#sorry if there are mistakes in this post i wrote it on 3h sleep

[mcsr-events]

Announcing the MCSR Winter Big Bang!

This winter, I will be running a Big Bang event where writers and artists will work together to produce MCSR works! More information can be found beneath the cut, including the rules and format. If you're interested, join the MCSR Events Discord server, where we will be running the event!!

Winter Big Bang Dates: 23rd September - Writer signups open 30th September - Writer signups close 1st October - Writer creation period opens 2nd November - Writer check-in 15th November - Writer creation closes

16th November - Artist claims open 20th November - Aritst claims close 21st November - Artist creation period opens 7th December - Artist check-in 21st December - Artist creation period closes

25th December-1st January - Posting period

Big Bang Event rules:

You agree to do your best to produce a writing piece of minimum word count 3k if you are a writer. If you are an artist, you agree to work with your writer on creating an art piece to complement the fic the writer has written.

If you at any point feel you are unable to continue with your piece, be it fic or art, you must contact @ilyfynn by opening a ticket or DM.

As per Discord, Ao3 and Tumblr TOS, you must be at least 13 years old to participate. You must have a Tumblr and Discord account.

Shipping is allowed for the event. Don't like, don't read - practice typical fandom etiquette.

Dark, violent or triggering topics must be appropriately tagged.

No NSFW content.

Artists must respect the wants and DNWs of their writer, and appropriate communication should take place to ensure this.

No AI generated content.

Mods reserve the right to ban anybody who is overly most.

The event will run as follows:

Participants will join a Discord server, as this is where the event will be run through.

Writers will fill out a writer signup form to indicate their interest in creating a piece for this event.

Writers will have one and a half months to create a piece of minimum 3k words. One check-in will occur midway through. The work must be standalone so that the artist only has to read one piece to understand.

Writers will submit a link to their work (unposted), some information about their piece, all of which will be placed into a claims spreadsheet. It is crucial that writers meet the allocated deadline as artist claims must open afterwards.

Artists will claim a piece they would like to create art for. Initially, this will be anonymous, so no discussions of 'who wrote this?' etc. Artists will be able to choose multiple pieces in order of preference. These are done on a first come, first served basis.

I will DM artists and writers with their writer and artist respectively. Once all fics have been claimed, you are free from the bars of anonymity and can tell everyone about your status as a team.

Artist creation period opens, where artists create their corresponding art piece. Communication should occur here to ensure everything is okay with the writer. One check-in will occur midway through.

Once artist creation period closes, a few days will remain to allow mods to sort things out.

After that, posting period begins for both artists and writers. They should tag each other's pieces in their posts. Once participants have completed the posting form, the event is over!

[elusianknight]

Do you have any headcanons for Cyril?

It’s been awhile since I was super into fe3h, BUT

I think my most prominent ideas about him come from the idea that archery is probably one of the first thing he picks for himself. I left off in the middle of the GD route but I’m assuming archery must be at least kind of common in Almyra, right? Even if 15yo Cyril isn’t willing to admit it to himself, maybe that’s why he finds himself interested in archery. 

Since the game drops the ball with Cyril like they do with so many others, I think his blatant hatred of Almyra is ridiculous (not to mention his whole backstory just... is bullshit imo like not that he’s lying, but it’s lazy on part of the writers... they said he’s a war orphan who hates Almyra because they didn’t want to write about or come up with or research another culture). So as opposed to his writing in the game, I think over the timeskip, while Rhea’s influence is absent, he starts doing things for himself. It starts with him learning the bow, learning how to ride a wyvern (I MEAN COME ON THAT SHIT IS PROBABLY SO HARD AND ALSO SCARY???) and then maybe he learns other things from Shamir too, like woodcarving or survival skills. He’s such a good kid, I hate that Rhea gets a pass for treating him like SHIIIIIT because well, I love Catherine, but she’s a grown ass woman who has kinda dug the hole for herself of being willfully ignorant of Rhea and the church’s failings/cruel tendencies... but Cyril is a kid who Rhea has basically groomed and indoctrinated.

So I would like him, over the course of the timeskip or after it (especially in GD route) to find some comfort with his Almyran roots. Like, maybe he looks into their archery styles, or something like that. I feel like he might mistake Shamir’s flippant attitude toward her own country for hatred (which is also because Intsys is lazy and doesn’t want to write anything substantial about Dagda, just like with Brigid, Almyra, and Duscur) but she does return there with Catherine in their ending. I think they would bond over having complex relationships with their homelands. Even Catherine to an extent, with her being a supposed traitor of Faerghus. UGH THIS IS WHY THEY”RE THE BEST FAMILY OK

I’m sorry these really aren’t headcanons. You just got me thinking about them all again. I love Cyril a lot. Baby boy. He fucking shreds things in my GD playthrough alongside Lysithea. Baby power couple.

Speaking of which. I LOVE THEIR SUPPORT CHAIN SO MUCH OKAY!

I love Edelys but when it’s not CF give me that Cysithea or give me death dude. No I do not see their ending I do not care canon is fake and trash anyway.

It honestly makes me think that Rhea just wanted him as a tool (which is kinda obvious the way she seems to enjoy blind devotion to her) because she was content to let him work himself to the bone and... not even give him a place to sleep??????????????????????????????????????????????????? The kid literally sleeps wherever he keels over at the end of the day and doesn’t even have a room but Rhea pats herself on the back for taking child slaves I mean rescuing orphans. And everyone else is like yeah, this is fine. I mean I guess House Goneril also literally has child slaves so the Fodlan people are just like yeah, whatever. Goddddddd I hate the writing in this game, ANYWAY

Where I was going with that was, if she saw this great potential in Cyril and truly wanted to give him a position of remotely important status someday (a knight, an advisor, a teacher, a professor, whatever, something above a servant!) she probably would have had someone teach him to read. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY LIVE AT A FUCKING SCHOOL LMAO. 

So when he is embarrassed about it, when Lysithea offers to teach him... it reads to me as another thing that he wants for himself. Sure, it can help him help Rhea more... but he gets his own enjoyment out of it too! It’s not just about helping Rhea, or spending time with Lysithea, (the latter of which is so much more healthy jfc these poor kids) but Cyril finding something FOR HIMSELF is so important to me okay. Archery, reading... I think if the people who wrote fe3h had braincells, these would be mere steps on the path to Cyril breaking apart from Rhea and realizing that she isn’t all that she seems. Cyril takes plenty of fe3h’s characters to task and he doesn’t hold back. I think when the curtain’s pulled back on Rhea he would give her a fucking earful and be really disgusted at her manipulative nature. I want front row seats with popcorn. And also to give him a hug. Speaking of that!

I think he has a lot to talk about with Catherine too.

They were both saved by Rhea, right, in slightly different scenarios (obviously Catherine’s feelings toward Rhea are tinged with romantic feelings toward her too, while Cyril sees her as more of a mother figure). But they both idolize her and I feel like Catherine is a picture of Cyril’s future in that way--she’s willing to do anything for Rhea (except die, as she says in her Shamir supports, but I feel that this is almost a malleable aspect of her character considering uh. She will stick by Rhea’s side in CF and go against her own morals and values and participate in a battle she knows she’s gonna lose). But the point is, Catherine is loyal to the point of self destructive tendencies. And that’s the path Cyril is heading down in 3h, where he goes to battle to fight for her even though he’s a novice (moreso than the students being formally trained even if they are similar in age) and probably would be better like. Hiding somewhere with other civilians.  Shamir is the first person in both of their lives to significantly challenge their perspective on Rhea simply because she doesn’t see what the big deal is. Catherine setting her hometown ON FIRE and throwing herself at Edelgard’s army is where Cyril can (and does) end up too... and MAN THATS DEPRESSING but I think they should have been able to defect--I think they should be able to support with Shamir and even each other, to question things like Lonato’s death (like damn Catherine... you killed his son too.... who was your friend................ that would be a good jumping off point for a “hey wait this is kinda fucked up” conversation) and come to the conclusion that hey, maybe Rhea ISNT always right and maybe there IS something wrong here. Even if they aren’t willing to fight AGAINST her, I think they should have the capacity for being recruited post timeskip (you know... battlefield recruitments... the things that happen in FE games... sigh). I mean yes, this is basically what my fic is about, with them slowly questioning thanks to Shamir’s influence through the course of the war. 

It’s 2am and I’m rambling all over the place, but I hope you got some enjoyment out of it. Stan Cyril Fire Emblem. Cathmir and Cyril is a wonderful family and Shamir can help her wife and son heal from their traumatic indoctrination by the scary dragon lady and her wacko church. 

I’m assuming you’re the person who read my fic and messaged me about it, but if you’re not, here ya go.  Please read til chapter 2, chapter 1 isn’t as good but 2 slaps. I promise.