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hanakihan · 2 months

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(non full and not complete) ultimate EdSali headcanon and brainrot list (because apparently I have poor self control and have those men in a chokehold just like they have me)

Salieri:

- constantly claims he’s not Salieri, but he IS an actual Salieri; the funny thing is that since his existence is a mixed result of actual person and rumors, Innocent Monster’s reluctance to respond to Salieri’s olive branch is what leads to their collective suffering (eventually they do find a form of an inner piece and due to Salieri’s acceptance of his innocent monster aspect it results in much more stable mixed spirit origin)

- due to unstable nature of his spirit origin and as such much faster mana exhaustion even outside combat it’s not an unusual sight for Chaldea inhabitants to find him passed out in corridors or sleeping in most random places; some were even (un)fortunate enough to see poor man pass out from exhaustion and mana deficiency in middle of conversation or doing anything; da vicni links it to what people call narcolepsy

- under normal circumstances initially a ruler but forced to be an avenger, salieri himself feels close to rulers too, hence why he’s probably the only one to peacefully coexist with them despite classes differences as well as being the most non-avenger behavior wise unless it concerns Mozart or rare cases of innocent monster going out control. as a result of ruler-avenger alignment, salieri’s music and voice can have either pacifying or exciting effect based on desirable result and salieri’s own mood

- despite being an avenger, his class’ passive skills work extremely poorly with him, especially in self healing department. hence why after battles he needs extra more time to sleep and food to eat as well as visiting medical room. his exterior can negate this problem but makes mana issue even worse hence why eventually he’s forced to learn to wear it partly on damaged body parts to speed up healing which gives his appearance even more artificial feeling to the point of it looking like prosthetics.

- manifesting in avenger class made salieri actually a fully albino, which means he shouldn’t spend too much time under sun (and he actually doesn’t want to himself because he handles it badly). considering that with proper ruler summon he would’ve had his black hair and golden eyes at least in one of ascension stages, sometimes at calmest moments his eyes can turn golden, after finding peace within himself his eyes turn into red-golden gradient.

- since he’s able to transform his blood into strings, he’s also able to manipulate said blood in general to certain extent, but such experiments mostly leave him anemic and make things worse, so he rarely goes beyond strings

- finds the fact that he’s manifested with a pair of misericordia absolutely hilarious in dark humor way, wondering if one of them is for mercy kill on Mozart and other is for his own suicide after it

- his neck scar is forever raw and fresh and ugly - it’s a proof of his existence in a way, and if it heals/disappears it means his existence stop as well. it hurts from time to time and actively bleeds after battles so his red neck scarf helps to cover such fact. aside from that his neck scar also behaves like a growing pattern that goes beyond his neck in cases of overexertion - going as far as reaching half of his face and fingers, which leaves him covered in bloody red alive pattern he absolutely hates and thinks it’s extremely disgusting.

- tends to avoid musical instruments or singing at all since it’s what salieri loved and did in life (despite itching to do so because he is salieri and is just in active denial within himself), but that doesn’t mean he isn’t appreciating other music at all - in fact, since master introduced him to headphones and modern music that’s one of his favorite pastimes simply because it fascinates him.

- salieri sleepwalks. since he’s one of few servants who require sleep as necessity like humans do, it’s not rare to see him aimlessly sleepwalk across Chaldea at nights either ending up asleep in random locations or in local music room since that suppressed craving of playing music is realized in his sleepwalking.

- despite his attitude he’s extremely good and patient with children or young servants/people due to his life experience of being a father as well as a music tutor and a leading kapellmeister. he keeps things organized and strict where it’s needed but not to the extremes, if anything he’s so good at it he’s consistently sought after. Children servants especially adore him since he not only participates in their tea parties (he can’t say no to them), likes sweets like them, but also plays music for them and tutors them on music or singing. he still continues to claim he’s bad with children and doesn’t know how to handle them.

- the moment any of his students manage to get summoned in Chaldea he becomes extremely happy, eventually it evolves into them all asking if they all can perform under his conducting as a sign of gratitude in a way, and mostly to fill in salieri’s kapellmeister title.

- he himself doesn’t know what exactly are his minions. it’s not like they’re able to explain themselves but he kinda rolls with it because they’re nice to him. he can’t keep them manifested long enough so they keep to be a complete mystery even to him. after some time with better mana resources he starts to have some suspicions that are confirmed the moment minions gain enough mana supply to have proper manifestation - apparently those are his 8 children who became a part of his spirit origin but only as ‘placeholders’ because not much known about them and they’re mostly a basic fact on his biography that’s known well enough. because nothing that much is known about his children, his minions lack many emotions, feelings and ability to speak as well as names, so for time being he goes with calling them after notes (as well as two most similar ones going by Ut-Do duo to make it 8) and because all they can do is to chirp in their respective notes. eventually it becomes better and they all start to have distinctive behavior and preferences but aren’t able to start to properly talk aside from simple words despite salieri’s teaching attempts. in long run they also become emergency mana supply by simply being near salieri but after that they fall into hibernation for some time. sometimes everyone wonders who’s watching after whom.

- he avoids any event like a plague especially if it involves change of clothes because he doesn’t feel comfortable in any other outfit. hence why he visits madame crane’s dress making room only because of his children minions and even that is at their curious demand (he’s eventually dragged into some gala related event which means crane got a time of her life)

Edmond:

- behaves like an edgelord and laughs maniacally to keep himself sane enough. since he’s relatively fresh from château d’if, his ptsd kicks in more than he would’ve liked to, so being assertive with his attitude makes him feel more in control as opposed to feeling of his own life going out of his control one again. in especially bad cases he prefers to find secluded place and have his breakdown that involves thinking he’s still back in that hell and mostly hallucinating about abbe faria. it isn’t healthy at all but he doesn’t know any better way.

- he’s extremely numb to pain thanks to not only different pain levels experience but also due to some of his nerves being damaged as a result of that. which is why he always ends up with extremely nasty injuries he barely notices until someone points it out to him. the only pain he feels to full extent is phantom pains from his engraved scars.

- lives on coffee and cigarettes to the point that’s his coping mechanism. he sees so much shit on his assignments he sometimes just stares into distance while smoking he actually considers visiting a psychiatrist

- he knows social etiquette of high society and is actually capable of proper interactions but isn’t fond of it because he is a man of common origin after all, but that doesn’t mean he can’t use his knowledge is low key roasting

- despite not yet reaching point of facing consequences of his revenge, he does have knowledge of what will happen and that’s why he avoids children at best of his ability. not only he doesn’t know how to handle them, he also feels guilty about what happened to young Edouard which was partly what snapped him out of his revenge frenzy. also avoids them due to youthful naivety that is still present in them, something that was brutally torn from him.

- sometimes hums sea shanties when doing something. also as a result of potential of being summoned as a rider class is also extremely good with ships and that’s what sometimes makes him end up in argument with ship related rider class servants.

- despite everything he is pretty much the dad of the avenger bunch even if others aren’t listening to him most of the time they do acknowledge his authority as the mostly known origin of said class. he bickers with other avengers but he’s also the one to stand on their side if need arises because he is rather protective of his own kin

- after master offhandedly mentions how his story became a basis for whole ass genre of revenge stories in east, he decided to check couple of them only to realize what a burning dumpster most of them are. reading them becomes his favorite past time just because it’s absolute trash and cringe he can laugh about.

- freckles. he has freckles and those became apparent after his imprisonment for decades and not being under sun as a result of that. his unnatural paleness makes them more prominent which is partly the reason he needed to wear makeup as a count

- he has subtle case of claustrophobia, where closed dark space without anyone in sight awakens visions of his cell and that can trigger further ptsd chain if he doesn’t deal with it on time

- despite his abilities and outfit, he is cold to touch and is freezing from time to time. chateau d’if wasn’t warmest place as well as that dive in a body sack.

- it’s hard to say from his looks, but he really likes to eat. mostly no matter what as long as it’s edible since he does know what (self inflicted) starvation feels like and he doesn’t like it. on top of that he prefers commoner’s dishes as opposed to ones of rich society. only exceptions are tobacco and coffee because if he’s gonna fuck up his ‘health’ he’s gonna do it expensive way

- isn’t a fan of fancy outfits but that was during his revenge time, as of now absolutely rolls with whatever the fuck master has in mind this time because it’s both fun and he knows that he’s got the looks for it

EdSali exclusive (we’re entering ultimate delulu territory which is also filled with jp headcanons bless pixiv)

- they had absolutely nothing in common but apparently master’s remark about keeping an eye on unstable salieri is what kicked their interactions into actions. from then on dantes was observing salieri’s state and only stepping in to make sure man won’t disappear from lack of mana.

- from then on dantes became salieri’s main mana supplier through hand holding for small period of times. it was mostly done in complete silence but eventually they started to have small talks during whole procedure.

- what probably really kicked their relationship to even start in some way than ‘supplier-supplied’ is edmond having beginnings of his ptsd in most unconventional time. upon hearing suspiciously quiet edmond mutter faria’s name, salieri puts two and two and starts to carefully say things in italian just to see how it will play out. it does work even if dantes mistakes him for abbe faria in his delusional state. that’s also where salieri’s innate ruler skills for pacifying shine.

- as a result of better mana supply and control of it salieri’s minions were able to take proper appearances that salieri has to keep manifested most of the time since he doesn’t have a heart to dematerialize them. as a result of that mana consumption once again overweights its renovation. it returned him to starting point but even worse so minions started to seek out dantes because mana they use has his traces.

- dantes is high key terrified being pursued by so many children who can’t even speak and only proceed to chirp and tug at his cape. he does feel a certain familiarity from them but can’t pinpoint it until they lead him to unconscious salieri. that’s where first ‘kiss’ happens and dantes starts to have suspicions about minions’ appearances. eventually it results in dantes spending more time around salieri which also turned into weird high key married domesticity that they don’t notice but bystanders see. dantes also becomes the one to mostly drag salieri’s sleeping or sleepwalking body back to his room since dantes himself doesn’t usually sleep.

- no one really knows how dantes looked in his childhood years, so no one really connects the dots, but first time he saw salieri’s properly manifested minions he choked on his coffee because he’ll recognize that same face everywhere because all of them look suspiciously like him but also not. salieri on other hand doesn’t understand why his minions pester dantes and tries to stop them from doing that. it’s not rare for salieri losing them only for dantes to arrive later with a bunch of squirming chirping children that either have him in a death grip or he has them in a (choke) hold. ironically enough dantes is the one to better understand what minions want to convey.

- salieri with all seriousness without any other meaning thinks that count is really beautiful and aesthetically appealing. because of that a huge misunderstanding is born that salieri is secretly in love with dantes. dantes on other hand likes salieri’s music and overall character since it bounces off nicely with his own personality. everyone around logically misunderstands it as mutual pining and eventually start to make bet polls.

- since their more frequent interactions, their personal rooms started to change in appearance too. dantes now has more sugar and sweets stored, tea and even a violin, as well as more comfortable set of pillows and blanket in case he drags salieri’s unconscious body to his room or salieri himself simply out of nowhere will fall asleep. salieri’s room is not only stocked with bunch of stuff for his minions, but now also hosts coffee and books, as well as some expensive tobacco and alcohol. there’s also something to snack on since salieri did caught on count’s unconscious habit of snacking.

- salieri doesn’t think he’s a proper avenger hence why he’s so lacking compared to others. dantes does think he’s a strong avenger in his own right but also acknowledges that salieri’s position among them was pretty much forced. when salieri has episodes of doubt in himself dantes usually drags him into a sparring match, and in process of distraction and emptying his mind salieri does prove he’s more than capable avenger being able to keep up with dantes but exhausting himself relatively quickly.

- eventually dantes is the one to roll along with minions’ disaster ideas because it’s fun and chaotic and he’s all here for it (but also to keep an eye on them). it’s a result of dantes being their primal supplier and caretaker in times when salieri exhausts himself and needs rest.

- dantes and salieri eventually spend more time together just because they find each other’s company pleasant (and also because little gremlins try to set them up for some reason). they can be seen together in cafeteria, playing chess in one of rooms, once salieri heard count hum one of shanties and accompanied him on piano.

- during one of gala events they somehow end up dancing with each other and by the end of it things became much awkward because both felt how intimate and awkward it was. master from sideline watching whole performance and agreeing that it’s some real unresolved tension but also entire dance was rather sensual and personal, as if them talking through body language than actual words.

- things became even more awkward after both of them unintentionally fell asleep after gremlins exhausted too much mana from both of them. they woke up with tangled limbs and after initial internal screaming stage passed salieri tries his best not to laugh from grumpy sleepy count who clearly struggles waking up at mornings (and his wild bed hair). it’s also first time salieri realizes dantes has freckles since they woke up too close to each other.

- in battles salieri will prioritize stronger servants, which means in question arises he’ll take damage so better servants can have an advantage. couple of times it happened with dantes ended up in dantes’ loud and aggressive yelling. salieri’s counterargument that if stronger servant is out of commission it seriously complicates things. salieri has issues with his own worth which results in such high key suicidal behavior while dantes acts same way but out of fact that he can’t feel that much pain anyway, and salieri’s whole thing was kicked into action after dantes nearly lost an arm for him and didn’t even flinch. they’re both idiots.

- it once started as a joke about how dantes’ own theme would’ve sounded so salieri took it seriously and legitimately composed a piece for him. dantes was so moved he dropped his usual attitude and genuinely thanked him. since he doesn’t forget kindness but also doesn’t have any actual talent (cough) he just gives salieri some really expensive chocolate.

- salieri is the one to ‘kiss’ dantes in middle of a battle because his mana is close to none and master is busy supplying other offensive front, so without really thinking salieri just grabs dantes and kisses him (which is more about clashing teeth and awkward angle) only to jump back into action while ruffled dantes kinda freezes on spot from such sudden act.

- both of them can swordplay but while dantes has an actual knowledge on how to wield a smallsword, salieri’s style is pretty much self taught mess which dantes finds fun to go against because salieri’s unpredictable misericordia swings give a good challenge.

- jalter is few of ones to interact with both and after it just dying of cringe and complaining how these two are too fucking dumb to exist and seriously need a room, she’s clearly not paid enough for this.

- while dantes is cold to touch, salieri is usually feverishly warm. when they touch hands they become pleasantly warm. furthermore, their touch can soothe phantom pains of their scars. salieri laments dantes’ countless scars but admits they add to his looks, dantes on other hand thinks salieri’s scar is beautiful despite its nature and appearance. when salieri’s scar roots further dantes actually calls him beautiful despite salieri saying it’s ugly.

- both of them have extreme episodes of delusions, where salieri tries to stab or cut his own neck and dantes tries to gradually starve himself. while it wont have lasting effects or any serious impact, they both do intervene when it happens, with dantes apprehending salieri and taking misericordia away from him, and salieri forcefully feeding dantes.

- salieri doesn’t understand appeal of smoking and doesn’t like smoke smell. dantes once jokingly puffed it out into salieri’s face only to hear that it’s awful and smoke will damage vocal chords so later on dantes tries not to smoke around salieri.

- both of them are aware of their looks, and while dantes isn’t ashamed of his body and looks and casually can show it and all it’s scars (which is his summer outfit), salieri is actually really conscious about his (non) existent physique. once at beach dantes comments how salieri looks as staved as dantes back in château d’if but with salieri it creates a weird sickly aesthetic and appeal which dantes can appreciate.

- while with their appearances it’s not uncommon to see dantes sometimes carrying salieri around when man himself is out cold or too beaten up, the sight of salieri princess carrying beaten up dantes made several witnesses double take. salieri may appeal frail but he’s more than capable of carrying heavy things which is a must when he has 8 chaotic bodies to somehow carry around.

- when trying to speaks other’s language they find accents hilarious and rather endearing.

- when chance arises (or more like another inconvenience) they manage to visit their birthplaces. dantes calls château d’if his birthplace but salieri asks him to show him marseille.

- they seamlessly started to call each other by their first names. before that they went by ‘count’ and ‘kapellmeister’ in their interactions, but at one point it switched to first names. it doesn’t bother them as they thought it would considering identity issues.

- edmond’s palms are bigger but salieri’s longer and despite that they’re a perfect fit. skin to skin contact still feels awkward for them and such moments are one of few where dantes is clearly awkward in his own actions.

#fate grand order #fgo #edmond dantes #antonio salieri #me be taking these two and saying ‘I can make them worse’#to celebrate me getting dantes and np5 salieri today #their ship dynamic is pretty much subtle unresolved tension romance #it starts slowly and unexpectedly and they’re definitely only starting to notice it well far into domestic bliss #they have eight children as a result of simple senior-junior interaction #and they still think they’re acquaintances #in the end master won betting poll #master playing smarter and sayin they literally slept together without specifying

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