#i do love love love the fodlan games j like all the others tho. i promise

[sieglinde-freud]

ended up playing three hopes for a bit because i find mowing down hundreds of enemies with one little guy insanely satisfying :) however i opened the map and got jumpscared by ugly yuri… why did i have this clothing option on him where is the sexy vampire fit… BABE WHAT ARE YOU WEARINGGGGG 😭😭😭😭

[brynn-lear]

As someone who has replayed this game a near unhealthy amount (and love Dimitri the most as you can tell lmao) I'd like to tell you that:

"Yeah trust me bro VW is a really good route and I honestly FEEL like it's the complete ending for Byleth. Along w/ SS."

Keyword: feel. Cause there's no canon ending. They're all "happy" endings anyway lmao it doesn't matter.

NOW DON'T GET ME WRONG: I LOVE DIMITRI HE'S MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IN AAAALLL OF FICTION. THAT'S A PRETTY DANG HIGH PEDESTAL!!! Hell, I'm playing BL maddening on a new game right now. But if you have the time, VW is good fun. Anyways I'll try to persuade you as spoiler free and chaotically as I can. This one's for you, Joe Zieja. Here's why you should play VW and FEAR THE DEER!!!:

Lore wise:

GD just kinda... Feels "right" from the start? You can infer from the mock battles directly after picking a house that Manuela teaches Black Eagles and Hanneman teaches Blue Lions. If you pick BE/BL, Manuela will teach GD/Hanneman will teach GD. Ironic I say this when my first route is Blue Lions lol.

You learn more about the history of Fodlan more than the other routes. What was the cutscene at the beginning about? Who was THAT guy Saint Seiros is fighting??? They're answered in both VW & SS. You get sad on SS tho.

In the most non-spoiler as I can get: Fodlán stops being "closed". And you're really not just realizing Claude's dream, but another house leader(s) as well if you think about it... One specific house leader leaves you a note on what you and the deers should do, they trusted you with their dreams at least. It's probably the Claude rizz lmao. Claude just kinda drops his dreams of unification in AM and returns home— CF just... Depends on you. Haha. Hahahahahha. Hahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahah.

I played BL as my first route then GD right after and trust me, the lighter mood was pretty refreshing and the ending was a solid anime-esque moment but in a fun way. Though I was sobbing in the battle in Gronder having to see my man on the other side of the war—

Not really related to the lore but i played BL > GD > CF > SS so my experience was just Depression > Fun Adventure > Rebellion!!! > Depression (2).

My take is if in a story...

You want to see great character development, an emotional redemption arc, and have the plot centered on a single character? Play Azure Moon

You want to find out most of what happened and settle the oldest grudge ever in the continent? Play Verdant Wind

You want to challenge the ideals and system of the continent and finally understand that the game's theme song is in Edelgard's perspective (lmao)? Play Crimson Flower

(I know you played AM but please give Edelgard a shot. She's honestly been through so much to the point the only person she trusts is Hubert. Plus out of all the three lords, she's the one who wants you the most. She even waits outside right after you got the first quest from Rhea. She desperately wants you on her team and it hurts my heart fighting her lol 😭.)

You want to find out your true identity and get haunted by the fact no one has their dreams realized after? Play Silver Snow

The characters:

Claude. The further explanation needed. /j

Okay but for real, Claude is not only pretty charismatic but interesting to dissect. Sure, it's not an "oh lord we need you studied" like my beloved Dimi... But his response to some traumatic events in his life is intriguing, if not, realistic. You can infer from his support conversations that a few things in his upbringing truly made him the man he is. The constant "never underestimate an outsider". The somewhat lacking response to someone's overwhelming grief. Everytime I study this man under a microscope, I see reflections of myself and. oof. Tl;dr, just like Edelgard and Rhea, he's really fascinating.

Lysithea oh heavens my bestie 😭😭😭 idk how to sell you her character w/o spoiling really heavy stuff about her. Just. There's a reason why she has the meanest support conversations— it doesn't excuse her tongue— but it does explain her impatience. I literally want her to be happy. So badly. Plus she's really fricking strong as a unit so recruit her, so warp your best unit to the enemy commander and end a chapter lmfao. I know I did that to Hubert w/ Dimitri.

Leonie is probably a tough sell for a lot of people but I genuinely love her because her reactions feel real. Her admiration for Jeralt walks on a thin line between unhealthy and inspirational. I relate so much to her "commoner" mindset on being frugal, especially since she's practically her small village's scholar. But to me, it doesn't feel right to not recruit her when just like Alois, she's seemingly one of the pseudo-family you have left...

Ignatz is adorable. I'm sorry I don't have a proper explanation for this but he's the first person I've ever recruited in BL and I remember thinking I was gonna marry this dude lmfao (Dimitri hit me with a "no." and swept me off my feet /silly). He's a lot like Ingrid in a way that he believes his dreams (as an artist) cannot happen because he needs to be a knight to help his family's financial stability. This hits me so hard as someone who wants to pursue an art degree but here I am. Studying engineering in college.

Raphael omg- okay sure very few would be attracted to him I get it it's aight but how can anyone hate him? Sometimes, characters can just be "dumb muscle man" and that's fine!! HOWEVER— his backstory is a knife to the chest. He's just a genuinely good person in ways that he's probably the most emotionally mature out of everyone else in the cast unironically 😭. He doesn't bear grudges and empathizes people a lot. Raphael can figure Lysithea and Ignatz out immediately, and the latter wasn't even offended when he did lmao. He's focused on a damn good reason for living: becoming a knight so his little sister can live a stable life in the future.

Marianne. I love her so much. Other than Edelgard and Rhea, she's the only woman I've married. And I played as a man for HER. The CHARACTER GROWTH. I cannot. HER S-SUPPORT WAS SO WORTH IT. IT BROUGHT ME SO MUCH JOY. She gains confidence!!! The moment the timeskip happens, she tells you in the monastery that she came back because she remembered how in the academy she had grown a lot and even got herself some friends. Please. Please recruit her id you're not playing GD. I beg you.

Hilda, every friend I have who played Three Houses absolutely loves her. How can you not be interested right from the moment Claude says that you can't find her image in the dictionary definition for "lazy" cuz she didn't submit it yet 😭 anyways, great unit. Interesting supports (seteth-hilda is really good). HILDA! HILDA! HILDA!-

Other reasons:

Sothis tells you that both sides of time is revealed to you. And by that I mean: you already purchased a pretty dang expensive game so why not know the other routes if you have a lot of free time lolol— /silly

“Come on, teach. Don't make me delete your saves.”

Yandere!Claude Von Riegan x Reader/Player(Byleth)

Happy birthday Claude!!!

Prompt: He knows you're playing. But why aren't you chosing Golden Deer...?

[bylaudelekha]

found the original post by @writing-is-a-martial-art and thought i might give it a go!

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30 questions tag!

Rules: Answer 30 questions and tag 20-ish blogs you want to know better!  Post the answers on a separate post.

1. Name/Nickname: Fareeza, Catto (on my writing blog), Sooubway (by Elsie and used here for my text post tag lol)

2. Gender: not sure?? technically demi-girl tho. she/they

3. Star Sign: Capricorn!

4. Height: 155cm (5 foot 1)? I haven't checked in a while lol

5. Time: 16:35

6. Birthday: 28th of January.

7. Favorite Band: (get ready for the j-rock lol) Survive Said the Prophet or UVERworld!

8. Favorite Solo Artist: Either Sigrid or The Weeknd.

9. Song Stuck Stuck In My Head: The Pretender by the Foo Fighters.

10. Last Movie: Wish Dragon with my brother! It's actually really great haha.

11. Last Show: Queer Eye! I haven't had the TV to myself for a while now so it's still the same haha

12. When I Created This Blog: February 2021!

13. What I Post: A lot. Countless fandoms (mainly Fire Emblem Three Houses and Six of Crows), a bit of my writing and just general things, ig? lol i'm not very good at this

14. Last Thing I Googled: five foot two in cm

15. Other Blogs: @catto-writes is my writing blog!

16. Do I get asks?: Sometimes! I love answering them, thank you all!

18: Following: 255

17. Why I Chose My URL: I usually use the user rainy-pupper (my reddit and ao3 are proof of this lol) but it wasn't available here, so i went for this instead!

21. Lucky Number: I like the number 73, but I wouldn't call it a lucky number.

19. Followers: 53! (why are you all here explain yourselves)

20. Average Hours Of Sleep: 6-10? I think?

22. Instruments: I play the guitar! Currently working towards my Grade 1 exam.

23. What Am I Wearing: Loose shirt and shorts. It's so warm here you would not believe-

24. Dream Job: Game developer! Really want to work in gaming when I'm older.

25. Favorite Food: not sure? pretty sure it's ramen though haha

27. Nationality: My parents are Bangladeshi, but I was born (and still am) in the UK. So probably Asian-British?

28. Favorite Song: Mr Fixer by Sou (the ID:Invaded intro) or Strangers by Sigrid.

29. Last Book I Read: Anne of Green Gables for school. It's actually really good! For a book I've read by myself though, it'd probably be Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo! I accidentally read the Six of Crows duology before the Shadow and Bone trilogy, so I'm catching up on it now lol.

30. Top 3 Fictional Universes I Would Like To Live In: The two Avatar universes (The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra), maybe pre-war or post-war Fodlan (but wouldn't mind being put into the war too much hehe) and The Dragon Prince's universe!

Tagging @sevarix-writes, @dusk-till-dee, @three-o-clock-things, @gildedmonstera, @ladislavaa and anyone else who wants to!