#we bought fakes

[callsigns-haze]

"You just bought a Barca shirt to pour fake blood and cut up the sides?"

Yes. We did it 11 times. And would do it another time.

[randomnameless]

So because of Leopold's support and the shadow assassinations by the Agarthans and Humbert , it would be irrealistic to have a civil war happen early on (as in it start during the first year of the war) despite how Edelgard's extended lmanifesto (not just the church part) screw over the nobility while at the same time screwing the church that, unlike the nobles, the civilians of Adrestia seem to somewhat give a shit about?

At least if the intent when writing a fanfic is to respect the lore/world building of Canon?

We don't see enough Adrestian civilians to even know what they think about, we heard about "missing" church people in Adrestia, but nothing about the commoners - we only hear in passing iirc Ashe talking about starvation because of the war, but idk if he's talking in general or about Adrestia.

Ferdie'n'Lysithea's paralogue tells us the randoms in Hrym and being bled dry under Ludwig's name (when he's actually framed by Thales!), and even if the game tries to avoid this topic like the plague, I still wonder where all those "war assets" are coming from, especially since the "people working" on those projects didn't hesitate a second to use Adrestians as guinea pigs (iirc Remire is in Adrestia!).

So Hubert's secret police + starvation + whatever is happening thanks to Agarthans riling people up like what happens in Hrym + Leopold being in charge of the army (that is made up of people from other places than just, Bergliez) + Hubert being Hubert, aka willingly take people hostage or threaten them to make their families comply + Supreme Leader (I mean Hubert) jailing/rekting "corrupt" nobles in the first days of her ascension to the throne...

Nopes apparently says Enbarr's people are pretty happy about the war, because they're revanchists and are hell removed from the frontlines - but what about the rest of Adrestia?

I once compared the coronation scene in CF to a coup (because Billy and Supreme Leader are accompanied by soldiers) but it would sort of match, Supreme Leader gets total control of the army through Bergliez's lust of power/conquest, control over the finances because Linhardt's dad is just like that I guess, Hubert oversees everything and, at least in FE16, Arundel still sides with her.

Aegir was neutralised, Vestra Sr was put in a trashcan, and Varley is either reduced to a puppet or to House arrest.

There are no powers left to oppose her in Adrestia, and if commoners somehow managed to rebel, they would have to deal with their very own national army, secret police and random Agarthans... on top of finding enough food to eat to survive while the ressources are given to the frontlines.

But in a way, everything I'm just saying bar the canon facts of :

having Leopold and the Army + Waldemar and the money

Hubert doing Hubert things

opposing big name nobles being swiftly deposed/neutralised just after her coronation (or before in Nopes!)

food shortages

FE16 wise : Agarthans taxing randoms to death/ Nopes : Agarthans killing people randomly

FWIW, AG where we learn a bit more about Adrestia, and how, apparently, Agarthans and bandits (?) are slaughtering randoms there, but the nobles are too concerned by the Kingdom's assault to protect their people, and would rather see them die than divert troops to, just, have the bandits/agarthans stop creating rivers of blood with the bloods of the people they're supposed to protect.

Everything else is headcanon/AUs/fanfic/however you want to call it.

So bar those points... Adrestia just exists and it's a damn shame, because even Begion managed to get its pseudo civil war between Sanaki and the Senate where commoners/people supported one over the other, but in Adrestia? Bar the BE peeps and a few dads, you have the feeling no one else exists.

FWIW, in the non CF routes, the opera company joins Billy's army iirc, so maybe they're not loyalists? And represent some people who aren't that gung-ho about the war?

i have that random headcanon that in Nopes, Manu and Mittelfrank are used for spying stuff, and actually, through Yuri and Manu herself, give intel about what happens in Enbarr to the CoS while the opera workers try to sabotage as much as they can some stuff in the Imperial Army... but that's just an AU lol

[scorpiontattoo]

oh cool the others already updated the age shit for me. thanks fuckers.

[vorgoth]

help. why does standing up for myself give me so much anxiety

[freebooter4ever]

holy shit for the first time in ten years i forgot nicks birthday

[veilkeeper]

im gonna say something controversial. im not sure id like astarion that much if i didnt have the spoilers about where his character is going.

by which i mean, i dont think id want to romance him, i dont think id be very invested in him at the moment. he's still fun to talk to and have around (the conversation where he asks how your PC would want to be killed in the event of mind flayer transformation is fun), and id probably have him in my party all the time, so id warm up to him. but right now, where i am in the early game story, he's just... not as compelling to me as what a couple of the other companions have going on

[hislittleraincloud]

It was cheap, just like the efforts put in by those we thought would save us.

[ioannemos]

still weird to go shopping and buy food with my own money based on my preferences and mine alone. i make my own shopping list. i don't have to consult anybody. i decide the budget. i could buy six boxes of chocolate frosted sugar bombs and a gallon of chocolate milk and eat nothing but that if i wanted to. would it kill me? eventually! would @mirainawen kill me first? probably! but i could

[dumkana16]

Whatever the fuck kinda fuck ass hormones are happening in my body right now I'm mad at them. pmsing pre-period-ing whatever you wanna call it and I'm so mad. So grumpy. And I can't help it! But I'm aware that I shouldn't dump that on people so that means that I'm mostly just silent or making noises to myself. Also mad for other reasons but last week I was able to handle it somehow. Premenstrual me struggles to handle it much more tho

[yuniper]

i might actually start burning cds again so i can have those white noise soundscapes playing during the night and not be woken up by some ad getting blasted right into my eardrums on full volume

[horrorlesbians]

do you buy your fake blood or do you make your own? just curious

the blood on the shirt is fabric paint and the blood on my face and hands is one of the About Face fluid eye paints in Scream Of Consciousness with a little clear lipgloss put over it to make the blood look wet

[whimsical-sonic]

he's so ready for the symphony

[im2tired4usernames]

Ugh I was excited for today until I found out I'd have to spend it with people that actively make me hate being alive hate the future and drain me off all energy physically mentally spiritually like a vampire I can't stand to be around her she is the definition of stupidity and even then that's generous as fuck this bitch has filled her brain with so much garbage I watch her brain cells die at alarming rates every single time she uses her vocal cords her giggles make me want to jam a sewing needle into my ear repeatedly so I can never have to hear it again its a friendly reminder that my parents decisions this time my dad's constantly makes me want to die

[mangora]

Disventure Camp AU where Aiden’s house is haunted and Riya’s a poltergeist who is actively trying to kill him meanwhile Jake is just some regular ghost who hates him and he keeps doing mildly annoying things like leaving his fridge slightly ajar or taking the cap off of his toothpaste so it’s a little dry in the morning

[the-jam-to-the-unicorn]

Time to get your savings out, everyone! 😎

[witchwhaat]

whenever i pass my favourite local greengrocer after buying from someone else i feel so ashamed. like i'm so sorry for betraying you like this, i promise i'll never buy carrots from someone else again, it was this one time please forgive me this terrible betrayal, i'll change i promise, give me one more chance please please please-