#thinking of his support chain with frederick in particular

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Thoughts on the Jagen Club (FEH-centric)

So I drafted this last year, when I started playing with “Depression Meals” and then “This Could Be Us,” then sat on it for about a year. The rundown on Gharnefs compiled by @airlock inspired me to finish this up and get it out because it ain’t doing me any good sitting in my drafts, is it? This basically just served as my initial round of impressions on how FE Heroes was treating my beloved class of “veteran horsey-type knights” aka Jagens and why the Heroes representation inspired me to write crack ‘fic and less cracky explorations of the gang.

So, here goes...

Jagen: Good Grandpa

Jagen rocks. No, seriously, I love this guy and I love what Heroes did with him visually and character-wise (unit-wise... well, none of these are top-tier units and we will leave it at that). See, one gets the feeling Jagen's had a really good life up to at least late middle age. He came from a small but prosperous kingdom where life was good, he served a worthy king, and basically he's got joie de vivre animating him even in his obvious old age.

(This is one reason I kind of view Jagen as the actual ideal knight in FE. If you're a young knight and you end up like him, good on you. You end up like some of these others, my condolences. Kids like Roderick and Silas should take note.)

He's not that complex-- just a good-hearted old warhorse stomping around to prove he can keep up with the colts. My favorite line is probably the one he uses for a bad level-up, though-- a bracing shot of self-contempt: “I have dishonored my rank and my country.”  

Gunther: Bad Grandpa

He looks like Axe Jagen. Past middle age, thinks himself as a parent-figure to his liege Corrin, offers to chat over tea. But unlike Jagen, his kingdom's a mess, his life is shot through with tragedy (the scar on his face is, as usual, representative of more than skin damage), and Gunther lets it all hang out during one of his specials quotes: “I will have my revenge!” That and the line “My armor has known...so much blood” hints that there’s more to this guy than tea parties. So what’s the deal with Gunther? Uh... depends on which route(s) of Fates you played. Heroes doesn’t really pick a “side” as far as Gunther goes so IDK look up Revelation on a wiki I guess. It’s wild.

But the way he presents himself is quite engaging! Would have tea with, etc.

Titania: Team Mom

Confident and chatty Titania is the resident ray of sunshine among veteran horsey-riders. She’s happy to take up menial tasks because they gotta be done, but she’s definitely working for a cause on a level beyond “money talks” or even abstract honor. She’s into training, but for the stated reason that practice and being on top of one’s game keeps one alive, and Titania is very, very invested in everyone staying alive. Training isn’t a quirk so much as it is part of her overall practical and constructive approach to life and duty... though there are a couple of hints that Titania’s beginning to feel her age (she’s like, 30!).

And then we get her Valentine’s alt, Warm Knight Titania, who keeps the practical “money can’t buy happiness” approach to life but is very obviously all wrapped up in the feelings for her Commander that went unspoken during his lifetime... and the prospect of a second chance thanks to all these alternate timelines colliding.

Overall just as Jagen IMO represents a damn good representation of an ideal knight at the end of the road, Titania-- despite or perhaps because she quit being an actual knight-- is a beautiful integration of Duty and Training and Covert Romantic Feelings and Familial Affection without coming down too hard on any one element.

Frederick: Wacky Uncle

As a 3DS-era character there's not much surprising about Frederick for anyone who's played Awakening. Endearingly voiced by Kyle Hebert, Freddy adores his lord Chrom and hates disorder and bear meat. He’s got an alt, summoned from a beach vacation, who is obsessively cleaning up seashells and confessions to “sinning” by which he apparently means taking a break.

I admit to holding a subversive view of Frederick in that his zeal to be a great knight is undermined by all of his tics and quirks and that's part of why he and everyone else ended up dead in the original timeline-- and Heroes doesn't change my mind on that point. His fixation on clearing the garden weeds and rising early to pick up pebbles sound less like doing the menial tasks that somebody’s gotta do and more like make-work that Frederick does because something compels him to. Still, Frederick's rocking so much joie de vivre of his own that it's impossible to not like the guy. The man likes what he does, what can I say?

Still should’ve had “Pick a god and pray” in his arsenal of voiced lines somewhere.

Finn: Hot Mess #1

When Finn-- the only member of this crew whose home games never came out worldwide-- hit FEH I remember one Redditor snarking that they didn’t understand why other fans were so excited about another Frederick-style “lapdog” character. Finn indeed presents as the latest model number of “stoic and dutiful knight” on the surface... and then the trauma, debilitating melancholy, and lack of self-preservation leaks out line by line (and given two of these tell-tale lines are at 1* rarity, it’s meant to be obvious).

His identity is all wrapped up not just in some conception of being a knight but in his lance (a gift from his late lord Quan, of course)-- an object, a tool. He's at least two decades younger than Jagen (and Gunter), but whereas the old guys are determined to prove they've got life in them yet, Finn's past caring if he survives the next battle. Unlike Titania, he’s not fondly reminiscing about the happy little moments raising his adolescent liege Leif or his “daughter”/ ward Nanna. He’s not interested in pulling weeds or doing the laundry-- he’s anxious to know the layout of the castle in case it gets torched... when he’s not obsessively repairing that lance, that is. He’s got zero quotes on the value of training compared to least three indicating he's fine with ending up dead. So yeah, Finn’s basically Antimatter Titania.  Meanwhile he’s voiced to sound about twenty years older than he looks, which seems to be deliberate for both NoJ and NoA.

Finn’s more like a cautionary tale to the Rodericks and Silases of the world-- sure, you can be this guy, but who’d want to be? He sure looks pretty in his attack art though...

Seth: Hot Mess #2

Ooh, boy. Seth has what's arguably the greatest storyline scene FEH has afforded a supporting character in all of Book I... possibly in all the mainline Heroes chapters. It evokes his rebuke to Ephraim in Eph's version of Ruled By Madness and it's awesome. But the Seth we get in Heroes is a very... intriguing... look at what's underneath the shiny surface of the Silver Knight. There’s some Training stuff, a sense the man has Opinions but is struggling to stay in his place, a reference to the wound he got from Valter and an admission he’s not fun to be around. And then it gets a bit weird.

“Do not trouble yourself over my well- being. I would play the pawn gladly, would it bring us victory.“

He isn't just unattached to his own survival the way Finn is, Seth is actively advising the Summoner to keep enough distance to make it easier for them to send Seth to die. Repeatedly. Maybe the pain of his half-healed wound is driving him mad, maybe he's afraid unspoken feelings for Eirika will turn him to the dark side, but Seth is kinda messed up. And whereas honestly every iffy thing about Finn was already there in the Jugdral games and their side materials, Seth’s FEH presentation came as a shock to me and I’ve seen it flat-out called “Out of Character” elsewhere. The hint of a playful side from his support chain with Natasha, for instance, is nowhere to be found here. It’s odd and kind of compelling and yet not terribly likable, in my opinion. Frederick needs to chill and Finn needs a hug (and probably some anti-depressants), but Seth... I dunno. He needs friends, maybe? Cormag when.

“I answer destiny's call!” is a damn good line, though.

Bonus Clive and Mathilda (The Lovebirds): 

The Legendary Knight and her Idealistic boyfriend are not technically Jagens (that’s Mycen, subverting the archetype almost as soon as it was established), but they’re veteran cavalier/paladin types in their late 20s, likely of an age with Seth and Frederick at least and not many years younger than Titania and Finn. So, how do they measure up personality-wise? 

Clive and Mathilda have the advantage that their Heroes incarnations hit at virtually the same time their FE15 selves did, so there's not as much revelatory about them. Same VAs (Grant George is fantastic), consistent designs, consistent personalities. Clive struggles a bit with his dilemmas from FE15 and has a hilarious line where he’s taking care of his own horse because the Order of Heroes apparently has no staff (for the record, he says he enjoys caring for the horse). Mathilda meanwhile has a couple of quotes about her love for Clive and quite a bit about her concerns regarding Clive’s sister Clair. They’re not very extreme personalities-- even Titania, well-rounded as she is, comes across as more extreme than Clive & Mathilda thanks to her open zeal for life. I’m not quite sure how they’d come across to someone who hadn’t played FE15, as the nature of Clive’s doubts in particular are merely hinted at here. 

They’re good supporting characters but there’s a reason my Jagen-club stories don’t use them as focal points.

Not available: Mycen, Arran, Oifey, Marcus... after two damn years.

[heroic-euphoria]

Together // Fem!Robin x Sumia

Together

Pairing(s):  F!Robin & Chrom (mentioned), F!Robin & Sumia

Word Count : 1513

Synopsis : When Robin is left to bear the burden of being Queen of Ylisse by herself, Sumia stays by her side as unwavering support. 

// This is the first time I’ve written a girlxgirl fanfiction in years. I’m really not good at writing women couples, and it’s something I want to practice. I’ve never written for Sumia before, so I’m not sure about the characterization. This will be part of a one-shot series of F!Robin x Female Shepherds, but I want to write a few more pieces before I post it to AO3. Feel free to let me know what you think or send in drabble requests. :)

The world came crashing down on her.

A smile, a touch of the hand, the fresh linen of their shared bed.

All of it was left for her to relinquish to the past in her grief.

The news had traveled through the chain of command quickly. Frederick was the one to bear the news, but nothing could rid him of the look on her face when he gave it. It would haunt him for the rest of his days, though he was quite wary of her at first. Since she was now his superior, it plagued him with guilt.

The leader of the Halidom, Chrom, had fallen in battle. Once thought an untouchable beacon of hope and prosperity, his image of resilience was snuffed out in a second. Those left to pick up the pieces were the Shepherds, his Queen, and his sister.

Robin was distraught. The weight of the kingdom fell on her in a second. She had to tend to the people, even though she was wrought to the bone with her misery. The Shepherds offered to shoulder some of the burden, but there was one individual in particular that was more dedicated than anyone else.

Sumia.

She was a resilient presence at Robin's side. She shouldered her when nobles stared, she fetched whatever Robin wished for, most times without Robin even asking. She was a diligent friend, and some of her tendencies mimicked Frederick's, though Robin was too preoccupied to notice.

It had been just over three months since Robin was left alone. She sat at her desk, staring at papers absentmindedly with her palm on her cheek. She fiddled with the fabric of her dress, the loosely fitted fabric soft against her skin. In her grief, she had denied coming to terms with what was presenting itself before her. She couldn't deny it any longer.

Sumia opened the door. Robin glanced up at her and smiled weakly, beckoning her to sit across from her at the desk. Sumia's boots clicked against the floor, her posture gentle as she sat in the plush chair facing the window behind Robin.

"How are things going?" Sumia whispered, her voice calm and reassuring. Robin exhaled, already comforted by her presence.

"Alright." Robin sighed. She bit her lip. "Sumia, there's something you should know. Well, everyone should. But, I want you to know first."

Sumia furrowed her brows and nodded. "Alright."

"I...I..." Robin began, her breath fleeting. A tear slipped down her cheek and she wiped it away. "I'm pregnant."

Sumia's eyes widened. She glanced around the room, her gaze nervous and surprised. She straightened her posture in the chair. Robin wiped more tears away.

"I've denied the symptoms for a long time. I couldn't bring myself to think...to think I was carrying Chrom's child. But, there's no question now."

"Robin..." Sumia exhaled. She looked at her friend, wiping the dampness off her cheeks. Robin flushed.

"Gods..." Robin sobbed. "I can't do this, Sumia. I-I can't!"

Sumia nodded, a determined look in her eyes that wasn't reflected in her pensive, sorrowful expression. "No. You can and you will," she said.

Robin buried her face in her hands. Sumia sighed and rose, walking to the other side of the desk. Her hand caressed Robin's shoulder. There was silence in the room, aside from Robin's stifled cries.

"This is a blessing, Robin," Sumia said, her voice soft and caring. "He lives on in the child you share together."

"How do I parent a child of his alone?" Robin wiped her eyes again, leaving a burning sensation along her skin.

"You won't be alone." Sumia paused. "I'll be here with you."

"No, Sumia. This is not your burden to bear."

"But I will bear it."

Robin glanced at her. "Why?"

Sumia shook her head, her curls swaying from side to side. "Because I want to."

-0-

The months passed. Sumia never left Robin's side, and through the troubles and the time ticking away, they grew closer. Many a noble noticed the two had quickly become inseparable, and when a fellow noble would approach the Queen to press overbearing questions, Sumia was the one to quickly push them away. Lissa noticed, and she was thankful that Robin was able to confide in another through the harsh months. Finally, the day had come for the heir of the late king to be born.

Robin tossed on the bed. One hand was clutching at her hair, the other Sumia's hand. She squeezed, though it was weak. Sweat beaded down her neck as the pain intensified.

"I can't do this," Robin cried softly, tears on her cheeks.

"You're doing fine," Sumia said. "Remember, deep breaths."

"I'm scared to meet this child."

"Don't be. Chrom would be so happy, you know that."

"He's been gone for so long it seems." Robin wiped her forehead. "This is reminder of all we've lost."

"It is a beacon of hope!" Sumia stressed, though her voice was still gentle. "He lives on, Robin, all because of what you both shared together."

"It hurts...to remember..." Robin sighed through her clenched teeth.

Sumia ran her fingers through Robin's hair. "I know. I'm sorry I can't take that hurt away."

At dawn, the cries of a newborn echoed throughout the room. Once the small child was cleaned off, the baby girl was fitted into Robin's arms. When she laid eyes on the child, she broke down into a sob. Sumia was still at her side. She closed her eyes to contain the upset brimming in them. She had to be strong for her, no matter what.

"Lucina..." Robin mumbled. "You look just like your father."

-0-

A month passed since the heir, Lucina, had been born. Robin found joy in her newborn, a blessing that Chrom had unknowingly left behind for her. She wished every day that he could be there with her and their child, but those thoughts didn't do much to help her through the days. However, there was one person at her side, the same person that had stuck by her throughout it all.

Sumia opened the window in the nursery to let the spring breeze in. She looked out at the capital beyond, her face peaceful and content with the welcoming of the pleasant weather. Robin put Lucina down in her bassinet after feeding her. Her heart was throbbing with words she had within her unsaid, words that made her heart flutter, yet plagued her with guilt at the same time. Robin combed a stay piece of hair behind her ear and walked up to Sumia at the window.

"It's such a beautiful day, isn't it?" Sumia said, her smile bright.

"Of course." Robin nodded.

"What's on your mind? You seem down."

"I feel so guilty."

Sumia furrowed her brows. "Goodness, Robin! What about?"

"I..." Robin swallowed her tears. "I found comfort in another, a type of comfort that I had only ever found before in him. And, I don't want to leave him behind!"

"Robin..." Sumia bit her lip, her cheeks flushed. "You won't ever leave him behind. He'll always be with you. If you find comfort in another, you should confide in it. I'm sure he would want them to do what he can't."

"Sumia, you've stuck by me throughout everything. I appreciate it more than you know. It was not your burden to bear, not your path to struggle through, yet you were there. I know it wasn't easy to watch the birth of his child, especially since I'm the mother."

"Huh?" Sumia exhaled, a stressed expression on her face. "It was a pleasure to see Lucina born. It wasn't easy knowing her father wasn't there for it, but, I'm proud of you for staying strong. You're a great mother, Robin."

"So are you," Robin said, a blush on her cheeks. "You've all but taken on the title of parent. You have looked after Lucina as a mother just as much as I have."

Sumia blushed. "I've only done what I can to help."

"Yes, but what we have together is so much more." Robin paused. "Isn't it, Sumia?"

"W-Well..."

"I..I care for you, Sumia. I want to be able to take care of you as you do me." Robin bit her lip. "I love you."

Sumia stiffened, her cheeks red. "I know I can never fill the void in your heart, Robin. But, maybe, we can face the times ahead together. I hope that Chrom could see us and approve of our feelings, and I hope that I do the best by his daughter."

"Our feelings?"

"Yes. I love you too, Robin."

Robin reached for Sumia's hand and held it. "I think he would approve. Like you said, he'd want us to do what he couldn't. You are not obligated to take on the role of parent, Sumia."

"But I want to." Sumia smiled. "I can't be her father, but together, we can ensure she grows up with two loving adults with her, supporting her and caring for her."

"Thank you, Sumia." Robin sniffled, kissing her on the cheek. "Thank you."

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