#( misc. ) — edelgard.

[mahariels]

happy to announce that I am back in my horse girl era 😌

[jackienautism]

[bi-leth-eisner]

some misc thoughts about the 3h cast if they were pokémon:

Edelgard is definitely a Fire/Steel type, maybe her Hegemon form is Dark/Steel (i was considering Dragon but that would be beyond ironic)

Hubert is a Dark type and has Nasty Plot as a level 1 move

Bernie is Timid but also a physical attacker

Dimitri has Intimidate. it fits so well for him i think

Dedue has Iron Defence as a level 1 move

Mercedes gets access to every single ally healing move ever

Annette comes with Howl for the +1 attack boost to teammates like how her personal skill is a Rally Strength

Felix's ability is definitely Sharpness and he has Swords Dance as a level 1 move

Claude has Prankster

uhh. Dragon/Fighting Rhea

[ankhlesbian]

FE Scuffle Fic Round-Up: FE Three Houses Femslash

Dorothea x Edelgard Social Media AU -

Mystical_Songstress_61 and EdelgardPoliticalEssays are DATING and i can PROVE it

Edelgard x Bernadetta Soul Eater AU (can be read as romantic or platonic) -

Resonance of the Soul – Will Bernadetta Become a Meister?!? 

Edelgard x Constance - Academy era spell gone wrong shenanigans -

You’ve cat to be kitten me!

Marianne x Leonie - Post-Canon Visit to Leonie's Home Village -

helianthus annuus 

Bernadetta x Leonie - 5 + 1 Kisses Spanning Canon -

so hold my hand 

Marianne x Hilda - misc AU snippets

coffeeshop Au - domestic modern AU - college fake dating - high school cultural festival ft maids

Hapi x Constance - modern magic coffeeshop AU

[toxicsludgeyaoi]

Toxic Sludge Yuri - Misc Preliminaries: Edeleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) Vs Missteen (Doctor Who)

[Vote for whichever ship you like more. The ship with more votes will move on to the bracket.]

Propaganda under cut. Note: spoilers for these medias may be below.

Edeleth propaganda:

No propaganda provided.

Missteen propaganda:

"Enemies to lovers? No. Enemies AND lovers <3 They've both been men they've both been women they deserve to kiss at least once. Epitome of the "I can fix him" x "I can make him worse" dynamic. They're so horrible I love them."

[charbon-et-feu]

Hey, I'm Jess!

Welcome to my main blog!

I'm a hobby artist. Pokémon and Zelda are two of my favorite things, so you can expect to see a lot of fanart for those two series. I tend to obsess over one thing for a while, but I have other interests that may sneak into my art from time to time. And on rare occasions, I might even draw some original art!

This is my main blog. I reblog my art here, but I also use this blog for everything else, so you'll see my art mixed in with reblogs of cool art, references, shitposts, and anything else relevant to my interests. If you mainly want to see my art, I recommend following my art blog and turning on notifications. However, I will sometimes share WIPs and sketches here that I might not share on the art blog.

Anyone is welcome to follow, but please be aware that I sometimes share nsfw stuff. Also, I am very liberal with the block button and will not tolerate bigoted, entitled, or generally hateful behavior. I will also block anyone who spouts pro-censorship rhetoric and supports harassing creators over fiction.

Art blog: @charbon-et-eau

Other socials:

🐘Aethy (Mastodon)

🟦☁️Bluesky

I'm not currently taking commissions, but if you'd like to support me financially, feel free to donate to my Ko-fi.

I also have a Discord server for my art where I share sketches and WIPs. Sometimes I stream and chat in vc while I draw. Please DM me for an invite link if you're interested in joining the server.

More about me and my interests and some handy links under the cut.

I may add to this later, so it can be a masterpost for my favorite art and fandom thoughts. But this works for now.

Pokemon

Favorite ships

Volo/Akari Cogita/women Cynthia/Dawn Volo/Cynthia/Dawn Steven/Wallace/Brendan Cynthia/Diantha Geeta/Rika

Age headcanons for some of the ships I've drawn the most

Hoenn Boys (Steven/Wallace/Brendan)

Sexuality and top/bottom headcanons

Mer!Wallace AU

How often does Steven kiss Brendan?

Volokari (Volo/Akari)

Distortion Volo AU (aka Gira!Volo)

Reversal AU (Akari betrays Volo)

Zelda

Favorite ships

Urbosa/Zelda (BotW) Midna/Zelda (TP) Sidon/Link (BotW) Ghirahim/Link (SS) Link/Zelda (SS is my favorite version) Link/Malon (OoT) Kafei/Anju (MM)

Majora's Mask mini comics(WIPs): 1-3, 4

Fire Emblem: 3 Houses

Favorite ships

Linhardt/Lysithea Mercedes/Constance Caspar/Hilda Leonie/Marianne Balthus/Lysithea Edelgard/Lysithea F!Byleth/Edelgard Claude/Petra

Misc

I try to avoid discourse and drama, but since I like to draw characters kissing, I have unsurprisingly received asks about character ages and whether or not certain characters should be allowed to kiss, and I'm sure I'll get more. I'd prefer not to answer the same question twice so here's what I've already answered.

My response to being called a "fucking proshipping bastard"

My thoughts on people assuming the ages of anime/cartoon characters

Also, I want to make it clear that the proshipper ask is the ONLY ask of that nature that I will ever respond to on my art blog. I will most likely delete any future similar asks, but if I do decide to respond to one, I will do so by making a post on my main blog and including a screenshot of the ask. I refuse to clutter my art blog with aggressive asks from people who just want to be mad at nothing.

[charbon-et-eau]

Hey, I'm Jess!

Welcome to my art blog!

I'm a hobby artist. Pokémon and Zelda are two of my favorite things, so you can expect to see a lot of fanart for those two series. I tend to obsess over one thing for a while, but I have other interests that may sneak into my art from time to time. And on rare occasions, I might even draw some original art!

I use this blog mainly for sharing finished artwork, but I'll also sometimes post sketch dumps and respond to asks related to my art. I only reblog my art posts to my main blog, so if you don't want to miss anything, I recommend clicking on the "get notifications" button for this blog or following my main blog.

Anyone is welcome to follow, but please be aware that I sometimes post nsfw art (I always put it behind the filter). Also, I am very liberal with the block button and will not tolerate bigoted, entitled, or generally hateful behavior. I will also block anyone who spouts pro-censorship rhetoric and supports harassing creators over fiction.

Main blog: @charbon-et-feu

Other socials:

🐘Aethy (Mastodon)

🟦☁️Bluesky

I'm not currently taking commissions, but if you'd like to support me financially, feel free to donate to my Ko-fi.

I also have a Discord server for my art where I share sketches and WIPs. Sometimes I stream and chat in vc while I draw. Please DM me for an invite link if you're interested in joining the server.

More about me and my interests and some handy links under the cut.

I may add to this later, so it can be a masterpost for my favorite art and fandom thoughts. But this works for now.

Pokemon

Favorite ships

Volo/Akari Cogita/women Cynthia/Dawn Volo/Cynthia/Dawn Steven/Wallace/Brendan Cynthia/Diantha Geeta/Rika

Age headcanons for some of the ships I've drawn the most

Hoenn Boys (Steven/Wallace/Brendan)

Sexuality and top/bottom headcanons

Mer!Wallace AU

How often does Steven kiss Brendan?

Volokari (Volo/Akari)

Distortion Volo AU (aka Gira!Volo)

Reversal AU (Akari betrays Volo)

Zelda

Favorite ships

Urbosa/Zelda (BotW) Midna/Zelda (TP) Sidon/Link (BotW) Ghirahim/Link (SS) Link/Zelda (SS is my favorite version) Link/Malon (OoT) Kafei/Anju (MM)

Majora's Mask mini comics(WIPs): 1-3, 4

Fire Emblem: 3 Houses

Favorite ships

Linhardt/Lysithea Mercedes/Constance Caspar/Hilda Leonie/Marianne Balthus/Lysithea Edelgard/Lysithea F!Byleth/Edelgard Claude/Petra

Misc

I try to avoid discourse and drama, but since I like to draw characters kissing, I have unsurprisingly received asks about character ages and whether or not certain characters should be allowed to kiss, and I'm sure I'll get more. I'd prefer not to answer the same question twice so here's what I've already answered.

My response to being called a "fucking proshipping bastard"

My thoughts on people assuming the ages of anime/cartoon characters

Also, I want to make it clear that the proshipper ask is the ONLY ask of that nature that I will ever respond to on my art blog. I will most likely delete any future similar asks, but if I do decide to respond to one, I will do so by making a post on my main blog and including a screenshot of the ask. I refuse to clutter my art blog with aggressive asks from people who just want to be mad at nothing.

[katabasis-collective]

I suppose a brief introduction is order!

We’re the Katabasis Collective, and we’re a fictive-heavy system with 40+ members. Realistically 10-15 see the light of day, but I digress.

While we’re bodily 34 and don’t ‘feel’ old, we’re very Millennial and Tumblr illiterate (sorry!)

Our main fronts are Hythlodaeus and Emet-Selch, however we do rotate here and there!

Many of our headmates are missing those from their source which is why we’re here now! While this is far from a comprehensive list, these are the primary individuals who ache for their friends!

Hythlodaeus (FFXIV: Base EW)

Elidibus (FFXIV: Post-Pandaemonium)

Alisaie Leveilleur (FFXIV: All EW)

Vrtra (FFXIV: Mid EW Patches)

Daniel Jackson (Stargate SG-1 & Atlantis)

Samantha Carter (Stargate SG-1 & Atlantis)

Lillie (Pokémon Sun & Moon)

Marnie (Pokémon Sword & Shield)

Piers (Pokémon Sword & Shield)

Volo (Pokémon Legends Arceus)

Seven of Nine (Star Trek: VOY with misc Picard)

Soren (Fire Emblem: PoR & RD)

Edelgard (Fire Emblem: Three Houses ??? Path)

Twilight / Loid Forger (Spy x Family Anime)

Vash (Trigun: Stampede & 98)

The Doctor (10/14th AKA Skinny Man)

Shi Qingxuan (Heaven Official’s Blessing)

We’re still getting a hang of this, so feel free to DM or reblog with your connections! Fictionfolk—Fictives, Fictionkind, Fictionhearted, and Copinglinkers—are invited to respond, just let us know what to expect!

Many of us had close friends who were not shown or named in canon. If you remember us in any capacity, please don’t hesitate to reach out! While we’re hesitant to immediately say “ah yes we knew you!” we enjoy communicating with our source mates regardless! Doubles are fine, and I believe only Emet-Selch (FFXIV) and Rodney (Atlantis) are doubles squeamish. They’ll live, though! They’re not even the ones who admit to wanting friends. ;) We do, frequently, have a handful of head mates per source, so if you& do have an issue with doubles, please let us know. Either we can go our separate ways, or we’ll keep that specific individual away from you and yours.

[lanatrium]

Mmn... so tired...

Lanna!

That is our name. We don't care too much for pronouns but most people lean toward she so that works! We're sapphic, aro, and queerplatonic note: while we use we/us we are not plural... at least we don't think so? it's confusing but we aren't a system or anything like that as far as we know.

The tags!

#-›Lana is Rambling - Our rambling tag. This is where we post random thoughts that pop into our head. #♪Lana is Posting! - Our writing tag! Most main posts will go here. #•.° Lana is drowsyposting - we get silly when sleepy. most cuddly rambles about characters will go here. it totally won't be flooded with plutia... probably. #♠ Lana is Reading - Fics we like! check them out! Others will be added as they pop up.

The List!

don't feel like sifting through the tag? us neither. so here's all the main posts categorized! just click the title of this section.

The Requests?

eeh... yes and no. yes in the way that we'll take ideas but we don't guarantee anything or any sort of schedule on them. small asks are nice though!

The Rules?

We like to think we're pretty lenient but with the fandoms we write for there can be some nasty people so we should probably lay them out. -> Nope on requesting sexual content or anything like that. We're not a stranger to that kind of content and don't mind suggestive mentions or the odd joke but chances are you'll probably be ignored if it's something we don't feel right with. We will, however, possibly occasionally write that and will tag accordingly. -> We don't mind guys enjoying our content! That said our content isn't meant for them and will always have sapphic intents. -> Angst is okay! Yandere is not. Comfy vibes here, though we do admittedly have a soft spot for angst. -> Criticism is a no-no! If I miss a small grammar thing that's okay to let me know but advice and stuff... mmmn no thanks. -> We don't really write romance and if we do it's still under a queerplatonic lens so it's never wholly romantic. Still, don't be weird. Characters under 18 are strictly platonic, even if quiet moments and physical touch is included. (Example: holding Diona close through a stormy night like holding a younger sister or laying with Collei in the mutual immobility.)

The Who! not the band.

Characters will be added and removed as seen fit. Favourites are seen in bold and ones we won't write any sort of intimacy for are seen in italics.

♪ Neptunia!

Neptune, Big Neptune, Nepgear, Noire, Blanc, Vert, Plutia, Uzume, Compa, IF, Histoire, Croire, Underling, and all the CPU forms!

♪ Genshin!

Amber, Peruere, Barbara, Beidou, Bennett, Chongyun, Collei, Dehya, Diona, Eula, Fischl, Freminet, Furina, Ganyu, Hu Tao, Layla, Lisa, Lynette, Lyney, Qiqi, Rosaria, Kokomi, Sucrose, Xinyan, Miko, Yanfei, Yoimiya.

�� ILWTV

Rae Taylor, Claire Francois, Misha Jur, Yu Bauer.

♪ Demon Slayer

Kanao, Kanae, Shinobu, Aoi, Mitsuri, Giyuu.

♪ Fire Emblem

Alear, Lapis, Yunaka, Ivy, Veyle, Corrin, Azura, Camilla, Lilith, Edelgard, Bernadetta, Dorothea, Lysithea, Flayn, Shamir, Hapi, Rhea,

♪ Other Misc.

Izutsumi, Marcille Donato, Falin Touden, Luka, Guinaifen, Yuu Koito, Saeki Sayaka, Taiga Aisaka, Chisato Nishikigi, Takina Inoue.

Feel free to ask about any other series!

[millicent-dagworth]

Iridescent Feather Overview

This is a combination of all the routes to allow everyone to live, even the the lords. This also combines the Twin AU to help make this possible.

Side note: The name actually comes from Ho-oh's feathers and all the different colors of the routes.

Twin Au specifics

Male Byleth (Byleth): Bi, more efficient with a sword and magic. Knows a bit of faith magic because of his sister's recklessness. He tends to be the more calm and poised. When he is upset, Byleth will also be more cold and emotionless, shutting down essentially. He leads the Blue Lions.

Female Byleth (Brealyn or Beles): Bi, more efficient with bows, axes, lances, and swords. Will go by either Beles or Brealyn. Unlike her brother, she is very wild and chaotic. When she is upset, Beles get very emotional and angry. She leads the Black Eagles.

They both get the Creators Sword initially but it stays with Byleth after the time skip. Manuela and Hanneman lead the Golden Deer together.

Sothis

Sothis is linked to both twins and as such they both have the divine pulse. She will typically be "focused" on one twin at a time but both can see her. She has been with them since they were kids.

When getting pulled into limbo by Solon, they both are sucked in and in the end fuse with Sothis to escape.

When using the Divine Pulse to avoid deaths, no one remembers the deaths consciously other than the twins. However, others who are especially close to the one who died will remember subconsciously. This comes out to them via nightmares for the next couple weeks.

Ships (subject to change)

Note: These ships do not become cannon until the War Phase or even later.

Byleth and Claude

Beles and Edelgard

Dimitri and Cynthia (OC)

Ferdinand and Flayn

Catherine and Shamir

Linhardt and Caspar and Cressidia (OC)

Felix and Sylvain

Dedue and Annette

Raphael and Leonie

Ashe and Dusan (OC)

Ignatz and Maya (Raphael's sister)

Dorothea and Petra

Lorenz and Marianne and Hilda

Bernadetta and Yuri

Cyri and Lysithea

Manuela and Hanneman (Actually married before cannon)

Balthus and Constance

Notes

Claude's white wyvern is named Pine. She hatches during the academy (before the battle of Eagle and Lion). Byleth helps take care of her, it was meant to be a punishment for not reporting that Claude had the egg in the first place but he never saw it as that. After the time skip, she adopts four eggs who are named Oak, Maple, Spruce, and Willow (in order of hatching).

Masterpost | Overview | Academy/War Phase | Misc

[mildlyeldritchcats]

Things Missing From The FE3H Limited Edition Artbook

It might be everything missing, it might not be, idk

GENERAL/MISC.

Non-final designs in general - the artbook only has the finalised versions (with the slight exception of Mercedes, whose hair is its pre-release colour in the artbook) rather than showing things like the lords' early designs (since the lords had early designs, I'd imagine that the other characters and things did as well)

DLC Content (e.g. designs for the Ashen Wolves, Abyss concept art, etc.), which makes sense because it hadn't been released yet

Cutscene storyboards

CGs (e.g. S Supports, story CGs)

CHARACTER DESIGNS

Post-timeskip designs for the characters that have them and aren't the lords

Monica

Jeritza (the Death Knight is in the artbook, but not Jeritza as he appears in the monastery or in CF)

Adult Sothis (appears (briefly) in the intro cutscene, the painting on the covers of the artbook and limited edition, and in an unused placeholder version of the Zanado CG from Chapter 2) (design is mentioned to exist in a Nintendo Dream interview)

Tomas

Lord Arundel

Gwendal

Duke Aegir

Ladislava

Randolph

Fleche (CF Fleche and AM Maiden)

Lambert

Anna (only default/War outfit, Tricky Merchant is DLC)

Rodrigue

Judith

Nader/Nardel

Ionius IX

Acheron

Pallardó

Metodey

Younger Dimitri (from AM flashbacks)

Younger Edelgard (from AM flashbacks)

WEAPONS

Swords: Armourslayer, Athame, Blutgang, Cursed Ashiya Sword, Iron Sword, Mercurius, Rapier, Sword of Begalta, Sword of Moralta, Sword of Zoltan, Training Sword, Wo Dao

Lances: Areadbhar, Arrow of Indra, Brave Lance, Crescent Sickle, Gradivus, Iron Lance, Javelin, Killer Lance, Lance of Zoltan, Lúin, Scythe of Sariel, Short Spear, Silver Lance, Spear of Assal, Training Lance, Venin Lance

Axes: Axe of Ukonvasara, Axe of Zoltan, Crusher, Freikugel, Hammer, Hand Axe, Iron Axe, Killer Axe, Mace, Short Axe, Silver Axe, Steel Axe, Training Axe, Venin Axe

Bows: Blessed Bow, Bow of Zoltan, Killer Bow, Longbow, Mini Bow, Parthia, Steel Bow, Tathlum Bow, The Inexhaustible, Training Bow, Venin Bow

Shields: Iron Shield, Kadmos Shield, Lampos Shield, Leather Shield, Seiros Shield, Silver Shield, Talisman Shield

Staves: Asclepius, Caduceus Staff, Circe Staff

Gauntlets: Iron Gauntlets, Steel Gauntlets, Training Gauntlets

CLASSES & MONSTERS

Missing genders of classes: male Dancer, female Wyvern Rider, female Wyvern Lord

Missing classes: Enlightened One, Emperor, Great Lord, Barbarossa, Soldier, Fighter, Lord, Mercenary, Thief, Brigand, Brawler, Mage, Dark Mage, Priest, Hero, Warrior, Great Knight, Bow Knight, Dark Knight, War Master

Missing monsters: Altered Golem, Flying Demonic Beast, Giant Bird, Giant Cralwer, White Beast, Silver Snow versions of Immaculate One (where she's flaky and glowing and kind of looks like she's burning from the inside out)

[semi-imaginary-place]

fe3h misc thoughts

I associate dragon or some bird with Claude. Claude is the only one whose unique classes have wyverns, his route is called Verdant Wind and as explained by Marianne when she title drops the route, she explains that Claude is like the wind beneath a bird's wings lifting them up into the sky, and VW and GW heavily feature themes of freedom (choice, religion, ideas, borders, etc.). Through all this and more Claude is highly associated in the games with flight. Eagles are used in traditional hunting practices in the Eurasian Steppe and by Turkic peoples, from which Almyra draws inspiration from.

Garreg Mach is like a British finishing school, yeah the students are getting some education and leadership skills but its also about rubbing shoulders with the rich and powerful and making connections. It looks good a resume.

I romance no one personally, but I am collecting all S supports for the hell of it. I do not self insert into Byleth but also the S supports are blatant self insert bait instead of really engaging with Byleth as a character so I can't even say I like them from a character writing perspective.

ahhh yes the writers had to have Edelgard be emotionally dependent on the player character. gotta make the player feel important and involved...

I know Yuri is what most people want for an Ashen Wolves/Church gay romance option but I would have liked to see some diversity in the gay S support options because with Linhardt and Yuri we have 2 pretty boys which is better than 1 I guess but I would have liked to see the addition of character a little different so I'll vote Balthus. Also idk about anyone else but the gay men I've met love beef more than anyone else.

I found a gay gilbert stan wow it's like seeing a rare endangered species

my first thought when I saw Areadbhar was "that looks like a whale's fore fin's bones". Each relic was from a different dragon, that's why they all have different crests. The crest associated with Luin is the crest of Daphnel, so Daphnel got the blood of that dragon and a weapon made of their body. As for what body part, who knows, could have been a fang or a spine or carved out of a large bone.

Why Seteth and Flan look unchanged after 1000 years. If we interpret Rhea calling herself the "last" of Sothis' children as in youngest then she's younger then Seteth, but last could also mean last survivor of Nabatea. Nabateans, well dragons actually in Fire Emblem are a sort of immortal often worshiped as divine existence so they just stop aging at some point. Flayn specifically went into the regenerative sleep unique to dragons that Byleth does during the timeskip so you can think of the pause button being pressed for her life and then unpaused when she woke up recently. Also I think Flayn is just short, cheerful, and ignorant of modern society she's not actually all that young developmentally I think she was telling the truth when she says she's roughly the same age as the other students 16-20. Meta reason is they didn't want to make more character designs and models probably.

I don't really know if Indech ever met Cethlean before the events of the game. We do know that Cethleann fell into a long sleep from overusing her powers, we also don't know when she entered the War, so it is possible she and Indech were active at different periods. Given how reluctant Cihol would have been for her to fight I think it is more likely Cethleann fought in the later part of the war. Indech and Macuil both got fed up with humans eventually so it makes sense if he withdrew early. But all this is a lot of speculation on my part.

Yeah they're still Slithering in Azure Moon lol. Dimitri unknowingly kills Thales which I find hilarious but the Agarthan civilization and Shambhala is still intact and Nemesis and the zombie army is still in cryostasis. It has been debated how important Thales was like I've heard theorizing that he was the only one who could activate the intercontinental ballistic missile system but in the end we don't have a definitive answer about how important he was to Agarthan operations.

Raphael really is quite insightful! Has high emotional intelligence too and one of the healthiest grief responses in the game, offers some pretty good advice too like listen to your body, take things one step at a time, and take care of yourself.

in the original text Lysithea says Leonie would make a good husband.

Don't forget the month where everyone is very somber due to certain events and Lindhardt is like "yo what up I robbed the church"

rizzed up ignatz

The Ignatz quotes… yeah Ignatz has more change than most characters but a lot of people miss it because he isn't a very popular character and gameplay wise he's one of the few characters that gets better on maddening so most people don't use him on the easier difficulties. I find it very interesting that part of Ignatz changes and part of him doesn't its like you said the war hardens him but he keeps his love of the world and I like that about him. This is different than say Marianne where like everything about her changes (especially in VW) as she gets a new perspective on life.

I agree its sad that Caspar's English voice performance doesn't fit his character all that well, or at least not as well as his Japanese one does. Caspar is basically a shounen anime/videogame protagonist and he should sound like one and he does in Japanese but not in English. I love Caspar as a character I just don't like his English voice. The English voices are generally pretty good but there's a couple performances that make he cringe namely Caspar's and Mercedes'. Which is such a shame because their Japanese voices are perfect. In Japanese Caspar sounds like the stupid energetic jock shounen protag that he is, and Mercedes sounds very fuwafuwa exactly like a gently older sister type character which fits her so well. Her English voice sounds so forced.

So due to the open nature of the game there mostly isn't strictly a definitive canon class, just the most probably canonical/intended class. This is easiest to tell for the lords and Byleth as they get unique classes. For the other character look at what class they appear as as enemies although this isn't definitive either. For example Lorenz appears as an enemy paladin but given how his relic extends magic range and one of his best builds is in magic as well as his houses' history in magic and magic knights you could argue that his canonical class is dark knight not paladin. In the end there isn't really a definitive canon class just more canonical and less canonical classes like no one is arguing that war master is Lorenz's canon class. Or Manuela as an enemy appears as different classes on different maps. Another line of evidence is that unique outfits in part 2 for the students can be worn for certain classes that can be seen as their intended classes.

I will never be over how the game won't let me make Hilda a warmaster (or Linhardt a gremory).

With Almyra someone mentioned Turkic but I think it is more broadly central Asian influences with the horse culture and some of the imagery bringing to mind the Mongol Empire, combined with broadly Middle Eastern especially Persian. Faerghus might be Russian in climate but its more medieval Germanic with the warrior culture. I agree with aplumblum that Leicester reminds me most of the Italian Renaissance with it's focus on art and commerce, but with some Dutch and English influence as well, especially in the names. Morfis comes off as stereotypically Arabian/vaguely middle eastern as in magical desert city with the mystique of the height of the Arab empire highly associated with exotic magic, as seen from a European perspective. Brigid is almost entirely based on Southeast Asia (maybe with a bit of Oceania) as seen through the eyes of a Japanese developer. Dagda came off to me as Asian/East Asian as a very large and diverse continent that Fodlan is mostly just confused by and has conflicting accounts of. Plains? Deserts? Jungles? Tundra? Well if it's a continent then it'd be big enough for all of that. Dagda is also big and advanced enough to colonize Brigid and engage is a protracted long distance naval war. Also like how else did Fodlan get samurai???

Fodlan is already fantasy soup chronological hell, don't get too caught up on being historically accurate because the devs sure as hell don't care. Like in Faerghus you have the germanic warrior culture of the 1000s epics, you have chivalry codes of the 1300, Leicester almost looks Italian Renaissance which is like 1500, but there's also themes of the Enlightenment period and hints Fodlan is on the verge of the French Revolution so 1700-1800s. Tomatoes are from Mexico and peaches are from China and Fodlan has a bunch of made up fantasy fruits and vegetables. But yeah maybe the potato would fix Faerghus.

It's pretty obvious the Agarthans are evil I'd even say it goes too far with it, but a lot of people in the fandom tend to downplay either Rhea or Edelgard's agency when in reality they both have agendas that they are unwilling to negotiate on and that's where a lot of the overarching conflict in the story comes from.

The crest of Timotheos is associated with animals and perhaps had some power over them. Cornelia or the Agarthan that crawled into her skin probably experimented with the crest's power, trying to enhance and weaponize it and made it go haywire. The end result of twisting that latent power being Hapi's sighs summoning demonic beasts.

Me first playthough due to JRPG hoarding tendencies I didn't use the relics. Heros' relics are very easy to repair as umbral steel is very common so go ahead and use them at every opportunity, holy weapon materials are rarer but still worth using.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses has really weird gameplay for a Fire Emblem game and I happen to like the gameplay changes more than regular Fire Emblem gameplay. In most FE game level is class level and stats are what really matters but i find the 1-99 system more intuitive because no progress is ever lost, I also think the open sandbox-y nature complements the multiple routes and replay-ability.

Who cares about gameplay or "the meta" or damage when you have FASHION.

Edelgard gets some of the best designs in the game. I also like male Byleth, Dorothea, Petra, and Claude. The others are more situational Ignatz' part 2, Yuri's part 1 (the clown suit is a curse), Marianne's 3 Hopes, and Sylvain's part 1.

Wish we could toggle the little hats. The female warlock flower hat is cute. Or mortal savant kinda sucks but the mask looks really cool. Or dark knight's ram helmet.

My favorite classes: Falcon knight gives a little horned helmet to the horse, Bow knight because I love hit and run tactics, Dark knight because I like the magic knight concept, Mortal savant because it looks cool, Barbarossa because dragon (also a good class but most dragon and cool outfit). Brigand because what would I do without death blow

I have this pet conspiracy theory that Sothis is from the divine dragon tribe of other FE games (Shadow dragon, gaiden, Awakening, etc). I mean in Fates/IF characters literally get isekai'd and I think it happens in Awakening dlc too so dimension/world travel is an established part of the universe, it's very plausible Sothis is from Archanea.

Why Mercedes's mother ended up in House Bartels if she was the one with a crest. Hard to say, Adrestian House politics are brutal, Nuvelle got wiped as did Hyrm because of the inter-House powerplays. She might have been a commoner with a crest it does happen or someone of a lower class married in so Martriz had a crest. However keep in mind that with the fall of House Martriz she would have lost all power, status, and standing, she also could have been pressured by the remainder of House Martriz. In the end we don't know. Nobles certainly do scout for crest bearing commoners, Mercedes was pressured and harassed into such a marriage with the marriage leveraged by a donation to the church her family had lived in for many years.

[lesstheshadow]

A belated fic round-up!

wanted to catch up my fic tag here to fill in the gap between old stuff and a couple of new things, so here’s a list of some of my favourite fics I’ve posted in the last... nearly two years. 

Dividing this loosely into categories for ease — character studies, misc femslash, dimilix, sylvix, and felileth. this is long i’m sorry.

character studies:

love and other lies — Sylvain (implied sylvix), 1.7k, T

Sylvain survives a war. On the other side of it lies the rest of his life.

(also in the sylvix section, but it’s mostly a character study so it’s going here too)

the taste of memory — Dedue, 2.6k, T

Dedue’s time was divided these days. His village, by the Duscur coast, all sharp sun and sea, and Fhirdiad, the castle made of domineering stone and cold echoes—he drifted, never feeling quite at home in either place, always slightly the outsider. His two worlds had been sharply separated, the division enforced without ever having really to think about it. There was nothing of Duscur in these walls, save Dedue. His homeland was an abstract concept, not… not a culture.

Dimitri organises Fhirdiad's first Duscur Cultural Festival, and Dedue finds home in places he doesn't expect.

loyalty weighs — Petra & Dedue, 2.7k, T

Even in wartime, Abyss is the only place you can find some things. Or, Dedue and Petra discuss loyalty.

first starlight — Claude/Sylvain, 7.8k, T

Negotiating peace with Sreng, Sylvain comes across a familiar face where he wasn't expecting it.

(not exactly a character study but going here because I don’t have another category to put it in)

The Holy Heart — Rhea (as Seiros), 2k, T

After her death, Seiros leaves the land which betrayed her mother. But she takes what is left of Sothis with her.

Inspired by Joseph of Arimathea legends.

misc femslash:

what we are to each other — Edelgard/Ingrid, 1.5k, T

It hurt to want to believe her, and to not know if she could. “I am your knight,” Ingrid said. “I am your lance.” “And after?” Edelgard said, almost whispered. “I do not intend to fight forever.”

Loyalty, purpose, and what happens when you defect from the only home you've ever known.

the body kneeling — Mercedes/Marianne, 1.8k, Explicit

It’s easy to kiss Marianne. She responds so beautifully, coming alive under Mercedes’s fingertips. All her stillness becomes a shiver of thwarted motion, and she presses back into Mercedes — matching her, movement for movement.

Mercedes, Marianne, and an empty chapel.

evening coming in — Dorothea/Mercedes, 2.8k, Explicit

Broaching it directly seems like too much, though. The newness of everything between them, the whispered kisses and candlelit evenings — it would hardly stand up to a conversation like that. What could Dorothea say? “Oh, Mercedes, not to force my own views about the pointlessness of religion on you when it’s obviously taken you a lot to turn against the church that raised you and to which you were devoted, but it’s bothering me a bit that you spend your time in an draughty cathedral.”

Dorothea likes to think she isn’t quite that selfish.

Or: Dorothea wants to defile Mercedes on an altar. She gets a little defiled instead.

rosy-fingered moon — Ingrid/Mercedes, 6.7k, Explicit

On the road back to Garreg Mach, Mercedes and Ingrid meet again for the first time in five years.

the root of the root — Edelgard/Lysithea, 2.5k, T

Ten years after the end of the war, Lysithea reluctantly returns to Enbarr, Edelgard, and things she thought she could leave behind.

dimilix:

By Your Hands — CF route, 700 words, mature. PLEASE READ THE WARNINGS.

Dimitri dies on the Tailtean Plains. But it is not by Edelgard's hands.

trust fall — modern AU, 4k, Explicit

Felix tells Dimitri he trusts him. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Dimitri entirely misunderstands him. (BDSM, trans Felix.)

circling back — modern AU, 8.8k, T

Dimitri hasn't spoken to Felix in years, but he'll take any opportunity he can get. A story about reconnection, recovery, and falling in love even when everything is more than a little fucked up.

sylvix:

deepens like a coastal shelf — mid-Azure Moon, 3k, T

Felix and Sylvain grow up surrounded by Faerghus’s obsession with battle, its obsession with death. They don’t talk about it.

恋旧林 (liàn jiù lín) — longing for the old forest — xianxia AU, 4.8k, T

Something is plaguing the forest, and Felix has returned to find it. Sylvain is waiting for him.

But you can never quite go back to the places you've left.

love and other lies — post-canon, 1.7k, T

Sylvain survives a war. On the other side of it lies the rest of his life.

(also in the character study section! the sylvix is only implied but it’s there)

felileth:

cut free — canon divergence enemies to lovers, 6k, T

"What are you here for?”

Felix snorts. “Spar with me,” he says bluntly.

Byleth is rarely shocked. “You’ll let me have a weapon?”

With Edelgard defeated, Byleth plans to escape her captivity from an Arianrhod controlled by Fraldarius. Somehow, she finds an unexpected ally.

fire under the skin — modern AU, 3.7k, Explicit

Felix wants to try something new. The problem is actually asking Byleth about it. (Felix gets pegged, the fic.)

Snow on the Locket — post-canon “murder” mystery, 14.2k, T

At Fódlan’s Locket, long-awaited trade negotiations between Fódlan and Almyra are under way. But they’re rudely interrupted when a snowstorm and an assassin all arrive at once.

[patroklides-archive]

i cannot explain the depth of the betrayal edelgard feels when she sees bernadetta for the first time in five years and realizes that bernadetta is suddenly taller than her.

[fodlandancers]

Illustration for the “Hegemon of the Dance Competition, Edelgard” Cipher card.

Uhh, the ornaments look so amazing! Note how she’s also wearing the head gear from the official concept art for the female dancer class.

[edeltheaweek]

Imagine when Edelgard and Dorothea try to kiss Edie gets on her toes and Dorothea lowers herself simultaneously so they bump foreheads. Dorothea just bursts out laughing. They try again with them talking over one another trying to figure out who does what to execute the kiss.

Once figured out Edelgard gets on her tip-toes and executes the kiss, but poor girl is trying to maintain balance by clutching to Dorothea's waist to not fall, yet when Dorothea eagerly returns the kiss Edelgard falls back on her feet.