#this and ashes are the few guy supports in which ingrid is never angry or upset or guilty towards the guy shes talking to

[dubiousdisco]

I think Ingrid got a crush on Seteth in their A support

u mean that's when she got feelings in their support convos? rewatched and i think so yeah

if i just had to deal with a situation sylvain caused with some girl, then felix told me to give up my dreams of knighthood and get a husband, then claude told me to smile more or i will look ugly, and then some hot guy was like "can i listen to your problems while reminding you what a wonderful person you are" i would also get a crush, for at least two months

[cloviaglade]

THE CRIMSON FLOWER ROUTE CORPORATE UNION AU

Yeah it came to me in a dream shared it with a friend and she said I should inflict it on the world so here we go

Warning: It's super long but I broke it up into chunks

(note not all members of the house fall into the categories listed also I'm not the best with corporate terms and positions. Also this was made for fun and isn't that serious)

The houses

The Black eagles generally were in accounting or sales. They dealt with a lot of the customers firsthand and were considered expendable

Blue lions where mostly in HR or IT

Golden deer mostly worked in maintenance and public relations.

Staff and church members are members of the board. Flayn has her position on the board despite her age because nepotism

The Seiros Co:

It's a large company that provide a large array of services and products that promote physical and emotional well-being. The company started out with good intentions but soon became a corporate monster

The company provides a host of benefits to its employees including on site housing, on site restraunts, on site pools gyms ect. They even have the best insurance on the planet. They even have horse therapy.

However they have to pay premiums on the health insurance, their rent is docted from their pay, they have to pay for on-site facilities, and those living on site are heavily encouraged to work overtime.

a lot of this is justified by cover every single health expense and days of for minor colds. Many employees seek mental health care more often than they seek physical care.

The on site living conditions vary heavily. Most are just a small white room with a single bed and a dresser. No visitors after certain hours and forget about outside visitors. However rumors are spreading that the board members have spacious luxury apartments.

The pay without all the benefits is not a wage you could live off of. But with the rent for these rooms doct from your pay you couldn't reasonably save up for different arrangements.

The strike begins:

Edelguard was finally fed up watching her team struggling. She hears constantly about how her workers are not making enough. How they have to scrape because they needed new clothes or shoes. Or worse how Petra wasn't able to support her sick grandfather

She hired a lawyer Hubert to look into information about their contracts and compare everything to labor laws. She needed to know how much of this was legal and if there was anything to be done about it.

Huberts lawfirm dealt with several lawsuits in the past. They are considered ruthless in court however media painted them out to be money hungry and demented

As expected, it was legal (mostly due to lack of regulation for these types of benefits) but really unfair, So Hubert suggested a strike. His firm would handle all the legal matters as they prepared a lawsuit and to unionize.

Edelguard was careful to organize it in private. Nothing was emailed. Nothing to tract them. Flyers were handwritten and posted in the dorms inviting members to secret meeting on slow hours.

Roles

What everyone did on the day of the strike/position they were in the office.

Black eagles

Edalguard: head of sales- she got everyone in her department and many others in different departments to simply stop working for the day when she commanded everyone to stop working via megaphone. She suck in hubert and went to a private meeting room to set up a list of demands.

Hubert: head of Vestra lawfirm- he snuck past security with the help of Edelguard. He brought a laptop and a phone with Hotspot so he could video call the rest of his attorneys from inside the conference room. Once the strike was in full swing he toured the place with Edelguard gathering evidence.

Ferdinand: senior sale manager has the highest customer satisfaction - when the strike was well underway he sent a mass email to everyone in every department including the CEO and founder herself in a very professional tone about how there is a strike. Lornez replied immediately and they when to the breakroom to enjoy tea while on the clock.

Lindhart: IT software specialist - first thing he did was turn off all the bans on websites. Everyone could go on whatever website they wanted to. He left the download blocker up and other safety precautions in place. Others could looks at memes and scroll through social media ect. He then returns to his dorm and takes a paid nap.

Caspar: manager in accounting slow but very accurate and a real team player - he hated the no pets policy with a burning passion so he let all the stray and feral cats that hang around the building in through one of the side doors. They stayed mostly on the ground floor and a few made a mess under the desks. He played with the strays with a few of his co-workers.

Bernadette: customer service rep. - she hated the calls filled with angry people. She clocked out, disconnected he phone, ran into her dorm and screamed into her pillow until calm. Once she calmed down enough she did some embroidery.

Dorothea: sales representative- has the highest upsale rate - she gets into her car and just leaves. She is still clocked in. Nobody knows where she went. Some say she met with a lover, others say she went on a binge. Nobody really knows.

Petra: bilingual sales rep. - she signed her phone off and immediately called up her family overseas. She proceeded to catch up and talk with her family for hours. She rarely got to speak with them due to the difference in timezones.

Blue lions

Dimitri: head of IT - he doesn't actually know much about IT and has little intrest in it. He got the job because his dad recommended him. With the outside website ban lifted and the lost of control of his department he frantically tried to get everything under control

Dedue: cyber security and protocol educator - although the bans are lifted he is still concerned about a cyber attack. He is frantically try to restore the ban but it seems like lindhart deleted the code.

Felix: hardware specialists - he was the one who should've been promoted into Dimitri's position and is a bit smug about how everything is falling apart in front of his boss. He bypasses the download blocker and plays minecraft on the company computer. Dimitri is too busy to notice that felix isn't helping.

Sylvain: HR rep. - he knew from the start that working conditions were shit. He was tired of trying to raise moral by doing everything but paying the employees more, giving them time off, and reasonable working hours. He went to the break room where Ferdinand and Lornez were having tea and ate a bunch of the snacks the company was reselling at super high prices then faxed a picture of his ass and balls to rhea herself as a letter of resignation.

Ashe: new hire in IT - was called down to the first floor to replace a keyboard a cat peed on. Found caspar was the reason the cats were let in. Caspar then persuaded him to play with the cats instead of shooing them out. 3 hours later he completely forgot about the strike and clocked out per usual. He completely forgot about the strike

Mercedes: head of HR - she meets with the board and discussed what to do about the strikers. They can't force them to go home since everyone striking lives on site and has every right to be there. No significant damages is being done to property. The only loss is from those not working (and a keyboard covered in cat piss and $35 worth of snacks) Mercedes is forced to find a way to get them to stop but in a way that doesn't really change anything. She leaves the meeting when it is over clocks out and returns to her modest house she calls out sick for the next couple of months.

Annette: HR rep - she tries to stop the chaos on the floor and to convince everyone to return to work. She is ignored. She wanted to ask for a megaphone to help gain attention but edelguard took the one from HR and the person with the key to one in the event closet is striking as well. She runs around in a paint trying to answer emails and settle everyone down.

Ingrid: IT helpline rep - helping Dimitri reset the ban on outside websites is above her pay grade. She at least know some of the terminology and the basics. She manages to set up a very basic blocker but it didn't block whole domains just the homepage of every website she could think of that's wasn't appropriate for work. Logging into the site allowed you to bypass the block. Ingrid feels like she will be fired for not being able to do more

Golden deer:

Claude: event planner - noticing that there was no work happening he finally decided it was time to actually do his job. He dipped into those sweet event funds and ordered as many pizza's as he could from every pizza join that could deliver. He busted out the sport balls and got employees to clear some room for flag football on the 3rd floor. He got Hilda to organize games of hide and go seek in floors 4 and 5. All games and activities were not officially approved but followed all guidelines.

Hilda: claudes assistant - organized games on the 4th and 5th floors. The cubicle although uniform made excellent hiding spaces and the food plaza just got rid of the old tables and chairs awaiting delivery of new ones so there was a ton of space to run around. Hidia had to jump between floors pretty often which was a workout all on its own but it was worth it to see everyone smile at work for once.

Lornez: head of advertising - he was tired of writing jingles and stupid commercials for the company. He wasn't aware of the strike until he got the email from Ferdinand. He offered to treat him to some tea he brought from home. They had a lovely talk and watched Sylvain stress eat. He tried to talk Sylvain out of resigning but failed.

Raphael: pizza delivery guy - he thought it was a joke at first since they never delivered pizza to the Serios Co but was persuaded by Claude. He got stopped at the front by the front desk clerk who was ordered not to allow any deliveries. Soon more pizza guys showed up and some of them where not as nice as Raphael. He eventually got in and successfully delivered his pizza.

Ignatz: accountant - he wanted no part of this and tried to work despite being on the 3rd floor. He doesn't have any PTO and is frantically trying to get his absence approved because he cannot work under these conditions. He got walled in with desks and chairs and hand to crawl his way out to try to find someone in HR to help him but found their office empty. Worst day of work ever.

Lysithia: Intern- hopes to join the advertising department - She needs this job for school credits so finding out that her boss told her to take the day off because of strike she immediately thought of her record. Lorenz assured her that she would get credit as long as he had any say in it. She played a round of hide and go seek before studying in Lornez's office

Marianne: customer service rep.- she heard the rumors and on the day of the strike she freaked out and when to have a panic attack in her car. She was on lunch technically but she took a 3 hour lunch. She came back in clocked out and decided to try that horse therapy.

Leonnie: pizza delivery guy (not nice) - she knows the customer didn't care that the order took so long to complete and was very understanding that the 30mins or less delivery time but seriously! 50 PIZZAS!! She had to stretch and press dough at top speed for like 45 mins then she burnt her hand while boxing some of the pizza's and she had to deliver all of it to this company just outside of town and now the person at the front door is insisting that the pizza was ordered by mistake oh no! Not today! You will take the pizza and you will pay for it and tip 25%.

Church

Rhea: CEO and founder - she honestly believes her practices are helping the community. She doesn't realize that she doesn't give her employees much choice. She thinks her employees are ungrateful.

Seteth: president - also believes the company is doing the best they can. He knows the dorms are small and brand but they house 78.364% of their employees and they all see a doctor at least 3 times a month. He hates that he has difficulty finding a balance between competitive prices, compensating workers, and turning a profit.

Flayn: secretary - she saw the fun going on in the 5th floor while on her lunch and thought it was organized by staff and didn't connect it as part of the strike.

Catherine: front desk - tried to turn away all the delivery drivers but more kept coming. She kept getting calls from upper management about the social media platforms and tried frantically to get in to make a statement but had little luck. She gave up when Leonnie demanded payment and let all the delivery people in.

Shamir: social media manager- she originally attended the meetings as a mole but soon learned that her fellow employees hardships. She drafted huge posts on every platform exposing the truth, changed all the passwords then took a vacation during the strike.

Hanneman: chief operational officer - he is calling and emailing the IT department about the bans every moment he can. He organized the meeting as soon as the strikers got rowdy.

Manuela: chief financial officer - although she is worried about the finances she has also been pressing about where to cut the budget first. Horse therapy is ridiculous! They own the whole ranch and are responsible for the upkeep of every horse. And all the horses are carefully hand selected and trained too. It's too much nobody uses the horse therapy because nobody has the time off to go to horse therapy!

Alois: Chairman - his title is mostly empty. He joined the strikers in a game of flag football scored a touchdown. Then went back to work as usual. Didn't check his emails about the strike since he only checks them in the morning when he first comes into work.

Gilbert: treasurer - he puts business first. Doesn't know his daughter works for the same company. Was friends with Dimitri's father. He is stressing about how the company will recover financially. He is the reason for the pay cuts so they can fund most of the benefits.

Cyrill: gopher - he gets paid minimum wage and lives on site. He considers himself lucky that he can drive the company car to go pick up office supplies from the store. He was homeless before he got a job at Seiros and feels like he is important.

Results

Since several members of the board were caught participating in strike activities the hubert and his firm counted them at strikers and used this in court.

The dorms were not considered responsible accommodations saying that prisoners in jail cells at least have their own toilet.

The news when crazy with the posts on social media. The account never replied to any dms or comments. When called they said a rogue employee posted them falsely because she was being fired.

Rhea was forced to pay a lawsuit that gave all dormitory workers an allowance of $1000 for rent for life. Even if they choose to leave the company.

Dimitri was fired for not actually having any training. Felix was promoted to the head of IT and everyone respects him.

Rhea looses her company. And most of her assets. She kept the therapy horse ranch and manages that for a living.

With the entire company now belonging to her since everyone above her resigned she made a ton of changes making the company more normal. She pays a fair livable wage to every employee. She repurposed the dorms into offices or solitary break rooms.

Huberts firm gets rebranded as a honest firm that wants to help the little guys. He later goes on to help other corporations unionize.

[byleth-sensei]

Writeup 2: Things that interest  me about the FE3H cast prerelease - Blue Lions edition

Again, like for the Black Eagles impression writeup, I just wanted to write out my thoughts and things I’m excited to see about each of the students before release! 

What I’m excited to see from each of the Blue Lions cast!

Dimitri: If you’re reading this, you probably already know I've been smitten with this guy since he appeared back in the very first trailer way back in June 2018.  And I’ve just grown to love him more and more the more info we got about him.  He's a chivalrous prince who undergoes a seroius case of "break the cutie" and falls into darkness. There is SO MUCH here that leaves me wondering. What made that good-hearted, honorable young man who claims "I choose to trust people because I don't like the kind of ruler that would make me if i doubted everyone" turn into an angry bitter man shouting at his soldiers to "Kill them all!"?  He already seems like such a multifaceted, fascinating character who seems like he will experience something that shakes who he is as a character to the very core! Seeing this precious boy become so broken really ignites my urge to protect him and heal him ...And yeah, he's super hot too! He makes me weak, I can’t help it, and oh my god.  His form-fitting school uniform and THEN form-fitting plate armor? Ooof.

Felix: So uh...time to come clean. When we first saw that trailer where he's sparring with Dimitri, I thought he might end up being a female dressing as a male ala Lucina. I KNOW, I KNOW it was the manbun I'm sorry. (We also didn’t get to hear that super deep voice for a few months, plus there’s the suspicious 5:3 gender ratio in Blue Lions while the other houses have 4:4) But I was also super interested in him right off the bat, like, "wow who is this character who has no problems swinging a sword like that against their prince and leader?”  I was interested in his relationship with Dimitri right out of the gate, and then we found out he's Dimitri's childhood friend and calls him a "boar" (it still kills me)! He's definitely our Navarre archetype, the bitter loner, etc, which is usually familiar territory for FE players. But what we’ve been told about his connection to his childhood friends in the Blue Lions hints at a softer side to his character?  Then there’s the fact that he's a major crest character; the only student with a major crest. There’s something here. What is up with this guy?!  

Dedue:A man from another land who has sworn himself to a neighboring land's prince?  Unlike Petra, there's no sense that he was forced to for familial obligations. Dedue is simply following his own convictions and choosing to do what he believes in.  What a strong heart! What is it about Dimitri that moved Dedue, a character we know is gentle at heart and likes to garden,  to such great lengthsthat he follow him all the way to Garreg Mach and fight for him? That he would want to protect him with his life? It's something I'm very much looking forward to seeing!  And also, how Dedue wlil react when the object of his respect and devotion falls into darkness and has his character shifted by hardship?

Ingrid: I'm weak for female knights, ohh miss Ingrid ohh. Ingrid is not only fiercely devoted to becoming a knight, she supports all of her childhood friends.  Also she's the lady of a fallen noble house -- things are definitely rough for her in her personal life, and she's driven to do her best.  That mission we see where she is considering marrying a nobleman she doesn't know for the betterment of her family.  This is a woman prepared to put the happiness of those she cares about above herself. What a strong person!

Ashe: Despite the obvious fact that he's totally ADORABLE, and I desperately want to pinch his cheeks, Ashe is another character who is very strong of heart. (I'm beginning to notice a trend with the Blue Lions characters!)  We know he had a really hard life before he was adopted (to the point that his personal skill is from 'survival')...this poor guy definitely had a rough life.  And yet he loves his adoptive father so much and has chosen to take on the daunting task learning to be a good noble for the sake of making his adoptive father proud.  It just really makes me want to cheer him on and support him!

Mercedes: She's a bit of an enigma, but you can already tell she's been through a lot. She was a noble in Adrestia but decided to live her life as a commoner in Faerghus…why? What drove her to do such a thing?  How will the events after the timeskip impact her when she may come into conflict with those who were once her countrymen? And yet whatever she's been through, she's very caring towards her team, especially Annette. A mysterious lady indeed, who is she really and what’s her story? Does she harbor ill feelings towards anyone in the Black Eagles?  There’s a lot of potential here.

Sylvain: Yeah okay okay, he's the womanizer I get it. And unlike Sain or Inigo, Sylvain seems to actually get lots of girls.  Too many girls in fact, and therein lies his problem!  While he seems like he'll be a bit of a likeable skirt-chaser for comic relief, the backstory in his description speaks of a deeper layer to him.  His older brother was ousted to allow Sylvain to take over as the heir. How must that have made Sylvain feel when a sibling he probably loved and looked up to had to leave because of him, and almost certainly resents him now? Interesting things  to come from this boy, I think.

Annette:Annette is the character I feel we know the least about in the Blue Lions, but what I like what we’ve seen! She works hard, and she's close with Mercedes. She's prone to mistakes, but she learns from them. It seems like she’s the positive thinking NEVER GIVE UP type!That's inspirational for sure and I want to know more about her!