#which chrom/olivia and chrobin cannot say

[fushigidane]

going to ramble about this one actually

(almost) all of chrom's supports are decent but i do think maribelle's is a cut above the rest if for nothing else than it using maribelle's intense blush portrait. these two being together makes SENSE. maribelle deserves to be lissa's sister-in-law it's perfect

but more than chrom/maribelle as a singular i love what this does for their kids. maribelle would commission lucina a whole wardrobe with clothing that cannot be mismatched to ensure lucina never inflicted her horrible dress sense upon anyone, and because it's from her mother, lucina would innocently love the gesture. chrom would definitely encourage brady's self-expression behind maribelle's back MUCH to her chagrin and ruin all her (and the castle staff's) etiquette teachings.

the in-game interactions are really good too.....

there's maribelle in the lucina reveal chapter:

Maribelle: All right, Maribelle. Be calm, and handle this like a true woman of good breeding… Or just punch him in his cheating lying face! Grrr…

AND

Maribelle: This is Lucina's pattern... Chrom: You see now? Maribelle: No! I DON'T! Did someone kidnap our daughter and...and...and ENLARGE her?

(i adore maribelle with all my heart)

NOT TO MENTION this iconic brady recruitment:

Chrom: Your father is a swordsman? Brady: None of your damn business, dog! Chrom: Do you always speak this way to Ylissean royalty? Brady: I am Ylissean royalty! Chrom: ... What? Brady: ... Huh?

(chrom saying after he's proud brady chose to be a healer means so much to me)

another thing i appreciate: in both brady's paralogue and her dialogue with lucina in future past 3, maribelle is like "don't cry bc a) it's unbecoming and b) you'll make ME cry too" then starts sobbing

this pairing makes me wish there was a lord class with staff access in awakening bc lucina with a white magic flavour... so good... what must i do to give luci some staves and the book of naga and have her go ham. what price must i pay. (also, at the very least, LISSA deserves this hypothetical class....)

feeling like: the only chrom/maribelle enjoyer

[pegasusknightsonly]

which ship fans are the most annoying?

it has to be chrobins just for the combination oversaturation + victim complex. any group which takes on the attitude that their opponents are both impossibly strong (intsys forced sumia down peoples throats as chrom's canon wife bc they either hate strong women or are homophobic, your pick) and absurdly weak (every reference to chrom and robin knowing each other or being friends is a secret nod to the fact that its Actually Their Canon Relationship) is just kind of unpleasant to be around. however the frobin chrobins and the mrobin chrobins are at constant war with each other and its the funniest thing in the world. davide they hate each other so much. they cannot just be happy with what they have while ive been over here in the f/f trenches trying to get people to care about sully/sumia for nine years

what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

i have to limit my exposure to fandom gerome and fandom inigo or i will go "chimp mode" and scare my neighbours. it sucks. both of these characters fanon selves are lifted straight from the pages of the BL you read when you were 14 that you vaguely remember as being ok and then revisit as an adult and think "wait i was just 14 , i didnt know i could have problems with this". gerome and inigo fans are doing a gravitation upon them except without any self-awareness or sense of humour or even passing references to fea itself

common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

my dislike for the argument that olivia is chroms best wife is pretty well documented atp but i want to shout out to the awakening-specific way that people will accuse each other of deliberately overhyping units due to them being their waifus. when anyone mentions sumia's bases (good) growths (excellent) and class potential (literally everything she could possibly want) in unit discussions there will be a pile on in the comments about how shes so overrated and overhyped. firstly i dont know if she can be when there are this many detractors secondly i dont know how much i trust the opinion of someone who played hard mode once over someone who plays no grind luna+ for fun THIRDLY these same people will argue to death that actually tharja is amazing and the best unit in the game. tharja on recruitment has 5 skill and 3 luck. i think shes absolutely fine but its so disingenous to say shes incredible when she has no hit

i also think cordelias base str and def trick people into thinking shes a straight upgrade on sumia when thats not how awakening works and wont actually help her long term. its amazing that cordelia is the first ever fe unit with 60% spd growth who can still get speed screwed!

[sakumosowainthirst]

SakuMo’s Fire Emblem Headcanons that No One Asked For: Parents Edition

So I’ve been working on my birthday fic for Owain’s birthday on July 15th, and since I’m setting it in post-Revelation canon, particularly visiting Ylisse, it means I’m going to be touching on a few parentage ships that are my own headcanons, so I thought making a post about it would be fun.  :D  I'll be focusing on the ones that will likely come up in the fic I'm working on.

Lisstahl/Stahl!Owain

I’ve referenced this a few times before in my fics.  Stahl comes from a family of apothecaries, and his supports with Lissa center around finding a rare potion ingredient for his brother, who took over the family business.  Lissa finds it, and they have a conversation about their older brothers using them for stuff.  Lissa actually chastises Stahl for letting his brother take advantage of his kindness, though Stahl is easy-going about it.  I like to think that happens a lot in their marriage; Stahl is overly helpful and Lissa has to stick up for him sometimes, lol.  L: "Learn to say no!"  S: "But I don't mind helping..."

Stahlwain is similarly a helpful, easy-going ball of sunshine.  He'd sacrifice anything for a friend and always goes the extra mile in everything he does.  Stahl taught him how to cook, which is good because Lissa canonically cannot (and neither can Corrin).  Owain tried his hand at being a Cavalier, but House Ylisse has trouble with horse combat (considering Chrom's horse alt in Heroes and also Groom Marth mentions having difficulty).  Keeping with that, Owain was terrible at it--hitting the horse with his sword, trying to give speeches and the horse taking off, falling off backwards--so Stahl decides to train Owain in the sword on foot instead, which ultimately suits him better.  Owain does, however, know a lot about caring for horses, and he was very fond of Stahl's horse, Mathilda.  He's likewise in charge of Leo's horse in Nohr.

Libra/Olivia/Libra!Inigo

This is probably a rare pair, but I loved their supports in Awakening.  They center around a prayer dance Libra performs and Olivia being entranced by it.  Libra's ending states he builds an orphanage, and Olivia's with him says the children love all her dances.  I love their interactions together and feel they have similar temperaments.

Blonde Inigo, I'm just saying.  xD  With two beautiful parents, it's small wonder Inigo turned out looking the way he does.  He grew up in the orphanage alongside his parents and therefore had no shortage of playmates (and girls to sweet talk).  Though he acts cavalier, he's secretly pretty devout, calling out times some of the others are sacrilegious (I feel like Brady is the worst one and he would say things like, "Naga's Tits," a lot, lol).  He learned the prayer dance from his father and performs it from time to time, even in Nohr.

Gaius/Cordelia/Gaius!Severa

Cordelia helps Gaius learn to care at least a little bit about appearances (their supports center around this), and she gets somewhat guiltily addicted to his baking skills (Asugi/Caeldori's supports center around this).  Gaius' ending states he does eventually get back to thieving at times, but I feel like maybe most of it is for candy, lol.  When Cordelia finds out, she makes him go back to the shops and pay for it, usually by, "anonymous donation."  They have a house in Ylisstol so Cordelia can be near the castle since she rebuilt the Pegasus Knights post-Awakening.

Sassy ginger Severa is so, so good.  She gets a lot of her snark from Gaius and has a secret sweet tooth.  She's really good at lock-picking and pick-pocketing too, though she doesn't use these skills for unsavory reasons.  I feel like she steals dumb things from Odin and Laslow when they tick her off, usually coming upon them a little while later when they're frantically searching for the item with a sly, "Looking for this?"

Frederick/Sumia/Frederick!Cynthia

Frederick and Sumia's supports are peak adorable, and they are honestly one of the cutest ships in Awakening.  Frederick watching out for Sumia's clumsiness and eventually spoiling her with his excessive nature is really, really sweet, and I have nothing more to say about them except I love them and they're super cute.

I feel like a lot of Cynthia's hero worship and drive to be one stems from having a father like Frederick, a top royal knight of Ylisse.  She probably idolized him as a kid and strived to be just like him.  She's really good with horses and horse combat thanks to having a Cavalier and a Pegasus Knight as parents.  I feel like she would also pick up Frederick's, "Pick a god and pray," line, lol.

Chrobin/Robin!Lucina and Chrom!Morgan

I feel like there are hundreds of headcanons out there for Chrobin, so I won't say much beyond they are very close, two sides of the same whole, after all.

Lucina loves reading thanks to her mother and is actually relatively proficient at magic.  She's built a lot like Robin--petite with a small bust--and can be a bit snarky like her, too.  She's very meticulous with keeping things running when she's the leader of her group, much like Robin was.  She worries she's not as good at it as her mother was.

Morgan likewise is somewhat reckless like Chrom and has a penchant for breaking things while training.  He's very tactically intelligent but lacks a lot of, "street smarts," as it were.  He doesn't bite into oranges whole, though; he uses Falchion to cut them into slices, lol.  Morgan has the Brand of the Exalt on the back of his right palm.