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Specializing in #FireEmblem goofs, jack-of-all-trades-ing the rest. Home of the #PashaSaga (adventures of Claude's wyvern and friends). Soft content, softer deadlines. (she/her • 30s • risingsunfish on Tumblr and Reddit)
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Sunfish @risingsunfish.bsky.social · Nov 14
Welcome, everyone! I'm going to be uploading a lot of backlog here, but my memory is terrible so there may be some never-before-seen surprises in the mix. Shout-out to all the people who followed me before I even posted LOL, you're the real ones

#FireEmblem #FE3H #PashaSaga
Grown-up Pasha flying into a blue sky with puffy clouds and a shining sun; he's looking behind him to make sure you're keeping up!
risingsunfish.bsky.social
Maybe I’ve just had a long day but I feel like the 3 hours I have known about this new FE mobile game have aged me 10 years. I’m not mad or anything, I’m just… weary, I think?
September 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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I keep forgetting I have this WIP where I started drawing like, every #Undertale character? Here's Sans and Papyrus, Icecap, and Endogeny— I'll take requests for the rest!
Sketch of Sans (holding a deflated whoopee cushion and grinning) and Papyrus (holding a fist to his chest and letting the wind billow his cap gloriously). Sketch of Icecap, crossing its tiny arms and attempting to smirk, a frozen tear in its eye betraying hurt feelings. It says, "i'm not cold ha ha/ i'm COOL / UR cold" Sketch of the Endogeny, graphic white on a black background. The negative black space between its misshapen legs forms five grinning dogs of various shapes and sizes. It appears to be bounding towards you, the shape of a lolling tongue seeping sideways from its face-hole.
September 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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wyvern vs. paleontologically accurate wyvern

#FireEmblem #FortunesWeave #ThreeHouses #FE3H #FEFW #PashaSaga
Little Pasha greeting the Flying Ornius mount from Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave.
September 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Rhea spotted in the Fortune's Weave trailer!!
Left: a cropped screenshot of Cai on his large flightless bird mount Right: photo of a Greater Rhea (Rhea americana), a large flightless bird native to South America
September 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Onwards and upwards!

#FireEmblem #FE3H #ClaudeVonRiegan #HTTYD #PashaSaga
Pasha, but he's a Light Fury from How to Train Your Dragon (and he's named Pashnip in this AU... because whimsy). Post-skip Claude rides in the saddle, pointing ahead with a confident grin. Pashnip is flying into the bright blue sky and above puffy clouds with a euphoric, gummy smile on his face, his tongue hanging out.
July 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Happy birthday, Claude and Pasha!! Working on a new (little) thing but in the meantime here is THE birthday post of all time if you haven't seen it! 💛🎂🤍
risingsunfish.bsky.social Sunfish @risingsunfish.bsky.social · Nov 22
I wanted to really do Pasha's origin story justice, so the finished answer here was almost as long as all the other ones combined, and certainly more polished. (1/15)

#FireEmblem #ThreeHouses #FE3H #PashaSaga
Two screenshots of asks at the top: Reddit user /u/TheGraveKnight asks, "I have to ask Claude, where did you even get Pasha in the first place? Was he a present, a stray, I can't just accept you randomly having an albino scaly baby from nowhere" Twitter user @HeartlessRose03 asks, "So, how did Claude get Pasha? From Almyra? If so how he get them over into Fodlan?" Claude's lying on the floor of his room, on his back, but looking towards the camera, characteristically upside-down. Pasha is asleep with his stomach to Claude's and his wings draping over either side. Claude wears his baggy uniform pants and a casual gold shirt; the lighting is low, indicating an end to the day. Claude: "Well, I guess that wyvern's half out the bag. / I'll tell you, but let's keep it between us, yeah?"
July 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Look at that, I don't even have to break my #HTTYD streak to post something for Flayn's birthday.

#FireEmblem #ThreeHouses #FE3H
A comic in the format of the "Toothless Presents Himself" meme. [Panel 1:] In the reception hall, Flayn performs her (chicken) dance for the White Heron Dance Contest. We can see the backs of judges Alois and Manuela's heads in the foreground; in the background, Dorothea and Sylvain sit and watch, representing their respective houses in the contest. Dorothea crosses her arms and legs and scowls at this apparently low-effort contest entry, while Sylvain is curled forward, elbows propped on his knees, eyes wide, hands over his mouth, looking like he's watching a multi-car pileup happen in front of him. The meme text overlaid on Flayn is in fancy lettering, invoking her voice: "me, attempting the 'Dance of the Jungle Fowl' for my White Heron Cup audition." [Panel 2:] Reverse shot of Alois (putting on a brave face), Manuela (actively cringing), and Shamir (just confused). Flayn (narration): "the judges, aghast" [Panel 3:] Claude peeks out from behind the doorway, giving Flayn an enthusiastic thumbs-up. Flayn (narration): "my house leader, at whose insistence I performed this mortifying spectacle"
July 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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I figured out his #HTTYD name should be Pashnip and that was all I needed to be fully back.

#PashaSaga
Little Pasha if he were a Light Fury, sitting nice and polite and looking aside with a little smile.
July 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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A while back I started doing a series of #FireEmblem wyvern riders but with #HTTYD dragons as their mounts. Never finished it, and I think a lot of that energy just got rerouted to #PashaSaga, but I may yet return. Here's Minerva with her Zippleback, Cloak and Dagger, formerly shared with Michalis.
Minerva (based on her Shadow Dragon/Warriors design) rides atop a Hideous Zippleback, Hauteclere in hand and a fortress behind her. The Zippleback is moss-green with maroon spines and spots down its back. One head (Cloak) is upright and bold-looking; the other (Dagger) stays low to the ground and gazing to the side, seemingly troubled. Its horn is broken.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I somehow keep forgetting #HTTYD is relevant again?? Dragonposting set to increase over the next week by up to 500%. 🐲

#Pokemon #Miraidon #Toothless
Miraidon (Low-Power Mode) from Pokémon and Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon walk alongside each other, playful smiles on their (strikingly similar) faces. The background is a solid light green, with crayon doodles of swirls and lightning bolts emanating from the two dragons.
July 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Eliwood needs to survive FE6 so he can do this all the time forever.

#FireEmblem #FE6 #BindingBlade #SmashBros
[Panel 1:] Roy and Eliwood circa FE6. Eliwood is bracing Roy's shoulders and wearing a supportive smile; Roy looks exasperated and is beginning to blush. They're implicitly in the midst of polite conversation at some kind of party. Eliwood: "Yes, Super Smash Brothers! So you know of it! / My son is one of the top-ranked competitors in the world, actually." Roy: "no I'm not" Eliwood: "'Smashletes,' they're called." Roy: "they're not called that" Eliwood: "Remind me, who were some of the other ones...?" Roy: "I don't know... like... [smaller:] M-Mr. Game and Watch...?" Eliwood: "Oh, come on." Roy: "Dad... they don't want to hear about—" [Panel 2:] Eliwood, looking a little more confident in his line of conversation, gestures towards his guests with one hand and continues to grip Roy's shoulder with the other, a little firmer now that Roy is actively trying to sink out of sight, blushing intensely and staring downward with a grimace. Eliwood: "Pikachu? / Do you know who Pikachu is? / Of course you do. Well, Pikachu was there, along with a few other Pokey-mon." Roy, under his breath: "oh for—" Eliwood: "Yes, Super Mario as well!" Roy: "it's just mario" Eliwood: "And what was the porcupine's name? Somniac or some such...?" Roy: "*Sonic,* and he's a hedgehog, and I *know* you're doing this on purpose—" Eliwood, talking over him: "Anyway, Somniac the porcupine ["SONIC THE HEDGEHOG" in Roy's voice underpins this atrocity] is a favorite to win the whole thing, but Roy's given him a run for his money!" Roy: [tiny text] "will someone please either warp me or kill me"
July 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Aaahhh lookit the BABY!! 🤍💛❤️ Thank you so much to @shinydraw.bsky.social for this delightful commission!
shinydraw.bsky.social shiny draws @shinydraw.bsky.social · Jun 30
pasha for @risingsunfish.bsky.social :D he's such a cute little guy
July 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
risingsunfish.bsky.social
find yourself a partner who completely demolishes your ability to get through a meeting without incident ❤️💙

#FireEmblem #FE6 #BindingBlade #RoyLili
Lilina and Roy (married and in their mid-20s) sit at a conference table, implicitly among delegates from throughout Elibe. Lilina's hair is braided and falls to one side, her trademark red hairpiece replaced with a simple gold tiara. She's wearing black armor and a red cape over one shoulder, reminiscent of Hector's outfit in FE7. Roy wears a forest-green cloak, a teal shirt with the sleeves cuffed at the middle of his forearms, and a brown doublet. He's attempted to slick back his hair, but it's refusing to cooperate, springing back to a style we're more familiar with. At this moment, we're witnessing the aftermath of Lilina whispering a joke to her husband as he was taking a sip of his tea. Roy is doubled over with laughter, sputtering into one hand, tears in his eyes, tea dripping down his fingers and spilled all over the front of his doublet and the notes spread before him on the table. Just an absolute mess. Lilina, meanwhile, is keeping it together, her lips pressed in such a way that indicates she's literally biting her tongue. She looks away from Roy, avoiding eye contact, but appears to be patting him on the back to help evacuate whatever tea has entered his lungs. Her notes, mercifully dry, are full of doodles and marginalia; Roy's are mostly ruined now but we can see an ill-fated spreadsheet among them.
June 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Roys for Roy Day! This was sort of chronicling my playthrough but then I got stuck in Arcadia again. 🙃

#FireEmblem #FE6 #BindingBlade
A selection of Roy drawings against a plain background. 1) Roy ducks and grimaces as an arrow grazes the top of his head, shaving off a lock of it. The "MISS!" text from the game is overlaid on the arrow. 2) Roy standing around looking very tired, holding a tankard full of black coffee. 3) Roy leveling up but only gaining 1 point in HP. He screams into a pillow. 4) Roy tries to catch his breath as he recruits Zelot, having apparently chased the horseman all around Ostia. 5) Roy holds Durandal gingerly, blushing as Lilina places a hand on his head in a gesture suggesting measurement. This is meant to correspond with her saying, "History has it that Roland was a small man."
June 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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This was next in the queue anyway but Windows is telling me it's International Day of Potato so I guess I should get on that. 🥔

#FireEmblem #ThreeHouses #FE3H
[Panel 1:] Flayn follows behind Seteth down an outdoor corridor of Garreg Mach. He's carrying two baby wyverns (Nadine, sleeping, and Beauregard, attempting to eat his hair), while Flayn holds the other one (Latona, squirming playfully). Flayn, with music notes trailing behind her: "Ah, Latona! / You are *ever* such a lovely potat. / Indeed, a potat among potats!" Seteth, glancing back at her with a bemused smile: "What is it you keep calling them?" [Panel 2:] Flayn looks up at Seteth with a bit of a self-conscious grin. Flayn: "Potats? / Why, that is simply what they are called!" [Panel 3:] Close-up on Latona as Flayn holds her aloft, a burst of stylized light crowning the baby wyvern's head as she smiles shyly. Flayn: "I suppose it is something to do with how small and lumpy they are. / And just the right array of colors to boot! / In short, the form of a baby wyvern irresistibly calls to mind that of a potato." [that last speech bubble is also shaped like a potato.] [Panel 4:] Seteth looks back, visibly confused. Beauregard is now clambering over his shoulder in a bid for the tassels on his cape. Flayn, looking much more self-assured now, cuddles Latona in the foreground, breaking the bounds of the panel somewhat. Seteth: "Then... should they not be 'potatoes'? / I'm... afraid I don't quite understand...." Flayn: "I would scarcely expect you to."
May 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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"We need (better) disguises!" (Per @brynnamon.bsky.social's request.)

#FireEmblem #FE7 #Elinini
Eliwood and Ninian in a more elaborate interpretation of the infamous "disguises" circa FE7's Bern arc, strolling through a village like the one in Linus's "Four-Fanged Offense." Eliwood has taken on the disguise of a bard, complete with floppy feathered cap. His clothes are in appropriately humble earth tones, with green and teal accents reminiscent of his epilogue outfit. Ninian's disguise is similar to her usual form-fitting dress, but likewise in shades of brown and mineral orange. She's still wearing her headpiece, but her hair is tied into a simple braid hanging over her shoulder. At present, Eliwood is belting out a song, hand over his chest, eyes shut, arm-in-arm with Ninian, who buries her face in her other hand, blushing furiously with a shy smile.
May 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Fallen Claude dropped. 🙃

#FireEmblem #FE3H #FEH
Mock-up of a Fire Emblem Heroes character introduction screen with a golden-tinted summoning stone background, the standard nameplate (Claude) on the bottom center and the logo of the origin game (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) in the top left corner. The character art is post-timeskip Claude literally falling from the top of the frame and landing on his neck/shoulder, a pained, teary grimace on his face. Judging by the fact that he's still holding Failnaught and its accompanying arrow, it seems he was attempting one of his classic upside-down trick shots and gravity got the better of him.
May 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Reposted by Sunfish
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Not much to say about this one, just a dumb Gatekeeper joke.

#FireEmblem #ThreeHouses #FE3H
[Panel 1:] Byleth passes by the Gatekeeper's post, gazing over vacantly as he salutes her with his usual "Greetings, Professor! Nothing to report!" [Panel 2:] Closer shot of Byleth, silently unamused. [Panel 3:] Same framing, but with black bars at the top and bottom of the panel for dramatic effect. Byleth's expression is unchanged except for a slight drop of the eyebrows, which makes her look a lot more menacing all of a sudden. She holds up and points to a calendar in the style of the game's, open to Great Tree Moon. Various days are labeled— Adrestrian Founders' Day on the first, "FISH" on the 12th, "POP QUIZ" on the 13th, and "HUBERT" on the 17th for his birthday. The 15th— "TAXES"— is circled very obviously in bright red with several arrows pointing to it. [Panel 4:] Close-up on Gatekeeper, eyes and mouth whited out and face shadowed in dismay as he cries, "*WAIT NO* SOMETHING TO REPORT *SOMETHING TO REPORT!!*"
December 9, 2024 at 8:36 PM
risingsunfish.bsky.social
he really does drop the information in this order like FE players haven't been conditioned against our will to assume something hinky's going on.

#FireEmblem #ThreeHouses #FE3H #Setleth
[Panel 1:] Waist-up shot of Seteth and Flayn on the Rhodos Coast during their paralogue, the sky a light gray. Seteth is looking out of frame, a bit wistful, stroking the back of Flayn's head while she looks up at him with a cautious smile, fingering the ends of her hair-drills. Flayn: "We can tell Professor Eisner about Mother, can't we?" Seteth: "...Yes, I suppose the time is right." [Panel 2] pans out to an establishing shot of the St. Cichol monument (presumably at low tide, connected to the mainland). Seteth, Flayn, and Lessie stand next to it in silhouette. Please imagine as beautiful a seaside landscape as you can I did such a good job on this— Seteth: "This site... it has more significance than merely being a sacred location for the Church." Lessie: "What, that isn't enough significance?" Seteth: "More... personal significance, I mean. / You see, my wife is buried here." Lessie: "Oh... I'm sorry. But hang on— wasn't Flayn asking about your mom?" [Panel 3:] Back to Seteth and Flayn; this time she's standing directly in front of him, clapping her hands together with a bright smile. Seteth holds her shoulders, allowing himself a more hesitant smile. Flayn: "Indeed, I was!" Seteth: "Right... that is essentially what we wanted to tell you. / Flayn is actually my daughter." [Panel 4:] Close-up on Lessie against an abstract background of seeping dark purple lines to match the shadow over her own wide, aghast eyes. Her frown is deep, her overall expression oozing disgust and horror, the only thought she is able to muster a tiny, handwritten "wat." [Panel 5:] Reverse shot of Seteth and Flayn, both beginning to furrow their brows in confusion at Lessie's appalled reaction. The only sound or movement is the ocean breeze. [Panel 6:] Slight zoom as they realize their mistake, their expressions now echoing Lessie's. Seteth, waving his hands rapidly in front of him: "OH— NO NO NO NO NO" [Starts between panels in an impact bubble, with each NO in its own fragmented bubble.] Flayn, holding a hand to her chin as if gasping: "Oh! Ew! No!!" [also in an impact bubble] Seteth: "That's *not—*" Flayn: "We're not siblings!!" Seteth: "We are *NOT* siblings!" [Panel 7:] Back to Lessie as she throws her hands up dramatically. She still looks rattled but has at least found her voice. Lessie: "Well, it's a good thing we're already at a gravesite— / —'cause ya **REALLY** buried the lead on that one!!" [Panel 8:] Lessie squats down and places one hand on the base of the monument, now looking almost solemn. Lessie: "...No offense, Mrs. Crabgrass. / It's not your fault your husband is an idiot." Behind her, Seteth buries his face in his hands, steam pouring off him as he burns with embarrassment. Flayn leans her head on his shoulder and pats his arm, looking sympathetic but clearly fighting the urge to laugh.
April 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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KIRBY AIR RIDE 2 HYPE i'm sorry all my friends for no genealogy but LET'S GOOOOOO
April 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#FE6 kids banner may be imminent so I submit my ideal duo unit, which is Roy as the lead still thinking he has a shot at becoming a mage (bless his heart) and Lilina as the backup doing all the actual work.

#FireEmblem #FEH #BindingBlade
Two illustrations of a speculative Roy/Lilina duo unit for the kids banner. The picture on the left is a flat-color mock-up of their special attack art. Roy is in front, dressed in oversized mage robes and holding an open magic tome. He brandishes his "casting" hand, but all that he's able to summon is a pitiful puff of smoke. Directly behind him, Lilina is casting the actual fire spell, which already looks impressive despite her still being a novice mage. Her hair is cropped at shoulder-length (less of a fire hazard), and she carries a messenger-style book bag. Roy, under the impression that he's manifesting the fire spell, looks awestruck and delighted; Lilina grits her teeth in a concerned, "please don't turn around" expression, presumably attempting to say the incantation as quietly as possible. The illustration on the right takes place immediately afterwards. Roy turns back to Lilina, grinning ear-to-ear and pumping his fists in excitement, exclaiming, "DID YOU *SEE* THAT?!?" Lilina clutches her tome to her chest, smiling with her lips pressed together and sweating bullets, beginning to wonder if this arrangement is going to be tenable but unwilling to burst Roy's bubble yet.
March 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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FOMOtiis

#FireEmblem #SacredStones #FE8
[Panel 1:] Lyon gazes at his phone, forlorn and cast in blue light, as a small(ish) Fomortiis looms over his shoulder. Fomortiis: "You haven't reached the end of your feed yet, Lyon... / ...what a pity it would be if Eirika posted and you never Liked it...." [Panel 2:] Slightly closer frame; Lyon stares more closely and intensely at his phone with comically wide eyes and a huge frown. Fomortiis looms larger, closer, his claw on Lyon's shoulder. Fomortiis: "What will Ephraim think of you if you don't stream your reaction to this, Lyon...?" [Panel 3:] Close frame as Fomortiis is even bigger and literally breathing down Lyon's neck, his visible eye gleaming menacingly. Lyon looks desperately stressed out, sweating, deep shadows under his bugged-out eyes, in which the rectangular reflection of his phone screen is visible. Fomortiis: "LYON ONLY 24 HOURS REMAIN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS *EXCLUSIVE OFFER—*"
March 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Happy birthday Ignatz! This comic's easily one of my favorites. I hope an inevitable #FE3H remake keeps at least one of the low-poly fruit bowls intact, for old times' sake.

#FireEmblem #ThreeHouses
[Panel 1:] Ignatz is hard at work putting the finishing touches on a painting, his easel set up in Anna's corner of the marketplace. He's wearing a beige smock covered in paint smudges of bright, warm hues. The camera is behind the canvas, so we can't see what he's painted yet. Ignatz (squinting and sticking his tongue out in concentration): "I think... this should do it. Let's see..." [Panel 2:] Ignatz steps back from the canvas, holding his paintbrush at his hip and scratching his chin with his other hand. He's blushing, looking modestly pleased with himself. Ignatz: "Huh! / I guess I'm not so bad at still-life paintings after all." [Panel 3] is a full shot of Ignatz's finished painting on the easel, palette and brush resting alongside it, the subject visible in the market stalls behind it. We see he's been painting the fruit stand's oranges with stunning accuracy, beautifully capturing the pixelated, low-resolution texture stretched over a single nondescript low-poly lump in a basket. He's even signed it with a monogram, his initials shaped in such a way as to mimic his glasses.
March 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
risingsunfish.bsky.social
More gallery backlog! I did these for the 20th anniversary of #BindingBlade, intending to draw my 20 favorite characters but, surprise surprise, I lost steam.

Starting with Lilina and Roy this time as a sort of thread header, and to further my Short King Roy propaganda efforts. 👑

#FireEmblem #FE6
Against a cloudy golden-brown background, Lilina leans into Roy with her arm around his shoulder (worth noting that she's a few inches taller than him). She's closing her eyes and twirling the long lock of hair at the end of her fringe, smiling in a fond and reminiscent way. Roy looks ahead slightly, wearing a bashful smile. He's holding a plain white coffee mug that says, "WORLD'S OKAYEST LORD."
March 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
risingsunfish.bsky.social
I’ve never done a “draw this again” meme, but I’ve been thinking about it… any janky old pieces of mine you’d like to see me take a second crack at?
March 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM