#THEN FERDIE BECOMES EMPEROR AND LORENZ LEADER CUZ DESPITE WHAT THE GAME SAYS

[sunshades]

God. So like, I know that Edelgard and Dimitri's present day relationship is tragic and toxic and very messy. And they'd be very bad for each other. But at the same time I'm like. They're kid selves we're so cute. And as much of a mess they'd be... their adult selves together is kinda hot. And A LOAD of their problems come from lack of info & lack of communication. So it'd be kinda interesting to see them well, as a thing, in an AU where they both know about TWSITD & had to work together.

AESTHETICALLY they look great. all that fanart of AM endgame is AMAZING. but thinking about em as anything but what they are… even in an au… (vague spoilers for GD/SS)

i think. a big core of the problems i have with “5th route where everyone joins up!” is that… the others basically ARE joined up. dima+rhea and claude+rhea happens in their own routes as well as CF (idk about SS yet but im guessing you get some support from the alliance) AM has dima+rhea+claude (tho he ends up fucking off) while… edel joining is like. inviting arvis for a talk over tea? you dont do that. you dont invite zephiel. LIKE. she’s the main problem, she’s the one that starts the war- against the church and all of its followers (going off a grudge p much totally based off misinformation)

and theres also so much more… when she explicitly says (IN HER OWN ROUTE- WHERE SHES SUPPOSEDLY SANE) that she has no problem sacrificing her people to fulfil her goals? i could maybe see claude “bigger picture” von riegan being interested in joining her, but not our dima “too soft to be king”. i can’t think of a way to NOT throw away the whole suitcase tbh

at least not without edel getting resolution with rhea. i dont wanna @ em and annoy them, but someone i follow was talking about how easy the plot might’ve been resolved in a universe where edel talks with rhea about what the silthers did to her. rhea would’ve dropped fucking everything to protect wilhelm’s descendant from the people who took everything from both of them… and instead… 😔