@moe-broey THANK YOU!!! AND IM GLAD THE RUFFLES ARE APPRECIATED!!!

@moe-broey THANK YOU!!! AND IM GLAD THE RUFFLES ARE APPRECIATED!!!🎉🎉🎉

But seriously this is the highest compliment, because this is actively what I’m trying to do when it comes to how I draw Kiran! I really want to convey how unabashedly charming this silly little tactician is. It helps explain how they keep the order intact on a social level and also why this keeps happening:

In retrospect, Alfonse never really stood a chance, did he?

Anyway I won’t lie, I did all this for the Loki bit. Please imagine that she’s just off screen for all these outfits hitting that exact pose.

i feel like being in a fandom long-term has a very specific repetitive cycle that kind of looks like this

Okay okay okay so I started playing FE Engage recently right? I wasn’t particularly planning to play this game, as it didn’t seem to be my cup of tea. The visual design did not speak to me and what I gleamed about its narrative left something to be desired, which is unfortunate, because those are two of the biggest reasons for why I play video games. But I am nothing if not addicted to that FE gameplay formula, which engage does provide in spades.

So I am having fun clearing maps and then giving my live reactions to my friends during cutscenes. Most of which included me going “I miss my wife (fe awakening) Tails. I miss her a lot. I’ll be back.”

Then in a move that I don’t typical do, I haven’t been sticking with the default names. Decided to be a little silly. And when I saw that you could name the cat dog, I made a decision.

Perfect.

It’s like I can still hear his voice.

IT SHOWS UP IN THE TUTORIAL CARDS.

I CAN GIVE HIM WINGS.

@ The. Hot spring alt concept for Kiran. My immediate thought was this running bit I have where a transmasc chara will drape a towel over the shoulders/chest and just be ass out. Pussy out kind of look. Ambiguous specifics aside, I think the towel over the shoulders could be translatable to a hood... Kiran hoarder of towels. They don't have to be ass out. They can have a little decency. A little decorum. The most audacious crime committed here is Too Many Towels.

This is all in good fun ofc ofc!! You don't gotta do anything w this information. I just. Felt deeply Compelled. 🧍👍

Oh no, that’s really good. The comedic potential of too many towels👀... I gotta sit with that one.

To give a peak behind the curtain for a sec, I did do some warm up sketches exploring the idea a little! It was mostly to practice Kiran's anatomy before going into the trenches tho lol.

Their anatomy rarely gets shown in the final drawing but man is it helpful. Both logistically and as moral support. Drawing their tummy brings me joy.

Seriously putting that idea in my back pocket tho. Noted. A secret tool that will help us later.

DAY 13: Ninja!!!

Oh boy was this one a struggle. Not a bridal alt half a million ruffle struggle, but I certainly had to have blind faith in the process. This one did not come together until the VERY last second and I just had to tough it out until then. But it did happen! Yippee!!!

DAY 9: HALLOWEEN!!! HELL YEAH!!!

Someone really has to take these ruffles away from me.

Vampire Kiran, what else can I say! Drawing teeth is fun! Found this pose on Pinterest and decided to keep it simple after the brave alt. I wanted to lean away from a more typical Dracula type, both to avoid similarities to the bridal alt and Henry's Halloween alt. So I landed on a more "blood on the white cravat" type beat. Is going a little feral. As a treat. Might be preparing to claw your eyes out or give you a really big hug who knows.