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mishy-mashy · 11 months

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That opinion that every happy ending involves getting married and having kids and it's happily ever after? This does NOT apply to the Astrea family AT ALL.

Case Study #1: Wilhelm and Theresia

They marry and have a kid, go through that typical line of a happy end... but in reality, Wilhelm loves his wife too much, and it's a problem

(especially after said wife dies and he blames everyone else in his family and Oh, Look! Family Drama!™)

Happily ever after? He's estranged himself from the Astreas now, blames his own grandson, and goes on a long journey of revenge. His son's become an alcoholic, his daughter-in-law is dead to the world, and he just left the Astrea family to be handled by the mess that is Heinkel

Wilhelm was so obsessed with his wife, thought his kid might've been a genius (he was not), and when his wife was gone, he was pretty quick to turn around and leave

And where was he before Theresia even died? Where was Theresia, too? When Heinkel couldn't get a job, when Louanna became a Sleeping Beauty, or when people broke into the Astrea manor?

Reinhard was five when Theresia died. These events all happened before that, and they're... enjoying retirement, I guess?

Case #2: Louanna and Heinkel

First off, they married young. Well, to us, it's young, but remember, the age they can start getting married is 15. They're in something like a medieval period. Being around 18 or 19 is totally plausible to get married for them. As we've seen with Priscilla, age gaps aren't a problem either

Heinkel has a beautiful wife and has a kid, and all is well for exactly two years. Then his wife is Gluttony-ed, and everything goes downhill from then on

Heinkel...

... has little talent for the sword, yet is stuck between two generations of Sword Saints (his mother and his son)

... doesn't qualify for the "van" in his name

... can't even get a proper job on his own

... almost loses Reinhard when he's FOUR

... is searching for a cure for his wife that involves killing the dragon that protects their kingdom

... has not kept his wife's state under wraps so nearly everyone knows and can gossip

... verbally abuses even those who try to help him and then regrets it when it's too late

... lost to his own 5-year old kid in a sword duel despite training his whole life himself

... is aware that national laws have been made to restrict his son

... has a job for the sake of appearances with no actual responsibility

... 's job is being done for him by someone about half his age and is otherwise just a knight (Julius)

Heinkel grew up with two heroes for parents, realized he could never match up to even the family general standard, but he does get a beautiful wife and son... and then his wife disappears in what might've the peak of his marriage, and his son has all the talent in the world—something Heinkel might've dreamed of having

Case 3: Reinhard.

Reinhard is obviously expected to marry and have a child to continue the Divine Protection, but that too is just another responsibility he's burdened with.

He's someone with so many Divine Protections that he can see the reality of what each is like. What if he doesn't want his kid to go through having the one that brings so much family expectation (Sword Master)?

Does Reinhard even lose that blessing if it's passed on? Does he just keep his copy and the next one has it too?

Would Reinhard actually feel relieved because his own child now shoulders the responsibilities he had to deal with over the Divine Protection?

Does Reinhard even have a proper understanding of how to express love, or what parental love looks like, if the two cases above are his main examples?

It's been stated that Reinhard would marry whoever the world chose. He isn't going to choose, and especially not for love. Reinhard's just an existence trying to please everyone and live up to their expectations because there's too much at stake that it's impossible to do otherwise

Example: what if he doesn't do right and everyone is dissapointed or leaves?

What even happened during the shady relationship Reinhard and Heinkel apparently had when Reinhard was younger?

In fact, the Astrea family problems started AFTER they got married. Except Reinhard, but that's because he already has to deal with the problems from the marriages of those before him, and they still haven't been solved or even ignored

#just woke up so I'll look at this later #checked in and remembered this applies to Subaru too #he marries Rem in an IF and everything's fine... but then he's back where he started #sure it was a happy “ending” but it wasnt the right and proper ending #b99 Rosa said something about how marrying having kids and being happy is just something TV does #and a lot of marriages in Re:Zero have problems or a not-good future #Emilia's parents are an unknown #Julius's parents died helping others and Julius was thrust into the position of the Juukulius heir away from his normal #Carol and Grimm just witness the mess that is the Astrea family despite being from its time of even before the Demihuman war #Lilianas parents dont care that she left and just think it'd be cool to replace her with another kid #priscilla with all her husbands dying soon after marriage #regulus makes the problems in all his relationships #i had thoughts i couldnt articulate and now ive lost my train of thought #rezero #re zero #re:zero #astrea #oh well

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yaboring-yabasic · 5 years

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the interrogation room

my fic for the b99 summer 2019 fic exchange with @b99fandomevents! i wrote this for @timeforginasopinion loosely using the prompts badly trying to keep a secret, locked in, and kid fic. i also wrote some peraltiago, dianetti, and the whole squad for you. i hope you enjoy!

holt sat at his desk and peered through the blinds. the bullpen was moving like a well-oiled machine just like every other day he’d been captain of the 99th precinct.

except something was off.

his detectives were silent. his assistant was playing a computer game. none of them spoke more than a few words to each other as they completed their paperwork. even peralta wasn’t cracking a joke. holt had no idea why the tension was so high, but he knew that something had to be done.

he stood up and walked to his door. after opening it, he had to squeeze around the elephant in the room to get to jeffords’ desk. as soon as he made eye contact with terry, the large man stood up and nodded towards the captain’s office. holt turned around and they met in there. he shut the door behind them.

“what the here is going on?” terry asked. “why are none of them talking to each other? we have some big open cases right now and they can’t screw this up.”

holt nodded, “my thoughts exactly. how do we make them stop?”

terry thought for a moment. he knew that he’d used parenting strategies with his squad before, and they’d worked. terry knew he needed something good.

“we need to force them to talk to each other so they can air out their issues,” terry concluded. “how can we do that?”

this sparked the flames of an idea for holt, who clapped his hands together and proclaimed, “i have got it.”

no more than ten minutes later, the whole squad had been rounded up in the interrogation room. however, hitchcock and scully were still in the bullpen due to their being weeks behind in paperwork. so jake, amy, rosa, charles, and gina were spread about the room.

holt looked out upon his confused detectives and assistant. seeming content he exited with jeffords in tow. the whole group watched him leave and lock the door behind him. then they heard his voice coming through the speaker from behind the two-way glass.

“detectives,” his voice rang through the room. “there seem to be some personal issues between you that cannot affect your jobs. you are locked in here until you can work this out. please call my office phone when you are done. that will be all for now.”

“hey can’t just lock us in here!” jake exclaimed.

“yeah we’re not children,” rosa agreed.

amy rolled her eyes, “well some of us are acting like children!”

“i have been trying to find out what you’re mad about all week and i can’t figure it out! please just tell me what i did so we can move on already,” jake retorted, clearly annoyed.

“if you don’t know then you don’t even deserve to know.”

he sighed, “ames, honey. i love you so much. i hate seeing you angry at me and i really want to make it better. what happened?”

“fine. remember the other day when i asked if we should have a baby? if you wanted to have a baby?” amy questioned.

“yeah we were watching tv and i said i didn’t know yet!”

“well jake i asked because i’m pregnant. there you go. are you happy? you finally got it out of-“

jake picked his wife up and twirled her around as charles yelled, “jake you didn’t know she was having a baby?”

he plopped amy back down on the ground. as jake looked at her he smiled and said, “i am so ready to raise a child with you ames. i love you so much.” the couple kissed gently at first, but it quickly got more passionate.

rosa coughed and they broke apart. charles had his arms crossed which amy was confused about until she remembered his comment from earlier.

“wait, charles, how did you know i was pregnant?” amy questioned. she had waited to tell everyone but her doctor until after she talked to jake.

charles raised his eyebrows, “well for starters you were absolutely glowing. second, i noticed you were drinking ginger tea for your nausea and i also saw-“

“okay charles enough. we get it. you’re creepy,” jake cut him off.

“i’m not creepy! i’m just so excited for baby peraltiago! i thought you two knew and were trying to hide it from me.”

amy chcukled, “well apparently you were second to know so congratulations to charles.”

“i can’t believe we’re having a baby! like a real, live kid that we’re going to get to raise and love so much. this is amazing news ames. please just tell me next time, okay?” jake asked with hearts in his eyes.

“next time?” amy smiles

jake nodded, “next time.”

“there’s going to be a next time!” charles yelled gleefully. “jake and amy and babies make more.”

gina had enough, “oh my god. charles would you please stop blabbing!”

“okay what’s wrong with you? why are you so cold and distant all of the sudden?” rosa turned to gina, waiting for an answer with one eyebrow cocked.

“babe it’s nothing.”

“if it’s nothing then how come we haven’t spent the night together in two weeks,” rosa asked accusingly.

the rest of the squad looked at each other, searching for an answer. did gina just call rosa babe? do the two women spend the night together?

“i have a daughter rosa! i get busy because i have other priorities, okay?”

rosa scoffed, “why is iggy suddenly a huge part of our equation.”

“because the other day she asked me if you were coming for a sleepover and it hit me: in any relationship, with any person my daughter is included and i need to make sure i’m ready for that,” gina confessed.

“i love iggy. usually kids suck, but i like yours. and i love you, so please tell me what we can do to make this work.”

jake, amy, and charles stood by the window as if they were frozen in place. they were not aware of a relationship between rosa and gina that extended past friends. now here the two were, discussing their dating life while their friends tried to not intrude.

gina shook her head, “all i know is that the two of you are my world. if something happened and we broke up i just don’t want my world to shatter.”

rosa stood for a minute, fiddling with her fingers while staring at the ground. she seemed to be contemplating something, but it was unclear what that thing was. finally she looked up at her girlfriend.

“i will always love you gina,” rosa vowed. then she pulled a silver ring off her finger and held it up so gina could see. “the three of us can be together if you answer this: marry me?”

“of course boo!” gina exclaimed, fanning her face. she took the ring and placed it on her left hand before examining it. “it’s perfect, thank you.”

rosa just pulled her in for a kiss that said it all. as the two women stared into each other’s eyes charles hesitantly started clapping. this action pulled the couple back to reality and they stepped apart.

“so,” jake started. “you two are a thing?”

“yeah. do you have a problem with that?” rosa dared, taking a step towards him.

amy cut in, “no! we are so happy for you two. we just had no idea, that’s all.”

charles looked like he was going to burst with all of the wonderful news, so gina pulled out her phone before he said anything. she dialed and said, “yo captain! we’re all good now so you can let us out.”

the light from the other side of the glass suddenly flicks on to reveal a weeping terry and serious holt. the line went dead on gina’s phone.

terry reached over to press the speaker button, “that was beautiful. congrats to all of you. terry loves love!” he finished before crying again.

“that was sentimental. i am glad you all worked your issues out. now, get back to your desks,” holt commanded, although the slight quiver in his voice gave him away. their captain really was a caring man.

“nine nine!” terry shouted into the microphone.

“nine nine!” the squad called back.

#b99 summer 2019 fic exchange #b99fandevents #timeforginasopinion #brooklyn 99 #jake peralta #amy santiago #peraltiago #rosa diaz #gina linetti #dianetti #charles boyle #raymond holt #terry jeffords #b99 fanfiction

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