[ SECRET POST #4581 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4581 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Professor Mark Miodownik and two-Michelin-star chef Marcus Wareing in Chef vs Science - The Ultimate Kitchen Challenge]


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[Good Omens, Aziraphale]


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[Captain Marvel]


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[Jackson Galaxy]












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Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

TBH I would probably be really into a game that was mostly just matchmaking.

(I guess dating sims are the logical place to look if that's what I'm into, but I've always found the narratives and characters in dating sims unengaging, to say the least)

[(Anonymous)]

Ace people that claim not to be into shipping in fiction as though that has anything to do with being asexual IRL weird me out.

[(Anonymous)]

As someone who has little to no attraction to others, I don't really get the point of making a big deal about your lack of attraction.

[bur]

My ace ass is totally into shipping. Also what the above anon said. It's... not really something that comes up organically in most conversations.

[(Anonymous)]

My ace ass is really into shipping
Now, because I'm ace I sometimes have trouble understanding people who just ship two people because "it's hot" (though I understand aesthetics).

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Yeah that's what I meant. You liking shipping has nothing to do with you being ace IRL. Ace people ship all the time. It's weird that OP's friend is pretending like they don't ship as though that's some kind of ace badge

[type_wild]

It's just so weird to me that THAT is what people would be left with after hearing about the games. I mean, it probably isn't weird, since the NextGen mechanic has been a substantial part of the last two entries od the franchise, but... damn. As someone whose formative FE experience were the first GBA games overseas, the breeding is way down on my list of "what makes FE".

(Also, "ace ppl don't do shipping" is extremely weird from a number of angles. I'm aroace and fundamentally disinterested in being in a relationship, but I ship as much as anyone)

[(Anonymous)]

you sound super aphobic yikes

[(Anonymous)]

OP here
I'm asexual myself. Aroace, even. So one of the reasons that friend annoyed me so much was because she kept insisting that ace people don't ship just because she doesn't (which hasn't even been true on several occasions). She keeps bringing shipping/not shipping up as some sort of weird ace purity test, going in and on how she just doesn't get why people ship, like she, as an asexual person, couldn't fathom why anyone would ever want to do that , which in my eyes just makes ace people look silly and ignorant.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm ace and I love to ship, but not in a "These two are hot and I want to see them bang and make babies" way. More like "These two will never be canon but I think they would have an interesting relationship, how could I make it work in canon? What would need to happen or change for them to get together?" Like a game or thought experiment instead of just porn.

I don't know what your ace buddy got out of shipping, but it's definitely not impossible to be asexual and enjoy it. I think there's this idea that because you aren't attracted to people, you can't be into stories about people being attracted to other people, but to me, that just makes me more interested in it. I'm getting to observe a weird thing that happens to other people and has never happened to me, which is interesting even if it's not relatable, if that makes sense?

Also the Fire Emblem games are not breeding simulators if that makes you feel better lmao. You'd probably like them if you like other tactical RPGs.

[(Anonymous)]

Have you considered asking your friend to stop spamming you with messages about a game series you're not interested in? That seems to be the real issue here. Maybe even bring up the fact that she's so hung up on the marriage and children mechanic as something that's sapping any potential interest you could have had in the games.

That being said, it's unfortunate your friend has managed to leave you with such a strange impression of a game that's always been first and foremost about strategy gameplay and fantasy geopolitics. If you're at all interested in the turn-based strategy RPG concept but can't get over your current hangups with Fire Emblem, you could check out TearRing Saga or Vestaria Saga. Those were made by FE's original director after he left Nintendo and are considered spiritual successors to the early games (only one of which had a gameplay mechanic similar to the one your friend spams you about).

[(Anonymous)]

I just muted her after a while because she kept spamming in general. Like, 30 tweets and your, that kind of thing. And criticism doesn't go over well with her. She also kept whining about getting "tricked" into romances in the Dragon Age games. It was possible in the first game (kinda) but she complained about this in the two following games as well, where you actively have to press a glowing heart button for flirty interactions and it didn't work out too well when I jokingly called her out on it.
Things have gotten a hit distant between us for some time now and I can't say I miss anything.

Thanks for the recs!

[(Anonymous)]

I adore Fire Emblem, but have not played the latest games specifically for that reason. The original games had 'supports' which was a small conversation between various characters after having them positioned beside each other for a certain number of turns. It was cute, and not all weird, and dating sim like.
They're very good games, sucks that they treat it like a whole different franchise now.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean there's an actual game that IS a M-rated people breeding game on the DS but Fire Emblem isn't the one

OP

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for all the other ace people weighing in. I'm ace myself and the reason her bullshit annoyed me so much was mainly because she didn't just have this preference, she kind of low-key insinuated that no asexual, person could ever get anything out of shipping. She also has this weird "The only ace in town" thing going so I've been distancing myself from her for a while now because ugh. I don't want to deal with that.

[(Anonymous)]

Fire Emblem is a series of games, mostly unconnected plot wise (think like Final Fantasy.) The offspring mechanic only shows up in about 3 games of the series. The total number of Fire Emblem games now is about 16 counting a mobile game. Even in two of those games, the offspring mechanic can be ignored, though to do so you miss out on a lot of the best characters of the game both power and characterization wise and cut out some of the most heartwarming moments.

It isn't particularly iconic to the series and most of them don't even have it. The most recent game doesn't have it either.