#seteth x manuela

[beezonia]

A Sarah Jane adventures au

With Manuela as Sarah, the journalist who lost her parents and investigates the aliens that come to earth

Dimitri is luke the boy who’s a genetically engineered

Byleth is Maria but she doesn’t move away in this

Claude is Clyde the school prankster who wants to explore the world someday

Petra is rani the high school investigator who’s extremely interested in the mysterious woman and her son who lives opposite her and her family

Edelgard comes in somewhere as like a half human half alien teen who gets put on earth to destroy it

(So does the rest of the cast at some point)

Hanneman is the doctor (yes he fits the 10th doctor vibes me thinks)

Seteth is they guy Sarah Jane nearly gets married to but is a reoccurring character because Manuela kinda crushes on him afterwards and he misses her

And it’s basically just Manuela her son and his friends trying to save the world from aliens with a bit of love smooshed in with it

———-

Like imagine The Wedding Of Sarah Jane episode but it’s Setuela

Seteth is Peter who she’s been seeing for a few months and is hopelessly in love with him and he her.

Dimitri, Claude, Petra and Byleth are worried about her because she’s been lying to them more often and as Dimitri says “Nothing good ever happens when she lies to them”

So they end up following her and find out about her and seteth because Claude sees them kissing.

Manuela tells them about seteth, her and Dimitri have this talk about how she’s not gonna tell him about the alien investigator part of her life because she doesn’t wanna loose him.

Fast forward a few weeks to the wedding. turns out that Seteth made a deal with the trickster Manuela’s greatest enemy and they are now trapped in a time loop that only she can break

The others are with the doctor or Hanneman as he likes to be called and their trying to figure out how to save/help Manuela

Whilst seteth is trying to persuade Manuela to say I do and she’s trying to get him to see the truth

(I love this episode so much you have no idea I could go on for hours)

But yeah that’s the gist of the au let me know if you want more!

[cupofcolors]

Flayn voice: I'm a healer 🔫 BUT --

[dubiousdisco]

Drunk manuela showing these pics to the students and asking this

[frickingnerd]

Church of Seiros Masterlist

Byleth

stolen time - oneshot

cuddling with byleth - headcanons

yandere byleth with a fierce darling - headcanons

being in a love triangle with byleth and shez - headcanons

being in a poly relationship with byleth and rhea - headcanons

Rhea

lovers to enemies with rhea - headcanons

yandere rhea with a kind darling - headcanons

being in a poly relationship with rhea and byleth - headcanons

Seteth

never knew i could feel like this - oneshot

yandere seteth - headcanons

Flayn

blue skies and a battle - oneshot

secretly making out with flayn - headcanons

flayn worrying about you - headcanons

Cyril

cyril with a supportive s/o - headcanons

Jeritza

teach me how to be better - oneshot

Shamir

lingering gazes at the ball - oneshot

shamir's s/o being hit on - headcanons

Catherine

like an old married couple - oneshot

Manuela

i wish i was her - oneshot

Hanneman

hanneman's s/o bringing him food - headcanons

Alois

alois with a chaotic s/o - headcanons

Gilbert

cuddling with gilbert - headcanons

Sothis

confessing to sothis - headcanons

[rath-omeow]

yes seteth you pick the best woman. although the correct answer should be me.

[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

[genshinemblem564]

Intermission I: Festival

Occasionally in my stories there will be chapters called intermissions, where the focus will be on interactions between characters and are used to move the story along, as to not linger too long at a certain point. As a rule, intermissions hold no plot points, but that doesn't mean that the points brought up won't be touched upon later. Essentially, these can be seen as filler. Intermissions are formatted like headcanons for the sake of efficiency.

Hilda x Marianne ship hinted at

Childe and Tartaglia used interchangeably

Not proofread

• Once Xinyan started playing, everyone was in awe. You had tried to explain rock to them before but could never find the right words, and it was made abundantly clear why from this performance.

• Hu Tao spent a great deal of time listening to Mercedes's ghost stories, enamored by the feeling of a chill running down her spine from words alone.

• Xiangling was having the time of her life. Not only was Raphael willing to taste test almost anything, but Dedue was more than willing to share some Duscur recipes.

• Ashe and Xingqiu hit it off almost immediately. How could they not while they both hold a burning passion for literature, chivalry, and justice? They've both commented on how the other seems like a hero from a story they read, one of noble birth and one of humble origins.

• You already know but I'm going to say it anyway. Felix and Childe got into a fight. It was actually closer than you'd think, Childe still won but he was so impressed that someone without a vision could do so well against him. Offered to be Felix's sparring partner again in the future.

• Beidou, Catherine, Jeralt, and Alois are now drinking buddies.

• You shared your reward money with the others, not having much use for the sheer amount and also knowing you wouldn't regret it as Ningguang has already discussed a meeting schedule with Alfonse and Sharena to discuss a currency exchange rate.

• Dorothea, Manuela, and Yun Jin discuss how operas of their respective worlds differ, the two divas hoping to give the current opera singer any pointers they can. She likely doesn't need any, but she's so curious that she wouldn't say that out loud.

• Hilda, finally having some mora thanks to you, decided to try on some fancy Liyue dresses, and Hilda's fashion choice combined with Liyue's style of clothing left Marianne a blushing, stuttering mess.

• Ferdinand was enthralled by Teyvat's many weapons. Even just the polearms had a variety of designs and it sparked his collector's flame, and when he heard some people had signature weapons unique to them, without being sacred artifacts or heirlooms, he wanted to explore all of Teyvat at that point just to see these weapons.

• Seteth, Flayn, and Rhea were interested in Liyue's religion and history, but not wanting a glorified children's tale they asked around and were led to Ganyu, who was surprised but thrilled that someone outside of Liyue's devoted was so interested in its history to the point of wanting the facts without the fluff.

• If you thought Shamir and Yelan would get along, you were wrong. They don't hate each other, but Yelan can't stand how blunt and work focused Shamir is. It's more of a one-sided thing as Shamir actually doesn't mind Yelan's "outgoing" attitude. (I had to close the game because I was not expecting this woman to whisper in my/Aether's ear during the last Lantern Rite event.) However, they both have mutual respect for each other's efficiency. Their interaction was brief, so they didn't really get to know each other.

• Dimitri, Edelgard, and Yuri wished not to offend any Liyue citizens and to not be cheated like the tourists they are, leading them to Yanfei, who was more than willing to teach someone about Liyue's laws and how to avoid scam artists.

• Claude wants to learn about Liyue's culture. Being the idealist that he is, he hopes it'll help him find a way to convince Almyra and Fodlan to stop fighting. This leads him to ask around, starting conversations with countless familiar faces.

• The two Byleths were keen to bring Sothis to a food stall, as the goddess has only recently attained a physical form thanks to being summoned. The two were met with a fist to the gut each after commenting on how cute she looked while eating.

• Arval, being in a similar position as Sothis, is also accompanied by the two Shez's. However, they seem more interested in physical activity like dancing or making their own lantern.

• Hubert, while keeping an eye on Edelgard from the shadows, was scared half to death when he realized he was being watched by a masked spearman. While their face was covered, he could feel a glare that threatened to pierce his entire being. Truly, none can escape the eye of The Vigilant Yaksha.

• Lorenz could be found trading poems with Xingqiu or Hu Tao.

• Jeritza was accompanying Mercedes and was practically being harassed by Tartaglia's requests to spar after hearing about him from Felix.

• The Traveler and Paimon met Constance and Hapi. They were kind of put off by Hapi's seemingly uncaring tone, but it was cute how her tone would shift when talking about her Coco. Constance was bosting about house Nuvelle as usual. When the two groups parted, Paimon couldn't help but comment on how familiar Constance's behavior was, but she couldn't explain why.

• Ingrid had lost sight of Sylvain, and when she found him, he was talking to Shenhe. Assuming the usual was taking place, she grabs Sylvain by the ear, apologizes, and drags him off, leaving Shenhe confused, as they were just talking about flowers.

• Monica is attached to Edelgard at the hip, constantly trying to get her to wear some accessories she thought would look nice on her.

• Bernadetta, still on the boat, decides to paint the harbor as the lanterns lit up the city enough for her to see it, and her window gave her the perfect view.

• Linhardt tried getting books from Wanwen bookhouse, but he couldn't tell fact from fiction, as in he couldn't read Teyvat's writing. Due to language not being a topic of interest for him, he gives up.

• Caspar and Ignatz had left the city. Caspar had too much energy to stay in the harbor, and Ignatz wanted to paint Liyue from a good angle. Both had a chance encounter with Kazuha, who complimented their respective qualities.

• Balthus had told everyone about Genius Invokation and suggested it to them as well

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If someone is absent from this, it means I couldn't think of anything involving them. My knowledge of certain characters is limited( I had to dig for Lorenz's poetry bit. ). Also, I know Yelan isn't really like that, but I put that in because I thought it might get a chuckle out of some people.

[malsfefanfics]

Linhardt x Caspar x Ashe and Seteth x Manuela x Hanneman?

Okay, so you know that one scene in The Lion King? The "before sunrise" scene? That's basically AsheLinspar.

That's it. That's them.

Now, honestly, the potential of Seteth/Manuela/Hanneman is amazing, but I just want you to know anon, that when I saw that ship, the first thing I did was sing.

SOON MAY SETUELAMMAN COME TO BRING US SOTHIS AND CRESTS AND RUM ONE DAY WHEN THE TEACHING IS DONE WE'LL TAKE OUR TEA AND GO.

And if that doesn't sum up how much comedy potential this trio is I don't know what will.

[meggannn]

Three Houses/Hopes x Taskmaster

AKA here's how I think the kids would do in a school-wide Taskmaster competition.

notes/explanations/ramblings under the cut

GARREG MACH STAFF

My thinking is that this is a lighthearted team-building game across houses, like a school sports day, so that’s why it’s students-only. If the staff participated, here's how I'd categorize them:

Rhea: I do not see a universe in which she participates lol. like I try to envision it and it does not compute

Seteth: just does the task

I included Cyril above just cause of his age and his likelihood to become a Garreg Mach student post-canon. He's only in “asks for help” because he needs someone to read the tasks out. After he hears it he’d be “just does the task.” But I wanted to put someone else in the bottom category with Hilda lol

Hanneman: would fall under the “distinguished older gentleman who completely loses his marbles over something small” category if there was one. Otherwise, loophole user or overly competitive

Manuela: I didn’t make an “older woman who makes every task as horny as possible” category, but if she was involved I’d make one just for her

Gilbert: gets distracted by something small, like categorizing all the rubber ducks by color or cleaning up after himself, and forgets to do the task. In this tier, “doesn’t give a fuck”

Catherine: overly competitive

Shamir: just does the task

Alois: does his best with mixed results

Jeralt: doesn’t give a fuck

PLACEMENT NOTES

Alois as Taskmaster was something I came around to after the subreddit recommended it. He'd award a bonus point randomly to whoever genuinely laughs at his puns.

I considered Seteth as Little Alex Horne, because he does have a sense of humor, but I think he's too genuine of a “straight man” to join in the spirit of the game. I do think he'd do well in the studio portion, reciting the stats and calling out mistakes/quipping back when the conversation gets rowdy.

But I like the thought of Byleth as the assistant for the recorded on-site tasks as someone who: 1. would get their hands dirty, and 2. doesn't mind the students making fun of them. Either way, I think a hard-working assistant (Seteth/Byleth) carefully planning all of these tasks only for the results to be judged by Alois who decides winners on his whims would be a funny inverse of the Davies/Horne dynamic, and very on brand with the show.

I thought about putting Ingrid in the “just does it” category but I think she’d get competitive if it were a game of BL vs other houses. If it’s just her house, she’d just want to have a good time. If it’s vs the other houses, she wants to represent her country well.

Annette is in the competitive category because she reads the task and immediately gets to work once the timer starts. Too concerned with Doing a Good Job and doesn’t read over the task and think it over, much less check under the table or look for any hints.

Claude also could have been in “overly competitive” but I think he’d have too much fun trying to find loopholes that he wouldn’t care about winning, he’d just try to have a good time bending the rules as much as possible or getting a rise out of the TM+assistant. Like Rhod Gilbert but with less antagonism.

Petra is in the loophole-user category because she is smart, and I think her second-language skills would help her here. She’d read instructions and interpret them as the Rules as Written, not Rules as Intended, which comes in handy in this game.

I haven't played Scarlet Blaze yet, so admittedly I had to make an educated guess on Monica based on content I've seen at a glance and fandom reactions to her.

Lysithea is ambitious in schoolwork and stuff that matters, but I think for something this nonsensical, she’d just do the task to get it over with. That is assuming she shows up at all.

I was torn with Sylvain because he is the type to show off, but since this is something that ultimately does not matter, he doesn’t want to try hard, fail, and look like an idiot doing something stupid like Felix or His Highness, so I think he’d just be in it for a good time. He occasionally wins without even trying, which absolutely infuriates Felix, who says he does not care (he does care).

For Felix himself I swung between “overly competitive,” “just does the task,” and “doesn't give a fuck.” But I think he's competitive only in certain things (he wouldn't get bent out of shape if he can't draw a horse with his feet), and I think he is too passionate a person to put in no effort at all. For most tasks I think he'd fall somewhere in the middle in terms of effort, thinking this is all stupid but still privately kind of wanting to do well.

SUBCATEGORIES

Subcategory 1: “Does the tasks while wearing a unique/weird Taskmaster outfit” includes Sylvain, Caspar, Hilda, Flayn (Seteth helped her make it), and all the house leaders. Dimitri and Edelgard got convinced into wearing one by their class. Claude was down to wear one immediately.

Subcategory 2: “Does good on the art tasks and nothing else” includes Ignatz, Flayn, and Bernadetta

PRIZE TASK IDEAS

I see Claude making a running gag out of his prize tasks, like something that embarrasses Edelgard or Dimitri every single round but it's always a tossup who it'll be. Like for "bring in the thing someone will miss the most," he'd bring in all of Dimitri's left shoes. Claude would also bring in the Sword of the Creator for "most high-octane item" and it's unclear whether he stole it or Byleth lent it to him because she thought it'd be funny.

Caspar would get a tattoo of the Taskmaster.

Raphael brings in the grilled cheese/cheese toastie box for "best subscription."

Hilda would be a big-time bullshitter like Judi Love trying to talk up all of her prize tasks.

Petra would bring in a reindeer skull for "most unusual item."

Hubert would find some way to bring in human blood in every task.

In a shocking turn of events, Ashe would steal the Spear of Assal for his "best stolen item."

Leonie is responsible for the "And I haggled for it" running joke, but it's unintentional.

Someone like Edelgard, Dedue, or maybe Ignatz would bring in the puzzle box, I'm not entirely sure who, but what I DO know is that Sylvain is responsible for "Just open the box, you p***y" and Byleth calmly stands, motions him over, and pulls him outside to chastise him while the entire class watches in disbelief/horror.

Ingrid brings in the laminator. It's by far her proudest moment in the competition.

MISC NOTES

Edelgard would be like Victoria Coren Mitchell: She'd keep trying to apply reason to the tasks, with mixed results, but on certain things (that may or may not even help her in the competition) I think she'd shine. Like when Victoria calculated everyone's scores in her head before Alex and Greg did, or when she taught herself how to ride a bike on camera just to complete the task.

Dimitri would just try to have a good time, but the assistant would need so many extra props because he'd end up breaking a lot of the materials. He would do excellent on all the food tasks though. In "Eat this egg the fastest" he'd just break it on the counter and swallow it raw.

Claude would get caught out by the two-part tasks every time because he'd try to be so clever working on Part 1 that it'd end up fucking him over. He'd make the obscenely tall chocolate sandwich for "make the most exotic sandwich" only for the second task to say he now has to eat all of it as fast as possible.

Felix mockingly saying "All the information is on the task" becomes a meme. Most of his tasks are crumpled from all the times he's clenched his fist in anger.

Leonie + Hilda on a team = Ed Gamble + David Baddiel. "Can I just check, have I been put on a team with Hilda Valentine Goneril?"

Solo tasks: The TM would probably want to give all the house leaders unique tasks, e.g. making Edelgard count all the beans in a can or Dimitri send him 500 cheeky texts. But I think Felix, Ferdinand, Hilda, Sylvain, or Lorenz getting extra tasks would be best for entertainment value. I think Felix is the only one who might be a sore loser about it, but god it'd be funny (even Lorenz might laugh it off if he sees it ~endears him to the public~ or something).

[gaydelgard]

most underrated 3h ships: seteth x manuela, yuri x hapi

[indigowallbreaker]

could I change that last ask to be manuela x jeralt x seteth instead?

I deleted the first ask like a fool but I remember you had asked for the dialogue "Have some of this. You’ll feel better." It's from the Soft Prompts list but, uh... I did this instead.

--

Seteth doesn't look up when he hears the sharp tap of heels on the stones steps behind him. He doesn't jolt when a soft hand touches his shoulder. He doesn't shift over to make room when someone stands beside him.

He just stares at the gravestone. Has been since sunrise. Snow has long since numbed his feet and the freezing winds of Ethereal Moon have reddened his cheeks. Yet he doesn't think to go inside and sink into a chair by the hearth.

"Five years next week," Manuela says. It's a statement. It's an apology. She slips her fingers through his.

Five years since their trio had broken forever. Seteth swallows and nods. There's nothing to say to that. No condolences or comforts he can offer that he hadn't already said five years ago-- and every Ethereal Moon since.

Manuela apparently doesn't expect him to say anything. She lifts the bottle in her other hand. "To Jeralt," she says, followed by a hearty gulp. She holds out the bottle to Seteth. "Here. You'll feel better."

He knows she's lying. And Manuela knows that Seteth knows she's lying. But he takes the bottle and downs half of it anyway. Though she huffs in annoyance when he hands the bottle back, she leans against him anyway.

They watch the gentle morning snow cover Jeralt's grave. Manuela doesn't take another sip, Seteth doesn't say a word, and the sun silently climbs higher into the sky.

It's some time before Manuela begins to slowly guide Seteth away. She murmurs something about getting food in their stomachs and Seteth must nod because she sets off with purpose up the graveyard steps. At the top of the staircase, they come face to face with Byleth.

"Professor!" Manuela says with astonishment. "How are you feeling? Yesterday's battle was exhausting-- I thought you would still be resting."

Byleth gives Manuela a wan smile and shakes their head. Seteth agrees. There is too much to be done to rest for long. They have a real shot against the Empire, and too much time has been lost already.

That in mind, Seteth doesn't look over his shoulder. "When you are done, meet me in my office," he says. His voice is thinner than he would like but his words are firm. "There is much you need to learn about the state of Fódlan before we can proceed."

Byleth nods. Grips Seteth's arm briefly as they pass for the stairs. Seteth hears them descend the stone steps towards their father's grave and wills his feet forward, Manuela and her bottle in tow.

[beantothemax]

I'm gonna ramble a teensy bit sorey

4 years after I first had this thought and I am still angry that there is no Marianne and Seteth support chain. Doesn't even have to have an A support (would be nice though) I JUST NEED THEM TO CANONICALLY INTERACT. Marianne is a very devout (is that a word) believer so you'd think she'd have supports with a member of the church, right?? NO. She should've had a support chain with Seteth bc he's like. The church guy. Flayn is too silly in contrast to Marianne's canon depression, Catherine is also too silly and Cyril is Cyril. He's lovely but no. That only really leaves Seteth. There are no Rhea supports and Manuela and Hanneman do not care much about the church. Not to mention that she DOES have supports with Hanneman, but he's just asking about her crest!!!! I do think Seteth and Marianne could be friends cause Seteth is a very patient and understanding person and that is EXACTLY what Marianne needs. Obviously if they had a paired ending then it would be platonic. Idk what the ending would even be, just not something with "they got married and ran off together" or something stupid. Fe3h has some iffy paired endings in regards to some characters' ages sometimes unfortunately :(

Also just while we're here. EVERYONE is so so so mean to Cyril. In game and irl. He adores Rhea bc of [spoilers] and she takes advantage of that by making him do SO MUCH LABOR. RHEA YOU BASTARD HE IS 15!!! THAT BOY SHOULD BE READING BOOKS AND HAVING FUN!!! AND DRAWING AND PAINTIGN OR SMTH!! Also he CAN'T READ!! I can't believe she didn't even take the time to teach him to read. It'd take like 3 months and she could just get someone else to do it. It could be Seteth since he's such a lovely caring guy. Hey Bean did you know I love Seteth? Anyway back to what I was saying. Also the fandom isn't fond of Cyril. He's often reduced to just some guy that is obsessed with Rhea. The only people that like Cyril are Lysithea fans. He has a super cute support chain with her so people watch that and then they think "oh Cyril is actually pretty cool". This is also why all Cyril fans are also Cyril x Lysithea shippers. It's an objectively very cute ship. Also did you know his VA is called Griffin Burns?? Sick name. Griffin Burns has done a good handful of characters I like but the only one you know is Kai in to your eternity. That's sick.

Marianne doesn’t have any supports with church members? that seems. wrong.

annnnnnd yeah I was kinda expecting that with the paired endings. these are the same people who decided incest was a cool and necessary thing to put in sacred stones.

ALSO WHO IS BEING MEAN TO CYRIL. HE’S QUITE LITERALLY JUST A LITTLE GUY. AND HE DOESNT KNOW HOW TO READ??????? RHEA WHAT DO YOU EVEN DO ALL DAY.

[doctorcorby]

Send me a kiss prompt from this linked list and any ship on the list below the cut and I'll write something for it!

ETA: I turned on anon for this

note: these are all pairings I can write without calling on my writing partner XD

Digimon

Ken x Daisuke

TK x Ken

TK x Daisuke

Matt x TK

Koushiro x Mimi

Koushiro x Ken

GTA V

Trevor x Tracey

Lester x Trevor

Franklin x Trevor

Ace Attorney

Kavier x Apollo

Phoenix x Miles

Phoenix x Apollo

Phoenix x Mia

Peter Pan

Hook x Smee

Jane x Tinkerbell

Tinkerbell x Hook

Slayers

Zelgadis x Xelloss

Rezo x Kappii

Zelgadis x Kappii

Lina x Zelgadis

Metal Gear Solid

Ocelot x Otacon

Acid Snake x Ocelot

Ocelot x Mantis

Mantis x Otacon

Jem

Eric Raymond x Raya

Eric Raymond x Pizzazz

Eric Raymond x Kimber

Techrat x Riot

Kimber x Riot

Pizzaz x Riot

Rapture x Riot

Kimber x Pizzazz

Craig x Pizzazz

Craig x Jetta

Craig x Riot

TGAA

Kazuma x Ryuunosuke

Yuujin x Kazuma

Yuujin x Ryuunosuke

Barok x Ryuunosuke

Barok x Kazuma

hosonaga x mikotoba

hosonaga x ryuunosuke

barok x hosonaga

drebber x tuspells

drebber x yuujin

drebber x barok

Courtney x drebber

Urusei Yatsura

Mendo x Megane

mendo x ryoko

mendo x shingo

rei x mendo

ataru x mendo

ataru x megane

ataru x rei

Resident Evil

Chris x Wesker

Chris x Tyler

Leon x Tyler

karl x ethan

nikolai x george hamilton

chris x ethan

annette x wesker

heisenberg x chris

heisenberg x wesker

Fire Emblem

Manuela x Hanneman

linhardt x caspar

manuela x dorothea

claude x lorenz

jeritza x mercedes

jeritza x ingrid

jeritza x seteth

jeritza x hanneman

jeritza x yuri

balthus x yuri

bathus x jeritza

seteth x mByleth

byleth x anyone

Claude x Linhardt

Danganronpa

Toko x Nagito

Toko x Syo

Toko x Kirigiri

toko x Hifumi

nekomaru x gundam

nekomaru x teruteru

teruteru x kotoko

kaziuchi x hiyoko

hiyoko x kotoko

asahina x sakura

Marvel

Sabretooth x Otto

Sabretooth x Forge

Sabretooth x Cypher

Sabretooth x Kitty Pryde

Kitty Pryde x Cypher

Kitty Pryde x Otto

Cypher x Otto

Sabretooth x Tabitha

Sabretooth x Banshee

Sabretooth x Toad

Banshee x Northstar

Banshee x Doug

Sabretooth x Logan

Kitty Pryde x Logan

Peter x Harry

Peter x Otto

Peter x Adrian

Adrian x Otto

Harry x Otto

Harry x Adrian

sabretooth x daken

daken x logan

steve x logan

steve x sabretooth

peter x Ben

Ben x Otto

Ben x Harry

magneto x northstar

northstar x sabretooth

Homestuck

Vriska x Aranea

Vriska x Dave

Vriska x Eridan

Vriska x Sollux

Vriska x Equius

Vriska x Cronus

Cronus x Aranea

Aranea x Eridan

Dave x Karkat

bro x dave

dirk x dave

hal x dirk 

hal x dave

dirk x vriska

DD x HB

BQ x DD

BQ x HB

dave x sollux

dave x eridan

sollux x eridan

cronus x equius

Kurlox x equius

Persona series

Naoya x Kei

Katsuya x Baofu

Baofu x Dojima

Dojima x Naoto

Yukari x Junpei

Kei x Reiji

kandori x reiji

kandori x kei

chie x yukiko

yu x dojima

yu x chie

yu x yukiko

akira x akechi

akira x ryuji

[overheaven]

ok i’ve decided to take a break from my blue lions run to actually finish ashen wolves, so i can recruit all of them and then i can S support either balthus or yuri (blockhead jock gambler is exactly my type already but i do find the t4t appeal of girl-who-is-a-boy byleth x boy-who-is-a-girl yuri VERY appealing after playing the side story a little more). idk if they have paired endings with anyone else but whichever one i don’t take, i’ll try to put him with someone else cause i like them both. i like all of the ashen wolves tbh they’re such little weirdos.

anyways i’ll be pairing dedue + ashe, sylvain + mercedes and dimitri + felix! i’ve done the sylvix paired ending in my golden deer run & the dimilix brainrot is strong after 3hopes so we’re switching it up a bit this time. sylvain/mercedes (do they have a portmanteau ship name?) also had GREAT supports in 3hopes and now i can’t stop thinking about them….

i’m trying to recruit bernie right now, probably also raphael. the professors too. maybe marianne, hilda, lysithea?? because i just think they’re neat. idk what other paired endings i wanna try to get! maybe i’ll try to get dorothea + manuela together. idk what i’m gonna do with seteth & flayn, it’s hard for me to think of splitting them up T_T i need to figure out who annette is going to go with too…

i’m also gunning for different classes for some of the units i really like! i’ve done mortal savant felix so i think i’m gonna try him as trickster? i wanna do something different with mercedes too… hmmmm…

[faroreswinds]

One thing I like to do is get the Manuela x Seteth and Ferdinand x Flayn pairings together. That way it feels like a found family and it's kind fitting since Ferdinand shares Seteth's crest.

Same! It's super cute and I love it!

A sweet big family all around! <3

[tinnictheguardian]

Ethical Valentines for Professor Byleth Eisner

I have been meaning to do this for sometime but with Engage coming out, I thought the time for this was passed. However, Engage’s S-support threw-up a lot of controversy given that the Japanese S-support dialogues were clearly romantics, even when the S-support target was 12-year old Anne.

So I thought, you know, with valentines around the corner, I can finally explore the concept of “ethical valentines for Byleth”! Since I normally play F!Byleth, I’ll be using she/her but stuff I discuss applies to M!Byleth and I certainly will be discussing pairings that are gender locked to M!Byleth.

Now to be clear, given that Byleth’s support with her students and faculty generally do not take a romantic turn until the war phase, by which time almost all of them are legal adults by both modern and Fodlan standards, from the game’s point of view. There is no Alear x Anne situation.

However, many FE3H fans still accuse Byleth of grooming and highlight the power dynamic between her and the students to argue that no student S-pairing is okay. But this all neglects to take into account the fact of what Byleth is in-game. So let’s start with Byleth!

When the game opens, Byleth Eisner is only 21 years old and she wakes up in a room that she seems to be sharing with her father. In Hopes, Jeralt confirms that Byleth has no friends and generally limits her social interaction. That doesn’t mean, of course, that Byleth is virgin. She might well have been enjoying herself with her fellow mercenaries when Jeralt was off drinking. But that part of her life is somewhat of a blank that we the players can fill in however we choose. But even if you assume that Byleth romantic body count is almost as high as her kill count, it doesn’t change the fact that she is a 21 year old with limited social circle at the beginning of the game.

I think this is important because many people who have issues with Byleth’s student pairings are usually pro Byleth x Faculty. But given that Byleth is 21, the majority of faculty relationship with Byleth as actually creepy and exploitative towards Byleth.

Hanneman is in his 50s, Manuela is at best late 30s but more likely in her mid 40s. They are both way too old for 21 year old Byleth! As for the Nabatheans, Rhea and Seteth are hundreds, if not thousands of years old. If we say that Byleth x Students is bad because of age gap, and you want to be consistent, you can’t be okay with Byleth x Seteth or Rhea.

However, I do think Flayn might be different. Because we don’t actually know how long Flayn lived for before she went to sleep. In Hopes, Seteth explains that Flayn was very young when she overtaxed her body and as a result she’s sleeping for a long time. If her development was arrested when she was a teenager, she’s not in the same category as Seteth or Rhea because Flayn has NOT been collecting life experiences. Because ultimately, when people complain about Byleth’s pairings being “problematic”, what it usually boils down to is that there is a life experience gap between Byleth and her romantic partner. So depending on at what age Flayn went to sleep, you can argue that the fact she’s no different to an young adult going into suspended animation today and waking up in the far future. The arrested development puts Flayn close to Byleth.

Incidentally, I think the same arrested development argument works for Alear because Alear was both asleep and had a memory reset. So the fact that she was alive a 1000 year ago doesn’t matter when it comes to ethnical considerations about whether she should be jumping into bed with Diamant, Alfred or any of the other adult Engage characters. Because age gap is about experience but if you suffered from arrested development and don’t have the mental maturity for your age, I think just citing age gaps misses the point of why age gaps can be problematic.

This is a good segue into the students. Now the oldest of Byleth’s students are Sylvain and Mercedes. They are 19 and 22 at the start of the game. So age gap objection cleared! The issue it both is that Byleth is a professor and Sylvain and Mercedes are students over whom Byleth has enough influence that she can get them to go against the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus. 

Now Mercedes can betray the Kingdom in Hopes as well, which makes sense given that she is originally from the Empire. But Sylvain does not betray the Kingdom in Hopes. So you can argue that Byleth being able to influence Sylvain into betraying his country, family, and King with whom he grew-up, means that Byleth has enough influence over him that she could make him do things he wouldn’t otherwise. But in terms of power, Sylvain is a wealthy noble from a powerful family who doesn’t have to be at the Academy. Like he can leave anytime and in Hopes, most of the students do just leave.

Mercedes is a commoner with little power. So you can argue that Byleth, despite being a year younger, probably has a power imbalance with her. However, a lot of Byleth’s charm power comes from the fact that many of her students are in a bad place in life, mental health wise. Both Mercedes and Sylvain have issues, especially with boundaries. So there is an argument that Byleth should stir clear of these two despite their being no age gap between them.

Before moving on to the other students, let me say something briefly about Jeritza, who is the same age as Byleth but given his mental health issues, his fixation on Byleth, I personally find him a problematic S-support. But he’s also only available in Crimson Flower and you can argue that Crimson Flower Byleth is perfectly equal to Jeritza both in power, age etc. So if you say he’s perfect for her, I am not going to argue.

Now most of the other students are 4-6 years younger then Byleth and commoner or noble, are psychologically vulnerable. That said, I would like to point out that in terms of raw power, Byleth is way down the pecking order to someone like Dimitri. What power Byleth has, she has because Rhea gave it to her. We know from Hopes that without Rhea or Shez’s endorsement, she’s just a mercenary. Yes the Ashen Demon has some brand recognition but its still very limited recognition. But I can see why some people might find Byleth’s pre-time-skip actions “grooming”.

Post-time-skip is interesting because while Byleth can technically be argued to be 26 when she rejoins the student, I would like to point out that she was basically in a coma. She did NOT acquire any additional experience, make additional memories. Per the suspended animation argument before, is mentally still 21. Indeed, given the nature of what happened, you can even argue that she’s probably physically 21 too!

So post-time-skip, there is a a real argument that she’s younger then almost everybody but Cyril and Lysithea, depending on when you set Byleth’s birthday. Power wise, war phase is interesting in that you can argue that she has the least power during Crimson Flower because she has no power independent of Edelgard.

She is arguably more powerful then Dimitri for the first half of Azure Moon because he’s a prince in exile while she, the head of the church, has Garreg Mach Monastery. Also, religious power tends to be more mobile because she has a power-base wherever there are people faithful to the church of Serios. While Dimitri’s power is location based and since he’s not in control of the Kingdom.

I would say she and Claude are equal in Verdant Wind and of course, she’s flying solo in Silver Snow. That all said, you can argue that Dimitri is back to being more powerful then Byleth at the end of Azure Moon, as the king of United Fodlan. But power plays are never that clean.

However, Byleth is the most powerful person in all of Fodlan in Silver Snow and Verdant Wind. But given that we know that Claude becomes the King of Almyra in Verdant Wind, you can argue he’s her equal after becoming the King of Kings (note, I don’t know if Alymra was like Ancient Persia or the Ottoman Empire, but its my headcanon).

So by the end of the game, I think all power-based equality goes out the window for anyone outside of Dimitri and Claude because no one else is Byleth’s equal in Azure Moon and Verdant Wind, once she becomes the Archbishop of the Church of Serios and/or the Ruler of United Fodlan. In Crimson Flower, she destroys her own powerbase and any power she has after is by the grace of Edelgard. So if Byleth ever loses Edelgard’s favour, she’s nothing.

However, Byleth is equal to the other students in Crimson Flower. While I would argue that she has a power imbalance with her commoner students in every other route but are probably on equal footing with most of the noble students in non-Crimson Flower route.

Now I am sure you have noticed that so far, I have not mentioned two people. Catherine and Shamir. In my opinion, if you want to be as ethnical as possible with your selection of romantic partner, both from an in-game and meta perspective, your best bets are Catherine and Shamir.

Both of them pass the age gap test on account of being close to Byleth’s age. Their relative older age means that unlike Mercedes and Sylvain, they have had more time to figure out their core values and principles. Also, Catherine is a noble while Shamir is a foreigner. Both of them can leave if their relationship with Byleth doesn’t work out.

To me, part of being in an ethical relationship isn’t just about how good the dynamic is when you are together but how much worse off one partner can be compared to the other IF things turn sour. But this works both ways.

Both Dimitri and Claude can potentially make Byleth’s life hell if her relationship with either goes sour. Technically, Byleth could make Catherine’s life hell if things go sour. But Catherine in an unique position where she can rely on her House’s power if she needs it but she’s also lived independently long enough that she can just walk away to protect her house if needed.

Shamir can up and leave for Dagda if she no longer wanted anything to do with Byleth. So I think, on the whole, if you want to avoid issues with age gaps, power imbalances, do the right thing by Byleth and her partner, this valentines day, S-support Catherine and Shamir!

I, of course, am not very ethical and my Byleth will be modifying Dimitri whether he wants to be modified or not, and living a long life with him! My Byleth doesn’t care about ethnics when it comes to Dimitri! ^.^