#i am ignatius mozu or sophie

[mozukumi]

100k Shirosieg? I know you may never have time to write, but how do the plot/vibes go in your head

Anon thank you so much for asking!!! I am so happy to talk about this AU which has remained dormant in my brain for like. A year and a half now.

For context - I started cooking all this up while I was playing fire emblem: revelations, which I did after I had already beat conquest once and birthright like… 3 times? '

I try and do different pairings each time I play, while keeping things as strategically and romantically as interesting as possible - but not every pairing can end up perfect. Notable for this au is that I ended up with a Peri!Siegbert and a Felicia!Shiro

i actually have published a bit of fanfiction about Peri!Siegbert, because I find it to be really fascinating. It gnaws at my brain.

But the basic genesis of this fanfic was this: how the hell is Siegbert supposed to have any optimism and pride and hope for his country when his mom is fucking Peri. Like. It goes deeper then that. But truly - how do you reckon with that?

Well. Maybe he's just barely keeping it together. Maybe he's going to explode soon. And maybe your best bud from the war happens to notice this. And in an act that will not fix any of the structural problems, he decides to arrange a marriage between Siegbert and his cousin Caeldori.

Normal. Normal! Further plot summary + some bonus drawings under the cut.

This all takes place in modified version of Rev, where Corrin sided with Hoshido at first but was able to recruit some Nohrians to her side towards the end of the conflict. But the consequence is that the ending political situation isn't just "now we're all friends" it is very much more leaning towards "Heyyy can we keep Nohr trapped in the torment nexus for 400 years". This is partially due to the fact that Sakura died in this version, and partially due to well. How the game treats Nohr to begin with.

Half of the second gen were in the canon deeprealm space time ovens during the war - Siegbert, Shiro, Caeldori, Forrest, and Ignatius are the relevant ones. They're anywhere between 16-20 when they're recruited from their deeprealm.

The other half of second gen are born post-war, and are normal babies. Kiragi, Percy, and Rhajat are the ones I have firmed up. Percy literally never comes up in this AU I just have a soft spot for Arthur x Beruka and I want them to have a normal family life. Or as normal as they're going to get lmao.

The exception to all of this are Sophie and Dwyer, who were Normal kids who had their parents killed during the very beginning of the war. Silas and Jakob, who in this version had years of romantic tension and basically got married immediately after the war started, adopt them. You just have to trust in my weird yaoi.

Sophie and Dwyer aren't sent out into battles - they stay in the mycastle as a butler and maid. Sophie is REALLY BAD at being a maid.

About 1-2 years after the war, at a celebration of the birth of Prince Kiragi (whose mother is Mozu btw. I'M LITERALLY MOZUKUMI! I'VE GOTTA DO IT!), Siegbert has a breakdown in front of Shiro. He confesses that he doesn't know if he can do this anymore - he had all these ideals about being a great king like father, but his resolve is starting to crack, and he doesn't know if he can believe father even is a great king. Not after all he's done, and especially not after he continues to not just tolerate, but love his mother - Peri.

Shiro offers his best bro a way to get out: get into an arranged marriage with his cousin, Caeldori. Since everybody still hates Nohr due to stuff from the war, it can be posed as like, a political bargain/punishment to take their crown prince and marry him into Hoshido, as well as a potential olive branch for future unity.

And Siegbert is conflicted... but he accepts the offer.

For her part, Caeldori accepts this because of her loyalty to Shiro and her country. She's conflicted - she's a romantic at heart, and she's been nursing feelings for Dwyer for ages. But her duty must come first. She knows the pressure that Siegbert faces.

So now we have a couple of plotlines going on: Siegbert as he adjusts to this new country, Shiro realizing that maybe the reason he made this offer was because he kind of wanted to marry Siegbert himself, Caeldori struggling between duty and love, and the folks back at Nohr scrambling to make sense of the new normal.

Nobody in Nohr wants to be next in the line of succession. Elise, whose an adult at this point (I haven't gotten a firm timeline yet, but the war took a couple of years + this is a timeskip to after the war), just had a baby with Hayato. And now everybody is kind of just sitting there hoping that this kid grows up to really fucking love being a ruler.

Also - Felicia ! She's Shiro's mom, remember? And... she was a political hostage from the Ice Tribe. And what's happening to Siegbert isn't quite the same - he had a lot more say in the matter then she did. But it's still an echo of her bast experience, and she proves to be one of his biggest allies. He's winning the mother-in-law competition.

The vibe of the whole thing is like... mainly interpersonal drama? It's also partially about examining some of the insane stuff Fates puts out into the lore and then never elaborates on.

if you have any follow-up questions, i'd be happy to answer them!! tysm for letting me ramble.

[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.

[merryfortune]

furries or scalies: fates

azura: big scalie but furry also

felicia: little scalie

jakob: big no

silas: the biggest fucking scalie there ever was

kaze: scalie lite

mozu: good normie but likes the drawings of the dogs anyways

shura: a fucking disgrace in god's eyes

Ryoma: scalie

hinoka: scalie lite and furryish

takumi: hmmmm hard to say, neutral but both

sakura: furry lite

saizo big no, little scalie anyway

Kagero: neither

Azama: a huge fucking disgrace in god's eyes

Setsuna: furry

hinata: furry

oboro: scalie

hana: hmmmm,,, nearly a good normie

tsubaki: primarily furry, a lil scalie 

Hayato: Scalie Lite

Kaden: Furry

Orochi: scalie

Rinkah: both

Reina: [FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE]

Scarlet: scalie

Xander: scalie lite and in the closet

Camilla: openly scalie but closeted furry

Leo: definitely has a tentacle kink

Elise: Both Lite

Laslow:  slightly scalier than his Awakening incarnation

Peri: big furry

Selena: furrier than her awakening incarnation; still a scalie tho

Beruka: scalie

Odin: scalie

Niles: ironically both but truthfully? neither

Effie: little no

Arthur confused, good normie

Nyx: screams into the abyss

Charlotte: curious towards scalies, mostly sickened towards furries

Benny Furry lite

Keaton: furry

Flora neither

Gunter: good normie

Yukimura: furry elitist

Izana: both

Fuga: neither and does not know about any of this

Shigure: Both Lite AND A DISSAPOINTMENT TO HIS MOTHER

Dwyer: otaku supremacist

Sophie: does fic and art exchanges involving sparkle pony ocs

Midori: good normie but likes furry art more

Shiro: both

Kiragi: both but slightly scalier

Asugi: both/neutral

Selkie: furry

Hisame: desperately wants kiragi to shut up

Mitama: Furry Lite™

Caeldori: Furry Lite

Rhjat: both

Siegbert: both lite

forrest BIG FUCKING NO

Soleil: both

Velouria: furry

Percy: scalie

Opehlia:  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Nina: neither??? i don't know

Ignatius: furry lite lite

[unassumingvenusaur]

old claim clearout (part 2)

so here’s the promised part two with all the old fates claims from 2017 (or in some cases earlier!). same deal as before, please get back to me before next sunday july 22 if you want to keep writing it, otherwise no hassle :) 

standard disclaimer that there are lots of these and some of these may have been submitted already, pls just let me know if that’s the case (and thank you to those who did before!) 

once again mobile users i am so sorry for the giant blob of text you’re about to receive. 

M/M supports

Arthur & Hinata + Hisame pc + Percy pc + siblings Arthur & Niles Arthur & Saizo Asugi & Siegbert Azama & Hinata + Hisame pc + Mitama pc + siblings Azama & Keaton Azama & Leo Azama & Niles Azama & Odin + Mitama pc + Ophelia pc + siblings Azama & Saizo + Asugi pc + Mitama pc + siblings Azama & Silas + Mitama pc + Sophie pc + siblings Azama & Takumi + Kiragi pc + Mitama pc + siblings Benny & Kaze Benny & Laslow Benny & Odin Benny & Ryoma Benny & Saizo M!Corrin & Gunter + Kana pc M!Corrin & Hisame + Kana pc M!Corrin & Percy + Kana pc Dwyer & Hisame Dwyer & Shiro Hinata & Ryoma Hinata & Saizo Izana & Leo Izana & Odin + family Izana & Xander Izana & Yukimura Jakob & Kaden Jakob & Odin Jakob & Ryoma + Shiro pc + Dwyer pc + siblings Kaden & Leo + Forrest pc Kaden & Odin + Selkie pc + Ophelia pc + siblings Kaden & Ryoma + Shiro pc + Selkie pc + siblings Kaze & Keaton + Velouria pc + Midori pc + siblings Kaze & Odin + Ophelia pc + Midori pc + siblings Kaze & Ryoma Kaze & Yukimura + Midori pc Keaton & Ryoma + Velouria pc Keaton & Saizo Keaton & Silas + Velouria pc + Sophie pc Keaton & Subaki Laslow & Leo Leo & Silas + Forrest pc + Sophie pc + siblings Niles & Ryoma Odin & Shura + Ophelia pc Odin & Subaki + Caeldori pc + Ophelia pc + siblings Odin & Takumi Saizo & Takumi + Kiragi pc + Asugi pc + siblings Shura & Subaki Shura & Yukimura Subaki & Takumi + Kiragi pc + Caeldori pc + siblings

F/F supports

Anna & Camilla Anna & Hana Anna & Peri Anna & Selena Azura & Beruka Azura & Charlotte Azura & Hana + Shigure pc Azura & Nyx Azura & Scarlet Beruka & Kagero Beruka & Setsuna Camilla & Rinkah Charlotte & Hana Charlotte & Mozu Charlotte & Reina Charlotte & Setsuna F!Corrin & Mitama + Kana pc Effie & Hinoka Effie & Kagero Effie & Rinkah Effie & Setsuna Felicia & Nyx Felicia & Mozu Felicia & Oboro Felicia & Orochi Hana & Hinoka Hana & Rinkah Hinoka & Kagero Hinoka & Peri Hinoka & Rinkah Hinoka & Scarlet Kagero & Nyx Kagero & Oboro Kagero & Setsuna Midori & Nina Midori & Soleil Mozu & Peri Mozu & Rinkah Mozu & Scarlet Nina & Ophelia Nyx & Reina Nyx & Selena Nyx & Setsuna Peri & Rinkah Rinkah & Selena

 F/M supports

Anna & Azama + family Anna & Benny Anna & Leo + family Anna & Ryoma Anna & Takumi + family Azama & Nyx Benny & Hinoka Benny & Kagero Camilla & Kaden + family Charlotte & Ryoma + family Charlotte & Subaki + family Charlotte & Takumi + family Effie & Hinata + pc Effie & Ryoma Hana & Leo + Forrest pc Hinoka & Odin + Ophelia pc Kaden & Nyx + Selkie pc Kagero & Keaton + Velouria pc Kagero & Xander + Siegbert pc Kaze & Scarlet Keaton & Oboro + Velouria pc Laslow & Reina + Soleil pc Leo & Orochi + Forrest pc Niles & Rinkah Scarlet & Silas Scarlet & Takumi + Kiragi pc

  Platonic supports

Arthur & Gunter Asugi & Selena Asugi & Xander Camilla & Forrest Charlotte & Ignatius Charlotte & Mitama Charlotte & Sakura Effie & Ignatius Effie & Midori Effie & Rhajat Elise & Izana Elise & Nina Elise & Percy Elise & Peri Elise & Selena Elise & Setsuna Gunter & Mozu Hayato & Takumi Hinoka & Shiro Ignatius & Xander f!Kana & Ryoma f!Kana & Takumi m!Kana & Leo m!Kana & Sakura Kiragi & Oboro Laslow & Siegbert Leo & Shura Leo & Siegbert Midori & Rinkah Mozu & Shura Nina & Silas Oboro & Rhajat Ophelia & Sakura Sakura & Scarlet Sakura & Selena Scarlet & Selkie Soleil & Xander

 Family supports

Anna & Forrest pc Arthur & Forrest pc + Leo & Percy pc + siblings Azama & Caeldori pc + Subaki & Mitama pc + siblings Benny & Hisame pc + Hinata & Ignatius pc + siblings Azama & Ignatius + Benny & Mitama pc + siblings Beruka & Shigure pc Camilla & Selkie pc Hinata & Velouria pc + Keaton + Hisame pc + siblings Hisame & Nina siblings Ignatius & Kiragi siblings Ignatius & Velouria siblings Izana & Dwyer pc Jakob & Asugi pc + Saizo & Dwyer pc + siblings Jakob & Caeldori pc Jakob & Midori pc & Kaze & Dwyer pc + siblings Jakob & Velouria pc & Keaton + Dwyer pc + siblings Kaden & Velouria pc + Keaton + Selkie pc Kagero & m!Kana pc Kagero & Ophelia pc Kiragi & Velouria siblings Laslow & Asugi pc Midori & Percy siblings Niles & Asugi pc Oboro & Forrest pc Odin & Shiro pc + Ryoma & Ophelia pc + siblings Orochi & Siegbert pc Ryoma & Siegbert pc + Xander & Shiro pc + siblings Selena & Kiragi pc Subaki & Forrest pc + siblings Takumi & Siegbert pc + Xander & Kiragi pc

[maple-rose]

The Great Knights of Conquest

So I had a crazy idea the other day: to play through Conquest, but every unit is a Great Knight.

And now, I’ve finally done it! Everyone (’cept Shura ‘cause I forgot about Corrinsexuals) has now been turned into a Great Knight. This is done without any hacking, only with Partner Seals and Friendship Seals.

Why Great Knight? Because it’s possible to turn every unit on the Conquest route into one. You can also do this with Hero. But I picked Great Knight over Hero for more weapon options.

(Shura is hanging out as a Bow Knight, trying to blend in.. eh, close enough I guess. I haven’t and am not going to recruit Izana ‘cause he can’t be on horseback)

^ Map prep screen. It’s actually kinda hard to tell apart who’s who lol.

^ It’s also hilarious to see a group of them in My Castle

^ And cutscenes are hilarious as well. I’m working on getting the Armored Shell for everyone.

Since everyone is a Great Knight, I don’t have a healer, having to rely on items to heal (I have a lot of money from the Gold DLC I used to grind for supports). It’s not too bad if I’m careful about weapon match-ups, since everyone has good Defense and I’m playing on Normal. At least, not yet.. I’m on chapter 23 now, we’ll see if I can get through the endgame. My biggest problem are mages; most of my units have crap Res and I have limited ranged weapons.

Details under the cut on how I achieved this, in case anyone is crazy enough to want to try it themselves.

MU => Set Knight or Cavalier as talent

Camilla => marry Benny or Silas Elise => A+ Effie Peri => default Beruka => marry Silas, Xander, or Benny Selena => A+ Peri Effie => default Charlotte => A+ Peri Nyx => A+ Effie Azura => marry Xander, Silas, or Benny Mozu => A+ Effie Felicia => A+ Peri

Xander => default Leo => A+ Xander Laslow => A+ Xander Niles => marry Effie or Peri Odin => marry Peri or Effie Arthur => heart seal Benny => default Keaton => A+ Benny Silas => default Jakob => heart seal Kaze => A+ Xander

Siegbert => default Forrest => A+ Siegbert Soleil => A+ Sophie Nina => heart seal (from Peri or Effie mom) Ophelia => heart seal (from Effie or Peri mom) Percy => A+ Ignatius Ignatius => default Velouria => A+ Sophie Shigure => heart seal (from Xander, Silas, or Benny dad) Sophie => default Dwyer => heart seal Midori => A+ Kana(F) / "marry" Kana(M), Siegbert, or Ignatius Kana (F/M) => heart seal

Gunter => default Flora => marry MU if playing male, otherwise she can’t be one Shura / Izana => marry MU if playing female, otherwise they can’t be Great Knights

(for the kids there's multiple ways, can replace some A+ with marriages, but since there's one less support to get, I went with A+ whenever possible)

I wanted to try something like this for Birthright too, but I can’t find a class that everyone (excluding Corrinsexuals) can become. The closest is Kinshi Knight, but one of Felicia/Orochi/Rinkah cannot get Kinshi Knight except by marrying MU, but since they’re first gen it means one kid will not exist...

[slanax]

Conquest Lunatic guide: Pairings and Paralogues

In which I’ll go over my pairings, why I picked them, when I’ll likely do the respective paralogues, and whether or not I’ll actually use their kid.

Avatar x Jakob (Doing both Kana and Dwyer after Ch16): As explained previously, Evasive Partner works pretty well with a Swordmaster Avatar to make a neat dodge-tank. Chances are, later incarnations of Takumi will have a hard time going above 10% Hit on her and tbh that’s enough for me. Though if you want to, Gunter is also an excellent choice for a more offensive apporach. Probably not gonna use either of their kids though, I feel they just aren’t all that outstanding compared to other units I could be fielding instead. Their paralogues will be mostly for support grinding.

Elise x Odin (Doing Ophelia ASAP): Literally just there to get the paralogue for the rare and elusive tomes and scrolls inside. That’s it, that’s their whole purpose.

Effie x Arthur (Doing Percy after Ch16): It was fairly easy to accomplish, gives Effie a nice boost for earlygame and the paralogue has a lot of money in it. Doing it after Ch16 so I have Xander for it. Percy’s hitting the bench.

Niles x Mozu (Doing Nina after Ch21): Quick Draw Bow Knight. Shurikenbreaker later. Am I talking about Mozu or Nina? Well, both, even though Mozu’s going back to Sniper after getting Shurikenbreaker. Doing the paralogue after 20 so that Nina starts with D in swords and can use the Armorslayer on occasion. She would have that after Ch20 already, but since Ch21 is going to be cheesed with solo Xander anyways there’s little point in not waiting to get her a free two levels.

Azura x Kaze (Doing Midori after Ch16 if they have S rank by then, and Shigure after Ch21): A filler pair, honestly. I want Midori for her paralogue’s Dragon Herbs and Shigure for his Rally Spd, which after Ch21 he’ll get without having to level up at all. And with Azura’s dancing she can just grind up their support whenever the boss is stationary and there’s no time limit.

Camilla x Benny (Doing Ignatius at some point whenever I could use some levels, probably after Ch19): Mobility for Benny, incredible bulk for Camilla. Ignatius suffers the same fate as a lot of the other children though; his paralogue’s just for some grinding.

Leo x Felicia (Doing Forrest after Ch21 or something): Felicia gives Leo a nice boost to Mag and Spd, and Forrest isn’t going to turn out half bad either and will likely replace Elise. Plus, his Paralogue gives Gazak and if you need me to tell you why a Certain Blow Berserker with fifty fucktons of HP is fucking amazing then you’re unfortunately just bad at Fates, period.

Xander x Charlotte (Doing Siegbert whenever I need levels. Or not at all cause his paralogue is kind of a bitch to deal with): Massive Str and Spd bonuses for Xander, plus access to Fighter!Hero, in particular HP+5 and Sol. Probably one of, if not the objectively best pairing in the game.

This means that this guide will NOT cover the paralogues of Sophie and Soleil, though if you want me to add them I could always save to a different slot, grind up Silas’ and Laslow’s support rank via DLC and do the paralogues then.