#hannerman

[cazuzuka]

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[ohrade]

ITS HATSUNE MIKU!!! :3

this is an appropriation of Adriaen Hannerman's painting 'Mary Lucas'. made for class but im pretty happy with it :)!

[wenja45]

Edelgard did not need to declare war Fodlan was already on the cusp of change

We all know at this point that Edelcultists just love trying to justify Edelgard's war by saying it was necessary but it really isn't needed. A good example is Sylvain who managed to persuade people that crests aren't everything thing and whilst his accomplishment is local that ideology would have spread regardless and if Edelgard didn't declare war that ideology would have spread peacefully without the use of violence.

Hannerman is also a great example he is actively trying to devalue Crests by making it more common which means the nobility no longer have a divine right to rule and all it needed was time. Also both Dimitri and Claude want to make changes in Fodlan heck pretty much nearly every student who will gain power will be able to make changes to the system without the use of warfare.

Even with Rhea she was ready to hand over responsibility to Byleth to lead Fodlan into a new dawn it just needed time. All Edelgard had to do was either talk or just wait for the changes to occur overtime whilst reforming her own country which she did in Three Hopes without opposition from the Church.

[violasgamingpalace]

Been theory crafting a version of Three Houses where Byleth makes the route choice at Chapter 12 instead of the prologue, and as part of that imagining the students picking their professor instead of the professor picking the house they want to teach. This is my attempt at figuring out your starting class. Wanted to keep characters similar to their canon personalities. (not the biggest three houses nerd so let me know if you disagree on placements)

Hanneman's Class

Linhardt- Crest research

Edelgard- crests research

Hubert- follows edelgard, but hanneman also knows reason magic.

Claude- Hanneman because he figures he'll learn the most secrets that way? (I'm sorry but no way he picks Byleth, merc knows NOTHING)

Hilda- follows Claude

Annette-Has a support with Hanneman?

Mercedes - Wants to go Hanneman to be with Annette

Ignatz-is here to be a Knight and Hanneman could help with that???

Manuela's Class

Ferdinand- looks up to Manuela

Dorothea- looks up to Manuela even more, obvious choice.

Lythesia- no to hanneman for crests, She likes Faith, so Manuela.

Lorenz- Noble man wants to go Hanneman, but does have support with Manuela? And means he can be with Ferdinand.

Dimitri-goes Manuela to follow Ingrid/Sylvain

Ingrid-manuela, I guess? No knight professor

Sylvain- Manuela? I guess? He has a support and does auto-join F/Byleth. Sylvain wanting to see boobs brings the Blue Lion friend group along

Caspar-Manuela, but just to have a place to be

Byleth's Class

Petra- Sword connection, and dont think petra REALLY would learn much from other profs?

Bernie- too anxious to sign up, so ends up with Byleth

Raphael- forgets to go to signups, Byleth it is!

Leonie- Byleth for sure. Jeralt connection and she wants to be a Merc.

Dedue-Wants to go Manuela to Follow Dimitri but the school said the class was full (Feels vaguely racially motivated)

Felix-Byleth no question

Ashe-no Knight professor, but Ashe is just happy to be here, doesnt really care about professor.

Marianne- Horse girl wants to go with Hannerman but crests are to blame for going Byleth

Things I like- Wanted the Byleth class to feel like the weirdo group with very little going for them, and thats def this class. Everyone is either anti-social, a commoner with low expectations, or racially marked as other. Now white clouds focuses on you replacing them by recuiting the elite of fodlan society teaching to your student's strengths and making them capable.

Three black Eagles in class ensues that Byleth will have to fight their old students if they go on most routes, and if they go Black Eagles they'll still fight old students they taught

Ashe in class for Lonato Chapter

Things i dont like- skill proficiency wasnt set up with this in mind. While we have 1 tank and 1 mage, no one else can REALLY be trained as a reason mage, we have fourish archers, twoish lance users, two speedy sword users (three if ashe goes thief!), and a lot of units that want to go riding.

Its really hard to imagine Dimitri being so casually cruel to Dedue. Maybe we get a scene where Dimitri heroically sacrficies hanging out with Sylbain and Ingrid so Dedue can be with Manuela for a bit?

Edelgard and claude in the same class despite their total lack of connection. But! Edelgard and Hilda in the same class? Let us see how much Hilda HATES edelgard. It would be funny.

[legendsoffodlan]

Garreg Mach Staff: What kind of Drunk?

Byleth: You know that cut scene in Return of the King where Legolas drinks a bunch of guys under the table and is like “i’m beginning to feel something”? That’s Byleth.

Catherine: Happy/Clingy drunk! Everyone gets a hug! Trouble is, she can no longer control her strength and ribs tend to be fragile things.

Hannerman: King of the lightweights. One solid drink and he’s out cold.

Manuela: Sloppy/Sad drunk. Immediately starts pouring out her troubles to any in the vicinity.

Shamir: Giggly drunk. Not happy, just giggles at everything.

Alois: Another lightweight king. These dudes just can’t hold their alcohol.

Seteth: Sad drunk. Sobs the whole time. Gets many hugs from Catherine.

Jeralt: A non-functioning drunk. no hand-eye coordination or balance to speak of. Incapable of any tasks, even the most basic and simple.

Rhea: incapable of getting drunk. They didn’t call her “Iron Gut Seiros” back in the day for nothing.

[levistoiletseat]

THERE IS NO MANUELA AND HANNERMAN STUFF ON TUMBLR WHAT

[anvils-of-history]

Replaying AM with the Japanese voices, and I'm noticing a few things that I didn't before. Jeralt's line about Alois being loud makes WAY more sense in the Japanese version because Alois is LOUD there, whereas in English he isn't that much louder than Jeralt is. Hannerman's "pardon my unrestrained jubilation" line also makes more sense in Japanese because he is giddy and loud there, whereas he's a lot more subdued in English. Not trying to shit on the English VAs, they do a good job, I just think that it's more a problem of voice directing rather than voice acting.

Thanks, I've only been teaching for 3 days.

I've talked before about how Byleth already knows about the Church of Seiros but is still exposited to. After Rhea tells them the absolute basics about their goddess, there's this:

So Byleth knows the existence of the Church of Seiros and that it's a major religion in Fodlan, but knows nothing about the goddess that they worship?

No wonder Rhea's disappointed, lol.

[viridiansindria]

Three Houses Lost Item Guide

Because everyone else is being stupid and listing the 99 items in alphabetical order.

Black Eagles

Edelgard: Eastern Porcelain, Time-worn Quill Pen, White Glove

Hubert: Folding Razor, Hresvelg Treatsie, Noxious Handkerchief

Ferdinand: Agricultural Survey, Bag Of Tea Leaves, Maintenance Oil

Bernadetta: Hedgehog Case, Needle And Thread, Still-Life Picture

Petra: Annotated Dictionary, Exotic Feather, Small Tan Hide

Dorothea: Lovely Comb, Silver Brooch, Songstress Poster

Caspar: Grounding Charm, Tattered Overcoat, Thunderbrand Replica

Linhardt: Animated Bait, Feather Pillow, The Saints Revealed

Blue Lions

Dimitri: Black Leather Gloves, Dulled Longsword, Training Logbook

Dedue: Gardening Shears, Gold Earring, Iron Cooking Pot

Annette: School Of Sorcery Book, Unfinished Score, Wax Diptych

Felix: Black Iron Spur, Sword Belt Fragment, Toothed Dagger

Sylvain: Crumpled Love Letter, The History Of Sreng, Unused Lipstick

Ingrid: Curry Comb, Jousting Almanac, Pegasus Horseshoes

Mercedes: Book Of Ghost Stories, Fruit Preserves, How To Bake Sweets

Ashe: Bundle Of Herbs, Evil Repelling Amulet, Moon Knight's Tale

Golden Deer

Claude: Board Game Piece, Leather Bow Sheath, Mild Stomach Poison

Hilda: Handmade Hair Clip, Spotless Bandage, Used Bottle Of Perfume

Raphael: Big Spoon, Burlap Sack Of Rocks, Wooden Button

Leonie: Crude Arrow Heads, Fur Scarf, Hand Drawn Map

Lysithea: Encyclopedia Of Sweets, New Bottle Of Perfume, Princess Doll

Marianne: Bag Of Seeds, Confessional Letter, How To Be Tidy

Ignatz: Art Book, Blue Stone, Letter To The Goddess

Lorenz: A Treatise On Etiquette, Artificial Flower, Silk Handkerchief

Church of Seiros

Hannerman: Hammer and Chisel, Lens Cloth, Sketch Of A Sigil

Shamir: Animal Bone Dice, Bundle Of Dry Hemp, Centipede Picture

Alois: Foreign Gold Coin, Introduction to Magic, Mysterious Notebook

Catherine: Badge Of Graduation, Letter to Rhea, Weathered Cloak

Cyril: Old Cleaning Cloth, Portrait of Rhea, Well-Used Hatchet

Seteth: Old Fishing Rod, Snapping Writing Quill, Unfinished Fable

Gilbert: Carving Hammer, Noseless Puppet, Silver Necklace

Flayn: Antique Clasp, Dusty Book Of Fables, Old Map of Enbarr

Manuela: Clean Dusting Cloth, Light Purple Veil, Wellness Herbs

Edit: I derped earlier. Its 99 accidentally put "Sketch of a Sigil" twice and "Carving Hammer" is Gilbert not Hannerman. What I get for doing this while eating.

[script-the-skeleton]

FE3H AU that I want to write but don’t know 100% of the lore of the game to accurately depict.

After trying multiple times for a golden ending, Byleth resets one last time with a new plan that could be her last

She remeets Sothis. “How many more tries must we do this? It will never work, we have tried everything! Oh? Well, I have always wondered what would happen in the End.”

Byleth smiled at her father and calls him such for the first time before heading into battle.

Byleth takes the knife for Edelgard but doesn’t rewind time. She dies, the last thing she sees is Eldelgard’s terrified and regretful face. In that moment, her hair turns the light green and the Ashen Demon is no more.

Jeralt is heartbroken, and furious because Rhea definitely did something to his kid with that hair, so he agrees in a rage to go back to the monastery. He wants to bury Byleth with where he thinks her mother is buried and fight with Rhea.

The Lords all are affected from Byleth’s death, they asked this person for help and they died for them. Claude is silent, Dimitri prays for her soul to be put to rest, and Edelgard can’t comprehend why a stranger would throw away their life for her. She feels extra guilty since the bandits were her fault and now she killed an innocent. None of them can stop apologizing.

They get to Garreg Mach and the real differences begin here. Jeralt yells and argue with Rhea, but can ultimately do no more than demand Byleth be buried with his wife. He stays for a month for her funear before leaving with his mercenaries.

The third teacher is Jeritza, but he somehow gets stuck with the Blue Lions. Hannerman is with the Black Eagles. Maneula is with the Golden Deer.

That’s when the clock breaks.

The three main lords start seeing and hearing things. They’ll blink and they’ll see a different proffessor in front of them. They’ll hear the song of the goddess from dark corners or the slashing a bone sword going through enemies. They remember timelines that shouldn’t exist in fragments and they are all secretly going insane.

Hubert tries to push Edelgard to continue with their plans, but she was so affected by Byleth’s death that she tells him to hold off. She doesn’t know why, but it pained her so much that one death. Hubert obliges, but TWSITD are restless.

Throughout the story, the respective teachers help each house. Mercedes finds out Jeritza is her brother and them connecting again leads him to branch off from Edelgard’s plans, because he doesn’t want to hurt his sister. Manuela recruits Dorathea with her aspirations to continue opera and even helps Ignatz with his paintings. Hannerman recruits Lysithea and they research over her multiple crests. Edelgard hears about this and joins, coming to realize how much TWSITD are responsible for her pain and not the church.

TWSITD attack even though Edelgard has declared that she would no longer help them and would activly fight against them if they pushed. They are pushed back from the tomb and other holy areas, the the crypt that supposedly held Seiros’ remains was empty, no sword in sight, as they three lords defeats their soldiers.

After that battle, the three lords no see a figure take shape in their rooms. They are mix between Sothis and Byleth, making them look slightly younger than Byleth, so around 17 or 18, and they don’t know who they are, not even their name. The talk to the lords and act like Sothis did in the game. Dimitri thinks its another ghost from the past, projecting the mercenary who died for them, and ignores it. Claude talks to it every once in a while and has pleasent conversations. Edelgard tries to ignore it, but eventually uses it as a therapist whenever she needs to talk to someone.

Remire Village and the attack on Garreg Mach have little to no causalities. Flayn was never kidnapped, so Monica never showed up, and Jeralt wasn’t even there so he never died. The Flame Emperor also never makes an appearance in general.

The following month still left a lot of people feeling dour for reasons they didn’t understand.

Edelgard recieves word from visiting her father that TWSITD are planning one more attack to steal the crest stones. She is crowned emperor and quickly runs back to the academy. She admits to Dimitri and Claude, after the ghost tells her to trust them, that she was being puppetee by TWSITD and that she hasn’t followed them in months, she leaves out the part where she tried to kill them at the beginning of the year, and ask for their help.

They agree and take on the battle in the maseuleum, or however you spell it. TWSITD are there and they fight back. They all notice a figure up on a magnificent throne, she is sitting upright and unmoving and was wearing clothing of the goddess.

“It’s her!” They all say at once as they recognize an older version of the ghost, the greened haired Byleth on the throne, a sword in her lap.

Rhea comes in after the enemies retreat and tells them to leave the area. Edelgard pushes and asks why that woman was on the throne and not buried, and how come her body hadn’t rotted away since she died. Rhea refuses to answer and even threatens them to stay quiet, but still thanks them for protecting what was sacred.

Edelgard thanks the two lords for helping her and she tells them that she will be leaving school early to help dismantle TWSITD.

Following that day for the next five years, the only time they ever see the ghost is when it is asleep and drapped over a chair.

FIVE YEARS LATER!

Edelgard declared her empire seperate from the church, cutting all ties off except for trades while still allowing the faith, without declaring war. Rhea is furious about this but Seteth makes sure she doesn’t do anything rash. Edelgard is still looking with the help of her classmates for the remains of the Agarthins, who have been hiding from her.

Claude is leader of the alliance and is setting in place laws that would end discrimination against foreigners and those without crests. He even visits Almyra frequently, though no one is exactly sure who. He never officially said anything against the church, but it isn’t a secret that he isn’t a believer.

Dimitri no longer sees ghosts of any kind and is a fair ruler to his kingdom. He is the only lord that has close connections to the church and even still talks to Rhea. He has good relations with the empire also, so much that the people say he and Edelgard are like siblings.

Hannerman, with the help of one crest stone that Edelgard slipped him after that one attack, learned the secrets to multiple crests. Lysithea and Edelgard are both free, leaving them with no crests which they are fine with, and their lifespans have lengthened. Their hair even turned back its natural color.

As for the ghost, it always appears in the highest ranking chair to fall asleep in the room the lords are in. Edelgard can no longer sit on her throne without feeling rude, so she is never near it. Dimitri has swapped out his throne for another chair, lying and saying he wasn’t worthy for his father’s throne. Claude doesn’t have a throne, just the head of a table, and he never really sat down when he talked. The ghost also shivers frequently, like they are cold. Weirdly, putting a blanket over it seems to work.

Then, on the 1000 year anniversary of the church being built, the ghost vanishes and is no where to be found. All three lords are going to the ball held at Garreg Mach for their reunions and to show that they hold no ill will to the church. When they get there, they all have the feeling like something is wrong, but they can’t place it.

Individually, they all go to the goddess tower, for they make out the image of the awake ghost. When they make it up there, no one but the living are there and they finally realize that they can all see the ghost. They come to the conclusion that this was something that had to do with the corpse in the basement.

The ball is interupted with spears of light start blowing up the world. Fives years without war led to the Argathins seeking power and they are attacking. All three groups, plus some of the church, find and defeat all the Argathins.

This part isn’t expanded on here because there isn’t much to it except its the endgame of the Golden Deer/Silver Snow path and they defeat the big bads while everyone is still alive.

After the battle, they all go back to the church and go look for the corspe. They find it along with Rhea, who fights them to keep them away.

They defeat her and she admits that she tried to raise the goddess back with Byleth, who held her power. The ghost reveals herself to be the fusion of Byleth and Sothis to Rhea and yells her out mom style about how idiotic is was to try to bring her back at the risk of other people.

The ghost explains how she wanted a perfect ending where everyone was alive and no one fought, and they only way to that was her death, which kickstarted Edelgard realizing her mistakes. She asks them to say hi to Jeralt for her, says goodbye to her daughter, and fades away.

This whole AU I really wanted to explore what would happen if Byleth did die and I realized how much that would’ve affect Edelgard. The war might’ve still happened, but Edelgard was pushed forward by how Byleth was treated by Rhea and by TWSITD. I also like imaging a timeline without Byleth where all the lords keep seeing her and can sometimes talk, but she isn’t really there. I just imagine Dimitri’s internally screaming, Edelgard’s seen weirder, and Claude still calls the ghost teach through instinct and just spills the tea of his daily life to her.

[johseon]

now  with  my  heavier   hcs   done,      some  fun  facts  about  my  byleth !

he  grows  a  sweet  tooth  at  garreg  mach.    jeralt   &   he  both  restricted  what  they  ate  while  on  the  road,    having  to  eat  both  efficiently   &   frugally.    they  were  successful  mercenaries  but  much  of  their  gold  went  towards  paying  their  crew,    travel  costs,    upgrading  their  gear,    etc.    for  his  first  his  first  birthday  at  garreg  mach,    jeralt   &   his  students  buy  him  a  cake !   it’s  the  first  time  he’s  ever  had  cake.    hint :   byleth  really  likes  cake.

some  of  the  other  professors   &   staff  made  it  known  that  his  attire  was  a  bit  underdressed  for  garreg  mach.    to  be  fair,    he  had  worn  the  same  outfit  for  years,    tears  from  battle   &   all.    as  such,    he  started  wearing  a  uniform  very  similar  to  the  students’  uniforms  aka  the  dlc  outfit  with  the  dumb  hat.    he  wore  that  for  a  few  months  but  kept  being  mistaken  for  a  student.    seteth,    who  had  originally  asked  him  to  change,    lets  byleth  know  that  he  can  wear  his  own  clothing  again.

he’s  absolutely  abysmal  at  cooking.    please  don’t  ask  him  to.    he  once  attempted  to  jumpstart  the  fire  with  black  magic,    nearly  burning  the  dining  hall  to  a  crisp.

horses   &   pegasi  don’t  like  him ?   he  mulls  this  over  for  months  but  comes  to  no  answer.    once  his  lineage  is  revealed,    he  theorizes  that  they  might  be  able  to  sense  the  crest  of  flames  or  even  sothis  herself.    hannerman  dismisses  this  claim  but  byleth  is  sure  that  it’s  the  reason  why.    marianne   &   ferdinand  attempt  to  assist  byleth  but  to  no  avail.    he  gives  up  on  learning  how  to  ride.

he  glares  a  lot ?   like,    he  has  terrible  rbf   &   doesn’t  know  it.    in  fact,   most  of  the  time,    he’s  spacing  out,    thinking  of  lesson  plans,    new  spells,    new  unit  formations,    what  to  eat  for  dinner  to  make  the  students  happiest,    etc.    he’s  made  bernadetta  scream  numerous  times  because  he  stared  in  her  direction  for  too  long.    when  he  spaces  out,    he  checks  out  entirely.    when  he  comes  to,    bernadetta  is  always  gone.    so  much  for  their  tutoring  sessions.

[sothisblessmysoul]

hello! could you write some romantic fluff for balthus and f!byleth? tyyy~💕

༓ʚ Study Buddies ɞ༓

Summary: Modern Day/College AU; Balthus and Byleth have been college friends for awhile, and Byleth has been kind enough to help him with studying.

The sweet aroma of coffee mixed with a faint scent of pages from Balthus’s books are the only thing he could smell. But all he could focus on was the stoic woman beside him. Byleth- both friend and crush- was good-natured enough to help Balthus with homework.

She pushed her reading glasses up the bridge of her nose, eyes switching from word to word. Byleth took a sip of her coffee before peering up to check on Balthus. She caught him smiling at her. Byleth’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion at the smile directed at her. That was the only expression given.

“What are you doing?” Byleth couldn’t fight back the yawn as she swept the bangs out of her eyes, “You should be focused on studying.” Balthus knew that he should, but she was far more interesting than good grades.

“It’s not a question. But it is important,” She turned to him with such an intense focus that it almost took him off-guard. “You must be the reason for global warming,” Balthus struggled to hold back the oncoming grin, “because you’re hot.”

She showed no facial change, not even a hint of emotion in her eyes. “It’s primarily because of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.” It was safe to assume that Balthus neither expected such a response nor understood half of Byleth’s words. “But I don’t know if that will be on Hannerman’s test.” Before she could hide it, Balthus spotted a small glint of amusement in Byleth’s eyes.

But instead of focusing on that, Balthus decided it was in good interest to look back at the large textbook. The textbook and the homework in front of Balthus almost felt like both were mocking him.

She chuckled as Balthus’s pickup line kept replaying in Byleth’s head like a worn-out and broken record. “You have a strange way of showing me your appreciation.” He glanced up in time to see Byleth smile as she tapped her pen against the top of his book, “But maybe on our days off together,” She looked at him from under her eyelashes. “You can try some more lines on me.”

[ichigo777666]

FE3H Characters Ranked

My opinions of all the main characters in FE3H ranked from worst to best in my opinion. These are MY opinions! Spoilers ahead, obviously.

*NOTES*

This does not include any of the DLC characters. This also does not include the following characters since they have limited dialog / appearances within the game: Gwendal, Pallardo, Duke Aegir, Anna, Lambert, Ionious, Metodey, Kostas, Holst, Macuil, and Indech. Any other characters who are only mentioned by name are also not included. And Byleth is also not on this list due to being the player’s character.

Everyone else included in this list has a few interactions or mentions in multiple ending paths so they’re fair game. Not having a lot of interactions is not going to affect placement that much so don’t be surprised if some major characters wind up low on the list…

*The PIT*

Aka the worst of the worst. The characters I would throw into the void.

#54 – Leonie

I absolutely hate this character so much. Her personality is so flat and grating that she drives me up a wall. Her character can be summed up in two words “loves Jeralt” – that’s it. Just about everything about Leonie revolves around impressing Jeralt or being like Jeralt or doing this because of Jeralt ect. I don’t care if she’s useful as a playable character – every time she opens her mouth I cringe. Her support which is only available after Jeralt dies in which she berates you for “not appreciating him enough” is just the epitomny of selfishness. Then PTS she basically turns herself into a second Jeralt, replicting his outfit as best she can and giving herself his title “the blade breaker” and adds a 2. Excuse you, but is ANYONE can call themseleves that it’s Byleth, aka Jeralt’s child, not YOU. But she doesn’t care and does it anyway...

#53 – Rodrigue

Oh boy this is going to be a very unpopular opinion but in terms of a character, Rodrigue is kind shit. Rodrigue earns this spot for being the shittiest living parent in the game. His eldest son Glenn dies and his comment on that is how “he died like a true knight”. His first emotional response is pride not remorse. He never mentions how much he loved him or how he misses him: just how proud he was of him… And this pisses off poor Felix. Felix whom gets left ALONE after this happens because Rodrigue decides he’s got to be Dimitri’s mentor / guardian. So he basically straight up abandons his grieving 13 year old son to be the new father figure of the prince. Dimitri was more important to him that his own child. We can all see what the impact of this was on Felix through the game. And then, in Azure Sky, when Rodrigue joins you as a “mentor” character, he lacks all balls. Dimitri is going crazy and acting like a psychopath and Rodrigue doesn’t even really try to do anything about that – he just stands aside and comments on how he’s “changed”. I mean FRICK MAN – your were his guardian, his mentor. TALK TO HIM! But NOOOOOOO! So yeah, Rodrigue sucks!

#52 – Lord Lonato

Speaking of shit parents, here’s another for you! Yes, Lonato was kind enough to allow Ashe and his siblings to live with him, which is the oddest decision ever considering this came about after Lonato caught Ashe sneaking into his castle to steal from him. “I’ll just adopt this thief child”. Despite that act of kindness, he also chose to not tell Ashe the truth about what happened to his son Christophe; that Christophe was not involve with the Duscar incident but rather had been a part of a plot to try and kill Rhea. Lonato could not bring himself to believe that his son was wrong or had done anything wrong. Despite the fact that his son had decided, for whatever reason, to try and kill someone, Lonato thought that this was okay. He then sacrificed himself for the sake of trying to avenge his true son instead of continuing to care for the children he’d taken in. He basically took Ashe & his siblings in, giving them security for the first time in years, then chooses to follow his only wrong beliefs and thus put Ashe & his siblings back into the world again. He gave them 7 years of security and this just went “oh well, you’re on your own again”.

#51 – Gilbert /  Gustave

And rounding out the “shit parents” section of the list, we have the father that literally abandons his daughter and wife due to own depression. He’s totally alive and out there but just can’t bring himself to give a crap about either or write them any letters. Nope, he’s caught up in his head that he wasn’t there during the tragedy of Duscar, of how he “should have arrived sooner”. I mean, really? It is in now way his fault just because he’s a knight. He wasn’t supposed to be there and he’s got guilt that he wasn’t there? Seriously man?! And then when he finally does reunite with Annette all he does is push her away. Instead of letting Annette decide whatever she wants to be around him again, he chooses for her and denies her attempts to reconnect with him. Yeah, shit father…

*The Bottom of the Barrel*

These characters are bad. They’re not absolute utter garbage like the PIT characters, but they still are awful.

#50 – Dimitri

Yeah, I don’t like Dimitri. What is there to like about this guy? He was traumatized as a teenage when his dad was killed in-front of him and that changed him into a survival-guilt ridden bloodthirsty killer? Jeez, it honestly feels like someone tried to ft a whole bunch of tropes into one cohesive character and failed massively. The whole “brooding” phase in Azure Sky where he’s basically a tantrum throwing 5 year old only makes him worse. Also, I still don’t understand WHY he immediately jumped to the whole “Edelgard is the one who killed my parents” conclusion. The entire Duscar incident had nothing to do with Edelgard, unless Dimitri thinks a teenager with no power could do that. And, if he’s blaming the Empire, why does that extend to Edelgard who was just a princess at the time? I could see if something like the FE was present and that’s why he went crazy after Edelgard but I’m pretty sure the FE didn’t exist back then… so WTF? This is like “my parents were killed by a drunk driver. Hey you, unrelated person who just learned to drive this year, you are drunk therefore I HATE YOU – you killed my parents!” Really, no. NO.

#49 – Acheron

He has a minor role only but you fight him twice and you can get some background from Lorenz. He’s annoying and I guess he’s designed to be so. I don’t like him much. But he’s not as annoying as Dimitri.

#48 – Cyril

Oh Cyril. He’s such an annoying character. He’s a more toned down version of Leonie with his obsession with Rhea. He’s a bit of a jerk during his support conversations and he’s dismissive of his homeland. I think his supports with Seteth best show what Cyril’s all about: he’s devoting himself to repaying Rhea without thought for anything else, even his own future. He has no ambitions and no desires….how can a character be so bland?

#47 – Hannerman

And the obsessive one. ‘Obsession with Crests’ is just the only phrase you need to describe Hannerman. While I can understand why Hannerman as a character wants to research crests, the way he goes about it is just wrong. He hounds Lysithia w/o realizing why she’s avoiding his questions until she basically has to spell out WHY she’s uncomfortable with talking about it. He’s been hounding Seteth for 21 years about his crest and Flayn’s too. 21 fricking years of bothering someone and he can’t understand the answer “no”.

#46 – Arundel

Yeah, he’s a piece of shit but at least he’s interesting. He’s Edelgard’s uncle and yet he basically allowed her to be experimented on. Why? Who knows? He’s associated with TWSITD but why? Power? Conquest? He’s mysterious. His personality “suddenly changed” leaving the option open that he was replaced and the Arundel that exists now is a fake. He’s intriguing but he’s still a piece of crap.

#45 – Dedue

Oh Dedue. I feel like Dedue is stuck playing the “victim” card but without looking for sympathy. He’s from Duscar so everyone looks down on him...and Dedue just takes it. He doesn’t try to defend himself or say that just because he’s from Duscar doesn’t mean he’s evil. He does nothing to try and change anyone’s opinions – he’s content to just sit and take it. But then he talks about wanting to have the world move past the tragedy….so which is it Dedue? In order to have it change, you need to actually DO SOMETHING!!!!

#44 – Thales

The weakest character of the main three. The game tells you almost nothing about Thales...and then you go and read the wiki and find out he’s Arundel….yeah mind telling us that game?! So he’s higher than Arundel.

#43 – Nemesis

Another evil character with no personality or real background. Why did he start his rampage? Was he manipulated or just evil? Who knows….

#42 – Judith

Judith has such a small role unless you’re playing VW. And in VW she’s a bit of a bitch who treats Claude as a misbehaving child even after he proves himself again and again.

#41 – Nader

AKA the Alymrian general you meet briefly in VW and in CF. He’s in for less than a few minutes and he appears to be jolly/happy and has the rep of being an undefeated general. I guess he’s alright. But with no real role I can’t bring myself to feel anything for him

#40 – Annette

When I first played I was on the fence with Annette. I sorta liked her determination and her drive to reunite her family. But then her singing started...and oh boy do I hate her singing. So many of her supports center around that annoying singing! Just STOP already, please! Also WTF is that blue “tab” in her PTS redesign that’s right on her butt? It’s the only one...

#39 – Ferdinand

Ferdinand’s personality is just...annoying. From his meme’d battle line to his constant talk of “being a noble” he just grates my nerves. And why does he act like this? Because his father is not and he’s trying to not be like his father and be a “good person”….

*The Low-End*

These characters are “eh” characters. They’re aren’t too good or too bad...but they lean more towards bad than good.

#38 – Kronya / Monica

This was an interesting idea. I just wish she had been more involved or usable. Like if you’re playing BE house, she becomes a playable member. Something to endear her a bit more other than “this other random character you rescued who acts suspiciously”. Let’s face it, we all knew something was up with her. And then she’s killed off so easily and quickly...

#37 – Cornelia

Okay, she’s a bit interesting and a manipulator. They weren’t afraid to give her an “ugly face”. She’s a schemer and not afraid to flaunt her assets to give her an advantage.

#36 – Alois

Eh. Alois. Loves jokes, very loyal. I guess he’s alright but he’s not spectacular and some of the jokes and just so so so so so so bad.

#35 – Ashe

Ashe is another character that I think lacked development. I mean he just gained a slight bit of confidence and purpose but he’s not one for much change. His personality over all is a bit bland: he likes stories about knights and is worried about his siblings. Oh and he used to be a thief.

#34 – Jeritza

Bland because he’s meant to be bland. His other personality is typical “killer knight”. What saves Jeritza is his support conversations where you get background and you realize why he’s the way he is.

*The Middle Ground*

These characters are right in the middle. Not great but not awful.

#33 – Ladislava

In every ending except CF, you only get to see her once but in CF you can chat with her and learn more about her. She’s the head of Edelgard’s person guard and its heavily implied she had next to nothing before this appointment. She’s fully loyal to Edelgard, even willing to die for her cause.

#32 – Flame Emperor

I listed this character separate since FE is an enigma. I actually liked the design of the FE and the whole mystery surrounding them.

#31 – Manuela

I’m...ambivalent about Manuela. She’s a drunken whiner at time and other time she turns into something sweet and reliable. She’s so worried about her age but she’s NOT that old. It’s a bit trope-y though...to have an older character all concerned about her age.

#30 – Jeralt

Jeralt’s a good dad character albeit a flawed one too. It’s a shame they didn’t give him any support conversations to flesh him out more. As it is most of what we learn about Jeralt comes from others.

#29 – Sothis

I don’t hate Sothis like most. She’s a bit bratty, yes but look at from her way – she’s got no memories, no recollections, and has found herself somehow stuck with this person. She tries to help out Byleth best she can, even if it sometimes leads to near disaster.

#28 – Gatekeeper

A nice wholesome character who always wants to help out and be useful. He’s a nice guy but suffers from lack of characterization.

#27 – Mercedes

First off, I dislike the “breathy” quality of her voice. She’s a very nice girl and very kind...but that’s about all there is to Mercedes...

#26 – Raphael

Ah, the big guy who loves to eat. He’s overprotective but not too overprotective of his little sister. He’s strong, interested in his muscles, and in getting stronger but it’s because he’s shouldering the responsible of taking care of his sister. Still he’s a bit trope-y.

#25 – Lindhardt

Lindhardt make up your dang mind! He talks about wanting to study crests but when he’s offered by two separate people to do just that he complains about how he’s being “tied down”. Really? His laziness and sleepiness also gets tired after a while.

#24 – Ignatz

Ignatz is a character who shows a lot of growth and goes from having no confidence in what he wants to do to finding his path. However Ignatz remains a pushover who gives in to whatever anyone advises even when he knows its wrong. It takes a long, long, long time for Ignatz to learn to have any say in himself...which is why he’s down here.

#23 – Solon

The most developed of the three main TWSITD characters. I feel his reveal as Tomas was ruined by the poorly executed Monica / Kronya earlier. However he was unexpected. Who expects the librarian? It would have been better if they didn’t have him as “suspect” in the whole Flayn is missing part through.

#22 – Randolph

You only really get to know Randolph in CF although he’s got a minor part in AS where we see that he truly cares for his sister and how he feels he must do this, even if he risks dying. In CF, we get to learn more about Randolph. He’s actually a step-uncle to Caspar through his mother marrying into the family. He has no power or clout so everything he earns is done by action. It’s a shame they killed him off so early.

#21 – Caspar

Caspar is a good character in several ways. He’s not depressed about not being the heir to his house and is motivated to find his own way. He knows he’s flawed and in his supports he tries to change only to learn that he’s better off following his own path. It’s his boisterous yelling and charging headfirst into danger is what I don’t like about him.

*The High Side*

These are characters I like. They’re not the best but I like them and can understand them.

#20 – Hilda

Ah Hilda. Hilda’s one of those characters that surprise you. Hilda starts off being this lazy character who doesn’t want to battle and doesn’t want to do chores. Not because she can’t do them, but just because she’s lazy. You see her trying to get out of things in her supports only to either feel guilty or wind up helping someone learn something. But I think where Hilda shines is in VW where she acts as Claude’s “advisor” and some of Claude’s best plans come from suggestions from Hilda. By then she’s come into her own. I also enjoy Hilda’s C support with Seteth greatly where he just lists all the excuses she’s given flat out as Hilda gets more and more nervous.

#19 – Claude

Claude made it up here due to his unprediacbility. Some of his plots/schemes are downright hillarious. Claude is unashamed of who he is and where he comes from – he knows who he is and who he wants to become. And, in a game riddled with characters who struggle with that very issues, Claude’s a bit of a breath of fresh air.

#18 – Fleche

Ah Fleche. She’s a very minor character but she’s got such an impact on the story in AM – this is what path we’re going to discuss. We first meet Fleche when she’s talking with Randolph, her brother, right before Randolph heads out on a mission that will ultimately end with his death. Instead of doing the typical thing for a young girl which is to cry, Fleche goes ‘nah’ and decides to take revenge. She disguises herself as a “maiden” and goes to try and join the Kingdom Army; she’s allowed to by Dimitri. Fleche bides her time and waits until after a big battle and then straight up goes and tries to murder Dimitri. She actually stabs him once and barely fails in her task of killing him. Against Dimitri, one of the strongest characters... a little girl.. Yeah, Fleche is kinda badass.

#17 – Miklan

Okay, so here’s another good sympathetic villain character. Miklan was born with no crest so he was looked down upon by his family. He was the first child however so his family kept him...at least until his brother Sylvain was born with a crest. Then Milan became “garbage” and useless in the eyes of his family and thus was disinherited. He lashed out against his brother multiple times. With no one on his side, Milkan became the leader of a group a bandits and began taking things he wanted, things he felt he should have had, by any means necessary. He later stole the heirloom lance from his family, intent of keeping it and its power for himself. While it’s true Miklan is not a nice person at all, more like a sadist, the reason he became that way was due the treatment of his family.

#16 – Dorothea

I am in the camp of the very few who like Dorothea’s second outfit better than her first – that dress is boss. Some of her supports are downright sweet and her interactions with Ingrid in their paralogue are just adorable. I love how we get to see so many different sides of Dorothea and how she treats each of her aquantinces with the side of herself that’s most appropiate.

#15 – Shamir

The silent Shamir. Unlike so many characters who talk and talk and talk, Shamir only speaks when necessary until she gets close to someone. Her skills are top-knotch, which is showcased in her supports. Her personality is a reflection of her work and the kind of jobs she does as well as her way of protecting herself. She’s mysterious and deadly.

#14 – Rhea

Oh Rhea. I’m often torn in the way I feel about her, going from understanding to becoming frustrated with her within the span of a single conversation. Her desire to see her mother is what drives everything she does – every single thing. She is 100% committed to trying to reach her goal, no matter the cost, and she’s been at it for almost an eon. Outside of that goal, what she’s doing she truly believes is the right thing. She’s trying to guide people towards the right path and away from conflict. She lets no one truly into her innermost thoughts, not even Seteth, and her emotions are all sequested away, so much so that when they do come out it becomes obvious. I mean, for anyone who thinks she’s nuts, let’s take a look at some of the trauma she’s gone through. Her beloved mother, whom she obviously cared for more than anything, was murdered and her body was used to make a weapon. Said weapon was then used to slaughter the vast majority of her brethern who were then in turn alos turned into weapons to be used to kill. She had to then fight the man who had killed her mother to reclaim what’s left of her body and to stop any more pointless killing. Yeah, Rhea’s had it rough.

#13 – Marianne

Ah, sweet Marianne. It was great to watch her change and grow based on her supports with the other characters. Her caring nature towards the animals, espcially the horses, was lovely – she even knows the names of a few of them (the only one to refer to the horses by name). I like how her PTS outfit reflects the changes she’s overcome – even the subtly of making her hair neater.

#12 – Catherine

Badass female knight with a legendary sword. She’s brash, not lady-like, and not afraid of anything really. The way she rushes into combat w/o a though for danger, the fact that she doesn’t try and hide her past from the person whom it affects the most, and her way of testing people. Catherine’s great.

#11 – Hubert

Juts missing the top 10 is loyal Hubert. I’ll admit I didn’t like Hubert at first but he grew on me bit by bit. Hubert’s S-Support with Byleth is like the cutest thing ever – I was not expecting it at all. This is loyalty done in a good way.

*The Summit*

The best characters in the game, IMO. These are the characters I love!

#10 – Petra

I got to admit, I like her not-perfect talking. That’s so much of Petra’s charm. Adding to that is how Petra’s always trying her best and trying to advance herself. She has modest goals she wishes to reach and doesn’t try and sell herself as better than she is. She’s always willing to learn and to help others. When there’s someone with a different opinion, Petra tries to understand why they feel the weay they feel and to try and find common ground.

#9 – Lysithia

Oh poor girl. Lysithia struggles with others seeing her as a child or too childish due to the fact that she’s younger than most of the students. She’s incredibly intellegent and throws herself into her studies. Both of these things lead to others teasing her, either playfully or actually. Instead of taking it stride, this ‘teasing’ causes her temper to show and erupt. She can’t tell them WHY she’s trying so hard, why she’s so desperate to achieve cause that would reveal her secret. She’s burrying all this hurt and anger deep inside that she can’t talk about because can understand what she went through (except perhaps Edelgard). And even though she knows she’s going to likely die soon, she’s not focused on her own life: she’s doing all she’s doing to try and help her family...

#8 – Sylvain

Sylvain quickly became one of my favorite blue lion boys. At first glance he looks like this degenerate womanizer...and then you learn abut him and why Sylvain is why he is. His father views him as a studhorse and that his crest is the only good thing about him; his father literally cannot see Sylvain as an actual person, just a way to further the family. Having a father like this and a brother who hates him for having been born with a crest has greatly shaped Sylvain. In order to have some semblence of himself, Sylvain began to act out, to do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING he could to not be what he was supposed to be. His father wanted a noble son; Sylvain did everything he could to not be that. This got him into trouble again and again but Sylvain didn’t care. Sylvain is willing to do things that make others look down upon him if it helps him try and escape from his life...

#7 – Bernadetta

Aw, Bernie. Bernie’s such a good girl. Based on what she went through, it’s amazing she’s even sane. Her father’s idea of parenting was tying her to a chair and forcing her to remain quiet and submissive for hours, to “teach her to be a good wife” which is the reason she turned into such a nervous wreck of shut-in. He resorted to beating to near death a boy she made friends with because he was a commoner, which terrified Bernie into not wanting to make friends at all. Bernie’s mom seemed to have a little sense and smuggled her out but this is only AFTER she allows this stuff to go on for years – YEARS. Bernie’s had years of psycological trama inflicted on her and then she gets thrust into a school surrounded by people whom she has to interact with. The poor thing. It’s a testament to her professors and friends to see how far Bernie has come; to watch her change and grow as she slowly comes around to adjusting to normality.

#6 – Ingrid

There is something incredibly entertaining about a lady knight who loves to gorge herself on food. Loving eating food is generally a character trait you see on guys (typically big guys like Raphael) so to see it on a chick is a good change of pace. Her whole no-nonsense strict attitude is a great contrast to that. She’s not girly or into very lady-like things such as dresses or makeup or tea parties. Ingrid is a guy’s soul in a girl’s body….and she’s amazing.

#5 – Felix

If you haven’t read the entry for Rodrigue (he’s #53 on this list) go read that first. After all that shit that Felix’s gone through, it’s amazing he’s even still standing and capable. He’s stewing with anger and grief that he’s never been able to work through and it manifests as anger and his stand-off attitude. Poor freaking Felix.

#4 – Flayn

Fishy Queen. I do not get the hate for Flayn. She’s been horribly oversheleted by Seteth in his attempts to protect her so it’s left Flayn a bit naive. Flayn’s usually very cheery and happy which is a bright light in the depressing war times. She’s also a quite capable mage, mainly with healing magic but she can also learn a good bit of reason magic too. Flayn is always trying her best while trying to fit in with the others – she’s over 1000 years old, mind you! It can’t be easy trying to fit in when you don’t understand and when a vast majorirty of those years were spent asleep. She was involved in an ancient battle where she was badly injured (Seteth blames it on her being too young) and requires sleep inorder to heal. Meanwhile everyone else she knew and lived with aside from Seteth was killed. She wakes up an everything she knew and just about everyone she knew is just...gone. Not only her beloved mother but any friends she had too are just gone. It’s no wonder she fears falling asleep when this is what happened. Her obession with fish? It’s Flayn’s coping mechanism for dealing with the loss of her mother. Flayn explains on numerous occassions that she spent lots of time sitting with her mother while she fished and that fish is her favorite food due “to no small part” of this pastime. Fishing and eating fish is Flayn’s way of remembering her mother and dealing with the fact that she’s no longer with her. Flayn’s supports are just great; they all develop her personality more. With Dimitri and Dedue, Flayn’s cooking is explored. Flayn can’t cook although she tries her best. With Dedue, Flayn tries to learn to cook better. With Dimitri, Flayn expresses her disdain that no one enjoys her cookings and how this wastes food, even when she tries her best. Obviously Flayn never cooked before – her mother did most of it. Now there’s no one in her family to cook so Flayn’s trying to learn to try and follow in her mom’s footsteps. With Ignatz and Manuela, Flayn’s exploring things she never has seen or done before: the opera for Manuela and paintings with Ignatz. In Claude’s and Lindhardt’s supports, Flayn sidesteps questions about her heritage and her crests. With Sylvain, we see how Flayn grows and learns to not trust the rumors others say. In Felix’s, she’s trying to help Felix find a purpose after the war ends that still allows him to use his sword. With Raphael’s it’s Flayn who’s being helped by Raphael as she tries to “grow stronger”; she even mentions how she’s frail and how this worries Seteth. And then there’s Ferdinand’s supports where it’s clear Flayn’s been starved of physical affections aside from Seteth. And their supports, between Seteth and Flayn, are a great progression between the two...Overall, I love little Flayn.

#3 – Lorenz

I like noble boy. I will admit, I hated his schooldays haircut with a burning passion...and then man on man did he become HOT pts. Winner of the best boy glow-up. A lot of Lorenz’s character flaws are the fault of his father. His father taught him that all that is important is being nobility and Lorenz ate it up, not knowing any better. His father instilled into him how he neeed to find a wife to further the family’s influence and thus how she must be a noble. This worked so well on Lorenz to the point that he willing to even give up someone he loves if they happen to be a commoner. Lorenz spends a lot of time trying to ‘interview’ girls to find his perfect noble bride, coming off as a bit on an ass – even when he’s confronted by Byleth he refuses to believe he’s done anything wrong since this is what his father taught him to do. It takes a long time until Lorenz starts seeing that he is wrong that what his father taught him is wrong. He starts using his own head and his own eyes to determine what is instead of using the opinion blasted into him by his father. He’s always trying to help other, feeling it’s his obligation as a noble to help those around him, which is a quality that he alone seems to take seriously (despite the school being filled with nobles). He originally dislikes Claude cause he believes that Claude isn’t taking his responsibility as the next Alliance head seriously since Claude is so laid back. He eventually comes to see that, despite appearances, Claude is working on the issues and is capable. His S support with Byleth where he mentions how he has "worked tirelessly to improve" "to become a man truly worthy of (Byleth)" and then is uttely shocked if Byleth tells him he already was worthy shows how dedicated he can be. With Ignatz, he instills confidence in him, seeing talent in Ignatz for art and talking about how there is more to knighthood than combat. His poetry writing comes out with Manuela’s supports and he convinces Hilda through actions to actually throw herself into battle. But I think his best supports are with Marianne. The vast majority of her supports are the others telling her to “be more confident” or “smile more” or other such things where they give her advice on how to improve...but Lorenz is the only one who comes to see that nothing needs to change. He starts by complementing her and then commenting on how she “needs polish” only to realize he was wrong and state she is “becautiful just the way she is”, accepting her fully for who she is without looking to change a thing. He is, essentially, telling her she is perfect the way she is and she doesn’t need to change at all for him to love her...which I find just so utterly sweet.

#2 – Edelgard

Edel gets a lot of hate but I honestly love her character so much. Edelgard is a doer not someone who sits by and does nothing. Due to things outside of her (and her father’s) control, she would up the victim in an experiment, a experiment that killed all of her siblings. Edelgard alone survived although at a cost. That experience forever changed her. Gone was the child and in her place rose Lady Edelgard. Unlike Lysithia who is dealing with her similar situation by trying to provide for her family before her time runs out, Edelgard isn’t. Her goal is the destruction of the circumstances that caused the experiment as well as those who caused the experiment to happen upon her so that this cannot happen again to anyone else. Since the experiment were done to give crests and since Edelgard has obviously seen how some children are treated whent hey have / do not have one, she aims to destroy all of that. Edelgard is literally stomping her foot down and saying ‘no, this isn’t a good or fair system and I’m not going to stand around and let it continue’. She’s willing to sacrifice everything to attain this goal, even if it turns her into a monster or ends in her death. Instead of waiting for the world to change, Edelgard decides to BE the change. She knows she’s going to be responsible for the deaths of a lot of people and she clearly struggles with the idea of this but in the end she decides that if she does nothing than that number will be greater so she persists. She burries her desire for friends and for love because she can’t bring herself to trust or rely on others – her father loved her but couldn’t protect her; the nobles in her father’s court are resonsible for hurting her too. They had her trust and they betrayed it. Her heart has been broken already; I don’t think she wants to risk it breaking again by trusting someone who will betray her, by making friends who can abandon her, by falling in love with someone who doesn’t understand what she’s doing. In CF when you side with Edelgard, you get to see more of that emotion slowly come out. Think on the PTS reunions: Dimitri was in disbelief and then apathetic that Byleth was alive; Claude was slightly surprised but then glad; Edelgard though broke down. Edelgard was the only one to get so emotional over Byleth’s return – someone she had trusted whom had returned that trust wasn’t dead after all; there wasn’t another corpse to add to the pile of people she cared for. And in that final animatic where Byleth falls – she’s clearly so upset. She’s crying, clearly devistated. Devistation which turns into laughter when Byleth revives because she can’t believe it. I stand by my opinion that Crimson Flower is the canon ending for FE3H. It’s the only ending where the endings song is different; all 3 other paths have the same song “Edge of Dawn” but not CF – you get something different. Add to that that EoD is sung by Edelgard. And let’s not forget the symbolism. The game is Fire Emblem. What’s a fire emblem? Crest of Flames. Who posess this crets out of the main cast: Byleth & Edelgard. And in CF you unite. Also notice the same letters. Crimson Flower (CF) & Crest of Flames (CF). That’s not a coincidence.

#1 – Seteth

I honestly could fill pages on why I love Seteth as a character but for here I’ll try and keep it shortish. I’ll start with his supports. Seteth’s supports are all about his advice to the others and him trying to guide them. For Cyril, he’s talking about how it’s great to repay debts but it is also important to consider one’s future as well; he doesn’t want to see Cyril just waste his whole life in servitude to Rhea but rather to grow into his own. With Catherine, it’s concern over her safety, over how she throws herself into battle without care for the consequences. For Manuela, it starts with a lecture over her drinking habits but turns into something far more personal when his wife and daughter get mentioned. Outside of the paralogue, this is the only time an outside person gets to learn that Seteth even had/has a wife and daughter and it’s Manuela who gets told it, implying a deeper friendship. Hannerman’s involves his investiagtion of Seteth’s crest and how Seteth is constantly refuting him, obviously trying to protect himself and Flayn from others finding out the truth. With Leonie, he teaches her how to relax while fishing while she improves his own skills in the area. For Hilda, he’s trying to improve her work ethic first by confronting her about her excuses, and then by writing a story about her laziness...which does work somewhat as it gets her to work on illustrations. For Ingrid, he’s a voice of reason about the demands of her father and he’s the one who suggests that Ingrid simply talk to him about her issues, something which she didn’t consider. For Felix, he’s trying to help Felix realize his beliefs are holding him back and that he needs to make friends. With Bernie, he helps her build some confidence in her own skills and talents. And of course we can’t forget his interactions with Flayn where he goes from overly protective, to realizing he’s a bit too overbearing, to actual apologizing for that. Seteth acts as a conduit or a spark that helps inspire change in those around him, to wake up potential, or to see things differently. He’s strict and often seems somewhat unreasonable about rules and regulations but its obvious this is his way of trying to protect people. He’s shouldering massive guilt over the events that happened in the last war. He personally blames himself for Flayn being hurt and for his wife dying. This event spurred him on to becoming overprotective of his daughter, of the only thing he had left. Seteth is doing what he’s doing to PROTECT his child (unwilling to see her to come to harm), even if he’s going about it in the incorrect way. He has literally devoted his whole life to protecting Flayn to the point that when she gets kidnapped, he falls apart at the seams and is unable to do anything at all except despair and distress. Flayn has become his whole world and just about everything Seteth does is to protect her or help her. That kind of devotion from a father is incredible, especially in a series where most of the parents kinda suck. I also adore how he breaks the typical “paper-skinned mage” trope. Let’s face it, most of us probably thought the stern chuch advisor was likely going to be a mage – and then we get a wyvern rider with a lance. I could go on and on, but I’ll leave it here. Seteth is just the best character.

...this was 18 pages of writing.....

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Three Houses Characters as seen by @yeetx4

Byleth: Strong, Very Intimidating, Is actually a softie.

Edelgard: Level 1 Peasant => Level 50 Empress. Probably has a Male consort. Mpreg kid

Hubert: Snape 2.0 grumpy professor Edgar Allen Poe looking ass. Is probably happy MCR reunited

Ferdinand: Soft baby prince. Named Lance. Goofy

Lindhardt: Friend of Lance. Confused for a girl. Constantly flirted with. Has to keep Lance in line.

Caspar: Pre time skip: Trying to cosplay MHA. Baby Post-time skip: Looks like Sonic

Bernadetta: Babey: Level 1 Peasant => Level 50 empress. Grew up on the street. Doesn’t talk. Loves friendship. Standard anime girl.

Petra: Queen. Tsundere. Strong Independent WomanTM. Cool post timeskip hair

Dorothea: Catgirl. Big personality.

Dimitri: Pre-Timeskip: *laughter* is this Seto Kaiba? Hates the main character for no reason. Probably has a little sibling that they hate. Probally says: Then Perish or Begone Thot, Rich

Post-Timeskip: Looks like Miral & Lucio. Feral Boy. Ratman. Very sad. Kingdom fell. Looking for honor. Living in the woods. Disowned

Dedue: Supporting advisor for MC. Probably and Uncle or Dad to the MC. Dad energy.

Felix: *oooo* pretty boy. Used to work for MC. Chaotic neutral. Can’t tell if I trust him or not. Looks like Sebastian from black butler

Ashe: Childhood friend of MC. Seperated for a bit. rouge agent. neutral good. very baby. good fighter. maybe a spy.

Sylvain: Another Babey. The friendly rival of the MC. They are really close. “As much as love and adore you, I’m gonna kick your ass”. Turns into a general or knight.

Mercedes: *groans* oh dear. Pre-Timeskip: Anime mom. She looks like she’s sick. Strong mom vibes. Very sweet. Post-Timeskip: Something bad happened to her. “Then Perish”

Annette: Begins as baby. Has an older brother figure. Constantly underestimated. Does something cool when she grows up. Childish. Remains baby. Probably religious.

Ingrid: Probably the child of a priest or a noble. Hangs out in the library. Disney Princess. An interpreter or diplomat.

Claude: Oh I’ve seen him before. Really pretty boy. Pre-Timeskip: Noble. From another country. Goofy

Post-Timeskip: Becomes a pirate. Chaotic good.

Lorenz: Oh dear. Looks like he’s the head of the propaganda machine in Ba Sing Se. Snape 2.0. Had a psychotic break post time skip. Nice guy TM. Insults women.

Raphael: Soft bear vibes. Has a daughter or wife he cherished. Blacksmith/Carpenter. “why is his shirt so tight” Post Timeskip: Soldier or Blacksmith.

Ignatz: Soft baby. Advisor vibes. Friend of the MC. Keeps the MC in line and teachers her stuff. Low-key dad energy. Librarian friend.

Lysithea: Looks like she could kill you and will. Uncontrollable. She learns manners as she gets older. Acts as a spy.

Marianne: You know how sometimes there is a prince/good girl who meets a rouge with a tragic backstory. Works as a spy/assassin. Gets more chill and stable. Helps out the MC.

Hilda: Toga? Doesn’t give crazy vibes. Something is vaguely unsettling about here. There is something not right about her. Low-key tsundere.

Leonie: OOOOO. Probably an archer. Wasn’t taken seriously as a kid. Trying to get people’s attention so that people will know what she’s doing. Very good gal. Says “fuck it, I’ll do what I want.”

Seteth: Leader energy. All about rules. Professor. Has a daughter whom he loves. Doesn’t constantly talk about her. Looks serious but isn’t

Flayn: Daughter of Seteth. Powerful healer. Loves flowers and rabbits. Super OP. Soft-spoken.

Hannerman: Professor. People think he’s evil. Not that bad. Possibly the principle. Posh and has an accent “pip cheerio, want some tea”

Manuela: Definitely a MILF. Reminds me of Midnight from MHA. Kind of strict but also a little crazy. Probably flirts with Seteth.

Gilbert: oh dear. very serious. a librarian or a priest. not bad, just has RBF

Alois: Nice dude. He adopts every child that he sees. Uncle energy. Really strong and respects women.

Catherine: Ursa from fairy tales vibes. Absolute queen and unit. 

Shamir: Related to Felix.  hard to get a read on.

Cyril: Tragic past. Had a huge family. Knows everyone. Meets a general who inspires him to join the army. Is an archer, kinda serious. Doesn’t talk

Jeralt: Rouge king. Maybe a bit barbaric. A known and feared soldier/warrior. Probably still friendly. He has a son who he wants to become the next king.

Rhea: She seems nice and gentle but she’s probally nuts.

Sothis: God’s a literal child. Chaotic child god. is a gazillion years old. no one takes her seriously. could probally destroy the world. stays in heaven because she fears what she’s created

[jfkladybug]

Inspired by “Mean Girls” on broadway

Rough lyric parody of “Meet the Plastics” under cut. I can imagine wither Claude/Hilda singing this to Byleth or Manuela/Hannerman

I worked too hard on this Black Eagles piece being a Golden Deer

We call those three ‘The Empire’

They’re noble, young, and strong,

They planning a church takeover

And claim Rhea is wrong

Edelgard von Hresvelg is next in line

She may be small but can wield an axe better than anyone

We’re all just wondering when she’ll snap

That’s Hubert von Vestra 

He’ll do anything to protect his emperor

That’s why he looks so dead- he never sleeps

That’s Ferdinand von Aeiger

The dumbest person you’ll ever meet

He thinks saying his name is the same as “hello”

[legendsoffodlan]

Byleth Says Something Stupid

*This is based on my actual original theories on the game when I did my first playthrough*

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“I’m pretty sure she’s my mother.”

Catherine looked up, feeling as though she’d been punched in the gut. She had been complaining to the Professor, trying to figure out why Lady Rhea favored them so much and they had just blurted out that sentence.

“I’m sorry, what?” asked Catherine.

Byleth shrugged. “I’ve got no evidence but it makes sense to me. My father was a Captain under her command, she couldn’t raise me because she was Archbishop, and dad faked our deaths so she wouldn’t have to choose. It would also explain why he didn’t want to come back so badly, it must be nothing but heartache for him.”

Catherine blinked. It was crazy. And yet... it made a twisted sort of sense. “Of course!” she exclaimed. “That’s why she gave a Professorship to some random twenty-something with no prior experience or even any knowledge of the Church! You’re her child!”

“Again, I have no proof.” said Byleth, but Catherine was already convinced.

“Damn, nepotism. Why didn’t I think of that before!.” Catherine chuckled and walked off, reassured that she had earned her place by Rhea’s side properly.

-

“Impossible!” cried Alois.

Catherine snorted. She, Shamir, and Alois were out for drinks and she had broken the news of her discovery. They had had... mixed reactions.

“Lady Rhea would never break her oaths like that! It’s blasphemy!” cried Alois.

Shamir rolled her eyes. “Oh come on Alois. Seiros herself got around, are we really gonna blame Lady Rhea for one little infidelity.”

Alois blanched and Catherine broke in. “Yup, all the stories agree. Seiros “blessed” men and women with her love. What’s that say to you? I’ve read a couple legends that called her “Guillotine-Hips Seiros.” True story”

Shamir groaned. “Those were fanfictions written by horny students, Catherine.”

Catherine waved her had dismissively. “Details.”

Alois slumped in his seat. “I can’t believe it. The Captain and Lady Rhea. And yet... it makes so much sense!”

Catherine nodded. “Yup, and now that I know Lady Rhea’s got a type, I gotta start growing a beard.”

Meanwhile, outside, Claude von Riegan listened with a dawning expression of relaization.

“Gods... it makes so much sense!”

-

Claude ended up telling the Deer, Lorenz ended up telling Ferdinand who told the Black Eagles, and from there the word spread to the Blue Lions. Soon all of Gareg Mach “knew” that Byleth was the child of Lady Rhea. Reactions were wildly mixed.

“AS IF THE PROFESSOR COULD BE ANY MORE UNATTAINABLE!” sobbed Edelgard and Dimitri to their respective retainers.

“And then Lady Rhea and Jeralt went to the Goddess Tower and-” wrote Annette in her fanfiction journal.

“Yeah, is this hair dye guaranteed to make my hair match the Archbishop’s?” asked Leonie of Anna.

“Welp, guess I’ve gotta kidnap Captain Jeralt and force him to confess his love to Lady Rhea.” sighed Cyril.

"BWHAHAHAHAHA!” laughed Solon and Thales.

-

“You realize you have no one to blame but yourself for this.” said Seteth as he poured another whiskey for Rhea.

“Oh I’m well aware of that Seteth.” growled Rhea. “The worst part is I can do nothing about it! If I publicly deny it the it will look like I’m just trying to spread a cover-up.

Seteth sighed. “They... uh... they aren’t, are they? Your child?” asked Seteth.

Rhea glared at him. “Of course not you blundering half-wit!” she roared at him. She quickly became sullen again. “They’re Sitri’s. I’m almost certain of it.”

“Ah.” said Seteth. “So... what shall we do?”

Rhea sighed. “I don’t know. All I do know is that Sitri will likely be waiting for me with a rusty carving knife in the afterlife when I finally buy the farm.”

-

Jeralt couldn’t have been more confused. He’d gotten back from his mission, only to be met with a mixture of pity, anger, and envy from everyone he met. That Sylvain kid had come up and begged him to “teach him his secrets”, and a sobbing Marianne had tried to shank him for “soiling her holiness’s honor”. What in the Hell’s was going on?!

“Captain.” said Hannerman as he passed him in the Halls. Oh thank the Goddess, finally someone sensible he could talk to.

“Hannerman, what’s going on? That Cyril kid just tried to catch me in a snare.” asked Jeralt.

Hannerman sighed. “Ah, yes, that. Well, he’s having an interesting reaction to finding out about your child.”

Jeralt frowned. “Byleth? What about them?”

“Well... the identity of their mother you see.” he said.

Jeralt felt his blood freeze in his veins. How?! How could they know Byleth was Sitri’s child!? He’d been so careful!

Hannerman continued to talk. “I just want you to know that no one here is going to judge you. We understand. Lady Rhea is a beautiful woman, and she is still as human as you or I, and of course-”

“Woah, woah, woah! What’s this about Rhea?!” cried Jeralt.

Hannerman frowned. “Why, that she’s dear Byleth’s mother of course.”

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“BRRAAAATTTT!”

[thornvows]

gonna throw out a simple ship bias in case anyone’s interested !  this is all for romantic ships bc i’m always in for platonic and antagonistic stuff.

god tier: all of the black eagles, marianne, hapi, constance the vibes have to be right: sylvain, felix, ingrid, yuri thank you but no: byleth, manuela, hannerman, dimitri, anyone else who’s an adult or kid while dorothea was a student i’m down if you are: the rest of the students