Not sure where Jenny falls on the continuum, but I do like Jenny. Silk, OTOH, barely registers.

But Yumina raises more questions than canon wants to answer, and I like that. Also, unlike with Maria, she actually appears to show the effects of truly atrocious treatment.

We never really do see Yumina reconciling with Marth as the one who killed/defeated LorenzI'd figured that was one of the things FE12 would "fix" and I have to wonder what, if anything, is meant by the fact that they didn't-- by playing up the Sirius angle, they actually emphasized the utter lack of positive interaction between Mr. Game Hero and the twins. And it really is weird. I dunno; it seems like FE12 was happy to show us all kinds of pointless fluffy details, but it left

[shimizu_hitomi]

Serra, in spite of her surface persona, really does seem to have a depth and poignancy that the other "flaky" staff chicks don't quite matchYeah, Melissa is... heh, pretty straightforward. And L'Arachel also amuses me, and I do feel for her in her supports with Eirika, but well. Like Melissa, I wouldn't say she's a flat character, but she's not the "hidden depths" sort of character either. XD

[mark_asphodel]

but she's not the "hidden depths" sort of character either.

Well, I think there's something there, but there's less underneath than what Serra has and it's covered up with more varnish and bubbles.

(I mean, it's a veryyyy different dynamic than the usual thief or merc/healer pairing

Yeah. And I like Saber/Jenny, whereas thieves/healers and mercs/healers as a rule... snooze.

It strikes me that she takes on a more active role in her relationships than the other gentle healers do.

That might be why she's more likable, yeah.

but apparently at least some people were picking up on Yumina-->Yubello as yet another instance of (dysfunctional) "FE incest".

:/

I don't like that interpretation. Not everything in the world boils down to wanting to make with your brother. Minerva and Michalis, yeah I can totally see that. Marth and Elice? I think (I hope) that's barking up with wrong dysfunction tree. Grust twins? Ewwww.

And let's not even get into Lena and Matthis

The fact that he even brought it up seems to imply that the

[mark_asphodel]

Something on the order of "You don't touch me, I don't set you on FIRE" as a best-case scenario... worst-case scenario, Yumina starts researching into the Darksphere and its uses.

Basically, their one face-to-face interaction is 110% negative, and IS never bothers to show any resolution (in 3 or 12), leaving open the possibility that there wasn't any.

[sailorvfan10]

I was going to enter fe_contest, but the word limit made me shrink away into anonmity. I didn't even really know what to write anyway, but I don't do good with word limits.

Hahaha, Yumina. I wouldn't mess with that one if I wanted all of my limbs in tact.

[mark_asphodel]

I wouldn't mess with that one if I wanted all of my limbs in tact.

Yeah no. She's a firecracker.