My FE14 AU - What if the Hoshidan siblings were related to Corrin… and were dragons!

(Sorry that this is late @moneyisthebestlawyerinh3ll but I managed it now)

• In this AU, Mikoto held the power to turn into a dragon for she was given some blood of Anankos. After certain events in Valla, she fled to Hoshido where she met King Sumeragi.

• They fell in love and he became the only one outside of Valla whom knew about her dragon powers, promising not to let anyone else know for it could cause chaos in the kingdom.

• This power was later passed down to their five children; all of them were told to keep it secret as well.

• When children, they could only sprout their horns, tails, teeth and run on all fours with claws.

• Ryoma liked being a dragon as a kid. He learned to hunt on the castle grounds and play fight with Hinoka occasionally. Unfortunately, his full dragon form was huge and destructive, he took out half of Castle Shirasagi. Now as a mature adult, he prefers to remain human.

(But if the situation calls for it, or if he’s angry enough, he will go full out with the dragonstone)

• Hinoka was about the same as Ryoma when younger, only she quitted being like a dragon so she could learn the naginata instead. Because she became a sky knight, her dragon form evolved to have pegasus like wings. She still remained human most of the time, even after reuniting with Corrin.

• Takumi never liked the fact of inheriting dragon powers, in fact, he hated it. He repeatedly called it a curse no matter how much his mother and older siblings tried to convinced him. After seeing Corrin in action with their’s, he slowly accepted that part of himself and fought alongside them.

• Did I forgot to mention that Corrin and Takumi are twins in this AU? (Takumi is the youngest) so their dragon forms look very similar with different colors.

• Sakura was the most insecure about her powers, hence why she grew her hair out so it would hide her pointed ears. Like Takumi, she embraced it once seeing Corrin battling in their form and learned to become a fighter herself. Her dragon may be smaller than the others, but her wings made the perfect defence shield.

• Lastly, all five were given the dragonstones by Azura (probably parts of her amulet). They all embraced being dragons once the great war was finally over.

So you remember when I made that headcanon list for Hinoka's birthday in 2021, and on it, I said that I thought that Hinoka is the one in her family who cares the most about who her siblings are dating?

I turned everyone's potential reactions into a tier list for fun.

well, despite the wiki's utter lack of useful info, my love of wildly underdeveloped dead moms with little to no info won out, and I now have an updated design for Ikona

for whatever it's worth, I spent several hours comparing key facial features of the Hoshido siblings and Sumeragi to try and reverse-design what Ikona might have looked like, and came up with the shittiest Punnett squares to figure out eye/hair color (eye/hair color aren't Mendelian traits, Punnett squares for calculating eye/hair color are actually BS). I don't...actually think Kozaki spent the time to try and draw familial similarities, not the way Nuri does at least, but damn if I didn't try to find similarities/differences to work out my design for Ikona

It's time for another meme compilation. I'm gonna post a few Fire Emblem (Fates) memes to start off with, then some OMORI memes.

Also SPOILER WARNING, particularly for OMORI!

(Basically the 7 empty notebooks meme but with Hinoka, Azama, Setsuna and Yukimura.)

Ryoma, please, for the love of God and all that is good, LOOK AFTER YOURSELF FOR ONCE!

I want this to be a meme format! (This image personally gave ME the ability to kill, too!)

NOW FOR THE OMORI MEMES!!! (This is where most of the spoilers are!)

Me when my intrusive thoughts get overwhelming.

21 Pilots - "Stressed Out" OMORI pun. Comes in colour and black and white.

Another variant of the first OMORI meme, except SUNNY is dealing with Vietnam War flashbacks.

I said I had an art idea for just Ikona, and somehow I managed to actually see that through...even if this took two months to complete (rip, my life has been busy lately).

So yeah! An official art of my design for Ikona. And, I have a handful of assorted headcanons for her as well:

I think she was a kinshi knight, because every one of the Hoshido siblings has access to kinshi knight as a class; also Hinoka's Legendary Hero alt. in FEH has Queen Hinoka as a kinshi knight, with an updated design that mixes the design of the kinshi knight (definitely not Sumeragi's) class and priestess (Mikoto's) class. For Ikona's kinshi knight design I merged the design for kinshi knight with archer/sniper, as I also headcanon that she originally wielded the Fujin Yumi (I know the lore states that the Fujin Yumi was passed down through the royal family, but given that it's a choosy weapon, it might have "chosen" Ikona after she married Sumeragi, or else she may have come from some far-flung branch family).

Ikona was the first person, probably, to show Ryouma, Hinoka, and Takumi the basics of archery, although Takumi took to it more readily. She would have continued to mentor Takumi as he grew older if she had survived long enough to do so.

Ikona shares her hair and eye color with Takumi, and Takumi was the only one to inherit these features (as Ryouma takes strongly after Sumeragi, and Hinoka and Sakura both inherited hair/eye color traits that both Sumeragi and Ikona had, but where recessive; I know hair/eye colors aren't Mendelian per se, but I promise this made some sort of sense when I was trying to map out how everyone's genetic traits might have been inherited). However, Hinoka and Sakura share Ikona's rounder face and eye shape; Ikona was also a bit shorter than Hinoka and a bit taller than Sakura. Takumi and Sakura also share Ikona's straight, silky hair, whereas Ryouma and Hinoka inherited Sumeragi's wild and unruly flyaway hair.

I think in terms of personality, that Takumi and Sakura's anxiety troubles probably came from Ikona (as did Hinoka's shyness as a child). As a notable noble, and later queen, Ikona would have found a way to mask her social anxiety, but it doesn't change the fact that she was much more comfortable around her close friends and family. Ikona probably came off as somewhat awkward or aloof at times as a result though, despite all her etiquette training and careful masking. If she had lived long enough, Ikona might have been able to pass down some techniques to Takumi and Sakura for handling their anxiety.

Ikona could have shared Hinoka's inclinations towards being a warrior, although Ikona would have had the etiquette training to balance this out and mask the fact that she was more comfortable in armor than silks. Ikona's desire to protect others probably led to her untimely death as well (I don't have a solid set of headcanons for this, although I think she probably died before Sumeragi did; stat-wise I think she would have had a glass canon build, with strong offensive capabilities, both physical and magical, and weak defenses--if she was a "dive in to save people" type, her weak defenses would have been Ikona's undoing).

I also think it's possible that either Reina or Yukimura were, at one point, one of Ikona's retainers. I know from a developmental standpoint that Orochi and Reina were originally one character (at least I seem to remember reading that somewhere), and therefore Mikoto would have had Yukimura and Orochi-Reina as her two retainers, rather than having three retainers. And I know Yukimura serves more as Hoshido's tactician rather than a retainer...but I figure if we have the characters to go around, that one of them could have served as one of Ikona's retainers, but survived her death (and made sure the Fujin Yumi returned to the royal family), and that her other retainer died with her.

Ikona fell in love with Mikoto first. I'm not entirely sure how their entire thruple thing worked out eventually, but I feel like Ikona was the first to fall in love. She would have been so awkward about it too.

Not a headcanon, but as an aside I originally planned to have her outfit's color palette feature more oranges, the way her yukata was orange in the first artwork I made of her, but uh...she ended up looking like an orange creamsicle. Using the strong reds that appear in most of the Hoshidan character designs made her look a bit like Inuyasha though, so I eventually settled on more muted pinkish colors. I might change the palette later if I can make the oranges or reds work, but overall I think I like how off this palette feels when compared to most of the Hoshidan palettes. It feels like Ikona was sort of a last-minute thought to the writers, which makes her feel forgotten in the story itself. Ikona having an unusual color palette reflects the fact that she ended up not really getting to be a part of her own family in life or death, and in time became something of an aside even to her own people.

So...yeah! As I've said before, I have a lot of thoughts about fictional dead moms who get shafted by the writers of the stories they're supposed to be a part of. Ikona is no exception, and I really enjoyed coming up with a design for her and trying to weave headcanons to flesh her character out a bit. I've been thinking about her since Fates released, and I'm sure I'll be thinking about her for years to come.

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I was wondering something, how old is Leo from fe fates meant to be? I was building his valentines alt and realised I was a bit attracted to him. However as someone who cares how old characters are I want to know how old he is as you know more about the game than I do. I played it years ago. Then I tell myself that Leo looks older than most genshin adults. However I just want to be sure. Most sources can't make thier minds up.

The only definitive age we have is that Hinoka is 22, and that Elise hovers around 15-16 years old. I myself headcanon that Leo is 18-19, but there's no hard canon as of now :/

I remember the starfish

I love Fire Emblem Fates. My favorite is Awakening, but Fates has a special place in my heart for all of its flaws, and plotholes I love to poke at. No malice meant, if I didn't care, I'd probably just leave it alone. Instead it takes up so much brainspace.

So I think I might want to write something a bit more themed another time, but for now I want to write some scattered thoughts.

First, If I were going to change just one thing, I would give Azura ,Kaze as a retainer. And Shura.

Why? It bugs me that she didn't have any retainers, and Corrin has 3 household staff, their teacher, a childhood best friend, and a Ninja, most of whom are willing to follow them even if they defect. That's pretty excessive, that they just have a small- personally loyal fighting force. And Kaze's just hanging around, a trained retainer not assinged to anyone. And really Mikoto, Azura is your niece, you can give her one retainer at least.

Kaze defecting to Nohr to protect his charge makes arguably more sense then his reasons for defecting to Nohr on Corrins behalf.

Azura recruiting Shura as a retainer, fits with the older of the Nohrian sibilings having a criminal retainer. They also have a personal history between them that would be intresting to explore in a support. A support with Ryoma would also be intresting, as Shura states his family used to serve the royal family until his principality was taken over by Mokushu, so learning more about that would be neat.

Speaking of retainers, Despite three Nobrian Siblings havinging a criminal as a retainer, the person with the weirdest retainers is Hinoka, for having the least retainer-like retainers in the game. And Ryoma has 2 ninjas as retainers, which perhaps says some odd things about his diplomatic choices.

Hinoka does her own chores, protects her retainers, and seems to barely know anything about Azama beforehand. Until we learn from her support with Niles in Revelations that Hinoka hired Setsuna for her skill in archery, I was almost convinced she was hired to annoy Takumi.

And yet they are the last retainers sticking around the Hoshidan royals when they are recruited in Revelations.

Hillarious. Baffling. Lends a diffrent weight to Hinokas support with Saizo in this route, not that it wasn't already weird, but there was more cause for suspicion.

Speaking of supports, Sakura takes Corrin's amnesia as a sign that Silas is cursed. Meanwhile, in Birthright Takumi gets mindwhammied and dragon posessed, and Sakura does nothing to try to help. Which to be fair, nither instance lasted long. Who knows if she could have done anything effective, but in the Conquest one she doesn't seem to take note of his dirastically changed attitude as something to worry about, yet was far quicker to diagnose Silas as "something was off. Maybe its cause Silas a stranger, and she doesn't want to see anything wrong with her closest brother, but I wonder what got her attention in the first place to draw that conclusion.

I haven't played Engage, but even without that I am pretty sure Corrin is the most watched avatar we have ever played. Their big sister Camilia and her retainers makes it 3 in a lifetime, as said by Selena/Severa.

"Selena: Lady Camilla! Sorry we got ahead of you. But you should have heard the horrible things Lord/Lady Corrin said to us. Even though we used to watch over them, they don't remember us at all. Sure, we always stuck to the shadows and never introduced ourselves... but still! I could cry right now. Really! I really could!

Beruka: All that time hovering... caring... watching... it was all for naught. They has no heart.

Camilla: Now, now, you two. I'm sure they didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I'm certain they would remember, given more time. You simply must forgive them."

No wonder Corrin is so chill with Ryoma's Ninjas and other people following them around.

A headcanon, Odin/Owain can use dragon Veins. Anankos can hide his brand, but he can't undo that he is decended from the Exalted line of Ylisse, a heritige who also formed a pact which presumably involved drinking dragons blood. (That does seem to be a series consistant for how one gets a stats edge, with consent of the dragon being pretty important in how well they control it. )

He uses it once by accident. Leo did see it, but never confronts him on it. Maybe they might be siblings, but if this is what kept him alive and he's happy with living his life, then Leo isn't going to be the one to tell anyone. One of them may as well be happy.

If I were going to change something about the Fates Kids, I would mess with Shiro. Ryoma never told him until recruitment that he was royalty. So what if Shiro, figuring Ryoma is impotant, but not connecting the dots (as in cannon) comes to the (incorrect) conclusion that he is the next Saizo. And so comes with the Ninja class, alomg with some family drama, lol.

I would also tone down Soleil's supports, and add some depths to the other kids, but ninja Shiro creating some family drama with the retainers is a concept that amuzes me

I'll end it here for now. Might write a second at some point.

last actual endgame level thoughts (fair warning i'm a bit snarky/don't hold back, putting this one under the cut).

edit: and finished!

.... ohhhhhh that's where the attempt at pathos was (corrin's little dream sequence.)

why is it that the one person corrin has the most genuine chemistry with in CQ is lilith. if there was more to that dream sequence i genuinely would ship those two... kind of already do ngl.... she straight up says she loves corrin... swear to god corrin only has chemistry if it's like high key incesty lmaoooooooo. (so far i genuinely ship corrin with camilia/gunter/lilith LOL).

the 'everybody tells corrin to come back to the living' is. hm. i feel like it would have hit better if you only did characters corrin had an A or S rank support with. waiting for everyone to say their bit was like ... a bit corny.....

i'm. hm. yeah conquest endgame so far isn't doing anything for me (either character/map/plot wise). i'm kind of chuckling irl that everyone was all 'rev sucks, conquest is the best story' and i'm all 'conquest eh, rev GIGACHAD BRAIN' 'this is why i didn't get into fates for ages lol, all the krad brait shit was never talked about' as a secondary thought

takumi's last level map design + cg slightly slaps tho. this should have been in the vallite king level tooooooooooooooo

in the best faith attempt approach, i feel like .... conquest endgame probably would slap emotionally if you were into like, takumi/ryoma/xander/leo which is probably 80% of the players. so i can totally see why they'd sleepwalk through rev's last levels like i'm doing here.

post takumi:

LMAOOOOOOOO THE MEAN OLD GUNTER LINE

FUCK I WAS IRL CACKLING

god i was waiting for that, that scene specifically did not miss if only in sheer wtf???? hilarity

hinoka even going 'man i would have cried at that lecture' and 'oh it wasn't that bad it was only a minute or two!!!' from elise

(that scene is x100 funnier if you married him and headcanon that everyone knew ngl)

god i unironically love the bit where corrin head-collided right into camilia's tits in the very last gaddang scene. fuck. that was so derpy/dirty/hysterical? also #big bi mood

(okay seriously though: rev did so much better with the pathos in the crowning ceremony. this route felt like the funny outtakes version? just really weird vibes ngl. i cannot imagine hinoka or sakura being that jokey/lighthearted considering both of their brothers were just killed by corrin and it's just. eeeeech. )

but yeah.

in a nutshell.

i'm glad i finished conquest for completionist's sake but holy hell the vibe of this whole route is [krad on hands and knees thanking the heavens i finished revelation first].

As a note, I really like their friendship.

Also she started training at age seven. The biggest indication of a timeline I've seen.

Also where Takumi might have gotten the idea of Martial family from

Personally, I headcanon Takumi and Leo to be the same age (makes their support about being annoyed about being called twins funnier to me). From the rest of that,Takumi and Hinoka are closer in age then Leo and Camilla. Elise is the youngest of both siblings.

so I think Camilla is above 20, Hinoka might be 18-19 but still a teenager. Leo and Takumi are 17, Sakura is 15 and turns 16 in a support, and Elise starts at 14.

Also it makes sense for Camilla to be the one to acknowledge being a child soldier is messed up

So she teaches her how to sew.

And a nice friendship devolops

The rest is just nice feiendship, and Hinoka learning to sew

Five years later [oof] and here’s the retainer bowling headcanons as promised!

Neutral:

Jakob - Oh he’s good. Maybe not pro good, but still really good. He’s currently playing in the alley’s Friday night league. Uses a customised 12 lb ball

Felicia - This poor woman is a regular in the alley’s pro shop. Something is always wrong with her ball. Despite this, she’s actually rather good and her best game was only two strikes away from a 300. Per Gunther’s suggestion, she’s considering replacing her customised 8 lb ball with an 11 as she may have “outgrown” the lighter weight and has her eye on one with a nice bull design on it

Flora - She’s not much of a bowler and that lack of skill shows every time she hits the lanes. She’s not necessarily bothered by this, though she is surprised that her clumsy twin is better at bowling than she is. Uses an 8 lb house ball, though Felicia has said she’s welcome to have hers if she ever does get that new 11 lb ball

Gunther - He’s the pro shop’s house pro and the reason Corrin even knows how to play. He may be retired and doesn’t play much these days, but when he does, there is no rust in sight. Uses a customised 16 lb ball and a wrist brace

Kaze - He’s just as good as the pros, but finds more enjoyment in semi-pro play. A teammate of Jakob’s in the Friday night league. He usually bowls with a customised 15 lb ball, but the finger holes need redrilling, so he’s using a house ball of equal weight for the time being

Hoshido:

Saizou - Another pro who can give Hinoka a run for her money and has won a couple of championships. Bowls left handed. Uses a customised 15 lb ball and a wrist brace

Kagerou - Surprisingly, she sucks at bowling. Every other frame is a gutter ball and it’s starting to frustrate her. Laslow and Gunther have offered to coach her, but she insists on learning on her own. Uses a 14 lb house ball, but Ryouma is trying to get her to use a lighter ball

Azama - He literally does not care for bowling. Yeah, he’ll bowl anyway when Hinoka insists, but he’s not particularly invested in the sport. He’s actually pretty good when he does put some effort into his playing. Uses a 12 lb house ball

Setsuna - Good Gods above, this woman cannot bowl to save her life. As much as she’s worse than Kagerou, people still intently watch Setsuna bowl, just in case she finally bowls her first strike. Uses an 8 lb house ball

Hinata - He’d rather play cheerleader for Takumi, but he’s not bad himself. His scores are always decent, consisting of mostly spares with some open frames and the odd strike, but Oboro feels he’d play better if he’d wipe the pizza grease off his hands before grabbing the ball off the ball return. Uses a 13 lb house ball, but rumour has it Odin’s planning on getting him a customised ball for his birthday

Oboro - She does like playing, but she’s not that good at it. She’s mainly just here to have fun, but she does at least try to do her best. Uses a customised 8 lb ball that once belonged to her mom and a wrist brace

Tsubaki - Okay, so you’d think this guy had never bowled anything less than a strike in his entire life, right? WRONG! Yes, he’s a phenomenal bowler, but he’s actually not perfect, something he struggled a bit to accept. Also in the Friday night league, though on a different team than Jakob and Kaze. Uses a customised 15 lb ball and initially didn’t use a wrist brace, but had to start using one when he sprained his wrist on a bad throw

Hana - She’s a fairly average bowler, but she’s very competitive. She and Selena are constantly trying to one up each other on the lanes, but this always leads to less strikes for the both of them. Uses a 10 lb house ball

Nohr:

Laslow - He says he bowls to catch the attention of the ladies, but the truth is that his dad was a champion pro bowler who met his mom, who worked in the lounge as the bartender, while at a tournament. His real reason for bowling is to keep their memory alive – meeting someone there like how his parents met would be a bonus. Another lefty. Uses a customised 14 lb ball that has his parents’ names engraved above the finger holes

Peri - She lives for the “glow bowl”, a term she uses for cosmic bowling. She’s campaigning to start up a cosmic bowling league, hoping to attract other league players who would rather play under the blacklights and disco balls like she does. As for her skill, she’s pretty good, though she would like to improve a bit. Uses a customised glow-in-the-dark 13 lb ball

Beruka - She’s new to the pro scene, but she’s a pro nonetheless. Another member of the 300 Club. Her customised ball is heavier than it ought to be at 15 lb, but it was a gift from her mentor and she’s used that ball so much that she can’t bowl with anything lighter. She had to have a new thumb hole drilled in to accommodate her smaller grip as the span was too wide for her to use

Selena - She wants to be a pro so badly just like her mom, but she’s not quite there yet. She has begrudgingly accepted pointers from Tsubaki, which has improved her playing significantly. She’s sticking to 10 lb house balls until she does finally become a pro

Niles - Split Queen Elise, meet Split King Niles. He may not bowl as many splits as she does, but he still picks them up without fail. One of Tsubaki’s teammates in the Friday night league. Uses a customised 16 lb ball and a wrist brace

Odin - He’s definitely a more for-fun bowler, since he’s not quite comfortable with joining a league yet, but maybe one day when he doesn’t bowl so many open frames. His stance and approach are definitely something to behold though. Alternates between using a customised 13 lb ball and a 14 lb house ball – he’s testing the latter’s weight to see if he needs to go up

Arthur - Arguably the worst bowler out of everyone present. Nearly every frame is left open, but sometimes he’ll pick up a spare. Despite this, he still has fun, and isn’t that the most important thing? Uses a 16 lb house ball

Effie - She didn’t start off so hot, but after three years in the Friday night league, she’s joined the 300 Club and her best series was a few points off from joining the more elusive 800 Club. Uses a customised 12 lb ball and a wrist brace, though she’ll grab a 13 lb house ball for some of the trickier splits

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Hinoka "Birthday" Headcanons

"Birthday" is in quotations here because these are intended to be in celebration of her birthday, but obviously, I am several days late on that. In my defence... I had longtime friends in town the weekend of her birthday, and after that I was working with kids for 40 hours a week, so... I decided we would try to approximately hit her birthday this time. I don't get to see those friends much and kids are so great but so tiring, so I hope you can forgive me lol.

Still, we got here in the end. Now we can do another round of headcanons to celebrate Hinoka!

‣ The most plain speaker among her siblings. She can put on thick layers of etiquette for banquets, but otherwise, she can’t really be bothered. That also means she’s the most likely to curse or use slang among them. It’s always a shock to new recruits in the army the first time they hear her speak so plainly, but it’s not unwelcome. She has broken the ice during more than a few difficult moments, simply by a well-timed, “Well, that fucking sucks.”

‣ Hinoka is like if a border collie was a person in the sense that she has a need to be useful pretty much at all times. If she's not being active and helping others, she gets rather restless. She needs to have a task to keep her going, lest she fall into boredom and start thinking too hard about things she probably shouldn't be thinking about. This has garnered her a bit of a reputation around Shirasagi Castle Town for being an incredibly kind and helpful young lady... and a reputation among her friends and family for being someone to watch for burnout.

‣ Not a morning person. At all. Even if she’s waking up for training, she’s going to be a real grump. Maybe not as much as Jakob, but still — Hinoka is not sunshine and roses in the morning. If anything, she's honestly kind of grumbly. There's not even really a meanness associated with it, she just has the sort of demeanour of someone who genuinely doesn't want to be bothered. If you speak to her, you're likely to only get super curt answers. She may not even acknowledge you at all and just keep going about her day. She wakes up gradually from there, of course, but before a certain hour... just consider talking to her a lost cause.

‣ She fusses over her hair like, way more than she is willing to admit. It's harder to tell because she keeps it short, but she has the same sort of hair texture as her father, so it is an uphill battle every morning to make it lie flat and proper. No matter how carefully she sleeps, she always wakes up with bedhead. Then, she has to make a whole routine of brushing and styling it just so it looks right. Too prim and proper, and she just doesn't look like herself. Too messy and lazy, and it just makes it seem like she doesn't care. It's a delicate balance that she has to achieve with her hair, but she would never admit to anyone just how much time she spends trying to get it right... Although her annoyance with Ryoma's tendency to affectionately ruffle his younger siblings' hair has given people some hints in the past.

‣ Hinoka has a tendency to talk in her sleep. Well, sort of. To be honest, she doesn't have a tendency to talk as much as she does to laugh in her sleep, but that's a bit more disturbing to people who have never heard it before. It's not even an evil laugh, either, just a regular happy fits of giggles here and there. Those who know her better tend to find it comforting instead, because that way, they know that she is having happy dreams. If she's not having a happy dream, though, that's where the talking starts... and considering Hinoka is the kind of person to have those disconnected dreams that don't really follow one central plotline, you can end up hearing her say some weird stuff to deal with the situation. And 9/10, she doesn't remember what she was dreaming about in the morning, so if you wanted to know why she had to steal the magic gyoza back from King Garon, you're out of luck.

‣ Super flexible. The girl is downright acrobatic at times, it’s impressive. She’s super bendy and can twist herself into a pretzel if need be. Most of the time, she uses her powers for good, but sometimes she likes to do something she shouldn’t be able to do just to freak Takumi out. For whatever reason, her powers of flexibility disturb him. So, like any good sibling, she uses them to tease him a bit.

‣ Between Azama and Setsuna as retainers, Hinoka has grown to be quite accepting of people's little quirks. Is she still put off by them sometimes, maybe when she's caught off-guard? Sure. But does she treat them with anywhere near the levity that others might? Not really. Once she's got a hold on something like that, she just kind of tends to roll with the punches. Odin's talking strangely? Well, she can probably figure out what he has to say, it's not that much different from courtier talk. Hayato's all fussed up about being treated like a kid? She'll just do what she used to do for Takumi around then and try and encourage him a little. That being said, however, she doesn't always have an easy time with it... if anyone knows how to handle Camilla's doting and flirty tendencies, she would really appreciate the advice.

‣ Her time spent establishing a bond of trust with her pegasus has had the unintended side effect of most animals naturally trusting her. After all, like regular horses, pegasi are also skittish. It takes a lot of time to create a bond trust with them, and make them feel like you won’t hurt them. Keeping a calm, level head is oftentimes apart of that, and now that Hinoka’s learned the skill for her pegasus, she can apply it to other animals as well. The joke’s a bit in poor taste, but Azama even joked that her ability to deal with nervous creatures is why Sakura feels comfortable talking to her in their shared letters — it’s her way of adapting to her sister’s needs, just like she would for a pegasus.

‣ No matter how she learns and grows over the course of her stories, Hinoka still just can't let herself be beaten by a Nohrian. Initially yes, it is a prejudice thing, but as time goes on, it becomes more about a friendly competitive patriotism. With so much time apart, the two countries haven't had much time to interact with one another and show off the best of each of their respective countries, so she likes to take the opportunity to show off just what a Hoshidan can do. Thankfully, as her intentions purify themselves, so too do those of the Nohrians, and she tends to inspire a spirit of friendly competition as their truce goes on!

‣ Has serious trouble depending on others. She is ferociously independent and often insists upon it, disliking asking for help or being seen failing in any way. Given Hoshido's history with sexism, her position as a warrior, and her place in the public eye... She knows that some will look to her as a perfect representation of all women. If she is to admit defeat or ask for help in front of others, then she is more likely to be perceived as weak. After years of fighting to be where she is, she is far too proud to step back now. As a result, she can tend to push herself too hard, regardless of whether she will actually reap any benefits from doing so.

Both Chrom and Robin don't have a static age (chrom starts at 17 but the game takes place over many years, plus there's 5 year (iirc) timeskip, so at youngest, endgame chrom is 22, but he's probably more like 25-27. Robin doesn't have a stated age but at default is probably around the age of chrom)

Lucina (future-past) is probably around 17-19.

Marth doesn't have a static age either due to multiple games and remakes and spinoffs

Roy is a child. The wiki says he's 15 during the binding blade but idk where they got that from. He always struck me as being more like 14.

Byleth is an adult and has no static age due once again to timeskip

Ike doesn't have a static age

Corrin does not have an age. He is older than Leo and Takumi and younger than Camilla and Hinoka, so it matters I guess how old you headcanon them to be. He's assumably in his late teens to early 20s. However you can infer his age to be in his 20s if you count art book comments as canon. He in no way can be younger than 15.

Hello! Since it's Hinoka's birthday, do you have any headcanons of her?

Oh Hinoka !

Well, I always had this headcanon that when she was younger she had very long hair but after Corrin got kidnapped she ended up cutting them

((10 facts about Oboro!))

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(Please be aware these are mostly headcanon)

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Her family has designed and fashioned clothes for the Hoshidan Royal Family on several occasions. Oboro herself designed most of the current outfits worn by the Hoshidan Royal siblings (with the exception of Ryoma's armor).

Despite being Takumi's retainer, Oboro actually trained under Hinoka to learn the Naginata and frequently spars with the Princess.

Even before Oboro has children, she's already got Mama Bear status.

She is slowly getting over her resentment of Nohrians, but she will admit, they do have interesting fashion sense.

She does have some skill with katanas, as she occasionally acts as Hinata's sparring partner, this usually ends with one of them getting injured (usually Hinata).

(Conquest-AU)

This Oboro survived the events of Conquest. After Takumi's defeat at the wall, Oboro was taken prisoner, but Hinata was killed. She was given to Hans as a play thing, which resulted in her being beaten senseless whenever Hans was in the mood.

Following the events of the story, Oboro attempted to assassinate Corrin at a conference between Hoshido and Nohr but was stopped by Hinoka, resulting in her hair being cut and losing an eye.

Having to beg Xander's favor, Hinoka managed to bargain for Oboro to be taken back to Hoshido as a prisoner but would not be allowed to leave the country. Hinoka did this because she knew if Oboro was tried in a Nohrian court, she would not be given a fair trial and would face execution.

Oboro managed to escape through an Outrealm gate and tried to replace another Oboro in an alternate timeline, a scheme that ultimately failed.

She currently resides in another version of Hoshido where Takumi and Hinata somehow survived the events of Conquest, but their Oboro did not.

                                  ❝  I can only hope that if I nurture you, you can both move forward. And as long as this dream continues... I will be right here beside you.  ❞

MIKOTO FARASHA ( FARAH ) ICHINOMIYA - FORSBERG. has arrived to Garreg Mach Monastery!

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for those who don’t know who Mikoto is, here are bits and pieces of her character copied and pasted from her wiki:

“ Mikoto is the biological mother of Corrin, stepmother of Ryoma, Hinoka, Takumi, and Sakura, and adoptive mother of Azura, all of whom she loves dearly. She is also the biological grandmother of Kana. [ ... ] Mikoto was born in Valla and is the sister of Arete. One day, she found an amnesiac hooded man and nursed him back to health. The two fell in love and eventually bore a child, Corrin. However, with the threat of the great dragon Anankos and his hostile takeover of Valla, the hooded man revealed to Mikoto that he is the disembodied soul of Anankos and regretfully decides to send her and Corrin away from Valla in order to protect her from his dragon half's wrath, along with Arete and her daughter, Azura. Mikoto was successful and managed to eventually make her way to Hoshido where she met King Sumeragi and Queen Ikona. Seeing her plight, Sumeragi and Ikona welcomed her and because of Ikona's sympathy for Mikoto she allowed Sumeragi to marry Mikoto. She became the step-mother of the Hoshido royal siblings, however, aside from Ryoma, she made them believe that Corrin is the child of Sumeragi. [ ... ] Befitting of a queen, Mikoto is calm, kind, and graceful and well loved by the people of Hoshido for it. Mikoto has a generous soul, from nursing a man suffering amnesia back to health to raising her late husband's four children and her own niece later on.

Despite her serene demeanor, she had her fair share of silly moments. Orochi mentions some of her odder moments in her supports with Ryoma and Corrin, like dressing too lightly when it snowed, forgetting she had two chopsticks in hand and ended up eating with four, or swimming with her slippers on. While she did keep herself as composed as she could in court, Orochi described her as 'like a wise sage and an accidental jester.'   ”

TOA ! Mikoto will be written as post-Revelations, first having been summoned to Askr by the voice of young Azura and later following the voices of Anankos and Corrin to Fódlan. she’s been in Askr for maybe two or three years, which puts her around the age of 42-43, though she stopped aging at 40. after her death at the hands of Sumeragi, her dreams became visions and her body became immortal. only trusted few know of this ability; the prince and princess of Askr, commander Anna, and her past retainers. before her death, she was able to see small premonitions but only as glimpses into the possible future.

going by the Drama CD, Mikoto knew of her death beforehand. she told no one of this revelation and kept it to herself until summoned to Askr. another factor of her interpretation is that she’s distanced from others as a result of the constant wonky leaps in her mind / dreams. she spaces out a lot and hears the voices of premonitions when she’s in or close to a state of unconsciousness. ( also, on the topic of headcanons, I have sprayed Mikoto with light melanin. don’t be surprised, this is Elix writing her. )

Mikoto’s here as a counselor and a substitute Faith professor that also specializes in Bow and Sword classes, though not affiliated to any house because of her uncertainty in life. after all, she’s just followed the voices of her dead lover and the child she left behind— she’s not sure if anything is as it seems. though she’s no longer the present queen of Hoshido, she will still introduce herself as such, since it was the title she died with.