I'm fairly certain this is impossible in terms of canon, but I've always liked the idea that Asugi, Caeldori, and Rajhat are straight-up Gaius, Cordelia, and Tharja, and after the events of Fates, they're dragged through time and space to Awakening's timeline.
Anankos summons Owain, Severa, and Inigo to save the world and they change their names.
Naga summons Asugi, Rhajat, and Caeldori to save the world and they change their names.
Repeat ad infinitum.
And somewhere down the line, Cordelia and Severa freak out and realize that they've become their own grandparents a la Philip J. Fry.
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Entry 89: What is this, a Crossover Episode?
So, a bit of information on how this blog is written. Birthright was mostly written as it came out, but Conquest was written out months before I actually published it and the Paralogues were written in the middle of their respective routes. The Supports are written when I edit and release each entry, so it’s not like I can just upload all of this at once. The point is, I’m finally playing the game again after months away and it feels good.
Also I wrote this bit months ago and it’s coming out once I’ve played through and written most of Revelation. Scheduling is cool!
Xenologue 1: Before Awakening
As I’ve said many times before, Fates is a sister game to Fire Emblem Awakening, resusing the engine and featuring very similar art and gameplay. Awakening is the game that, to be honest, I think is a lot better than Fates. Fates’s gameplay is better, overall, but also contains some of the worst maps in the series; Awakening is consistently kinda mediocre, while Fates oscillates rapidly between being great and awful. More important for this blog, I would argue Awakening is better written. While still not amazing, Awakening is for the most part a fairly generic fantasy story with a few moments of brilliance, while Fates is a constant parade of godawful writing.
None of this really matters for this entry. Maybe I’ll review Awakening or Three Houses sometime in the future, if I have the time. The point is, this DLC chapter is a crossover with Fire Emblem Awakening. It’s called Before Awakening, because it takes place before Awakening, even though that doesn’t really make sense considering the fact that Laslow, Selena, and Odin are clearly from after the end of Awakening. I know the Outrealm Gate messes with time, but it’s still weird.
The gang chases some Vallite enemies through the Outrealm Gate and suddenly that nostalgic Awakening music plays. The gate leads the gang to Ylisse, setting of Awakening. Chrom, Lissa, and Frederick walk up and introduce themselves. Jakob doesn’t want Corrin to confuse the shepherds by telling them about the Vallites, so Corrin claims that they’re chasing invisible warthogs. Frederick is obviously suspicious and Jakob gets pissed that he would disrespect his liege. Chrom explains that he is also royalty. The arguing is cut off when the Vallites start killing people, with the two teams fighting side by side.
This map is a recreation of Chapter 2 from Fire Emblem Awakening, with Chrom, Lissa, and Frederick fighting as ally units. It isn’t hard, for the most part, but it actually took me a few times because Lissa kept running into enemy ranges and killing herself. Like many DLC maps, this one has mid-battle conversations. Corrin asks Chrom if its dangerous for him to go fight monsters, while Chrom tells Corrin that Hoshido and Nohr are kingdoms from myth; Frederick asks Corrin for proof of their lineage and demands they stay away from Chrom when they can't. Corrin scares him off with bear jerky; Lissa asks Corrin to join the Sheppards and Corrin says that they would join if they could; Jakob and Frederick bicker and accuse each other's liege of secretly being evil before arguing who is the better butler; Odin freaks out when he runs into Lissa and tries to keep himself from saying anything about him being her time traveled son. Lissa says Odin is a cool name and says she'll giver her son that name, which doesn't make any sense because Odin isn't his real name; Laslow tells Chrom to give his regards to Olivia when Chrom eventually meets her; Selena tells Chrom to go on a date with Cordelia, because fuck her father I guess; Chrom mistakes Caeldori for Cordelia, while Caeldrori falls in love with him at first sight; Ophelia becomes fast friends with her grandmother and almost shows her mark of the Exalt.
After battle, Chrom thanks Corrin for fighting alongside him, while Corrin apologizes for dragging the Sheppards into their mess. Chrom gives Corrin the Exalt’s Brand and Hero’s Brand, which allow class change into Great Lord and Lodestar respectively, so that they’ll be able to fight the challenges in their world. Frederick gives a pebble, a reference to a running gag from Awakening, except in this game it’s actually a shuriken you can use in battle. The chapter ends with Chrom and Lissa talking about how they need to get a tactician like Corrin before running into Robin, recreating the begining of Awakening. This makes no sense, because the Northroad is several days north of where they found Robin.
Well, that chapter was fairly pointless. The interactions between Fates characters and Awakening ones were great, Jakob and Frederick in particular have a fantastic conversation, but the chapter is hampered by only featuring three Awakening characters. At least it was free.
Support: Laslow/Odin
C: Odin does his chunibyo shit instead of training. Laslow threatens to tell Leo, so Odin threatens to tell Xander about the flirting. The two of them decide to train together and reminisce about their old friends. While they spar, Laslow names a special move to humor Odin. B: Laslow discusses how their new names feel so familiar. Odin says he feels tempted to stay in Nohr. Laslow says they shouldn't be making friends because it will make leaving harder. A: Laslow worried that his memories of Awakening are fake. Odin says it has to be real, because of the memories of meeting Lissa and killing Grima. Laslow says he wouldn't be able to manage if he had been separated from Odin and Selena like he was in Awakening. Laslow brings up the Harvest Festival Awakening DLC, which is canon I guess, in which Odin promised to always be there for him. The duo call eachother by their real names and walk away smiling.
Review: The reminiscing about Awakening, complex feelings about the friendships in Nohr, and above all the pure friendship between these two makes this support excellent.
Support: Odin/Selena
C: Selena feels sad because she misses Ylisse. Odin decides to cheer her up.
B: Selena has a dream of the Hot Springs DLC from Awakening, which continues to be canon. Also in this dream, people think Odin is cool, which will never be canon. It is revealed to the player that Odin has been manipulating her dreams to cheer her up, something that he is apparently capable of doing.
A: Selena realizes Odin was in her room and gets pissed. Odin comes clean about giving Selena happy dreams. Selena accepts his apology, but says she'll end him if he does it again.
S: Selena gets back at Odin by whispering in his ear when he sleeps to mess with his dreams. Odin proposes. Selena demands he drop the Odin act and propose normally. He does and its sweet.
Review: Bit torn on this one. On one hand, we get good friends who care about each other. On the other hand, this is ridiculously creepy.
Support: Laslow/Selena
C: Laslow hits on Selena. She gets mad and points out he's still immature.
B: Selena gets back at Laslow by hitting on him. He is unnerved.
A: Selena apologizes for hitting on Laslow. This is fucking bullshit, fuck Laslow. The two of them talk about how lonely they feel, but at least they have each other.
S: Laslow gives Selena a bracelet as a symbol of his everlasting...friendship. Selena asks if he gave Odin one. Unfortunately, he didn't. They get engaged.
Review: This is the problem with Supports in general. Character development doesn’t stick. Even after all the conversations in both games, Laslow is still a creep. And fuck having Selena apologize.
Support: Asugi/Caeldori
C: Caeldori writes Asugi up for dress code violations because he's covered in flour. What the fuck is she talking about? There aren't dress codes in this army.
B: Asugi cooks but makes a mess of the kitchen. Caeldori is mad until she tries his cake.
A: Caeldori offers to clean the kitchen as Asugi bakes, because his cakes are so damn good. Asugi says he'll clean for himself but is happy for her help.
S: They get together.
Review: Incredibly average.
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