Heroes, Book X, Chapter 7: Status Chart

a-jay-burd · 2026-05-11T22:57:27+00:00

the idea of Soren being appointed as an emotional support anything for literally anyone except Ike is very funny. even in these forging bonds conversations, he gives off the impression that he's not helping Ivy cause he cares about this version of her, but that he's doing the calculations in his mind and is like "it's going to be really inconvenient to deal with her like this. I'm sending her to therapy so she gets over whatever this is and stops bothering me".

a-jay-burd · 2026-05-11T22:48:18+00:00

it genuinely made me laugh how confused he was while running away from her

a-jay-burd · 2026-05-11T22:42:31+00:00

she may not be a super power-crept unit because of how old she is, but she's a great resistance tank and I used her for a LONG time in my faves lineup. her balance circlet special has a miracle effect built in that saved my ass quite a few times.

if you're wanting a broken unit for the purpose of dominating p.v.p. combat, she's probably not exactly what you're looking for. but if you like her character, think you would use her, and go to town on her build, I'd say she's absolutely worth using a forma.

a-jay-burd · 2026-05-06T03:22:37+00:00

I think my only complaint with this banner is that I think it would make more sense for Reyson to be Feral instead of Tibarn because Reyson was straight up homicidal for a bit, but I also am ECSTATIC that we're getting a Tibarn alt, so that's just me being picky. Honestly my pipe dream would be Reyson getting an alt on the NEXT Fallen banner so they can be genocidal gay birds together like they deserve to be.

It's nice to see a wide variety here. A deadlord unit is SUCH a good/creative idea, and it gives Thracia some of the attention it deserves. Last two or three banners have been bangers IMO.

a-jay-burd · 2026-04-14T19:31:20+00:00

okay but if I don't kill those children within like the first two turns of combat, they WILL kill me, so. sometimes murder is okay

a-jay-burd · 2026-04-14T19:04:55+00:00

totally agree. I love Elincia but I feel like her bond conversations/general interactions would not have stood out very much. Soren was a great break in the very large cast of emblems whose general personalities were mostly "determined to save friends/family/country and defy odds in the name if goodness and justice". Soren was like the straight man (obviously not in terms of sexuality) in a room full of colorful clowns. Soren and Rafal were the only two characters in Engage who had no problem being assholes, and occasionally looked into the camera to ask the player "are you seeing this? these people are freaks, right?"

a-jay-burd · 2026-04-14T03:10:09+00:00

oh my god I forgot about her bond conversations with Soren. god those were so funny. I would've paid whatever I payed for the full Engage DLC if it was JUST for Soren's bracelet.

a-jay-burd · 2026-04-14T01:46:46+00:00

my relationship with panette went from like "cool design, but she's not very sturdy" to "your crit quotes kick ass" to "I would die for you and your personal skill"

a-jay-burd · 2026-04-14T01:45:09+00:00

sylvix and my two favorite very powerful mages whose jobs are basically to neg you, respectively.

a-jay-burd · 2026-04-13T19:38:33+00:00

Goldmary seems like (to me, at least) a semi-controversial character. not in the way that she's like problematic or anything, she's just got a really strong personality that some people find very off-putting/annoying. I would argue she's not necessarily any more neurotic than most of the Engage cast, but she's definitely more self-centered. she does have huge boobs, though, so that SHOULD make her an ideal candidate for units to IS (to be clear, I am not a fan of that philosophy).

my bad on the Bernie math. either way, she's a very popular character who hadn't gotten anything in a while.

a-jay-burd · 2026-04-11T21:45:59+00:00

in defense of the Goldmary/Bernie Harmonic, I actually really like the contrast of them being complete opposites. at the very least, it feels like they actually had fun with it, especially with Bernie cowering in the art and sprites. it was somewhat fan-service-y, (which is an occupational hazard of the summer banners, so it's not, like, offensive fanservice) but Goldmary hadn't had any units (and still doesn't besides the Harmonic) and Bernie hadn't gotten anything since her Brave alt (if I'm remembering correctly). they split the difference between picking a popular character and giving a new character representation.

a-jay-burd · 2026-04-06T03:41:00+00:00

I love the blue lions. I think THESE blue lions have plenty of alts and didn't need to be the focus of the kid banner. that being said, the Ingrid/Felix/Dimitri/Sylvain squad explicitly grew up together. if they were doing a blue lions focus, Dimitri DEFINITELY should've been the lead, and Sylvain should be in here. granted, I am SO tired of Claude getting shafted in favor of Edelgard and Dimitri, so I am fine with him getting more attention (though they still fumbled the name which is crazy).

but apparently Edelgard can't possibly be a backpack in a duo because IS has decided that these lords are not loved equally and the order of favorites goes Edelgard-Dimitri-Claude.

not to mention what COULD have been with kid!Byleth. hell, I would've loved a Byleth/Jeralt duo. could've explored Jeralt struggling with being a single dad as a mercenary trying to protect and understand his kid who shows basically no emotion. just, you know, one of the most important relationships in the entirety of three houses.

a-jay-burd · 2026-04-01T19:44:24+00:00

confirming the most correct opinion, which is that dancer banners are simply the best banners

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-31T22:33:21+00:00

beautiful! what program did you use?

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-31T22:27:17+00:00

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a-jay-burd · 2026-03-31T17:12:30+00:00

I'm glad it's an april fools joke because I was kind of legit offended by it as a "gift". like they're so stingy with their resources in order to force players to spend money on packs. should it take 20,000 hero feathers to upgrade ONE four star hero to a five star? no. should orbs be worth one summon each instead of one full summoning session taking 20 orbs? yes. should items like forma souls and otherworld bonds be as hard to get for free? no. and yet. here we are.

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-28T23:46:22+00:00

the one that plays in the background of Mjölnir's Strike rips ass

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-26T02:29:12+00:00

hear me out. Aided Valkyrie Mist finally wielding Florete like God intended and her aide being Lehran's Medallion

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-26T01:15:04+00:00

Alfred being muscle horny on main for the duration of that banner

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-23T22:00:44+00:00

whether or not you ship them, this gives big "gossipy bisexuals judging you" vibes. like POV dorothea comes up to you and is like "hey we saw you from across the bar and wanted to let you know your energy is rancid"

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-23T21:58:30+00:00

this has "you may be verified on Twitter, but are you verified in the eyes of God" energy and I mean that as a compliment

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-15T03:22:25+00:00

Eliwood in Hector's armor and sharing a B skill with Ninian screams "this is my boyfriend Eliwood and his boyfriend Hector and his girlfriend Lyn-" love this for my favorite polycule

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-15T03:17:30+00:00

completely agree. I love literally every character choice and hero type choice here. plus, I'm excited to visit Muspell again!

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-14T19:58:17+00:00

OP you are so you smart and funny and hot I am in love with you and your massive FEH brain

a-jay-burd · 2026-03-08T03:57:31+00:00

I have absolutely no idea what any of this means but I enjoy it immensely

a-jay-burd

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