I saw this picture before but I somehow missed the Drunk from Byleth's giant mug of ale(?). That said, this seems like the sort of thing she'd do even when sober
Throbelisk
Oct 9, 2020 9:38PM
giant mug of ale(?)
I've seen too much hentai for that to be my first thought.
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Clueless1
Oct 9, 2020 11:02PM
This could have been a medieval artwork, but there are nine objects which keep it from being a medieval picture... what are they?
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ArcaJ
Oct 9, 2020 11:25PM
This is one of those, hidden object pictures. Except with Yuri. It looks like Annette and Mercedes are double-teaming Ingrid. Marianne is pretending she's not ogling Hilda. Petra and Dorothea are recording the event for later blackmail. (Dorothea will extract a healthy dowry from the Adrestian Empire when she marries Petra) Rhea is trying to put a stop to all this debauchery (or, take Edelgard's place).
Lysithea x Sweets have their own thing going on. And Bernadetta is a Strong Independent Woman.
Azero25
Oct 10, 2020 12:21AM
let's hope Rhea doesn't see
elevown
Oct 10, 2020 1:37AM
@Clueless1 I was gonna comment is this pic alternate reality? Some stuff in it can't exist in the Fire emblem setting.
That said I only see the smartphone, and the swim ring and beech balls? What else you counting? I mean the straws could be paper, they could make the glass stuff- the surfboard might be painted wood, the umbrella shade thing might be material.. dont really see anything else out of place.
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elevown
Oct 10, 2020 1:40AM
@Azero25 If this is Black eagle route which it seems, she is thankfully long dead lol- unless its meant to be pre war- but byleth and edelgard didnt really get THAT flirty that early on.
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Missigno
Oct 10, 2020 2:33AM
^look veeeery closely on the left
elevown
Oct 10, 2020 3:31AM
^Lol- ok that looks like her. I guess this is some time in the first year - though these 2 had some nice interacions they were not carrying on like THIS tho! So maybe its kinda alt reality i guess where they were all over each other a lot earlier..
or maybe given the smartphone it is actually meant to not be that world at all and be like set now on earth?
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Clueless1
Oct 10, 2020 4:36AM
@ Elevown: Thanks for participating! 1 surfboard, 2 swim rings, one beach ball, one umbrella, three straws, one iPhone. (9 items)
almond
Oct 10, 2020 5:52AM
the deck chairs aren't very medieval, nor are their swimsuits and clothes
so everything except for alcohol, women existing and "there's a tree"
elevown
Oct 10, 2020 8:14AM
Its a fantasy world tho not medieval earth- no reason they couldnt come up with those swimsuit designs, or surfboards made of wood- nor the umbrella- nor a straw, as long as its not plastic.
You can't say surfboards and the umbrella design or the swimsuits are 'modern' designs- because its not earth. They coulda come up with them at any point on whatever that world is called. They dont need any advanced production methods they shouldnt' have.
The only things I would say are outright 'not possible' for a fantasy world without modern tech- is the phone and the things that HAVE to be plastic- i.e the beach ball and floats.
Ofcourse the items you pointed out DO all make it LOOK 'modern' to us rather than fantasy like.
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almond
Oct 10, 2020 8:35AM
magic could just as well invent a plastic-like material and electronic-like systems, anyway. magic is often just portrayed as words and commands and that's basically programming.
elevown
Oct 10, 2020 10:20AM
^Yup this is true- but i was ignoring the magic angle- we dont see any magic used to make modern like items/materials in the game but that doesn't mean its not possible- but if we are talking magic too, then obviously almost anything is ok because it cant be ruled out if you can just say 'by magic'.
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RandomGuy
Oct 10, 2020 7:17PM
@ArcaJ You missed Leonie making a beeline for the ocean (at least, I’m pretty sure that’s her at the top right) and the fact that Hilda looks like she’s preparing to Gallagher a watermelon. Also, I’m not sure that Dorothea could extract a dowry from the Empire for marrying Petra since, you know, Brigid is an different country. Now blackmail, on the other hand...
@Clueless 1 Funny enough, you could argue the surfboard is “medieval” (although not in the usual European sense), since the Polynesians were likely rocking those things long before Europe’s Middle Ages (which is generally what Medieval is implied to refer to). The artificially colored fruity drinks and whatever syrup Lysithea is pouring on her ice are probably a bit more modern, though. Hell, if we’re referring specifically to real-world technology and aesthetics (since fantasy is far more nebulous to define in those terms), the picture is far more modern than it is medieval.
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ArcaJ
Oct 10, 2020 8:23PM
@RandomGuy It's usually the bride's family that pays the dowry. Since Petra is going to rule Brigid, she takes the "groom's" position. Also, I headcanon Dorothea being adopted into House von Hresvelg, because of all she's done for the Empire, and Edelgard just loves her. I can just imagine El going full mom-zilla on the wedding plans.
Since she's going to marry Petra anyway, might as well get a few treaties out of the deal.
whitenight2013
Oct 10, 2020 9:59PM
I'm just assuming top right is Leonie. She is the only girl from a house left.
Swag Wagon
Oct 11, 2020 12:28AM
A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Though that's not the point, I just like that quote.
But I thought the smart phone was a dead giveaway that this is just a bit of fun/au. Though to play Devil's advocate are we just going to ignore the ICBMs that show up in the third act of most routes in Three Houses?
random
Oct 11, 2020 12:44AM
^"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology."
- Larry Niven, maybe
:P
elevown
Oct 11, 2020 2:56AM
@Swag Wagon Am I forgetting those lol? Its been a while! I did the BE Edelgard route.
RandomGuy
Oct 11, 2020 4:44AM
^I’m fairly certain they only appear in Claude and Rhea’s route (which are practically the same route anyway), along with a fair bit of surprising (but not unwelcome) dubstep. If you ever decide to replay the game and see for yourself, I’d recommend doing so with the Golden Deer, although you will have to bring someone in to fill that route’s yuri gap.
Clueless1
Oct 11, 2020 9:05PM
What a lively thread! Yes, the drawing/artwork is great, for it spawned a great thread about modern/medieval stuff... I would personally prefer to see more “Medieval” kind of artwork in the future. Try knights and squires next time! Wait “Shield Maidens”!!
Norainhere Oct 9, 2020 9:27PM
I saw this picture before but I somehow missed the
Drunkfrom Byleth's giant mug of ale(?). That said, this seems like the sort of thing she'd do even when soberThrobelisk Oct 9, 2020 9:38PM
I've seen too much hentai for that to be my first thought.
last edited at Oct 9, 2020 9:38PM
Clueless1 Oct 9, 2020 11:02PM
This could have been a medieval artwork, but there are nine objects which keep it from being a medieval picture... what are they?
last edited at Oct 9, 2020 11:04PM
ArcaJ Oct 9, 2020 11:25PM
This is one of those, hidden object pictures. Except with Yuri. It looks like Annette and Mercedes are double-teaming Ingrid. Marianne is pretending she's not ogling Hilda. Petra and Dorothea are recording the event for later blackmail. (Dorothea will extract a healthy dowry from the Adrestian Empire when she marries Petra) Rhea is trying to put a stop to all this debauchery (or, take Edelgard's place).
Lysithea x Sweets have their own thing going on. And Bernadetta is a Strong Independent Woman.
Azero25 Oct 10, 2020 12:21AM
let's hope Rhea doesn't see
elevown Oct 10, 2020 1:37AM
@Clueless1 I was gonna comment is this pic alternate reality? Some stuff in it can't exist in the Fire emblem setting.
That said I only see the smartphone, and the swim ring and beech balls? What else you counting? I mean the straws could be paper, they could make the glass stuff- the surfboard might be painted wood, the umbrella shade thing might be material.. dont really see anything else out of place.
last edited at Oct 10, 2020 1:39AM
elevown Oct 10, 2020 1:40AM
@Azero25 If this is Black eagle route which it seems, she is thankfully long dead lol- unless its meant to be pre war- but byleth and edelgard didnt really get THAT flirty that early on.
last edited at Oct 10, 2020 1:42AM
Missigno Oct 10, 2020 2:33AM
^look veeeery closely on the left
elevown Oct 10, 2020 3:31AM
^Lol- ok that looks like her. I guess this is some time in the first year - though these 2 had some nice interacions they were not carrying on like THIS tho! So maybe its kinda alt reality i guess where they were all over each other a lot earlier..
or maybe given the smartphone it is actually meant to not be that world at all and be like set now on earth?
last edited at Oct 10, 2020 3:32AM
Clueless1 Oct 10, 2020 4:36AM
@ Elevown: Thanks for participating! 1 surfboard, 2 swim rings, one beach ball, one umbrella, three straws, one iPhone. (9 items)
almond Oct 10, 2020 5:52AM
the deck chairs aren't very medieval, nor are their swimsuits and clothes
so everything except for alcohol, women existing and "there's a tree"
elevown Oct 10, 2020 8:14AM
Its a fantasy world tho not medieval earth- no reason they couldnt come up with those swimsuit designs, or surfboards made of wood- nor the umbrella- nor a straw, as long as its not plastic.
You can't say surfboards and the umbrella design or the swimsuits are 'modern' designs- because its not earth. They coulda come up with them at any point on whatever that world is called. They dont need any advanced production methods they shouldnt' have.
The only things I would say are outright 'not possible' for a fantasy world without modern tech- is the phone and the things that HAVE to be plastic- i.e the beach ball and floats.
Ofcourse the items you pointed out DO all make it LOOK 'modern' to us rather than fantasy like.
last edited at Oct 10, 2020 10:23AM
almond Oct 10, 2020 8:35AM
magic could just as well invent a plastic-like material and electronic-like systems, anyway. magic is often just portrayed as words and commands and that's basically programming.
elevown Oct 10, 2020 10:20AM
^Yup this is true- but i was ignoring the magic angle- we dont see any magic used to make modern like items/materials in the game but that doesn't mean its not possible- but if we are talking magic too, then obviously almost anything is ok because it cant be ruled out if you can just say 'by magic'.
last edited at Oct 10, 2020 10:23AM
RandomGuy Oct 10, 2020 7:17PM
@ArcaJ You missed Leonie making a beeline for the ocean (at least, I’m pretty sure that’s her at the top right) and the fact that Hilda looks like she’s preparing to Gallagher a watermelon. Also, I’m not sure that Dorothea could extract a dowry from the Empire for marrying Petra since, you know, Brigid is an different country. Now blackmail, on the other hand...
@Clueless 1 Funny enough, you could argue the surfboard is “medieval” (although not in the usual European sense), since the Polynesians were likely rocking those things long before Europe’s Middle Ages (which is generally what Medieval is implied to refer to). The artificially colored fruity drinks and whatever syrup Lysithea is pouring on her ice are probably a bit more modern, though. Hell, if we’re referring specifically to real-world technology and aesthetics (since fantasy is far more nebulous to define in those terms), the picture is far more modern than it is medieval.
last edited at Oct 10, 2020 7:20PM
ArcaJ Oct 10, 2020 8:23PM
@RandomGuy It's usually the bride's family that pays the dowry. Since Petra is going to rule Brigid, she takes the "groom's" position. Also, I headcanon Dorothea being adopted into House von Hresvelg, because of all she's done for the Empire, and Edelgard just loves her. I can just imagine El going full mom-zilla on the wedding plans.
Since she's going to marry Petra anyway, might as well get a few treaties out of the deal.
whitenight2013 Oct 10, 2020 9:59PM
I'm just assuming top right is Leonie. She is the only girl from a house left.
Swag Wagon Oct 11, 2020 12:28AM
A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Though that's not the point, I just like that quote.
But I thought the smart phone was a dead giveaway that this is just a bit of fun/au. Though to play Devil's advocate are we just going to ignore the ICBMs that show up in the third act of most routes in Three Houses?
random Oct 11, 2020 12:44AM
^"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology."
- Larry Niven, maybe
:P
elevown Oct 11, 2020 2:56AM
@Swag Wagon Am I forgetting those lol? Its been a while! I did the BE Edelgard route.
RandomGuy Oct 11, 2020 4:44AM
^I’m fairly certain they only appear in Claude and Rhea’s route (which are practically the same route anyway), along with a fair bit of surprising (but not unwelcome) dubstep. If you ever decide to replay the game and see for yourself, I’d recommend doing so with the Golden Deer, although you will have to bring someone in to fill that route’s yuri gap.
Clueless1 Oct 11, 2020 9:05PM
What a lively thread! Yes, the drawing/artwork is great, for it spawned a great thread about modern/medieval stuff... I would personally prefer to see more “Medieval” kind of artwork in the future. Try knights and squires next time! Wait “Shield Maidens”!!
Sylvaria Nov 5, 2020 12:01AM
I don't see any "kabe" though wkwk