#... except claude

[da-millerrrrr]

Claude carries that weird chain-thing with him everywhere he goes, btw. you can tell he’s coming because you can hear it scraping across the floor three rooms down. dolcinaea’s given up on replacing carpets.

she's stopped replacing the carpets and is contemplating melting it down to make jewellery for everyone

[azure-clockwork]

I love three houses discourse because I'm pretty sure everyone just picks their route based on which house leader they're the most gay for and then tries to defend their pick by pointing out the other sides's war crimes via twitter memes. Reader, all four of them do substantial quantities of war crimes. So many. We're just here because the woman with Issues and a big fuck-off axe said so, and then we gotta justify everything she did in the name of dismantling the class system. I mean, I'm here for that, but you could also try justifying Charm Man uses poison and perfidy to try to stop racism, A Sad Little Meow Meow gives no quarter instead of doing therapy, or the Thicc Pope tries to bring back her mom via human experimentation, depending on your tastes

[saffitaffi]

“What if the evil tyrant who likes to kill puppies for fun actually just needed to fall in love with a sweet naive child who redeems them through the power of love and they were actually good the whole ti-“

What if they weren’t, though? What if their life twisted them to the point that they can only love through violence?

What if the narrative doomed them to ever play their role, a role that has already been chosen by forces higher than them?

What if the sweet, gentle character didn’t love them ‘despite their flaws’, or even at all?

Why should they? Especially if it’s a case of kidnapping. ESPECIALLY if they hurt them. Or their friends. Or take away their agency.

What if that strange contradiction of love and hatred in their heart tore them apart and gave them their justified end?

What if they CAN’T be fixed?

What if they don’t WANT to be fixed?

What if we stopped glamorizing abusive relationships and started actually exploring them?

[crossbackpoke-check]

"Bees" [remixed, abridged], Claudia Emerson // "Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years from Now" [remixed. abridged], Matthew Olzmann // "Letter to my Great, Great Grandchild" [remixed, abridged], J.P. Grasser | Len Redkole, Nina Weiss, Brian Babineau, Christian Peterson, Mitchell Leff, Dave Isaac, Megan DeRuchie

[fieldsofvarley]

‘who is claude’s retainer?’ could be a trick question on jeopardy. there is no one answer. retainer as in child of the second most powerful family? that’s hilda. someone who is actually politically powerful enough to rival him? lorenz. someone reliable and capable, who fulfils the role of an advisor? judith. someone specifically chosen to command in his stead? nader. someone with complete faith in him? marianne. your guess is as good as anybody’s

[butwhatifidothis]

That “Edelgard fans take away her agency” thing is so funny because everything you complains about regarding Edelgard’s “santized” portrayal in fics? All that’s exactly what Edelgard-Antis do to Claude/Dimitri - especially in AM/VW fusion fics.

As someone who's read more than her fair share of AM/VW fusions I can confidently say that you are pulling that fresh out of your ass lmao

[66sharkteeth]

All the relevant character's full names

Because i see them spelled just a letter or two off so often in tags or other blogs, so just if anyone wants a full list of the official, canon spellings: Rex Kelman Mikiah Kelman Vallory Kelman Derek Kelman Shnee Desmond Gray Elyssabeth (Lyss) Martella Bag Girl/Bell Simon (Jericho) Maddox Martin Maddox Claude Kastner Nia Bordeaux Lawrence Bordeaux Gabriel Finzé Luis Martella Charles (Charlie) J. Mathers Stella Kingly Jay (No last name mentioned) Minnie (No last name mentioned) Marco (No last name mentioned) Rosie Perez Antonella Lauro

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

I've noticed a lot of the time male healers are quirky dudes who you wouldn't expect to be healers and female healers are generically kind religious priestesses. Any male healer who is more feminine is presented as the latter as well. It'd be cool to see more female healers who, for one reason or another, you wouldn't expect to be healers at all. Let the ladies play with typical cleric tropes

The only exception that comes to mind rn is L'arachal she's so spunky and funny

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[t0bey]

thinking about a baldurs gate FE3H au where war phase edelgard dimitri claude and byleth get abducted onto the nautaloid mid-battle and get tadpoled. partially bc im a sucker for DND and partially bc war phase dimitri being forced not to attempt to kill edelgard on sight so they can figure out how not to become mind flayers sounds INCREDIBLY funny to me

[blondeaxolotl]

screaming and crying bc TBoA arc but its red butler!AU and and huwwhyuuhwhhh *unconsolable weeping* O!Ciel showing his “not-so-cute” side to Lizzy but she probably finds it even cuter that he’s going ham towards those bizarre dolls and him almost stabbing seb while grell stops him HAHDHHAHAHA uuhghhh *sniffles* OH MY GOD CLAUDE AND ALOIS IN THE CAMPANIA-*starts crying LOUDER*

I like to imagine a lil detail after BoA when everything calmed down, Lizzy probably came up to Ciel awkwardly like "hey, thank you for protecting me back there, you looked really cool" trying to be as nice as possible since she knew Ciel felt embarrassed fighting in front of her for the first time. But her actually saying that to him lifted his spirit to where Ciel is now fully confident in fighting for Lizzy in front of her because he's aware that Lizzy doesn't think he looks "weak" (which is what he was afraid of, he wants to be a fiance that will protect her and not have her think HE was the one who needs to be protected) Also Ciel trying to stab Seb is nothing new, and isn't the first time and probably won't be the last. Ciel just really wants to fight him, Sebastian refuses surprisingly

[ethereal--moon]

after lots of deep consideration and critical analysis i have come to the very important conclusion that the officers academy students at garreg mach can be split into two categories: students who are completely and utterly in love with claude von riegan and LIARS

[jeweled-blue-eyes]

AU where Roger had Ijekiel AFTER he learned of Jennette's existence. Where he literally made a child so he could marry it off to Jennette. Ijekiel was born to be her husband and give her babies. He'll never have any other purpose!!! Don't look back! don't look back! Don't yearn for something you can never have. You'll be the greatest man in the Empire if you marry the crown princess. And then he does look back and he dares to fall in love with Athanasia out of all people. The scandal!

[scoringeffects]

also nhl leaders in powerplay points since connor mcdavid’s 15th birthday

[burr-ell]

I've seen the claim that Claude is hostile towards religion and it's like. Where? Him not liking Rhea before the end of his route doesn't erase all of the times he straight up says religion is very important or how he never degrades religious people for their religion. Sometimes I wonder where this perception of Claude came from because he's honestly really chill with this stuff?

(I mean, he's like this outside of the shitshow that is Hopes anyway lmao)

claude references gods of fate and fortune! he outright says one of the reasons byleth can lead fodlan is that she's the successor rhea appointed! the only time i can think of claude being flippant about religion is when he needles ignatz about having a lowkey crush on the goddess but his tone wasn't actively malicious or anything, just being kind of a dick, probably without meaning to. any other time he talks to the believers in fodlan's goddess, he isn't disrespectful; just talking about his perspective.

(claude and leonie's support chain is super underrated imo)

anyway claude isn't some kind of edgy reddit atheist and i really wish that take would Just Not lol it's very tiresome

[paperstarry]

star star star i uh i know we don't talk much? but um yeah so hello my lovely mutual i wanted to ask, since i knew you are also a fire emblem three houses enjoyer so i wanted to ask about your ships for that game? just because i am curious 🥺

also i hope you are having a good day <3

Hi Rock!!!

Omg you're opening Pandora's Box with this ask, I ship so much in 3H, do you have an hour-

My favourite ship is Netteflix (Felix/Annette), I've been obsessing over their support for 5 years now <3 (everyone who knows me knows I will Not shut up about these two dorks lmao. The amount of AUs I created for them is unreasonable).

A close second is Ashe/Caspar, I love both characters individually and together they are so cute and fun!!! Cat dads!! Wandering Adventurers!! Big eaters!!! I need them to hold hands.

I also like Sylvain/Ingrid (him being a big charmer and her being the only one who can resist his charm!!!! Also whatever is wrong with Sylvain), Yuri/Bernadetta (childhood friends separated and reunited??? The DRAMA that was Yuri being hired to assassinate her!!!), Dedue/Mercedes (the end of their C Support left me in shambles), Hilda/Marianne (their ending card is so sweet and I swear Hilda gave Marianne the most gorgeous engagement ring), Dorothea/Edelgard (she wrote her a song/opera!! Also they have hot vampire vibes together) and many more....

What about you???

(hope you have a good day too <3)

[yellowocaballero]

kinda obsessed with yuri and claude in rosetta headstone,,, like theyre just the stupidest smart people, and only now are they finally communicating with each other. like the way khalid has grown up throughout the fic, and yuris complicated issues with trust and intimacy. idk, don't mind me, im just gonna go sit in a corner while rotating them and this whole story in my brain.

Thank you!!! I'm love them also. Honestly, Yuri was the only character who I put in real effort to try and keep in-character. Which was tough as hell - I feel like I only actually landed on his character a few stories after I wrote this one.

Yuri is so good. Your early interactions with him are nothing but him repeatedly trying to convince you how terrible he is. He's a lot of bluster and obfuscation and kinda tsundere but he can be painfully sincere too. Yuri grows close to Khalid because he's one of the few people he does trust - because Yuri and Khalid are the same guy and Yuri will always trust a self-centered asshole, aka Yuri trusts what he understands. But then Khalid grows too close, and Khalid's growth as a person means that he turns into somebody Yuri doesn't understand anymore, and Yuri realizes way too late that he's let Khalid into his heart, and then he panics and starts pushing him away. I think Yuri would have just propositioned him like five months ago and tried to win his affections that way if Byleth (Dimitri vibed out Khalid's aceness for her) hadn't mildly suggested that Yuri try the long way and actually getting closer emotionally with him. ("Try flowers." "How did I know you'd say that.").

I think main characters have to change throughout a story, even if it's just in self-acceptance or a change of understanding. I think a story where the most important person is a teacher should involve a drastic change in their students, and everybody should take away a different lesson. Byleth's influence on Yuri was through allowing him to be a student too: Yuri, like Khalid, understands the world through a give-and-take framework, and he struggles repeatedly to accept Byleth's generosity and care given with nothing expected in return. Yuri's growth as a character comes to a point where he expresses what he wants honestly with Khalid, allows himself to be a young person, and accepts the care that Khalid has learned to supply. Khalid believes that all people are selfish and self-centered, so he has no obligation to try and be a good person. Byleth shows him that we have a responsibility to ourselves and to others, that there are good people in the world who care about him very much, and that the least we can do is return that care.

I've said like ten times that the story is about communication, and despite how Yuri and Khalid are literally the same guy (or because of it), it takes the entire story to get to a confession scene. Yuri pulls the most teen boy bullshit and teases him and flirts with him in a way that he KNOWS Khalid isn't going to really understand, and as a result the Khalid who actually does really like him just assumes that it's not reciprocated, so he doesn't say anything. So juvenile.

In the end, you have to trust someone enough to let them turn you down. You have to trust yourself enough to say what you feel. It's not so bad to be young and do stupid young person things. If you need something said, ask somebody to say it. I should finish that follow-up story with them but it was literally going nowhere jaksldf thanks for the ask!