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Chapter 88 jump out!

Today, I posted chapter 88 of my fanfic, On Black Wings :)

It’s a ludicrously in-depth retelling of the Crimson Flower storyline of Fire Emblem Three Houses, focusing on character moments, tactics and strategy, and the day-to-day life at Garreg Mach.

Long-buried truths throughout Fódlan begin to come to light…

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raxistaicho · 19 hours

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we're coming up on the five year anniversary of this game and somehow there's still debate over the fact that the CoS is the central authority of Fodlan, something the game tells you before you even unlock the blacksmith (quest and quote are from chapters 2 and 4 respectively, blacksmith unlocks in 5)

Heh, nice finds!

#fire emblem three houses

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I cant help but imagine a world where jeralt manages to survive monicas attempt but the stuff at the forest still happens so byleth still gets green hair. How does jeralt react to that and in the scenario where both him and jeralt turn from rhea I cant help but imagine rhea being the one to kill jeralt with there being no 5 year time skip

I just don't see the Sealed Forest happening the same way if Jeralt is still alive. Dimitri directly comparing his vengeance against Edelgard to Byleth's against Kronya is the telling point; Byleth lost control of themself and charged head-first into a trap in their desire to avenge Jeralt.

#fire emblem three houses #byleth eisner #jeralt reus eisner #kronya

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Firstly, we should begin with the definition of the word, Revolution, which has two main meanings but the one we're most interested in is the overthrowing of a government or ruler, as that tends to be the most popular meaning.

You opened this whole post with, "we're going to ignore the definition that doesn't suit my narrative". Why bother going on when you immediately defeated your own point? Popularity has no meaning to the accuracy of something.

Then there's to say nothing of the frequency with which members of the Church of Seiros, most notably Rhea and Seteth, refer to Edelgard or the Adrestians as rebels or traitors.

Edelgard's war is against the social structure established by and upheld by the Church of Seiros. Faerghus, Leicester, and their nobility align with the church's interests in most storylines.

Do you honestly think that the Vietnam War should count as a revolution?

...The roots of the Vietnam War lay in the conflict between the Vietnamese and French colonial interests in the region, so yes, it was, to a certain extent, a revolution against western colonial powers in the area.

The Invasion of Poland by Russia and Nazi Germany in World War II? The Colonization of the American Continent?

Here comes the point where we just hopelessly talk past each other, since you don't acknowledge what Edelgard was trying to do. You see the war as a landgrab, which is why you compared it to those two, while I understand the unification of Fodlan was not the end goal but a step along the path of her reforms. How would you feel if I hit you with, "Dimitri didn't actually give a fuck about anyone?"

Now one could try to argue that I'm arguing semantics or performing some description pedantry,

You absolutely are.

but the truth of the matter is that if you're going to use a word especially with a strong meaning such as revolution, make sure you know what the actual definition is,

You say, having purposefully ignored the definition that didn't fit your narrative. Also, I, too, can grab definitions:

Definition of a Revolution

There's been a recent trend where Edelgard supporters refer to Edelgard's war as a revolution, I don't know if they're purposefully disregarding the definition of revolution or if they're simply ignorant, either way, they're still just wrong.

Firstly, we should begin with the definition of the word, Revolution, which has two main meanings but the one we're most interested in is the overthrowing of a government or ruler, as that tends to be the most popular meaning.

Now last time I checked, neither Faerghus or Leicester are governing Adrestia, which means Edelgard attacking them can't be part of a revolution. As for the Church of Seiros, Adrestia kicked them out 120 years prior to the game's start, and the Church of Seiros isn't in a position of governance over Adrestia either. So then the question is who exactly is Adrestia launching a revolution against?

I'm sure the question on the reader's mind is who exactly is Adrestia launching a revolution against? Many of Edelgard's supports including Edelgard herself believe that her war is a revolt against the social groundwork of Fodlan itself.

Now that seems clever, but falls apart on a closer inspection, because it could be argued that every single war in history could be counted as a revolution which would greatly dilute the meaning of the word. Do you honestly think that the Vietnam War should count as a revolution? The Invasion of Poland by Russia and Nazi Germany in World War II? The Colonization of the American Continent?

For instance the Napoleonic Wars could be argued as a revolution under this logic as one could say that Napoleon was rebelling against the social groundwork of Europe. Now I would think it would be obvious that Napoleon was not launching a revolution, as he was simply intending on conquering Europe.

Now one could try to argue that I'm arguing semantics or performing some description pedantry, but the truth of the matter is that if you're going to use a word especially with a strong meaning such as revolution, make sure you know what the actual definition is, as for those who purposefully disregard the meaning of the word, Congratulations, You're not a Clown, You're the entire Circus.

Regardless of how many people try to claim that it's a rebellion, a revolution, or any other synonym of the word, what will remain true is that Edelgard's war is simply a war of conquest, nothing more and nothing less, and it would be nice if people were honest with themselves and admit that.

#edelgard discourse #edelgard positive #edelgard von hresvelg #fire emblem three houses

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I feel like if you gave that guy a good push he'd fall over on his back and get stuck like a turtle XD

given that you write fanfiction ( I have to be honest I thought there would be a 3rd entry in the fodlan series with a 3rd mc ( given the whole 3 hopes, 3 houses, and 3 lords things . ) if you could write a fanfic representing a 3rd entry into the fodlan series with a 3rd mc ( not a canon character and he would be a he ) how would you make him how would you differentiate him from byleth and shez what leads him to joining edelgard

Dunno, that's hugely hypothetical. I wouldn't really want a 3rd entry, to be honest, I kinda feel like it's time IntSys moved on to another world.

Hopefully one better-developed than Elyos, tho...

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Edelgard and Hubert aren't being coerced, you would know that if you bothered to read my evidence that I provided

You don't genuinely believe Thales would just go, "oh, okay, we'll find someone else to start our war," if Edelgard refused, do you? Obviously, she did ultimately agree to work with Thales of her own free will, but that wasn't because she wasn't being pressured to play ball with him. Ultimately, she decided to usurp his plan (start a war to destabilize the church and unite Fodlan under the Empire) toward her own ends.

That said, I do think, "Edelgard was being forced to work with the Agarthans!" is a poor argument since it denies her agency in initiating her revolution against the church.

Do you even know what enlightenment thinking even is?

A rejection of traditional thinking in favor of rationalism and empiricism. Which... fits Edelgard exceptionally well.

What Edelgard desires to create is a society where those with talent and the will to do whatever it takes will rise to the top, aka a Meritocracy.

You mean that to be frightening, so as to imply that the underprivileged will just get fucked and die in her system (they already do in Fodlan as-is ftr), but when Edelgard rants about people she hates, she's never directing her ire to the poor and downtrodden. Her "rise and fall by their own merit" talk is her expressing her desire to get corrupt and incompetent nobility out of power. Really, it's her detractors who stuff "meritocracy" down her throat.

You know what our modern society doesn't like? Conquering your neighbours.

That, unfortunately, would depend on who you ask.

However, our modern society also tends to frown upon theocracies, child soldiers, monarchies, and sham religions. At least outside regions run by monarchies and theocracies, anyways.

Most routes have the rest of the nations in massive disarray with the vast majority of leadership either dead or missing, resulting in a incidental "unification".

Oh no, is this the "Dimitri/Claude/Byleth do an accidental conquest!" argument again? Much of the cause of the disarray is due to Dimitri, Claude, and Seteth struggling to work together without Byleth there to make them, or the victorious power doing things like executing Count Bergliez after Edelgard falls.

You know quoting the deranged ramblings of the equivalent of flipping 4chan makes you look like a clown.

Would you care to elaborate on what Diaphin said that sounded like this to you? Was it the bit about Dimitri and Duscur?

Also, yes, Diaphin and I are speaking again, as I'm sure Ezralahm or someone will soon point out. Second chances are a thing, and it's been nearly a year since the callout post.

You're five years late to the discourse. What's even the points of making a post about it? It's not like every single points you said has been discussed and refuted over and over either... At least if you're going to obsess about the thing you hate, you could have the decency to deal with the complexity of the subject and make a proper post about it instead of your ridiculous three sentences ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

You know if you had bothered to do some research you would know that I've been involved in discourse for a little while, though the last time I got myself involved in discourse was January. I haven't been as active as say RandomNameless or FantasyInvader, because I usually only make posts in response to stupid arguments that I see, and it just so happens that I happened to see someone arguing about how sad Edelgard was about "having" to kill Dimitri.

Unfortunately for you, my points haven't been refuted, because the fact is as I pointed out, it was ultimately Edelgard and Hubert's decision to work with Agartha and it is one of Edelgard's goals to conquer Fodlan, as is pointed out in the hyperlinks I provided as evidence.

Obsessed? You do realise that Ad Hominen attacks can't serve as the backbone of a argument, in fact trying to have ad hominen attacks serve as the foundation of your argument just makes it look fragile.

#fire emblem three houses #edelgard discourse #edelgard von hresvelg #edelgard positive

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just saw a post stating that edelgard starting a war is 100% wrong, essentially stating that being a revolutionary is Evil no matter the context

it really is incredible just how absurd theyre willing to go with this narrative that shes a bad person, as if a good percentage of media doesnt inherently glorify revolutionaries as heroes and idols to be celebrated. but when edelgard does this, it suddenly becomes wrong, a crime. how curious is that, right?

like its really clear that these people just dont give a damn about the story of fodlan at all because its VERY CLEAR that this is a country on the brink of collapse. i dont know how you can look at fodlan in any capacity and not see the cracks beginning to form. this is a country where child soldiers are not only encouraged, but REQUIRED in order to keep up with bandit attacks and slaying demonic beasts. multiple paralogues state that children with crests are married off, to the point where sylvain literally calls himself a studhorse at one point. ingrids paralogue is about defending ingrid from being KIDNAPPED and likely forced to marry a man at knifepoint. multiple cultures like sreng and duscur have been stomped on and treated like dirt, treated like "cared for" slaves at best and violent savages at worst, to the point where a man escaping back to his homeland is seen as "refusing kindness". FODLAN IS A BAD PLACE.

but no! apparently war is ALWAYS evil, even when the alternative is letting this state of affairs continue. war is ALWAYS evil, even when it saves innocent lives from the machinations of those who would do us harm. war-- No, let me be clear about what this person means. When they say "War", what they actually mean is "Violence." Violence is always Evil. That's what this means. It's that old adage of "Violence never solved anything", except that this is a statement used by pacifists to demean all violence rather than just cruelty.

If you look me in the eyes and tell me that you wouldn't hurt anybody, ever, then all it tells me is that you haven't got the heart to actually care about people. Is violence tragic? Yes. Absolutely. But denouncing it entirely is... It's beyond inhuman. It's apathetic about human life to the point of insanity. There are stories dating back centuries - Millenia, almost certainly - about how men and women will fight against gods and demons just to save one person from a fate they didn't deserve.

"Violence is Evil." No. Violence is Emotion. It can be used to attack and it can be used to defend. It is not, and cannot, be evil of its own accord. It is a tool to be used at the discretion of its wielder.

Evil, TRUE Evil, is Apathy. Evil is when you have all the power in the world to help people, to change the world, and you don't. When you see genuine human suffering and you don't feel the urge to step in and help. Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

just saw a post stating that edelgard starting a war is 100% wrong, essentially stating that being a revolutionary is Evil no matter the context it really is incredible just how absurd theyre willing to go with this narrative that shes a bad person, as if a good percentage of media doesnt inherently glorify revolutionaries as heroes and idols to be celebrated. but when edelgard does this, it suddenly becomes wrong, a crime. how curious is that, right?

Generally speaking, Edelgard detractors try to deny that she's revolting at all through some description pedantry, even though ultimately what she's doing is fighting the very social groundwork upon which Fodlan rests, and,

So yeah. They get so hung up on the part where she's a person in power herself and ignore that she intends to change Fodlan utterly, and for the better. Rhea and Seteth frequently call her a traitor or other synonyms. She is a revolutionary.

Also, people just become enamored with the ideal of peaceful protest, when the reality is... sometimes things gotta get bloody.

like its really clear that these people just dont give a damn about the story of fodlan at all because its VERY CLEAR that this is a country on the brink of collapse. i dont know how you can look at fodlan in any capacity and not see the cracks beginning to form. this is a country where child soldiers are not only encouraged, but REQUIRED in order to keep up with bandit attacks and slaying demonic beasts. multiple paralogues state that children with crests are married off, to the point where sylvain literally calls himself a studhorse at one point. ingrids paralogue is about defending ingrid from being KIDNAPPED and likely forced to marry a man at knifepoint. multiple cultures like sreng and duscur have been stomped on and treated like dirt, treated like "cared for" slaves at best and violent savages at worst, to the point where a man escaping back to his homeland is seen as "refusing kindness". FODLAN IS A BAD PLACE.

Yup. It's been said time and again, but for a setting in an FE game, Fodlan's in a remarkable state of turmoil long before the war kicks off. Usually things are peaceful before the aggressor nation makes it move.

but no! apparently war is ALWAYS evil, even when the alternative is letting this state of affairs continue. war is ALWAYS evil, even when it saves innocent lives from the machinations of those who would do us harm. war-- No, let me be clear about what this person means. When they say "War", what they actually mean is "Violence." Violence is always Evil. That's what this means. It's that old adage of "Violence never solved anything", except that this is a statement used by pacifists to demean all violence rather than just cruelty.

So Fire Emblem as a series is in a weird place in how it treats war, because frankly it wants to have things both ways. Obviously the writers don't want to extol the "virtues" of warfare so on the face of things, the series tends to portray an anti-war message, but this is an SRPG at the end of the day, so while Emmeryn's appeals to peace were powerful and cause a good number of Plegia's soldiers to dessert, you still use violence and war to stop Gangrel, Walhart, and Grima. The writing rejects violence for a good cause even though violence is how you fix everything.

One of the Edelcrits runs a whole-ass thing picking out anti-war lines from Heroes as though this somehow throws shade on Three Houses, when the reality is it's throwing shade on how things are done throughout the whole series. They behave as though self-defensive violence is always justified and never spirals out of proportion.

"Violence is Evil." No. Violence is Emotion. It can be used to attack and it can be used to defend. It is not, and cannot, be evil of its own accord. It is a tool to be used at the discretion of its wielder.

Exactly. It's all about what the violence is doing and how severe it goes. Edelgard fights to bring rights to the people; Rhea fights to maintain her power and Fodlan's status quo. The fact that Rhea is the one defending herself doesn't change that she's fighting for a bad cause.

Evil, TRUE Evil, is Apathy. Evil is when you have all the power in the world to help people, to change the world, and you don't. When you see genuine human suffering and you don't feel the urge to step in and help. Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

Very true, and Fodlan is a case study in that.

Thanks for the excellent ask!

#ask #fire emblem three houses #edelgard von #edelgard positive #edelgard discourse

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raxistaicho · 14 days

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#fe anna #fe tiki #fe13 #shitpost

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raxistaicho · 14 days

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Chapter 20 go!

#apo3 #fe3h #edelgard von hresvelg #byleth eisner #edeleth #crimson flower #edelgard positive

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raxistaicho · 14 days

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Now imagine this but he got his clothes destroyed, I saw that pictured once XD

#fe ryoma #charlotte fire emblem #fe laslow #shitpost #fe fates

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raxistaicho · 14 days

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@azelfandquilava

im sure cornelia is a very nice lady :3;;;;

thank you for your request!!!!

#cornelia arnim #fe3h art #fe3h cornelia #fire emblem three houses #fe3h #cornelia fire emblem

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raxistaicho · 14 days

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Chapter 87 jump out!

Yesterday, I posted chapter 87 of my fanfic, On Black Wings :)

It’s a ludicrously in-depth retelling of the Crimson Flower storyline of Fire Emblem Three Houses, focusing on character moments, tactics and strategy, and the day-to-day life at Garreg Mach.

The Black Eagle Strike Force marches to war…

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raxistaicho · 14 days

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God that's cute XD

#female byleth #fe3h #shitpost #edelgard von hresvelg #edeleth #edelgard positive #crimson flower

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raxistaicho · 21 days

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given that you write fanfiction ( I have to be honest I thought there would be a 3rd entry in the fodlan series with a 3rd mc ( given the whole 3 hopes, 3 houses, and 3 lords things . ) if you could write a fanfic representing a 3rd entry into the fodlan series with a 3rd mc ( not a canon character and he would be a he ) how would you make him how would you differentiate him from byleth and shez what leads him to joining edelgard

Dunno, that's hugely hypothetical. I wouldn't really want a 3rd entry, to be honest, I kinda feel like it's time IntSys moved on to another world.

Hopefully one better-developed than Elyos, tho...

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I think what hurts the most for me when playing Three Houses is that unless you recruit them, most of the Black Eagles will die on non-CF routes.

Edelgard and Hubert will die regardless of player choices. Ferdinand dies at Myrddin if you don't recruit him. It's implied that even if you spare them, Linhardt and Caspar die at Fort Merceus will die because of the Slitherers sending down that missle.

The only Black Eagles who can survive if you intentionally circumvent them are Bernadetta, Dorothea, and Petra; the three that suffer the most under the current systems of Fodlan (Bernadetta from the abusive family and nobility politics of society, Dorothea from the classism and sexualization of attractive women, and Petra from the colonialism affecting her home).

That's why after I completed the game I can't replay any of the other routes. It's not fair that all these amazing characters fighting for a better world for their people are left stuck in a system that either doesn't get better, or only gets somewhat better for a select few.

Yeeeah, it's rough playing the non-CF routes in 3H. On the plus side, I can save basically everyone I care about in CF barring Dedue, so that's not really an issue for me if I just main CF :D

I do think the fact that there's no perfect route is to 3H's benefit. Triangle Strategy and Fates showed the issues with making one route that exists to be better than the others.

#fire emblem three houses #Black Eagles #Crimson Flower #triangle strategy #fire emblem fates

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raxistaicho · 28 days

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As a follow-up to this, a buddy of mine mentioned on a recent tweet how an Azure Moon-ended Ingrid will spend her life fighting on behalf of the privileged,

she formed an elite order of pegasus knights who served as personal bodyguards to the nobility

While a non Azure Moon Ingrid dedicates her life serving those in need,

From her new position, she gave her all to ensure that the people of Galatea lived peaceful lives and put in years of hard work to reform its farming practices. Her efforts bore fruit, to the people's delight, and Galatea became a land of plenty.

Rather appropriate for Azure Moon, honestly.

Leave it to save it

Just thinking about how Ingrid has to turn aside from the path of a knight to do the most good for Faerghus.

Ingrid - Stalwart Knight (Azure Moon)

“Ingrid declined to rule House Galatea, choosing instead to serve House Blaiddyd as a knight. After achieving widespread renown, she formed an elite order of pegasus knights who served as personal bodyguards to the nobility. She never took a husband.”

Ingrid - Stalwart Knight (Other routes)

“When Galatea territory was seized, Ingrid argued strongly for the preservation of its borders. Her request was granted, and she was appointed to rule. From her new position, she gave her all to ensure that the people of Galatea lived peaceful lives and put in years of hard work to reform its farming practices. Her efforts bore fruit, to the people’s delight, and Galatea became a land of plenty.”

It turns out Ingrid had the potential to reshape the future of her country, yet because she pigeonholed herself into the role of a knight of Faerghus she denied her own talents and what she could bring forth.

Crimson Flower is even more blatant about this!

Ingrid and Byleth (Azure Moon)

“Byleth announced his marriage to Ingrid shortly after succeeding Rhea as the new archbishop. Together they made great strides in helping to restore the Kingdom of Fódlan to its former glory and beyond. Though Ingrid provided counsel to the archbishop as his wife, she also earned renown as a Holy Knight of Seiros. Most famously, she parried an insurgent’s blade with her own weapon just before it struck the archbishop’s neck. Tales of the archbishop who ended the long war, and his valiant wife Ingrid, lived on in storybooks for generations.”

Ingrid and Byleth (Crimson Flower)

“When the war at last came to an end, Byleth and his wife, Ingrid, relocated to her hometown. Galatea territory had been seized by the Empire, but the emperor granted Ingrid’s request to retain governance of it. She and her husband were initially received with skepticism, but together they worked hard to reform the territory and address its food shortages. Through hard work, pure grit, and a truly knightly dedication to the people, they were able to transform the barren landscape into what would, decades later, become known as the most fertile grounds in all of Fódlan.”

Ingrid and Byleth (Verdant Wind / Silver Snow)

“Byleth announced his marriage to Ingrid shortly after becoming leader of the United Kingdom of Fódlan. Together they made great strides toward restoring Fódlan to its former glory and beyond. Though Ingrid contributed to the court in her position as queen, she also famously guarded her king in a physical capacity. Most well-known is how the "Warrior Queen” drew her own weapon to repel an assassin’s blade meant for her husband, a tale which lived on in chivalric storybooks for generations.“

Non-CF: Just Byleth’s bodyguard and advisor.

CF: Helps Byleth to literally turn Galatea territory, previously useless barren, into a goddamn breadbasket. This is especially poignant given Hopes revealed Rhea knew agricultural methods that could have turned Faerghus’s fortunes and just… never could be arsed to share it for a few centuries. She was getting around to it!

“Everyone is miserable in CF”, indeed.

#Fire Emblem Three Houses #ingrid brandl galatea #edelgard discourse #edelgard positive #rhea critical #Azure Moon Critical

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raxistaicho · 28 days

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Do you have any writing tips? Like how to structure a story or develop your characters? I’m so tempted to start a longfic myself but I feel like I don’t know jackshit on how to do it lol

To be honest, my writing is a lot more freeform, so I don't think I can offer much advice on the first question, sorry ^^;

As for the second thing you said, read a lot, get somebody to beta for you, and just get started. Don't worry about making something great your first time (because you won't, lol, my first fanfics were awful), you'll improve with experience :)

#ask #fanfiction

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