#azama/subaki

[luliho]

I think Sakura saying she's always had a crush on Azama is one of the funniest S support reveals. Girl your taste in men is horrible!!

[plagues02]

Fire Emblem Fates - Retainers Queer HCs

Pride Month 2024 - Day 18

Felicia is a lesbian.

Flora is demiaroace and doesn’t care about the gender of her partners.

Jakob is somewhere on the asexual spectrum and is also biromantic.

Silas is bisexual.

Kaze doesn’t feel the needs to label himself. Whoever he falls for, he falls for.

Saizo took sometime into adulthood to realize his sexuality. He’s gay.

Kagero is bisexual with a female lean.

Setsuna doesn’t care much for romance or sex. She’s very indifferent to it.

Azama is somewhere on the aromantic spectrum.

Hinata is a trans man who uses he/him, and he’s onmisexual.

Oboro is bisexual with a masc lean.

Hana is bisexual with a fem lean.

Subaki doesn’t like labeling himself, but he’s attracted to men and women.

Laslow has a strong lean towards woman, but he is omnisexual.

Peri doesn’t care about the gender of her partners, but she just wants a partner who will be able to keep up with her during battles.

Selena is pansexual.

Beruka is on the aroace spectrum and is very indifferent to both.

Odin is a trans man who uses he/him. He’s very open about this since his scars easily show with his clothes. He is also pansexual.

Niles is canonically bisexual. He has a masc lean. He is also polyamorous.

Effie is mpsec with a masc lean.

Arthur is mpsec with a fem lean.

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

Subaki and Azama are such bitches I love them

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[fuzzy-ren]

my piece to commemorate myself clearing endwalker on my wol setsuna alt. if you havent seen it on my twitter (bladeoftruths for my xiv side acc), i made an alt on JP server based on her, and her story is TLDR fe fates but with xiv lore here and there.

this is also to mirror a piece i did last year, but them in ARR.

[etchabot]

Hi sorry Hoshido had my favorite characters in Fates and I’m going to kiss them all on the mouth (january 2022)

[randomkposts]

I know I've mentioned this before, but I keep thinking back to how funny it is that Setsuna and Azama were the retainers who stayed in Revelations. As much as she cares about them, Azama and Setsuna are the least retainer like Retainers in the game.

Setsuna and Azama were introduced to the player in chapter 8 of Birthright by Setsuna falling into a trap, and Azama laughing at her. Then, Azama points out that he has no weapons so it will be Hinoka protecting him, while Setsuna falls into yet another trap. Hinoka ends that particular conversation with these words.

"Gods. I knew I couldn't rely on the two of you, but this is worse than I imagined! Just try and hold it together long enough for us to see this through, all right? Maybe Ryoma and Takumi can help me babysit, once we finally catch up to them..."

Setsunas support topics

Trap supports full:- 3 Corrin, Jacob, Silas

Supports involving traps:- 7 ,Kaze, Kaden, Takumi, Ryoma (most of it is about Archery, but traps come back in the A support), Selena & Arther(also about shopping), Hinoka and Setsuna make it through most of their support chain about learning to cook something edible before Setsuna comes across mouse traps. So close

Supports involving hunting- 4. Takumi, Kaden, Kaze, Hayato.

Trap free supports and topics:- 8. Subaki, Saizo, Kagero and Hana - training, Azama -cooking, Hayato -Her ability to hum, Hinata-medicine, Niles- privilege.

Setsuna can grocery shop. Seems to be able to cook when not being experimental. Can lure animals by humming to kill them, would instantly destroy the message in a game of broken telephone, has trouble following directions (probably beacuse she gets so distracted), comes from a rich family, and is good at archery. It once took her a day to make it to the archery range beacuse she fell into every trap in the vicinity, and got upped in the S support where it took two days.

To contrast the diffrence between Setsuna and Saizo as retainers, we look at his support with her. Saizo ensures Ryoma is asleep first, gets up before him, gets his clothes and breakfast, and watches for Hazards. In contrast, Setsuna goes to bed, wakes up in the morning after Hinoka has put out her clothes and breakfast for her, and then goes to practice archery, where presumbly based on other supports, she gets caught in a trap. Hinoka Just straight up decided "shes hopless at everything in retainering but archery, so I might as well learn to enjoy the chores." Both Saizo and Kagaro are trying to teach her how to do her job better and are not seen succeeding.

One more stat. S support proposals that involve traps: Corrin, Jacob, Kaze, Silas, Takumi, Kaden, Ryoma, Arthur.

Now lets do Azama. And start with a Quote from his conversation with Arthur.

"Hahaha. Me? Support her? Listen, I barely do anything. SHE supports me. You're not likely to meet a tougher customer anywhere in the world"

Like Setsuna, someone takes Azama on for retainer training. Unfourtunatly for for the people who need to work with them, its Felicia, which means this does not happen before he and Setsuna are the only retainers left between the Hosidan older siblings.

Azama is a weird holy man. He has killed a bear durring meditation lessons, drove Sakura to anger strongly enough that she snapped a staff in half, doesn't want to bother to try healing people he feels are certian to die yet goes out of his way to heal Effie, has been Hinokas retainer for years, and is insanely presumptuous when proposing to a lot of people including both royal ladies. He also apparantly teases people he has feelings for, and genrally does not have the manor one would expect of the healer or monk. He's aggravating.

Hanas and Subaki's support is around training, in baffling ways.

Beruka, Mozu, Orochi, Hinoka, Hayato, Kagaro, Oboro, and Kaden all invole Azuma being a strange person, and usually insulting them. Arthur is the one who discovers his backstory.

"The rumor is that you were the second son to a family that ran a shrine for many years. You were a troublemaker who loved to mouth off about everything. But after trekking through the woods, you discovered the ascetic lifestyle. And eventually you settled down enough to be suitable for monkhood. Is that all true?"

And apparantly, it is true.

"I also heard that when you were training in the mountains, you met a pegasus rider. She had fallen and injured herself. That rider was Lady Hinoka. She was so impressed with your conduct that she searched high and low to find you. When she finally did, she requested that you become her retainer. In fact, I heard that you're the only person she named to the palace guard. "

(Of course this is all based in english translation. I wonder if the Japanese gives more details about them that I missed. )

Save that there were 2 people Hinoka named to the palace guard. Azuma and Setsuna. The two personal retainers who didn't defect to corrins army. (Yukimura is loyal to Hoshido first and foremost.) Saizo and Kagaro left in chapter 11. The Hoshidan older siblings don't join Corrin's army until chapter 16, five chapters later. They meet in chapter 13, in Cyrkensia, and can make their betrayal known. It appears durring that time, Ryomas been hanging with Scarlett, while Hinoka has been defending the home.

Which means, their inability to be typical retainers has been Yukimuras problem and the castle defence. And it seems to have made them more serious. Or at least, have a better introduction.

Azama: "I apologize for interrupting this happy family reunion, Lady Hinoka...but you have forgotten to introduce us, your loyal retainers."

Corrin: "Huh? You are...?"

Azama: "I am called Azama. If you make foolish mistakes and injure yourselves, I can put you right."

Setsuna: "Um... I'm Setsuna. I'm good with...a bow. ...Azama... You are standing on my foot."

Azama: "Ahaha! My apologies!"

Hinoka: "As Azama said, these two are my retainers! Don't judge them by appearances; they come through when it counts."

Still does not seem to change the fact that Hinoka is the one making breakfast. Yukimura is here pulling his hair out.

[dirtyoldmanhole]

random rev observations as we head into valla:

jakob/severa is really really cute. (s/o to @/wonderlandteaparty for reccing that). their whole support chain was endearing as it was hammy, and i especially love severa's c support with dwyer and her being refreshingly honest about jakob's faults as much as she loves him LOL - charmingly goofy, but honest. it's making me regret i have too many staff users to put dwyer in the rotation but i'll be using him another route soon (maybe CQ with flora?) fates is definitely the only fe where i have an excess of staff users on average.

kana sucks so bad as a dread fighter lol, it's mostly his abyssmal lack of str. i may have to reclass him back into a dragon for the dragonstone (< this is probably the fault of gunter growths, i'm just in denial LOL).

azama is. so weird. i haven't gotten a bead on him yet and so far i think i like just how. absolutely balls off the wall morbid (refreshingly so?) he is... i also really like how he gives no shits about how "likeable" he comes across, and yet how it doesn't come across as a ""quirk". he's either going to climb surprisingly high on the favorites list or on the dislike list depending on how good the supports are. (tentatively supporting him with azura?)

using only non royals is hard. still doable unlike CQ lunatic (disregarding crazy minmaxing), but i'm having to turtle along since everyone's as flimsy as wet paper. kagero's a decent mage tank and subaki's an okay physical tank as a grandmaster but still folds to a critical. (tho i liked their supports too. him being genuinely supportive of her painting was cute too.)

speaking of it's kind of hilarious when corrin/gunter (paired up) is by far my best tank with his +6/+4 to her def/str and the extra-fast guard activation.

him protecting her like that is kind.... of .... morbidly...... amusing.... considering .... what's happening to him plot wise >:D >:D >:D

[applebyss-snakybite]

Part 6 of Mobianification of Fire Emblem Fates character. Aka: FE fates: Mobian AU

If you don't know the Fire Emblem Fates characters/never played the game(s), you can see them as Sonic ocs HEAVILY inspired by the characters.

Next, we got the retainers of the Hoshidian family. Each with a little drawing of their interaction with the royal they serve.

So, first, we got Saizo the chameleon and Kagero the scorpion. They serve Ryoma. Saizo is the brother of Kaze. Thus, they are the same species, and Kagero is a scorpion because of the fe fates ninja skill of poison strike and her tendency of ending up drawing creepy things every time she does art. (This drawing seems a bit more rushed than the others. Still, we can see their traits. For example, Saizo lost his tail, and Kagero has a bow behind her head.)

Next, there's Azama the Porcupine (because of his spiky haircut) and Setsuna the Tapir. They serve Hinoka. Setsuna is a tapir because of this animal symbolism with dreams, and Setsuna main traits are that she daydreams to the point that she's elsewhere completely.

Then, there's Hinata the shiba and Oboro the Squirrel. They serve Takumi. Hinata is often overexcited and is very loyal to Takumi (almost like his lap dog), and the shiba inu is a japanese dog breed and is very energetic in nature. I wanted something cute for Oboro and give her something with a bushy tail since she likes taking care of her and the others' hairs. She's also a tailor, so she's very meticulous, and squirrels are resourceful and meticulous creatures.

Finally, we got Subaki the Dove and Hana the Shiba. They serve Sakura. Hana is a shiba as, just like Hinata, is a samurai with brown hair, extremely loyal to their lord, and energetic. (And I ship 'em.) Subaki is a dove because he is (or at least, he thinks) perfect and pure. And, he's a flying unit, so an avian he is.

[best-fe-parent-tournament]

Worst Fire Emblem Parent Tournament Poll: Round 1 Masterpost

Hello everyone, after a week these are our contenders for the tournament!

Out of all of them, who will prove to be the most rotten parent in all of Fire Emblem? That's up to you to decide!

Round 1 Matches

Darin vs Anankos (Body)

Lima IV vs Silas

Hel vs Xander

Quan vs Niles

Sonia vs Sombron

Jeralt vs Garon (fake)

Kaden vs Sumeragi

Zephia vs Jedah

Rhea vs Volkhard von Arundel

Sothis vs Ashnard

Chrom, Emmeryn and Lissa's father vs Grima

Tharja vs Gustav (Heroes)

Eldigan vs Nowi

Saizo vs Garcia

Validar vs Hinata

Keaton vs Jakob

Hayato vs Ryoma

Subaki vs Mycen

Lonato vs Hilda (FE4)

Matthias Gautier vs Gilbert Dominic

Azama vs Leo

Rudolf vs Hyacinth

Rufus Blaiddyd vs Grégoire von Varley

Benny vs Garon (real)

Ionius IX vs Ethlyn

Hellene vs Azura

Corrin vs Ludwig von Aegir

Laslow vs Gunter

Naga vs Kaze

Arthur vs Takumi

Odin Dark vs Nergal

Desmond vs Eremiya

[fefuckability]

The Fates Bracket Qualifier! Starts September 11th at 3pm EDT

Here's how it's going to work:

There are going to be 10 qualifying polls (six for the men, four for the women)

Pick your favorite from each poll

Polls will run for one week (I’d prefer 3 days but alas Tumblr doesn’t offer the option yet)

The top 32 male characters and the top 32 female characters will qualify for the men’s and women’s brackets

Polls:

Qualifier 1 (F!Corrin, Azura, Felicia, Flora, Mozu, Lilith, Anna, Rinkah, Charlotte)

Qualifier 2 (Hinoka, Kagero, Setsuna, Oboro, Camilla, Peri, Selena, Beruka, Nyx*)

Qualifier 3 (Sophie, Mitama, Caeldori, Rhajat, Selkie, Soleil, Ophelia, Nina, Velouria)

Qualifier 4 (Candace, Daniela, Mikoto, Layla, Cassita, Arete, Reina, Orochi, Scarlet)

Qualifier 5 (M!Corrin, Jakob, Silas, Kaze, Shura, Gunter, Lloyd, Llewlyn)

Qualifier 6 (Ryoma, Saizo, Azama, Xander, Laslow, Odin, Haitaka, Kumagera, Tarba)

Qualifier 7 (Takumi, Hinata, Subaki, Leo, Niles, Arthur, Senno, Omozu, Zhara)

Qualifier 8 (Kaden, Keaton, Benny, Kotaro, Kilma, Funke, Daichi, Gazak, Nichol)

Qualifier 9 (Shigure, Dwyer, Shiro, Asugi, Hisame, Siegbert, Forrest**, Ignatius, Rainbow Sage)

Qualifier 10 (Yukimura, Izana, Fuga, Sumeragi, Garon, Anankos, Hans, Iago, Zola)

I am also adding a Google Form to submit characters for an enby bracket so Limstella, Kyza, and Bramimond don't get left out. These can be characters from any game as long as there is canon basis for them being nonbinary.

Extra notes under the cut

Characters who are excluded from voting:

Anyone who obviously both looks and acts like a literal child. Some characters are borderline so discretion may be used

Generics

Anyone who lacks either a portrait or a unique name

Characters not in human form (e.g. Human!Anankos is included but Dragon!Anankos is not)

Characters who are technically included in Fates via Einherjar or Amiibo, but would fit better with another game's poll (e.g. Marth)

*Yes I know Nyx looks young, but considering she's canonically very old + her entire thing is that she actually acts her age even if she doesn't look it, I've decided to allow her

**Forrest canonically refers to himself as a man so he's going with the men

***Hana and Effie are not included because they are canonically supposed to be around the same age as Sakura and Elise respectively. Given the absolute oldest Sakura can possibly be is ~15 (and Elise is likely younger) it seemed fair to exclude them too.

[firehananas]

Interpretations about the different M!Kana

You need to read this post before, because it'd make no sense otherwise.

These interpretations are MY interpretations, take them with a grain of salt (and don't hesitate to voice your own opinion!)

VEGETABLES: 

Regarding Shura and Saizo, I think it come with the idea of foraging as their works ask them to be very adaptative (it’s also something Shura comments in rank C, saying he had to "ingest some stinky and exotic food" at some point in his life). I think Saizo has to teach him how to found wild vegetables and roots because, even if Asugi is here, being a ninja is very risky and he better be prepared in case something happen to him. Kaze may not because Midori could be teaching him now and is probably more lax in general regarding his legacy, being the second born himself and Kana being the younger of the Saizo's family.

I like to think Izana could be a vegetarian for cultural reasons. There is no canon explanation or hint for this, but I think it could made sense for him allegedly being from a peaceful nation and descendant of god and all.

I’m also surprised Azama doesn’t have a Kana cooking vegetables too, as he is inspired by Buddhist monks, but maybe he let him experiment and choose for himself (or in this univers, it’s okay to eat meat for them). 

I have no idea why Silas!Kana do this cooking tho because Silas is a lordly knight, so meat is not something expansive for him, he is supposed to know what Corrin likes to eat as his best friend/lover (I’m referring to his dialogues about Corrin childhood’s favorite, who aren’t all vegetarian food) and his cooking is standard just like him. 

I don’t know why Odin!Kana do it either (however I don’t know him very well especially as Owain, so maybe he mentions to be a vegetarian or something in Awakening?).

MAPS: 

Some of the Kana could be more inclined to feed the horses because of their closeness with animals (Keaton, Kaden) or having a cavalier father (Silas, Gunter, Xander, Leo, Subaki). I can’t really explain why so many of them do it tho, but it’d make sense at least for these ones. Maybe Kana just likes animals/horses specifically by default?

I’m pretty sure Odin!Kana does give the maps to his mom to throw a bone to the Awakening fans (Robin being a tactician and pretty close to Lissa). Could also influenced by Odin/Owain's love of weapons and thus strategy tie to it (eventually). 

Shura and Izana can come out as surprising, but maybe show their Kana have a better global understanding of the wars than the others. Maybe the other Kana are being sugarcoated about war, like it was for Elise and Corrin (and for some extend Sakura), especially if they already have an eldest to take the charge. Gunter and Laslow already have lost their families once, and probably don’t want their sons to do anything too dangerous ; Yukimura and the royals know better than anyone how harsh the war can be. Kaden and Keaton would probably not understand what would be the point of a map - not because they are dumb (well, some could argue about Keaton), but it’s not something that would made sense culturally. 

However, Izana and Shura have no reason to sugarcoat or aren’t ignorant enough about strategy. 

By joining Corrin’s army, Izana had broken his vow of neutrality, making his realm in danger: he has to win for its sake. Even if he is goofy most of the time, he can be serious when needed (as show in his support with his son already) and Kana is most likely to take his position after him, so it’s very serious not only for his people, but for his legacy. Barring the legacy (?) this could also applied to Odin too.

Shura is honest to a fault at this point of his life, it’s very much implied Kana knows his past as an outlaw. His Japanese support on the festival of bond have him mimicking his father’s brooding way to be and confirm he knows at least the basic ("I’m a dirty outlaw… stay away from me" etc.). He could have transmit him to think before running to the battlefield, especially since he was the leader of his gang: he had to plan his battles, going to which approach to choose and what do do in case it doesn’t go his way, as it seems to him to be the better option: his son as to be prepared to whatever could happen to them.

HONESTY: 

This part is tricker because it can be interpreted in multiple ways and are tied to a part of Kana’s insecurities. Kana reacts when his father compliments his good work and it makes him snap to what Corrin told him. It can be show that Kana is either overthinking (as his fathers said) or him paying more attention in general.

I was actually very surprise that Kaze, Arthur, Kaden and Benny’s Kana didn’t notice and/or weren’t honest, but maybe it just didn’t cross their mind it could be considered as "cheating": all of these Kana are self-assured. 

Jakob, Subaki and Hayato are generally petty even as father, so Kana could be ignoring it to make sure to win, even if they technically cheat a little.

Jakob and the royals have probably putting some pression on their sons (more or less consciously) and thus, admitting they have twist their mother’s words could be more difficult than the other: it's too late for that now. Can be especially true for Xander!Kana, as he is the one showing some insecurity compared to the other royals. May also be true for Fuga!Kana, as Fuga is a chieftain too.

I do think Yukimura is pretty secretive in general, as for Niles. Kana may have notice his mother complimenting his works but not thanking him and her sad look, but didn't tell their father willingly. His will to win was stronger than being honest.

Hinata!Kana and Keaton!Kana could just be inattentive like their fathers and thus not coming from malicious intents.

Now, for the one who did tell the true, there are: Silas, Shura, Saizo, Azama, Odin, Izana and Gunter.

Silas is the paragon of virtue by excellence and probably encourages his son to follow his exemple. He is kind and always willing to lend a hand to whoever in need, and he seems to me to be emotionally intelligent in the plot and support. Kana probably inherits his traits, thus why he is also one of the Kana noticing his mother's sadness.

Saizo is a harsh but also a honest father, wanting the best for his children. He shows a gentler side to Kana (while still being himself and excepting a lot from his children in general). Due to his training as a ninja, he probably taught Kana to be attentive to the body's languages and wording as he can found clues/hints for their missions and preventing betrayal (like his own father had been). Kana may told him what he notices out of habits to make him reports, knowing every single details are important (and wishing his approval of his good works too).

Shura is a honest man after he joins Corrin's army, wanting to leave his past as an outlaw as much as possible. He seems to be very close to Kana (see below in tidbits) and I think he communicates quite well with his son... but it also shows Kana's insecurity, promptly questioning himself about being a bother to his mother. I think it's because of that Kana didn't pick up the sadness of Corrin, being to caught in his own troubles and possibly misunderstanding her expression as awkwardness and annoyance.

Izana seems to be open at heart with Kana, and very doting (see his support with M!Corrin). Kana mays be confortable enough to tell him the truth, as his insecurity.

A little like but more "troll" than Saizo, Azama is honest. We can call out this man for being mean-spirited (to the point Kana is suspicious about his father being helpful to his mother), but he does think what he says. Beside, being a Monk, he probably encourages Kana to be honest too, by principes.

Odin is a bit tricker, but I think him being over the top and encouraging towards his children no matter how "weird" and strange they can be may have play to him being honest.

|-> Emotional intelligence:

Remember: Silas, Saizo, Izana and Gunter's are the ones noticing the "sad smile" of their mother.

I've already explain for Silas, Shura and Saizo so let's jump to Izana, Gunter Azama and Odin.

Izana is smart. It's something overlooked because of his silly personality, but he is very clever. In his support with F!Corrin, he cut off the conversation because he feels Corrin was being uncomfortable and didn't want her to worry about him. One also could wonder if his fortune telling is real and not just base on observation (even Corrin herself doubts it at some point). Plus, like said before, he is some sort of royalty, so he has to be sharp. With this in mind, it's something he could have taught his son.

Gunter has already had a son and is wise enough to let his child expresses himself and be vulnerable around his parents. I feel Gunter is being very patient with him, and thus his son is calmer and more observant than most.

I think why Azama!Kana didn't pick up her mother sad expression is tied to the lack of sympathy Azama shows to others (and not his lack of empathy, because he knows perfectly where to press the buttons thanks to it).

At last, Odin is not very observant either (or, more probably, see only what he wants to see) such as claiming he makes her wife smiles thanks to his heroic exploits and tales... and when Kana grimaces at the thought, Odin claims "IT'S THE SMILE!". So well...

INSECURITY: 

Either, you saw it strictly as it is: some Kana are more insecure than the others. Or… you can see it as Kana being more okay to show some vulnerabilities to their father. In other words: the other Kana are as insecure as other ones, but are more open to talk to some their father.

Odin and Shura doesn’t come off as very surprising to have the most expressive/insecure Kana. Odin is very dramatic in general and it mays have rub off on Kana in that way, making him a little drama king (lol).  Shura tho, it’s a little… more sad. See, think about it: what happen if Miss "Everything is my fault!" and Mister "If I die, it’s maybe for the best" have a child? 

Yeah. 

This insecurity comes back in said festival of bonds where Kana is all jumpy and worry about upsetting his dad. I think the reason why Shura!Kana is more expressive than Niles!Kana is because Niles keeps his insecurity mostly for himself. You really have to dig to see him unsure, or even sad instead of cocky and flirty. Shura is, as said above, honest to a fault. He doesn’t have a façade, especially around Corrin (be it either male or female), and his horrible self-esteem never completely fade. Post-mariage, he keeps saying he is "grateful" for being choose by Corrin and wants to work on himself because she loves him. It’s a start for sure (especially in a world where therapy sounds like some mysterious medicine), but it wouldn’t be enough on the long run (and by the Dragons, let’s not start talking about a "fail route" if Corrin dies or leaves him). So, yeah, subconsciously, Kana inherits from the poor self esteem of his old man.

Izana being very expressive himself mays encourage Kana to be more open about what he feels (he honestly seems to be a person you can easily talk when not in "let's go party" persona).

I generally think the Corrinsexual!Kana show more insecurity because they don't have a sibling. Thought Kana & his sibling support is unfortunately not as interesting as the one with his father, it also show they have a good relationship as a whole. I think it helps him feeling less lonely and have someone to talk when it becomes too difficult with his parents. It's also probably why F!Kana is insecure by default because, unless Corrin is married to Azura, she's always an only child.

Other tibits I forgot to give:

Izana, Shura, Azama (in a sort of way) are the only one calling out Kana for technically cheating. Azama just makes it notice while Izana and Shura are more teasing (Shura called him "little ogre" and Izana "little squirtbag" for cheating)

Some father have variations about the time Kana was a baby: Izana called him a "little fleshy, pink squishbubble", Shura said that "not so long ago [he was] soiling his underwear", Yukimura said he was "a cute little lump" (Laslow too but adds "pink"), Odin said he was an "undreamed dream", Gunter called him a "little babe", Benny "a little lump" Keaton said "a lump" without any adjective and Saizo a "crying pink lump" |-> Azama doesn't have this dialogue, instead saying "Heheheh... Well, good job. Listening to you now, you're sounding so grown up and responsible. I never thought I'd see the day where you were tripping over yourself to do dishes. It makes me realize that maybe I was treating you like a child, too..."

Izana gives a ton of nicknames to Kana and seems to be the dad to make punjokes everytime (Kana doesn’t say anything to this)

The fathers being present for the birth of Kana, implying they were next to Corrin in labor are: Shura, Azama, Arthur and Izana. They also add they kept "a close eye on [his] age" or something similar.

Fathers with a hot-blooded or sharp temper (Takumi, Saizo, Keaton...) have a Kana pouting more than the others.

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

Whenever I’m playing Birthright, my first instinct is to pair the retainer with the their co-retainer. Hana and Subaki, Azama and Setsuna, Oboro and Hinata, Saizo and Kagero. This can cause problem for the other marriages occasionally.

The second instinct is to give Azama a dread scroll.

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[emblemxeno]

Rev's balance is uniquely bad though. I dont think any game in the series has over half its cast be utter dogshit like Rev's does. 12/16 retainers, Nyx, Rinkah, Benny, Charlotte, Elise, Gunter,

12/16 retainers are bad??? Subaki and Beruka have flight utility, Selena's fine, Hana's alright aside from the strength debuff, Saizo and Kagero have thief, dagger, and pair up utility, and Oboro and Hinata are goated. That's more half than anything, plus Peri, Niles, and Azama can still have utility use as well.

Gunter has early good movement and pair up, Rinkah and Benny have good pair up, Elise has healer utility, etc. Plus, in all honesty, while their stats aren't up to snuff, you have grinding and most of the characters are near, at, or above level 10 for class change.

There's too many uses for units to perform in Fates beyond level and stats to declare the cast wholesale badly balanced. Especially when games like the GBA trilogy and Radiant Dawn notoriously have units either wildly outperform or underperform to the point where certain units being used or not used is outright seen as a detriment.

[wardencommanderrodimiss]

Well, I just spent a few hours on this. Thanks, ADHD Hyperfixations. Anyways, here’s the general ages I came up with for the Three Frats AU relative to the 3H cast’s ages in the academy phase. Some are canon, others are modified canon, and others are straight up vibe guesses. I didn’t include any of the shapeshifters on here since they’re up in the air.

31+ - Vaida, Renault, Saber, Valbar, Gregor, Basilio, Flavia, Volke, Reina, Yukimura, Shura, Gilliam, basically anyone old enough to have their own kids or just obviously older than 30 something 30 - Arvis, Uther, Oswin, Hawkeye, Deen, Miriel, Libra, Shinon, Azama, Arthur (Fates) 29 - Aida, Pent, Louise, Dorcas, Isadora, Harken, Karla, Zeke, Stefan, Izana, Emmeryn, Gerik, Tethys 28 - Claud, Bartre, Natalie, Mathilda, Kamui, Fredrick, Virion, Sigrun, Gatrie, Xander, Saizo 27 - Beowulf, Lucius, Canas, Farina, Legault, Clive, Robin, Say'ri, Bastian, Heather, Tanith, Ryoma, Kagero, Scarlet, Glen (FE8) 26 - Balthus, Arden, Hector, Rath, Leila, Geitz, Karel, Lloyd, Linus, Sully, Cordelia, Kellam, Lon'qu, Calil, Rhys, Camilla, Orochi, Setsuna, Niles, Nyx, Benny 25 - Sigurd, Eldigan, Quan, Naoise, Ayra, Lewyn, Chulainn, Eliwood, Kent, Raven, Matthew, Dart, Fiora, Python, Forsyth, Sonia, Chrom, Vaike, Stahl, Cherche, Zihark, Lucia, Hinoka, Beruka, Peri, Joshua, Saleh, Cormag 24 - Edain, Brigid, Alec, Jamke, Lex, Sain, Lowen, Lukas, Leon, Jesse, Sumia, Gaius, Tharja, Geoffrey, Oscar, Jakob, Effie, Charlotte, Seth 23 - Deirdre, Tailitu, Azelle, Midir, Erinys, Wil, Heath, Ursula, Palla, Maribelle, Olivia, Henry, Kieran, Makalov, Kaze, Azura, Natasha, Glenn (3H), Rennac 22 - Mercedes, Lachesis, Lyn, Florina, Luthier, Lissa, Aran, Nephenee, Felicia, Flora, Rinkah, Silas, Syrene 21 - Jeritza, Byleth, Sylvia, Serra, Erk, Priscilla, Tatiana, Conrad, Ricken, Elincia, Marcia, Astrid, Boyd, Leo, Takumi, Oboro, Hinata, Artur, L'Arachel 20 - Hubert, Hapi, Catria, Atlas, Ike, Fiona, Jill, Mia, Lute, Innes, Knoll 19 - Sylvain, Yuri, Leonie, Finn, Dew, Guy, Rebecca, Silque, Berkut, Rinea, Fernand, Donnel, Pelleas, Ilyana, Tormod, Hana, Subaki, Mozu, Erika, Ephraim, Colm, Niemi, Forde, Kyle, Lyon 18 - Dorothea, Dedue, Raphael, Lorenz, Hilda, Constance, Monica, Jaffar, Gray, Faye, Clair, Mist, Soren, Hayato, Vanessa, Tana 17 - Edie, Dimi, Claude, Bernie, Ferdie, Felix, Ingrid, Marianne, Ignatz, Alm, Tobin, Celica, Mae, Sothe, Laura, Sakura, Elise 16 - Caspar, Linhardt, Ashe, Annette, Nino, Est, Boey, Genny, Leonardo, Meg, Ross 15 - Lysithea, Petra, Kliff, Edward, Franz 14 - Cyril, Oifey, Amelia, Ewan 13 - Delthea, Sanaki, Shannan

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You entering a trace and emerging with an age list of (I presume) every FE that you’ve ever played. It happens. I get it. (I do have to point out that Saizo and Kaze are twins, so maybe we split the difference on their estimates? 25? 26?)

Mostly however I am going to be thinking about the 13-year-olds tier. There is such powerful energy there. I don’t know what’s going to happen if you put the three of them in the same room, but I know it will be happening, and there is no force on all the continents that could stop them if they put their mind to something.

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Entry 121: The Same Chapter Again Except Less Horny

You know what I realized I haven’t talked about? The Difficulty Modes in this game. Fates has two types of difficulty, with three options each. The first type determines enemy strength and is split into: Normal, which is painfully easy; Hard, which is a decent challenge; and Lunatic, which exists to tell you to go fuck yourself. There are also three death types: Classic, where units die; Casual, where units come back after battle; and Phoenix, where units come back every turn.

I think that Normal/Hard/Lunatic all have their merits. They are good for learning the game, playing the game normally, and pushing yourself respectively. There are a lot of really cool Ludonarative things accomplished by Classic mode, in addition to it being a good challenge, but Casual is a fine easier mode that I’m okay with existing. I admittedly played Casual when writing this blog.

The oddball is Phoenix. It exists so you can see the story without playing the game, except, you still have to play the game, just without any choices mattering. Also, this game isn’t written good enough to skip the game and just read the story. It would be cool to try out Phoenix/Lunatic mode as a weird challenge run, but unfortunately, Phoenix locks you into Normal mode for some reason.

I’m going to do a bunch of DLC chapters in one fel swoop now.

Xenologue 2: Beach Brawl

Corrin is given a ticket for a vacation to a tropical island, but insists that one of their siblings take it. The boy royals argue about which one of them has to go on a vacation and pass it around like a hot potato. Their retainers show up and demand they go on a vacation, leading to an eight-way brawl over who gets the ticket. In this chapter, the player chooses one royal and their retainers and has to take on the other seven teams. The chapter uses premade units instead of the royals you actually have, for balance reasons. There is a Dragon Vein that lowers the stats of other teams. I don’t have much to say about the gameplay, because I haven’t actually played this one and am just going off the script on the wiki.

Each team gets their own little bit of dialogue before battle. Kagero and Saizo vow to lay down their lives to ensure Ryoma gets a vacation. Hinoka tries to forfeit, but Setsuna and Azama force her to fight so she can bring back gifts for them. Takumi orders Oboro and Hinata to surrender, but they refuse because they know he secretly wants the vacation. Sakura and Hana are worried that the vacation is a trap, but Subaki confirms it's safe after patrolling the beach; he also tells Sakura about all the sweets and begins making her an itinerary.

Xander orders Peri and Laslow to not slack off; his retainers request seashells and drawings of women in bikinis respectively as gifts. Camilla is sad that Corrin isn't going, but Beruka and Selena refuse to let Camilla go. Leo thinks that the whole thing is a waste of time, but Odin gives a big flowery speech about how great the beach is; Niles and Odin offer to slather Leo in tanning lotion so he returns bronze gold. Elise doesn't want to go without Arthur and Effie, but they tell her that fighting for her is all the vacation they need.

If you win, it cuts to a few days later, when Anna delivers a letter and a photo of the winning lord in a swimsuit to their retainers. I assume this is designed to be fanservice, which makes Elise and Sakura's inclusion a bit sketchy. Ryoma goes swimming and trains by fighting fish. His retainers also decide to train. Azama says he misses Hinoka's criticism. Hinoka trains by fighting coconuts and says she won't send presents, disappointing Setsuna. Takumi looks happy. Oboro gets jealous because she thinks he's dating Anna now because she took the photo. Sakura eats a bunch of fruit. Subaki and Hana argue about her swimsuit.

Xander clutches a Lilith floaty because he can't swim. He also sends back extensive notes on seashells and babes. Beruka assumes Anna is a spy and tries to murder her. Selena is jealous that Camilla is having fun, while Beruka worries about assassins. Beruka hopes Camilla brings back poison as a gift. Leo wears his cape to the beach and stays inside all day. He tells his retainers it was a waste of time. Arthur somehow rips his own underwear out while retrieving a letter from his pocket. Elise makes leis for her retainers. The retainers explain they would have been miserable at the beach and decide to spar.

Xenologue 3: Boo Camp

Boom Camp exists so you can grind EXP by endlessly fighting faceless. Felicia or Jakob tells Corrin that the army is weak, so they should train on a haunted mountain and overcome their fear. The plot is bare bones, but every unit gets a unique line when they fight the faceless. I'm going to only mention the interesting ones.

Azura admits that people used to think the castle was haunted because of her singing. Jakob threatens to level a mountain if Corrin is injured. Kaze says he was haunted by a woman's ghost once and does not elaborate. Mozu says that she doesn't believe in ghosts and that the faceless are just monsters, then worries that she's started seeing ghosts. Shura vows to do right by the restless spirits of Kohga, if they exist. Fuga says he’ll push his limits, even though he’s old.

Takumi screams for the monsters to get away. Azama complains about them trampling over the mountain, then realizes he's also trampling and decides to purify himself. Setsuna says the faceless aren't as scary as the decapitated corpse she ended up trapped in a pit with. Hinata is reminded of a woman in a white who hovered in a graveyard when he was a kid and comes to the conclusion, not that she's a ghost, but that she had a crush on him. Oboro says people are more scared of her than ghouls. Hayato is scared because he is a child. Kaden asks the monsters to scare him because he thinks fear is fun. Yukimura mentions that there are rumors of ghosts haunting Castle Shirasagi and says that he hopes there are, so he can see Sumeragi or Mikoto again. Scarlet assumes it's an exercise to get them to pair off as couples, for some reason.

Xander says that the thing he always feared was his father late at night. Camilla says that the Woods of the Forlorn and the games she played as a kid are scarier than the monsters. Leo says the dead envy him and that so do most of the living. Effie asks the faceless to come back to her gym for daily training. Peri screams because she's scared of mummies, then realizes it's just faceless and kills them. Selena calls the whole chapter stupid and says that she's seen way worse things, for example Camilla when she's upset, which is apparently scarier than the zombie apocalypse she was raised in. Benny complains that everyone mistakes him for a monster then screams because he sees monsters. Keaton likes the mud and bones. Gunter says it's dumb to waste EXP on him because he has bad growths.

Shigure decides to paint the mountain and the faceless. Midori is scared, but plans to make medicine out of monsters. Asugi pretends the monsters are pinatas. Hisame brings up Hinata's ghost crush, who apparently was seen behind him. Rhajat thinks the dreary mountain is dope. Siegbert thinks he is unfit to be king because he's scared. Soleil hears girls screaming and is into it.

At the end of the chapter, Corrin decides to come back later for more training, scaring their retainers.

Xenologue 4: Ghostly Gold

This chapter is like Boo Camp but for gold instead. The chapter begins with Lloyd and Lleewelyn informing Corrin that people keep looting the ruined temple they look after. Corrin offers to help. Because the looters attack at dawn, everyone has to stay up late. Also the looters are ghosts. Once again, everyone gets a single line, this time complaining about staying up late. Jakob dreams of fighting in his underwear, something you can make him do in Castle Battles. Silas gets tricked into licking a toad to stay awake. Kaze can't sleep without his favorite pillow.

Ryoma grumpily says he doesn't need sleep or breakfast or coffee. Hinoka falls asleep mid-sentence. Takumi points out that taking turns sleeping was an option. Sakura spills coffee on herself and others. Saizo says he can stay up for five days straight. Azama says he knows how to sleep in the middle of a conversation without people knowing. Setsuna says that she went to bed early instead of keeping watch because she knew the others would wake her. Kaden says he sleeps while curled up into a ball. Orochi says it was adorable how the others slapped each other to stay awake. Rinkah says she slapped people to keep them awake. Yukimura praises the tactical plan of striking when everyone was asleep, then points out he has caffeine. Scarlet says that this is the first time she's ever seen a sunrise because she normally sleeps in.

Camilla says she is in a MOOD because she and Corrin couldn't sleep. Leo says he will make the next person who calls him grouchy suffer. Odin says his eyelids are being pulled down by ghost magic. Niles says he always sleeps with one eye open, but then again he normally does things with only one eye open. Laslow says he stays up for pillow talk. Peri cries and says she's emotional when she doesn't get enough sleep, meaning she probably hasn't slept all game. Beruka says she took part in a three-week stakeout once. Benny says he was too scared to fall asleep because people told ghost stories. Keaton is mad everyone knows he snores. Gunter falls asleep boasting.

Shigure sings a lullaby to keep himself awake and accidentally puts everyone else to sleep. Dwyer complains about having to make all the coffee when he's tired. Sophie, half asleep, thinks the ghosts are cotton candy. Midori makes worm juice energy drinks. Mitama can't write a good poem because it's four in the morning. Caeldori says she should have brought a romance novel to keep her awake. Forrest complains about having to sleep on the ground, which is bad for his skin and hair. Velouria is nocturnal. Percy says he annoys Arthur in the morning. Soleil says she almost showed up naked.

Corrin decides to give back all the gold the bandits dropped. The twins give them the gold as a reward. After Corrin leaves, Lloyd and Llewelyn mention the gold is cursed and gives bad breath.

Xenologue 5: Museum Melee

Team Corrin goes to an interrealm museum featuring rare weapons. The curator explains there's a battle to the death over the weapons Corrin can compete in. Okay. Also the museum is on an airship for some reason. This one allows you to get rare weapons and items. You can also get capturable bosses here, because bosses are also items. Corrin points out that they shouldn't be fighting with real weapons. Felicia wants a tea set she can't break. Shura points out that he's still robbing people, even after renouncing his bandit life. Izana requests to be given the entire airship.

Ryoma worries about Ranjito being stolen. Saizo calls the whole situation absurd, but does what is demanded. Setsuna says wheeee because she's on an airship. Oboro compares it to a holiday sale. Yukimura is disappointed that it isn't a real museum.

Xander points out that only he can wield Siegfried, because he is a bad father and forgot his son exists. Elise says she wants a divine weapon like her brothers. Arthur is confused by being forced to act like a mugger. Peri begs Corrin to let her kill people. Selena goes to the gift shop.

Dwyer wants coffee from alternate universes. Midori tries to trade drugs for weapons, because she is secretly Ronald Reagan. Shiro wants a weapon that can beat his father's. Selkie does not grasp that a fight is going on. Hisame wants pickle-eating utensils. Ignatius gets airsickness. Nina follows hot guys around.

After the battle, the curator explains that the weapons were donated by realms no longer at war. He explains that the people we just beat up were also from war-torn realms and Corrin feels sad. I don't. Soldiers are not always good, Corrin. Corrin says they'll donate the weapons after they've won the war, so others can achieve peace.

Xenologue 6: Royal Royale

This one takes place after Revelation. A version of the Rainbow Sage from the Outrealms informs the princesses that Corrin is in danger. Specifically, an alternate universe version of Corrin who hasn't beat the game yet is in danger. He tells the princesses to spar to see who is the strongest, which will allow him to make stat boosting items for Corrin. Somehow. The girls don't to fight each other, but agree once they find out the princes already agreed.

Wait a minute. This is just Beach Brawl again, except less horny this time! What a rip-off!

Winning nets you a Dread Scroll for the Hoshidans and an Ebon Wing for the Nohrians, plus a character specific stat booster (Secret Book for Takumi, Energy Drop for Ryoma, Seraph Robe for Hinoka, Dracoshield for Xander, Spirit Dust for Leo, Godess Icon for Elise, and Talisman for Camilla).

There are people who paid money for these chapters.