#Rhea x Byleth

[bludgeonthearmorprotector]

Fire Emblem Shipping: Byleth Eisner x Everyone's! Part 1

[asperrusual]

3H x Tumblr

[thirteendaysintaunton]

“And remember, the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God.”

[sergeanthopeless]

The Goddess and the Saint

Chapter 3: The one where Seteth and Flayn arrive at Garreg Mach

Summary: Seteth brings a newly-awakened Flayn to seek asylum at Garreg Mach, where they meet the Goddess Reborn.

Excerpt:

Now that his daughter seemed to be free at last of her restorative hibernation, Seteth needed to take her somewhere safe, somewhere she could never be harmed again. Of course, there were many such places he had found and taken advantage of through the years, yet none of them fit the one condition Cethleann exacted of him: she would not endure further isolation. She wanted to be among people.

Apparently, her father did not qualify as “people.”

Thus, Garreg Mach was his only choice. Although Seiros was here, this was also the heart of the Church of Seiros, the most prominent religion on the continent, a bastion of faith and military strength no one dared to attack. In other words, a safe place.

Read it on AO3

[frickingnerd]

dating rhea & byleth

pairing: rhea x gn!reader x byleth eisner

tags: wholesome fluff, polyamorous relationship (no rhea x byleth)

being in a relationship with the archbishop and ashen demon is quite the unique situation

when you started working at the officers academy and met byleth, things still seemed rather normal

even when you started to befriend rhea and spend more time with her, it still wasn't too odd – after all, she had a good relationship with all the teachers! 

though when rhea confessed her love to you, that's when things started to change

you were surprised that out of all people, she had fallen in love with you, yet you were also happy

your relationship stayed a secret for a while, until one day rhea brought byleth along to one of your dates

you two had only been colleagues until then, but that day rhea confessed to you on byleth's behalf that they were in love with you as well and proposed that you could date both of them

you thought it was a trap at first, but rhea seemed genuine about her proposal

you agreed, already being on good terms with byleth

at first, you thought rhea was the one who had feelings for byleth and wanted them to be part of the relationship

but over time, you grew closer and closer to byleth, catching feelings yourself, while you realized that rhea had never tried to make a move on byleth herself

even after months of dating, rhea and byleth's relationship was a mystery to you

but you were glad that rhea had proposed a polyamorous relationship that day, because it had lead to you getting to know byleth even better and falling in love with them as well…

[squeaky-potat]

If you're still doing requests, could you do f!Byleth and Rhea pre-time skip just happily at peace? Rhea's headpiece is inSANE so please don't feel pressured into including it <3

I took Rhea’s headpiece as a challenge and honestly I’m pretty happy with this version. 🤓

Thank you so much for your request anon! I really enjoyed bringing this to life. They are taking a lovely stroll through the gardens.🪻

I’m currently taking drawing requests! And now requests are turning into stickers! See my pinned post for details!

[xmachinamedia]

Remade, remastered, and reborn - Crimson Flower in a Nutshell Follow me on Twitter @XMachinaMedia!

[reneethegreatandpowerful]

Mikleth/The Mummy (1999)

This is pretty random, but I like it.

[nabateaprodigy]

May I request Rhea/femaleByleth looking at the night sky together? 💙

Starlight Sky

Game Series: Fire Emblem.

Characters: Female Byleth, Claude, Sothis and Rhea.

Genre: Fluff.

Proofread: Yes.

Notes: Slight spoilers. I decided to base this fic off the ball cutscene from FE3H and the event with Rhea that happens after it. Sothis and Claude are in this as they are a part of the cutscene and event. However, this still is mainly a Female Byleth x Rhea fic.

It was a lively night in Garreg Mach Monastery. It was the night of the ball and students were having drinks and dancing hand in hand to the music. Even Byleth was in the ballroom watching her students dance and chat with each other. She was content with just watching from the sidelines as her students enjoyed themselves and had fun not having to worry over exams and assignments.

However, before she knew it one of her fellow students approached and took her hand. "Hey teach let's dance!" It was Claude and he took her hand and they walked and danced together to the rhythm of the music. After some time Byleth slipped off to somewhere more quiet within the Monastery.

Feeling rather tired from the dancing and chatting with the students. She wanted some alone time to relax for a while.

"Feeling tired are you? I dare say you were the most popular in the ballroom. You had so many students swarming around to dance and chat with you. Come on won't you dance more?"

It was Sothis Someone who Byleth had gotten to know quite well over the past few months. Byleth trusted Sothis and even if she wouldn't say she was glad to have Sothis around to keep her company. "No, I think I'll rest for now and return to the ballroom later," Byleth replied.

"Oh, you're no fun why If I had a body of my own. I'd dance the night away until my legs gave out. But fine done as you will rest for now you certainly deserve it." Just as the two were speaking Lady Rhea had walked into the room. "..." As soon as she had entered she left just as quickly.

"Since you will dance no more. Why don't you follow her and see what she's doing." Soiths spoke. "Why would I? I have no reason to follow her." Byleth replied. "Ugh come on! I'm bored beyond belief! Come on I know you are interested in what she is up to!" Byleth couldn't deny that she was interested in seeing what Lady Rhea was up to.

Suddenly both heard distant singing. "Someone is singing. You hear it too yes? It's coming from that direction could it be..." Sothis had spoken and now Byleth almost felt drawn to the distant singing as she made her way to where the singing was coming from.

"In time's flow...see the glow of flames ever burning bright... On the swift river's drift, broken memories alight..." It was Lady Rhea and it seems as though she is singing a lullaby. "That song it seems... familiar to be but how can that be so? I feel as though I sang this song to someone in the distant past. But there's more i...wrote this song but how can that be so? If what I say is true how could she be singing it? Unless...oh my I feel rather sleepy all of a sudden. I feel as though I could just doze right off to sleep..."

Snores were heard indicating that Sothis had fallen asleep.

After Sothis had fallen asleep Byleth decided to go out onto the balcony where Lady Rhea was singing. "You have an enchanting singing voice, Lady Rhea," Byleth spoke as stepped onto the balcony Lady Rhea turned to face her. "Oh professor how nice it is to see you.

My thanks that song has special meaning to me and I often find myself singing the melody." Lady Rhea replied to Byleth as looked up to the starlight sky.

Byleth then stood next to her looking up at the beautiful night sky with her. "Someone very important to me once sang this song to me. However, she is no longer her as she is in the heavenly kingdom above." As she continued to look up at the star light sky Byleth spoke.

"I'm sure she is at peace now and I'm sure she is happy to hear you sing the song she once sang to you." Rhea smiles. "Yes professor I'm sure she is and she must be looking down upon us with a smile on her face." Byleth then turned to look at Lady Rhea and put out her hand.

"May I have this dance, Lady Rhea?" Lady Rhea laughed. "Of course, you may have this dance professor." Lady Rhea spoke as she took Byleth's hand in hers. As the two danced the night away under the beautiful starlight sky.

[grandsonoflightike]

SS3 - Rise Of True Unified Fodlan Chapter 01: Arval asks Shez To Tell His Love of His Existence and the meeting between them

Couples: Shez X Monica, Byleth X Edelgard, Dimitri X Ingrid, Claude X Hilda, Scileth X Jeritza, Bileth X Sothis, Timmy X Annette, Ferdinand X Dorothea, Dedue X Mercedes, Marianne X Linhardt, Lysithea X Felix, Bernadetta X Caspar, Leonie X Lorenz, Petra X Ashe, Balthus X Hapi, Yuri X Constance, Catherine X Sharmir, And Ignatz X Flayn

The Path of Scarlet Blaze is about to change as, In the past encounters, there are 4 Byleths and Monica Saved Ingrid And Rodrigue secretly because she felt it was necessary.  Now Arval suggests to Shez to tell The One he loves that he wants to meet them.  This is right before The Battle for Ailell aka The Valley Of Torment.

(Background Song Is Let It Burn By Red.)

Arval says “You really love someone, don't you? So much you gave the merc whistle right after you mentioned it to Edelgard. That merc whistle signified your true feelings.  Tell her about me and schedule a meeting between me and them.”

An unknown voice says “That's right, my creation. Let me brag to the person who could have prevented it all.”

Shez goes and talk to his love who is Monica and she believes and will keep it a secret.  Then she says she will meet him tonight.  That night, Monica heads to the meeting spot and the being behind the mysterious voice appears.

“Are you Arval?” Monica says.

The Mysterious Being says “No, Arval is my creation that I used Shadow Shez's Family to pass Down my consciousness.  I am Epimenides.  I will kill the vessel of Sothis AKA Bileth.  As long as Shez Exists, He will be connected to her as I will always exist. Only if you had returned his love before Ingrid had died, then there would be a True Unified Fodlan.”

Monica realized that Epimenides didn’t know she saved both Ingrid and Rodrigue secretly.

Epimenides says “After The Next Battle, I will use Shez's Connection to Arval To Attack Bileth.  To think the very reason she is called The Ashen Demon is Because Rhea has been experimenting on humans With a special crest she created called The Crest Of Flames. The Mother of Byleth and Bileth as Well as Jeralt's Wife was the previous experiment and her daughter got her non-Working from her without the Crest Of Flames Sigil connected to but the mother begged Rhea transfer the sigil to the daughter, which killed her. This makes Jeralt quit the knights, take his kids, and create Jeralt's Mercenaries.  It is only because Shez's Former Group battled Jeralt's Mercenaries that I am even here with Shez and You were saved.  That is why only your love before Ingrid's Death can cleanse Shez of being corrupted again even if I am defeated in Zahras and the way to destroy Fodlan's True Master AKA Nemesis who was killed twice to be honest.  The Agathans were a technological advanced society until the dragons led by Sothis wiped them out and Their leader was the original Nemesis.  The Nemesis from legend stole the bones of the dragons who died in that war including Sothis for The Agathans and they made the heroes.  Rhea is Seiros, Seteth Is Cichol, and Flayn is Cethleann.  Cichol and Cethleann know nothing of the experiments Seiros is doing.  See ya when I resurface after my defeat in Zahr- Huh?” Epimenides is Surprised.

The Reason behind Epimenides's Surprise is Monica is smirking.

Epimenides asks “Why are you smirking, Love Of My Consciousness Holder?”

Monica says “It is just you think You succeeded In Surviving When Ingrid And Rodrigue Are Alive.  I secretly Saved Them thinking I Surprise my fellow Black Eagles and I had A feeling I should.  Now I know why I had that feeling.  You are the reason.  I plan on revealing everything you told me to the people at the Battle Of The Valley Of Torment.”

Epimenides shouts “No, I won't let you!” He Charges up a spell but suddenly freezes.  He says “Arval what are you doing?”

Arval says “Saving one of my new masters if the Lover of my destined partner is told about me, the lover aka Monica Von Ochs.”

“So you are Arval? You consider me your master?” Monica says.

“Yes, Bring Shez to the middle of the battlefield with you and I will help you reveal it all.” Arval says.

TBC…

[enullarts]

The dawn of a whole new world

Wrote a trans!m!byleth x Cl/aude from f/e/3/h birth fic bc i thought about them for too long and developed emotions again

cw// tmpreg, descriptions of birth, mostly neutral wording, Byleth is the one who got pregnant

"I love you. With everything I am. And the next time we see each other... it will be at the dawn of a whole new world. A peaceful, happy world."

If Byleth had known how serious Claude was about this he would have held onto him longer, kissed him harder, done everything within his power to memorise his beloved Golden Deer's features, smell, taste. But it was not meant to be, time did not stop for anyone and there was a religion to build back up in Fódlan and a war to quell in Almyra. He also understood this, and the sooner he and Claude began this journey, the sooner they would be reunited.

And it wasn't like they never saw each other, the international relations meetings between the nations still occured regularly, except for the fact that they were now on opposing sides, trying to come to a mutually beneficial arrangement for both countries. Byleth lived for those weeks where either he would come on a peacekeeping mission to Almyra or Claude, now going by his true name Khalid, would visit his old Fódlan home. Quick stolen glances, kisses on the hand, nightly sneak outs as they tore into each other like animals starving.

They managed to keep their relationship downlow for a while. That is, until one day, Byleth felt a flutter in his lower abdomen which had slowly been growing over the course of the months. At first, he had thought he was just becoming a bit plump from regular hearty meals around the monastry. But a quick visit to the healer quickly dispelled any guesses on what it was. He was pregnant.

A pang of fear sank into his heart, he had no idea when he would next see Claude, sometimes he would not see him for years. Sending a private message that could be intercepted some way would spell chaos for the fragile relations the countries were embroiled in as it was. They were not wed, the baby, although desired and loved, would be deemed a bastard and a liability for Claude's claim to the throne. No, he had to keep it a secret.

He swore the healer to secrecy and informed only his closest advisors within the monastry. His robes would cover his changing form well enough and in the last few months he would temporarily withdraw from public view with the excuse of needing it for internal affairs. (Not technically a lie).

Time went on and his belly only grew, his back ached from all the standing and moving he had to do, he was by no means fragile, but the extra weight, the nausea, the anxiety, sometimes it would all become too much and he would take ill, needing Seteth or Rhea to take over while he rested. Despite his illness he loved the days he could lie in bed and feel his and Claude's baby. He spoke quietly to them, hoping the baby could hear his voice and know how much his other papa loved them even though he didn't know when their child would get to meet him.

Finally, his belly grew big enough it was no longer able to be concealed, and he took to solitude, remaining in his room and only seeing selected people who knew about his condition and the child's father. Marianne came by often when she wasn't busy with Hilda and they would sit and read books together.

--

The sun had just risen when Byleth awoke to a painful cramp in his abdomen making him grunt and curl in on himself, both hands encircling his now full term belly which was rock hard and clenching angrily. He breathed deeply, gently rubbing circles around his sides as he smiled down, tracing a stretchmark. "Hello, love... are you practicing again?"

He waited a moment and soon his belly relaxed once again, allowing him to sit up slowly, one hand continuously on his lower abdomen, supporting his lower belly. He had noticed it had dropped significantly in the last few days and the contractions had gone from every few days to every day now, they were beginning to hurt for longer too. Not to mention all that weight in between his hips. Some days he felt so full and low he thought the baby was about to fall out of him. But he had reached full term now, and a few days really. And still no sign of the baby arriving.

He had a feeling today would be different though.

He dressed himself lightly, it was a light summer morning, the heat of the day had not yet taken hold and a cool breeze blew in from his opened window.

Byleth closed his eyes and breathed deeply, letting himself calm and take in the day. His mind wandered back to the night more than nine months ago now that had apparently conceived this miracle child. Whispers of "I love you" and desperate and quick touches, they only had a few hours of privacy before Claude would be off again. Definitely not as romantic as the both of them would have liked.A cloud blocked the sun for a moment and a chill ran down Byleth's spine now, a flash of fear entering during this moment of vulnerability.

Due to Byleth's creation he had doubted he could bear children, or that he would become sick like his mother when the time came to bear the child. But he felt good today, calm.. he could only pray this was a good sign. He wanted this baby more than anything, and he wanted to live to see them grow and meet their father.

--

"Oh!" Byleth gasped, clutching his abdomen as he dropped the book he had been reading in his private library with Marianne. It was midday and the pains were definitely worse now, coming regularly. The lady quickly hurrying over to help her former teacher stay standing.

"Is it the baby, Byleth?" Marianne asked quietly and rubbed his back as he softly panted through the latest pain.

He could only nod, an emotion of grief welling up inside him. Was Claude going to miss the birth of their child? He had been adamant about keeping it from him to not interfer with his work, but now that the time had come for the baby to arrive- that he was going to give birth without Claude with him, that he wouldn't be the first to hold their baby? Oh.. it hurt.

"Byleth... you're crying..." Marianne's voice drew him back as she made him sit and produced a little hankerchief to gently pat away his tears. Her eyes gentle with concern. "Does it hurt a lot? Is there anything I can do?"

Byleth dried his eyes further with the meat of his palm. "Help me to my room... We should prepare."

--

It was well into the night until Byleth's labor had progressed into the active phase, he had stripped into wearing just a night gown and had shed his undergarments as his water kept leaking slowly over the stone tile floor as he waddled around, clinging to the bedposts or walls when he needed to breathe through a contraction. He didn't allow anyone near him, no one to touch him. Every touch just reminded him of the fact that the person he wanted the most wasn't here. Didn't even know he had to be here.

"Ohh... nghhh..... a-ahh..." Byleth huffed through his latest contraction, sinking into a squat by the end if the bed. "Ch...check.." he ordered softly and allowed a healer to come over and he spread his legs.

"8 centimetres, your grace... Nearly ready for pushing.." Byleth sobbed, his knees buckling so he now sat on the ground, arms supporting him against the bed. He was exhausted, having born the labor so long now. "Help me.."

More healers came over now to help him onto the bed, they wiped his forehead, neck and face down with a cool cloth and massaged his angry contracting midsection in an attempt to help him open up more. Byleth's face was grief stricken, all the hands on him nauseating. They were not who he wanted.

--

"A-Ah..!! A-Aah!!" Byleth moaned loudly, his back arching forward and hands gripping the back of the headboard as his belly clenched tight once again, barely any time for rest between pains now.

This time, the pain came with a new signal. Push!! It said and Byleth gave in easily, beginning to feel the baby finally move lower within him. His breath came quick and shallow as he adjusted to the new feeling of the baby moving and wiggling itself downwards while he pushed. He sobbed again, head lolling to the side as he rested, his hands coming to hug his abdomen.

"G-get out..." He trembled as the healers once again tried to assist."But, your grace! You're about to give birth, we need to-"

"Get out!!" Byleth cried again, curling in on himself and away from them. "Guards!"

"Byleth!" Marianne whimpered as the guards entered in a panic. "Wait!"

"Get them out!" Byleth ordered, tears escaping his eyes now as he grit his teeth and felt the next pain beginning to build. He needed to be alone, he could not stand the idea of these people seeing their baby before Claude could.

"Now!!"

As the healers and Marianne were ushered out Byleth got himself onto his hands and knees and cried out as his body bore down instinctively. His entire body shook with the effort, all his calm overtaken by this desperate need to birth this baby yet also his heart screamed out for his love, that somehow, somehow he knew the pain Byleth was in, what was happening right now, and he was on his way to his side.

But there was simply no way... Claude was in Almyra, a month's trip away at least.. He would have to do this alone.

--

Time passed in a blur, Byleth's pushing alternating between him sobbing from pain and effectively bringing the baby closer.

Another hour went by and only a sliver of the baby's head was visible between the man's lips. Byleth kept his hand there as an anchor to keep himself focused. His sheets were drenched in blood and sweat from all his moving and pushing.

He was anxious, feverish and feeling delirious from pain, his breathing still shallow despite trying to calm himself, he was thinking about his mother. She died to give birth to him, what if... what if he...No.. he couldn't think that way. He was going to see his baby and raise them properly until Claude could see him too.

"Khalid..." he murmured as he tensed for another push, his head falling back against the mattess, eyes squeezed shut as his body squeezed against the burden within. "Khalid....!"

A soft breeze of cool air flittered through the open window, followed by a thump of something heavy dropping onto the ground. Byleth's eyes flung open anxiously, if they were being attacked he would have no way to defend himself in his current state. But instead his eyes met those warm green ones he had come to know so well. Before he could even utter the name he was at his side, pulling him into a warm embrace.

"I'm here, Byleth..." Claude murmured, his lips pressed to the top of Byleth's head, inhaling his scent as he held his lover tightly.

"Khalid..." Byleth sobbed, his hands beginning to cling to the other man, desperate for support as his body clenched harder and more of the baby appeared between his legs even without his efforts. "I-it's coming.. Oh, Gods, its coming out. It hurts."

Claude pulled Byleth close, keeping him as upright as possible while the man pushed and pulled his legs back as much as possible to give room to the emerging baby. "You've done so well Byleth... I'm so sorry, I came as fast as I could..."

"How?" Byleth managed after releasing the push and relaxing against Claude's chest, nuzzling into him for comfort, his scent comforting.

"Lysithea... She performed a portal spell at Marianne's insistence... I understand why you kept it from me By.. but Gods... I should have been here.." Claude's voice shook with pain and concern that Byleth had been in pain for so long all alone. "Where are the others?"

"I sent them away..." Byleth mumbled. "I couldn't bear the thought the baby would be held by anyone but you..." A tired sob ripped from his throat as he felt another contraction build yet again. " I'm so tired Claude... Oh Gods, help me..!!"

He wailed as another contraction built up, stronger and stronger until he was pushing even without conscious effort yet again, the baby's once again making progress, little by little. Inch by painful inch. Even with Claude there comforting him it felt torturous. He thought of his mother again, had she endured this agony for him too?

"a-ahh... mhhh ohhh..." His breaths became sharp and pointed, the widest point of the head finally beginning to crown just as the contraction let up again and the baby receded just slightly. "N-no, please, ah.. ah please..!"

His head turned towards Claude's, catching his lips desperately. The other moaned into it with surprise.

"Please.." Byleth panted anxiously, his hips rolling gently. "I need you..."

Claude didn't need to think twice after hearing that, his mouth caught Byleth's in a firm and deep kiss, his hands wandering down his lover's body, refamiliarizing himself with it. He cupped one of Byleth's supple and plush breasts and gave it a gentle squeeze, earning a soft moan from the other. He noted some milk began to pearl out of it as well; gingerly he used the tip of his finger to catch the drops and licked it, it tasted somewhat salty.

Continuing his groping downward, a quick slide over Byleth's taut frame, over stretchmarks and new love handles, he took the time to admire how full and different Byleth had become since he last saw him.

Byleth's pants and moans as he still struggled to push the child into crowning went on but Claude was almost enraptured by the sight of that belly, clenching with strength down, bringing the baby closer.

Finally he reached down, gently over Byleth's thigh, inner thigh, and then...

"Oh Byleth... you're doing it, love... they're right there ..." His hand cupped the full crown of the head now as he peppered Byleth's face and neck with kisses. The other having dropped his head down against Claude's shoulder, eyes closed and mouth open and panting as he strained to keep the baby's head out. This time the crown stayed.

Claude moved his hand upwards, finding that sensitive little nub and gave it a gentle squeeze.

"Oh!" Byleth gasped, his hips bucking towards Claude's hand then relaxing more, nuzzling into the crook of Claude's neck as Claude's hands began to stroke the nub gently. "... y-yes... Oh..."

Claude continued his gentle strokings, letting Byleth adjust and lean into the pleasure between the pain of the stretch. He tried to time the heavier stroking with the contractions, building more and more momentum until finally Byleth spasmed, mouth open in a silent O as he came and the baby's head slipped free.

"That's it! The head's out, Byleth! Gods you're beautiful..."The baby's head was full of little brown curls, and Claude brought Byleth's hand to the head and watched as his love felt around, laughing softly.

"Hello my little love..." Byleth whispered before turning to Claude with a smile. "They... they look like you.""Well, I suppose that's okay. I just hope they'll be more like you in personality" Claude laughed, kissing Byleth's forehead. "One more push, babe.."

A final tense moment and then another shudder as the rest of the body slid out and the baby began to wail as Byleth brought them up to his chest, tears falling from his eyes as he regarded the squaling bloody little baby. He was smiling from ear to ear.Claude's hand joined Byleth's on the baby's back, he kissed Byleth's temple and then used his shoulder to wipe some tears from his eyes. "Oh my gods, Byleth... you did it..."

--

By the time the healers were let in again, Claude had gone, but on Byleth's finger, a green ring with a flower motif decorating around it. A promise for a wedding not too far from now.

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

i am back to state my case on seteth x jeralt! being totally honest the biggest appeal of this ship is less about the actual romantic chemistry and moreso about how interesting their interactions could be IF THEY HAD ANY !! the fact that they are both connected to the church and have a history with rhea and they don't speak to each other like AT ALL in canon is nuts to me. there's so many missed conversation opportunities of things they have in common on top of having ties to rhea. they both enjoy fishing. they are both fathers. they both are inhumanly old yet don't physically show it. they both hold a lot of secrets. they both have children they want to protect - seteth could learn a lot of parenting tips from jeralt, and vice versa, since....both of them definitely have room to improve, to say the least. DJaimon illustrated some supports between seteth and jeralt that played no small part in leading me to think they need to talk to each other SO BAD.

having no supports even in the spinoff which was created for the sole purpose of giving us more fe3h content is unbelievable. jeralt got supports with manuela (love her, but why?) but didn't get supports with seteth or alois. alois, y'know, someone who considers jeralt like a father figure, comparing himself to byleth as like an older brother? jeralt even has a whole paralogue battle with byleth and leonie. and i know it's been discussed here before that it's unrealistic to expect writers to write supports for every single character pairing, but come on. at least in fewth this would've been the closest jeralt would get to having a support chain with rhea, which would've been so interesting. but oh well. he doesn't speak a single word to seteth. seteth, who is rhea's closest confidant and yet knows so little about why jeralt left the church. seteth, who oversaw the knights of seiros while he was leading it. seteth, who grows close to his child and has his daughter join their class. that requires so much trust.

even though they dont canonically interact, they have every reason to, and its impossible for them to have not interacted in the past. jeralt was the head of the knights of seiros and very close to rhea, and since seteth both oversees the knights of seiros and is close to rhea, of course he would have interacted with him. i think there is a very interesting dynamic to be had here. especially considering jeralt eventually betrays rhea due to what she did to his child and flees, but does come back to the church, that gives seteth so much reason to question him. he already questions if byleth can be trusted, but when he finds out more about why jeralt left (reading his diary), he starts to question rhea ("what did you do to that baby, rhea? nothing...questionable, i should hope?"), sowing seeds of mistrust. i think jeralt's interference with rhea can provide so much conflict for seteth. i think seteth should suffer more and battle within himself whether he is doing the right thing siding with rhea or not. and knowing jeralt, he would probably challenge seteth more directly on that. theres so many things they can bond over. theres so many things they can challenge one another's beliefs over. theres so much to talk about and yet they never get to talk and it makes me explode inside.

and finally, why they would be a good couple ..... idk man i just like dilfs. this is the old man yaoi all the cool kids are talking about. there's fluctuating power dynamics and trust issues and fatherly bonding and all kinds of things that could be explored. plus, i really like seteth as a character and have wanted to ship him with someone, but seteth x byleth has never appealed to me. most byleth ships aren't appealing to me personally. but seteth x byleth's dad.... oh boy. there's so much to be explored here helped in no small part by zero canon interaction. these are prime shipping conditions. all of it is up to interpretation and fan creation. and brother i'm about to go buck wild. in fact, i already have. who's with me!!!!

👀

[feshippingpolls]

Okay what about FEMALE byleth rhea?

FE: Should they kiss?

Byleth x Rhea

[kitkatopinions]

Permission to ask about your favourite three houses ships?

Absolutely! My absolute favorite ship from Fire Emblem Three Houses/Hopes is Claude x Lorenz. I know a lot of people hate Lorenz, but I love him, and if you put in the work, his supports with Claude are just everything. They really seemed to lean into it for Three Hopes too. I mean just look at them.

LIKE?!?!?! How can they have this much chemistry and not get married?!?!? I didn't originally ship them, but there's some excellent fanart and once I started thinking about it, it felt so obvious and now it's my OTP.

But I have other ships! My other favorites are Dimitri x male Byleth, Caspar x Lindhart, female Byleth x Mercedes, Rhea x Catherine, Catherine x Shamir, Shez x Arval. And this might sound weird but I also ship Hilda x Dedue (because I wrote a fanfic once where Claude and the golden deer teamed up with Dimitri and saved him before the time skip and Hilda wound up harboring Dimitri and Dedue in her house secretly and me and the person I was writing with wound up loving the dynamic we created for her and Dedue,) and Felix x Holst but not as he is in Three Hopes (because that same fanfic was written prior to the release of Three Hopes so I'd invented my own version of Holst and he and Felix hit it off.)

Also I casually like the ship between Dimitri and Sylvain, Caspar and Ashe, Caspar and Ferdinand, Dorothea and female Byleth, and Leonie and Seteth.

So yeah, very few of them have supports where they wind up officially married, but I love them all the same. Also almost everyone in this game is queer and the only reason why only like four of them are canonical is because the writers are cowards.

[sergeanthopeless]

(belated)

I hear that the dopamine from sharing WIPs is good motivation. I’m pretty low on motivation this days, what with a new baby taking most of my energy and attention and trying to transition back into my day job taking the rest. But this fic is important to me, and I need to get it out of my system. So here’s a much-overdue update on Ch.2 of the Arranged Marriage Setleth AU to keep myself accountable!

Rhea tells no one but her most trusted cardinals of where she is going: She settles in Zanado, the only appropriate place. Zanado was where Sothis had arrived to Fódlan. It had been her home and her seat of power. Rhea leaves behind an official excuse, claiming the need to “purify herself”. This would be nothing new to them; she has done this before, when her duties have become too much and she needs respite. Of course, this absence would be longer. It pains her to leave behind the remains of her brethren so unguarded, but she has the ancient Zanadite technology, and the Tomb itself is locked to all but her touch. The Church is self-sufficient; it can afford to go without her for a year or so. She is not abandoning the Church or her people. This is for the greater good, for she is restoring the goddess to her rightful place.

[artofsitriga]

Damned if you Stay, Damned if you don't

I just love how if you stay with the church, Byleth is doomed to be the goddess avatar and representative of the Church, want it or not. She never has a choice on the matter -- meanwhile, if you defect from it, they brand you a heretic and Rhea gets mad and wants to rip your heart apart to get her mother back, so Byleth just couldn't win -- she was never her own, for those people.... but you know who always saw her, who always gave her a choice? Hell yeeeah, Edelgard. I just love how if you stay with the church, Byleth is doomed to be the goddess avatar and representative of the Church, want it or not. She never has a choice on the matter -- meanwhile, if you defect from it, they brand you a heretic and Rhea gets mad and wants to rip your heart apart to get her mother back, so Byleth just couldn't win -- she was never her own, for those people.... but you know who always saw her, who always gave her a choice? Hell yeeeah, Edelgard.

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