post-exams...., or is this what they call addiction?
....I marathoned Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones in about 48 hours (with breaks for sleeping) and finished it for the first time. I've started playing the game about three times before, only to delete my saved files in a fit of pique because I was wasting incredible amounts of time on it.

...Ephraim's route is so not more difficult than Eirika's. Granted, I only recently discovered the art of using the save state function on VBA, so that might be a factor, but even so, I had hardly anyone die on me this time round. It might have something to do with the lack of bandits who go around pillaging villages. I killed my pegasus knights about ten times on one battle once trying to save the villages on Eirika's route.

He also seems to have a great deal more personality on his route than he did on Eirika's route. Eirika doesn't have any personality on either route, although she's more interesting than Tana or Natasha. Lute and L'Arachel make better fic fodder though, as does Marisa. *wants to write Ephraim/L'Arachel fic* Or Innes/L'Arachel. Seriously, just anyone/L'Arachel, because she's hilarious.

NB. And thanks so much to aishuu for writing the Sakaki/Hanamura I've been wanting to see!