Example of custom Embed sub-class that avoids method calls by passing data as kwargs and hiding calls in the initialiser. This concept can also be thought of as providing sensible defaults to simplify developer input when creating embeds en masse.

1 Embed.py

# src/utils.py
from __future__ import annotations

from collections import namedtuple

import discord

Author = namedtuple("Author", ["name", "url", "icon_url"])
Footer = namedtuple("Footer", ["text", "icon_url"])
Field = namedtuple(
    "Field", ["name", "value", "inline"], defaults=(None, None, True)
)

# or create factory functions instead within your bot class:
# def create_author(author: discord.User | discord.Member | str, *, url: str,
# icon_url: str):
#     if isinstance(author, str):
#         return dict(author=author, url=url, icon_url=icon_url)
#
#     return dict(author=author.name, icon_url=author.avatar.url)


class Embed(discord.Embed):
    def __init__(
        self,
        *,
        author: discord.User | discord.Member | Author = None,
        desc: str = None,
        footer: Footer = None,
        thumbnail: str = None,
        fields: list[Field] = [],
        **kwargs,
    ):
        kwargs.setdefault("description", desc)

        super().__init__(**kwargs)

        if author:
            if isinstance(author, Author):
                self.set_author(
                    name=author.name, url=author.url, icon_url=author.icon_url
                )
            else:
                self.set_author(name=author.name, icon_url=author.avatar.url)

        if footer:
            self.set_footer(text=footer.text, icon_url=footer.icon_url)

        if thumbnail:
            self.set_thumbnail(url=thumbnail)

        for field in fields:
            self.add_field(
                name=field.name, value=field.value, inline=field.inline
            )

2 Elsewhere.py

from discord.ext import commands

# my preference
from src import utils
from src.utils import Field, Footer


class Example(commands.Cog):
    def __init__(self, bot):
        self.bot = bot

    @commands.command()
    async def info(self, ctx):
        # depending on preference, listing method calls may look better
        embed = utils.Embed(
            title="Information",
            author=ctx.author,
            footer=Footer("Some funky footer text goes here", icon_url=ctx.author.avatar.url),
            thumbnail=ctx.guild.icon.url,
            fields=[
                Field("Field #1", "inline"),
                Field("Field #2", "inline"),
                Field("Field #3", "inline"),
                Field("Field #4", "not inline", inline=False),
                Field("Field #5", "not inline", inline=False),
                Field("Field #6", "not inline", inline=False),
            ],
        )

        await ctx.send(embed=embed)


async def setup(bot):
    bot.add_cog(Example(bot))