#oh yeah and they apparently also are symbols of repressed homosexuality according to Cap'n so there's that too

[butwhatifidothis]

what really annoys me about edelgard and her "relationship" with ingrid is that he could have made it way less icky and cheaty with one simple trick: follow canon and have byleth and edelgard not be together before the timeskip.

like if edelgard is in love with byleth, maybe she's sort of aware her feelings are requited, but they haven't talked about it yet, there's nothing solid, and now byleth is gone, and they never talked about it

of course, the second she starts feeling something for ingrid she would tell her. the last time she didn't tell someone about her feelings she disappeared!

and then ingrid still leaves, and almost dies, and edelgard can't deal with that, and goes all "yes I have feelings for you but I can't afford to have a relationship with you, I must be strong, I can't deal with losing you too" or whatever

Different nonnie: The fact that Woobiegard believes Byleth is still alive and will come back is one of the easiest issues to fix in this nonsense between Woobiegard and Ingrid. Have Woobiegard also believe Byleth is dead and bingo, no cheating (assuming Ingrid isn't already with Sylvain at this point in the fic???)! And that can add some nice potential conflict once Byleth does come back as Woobiegard has to sort out her feelings towards both of them and how she and they perceive what happened over the timeskip.

Gonna combine a few asks, as they’re all about the cheating thing lmao

Honest to god, this cheating thing was the easiest shit to just not have happen. These two suggestions can add genuine conflict between Edelgard and Byleth, where Edelgard can genuinely not be blamed for acting on her feelings because she actually thought Byleth was gone, and she thought she was finally moving on from the feelings of despair and loneliness with her growing love for Ingrid before Byleth randomly and suddenly returns from the dead. If you want to add some drama in a relationship, making it be understandable as to why the drama exists for both parties is usually pretty 👌 but he just has Edelgard cheat and have nothing come of it from her friends. I can just hope something happens when Byleth finds out - I mean it’ll probably be another handwave but I can hope lmao

@zorua-adorable: Okay, I know this isn’t gonna happen, but I think it’d be hilarious if Byleth finding out about Woobiegard cheating with Ingrid leads to her deciding to s-support Sothis (as a big ‘F YOU’ to Woobie).

LMAO what a fuckin’ turn this fic would be if that happened, just “The goddess left your ass BUT NOT MINE” and she just marries God on the spot

Another nonnie: Captain could've done something interesting and have a poly relationship between Edelgard, Ingrid, and Byleth. But whoops I forgot that this is all about Woobiegard and Byleth epic all powerful timeline crossing love story so we can't have Byleth show a scrap of attraction to anyone other than Saint Woobiegard! But I guess Woobiegard is exempt from that??? But really I can't believe Woobiegard can fucking cheat on the supposed love of her life and STILL not experience any actual fallout over it!

Different nonnie: Woobiegard cheated on Billy? Jesus Christ cap, just admit that Billy was your projection, and how you like Woobie/Grid more. If he doesn't commit to a lesbian orgy, then what's the point? Doro even had a crush on Grid, and polyships are popular (for some reason. I'm not into that, and I can tell if the ship was wishful thinking depending on the writing which is 60% of the time)

A poly ship would have been a pretty daring turn for the fic to go down (like Nonnie 2, I’m also not a fan of it just cuz it’s rarely written that well in my experience), but given that he’s been apparently building up Ingrid’s feelings for Edelgard and vice versa for a bit (I say apparently because, like I said, Ingrid and Edelgard have acted pretty much like everyone else with no real romantic chemistry to speak of until Chapter 44 shoved all the romance at the reader at once) it wouldn’t be that unexpected. Of the two options - have cheating be there and addressed improperly or have Cap’n write a poly relationship - I think I’d actually rather the former, bad as it is. With a poly ship, I’d have to read Cap’n fumble around with something as complicated as that when he already handles far simpler concepts amateurishly for way longer than simply having the cheating come up in one chapter (at most two, assuming it comes up again when Byleth comes back - we all know it’d be resolved in one chapter lmao). Definitely would’ve made Edelgard look, like, way less ass than the cheating does tho lmao