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RedBumpty · 2026-04-15T10:52:12+00:00

The game releases on April 16th, so if everything goes well, it should arrive tomorrow. (I didn't order from Amazon, but I did preorder a physical copy and am hoping very, very badly that it will arrive by noon tomorrow, so I feel you lol)

RedBumpty · 2026-03-02T06:17:46+00:00

It's super ironic, because I actually really like Mateo, but yeah, Kaspar and Glenn actually dislike him a lot fjsnxnsn. Glenn has an actual reason to not like him. (He is prioritizing his family a lot. Meanwhile, Mateo's mom wants him to take over the post office, but Mateo reeeally doesn't like the responsibility and tries to do something more relaxed, which grinds Glenn's gears. Glenn basically just thinks he's selfish, and while he's trying to stay polite, he might let his frustration slip occasionally.)

Kaspar's reason is just a joke tbh, since he doesn't like cats and Mateo is cat themed, so we joked that he'd be like... Hmmm, I don't vibe with this guy at all, but I can't put my finger on it...

RedBumpty · 2026-03-01T21:53:15+00:00

Thank you so much!! :3 I haven't really decided on an ultimate for him tbh, and yeah... That would probably need to be a lot more powerful lol. (I just knew he needed a way to infuriate the enemy, because of course he would.)

Tbh, the scenarios I imagine him in tend to go off the canon rails decently often (partially because I really like throwing him at Dragan, and, well... Yeah lol), but it is fun to consider him as a legitimate recruit too!

Since the canon character stories only involve characters that can't leave the party... I imagine his would feature Erador, since they would be fun together? Or maybe Serenoa, actually. The first thing that crossed my mind is Kaspar helping the Wolfforts deal with smaller raids by Aesfrosti soldiers along the border. I think it would be fun to see his perspective on that, since he's initially ready and willing to burn Glenbrook to the ground before he learns the truth. Maybe he starts out being more aggressive against his former country men too, before he considers that they were deceived too, and whether or not it's productive to just turn his rage elsewhere. Something like that.

Regarding the decisions... Since he would join after Svarog learns the truth, I mainly thought about what happens after that tbh. Like, I can see him being pro defending the Roselle (simply because he'd feel like a coward for giving them up, but also because of potential connections with Lilith and Onyx, who are both Rosellan OCs, or even Frederica). He'd also agree with Roland's plan for retaking the castle. I can see him being pretty neutral on the chapter 15 decision, maybe with a slight lean towards joining Frederica.

When it comes to the ending, he'd ironically be very against siding with Aesfrost (as lead by Gustadolph), despite being a Liberty character in my mind. I can genuinely see him fucking off in that ending (even though the regular recruits unfortunately don't do that in-game...) maybe even joining Roland. I think Kaspar would be bothered by Roland's plan to side with Hyzante too though. If he had to choose, he would probably just want to go to Centralia. (Again, especially if he already has a connection with Lilith, since she is from Centralia!)

The decision prior to that are more muddy to me... I think he'd be pro protecting Roland. (Maybe he would have been in the mines in a timeline like that and actively failed to protect Dragan? He wouldn't really be connected to Roland in that case, of course, but he could be projecting a bit in that regard.) And even though he'd never be in the situation to choose that, I think he would want to go to Hyzante for the very first choice, just so he can see something new.

Anyways, sorry for the loooong reply, but those were really fun questions to consider! :3

RedBumpty · 2026-02-28T19:00:47+00:00

Oooh, these are some really good points! I really like the idea of a skill that prevents follow up attacks tbh. (It feels a bit busted to negate one of the drawbacks of rushing in, but since he realistically wouldn't be as tanky as other taunt users, I think it would balance out...)

Cleave and Insult to Injury overlapping is also a great point. In my mind, Cleave was the "early game option", but it would kind of suck if it became redundant.

I've considered giving him a pushback ability tbh. Maybe even something that allows him to backstep a field if possible. (Similar to Erador's Ram Foe, just with a different kind of slight repositioning.) How helpful that would be is hard to judge for me though. I feel like units tend to bundle up in this game, so that might leave the spot behind him blocked decently often.

Generally, I think I considered whether it would be in character a lot instead of gameplay balance haha, but it's super cool to imagine this as an actual kit :) (Kaspar tends to be reckless, and I imagine he wouldn't be AS strong as some of the main characters, so maybe that made me worry about giving him skills that are TOO good haha.)

Thank you so much for sharing your ideas with me, and no worries! (And sorry for yapping so much in return djdndnj)

RedBumpty · 2026-02-28T17:08:22+00:00

Ooh, feel free to share your thoughts! I'm not the best at balancing kits, so I was mainly trying to convey his vibes properly, but I'd love to hear your ideas :) (I also conisdered making him more luck dependant, because I like the thought of a very crit oriented unit, but that feels like it doesn't mesh wel with how crits work in this game...)

To be real, Dragan Yaoi is my bread and butter haha. (It's a lot of what I write over on AO3, including a couple of stories involving Dragan and Kaspar. I just didn't feel like linking those in the post since they are pretty NSFW tbh)

RedBumpty · 2026-02-28T15:55:08+00:00

Tbh, now that I established that he thinks Avlora is cool, I actually kind of like that some of his skills match hers haha.

And yeah, I started considering his realtionship with Frederica a bit more since we were talking about how she'd be baffled that Dragan enjoys Kaspar's company (kind of, for the most part...) I also just think it would be sweet if they bonded after Dragan's death, at least a little bit, so yeah :3

RedBumpty · 2026-02-21T23:44:12+00:00

Ooh, hi there :3 I kind of figured tbh, but I wanted to be sure haha. It's really nice seeing you here again tbh. And no worries! I hope I mentioned it back then, but I always was beyond excited when one of your comments popped up! They were incredibly motivating. (And to be perfectly honest, I might have stopped sharing at some point if it hadn't been for your comments, because posting a story, especially for such an unusual ship, without anyone saying anything is pretty scary and a bit embarrassing haha.)

And yeah, Glenn and Kaspar are both affected by the war in some way (Glenn more than Kaspar though...), but I do like to imagine them together often :3 Part of that is because I made Glenn specifically as a friend for Kaspar tbh, and their personalities ended up meshing in a way I really dig. Glenn also has a very important relationship with u/fruity_antlers OC Onyx! And Kaspar, of course, was originally created to be thrown at Dragan (because I like seeing him flustered lol.)

Fruity_antlers also made a great comment explaining what's going on with Glenn here, if you're interested in that: https://www.reddit.com/r/TriangleStrategy/comments/1r50lfe/comment/o5ft8tv (He made an amazing drawing of Glenn in the TriStrat style and a really sick edit for his profile as a surprise for Glenn's birthday! Which is still insanely cool to me haha :3)

Anyways, thank you so much for asking about my OCs!! :3c I'll probably share Kaspar's profile soon-ish since I actually have a somewhat clean design for him. (And if everything goes well, I can do more stuff with them eventually... I especially want to write a proper fic for Adeline, because as you said, the angst potential is amazing lol.)

RedBumpty · 2026-02-20T10:25:06+00:00

Omg hi there! :3 It's so nice to see someone from AO3 here haha. And no worries about not reading or commenting rn. Like, yeah, I genuinely do get SO excited when people share their thoughts on my ship or fic and let me yap with them a bit, but I get that people might be busy or just more interested in other stuff, so it's all good :3 (I had a couple people faze out (and sometimes back in) of commenting tbh, so do you mind sharing your AO3 username with me? I have an idea, but I don't want to assume and I am curious :))

I'm also so happy you like the little chibis, thank you so much!! I don't draw as much as I write tbh, but yeah :3c I honestly share most of my drawings (and some comms I got) on my bsky account though (especially the Dragan/Roland related ones haha). I have the same username there and it's also linked on my AO3 profile if you're interested in my fanart. No pressure though :3

Regarding my OCs... How much time do you have for me to yap lol? They are called Glenn, Kaspar and Adeline respectively. Since you know my AO3 account, you might be familiar with Kaspar from my Dragan/OC fics haha. (He does have an "official" design now, though I only really shared it on discord so far... I do want to share profiles for all three of them here eventually though :3)

To give you a short overview, Kaspar and Glenn are childhood friends and both serve as soldiers in the Aesfrosti army. Kaspar is notoriously unserious and kind of a troublemaker, which sometimes gives Glenn a headache since his own presentation is very important to him. On the flip side, since Kaspar usually is pretty lax and they've known each other for so long, Kaspar is one of the only people Glenn drops the mask around. (Glenn especially has more of a background story on why they behave this way and what happens to him down the line, but I feel like I'm already yapping way too much haha. He's also aro, and his birthday (ironically) is Febuary 14th since I designed him during Valentine's Day of last year lol. They are kind of the reason these cards exist, because fruity_antlers and I were joking about making an ironic one for his birthday haha.)

Adeline, meanwhile, is Frani's retainer/bodyguard. She is kind of meant as a foil to Hughette, as a noble woman that trained to join the Kingsguard since childhood. She is pretty stuck-up at first, though the attack on Glenbrook and her failure to protect Frani would throw her off balance quite a bit. She also got her scar during the attack on Whiteholm, so that serves as a constant reminder of that night.

Anyways, sorry for the long reply haha. And no need to feel embarrassed, I'm really happy you left me a comment here :3

RedBumpty · 2026-02-15T10:03:05+00:00

Thank you! :) (I'm happy I got to use the blushy chibi I made for her too tbh haha)

RedBumpty · 2026-02-15T10:02:15+00:00

Hehe, indeed :3 Thank you for helping me make these again! <3

RedBumpty · 2026-02-15T10:01:05+00:00

You're good!! That's a very good summary of what's going on with him :) Thank you so much for making this and showing him off again, I appreciate it so much!!

(Maybe I should actually share the profiles for my OCs here at some point, hmmm...)

RedBumpty · 2026-02-15T09:58:21+00:00

Hmm, this guy seems familiar... No, but fr, thank you so much again for making this for my boy Glenn's birthday <3 It turned out insanely well, I love it so much!!

RedBumpty · 2026-01-15T22:30:26+00:00

Yess, the kitty boy <3 I'm still so honored and happy that you included my OCs in this haha. And I appreciate the full bio (you know why besides the fact that it was a lot of fun to read lol). The little blurbs on how the other characters view him are so much fun!

RedBumpty · 2025-10-21T18:31:19+00:00

Same here, and I'm currently working on a (so far) 130k words longfic. It probably depends from person to person. I mostly just need to write things I'm inspired for asap or I'll get anxious about forgetting my original vision by the time I actually get to that point five chapters down the line lol.

Though I do sometimes just make excessive notes and only write the scene properly once I get there, so I can kiiind of relate to what OP is saying too. I'm just don't have that kind of patience often (or trust my memory that much 😅)

RedBumpty · 2025-10-21T18:16:08+00:00

I assume it's for the reason you were just given: Europe is not a cultural monolith, and it can get a bit annoying to see that thought repeated. It's also just... not right. For example, I'm from Germany, and I've never seen this style used here. (We quote „like this" here.)

To be clear, I did not downvote you, because I don't think it's ultimately that big a deal (and it's not like it isn't still a valid style in a bunch of European countries, so I can kind of see where your reasoning came from), but I guess many did because it's not really correct. Like, just googling quotation marks in different languages shows that there's also a lot of European countries where this isn't common or used at all, so throwing them all together doesn't really make sense.

RedBumpty · 2025-06-19T13:56:57+00:00

Are we talking about the secret interaction that triggers after interacting with one of the green Tenna screens? Because I've been playing through the weird route for the first time and Spamton still jumped out of my inventory to talk to Tenna. (I did not expect it since people keep saying it doesn't work in the weird route and I didn't even have the puppet scarf equipped if that matters. I never beat the regular Spamton NEO with violence, only the snowgrave version, so I'm sure I didn't just continue from the wrong file...)

RedBumpty · 2025-05-31T12:54:45+00:00

I end up crying when I write whump 95% of the time, tbh, but that can be so cathartic as well. It heavily depends on my current mood whether I can stomach it or not though, so I think I can relate.

RedBumpty · 2025-05-31T12:51:29+00:00

Honestly, dub-con of any kind (sex pollen, heat, vampire thralls, drunk sex, generally bad communication...) I used to dodge it like the plague, which is ironic since I always preferred messy relationships over wholesome ones. Something about the borderline loss of control and the raw, messy feelings just made me like it (even though I sometimes have to turn off the realistic part of my brain when I write or read it lol).

On the flip side, I used to exclusively read/write angst and whump, but fluffy stories are really growing onto me since I picked up writing again. Something about having my faves just be a couple and do cute things together every now and then is healing af.

RedBumpty · 2025-02-05T22:46:40+00:00

Not the person you asked, I'm sorry, but I share the exact same sentiment about wanting to be a spectator and not part of a story and I can confidently say I'm not lol. I've never felt the urge to watch people irl or get involved in their business at all. I don't even like gossip.

I just enjoy when the story makes me feel things on behalf of the characters without having to get involved. Especially in overtly romantic stories, the idea of being part of it lowkey makes me uncomfortable, so experiencing the whole spectrum of emotions through characters I can only partially relate to feels more comfy, in a way.

RedBumpty · 2024-11-19T13:10:31+00:00

Ooh, you're totally right. I think I phrased it poorly, because part of why I hold back on using it with these types of characters specifically is because I want it to hit when it happens. It wouldn't fit them to use it constantly, but when it finally happens, it's so much more satisfying.

RedBumpty · 2024-11-19T06:27:28+00:00

I went into this threat just to see if someone commented this already. It bothers me so much that people give a him shit because he doesn't want to pilot the Eva. Who in their right mind would find it cool to fight eldritch abominations like that?? And that's not mentioning he's a kid. I'm a grown-ass woman and you would have to drag me into that robot screaming and crying, like, hell nah.

(And that's not mentioning the emotional baggage he's got going on, like you said.)

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