#Been following Gintama since I was 20 of course I'm still obsessed with that dumbass series

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Somewhat bleak/borderline "grimdark" post-endings to Three Houses where realpolitik actually happens and instead of the hopeful endings presented in the end product, what happens is: ---- (Crimson Flower) Edelgard is assassinated in her sleep and the sagas basically demonize her to hell and back. Turns out that, while good for short-term gains, having your spymaster be that blatant about his fuckery in plain sight is not the most sound long-term investment. ---- (Azure Moon) Dimitri never truly wins back the approval of the people of Faerghus and dies in his late 20's of an undiagnosed disease, likely owing to the fact that he spent half a decade living on the run. His uncle governs the kingdom and Dimitri goes down in history a failure. ---- (Verdant Wind) Claude basically manages to secure a ceasefire between Fódlan and Almyra... but the skirmishes don't really stop and Claude is unable to enact as many of the sweeping reforms he hoped because who wants to trust a schemer? ---- (Silver Snow) - The Church of Seiros loses much of its standing and while Byleth is able to remain the Archbishop and do their best to be able to help people, the faith of the people dwindles to the point that, by the time most of their allies' lifetimes end, Byleth dismantles the Church and goes into hiding with Cichol and Cethleann. ---- (Fódlan in General) Fódlan suffers for like a decade of incredibly shitty economic downturn, but things do start looking up after a while... crests never really go away, though. Brigid wins its independence from Adrestia, the people of Duscur slowly get to start rebuilding, even if the prejudice/racism they faced is obviously far from being over. ---- Alternatively, forget about Fire Emblem for a second and instead: - A Street Fighter/King of Fighters epilogue of Kyo Kusanagi asking for help to deal with Iori dying because of an ancestral curse. - Shin Megami Tensei IV but about lowkey how much fun Flynn, Isabeau, Jonathan and Walter have themselves getting lost in Tokyo. - Basically my dumb script for a Gintama episode.