#chrom and robin friendship

[chiisanajimi]

baby chrobin feh banner got me thinking about this arranged marriage au i made years ago and never wrote

(if it's not clear, f!chrobin are publicly betrothed and they are good friends but m!chrobin is the endgame ship)

[pegasusknightsonly]

what if i kept a running tally of every point where the game references Chrom and Sumia's relationship in cutscenes

(chapter 2: the northroad preamble part 1)

(part 2, ft. a custom animation for Sumia)

(part 3)

[isaacathom]

the main takeaway ive had from my brief redescent into fire emblem is that robin/chrom (both romantic and platonic) is very important to me for some reason

[theotherseapancakes]

Very entertaining to me how one of the most popular tumblr posts I have is me yelling (sleep-deprived) about Chrom's insecurities.

(I rambled this got long im sorry.)

Slightly, SLIGHTLY less funny that it constantly reminds me that was the day a bird broke into our house and refused to leave, though, which is funny, in a horrible way. Because Chrom attracted a Robin, I guess, IDK. It was a small one. (It was not funny at the time. Literally nobody would help us we called EVERYWHERE just had to make our poor roommate come home.) I get notes on that one so often. I feel like Chrom's insecurities SHOULD be obvious, but maybe they're not AS obvious as I thought? Hrmmm. Food for thought. ... I'm putting this on main because I'm scared it'll also blow up somehow--but while I'm here, I'm also thinking about how FEA has some really good leitmotif useage. Like, I think anyone if they just listened to the OST will notice the obvious Id ones (which I tend to feel belong to Robin, as the protag, which makes sense to a degree, but Chrom too) but I feel like rambling specifically about something dumb. Say how "Such Bonds Are The True Strength of This Army" has such a simple melody that gets reused in so so many pieces. It's really good stuff; Nintendo music is always leitmotif heavy in the best ways but it's not absent here. It makes the game feel cohesive to me. Also I can't think of many times I've heard the notes to Id Purpose also in other songs. It's present in Sorrow for obvious reasons but I still just. Gosh, I fucking love this game. I know it's a mess, I know it has issues. I know, I know. But fuck if it doesn't compel me. I don't ask much of my fiction. Just engross and compel me. Sell me on your characters. And I can't deny awakening does that. Sitting here rotating Robin in my head and Chrom and thinking about how their relationships really do mean the difference between so much. Grima is so lonely (the latest FB event makes this doubly obvious I would say) and Robin is so surrounded by friends and allies. That shit hurts. Like, imagine if you made all these friends only to be told by the universe, hey, no, fuck you, giant dragon time. Anyway everyone should go play the gay awakening mod and also my game about anime chess people, it was the one that introduced easy mode gdi. GO PLAY IT PLEASEI M ON MY KNEES CRYING AND BEATING THE FLOOR.

[coralhoneyrose]

I was wondering: what do you imagine Robin's childhood was like? Did feh change that in any way?

Oooh what an interesting question! Admittedly, I haven't thought about this in extensive detail, but I do definitely have Some Thoughts™️.

So, we obviously don't get much to go off in canon. Validar says that Robin's mother was "seized by weakness and fear" and that "she betrayed us—stole you from your crib, and fled with you in the night!" and then adds that he knows "naught of [Robin's] life thereafter". Presumably the 'us' there is referring to the Grimleal…and if she betrayed them as a collective group she must have been a part of said group previously. The fact that Validar says she stole Robin from their crib also implies that she ran away with them sometime between birth and age 3-ish.

If she was trying to get away from the Grimleal, I assume she would have wanted to leave Plegia if at all possible. We know that the last war between Ylisse and Plegia ended about 15 years before the start of the game, though. So if we assume Robin is about the same age as Chrom (19) then that would have put Robin around four years of age when the war ended. So either Robin's mom was trying to make do in Plegia for a while, or they potentially hid out in Ferox for a time. When it comes to my personal writing, I admittedly like to play with those timelines a bit, but that's my best guess for how things went down in game.

Either way, I assume they probably lived an extremely nomadic life style. They couldn't risk being found, which means they also couldn't really risk putting down roots or settling in one place long term. I imagine Robin was probably very lonely growing up, as all that moving around and having to lay low would mean they didn't have much of a chance to make friendships with other children. Presumably the trend continued into their adult life too given that no one in the story (aside from Validar) ever recognizes Robin or remembers them from prior to when they met Chrom. If that's something that was so lacking in their life previously, I think it makes the game's messages about the importance of the connections we choose all the more meaningful. Also I am just really partial to the idea of Robin being touch starved prior to meeting the Shepherds and Chrom's subsequent touchiness and familiarity with them taking them completely by surprise as a result haha

Honestly I suspect a lot of that is why they came to love books so much too. The books were an escape to other worlds but they would have been a small slice of stability as well, since a story is the same every time you read it. They may not have had friends in real life, but the characters in their books would have always been there for them between the pages. I imagine Robin got very good at amusing themself too and probably had a very rich imagination growing up. The fact that they traveled to so many different places may also have played into them developing their strong sense of curiosity.

I'm sort of undecided on what point in Robin's life I imagine that they lost their mother / how exactly they lost her. That's one of the things that's always really interesting to see other fan's interpretations of, as there are a variety of interesting possibilities there. Either way, given that Robin's inability to have made many connections outside of their mother, I imagine they took it incredibly hard.

As far as if FEH impacted my interpretations in any way, I would say it didn't really change them, but that it did fill in some details for me! Robin's coat being visibly too big for them strongly implies it was a hand-me-down from their mother for one thing (which I'd sort of assumed before but never had direct confirmation of). I'd also been very curious just how much Robin understood about who they were on the run from / why they were hiding, so hearing that their mother cautioned them to keep their hand hidden and that they do seem to have some sense of that being the source of their power as well as 'an evil omen of an unlucky fate' was very interesting as well.

That's everything that comes to mind at the moment! ASfhsdf I like that I started by saying I haven't thought about it in extensive detail and then proceeded to type all of this up...But honestly, writing all my thoughts out wound up being super helpful for organizing them. It also has my chrobin brain-cell vibrating at high speed going into the weekend, so you have my gratitude, anon! Thank you for giving me such a prime opportunity to talk about one of my favs <3

[emblemxeno]

I think what frustrates me the most about canon FE is when a certain subset of fans praise FE for its amazing representation. Don’t get me wrong on the surface it does look like it’s good representation but then you think about the reasoning which comes down to the same basic outdated views. Let’s start with a fan favorite. Yes Edelgard is bi (though most call her a lesbian which I’m sorry isn’t true? If anything she’s straight with a Byleth only preference.) but why is Edelgard bisexual? Is it to state a message? No. It’s because there was no way to write around her massive player crush meant for the male player that they might as well let her marry the female model of the player too. Dimitri didn’t have this problem. Dimitri and Claude had more to them than an obsession with the player. Also they’re only for the girls the men don’t want that. That was the reason and no that’s not good representation. Then again people also see her as a rebel leader when there is no better example of what’s going on in the world than this character so obviously they’d miss the mark.

Let me give you another example I love Chrobin to pieces and yes I prefer them as platonic life partners if Robin is female because female Chrobin feels very doomed family focused which as an aroace who is tired of amatonormativity that’s not my thing. So instead I love the idea that despite their different romantic partners they are still each others most important person and platonic soulmates. But male Chrobin? That one I like as both romantic and platonic because there are much less amatonormative tropes associated with it. They’re just a very close duo who would do anything for each other, half the time you don’t even see Morgan.

But also Chrobin is not canon. I can see why people are beginning to think that, the reason Chrom and MRobin specifically are always paired up both in FEH and their own Emblem ring and have the most heartfelt conversations compared to the female counterpart isn’t because IS likes MChrobin more than FChrobin. No it’s because they see that relationship actually as inferior. Pairing a male character and a female character together automatically is assumed as romantic in their eyes but a male and a male? Well that’s fine, it’s never romantic it’s just friendship after all. I guarantee if Awakening is remade Chrom will stop not be able to marry MRobin and I’ll be mad about it lol.

My final example is the character of Plumeria. She’s basically a sexy fairy gives you wet dreams. But she hates it, and she hates mortals because of it. She reiterates this every time she gets a new alt or any attention in the game. Like I said I’m asexual I can relate to that mindset. Plumeria would be a fascinating character to go into sex in society and how it’s just expected and has to be a part of her but nah. She exists to give into the fetish of but you special player are the only one who can change her mind. And though she may call you disgusting and reverting you like it, this is for you you naughty little pervert *wink*

FE is getting much better at representation (I will die on the hill Fates was better gay rep than 3H, which felt like lesbian fetishization while the men had crumbs but argument for another day) and Engage allowing just the Avatar no matter their gender to “engage” anyone was an excellent step but it has a long way to go and until it stops trying to cater to a straight male audience which I fear it will keep doing looking at the success of Edelgard and skimpy FEH alts and realizes its views on women is very outdated and covered in sexism which affects their LGBT representation with it, I see it staying this way. Hidden gems you can find as representation but underneath it all it’s all because they treat women different than men. And is that really honest to goodness representation or just a side effect?

EDIT: This is me after writing everything below, I deeply apologize for the lack of cohesion in my response, I kinda just started yapping after a bit lol

I agree, the representation in FE has a long way to go.

While I'd give it grace because the devs have different societal values and norms, and the balancing act between catering to multiple countries must be hell on earth, I think they're still pussyfooting around the issue a bit.

Fates, specifically the Japanese version, having a few characters be queer in a het-dominant world felt better because it written with all the mess and internalized homophobia that it might entail that feels pretty appropriate for the game's setting. The primary issue is that, yeah, only Niles and Rhajat being options, and only queer romances for Corrin and not between other characters, would rub people the wrong way. Compare to 3H and Engage where, as you say, the former kind of feels as if they wrote themselves into a corner for some characters, there's a fetish aspect lingering underneath, and the imbalance for male options makes it apparent that it's still catering to straight men more than anyone; and the latter having the entire cast be available for Alear, but doesn't solve the problem that's being discussed.

There's also the fact that 3H has a lot of queer subtext with non-Byleth ships (especially Faerghus, like jesus christ lol) but functionally it's a bitch to get the endings you wanted unless you got the DLC, and Engage has no paired endings aside from Alear and their partners.

The fix isn't to just let anyone be options, the fix IMO would be to just... write some characters from the ground up as queer and not wholly dependent on the Avatar for a relationship.

The issue you'd run into is some players not getting to marry their favs because they aren't compatible with their avatar's gender, but we honestly need to let go of the fact that FE Avatars aren't actual self inserts. They are characters in their own rights that you get to alter more than others, hence the Japanese "My Unit" moniker.

Being quite honesty I'd love if the next game just didn't have any kind of self insert type of main character, as we haven't had one from a non-remake game in... almost two decades ughhh (turns to dust)

And same on the Plumeria point! She kind of has the same rough deal as Ann from Persona 5, where both both have problems with sexualization in game yet are constantly forced into that role anyway because Sexy = Sales, which is kinda shitty? It's one thing to be Camilla and have your sex appeal be part of your character's fucked up/warped perception of love, but to write a character one way and then not respect it? It makes little sense.

Thanks for the ask!

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

This is a response to the person talking about killing Chrom with Robin but friendship.

1. The game is rated T for teen, don't know what parent would let a 7 year old play the game

2. While an interesting story concept, the game wouldn't be as engaging afterwards. You playing blind won't know what will happen and this will end up kneecapping game speed when you have to train up so many gen 2 units who you didn't get parents for.

3. One of the best parts of FE Awakening was the massive amount of supports, which can be easily grinded for post game against risen. Losing Chrom and the first gen would lose that.

4. The idea kinda feels like middle school edgelord talking. "I had the power of friendship but I because evil instead". While the main theme of every fire emblem game is bonds and connections. It feels dishonest to that.

5. We did get a glimpse in the DLC set of maps set in Lucina's future, where we clearly see what type of landscape is brought by Grimma. While only a glimpse it would be clear the personality and conflict of named villains would be gone. Only learning Risen of the gen1 units could be used to push the plot forward to kill Grimma. Not very compelling when it comes to pushing a character driven story

The idea is okay, but there was to much holding it back to make it work in the context of the stories FE tells.

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[sieglinde-freud]

i love the difference in dynamics between the first gen and second gen in awakening bc they both definitely have something of a found family going on but in two completey different ways and its just really fun to look at

bc on one hand you have the og shepherds right like chroms squad and you have the ones whove been around for a while (stahl, sully, sumia, vaike, etc) but you also get to see their new pickups as you recruit them (virion, gaius, tharja, olivia, etc). and not only that, yeah the shepherds are a pre-established group before robin joins, but they havent done all that much yet bc the war with plegia/the grimleal hasnt happened yet, so they dont have necessarily the strongest bonds together yet. so what we get to see instead is these weird group of silly goofy guys slowly warming up to eachother, getting to know eachother, and becoming the family they are at the end of the game. you get to watch them create those friendships and start to love eachother and its just a nice journey to see them go through together as a whole

and then on the flip side you have the second gen cast, who already know way more about eachother than probably anyone ever should. but the thing about them is that in contrast to their parents, they only ever knew eachother in war time, so when they get to ylisse which is definitely still in the midst of conflict but infinitely more relaxed, they all suddenly have to contend with different sides of eachother theyve never met, and all of their crazy ass coping mechanisms are putting them at odds with eachother bc this entire time theyve always loved eachother, they just havent figured out how to like eachother. which is pretty much how a lot of their conversations play out, figuring out how to get used to eachother again and its a lot rougher to watch because they’re all navigating a new world without much idea as to how, but they try and quite honestly they’re not very good at it but they’re trying

and the game ends and theyve beaten god or whatever, all because of the bonds theyve formed through these families and its just the sweetest thing in the world to me. they all start from a place of conflict with eachother and turn it into what i think is one of the most close knit casts in fire emblem and its just a really great pay off once you finish. awakening cast i love you so much im putting you in my mouth (highest honor btw)

[hulloitsdani]

Okay so the idea of a Kiran and Grima friendship dynamic is honestly one of my favorites in FEH.

Grima as a character was always intriguing to me, but he only became downright fascinating in retrospect of FE: Echoes. Seeing where he came from made his rather two dimensional villainy in Awakening gain a surprising amount of perspective and depth. This is a creature made purely out of a man’s insane hubris and was cursed to walk this earth for thousands of years as a result. He’s essentially Fire Emblem’s version of Frankenstein’s monster. This gave Awakening’s nature vs nurture narrative a significantly more fascinating base to stand on. Made it a bit more character driven, as you can begin to see why Grima holds the perspective that he does. However, there has yet to be a proper scenario in which we get to sit with him and explore the ideas that promises.

Which is exactly why I love the idea of Grima and Kiran. I do not think their dynamic should be dedicated to redeeming Grima via the power of friendship, as that’s more Awakening and Chrom’s brand. But rather, I think Grima getting summoned to Askr would shift the focus of nature vs nurture away from Robin and onto Grima himself. Robin got the chance to question this via their amnesia and now Grima gets to question this via this second start in a world wildly different from the one he walked for lifetimes. And Kiran acts as the off putting yet well meaning embodiment for what that could possibly mean. They are a weird, pitifully weak creature who has somehow succeeded where the scientist that made him and no doubt countless others after him have failed: They have the capacity to control Grima. This automatically means Grima has no intention to let them live for long, but they hardly have the same goals as those ambitious fools. Outside the demands of every conflict the Order finds itself caught up in, Kiran only uses their power to have interesting conversations with weird company. And when I say “use their power” I mean have tea with malicious dragon deity without loosing their head.

It’s hardly enough to get him to stop him from plotting a murder, as it’s only a matter of time before this goes south in his eyes. But it’s… intriguing to see such a comparably unmotivated individual in a position of such extreme power. The piqued curiosity leads to a the formation of a genuine bond as Mr. Wings of Despair Breath of Ruin realizes, “oh shit, I’ve encountered a being I don’t want immediately dead” and has a major existential crisis about it. It’s adjacent to Power and Nyaako from Chainsaw Man, but instead of a cat is Grima is watching this chaotic tactician earnestly fumble their way through this position thrusted upon them. And despite the light years of difference between the both of them, these two come to an understanding of one another that isn’t quite feasible by anyone else.

Meanwhile cut to the outside looking in perspective and this all looks downright insane. Kiran has befriended Fire Emblem satan. Has tea with him sometimes. It’s chill. Don’t worry about it. They say to Alfonse, who is realizing there is something not quite hinged about his tactician. Anna is crying because how the FUCK are they going to house a dragon the size of a mountain range. Sharena has been making cookies to go with the tea to give to the god of ruin this whole time.

[friends-to-lovers-tournament]

Friends to Lovers Tournament: Round 1, Side B, Match 17

propaganda under the cut!

Chrobin:

Imagine finding a stranger on the ground, picking them up, and saying 'you are one of us now!' That's Chrobin for you! Chrom quite literally found Robin laying in a field unconscious and decided to bring them along on his little routine mission but one thing leads to another and Chrom is never without Robin. The two fight off medieval zombies, travel the continent, suffer and heal together as their story goes on. The core of Robin and Chrom's relationship is their friendship but the game gives you the option to have them get married and wow, Chrobin real!!! I could ramble about their tragedy or their silliness but it all leads back to their friendship and how they stick together no matter what life and death throws at them. In a later game in the series their souls are imprinted together in an ancient weapon. What's more romantic than being a powerful magical bracelet together?

KohaAi:

first of all they were online friends before their introduction to the game where they lost contact with each other after a while. they first met in real life after moving into the idol dorms where they met by chance. aira, meeting kohaku for the first time, LITERALLY CALLED HIM PRETTY AND WHEN HE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING, HE THOUGHT HE WAS DREAMING BECAUSE OF HOW PRETTY HE THOUGHT KOHAKU WAS. and they also think each other's names (and each other) are beautiful! theres also the fact they love each other's company and hang out just with just the two of them all the time (and theyre each other's first person to hang out with). theres even an official 4-koma where theyre basically going out on a date for crepes and boba and kohaku's cousin, tsukasa, steals his boba and kohaku WALKS OUT OF FRAME HOLDING AIRA'S HAND. FOR WHAT REASON !!! not to mention theres an official scout story where they had to act romantically together for a job and didn't even act any different and the director was like yup! perfect! that was romantic! and i will never recover. theyve shared food together, they like getting gifts for each other, and always believe theyve got each others backs. kohaku also canonically is very weak to aira. aira wanted kohaku to do a dance trend with him and he thought it was embarrassing but then aira started pouted and kohaku was like NOOOOO I CANT SAY NO TO THAT FACE. and speaking of aira's face, kohaku has CANONICALLY admitted that he loves seeing aira's happy faces and even referred to him as "a special person" (translated) using a term meant for people you really love, and usually is in regards to lovers ! and last but certainly not least, the yoru ni kakeru cover they did with their units! their lines were:

Both: Even so, someday we'll surely, we'll understand each other 

Kohaku: I believe that

Aira: In the troubling days, I became unable to smile

Kohaku: You are truly beautiful in my eyes

there might be more but these are the ones off the top of my head

[chiisanajimi]

sonic x fire emblem: awakening

dumping this all in one post cause i made it to cater to exactly one (1) person (me)

ideas under the cut for anyone who give a fuck <3

robin = shadow

amnesia

evil bloodline

existential crisis

possession/manipulation

immortal* (robin only appears to be immortal in bad timeline where grima possesses them since their appearance doesn't change at all, though it's not clear whether this is a fundamental aspect of robin's body because why would insys care about making lore about that lmfao)

(also imagine making a separate new design for an older grima with a customizable avatar wouldnt that be a fucked up and evil thing to do to our boy kozaki)

more analytical and distrusting, thinks before acting

initially believes in aligning with the circumstances of their birth

usually portrayed with like, electric stuff (chaos spears aren't really lightning coded but work with me here they look like thoron)

self sacrificial tendencies

chrom = sonic

blue, obviously

inherently special for one reason or another

heart of gold, trusting to a fault sometimes

natural leader

headstrong and impulsive

emphasis on friendship(!!) and freedom (to choose one's own destiny or whatever)

sword (caliburn and falchion babyyyy)

anger is sometimes overwhelming/intimidating

destructive tendencies

blunt

you know in the cutscenes where chrom moves really fast and he leaves a blue trail,

feels responsible for keeping up appearances (The Hero, The Prince)

strong sense of justice

tails = lissa

yellow

innocent, childlike

looks up to older sibling with blossoming desire for independence

feels out of place when they're where they "should" be (lissa as royalty, tails about his tails)

crafty (tails literally, lissa in terms of pranking)

lucina = silver

time travel

gentle at heart but dead set on fixing the future at any cost

autism

looks serious but is kind of silly when given the space

blaze = severa

companion to luci/silver

uptight and a little stiff, cares a lot

princess behavior

im so fucking normal im the most regular guy ever. ever. promise

[pegasusknightsonly]

chrom and robin the original toxic coworkers

[calamari-inari]

Playing this game (without the likes) 🫶

1. enemies to lovers, best friends to lovers, lord and their knight ❤️

2. Not sure if these are tropes, but yandere lover (just not a very big fan of yandere), obsessive love (treating their partner as a possession), misogynistic attitudes or abusive power in a relationship (basically a partner defining what their partner, whether it be a woman or man, should do or behave, and the victimized partner finds it hot???)

3. Gradual mutual understanding for one another! I also learn more about the characters' personalities this way!

4. One or both partners experience withdrawal when they're being separated from each other lol. True feelings often emerge from such situations and it's adorable...

5. Multiship! So far, the only ships I really think about now are from FE3H and a few from Engage and TGAA. Here's a list of several multiships I enjoy!

FE3H (Apparently Dimitri is very shippable to me LOL)

Hubert x Ferdinand

Hubert x Edelgard

Sylvain x Felix

Sylvain x Ferdinand

Dimitri x Ferdinand

Dimitri x Felix

Dimitri x Dedue

Dimitri x Claude

Byleth x any lord

Engage

Alear x Alfred

Alear x Diamant

Diamant x Ivy

TGAA

Kazuma x Ryuunosuke

Barok x Kazuma

Barok x Herlock

6. I like both rarepairs and mainstream! Most of the rarepairs I like don't have any canon interaction, so I like to explore the "what could've been" situations.

7. Monogamy. Not much to explain here. It's just my preference lol

8. Using my favorite pair ferdibert, they are reversible, but I have a really strong preference for dom Hubert and sub Ferdinand. However!! I'm not a big fan of where Ferdinand is written or drawn very femininely. This applies to any MxM pair. I'm not against the concept of femininity in males, but when used in a stereotypical fashion, it rubs me the wrong way. Just a subtle depiction of their relationship dynamic is perfect to me! I'm alright with seeing SFW artwork of the reverse and reading said fics, but NSFW is where I draw the line

9. Thinking about the games I've played, I can think of at least one pair I like to see romantically, so yes 😂

10. Not at all important! After all, my favorite is romantic fluff 🥺 Depending on the intensity of my liking for a ship, the NSFW aspect becomes more bareable since I'm still personally embarrassed consuming such content lol. I am vanilla. Ferdibert is highkey the only one I consume NSFW for

11. A lot of my MxF and FxF pairs are platonic to me! This is likely due to my aegosexuality, which is the closest explanation I can identify with. Not everything needs to be romantic. I find close friendships very heartwarming too 🥺

12. My top favorites right now are ferdibert 🖤🧡, sylvix ❤️💙, and diminand 💙🧡!

13. My favorite pairs from fandoms that I'm not really engaging in now are:

Madeleine Cookie x Espresso Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom)

Victor x Yuuri (Yuri on Ice)

Link x Zelda (Skyward Sword version)

Reyn x Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles 1)

Chrom x M!Robin (Fire Emblem Awakening)

14. Domestic fluff is really cute, but the official legal bonding of two partners isn't on my "must have" list for any romantic pairing. I really love seeing creations of my favorite pairs marrying though! Gives me the tingles every time and I just feel so happy 😍

15. As someone that made OC fan kids in the past, yes that is totally fine and I love seeing other people's interpretations for the same pair (if they don't have canon children). I've even made some for ferdibert before but I never fully flushed them out lol

[emotionaldepravity]

Can you please do

yandere platonic marth x kid reader

yandere platonic male corrin x kid reader

yandere platonic male robin x kid reader

Sure! Platonic yandere is certainly something I haven't done much of.

Marth

-Marth very much regrets not being able to fully protect Tiki so he plans on making sure its different this time.

-You'd never be allowed to train in combat in any way. No matter how physically capable or magically inclined you seem to be, your growth will never be allowed. He is focused on keeping you away from battle.

-He and Caeda would forcibly adopt you so you can live in the palace. Though she would most likely be open to it, she doesn't know you still have a family to go back to. The way that he treats you better than their children bothers her slightly. She'd never tell him her real feelings.

M!Corrin

-Corrin is immediately adopting you to be a part of his family as soon as he sees you.

-He is rather strong so he can protect you, but he encourages his siblings to do the same. However, if they seem reluctant to love you as much as he does, then he might cut them out of his live.

-He treats you better than Sakura or Elise, playing with you and spoiling you. If he has kids then he treats you better than them.

-He gets really happy when you call him "big brother" or "dad". Corrin would let you chose whichever you are more comfortable with saying.

-If you have parents, no you don't. Not anymore.

M!Robin

-Robin sees you being lost and alone and wants to be sure that you are put on the right path just like how his friendship with Chrom put him on the right path.

-He doesn't really trust others to take care of you. ESPECIALLY, if your family is still around. He doesn't have any good memories of his family (thanks to being an amnesiac and his dad being Validar) so he doesn't put much stock into those sort of bonds.

-He teaches you everything he knows. Robin believes in being able to rely on yourslef and others, and without strength he can't rely on you when you grow up.

-If he has children, he expects you to be extremely good friends with them. He wants you to be as close with them as he is with Chrom.

[coralhoneyrose]

Ya know, since I only write Chrobin, I actually have no idea if everything I write is cursed to be long or if this is specifically a function of the fact that once Chrom and Robin start talking to each other, they just will NOT stop.

Which I like, actually! Their friendship is sold so convincingly in game that I think I (and a lot of people) came away really buying into their comfort with each other and the idea they would have lots to talk about. It makes writing conversations between them a lot of fun even if sometimes that also means watching the word count climb higher while I helplessly try and figure out a way to get them to sTOP FLIRTING ALREADY, GOD

...All of this to say that I am real close to finishing my first draft for the next chapter and that right now it's like 20% Actual Things Happening and 80% Chrom and Robin Just Talking, so :') I hope you all like dialogue asdkj

[captainschmoe]

Arena Ferox Smash Taunts: Corrin

Robin: This is Corrin, prince* of two warring kingdoms. Well, actually, he’s also the prince of a secret third kingdom, but that’s another story for another day.

Lucina: Corrin is part dragon, which is why you’ll see parts of his body morphing into and out of draconic forms. Just remember that Falchion no longer has its dragon-slaying properties here in Smash.

Chrom: ………………

Robin: Chrom?

Chrom: Sorry, he just looks vaguely familiar somehow.

Corrin: You’re Chrom of Ylisse, right? I traveled to your halidom once. Remember the, uh, warthogs we had to fend off? The invisible ones?

Chrom: Warthogs…? Oh, that! I do remember! Haha, that was certainly an odd day. But I’ve had a lot of odd days in my life…

Corrin: Hey, after this match, would you want to catch up? I’d love to hear more about your “odd” days and tell you about some of my own.

Chrom: Of course! I’m always up for forging new friendships here!

Lucina: (Robin, what is this about invisible warthogs?)

Robin: (I am just as lost as you.)

*The masculine terms would of course change to feminine ones against a female Corrin, but otherwise this Smash Taunt remains the same.