#dimivain roleswap

[travelling-on-the-octopath]

s hello have any brainworms for roleswap dmvn formed in your mind yet....... bc im gnawing at the bars of my cage thinking about them

ALL RIGHT i've let this collect dust for long enough, I think.

Worldbuilding things!

Dimitri's parents are alive. Rufus is the equivalent of Miklan in this story, and I think he steals Areadbhar during month four of school. TBD.

The tragedy of Duscur doesn't happen, because Matthias' methods are the low-and-slow type rather than Lambert's "let's go have peace talks right now actually."

What DOES happen is the very beginnings of an armistice between Sreng and Faerghus, which is just as much a ploy by the slitherers now as it was in Duscur, and results in the incapacitation of Matthias as well as the death of the Queen and Miklan (and the usual cast and crew that got done in in Duscur, like Glenn).

Dimitri was there, but things play out a little differently. Still has absolutely bonkers levels of survivor's guilt. Why did Glenn have to lose his life instead of him? The queen and prince, too?

Felix's feelings on Dimitri are far more mixed because of it, I think. But that's another discussion (fic?).

Matthias shuts down on all attempts to make peace with other countries. He does put everything he has into trying to restabilize Faerghus, but his mind kinda snapped watching his son and wife die before his eyes. Sylvain straddles the line between hating him and feeling bad for him.

I'm sure I could have reworked this to make sense to include Duscur the way they have been, but brain running on fumes, so we'll take what we get. Feel free to imagine a character with a similar narrative role coming from Sreng instead. Maybe it's the son of the chieftain they . . . captured/took in/who the fuck knows.

Onto the dimivain of it all <3

Every hangup Sylvain has about people thirsting after his Crest and not him is cranked up to eleven, because now the chances of someone wanting the prestige of being his spouse (and by extension, a monarch) are ridiculously high.

Gautier territory is where it is, but the royal family lives in Fhirdiad. Because Blaiddyd territory is so close to where they actually are, the family charged with keeping them safe is pretty obvious. (Their monster of a Crest certainly doesn't hurt.)

Sylvain tries to poke Dimitri's buttons about this. "Doesn't it bother you? That you're stuck with me because of something you didn't choose?"

Dimitri doesn't have a real answer right away. He says something about being honoured, not caring to know another manner of life, same old same old. There's something in it about making your circumstances your own rather than fighting them tooth and nail that's at odds with Sylvain's perpetual "I know what I'm headed for but that doesn't mean I've gotta like it!"

Dimitri tries to tell Sylvain that bedding random women is not a great image for the crown prince. Sylvain loses his brain cells and asks if it'd be a safer rumour to have the crown prince be in love with his retainer.

Dimitri doesn't take him seriously for even a second.

Sylvain has never been more serious in his life.

"Dimitri, come on, you haven't ever said my name! I think you came out of the womb being all 'Your Highness' this, 'Your Highness' that." "I'm not sure what you mean, Your Highness." "You're so full of it! Just once? Please?" "I'm afraid not, Your Highness."

Sparring = flirting? Dimitri loses his composure whenever Sylvain really gets into it and tries to win, but it's a 50-50 chance on whether he actually succeeds.

Sylvain refuses to make the first move, when it's like that. Dimitri's heart's too big, and Sylvain doesn't want to know if he's being placated or pursued.

Unfortunately! Things get blown to bits during the timeskip. Dimitri damn near loses his life trying to prevent Sylvain from being captured by Cornelia's men, but he manages it. Unfortunately, he's still got a hell of a lot of wounds to lick while the Gautiers regroup in Gautier territory. The surrounding lords are skilled enough at diverting search parties before they can stumble upon a humble-looking cabin in the woods that houses Faerghus' most important people.

Sylvain's heart breaks when he sees his best friend, the boy who'd been sworn to him since the first time the sun came up, looking like hell now lived inside him.

"What are you doing? You've done your share, Dimitri. You don't have to do this anymore." You don't have to hurt yourself for me anymore. Please don't hurt for me. If you die for me, I worry that I couldn't even hate you for it.

Dimitri hasn't let go of Areadbhar since he returned. Maybe once, because eating had required it. But he sets it down in that moment and approaches so that there's no more than a handful of inches between them.

"You asked me if I was bothered by having to stay by your side. Do you think I would not have fled, across the sea or over the mountains, if I didn't want to stand where I've stood all these years?"

"But you--" But you didn't have a choice.

Dimitri looks off in the distance. "Does a hound choose to be a carnivore? A flower, to flourish in the sun?"

"Those are bodily functions, Dimitri. Don't think that counts."

"Ah. I haven't made it clear then."

Sylvain loses it a little when Dimitri leans closer.

"I breathe, and I wake, and I think of you, and if there was ever a moment of doubt that you're the cornerstone of my heart, Sylvain, I'm afraid that was an error on my part."

Sylvain wants to say something about how Dimitri could have easily had the entirety of Garreg Mach's student body chasing after him like a pack of wolves after prey, but Dimitri has willingly walked into the trap of his arms, so Sylvain is in no mood to spook him away (read: irritate him in the way Dimitri never admits to being irritated).

They have rings, Blaiddyd-silver and gems coloured Gautier-teal, that are always there under gloves and gauntlets.

People say that King Sylvain never married because he grew tired of the women that cycled through his chambers. Dimitri doesn't particularly like listening to people run their mouths that way, but protecting Sylvain from prying eyes and centuries-old expectation has always been more important than defending his honour.

[spec-tralarts]

day 4 of Dimivain Week: Roleswap

[claudvain]

Dimivain week day 4: Roleswap/Reverse AU

What if Sylvain was the Saviour King 🤔🤴✨💙

[floopsboopdedoops]

Me: sees roleswap as a prompt for Dimivain week

Me, thinking about a Sylvain driven so far by the guilt of being the only survivor of the Tragedy that he forces himself to play messenger of the dead, resolved to join them once the war ends thinking he's too far gone while Dimitri tries desperately to convince him otherwise, trying to fill Sylvain's role as the lighthearted one when all he can think about is the heartbreak he'd face if he fails:

[ladytrsharon]

So I was reading a dimivain roleswap fic that got me thinking. Dimiclaude and Dimivain love triangle -…I KNOW HOW IT SOUNDS BUT HEAR ME OUT

So the basic premise is that the tragedy of Duscur affected Sylvain in a different way than Dimitri where his self-worth problems are basically escalated especially since he feels like the knights died to save him and how he feels inconsequential- compared to those who had lost their life to save him (and ofc he’ll save Dedue because I love Dedue too much). In regards to the fic, I thought about how interesting it is to have a more carefree but loyal friend Dimitri is to Sylvain; and how Dima is someone that remained relatively the same with his childhood self from Sylvains POV.

So while reading, I had a sudden epiphany-since Dimitri is a student; does that mean that he’s recruitable. If so, does that mean it’s possible to make Sylvain suffer a bit more while also feeding to my DMCL agenda/jk

But like imagine Claude gaining an interest on Dimitri - especially because of his candor. Like I can see Claude unintentionally stumbling across him through the library or maybe just having an initial interest because of Dimitri’s strength and determination…ALSO Sylvain seeing the relationship progress which really stirs up conflict within himself because he treasures Dimitri (and ofc Ingrid, Felix and the rest of the lions too !) . In a way, he unintentionally views and longs for his old, close relationships prior to the tragedy as well- he wants Dimitri to be happy - but he can’t bring himself to just…accept it.

Might add more but it’s 3:32 am lol

[bylaudelekha]

dimivain week day 3 - roleswap! one sylvain jose blaiddyd and a dimitri alexandre gautier for table three....

there were some pretimeskip designs but I wasn't too happy with how they turned out, so I put these ones up instead

i got to have fun with these, enjoyed it a lot :)

(can you tell i used my fancy pens? il them a lot)

[spec-tralarts]

absolutely obsessed with your roleswap dimivain art, that hand kiss is going to haunt me for eternity. gorgeous art, thank you so much for sharing! <3

thank you!! 😭 you're so sweet for sending this