#donnel x lissa

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🌟🌟 Sketches ✨✨

[emblemxeno]

This ask is going to be kind of long, but your platform is really the only platform where I feel comfortable having this conversation. You don’t have to post this if you don’t want to, I won’t feel any sort of ways about it, but I’ve got to get this feeling out of my system. The way the fandom treats Fates compared to the other games in the franchise, makes them completely unbearable. I don’t think I can forgive the fandom for it even if they did somehow start giving Fates its overdue credit. Treating its fans like shit for almost a decade is unacceptable. I don’t know how so many people can justify their behavior in regards to this game. The fans of this game have literally done nothing to the fandom other than love it unapologetically, and we still get condescended to about it. You dare offer your opinion about a take in the series and it’s like, “You’re a Corrin fan, you have no right to talk about anything.” I have never seen a group of fans that have to literally HIDE the fact that they cherish a game in order to appease its larger community, it’s so disgusting. I don’t care if I’m being harsh with this ask because I have witnessed and dealt with this condescension for years. I don’t care to spare any feelings at this point, and I think the fandom certainly doesn’t deserve any of our grace either. Calling out the elitism, cliquish behavior, and hypocrisy is the right thing to do no matter how much some people soften/normalize these issues.

Hope you don't mind me posting this anon.

It's certainly an unfortunate situation. While Fates has its problems--I say this as a diehard fan--I agree in that it's in a singular situation where it's just met with derision initially and only given praise in backhanded manners. Think "Fates sucks but it does have great X and Y" and including an obligatory compliment towards Conquest. Which, don't get me wrong, Conquest is fucking amazing in the gameplay department, but half the time I'm just like... all right, I think you're just pretending to like anything of Fates just because you feel obligated to like one of the most acclaimed gameplay centered entries in the series.

There was just the perfect storm of controversy and unmet expectations that people had towards the game: the woefully inaccurate conversion therapy accusations, the romance options, the sales model of having multiple versions, the story not being liked, Corrin not being liked, the cast being seen as tropey, the fanservice hatred, etc. Its reputation from pre-release to nearly a decade after release is just a swamp of negativity.

And, in risk of sounding defensive and deflective, Awakening did most of this first. Awakening used being gay as a constant punchline especially in DLC (but people are reclaiming that now as something to be praised cuz of course), Awakening had problematic romance options (Nowi, any of the children but especially Nah, Donnel, Ricken, and Lissa are still underage, Aversa is technically your sister and she's written in the M!Robin support to tease that aspect, Tharja in her entirety), Awakening's cast was the de facto tropey cast before Fates, its story was criticized for the same things Fates was (poorly explained lore and world, pacing issues, convenient plot devices, pandering to a previous game, and had its exclusive issue of being inconsistent with Archanea's lore), Robin was criticized for being an all loved player insert with too many powers/importance, it started the oddly designed armor designs for fanservice reasons, and while it didn't have multiple versions, it was the first game with a ton of paid DLC.

Don't get me wrong, I love Awakening to pieces. But that game started pretty much everything Fates gets shit for. Yet it gets retrospective love or at the very least a pass cuz... Fates does it worse/more and because it was gonna be the last game in the series? Wouldn't it be fair then, to give slack to Fates for following in the footsteps of the most well received and successful game in the series by replicating it while trying to improve on what some felt were lacking? But I guess at that point, people think it utterly failed in improving on the story and characters so :/

I think you have a point regarding Fates fans as well. We're pretty much the only FE fans that get unironic negative labels, at least by casual aduiences. Apparetnly we're "coomer, porn brain freaks who don't know what good games are." Though, that's about it in terms of the elitism thing, otherwise I think it's just fans of older games being out off by the direction newer games have gone, and most make no distinction and criticize all of Awakening, Fates, 3H, and Engage. Still, Fates fans are the ones getting the most accepted flak.

To end this off, let's be honest: If Fates is the example most people give of the worst game in the series, FE fans have it pretty fucking good lmao.

[lilliana17]

My Awakening ships are

Chrom X Maribelle

Chrom X Sully

M!Robin X Tharja

F!Robin X Priam

Lissa X Ricken

Sumia X Frederick

Sully X Gregor

Miriel X Donnel

Maribelle X Lon'qu

Panne X Lon'qu

Panne X Gregor

Cordelia X Libra

Nah's father is Virion because his future past dialog is the best Nah and father convo but I don't like shipping Nowi with anyone but I like Nah so :/

Tharja X Stahl

Olivia X Henry (OTP)

Cherche X Vaike

Lucina X Inigo

Nah X Yarne

Nah X M!Morgan

F!Morgan X Owain

Noire X Laurent

Kjelle X Brady

Cynthia X Gerome

Chrom X Maribelle- I find it cute

Chrom X Sully- like the childhood friends angle

M!Robin X Tharja- not fully my cup of tea but not against it

F!Robin X Priam- never did dlc

Lissa X Ricken- they are cute

Sumia X Frederick- love them

Sully X Gregor- good match

Miriel X Donnel- never considered it

Maribelle X Lon'qu- love them

Panne X Lon'qu- really cute and works well

Panne X Gregor- I like them

Cordelia X Libra- I'll be honest I love Lissa and Maribelle so much I don't think I used Libra much

Nowi: yeah I get that I mostly ship her with younger feeling characters like Ricken and Donnel

Tharja X Stahl- another one that works really well

Olivia X Henry- I love them

Cherche X Vaike- Yes they work well

Lucina X Inigo- May be my favorite Lucina ship

Nah X Yarne- they work well

Nah X M!Morgan- LOVE THEM

F!Morgan X Owain- they are adorable

Noire X Laurent- never considered it

Kjelle X Brady- can't remember if I've tried this one yet

Cynthia X Gerome- Adorable

SHIPS I LOVE NOT MENTIONED

Any Crobin

Chrom x Sumia

Gaius x Maribelle

Cynthia X Owain

Lissa X Lon qu

Gaius X Sumia

Olivia X Lon qu

[outerspacebun]

DSJFLKSDF okay since one person liked my post, which is enough for me, I am going to write a long list of who I ship/who I pair with in Awakening, Fates, and Three Houses/Hopes. It's going to be long, will include rarepairs, and oc x canon because I can't help myself.

For Awakening:

Chrom/M!Robin

Chrom/Sumia

M!Robin/Tiki

F!Robin/Virion

Lissa/Lon'qu

Frederick/Cordelia

Sully/Vaike

Stahl/Cherche

Miriel/Kellam

Donnel/Nowi

Lon'qu/Gaius

Ricken/Maribelle

Panne/Olivia

Panne/Libra

Gaius/Olivia

Gaius/Chrom

Tharja/Henry

Basilio/Flavia (we were robbed of an A Support from them)

Gerome/Lucina

Lucina/Laurent

Lucina/Gerome/Laurent

Owain/Inigo

Cynthia/Severa

Gerome/Laurent

Morgan/Nah (doesn't matter the gender for Morgan)

For Fates:

F!Corrin/Flora

F!Corrin/Charlotte

Azura/Tsubaki

Felicia/Jakob

Felicia/Xander

Silas/Hinoka

Kaze/Rinkah

Mozu/Hayato

Mozu/Effie

Takumi/Setsuna

Sakura/Xander

Saizo/Kagero

Kagero/Rinkah

Azama/Beruka

Hinata/Hana

Orochi/Lazlow

Oboro/Kaden

Tsubaki/Niles

Tsubaki/Nyx

Rinkah/Charlotte

Camilla/Keaton

Leo/Nyx

Elise/Odin

Lazlow/Odin

Lazlow/Nyx

Peri/Niles

Effie/Arthur

Charlotte/Benny

Midori/Kiragi

Mitama/Rajhat

Asugi/Nina

Caeldori/Nina

Caeldori/Seigbert

For Three Houses/Hopes:

M!Byleth/Claude

M!Byleth/Shamir

F!Byleth/Sylvain

Byleth/Dedue (I like either with them. Dedue is so precious)

Edelgard/Dorothea

Edelgard/Monica

Edelgard/Dorothea/Monica

Hubert/Ferdinand

Ferdinand/Flayn

Linhardt/Dorothea

Bernadetta/Dorothea

Bernadetta/Petra

Dorothea/Monica

Petra/Ignatz

Dimitri/Mercedes

Dimitri/Felix

Dimitri/Yuri

Dedue/Ashe

Felix/Annette

Sylvain/Yuri

Annette/Hilda

Rodiruge/Amelia

Lambert/Aisla

Matthias/Raven

Glenn/Elena

Ingrid/Yuri

Lorenz/Leonie

Raphael/Marianne

Ignatz/Marianne

Lysithea/Cyril

Marianne/Leonie

Seteth/Manuela

Hapi/Constance

[luclraven]

Does anyone even do shipping charts anymore?

Meh, whatever

List under cut but no explanations bc uhhhhhhhhhh idc

OTP: m!robin x chrom, inigo x gerome

QPPs: henry/miriel/anna/olivia

Love: henry x olivia, virion x libra, maribelle x lissa, chrom x gaius, cherche x lon'qu, kellam x panne

Like: morgan x nah, laurent x lucina, inigo x owain, sully x stahl, cordelia x sumia, basilio x flavia, olivia x gaius, f!robin x chrom

BROTP: frederick & chrom, awakening trio (inigo, severa, and owain), donnel & ricken, chrom & vaike

Tolerate: sully x virion

Didnt put any in dislike or hate not bc i dont dislike any but just bc i dont rlly feel like dealing with likers of the ships getting mad at me

[maggie-candy999]

My Fire Emblem Awakening OTPs:

Chrom x F!Robin

Chrom x Sumia (during my M!Robin playthroughs)

M!Robin x Emmeryn (Stupid Spotpass separating them! 😡)

Lissa x Vaike

Frederick x Miriel

Sully x Kellam

Virion x Olivia

Gregor x Cherche

Gaius x Cordelia

Tharja x Henry

Maribelle x Donnel

Ricken x Nowi

Lon’qu x Panne

Stahl x Sumia (WHY WON’T THE STUPID GAME MAKE THIS PAIR UP AN OPTION?!?!!! 😫😫😫)

Stahl x F!Robin (in my non-Chrobin playthroughs)

Lucina x Laurent (Chrom and Frederick would be in-laws! 😁😁😁)

I haven’t unlocked all the support convos yet so aside from Inigo, Owain, and Severa, I don’t have any ships for the kids yet. That will have to wait for another post.

[fire-emblem-poll]

FE ship tournament bracket

Round 1:

Felix x Dimitri vs Raven x Lucius

Ryoma x Rinkah vs Libra x Tharja

Maribelle x Lissa vs Tatiana x Zeke

Alear x Rafal vs Reyson x Tibarn

Celica x Faye vs Marth x Caeda

Ephiram x Lyon vs Oscar x Kiran

Petra x Dorothea vs Byleth x Shez

Byleth x Lindhart vs Alear x Alfred

Morgan x Nah vs Maribelle x Donnel

Erk x Priscilla vs Louis x Pandreo

Arvis x Deirdre vs Shannam x Homer

Pent x Louise vs Corrin x Gullveig

Deirdre x Sigurd vs Perceval x Elffin

Ninian x Eliwood vs Leonie x Lorenz

Lon’qu x Mirel vs Oboro x Orochi

Everyone x Therapy vs Dimitri x Claude

(I just had to include the therapy one thank you to that one person)

[feaincorrectquotes]

Since Mobile tumblr can’t view the info page i’ll make it a post aswell 

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Welcome to Fea incorrect quotes!

Here I post incorrect quotes and silly scenarios for my favorite game, Fire Emblem Awakening.

Here are a few general information to look forward to / be aware of.

.The pairings on this page are fixed and won’t shift unless I feel like it.

the pairings are as followed

First Gen Pairings

Chrom x F!Robin

Lissa x Lon'qu

Frederick x Sumia

Gaius x Cordelia

Henry x Olivia

Stahl x Tharja

Miriel x Donnel

Sully x Gregor

Panne x Libra

Ricken x Nowi

Kellam x Maribelle

Virion x Cherche

Second Gen Pairings

Lucina x Inigo

M!Morgan x Severa

F!Morgan x Gerome

Owain x Cynthia

Laurent x Noire

Brady x Kjelle

Yarne x Nah

. I don’t have pairngs for other characters currently, so feel free to send me some suggestions.

. Female Robin is my favorite Robin so don’t expect to see male Robin

. I love the idea of Twin Morgans, on the scenario of twin morgans Female morgan (the younger twin) will retain the name morgan while Male morgan (the older twin) will be named Marc. (Marc being Morgan’s Japanese name).

I hope you enjoy

[pegasusknightsonly]

awakening luna planning

chrom/sumia obvs im not an idiot. usual inheritance goes (galeforce from sumia, aether from chrom). this run i had lucy go through sage and that wasnt great but it wasnt terrible either. ds+ and tomefaire gave it way more oomph than lucys raw magic would suggest. what else could lucy do if i want to give her a beast mode... hmm. i want to keep her in a sword class if i can. bow knight i guess after she finishes great lord

lissa/libra DONT FIX WHAT ISNT BROKEN MY FRIENDS !!!

what if i dont use wyvern panne. i mean thats stupid and i probably should but what if i didnt feel like it. the problem is that virion!yarne is really really good and frederick!inigo is absolute trash but frederick!yarne and virion!inigo are both Just Fine. i do really like virion and olivias support. hmmmm

gregor/miriel again its a classic for a reason. maybe i do nerdzerker laurent so i can keep lucy in a physical class

now unfortunately i need a magical girl to hang out with owain. i really dont want to use noire because tharjas base hit is so horrible. henry!nah ? henry!nah maybe??????????? str +3 mag +3 skl +2 spd -1 oof but what can you do with nowi lol lck +0 def +5 (??????) res +2

"what about robin" what ABOUT robin. i mean. rob/lon'qu. its a classic for a reason

ok how would we all feel about vaike!yarne and frederick!severa . now i know what youre saying and i agree that cordelia is virtually unusuable but severa is at least better. fred!sev is str +4 mag -2 skl +5 spd +1 lck +0 def +3 res +0 is like... i dont like spd +1 but i like the rest of the statline????

nnnnnnn i actually really like a +mag robin/sully........ str -1 mag +3 skl +3 spd +5 lck -2 def +0 res +3

but that gives us 6 girls 4 boys. so i probably need to commit to a m!morgan for balance. i DO want to use robin as a rallybot late game and frobin is much better for that bc of bride access so i dont want a 3rd gen morgan bc robin wont be seeing much combat. HMMM

wait hear me out on my new terrible idea. donnel!nah. str +3 mag +1 skl-1 spd -2 lck +5 def +5 res +2 for another armsthrift/sol build ?? orrrrrrr ricken!nah str +1 mag +4 skl +0 spd -1 lck +3 def +3 res +3 in sage or dark knight to bakc up what owain is doing......

buttttttttttt you KNOW i love mag robin/lon'qu which is a m!morgan with str +0 mag +4 skl +4 spd +6 lck -2 def -1 res +1 and i think nah and morgan could have a lot of fun together... early second seal ricken to archer to boost nowi's hit bc awakening manaketes use str instead of mag?

ok.

sumia!lucina (bow knight) x gregor!laurent (berserker)

chrom!cynthia (sniper) x virion!inigo (warrior)

gaius!kjelle (dark flier) x libra!owain (van/ven sage)

frederick!severa (...paladin? luna falcoknight?) x vaike!yarne (berserker)

ricken!nah (sage) x lon'qu!morgan (van/ven sorceror to sage)

+mag/-lck frobin (grandmaster -> dark flier -> bride -> falcoknight rallybot) x lon'qu (?trickster or griffon knight for +1 mov on pairup)

sumia (luna falcoknight flying support/speed rallybot) x chrom (bow knight / skill rallybot)

olivia (dancer) x virion (early promotion into sniper to maximise longbow chip damage?)

all other parents benched

[shinra-agent-phoenix]

Hey so I know your thoughts on Fandom shipping. Namely you don't like when people ship characters who are in a canon relationship with other people, or when the ship goes against a character's sexuality. Can you give a list of Canon ships and sexualities so we know what we can make fanart of this AU of? Like, what ships for these versions of the characters we can make fan content for?

I don't want to be killed for disagreeing with fanon, so I will not reveal sexualities. Well, ok. I will reveal 1. Edgeworth is AroAce in this AU. So no ships for him.

As for fancontent, I will list the Canon ships, though only for characters that have been at least named. So this will be updated. If you wanna make fancontent for my AU containing ships not on this list, please ask me. Also do not make NSFW fan content for this AU. At all. It makes me very uncomfortable. Even characters that can consent. I just hate all NSFW.

Anyway canon ships so far, including ships for characters who will only appear once in the entire AU:

Xiaomu x Reiji

Phoenix x Iris

Gumshoe x Maggey

Ron x Desirée

Kay x Eustace

Chrom x Sully

Robin (F) x Priam

Lissa x Ricken

Frederick x Sumia

Maribelle x Lon'qu

Gaius x Anna

Cherche x Vaike

Stahl x Tharja

Panne x Gregor

Henry x Olivia

Cordelia x Libra

Miriel x Donnel

Again this list will be updated as more content is released.

Update: I'm gonna add this before I get killed by fans. Yes, all the ships are a male character and a female character. No, this is not out of homophobia. The reason why is, I generally don't ship. And when I do ship, it's because I can connect to it. And I get vocal. And since I am Heterosexual (though maybe with the sec repulsion I'm Acespec? I dunno. But I am definitely Heteromantic), I only really connect to male and female pairings. But I don't like EVERY male and female pairing. I am very picky. Like I said, I don’t ship much. So please I beg of you, don't come into the asks and be mean because I don't ship a gay ship. The only ships I actively dislike are toxic ships, proships, and ships with toxic fanbases. I'm neutral towards most ships!

[desudog-gone]

Oh also my other fe solid ships / what I count as my canon (incl what goes into the kids who show up in fates)

Chrobin of course

Lissa x donnel x ricken (donnel and ricken shared lissa in a sort of "were poly but not for eachother" way at first but ended up falling for eachother too) (to be clear, owain is only born later on after all 3 have had some time to grow up and be like... # adulting.) Both ricken and donnel don't really dig the idea of being a part of the royal family and find it overwhelming but ricken ends up bearing the title as her prince, and continues to pursue magic and become a respected anima wizard. Donnel goes back home to be near his family especially his mother and help on the farm and with her health as she ages, but will eventually slowly make the shift closer to his lovers after his mother's death.

Henry doesn't really commit both because he's aro and it's not really in his nature, but he flits in and out of Libra and Cherche's relationship as a third and plays around with Panne sometimes. He does take responsibility as a father for both Yarne and Gerome though.

Ones I'm kinda ~~~ ehhhh... on

Gaius and Tharja are just kinda loosely together. Tharja is... tharja. Yk... and then gaius just thinks her goth mommy dommy sadist nature is hot but they don't really feel too one way about eachother.

Sully and lon'qu because I really vibe with their ending having Sully become Flavias friend.

Stahl and Cordelia because yeah whatever

Fredrick and Sumia because idk that works

Olivia and Kellam because they're both introverts lol

[starclast]

💖✨

[snowlilys-wife]

someone who is a regular fe player, judge my first-time playthrough pairings challenge.

my unit/robin x lon'qu chrom x olivia vaike x miriel stahl x sully sumia x frederick gaius x tharja lissa x libra henry x cherche maribelle x gregor nowi x ricken panne x donnel cordelia x virion (this was more of a "pair the spares" tbh but they were decent together)

it's really funny to me as someone new to the fire emblem fandom (having played all of awakening and a little more than half of fates - both conquest and revelations) when i look up character pairings and their kids and are just met with people discussing nothing but stat growths, reclassing, and the best ways to pair the characters JUST to get high-stat kids with little regard to the actual pairings themselves. i get that it's pretty normal in this fandom (and for most games like this, i assume?) to be more focused on that kind of thing, but to me, the stats/gameplay are more of an afterthought. i just like pairing off characters based on the supports + vibes/dynamic and seeing what the kids will look and act like accordingly. of course i want my 2nd gen characters to be strong and fight well, but i also want to see them be a fitting child for the parents i paired together, ya know?

but idk, that's just my opinion lol [shrugs]

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

Can you imagine how wild it must be to be Donnel in Fire Emblem Awakening?

Like, okay. Your a dude living in your village. It’s a pretty swell life. You live with your ma and your familial clan on the farm and things are pretty chill. The one thing setting you apart from everyone else is that you’re mildly okay at stabbing things than other kids your age.

And then bandits attack, which sucks, but then you run into the LITERAL PRINCE OF YOUR COUNTRY and his band of super-soldier badasses and  you’re like “Hey! Bandits are attacking! Help us!”

And, you know, the Prince is a cool guy and he agrees to help you out, but he’s also like “YO, YOU SHOULD HELP US STAB ALL THE BANDITS!”

Uh, Sir? I am Poor. I have a pitchfork and a pot on my head. do I look like the kind of person who should stab bandits professionally?

“NO, NO. TRUST ME. YOU’LL BE AWESOME AT IT!”

So, almost against your will, your fighting alongside nobility and royalty and people are throwing fucking magic around that you’ve probably only ever heard legends about, but, hey, turns out you’re REALLY good at stabbing people. What luck! And you’re not dead so the Prince offers to let you join his army of badasses.

So now you’re here, a fucking kid with a pot on his head, and you’re fighting alongside heroes of myth and legend and they seem to expect you to be as badass as they are and you start training like hell because it’s either improve or die.

Like, can you just imagine? Like, actually getting sucked into this world of geo-political magic and apocalypses and you have a fucking bucket on your head?

And I always get him and Lissa to S-Support so he’s marrying into literal royalty too.

And then your kid from the future shows up.

Like, I just think Donnel deserves more appreciation.

[fe-aesthetics]

Oh, I swear I'll make ya the happiest girl in the world!

Donnel and Lissa, New Dreams

*requested by @thee-perilous-phensir*

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[good-beanswrites]

Been making time in between assignments to jot down some sappy Awakening stuff -- in honor of the valentines banner, have some thoughts on my top 5 playthrough couples! It's mostly just me gushing about dynamics and details, and disregarding the support convos as how they fell in love lol

(No chrobin ones, sorry, but I’m so happy for you all 😭😭😭)

Robin and Frederick: (stay tuned because I'll be posting an extended collection of thoughts on them eventually) I love the slow burn of Frederick not trusting them, the gradual relationship building to love and trust, only for Frederick to be right all along, but they’ve gotten so close that he still loves and trusts them despite the facts. I think Robin would be so caught up in the memory loss and fast pace of the war, Frederick offers much-needed consistency and stability. Frederick would be so straight-laced, having a partner who brings him a little fun and relaxation while caring just as much about their duty would do wonders for him. He also loves the fact that they’re a predominantly fire-wielding mage... And come on, what’s a better aesthetic than a romance between a great knight and a dragon he was supposed to slay?

Cherche and Lon’qu: Cherche quickly figures out she has feelings for Lon’qu upon meeting him, and takes all the first actions in the relationship. They’re an extremely low key, private couple. They have as full and true a love as any, but rarely show public comments and displays. Because of this, they master the art of communicating by looks alone. They both are incredibly observant, and can read the other’s body language and tone instantly. They made a pact at the beginning of the relationship that they wouldn’t let emotion for the other make them sloppy on the battlefield (but they both slip up now and again). They strike me as a happy ace couple, but if they do end up having Gerome, he definitely gets his brooding drama from his father.

Henry and Olivia: I actually think this is a common one in fandom, I just love their dynamic. Both keep to themselves normally – whether from shyness or being the creepy outsider – so when they gravitate together they’re enamored with the other’s company. They both see a side that no one else gets to know. Olivia sees Henry’s softer, calmer side that no one takes the time to know. Henry sees Olivia’s true and vulnerable self that she never allows to show. Their relationship isn’t very obvious at first, they’re just excited to have found a friend and confidant for a while. It isn’t until Olivia gets seriously injured that Henry’s smile drops and he feels genuinely panicked for her safety, cueing them both in on their feelings. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief when they find out they’re a couple, because Henry will finally have a sweet influence. Instead, Henry’s mannerisms start to rub off on Olivia, and she develops some morbid interests and dark humor… (I also think that Inigo picks up on that, which is why he can genuinely connect to his fellow retainer Peri in fates!)

Lissa and Donnel: There’s something so sweet about young village boy on a hero’s journey falling in love with the princess ;-; There’s none of the cliche having-a-ton-of-trouble-adapting-to-farm life/courtly life, since they’re both so eager to learn about the world. Lissa easily gets her hands dirty and helps with the chores, which impresses Donnel. Meanwhile, she is surprised with how well he cleans up and speaks properly to other royals and diplomats. They don’t think about marriage for a long time after the war, but Lissa realizes she has feelings for him immediately. Donnel is totally awestruck by her, but chalks it up to meeting a beautiful, strong princess in person and doesn’t think much of it. It isn’t until his defending her on the battlefield feels a bit more than a sense of duty that he reevaluates himself. When they meet Owain for the first time, Donnel cries at being a father, even though his son is a grown man.

Cordelia and Gaius: I like the idea of a playful thief and a duty-focused knight finding balance in the other. They’ve got the enemies to lovers dynamic – they despised each other at first because of their opposites. Over so much time being stuck with one another, they turned their annoyance into aid. Cordelia coaxed Gaius out of some of his dirty/dangerous habits, and he may have helped her loosen up in some not-so-legal ways. While I hate her mother-ness in their support, there is something so beautiful and intimate about her cleaning him up and cutting his hair…