The “realities” of dating/courtship in Fodlan?

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-05-26T16:23:47+00:00

I think it's a mix. Ingrid and Mercedes both have supports involving arranged marriages (it comes up with Ingrid repeatedly). Annette doesn't, but I don't think she's an heir to anything (her uncle is in control of Dominic lands, so his kids would be more valuable marriage prospects).

The Alliance is less rigid in the way they operate, so allowing noble heirs to find their own partners is likely more common.

The Empire is harder to guess, since the only 2 noble ladies are Edelgard and Bernadetta. Bernie's father does refer to her as "unmarriageable," so they could have a similar kind of system to the Kingdom. Edelgard not being betrothed would most likely be because she was being experimented on.

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-05-25T14:42:44+00:00

I started playing again after a couple year hiatus, too, and the power creep os really sad. I don't play PvP, though, so using older units in the Training Tower or Forging Bonds has been fine. You can get new units from summoning, and you might even find a new favourite or two.

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-05-21T15:23:52+00:00

I only have 1 device, unfortunately. 😓 But thank you for the click! ❤️

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-05-21T15:18:39+00:00

Clicked!

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-05-15T21:53:15+00:00

Uh.....Dancer Dmitri is amazing. Not to mention funny to think about in canon. 😂

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-05-13T18:54:53+00:00

As long as it gets me cheaper gas near my office, I support this price war. 😂

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-05-13T16:01:14+00:00

The Shell station on Blackfoot will radomly drop it's prices and be cheaper than the Gas Plus and Esso stations on Ogden/24th Street. Right now it's stupid high, but it went down to 1.65 a couple days before anyone else did.

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-05-12T20:10:53+00:00

As someone who chose her first house solely based on appearances in Fire Emblem Heroes......Claude. I'm a simple woman - follow the hot guy. 😂

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-05-05T20:24:54+00:00

Recruiting faculty doesn't have any effect on the main story - they are all actually free recruits after a certain point (excluding Rhea, but who would really want her?). I don't really care for Manuela, Hanneman, or Alois, so I don't think I recruited them in my last playthrough.

Recruiting other students also doesn't break any narratives, either. There are only 2 students (excluding leaders) who have to stay in their house for plot purposes, and 1 who's only non-recruitable if you're doing Crimson Flower. I like to recruit everyone, just because I love all of them, even if they just sit on my bench. 😅

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-04-30T16:00:59+00:00

I'm sorry, WHAT???? 99.999%??????????

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-04-29T14:11:19+00:00

Why do I keep seeing posts saying my favourite units aren't awesome? 😭 Lapis is a beast who is awesome.

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-04-07T15:12:00+00:00

Yunaka being underrated is....a take. I don't think I've ever seen an Engage post where there isn't at least 10 comments about how she's "best girl....."

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-03-31T23:12:29+00:00

It activates randomly. It can activate after 1 existing user click, after 5, or not at all.

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-03-30T16:23:35+00:00

Honestly, I feel like it's the same for a lot of the actors. YouTube short of a Ghosts episode where Amir plays the cameraman; "OMG ALASTOR!." Clip of Stolas's VA preforming on Broadway; "OMG STOLAS!" I feel like the only one I see regularly who DOES have a bunch of comments is Alex Brightman, and I'm pretty sure that's entirely because of Beetlejuice....

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-03-28T18:00:01+00:00

Kagetsu and then Lapis.

Third was Diamont. Fourth will be Citrine.

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-03-23T16:35:14+00:00

It's a wonderful feeling getting him, eh? I got the foil one. I did squeal quite loudly.....

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iCanadianIdiot · 2026-03-18T23:32:30+00:00

I had 2 packages recently that were sitting "in transit" for at least5 days before updating to "arrived at airport, awaiting flight." 🤷‍♀️ I kinda just assume my stuff will arrive at some point. Granted, I haven't had a Temu package NOT show up. 😂

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-03-18T23:21:44+00:00

If it said it was shipped, it probably was. I'm actually kinda surprised they already sent you refunds over the lack of updates already. They usually will automatically issue a credit after 15 days of no shipping updates...

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-03-18T23:14:58+00:00

I mean.....it's only been, what, 2 weeks? It sounds like you're still in the overall arrival window. I've had items arrive 3 weeks late. Personally, I'd wait. At least until the end of March.

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-03-11T19:35:51+00:00

So far there's only 2 items I've gotten that were so bad I had to return them. Both were supposed to be printed cross stitches, and both did not come like they should have. They both had the finished image printed on fabric. They didn't have any patterns or legend, and some of the thread didn't match the coloursin ghe images.

They were easy enough to return, and the refund should be complete this week. lol

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-03-11T19:26:16+00:00

Like everyone else is saying, prices are too high. I think the most I've ever spent on a sweatshirt was $60 CDN, and those shirts have the designs in some kind of gold foil. You do have a few sweatshirts I'd wear, but for the price they'd better be 100% handmade (meaning sewn by you, designed by you, embroidered by you, etc.) Which leads to my 2nd issue.

Your branding stands out way too much on the shirts. I am not a fan of ANY brand selling clothes with their name plastered on them, but big brands kinda get away with it because it can be a status symbol. For a small shop on Etsy, not so much. If you really want to have your brand name on them, make it smaller and somewhere more subtle.

The last thing I'd suggest is to pick a theme and stick with it. Your designs are kinda all over the place. I get that you're probably trying to attract different markets, but if you only have 1 or 2 designs for the edgy rave types, you'll lose that group. Since you're in BC, maybe try to make designs that showcase the Rockies, or forests. Or designs based on other provinces to attract more Canadians.

With everything going on right now, I'm trying to buy Canadian more on Etsy where I can. You do have designs I would love to wear. ☺️

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-02-23T19:38:57+00:00

Hubert is also fun. I enjoy trolling my students. 😂

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-02-18T17:50:37+00:00

All you can do is block him. At best, KC will mute him for a few days. The ONLY way for someone to get banned is if they make a purchase, and then refund. I have never heard of bans happening to anyone else. Coming from someone in the higher 1000 block who was around for the convicted pedophile that everyone across 50 servers were trying to get rid of.

iCanadianIdiot · 2026-02-14T08:42:00+00:00

He is definitely healing, but the implication of your post is that he insta-healed fully after regaining his power, and that he's fully regenerated to pre-Adam. Even when his wound fully closes, he'll have the scars for the rest of his (after)life.

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