#hannemanuela

[persephoneggsy]

i like to think when they aren't bickering they're side-eyeing other people and judging them together

[reunionatdawn]

My Analysis of the Best Paired Endings in 3H (Part 8: Manuela/Hanneman)

Hanneman: My sister is far from the only victim. Many noblemen have done the same to their own wives, and I despise them for it. So, my quest began. I would unlock the secrets of Crests, make them available to any who desired… If I achieved my goal, the nobility would be rendered obsolete, and my sister could finally rest peacefully.

Hanneman wanted to get married, but he always drove women away due to his life being consumed by his research and never being able to shut up about Crests. Unless you marry him yourself, the only other romantic option for Hanneman is Dorothea.

Manuela: My voice is a gift from the goddess. However, as all things do, it will decline with age. One day, I will lose that gift. And so I decided I needed to learn to survive without it, long before that day came. I needed to prove to myself that I can live on… even after my voice returns to the goddess.

Manuela is a more believable romantic partner. And she was in the same boat as he was because she felt like she'd spend her life alone, too. She felt like damaged goods due to her age and all of the unsavory things she had to do in the past to achieve her dream of performing in the opera. But she was a lot stronger than she seemed.

Hanneman: I see you act so irrationally, and I lose my wits. I care about you a great deal, and wish to see you safe. Will you believe me? Manuela: Yes, of course. I'm the same way, after all. I let my emotions get the best of me.

The writers sort of pushed these two together. Even their paralogue "Oil and Water" is shared with each other. The two always got into arguments and made up again, but it was precisely because of all their funny banter that I liked them together. They acted like they were already a married couple.

Hanneman: If we combine our abilities, housework would be conquered and dinner rendered delicious. There are other ways we could find to support one another, I would imagine. We might make a better pair than you think. You and I, together. Manuela: Huh. You might be on to something.

Hanneman bears the Crest of Indech, represented by Temperance. This arcana symbolizes the blending of opposites and the achieving of synthesis. It's about harmony, peace, and patience. Temperance brings a message of balance and moderation in all things. It is a card of collaboration, of trying to find common ground instead of forcing the will of one onto another.

Hanneman was right. There are even more ways they can support one another than just cooking and cleaning. They'd be able to support each other emotionally because they have a lot in common due to their pasts. Manuela is childfree. She cannot understand people like Alois who have kids, and when she has a baby with Ferdinand, she lives as a career woman and he is the child's primary caretaker. Hanneman is the last man who would ever value her for baby-making potential.

Manuela: Heh, it seems my longtime rival has taken his final bow before me. There is a gaping hole in my heart. Try as I might, I cannot rouse myself. I can almost hear him now: "Why are you so despondent? This is completely out of character for you." How I wish I could say back, "That's none of your business, you doddering old geezer!"

Their relationship is given even more prominence in Hopes where they both get their time to shine playing the hero for each other. When Hanneman comes to her rescue, Manuela even admits that she's into it. And Manuela worries for Hanneman before coming to his rescue. She is particularly grief-stricken if he doesn't survive. It shows how she cared about him much more than she let on.

Hanneman & Manuela After the war, Hanneman and Manuela held a grand wedding ceremony, to which all of their many students were invited. Later, as Garreg Mach came to be restored, the Officers Academy finally reopened, with a renewed focus on accepting students regardless of status. Manuela and Hanneman returned to work as teachers, almost as if nothing had changed, and filled the halls with their banter in the way only married couples can. Their relationship spawned a trend of romances among colleagues at the Officers Academy, but that is an entirely different story.

The two always argued like an old married couple. Might as well just become one. Nothing about their lives even changes when they get together. They maintain their positions at Garreg Mach and it's just business as usual. Hanneman can still continue his vital research to accomplish his dream and Manuela can continue being a surrogate mother to all her students.

[rollinrabbit]

the night of the ball

[vilkalizer]

Come to think of it,

Three houses would probably have been better if you taught all the kids up until the war happens and they split themselves into factions after the fact.

As is, you make the choice far too early for it to have much impact, but spending more time with all the students would have made it much more punchy.

Besides, bleh clearly has a very different skillset to HanneManuela and it would make more sense if each professor handled a part of the education that falls under their expertise. You don't have one class taught entirely by the biology teacher and another by the history teacher.

[markoftheasphodel]

Recruited Felix so that’s two of my precious Lions won over to the side of Not Gonna Get Annihilated This Route.

Also finally bothered to recruit Shamir, Alois, and HanneManuela; since I wasn’t busy wooing Gilbert this time faculty hijinks were less at the forefront of my mind. Anyway, my Deer were obscenely over-leveled for the Felix paralogue and the HanneManuela one and I got better rewards than last time.

So by now I’m at the verge of Byleth sitting on the Throne and all hell breaking loose, which means the school year is winding down and I’m frantically trying to recruit Ferdinand & the remaining Blue Lions plus anyone else willing to jump.

Battle-wise, props to @damoselcastel for letting me know Leonie has a boss battle convo with Kronya; I made sure Leonie got her revenge for the Blade Breaker against evil clown lady.

Yeah, the whole “goddess merge” thing feels more resonant with f!Byleth. As I expected. I see the Enlightened One is still running around showing off her belly-button tho. I guess that’s proof she didn’t hatch from an egg, lol.

So, Claude and Jeralt’s diary. That was pretty above and beyond the call of being a calculating schemer and went straight into “manipulative asshole” territory IMO. Wow. 

Also “wow” is the B convo between Lysithea and Marianne and I gotta say my sympathies were with Lysithea on this one. I swear I’ve seen actual shit-shows play out just like that here on the Blue Hell Gazette...

[zum1udontno]

Hannemanuela

[artaline]

kinktober but apparently the kink is my faves being loved and cared for

[persephoneggsy]

more hannemanuela bc i just recruited them both and i just need them together all the time now

[persephoneggsy]

late night, intimate piano playing with your professorial rival can be something so personal

[rollinrabbit]

hanneman & manuela cause i care them

[rollinrabbit]

I love THEM and NO I will not take criticism.

[markoftheasphodel]

I know you're not finished, and probably haven't seen all the supports. So this is less of a strict binary choice, but I gotta know. Who do you like best of Dimitri's childhood friends (Sylvain, Felix, and Ingrid). And which of the adults (Seteth, Gilbert, Catherine?, etc)?

Honestly I think the Childhood Friends are best in context since Ingrid and Sylvain have the whole Steady Knight/Rowdy Knight thing going and Sylvain and Felix have some real chemistry and Felix and Ingrid have the, uh, philosophical debate? They all have their appealing points, they all have their flaws, and at present I am glad for all of them. Ingrid’s the nicest on the surface but as the Steady type NEEDS someone to play off (even if it’s Seteth!), Sylvain has the most tiresome surface presentation but the darker subversive moments make him stand-out, and Felix is the best Edgelord Swordmaster since possibly ever character-wise and I wouldn’t want to be in an enclosed space with him for long.

As for the adults... dunno if Crimson Flower will change my mind on this but I LOVE Seteth and I feel he’s just a fantastic overall character and an exciting new addition to a franchise that’s often given adults short shrift (often by death). Gilbert hits a bunch of my biases and I’m sure gonna miss him on any non-Lions route. Hanneman and Manuela are fun but post-timeskip I’ve benched them and basically use them as NPCs. Ditto Shamir though I kinda like she’s always a bit salty. Alois is great fun but I think his major-key boisterous nature is best appreciated with Gilbert as a foil (SO glad they have supports) and Catherine... looked dazzling but as with Cyril I am a bit bored with Lady Rhea this, Lady Rhea that. I don’t even need Thunderbrand to get by.

So, Seteth > Gilbert > Alois > HanneManuela >Shamir > Catherine, at least in this route based on what I’ve got.

[markoftheasphodel]

👎

Well, already did Three Houses, so let’s see what else I can’t see happening...

Does Cyril have ANY paired endings? Because I can imagine HanneManuela faculty room hate(ish)sex before I can see this poor kid developing a healthy relationship of any sort. I hope canon proves me wrong ‘cause he’s getting actual development in Verdant Wind...