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Claude - FE3H

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FRIEND AND I ARE COLLABORATING ON AN AU FIC!! COME STOP BY AND GIVE IT A READ WE LOVE PAIN!! Chapters 1 and 2 are up, 3 is soon! Updates every 1-2 weeks!

[ https://archiveofourown.org/works/41165421/chapters/103194120 ]

This sketch is very calming for me

arete and manuela: operatic duo 🎶

Self-insert again! I figure it’s a ritual now for every fandom I sink some time into :3

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes’ Arval, but they’re a brushbug who snuggles around Shez’ neck and offers commentary. 

Thee "A Girl Like You" comic makes me want to buy Three Houses (I've never played fire emblem) just to learn about the characters you based the comic on and also I love the comic itself and I'm sorry this is so long, basically Ii love the comic and art and the transfem headcanons because it makes me feel all warm n fuzzy

hello, and first of all thank you!! it makes me incredibly happy that you liked my comic and i'm honored that you want to get to know the characters thanks to it.

three houses is an enjoyable game, but to say it is anything more than enjoyable would be an overstatement. like, don't get me wrong, i've proudly played over 300h of it and still like to replay it, but i can't say in good faith it's good 🤣🤣😭

the fire emblem part of the gameplay is very easy and intuitive though. i had never played any fire emblem before and i had no trouble with it, in case that worries you. the other half of the game is reading conversations and doing tasks for other characters - it is a literal otome and it's very poorly written but that makes it hilarious.

if you end up buying it i'm sure you won't regret it. you play as a canon bisexual character and most of the other characters can end up in a same-sex relationship. i'm sorry to tell you that there are no trans characters, not even implied. however it's been 4 years and people have stopped being weird about politics (as in, the plot of the game) and sexuality/gender identities, so at this point i've seen literally every character headcanoned as trans. both ways and into the depths of non binarism too.

make sure to play the black eagles route if you want to know about my comic btw!! dorothea is one of the few actually well written characters in the game, consistently though all the routes, so you'll probably like her too. everyone likes dorothea (i'm biased because she's my favorite alongside edelgard but this is A Fact).

thank you again, this time for reading my long rant, and i hope you have a lovely day <3

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THREE SHIPS: inspired by mari <3!

THREE CANON SHIPS: geralt x yennefer, corlys velaryon x rhaenys targaryen, and arianne martell x daemon sand!

THREE OC SHIPS: iovanna dayne x daemon targaryen, edelgard vanderweyden x reese verner, maekar targaryen x aeryal arvel (carolines dear!)

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FIRST SHIP: oo ok ok i want to say my first ship was I think? rajaion and ena from fire emblem path of radiance? that or? selina kyle/catwoman and bruce wayne!

CURRENTLY CONSUMING: an iced coffee ajanjnsk bc i am a responsible adult <3.

CURRENTLY WATCHING: my 3829838th rewatch of house of the dragon <3 am i surprised? nay nay! its not at all for oc lore! (leg says like a liar jnjanj <3)

LAST MOVIE: the batman! <3 and one i recently adored seeing was bullet train as well! (ty ty orion and ash for introducing me bc of ur ocs u dears u!)

LAST SONG: its been stuck in my head all week! the fruits by paris paloma <3

CURRENTLY READING: rereading fernweh saga by the dear aelsa! and fire and blood by george rr martin <3 (leg once again says its bc they want know more of what’s in store for the characters and not for oc lore at all like a liar <3)

CURRENTLY CRAVING: my mom is making sauce so i have pasta on the brain <3

*     ◟    :    〔   jourdan dunn  ,      cisfemale    +   she/her    〕      VALLA    PARADISO ,      some say you’re a  THIRTY FIVE  lost soul among the neon lights.      known for being both  SHREWD  and  COLD,  one can’t help but think of  PAPRIKA  by   JAPANESE BREAKFAST  when you walk by.    are you still a    SIN EATER     at      CUTS OF PARADISE,     even with your reputation as the SIN EATER?     i think we’ll be seeing more of you and    METHODICAL CUTS INTO THE CHASM OF MEMORY, VISUAL HAGIOGRAPHIES FLICKERING ON A PROJECTOR SCREEN, COLD GAZE SWEEPING OVER A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE AS THE REST OF THE CONGREGATION WEEPS,    although we can’t help but think of BYLETH (FIRE EMBLEM: THREE HOUSES), PRIMROSE AZELHART  (OCTOPATH TRAVELER), KIKYO (INUYASHA)    whenever we see you down these rainy streets.      (      keira  ,      31  ,      she/her  ,     is this a wanted connection? nope!   ,   est    +    none  .     )

Name: Valla Paradiso Age: 35 Pronouns: She/her Orientation: Bisexual Occupation: Sin Eater at Cuts of Paradise, previously a Memory Maker Character Inspo: Mother Suspiriorum (Suspiria - 2018), Byleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses), Primrose Azelhart (Octopath Traveler), Kikyo (Inuyasha) General Inspo: Sin Eater history (x), The Sin Eater by Megan Campisi, The Final Cut (2004), The VVitch (2015), Noteworthy Traits: A stoic, unflappable, often emotionless countenance; a transparently appraising and cutting gaze coupled with lips that are neither smiling nor frowning; slender fingers perusing through memories and flashbacks as if they were playing cards, a rather old-fashioned way of speaking History: (TLDR at end)

I give easement and rest now to thee, dear man, that ye walk not down the lanes or in our meadows. And for thy peace I pawn my own soul. Amen.

Home lies at the fringe of civilization, a commune where the wind cuts and the crops are tough to the teeth. Home is isolation, a place where trust does not extend beyond the fences that encircle them. Life is governed by rigid divisions: men from women, and daily life steeped in prayers uttered in the archaic tongue of Old English. Her mother, she discovers, holds a role steeped in ancient ritual – a sin eater, a vocation she later learns has long vanished beyond the commune's boundaries. The mantle of sin, she knows, will one day be hers to bear, a legacy passed from mother to daughter.

She observes and absorbs the ways of the sin eater. They hear deathbed confessions. Each funeral, each interment, requires their solemn presence. Cakes, symbolic of the deceased's sins, are laid before the sin eater. With each bite, they absorb these transgressions, their consumption a rite that purifies the soul, allowing the departed to ascend to heaven.

To liberate a soul at the threshold of death is a role both deeply revered and intensely feared. Sin eaters, those who dare to barter with their own souls to amass the sins of others, are regarded with a blend of awe and trepidation. Such a sacrificial act, though honored, is often shrouded in whispers of dark magic, witchcraft, and dealings with supernatural forces, or even the Devil himself. To meet the gaze of a sin eater, if only for an instant, is believed to be an omen of misfortune.

Her time arrives, a solitary existence in the ancestral house skirting the village, where silence and averted gazes from the commune are commonplace and constant. She partakes in the ritual consumption of corpse cakes and wine, each sin of others adding weight to her family's tapestry, an ever-growing burden. Life unfolds in this solemn pattern, until an unforeseen event disrupts its rhythm.

The death of the commune leader beckons her to his funeral, to consume his sins, but hesitation grips her. Before his passing, he had confessed to her, revealing the repugnant abuse of his power. These confessions polluted her spirit, tainted her dreams, soured even the sweetest of fruits. Her only regret was that he met his end before she could play any role in it.

Defying all precedent, she absents herself from his funeral, a decision laden with grave consequences. When the commune descends upon her home, they find it devoid of her presence.

The city becomes her new haven, a stark contrast to her previous life. Here, there are no rigid divisions, at least not like those in the commune. Everyone bears the weight of their own sins.

An opportunity arises with Stoneage, a position for a 'memory maker.' Her expertise in the realm of confessions, sins, and raw memories makes her a strange, but fitting candidate. They take a gamble on her, and it pays off; she proves herself both diligent and prolific. But she grows curious, about what she can take and give within living human memory, and she has not yet known the finer nuances of subterfuge - she is discovered.

She is no longer a memory maker, but she still continues her work, and soon discovers it has every potential to be lucrative. It has every potential to bring back that which is familiar - sin eating. Powerful people who have died and are in need of hierographies and memorial movies to play at their funerals, their mausoleums, their museums and remembrances, and want a... clean legacy. Who want their sins absolved, forgotten by all but her.

She dubs her service "Cuts of Paradise."

Her clientele grows, now including the wealthiest seeking her unique services for more than mere memory curation. Bad deals, damning witnesses, debts too great to bear – they need these memories erased from those who would remember it. Not through violence or murder, but through oblivion.

Just forget. Forget about the bad deal. Forget about what they saw. Forget about forgetting.

She is innately attuned to this calling. Born to bear the sins of others, she navigates this labyrinth of forgotten transgressions, a guardian of erased memories, a modern-day sin eater in a world that unknowingly harbors ancient rites.

SUMMARY: Raised in a remote commune at civilization's edge, where harsh winds blow and trust is confined within rigid fences, she learns of her role as a sin eater from her mother, a legacy steeped in old rituals and looked upon with reverence and repulsion alike. Her life revolves around attending funerals and consuming corpse cakes symbolizing the deceased's sins, a rite believed to purify souls for their ascent to heaven. This revered yet feared practice defines her until an event disrupts her life: the death of the commune leader, whose confessed sins haunt her. Choosing to not perform her duty at his funeral, she faces the commune's wrath and flees to the city. Here, she initially struggles but finds a job at Stoneage as a 'memory maker,' drawing on her sin-eating experience. However, her exploration into living memories leads to her discovery and subsequent departure from Stoneage. Adapting her sin-eating skills, she starts "Cuts of Paradise," offering services to erase memories for wealthy clients seeking clean legacies or to be freed from bad dealings. In this modern world, she continues her ancestral calling, navigating a new labyrinth of forgotten sins and erased memories as a contemporary sin eater.

Vassal and Liege: A FE3H Meta

"So please call upon me when you walk alone at night. And even when you go out in the day, please tell me where you are going, and whom you are meeting."

—Dedue to Dimitri

"And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God"

—Ruth 1:16

I wanted to compare and contrast the two vassal-liege relationships in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Dimitri/Dedue and Edelgard/Hubert. They have some obvious commonalities: Dimitri and Hubert follow their lieges everywhere, they're overprotective, they're ride-or-die for life. But there's a lot about these two fealty relationships that's very different.

Consent

A huge difference between the two fealty relationships is how consensual they are. Neither of the relationships are 100% consensual in their power dynamic, but Edelgard/Hubert is far more consensual than Dimitri/Dedue. I don't mean that Dimitri is forcing Dedue into a power dynamic, by any means. Rather, for both Hubert and Dedue, the world and the culture that they live in has placed them into a vassal position, but that coercion is much stronger in Dedue's case than in Hubert's.

In Hubert's case, there's some amount of coercion he was raised from an extremely young age to be Edelgard's vassal. But when the Insurrection happened, we can infer that he was freed from that obligation as far as any of the nobles in Enbarr were concerned. At that point, I don't think anyone expected of him to be the left hand of a princess who was just a political puppet anyway. It's very clear in his supports with Edelgard and his B support with Dorothea that Hubert is free to leave her service at any time, and he chose to walk this path with her out of personal devotion because he believes in the vision she laid out before him.

I think for this reason, Edelgard is able to accept Hubert calling her Lady Edelgard and Her Majesty all the time and all his other little acts of service, in a way Dimitri struggles with; she understands he's choosing it. There's almost a BDSM feeling to it, where they have chosen their roles in this dynamic. The other Black Eagles all call her Edelgard without repercussion (contrast the Blue Lions who all feel pressure to call Dimitri "Your Highness"); Hubert chooses to call her Lady Edelgard and Her Majesty, much like a submissive may choose to call a dominant "Mistress" as part of a scene to symbolize the power exchange.

This is not to say that the relationship between Hubert and Edelgard is 100% consensual. Up until Hubert was ten or so, he was coerced into this dynamic with her, and it's hard to deny that that history plays a role in his choice to recreate that dynamic later.

But with Dimitri and Dedue, it's totally different. Dedue is being forced into the vassal role from multiple directions. Most importantly, he's liable to get hate crimed to death the moment he's no longer Dimitri's vassal. There's also the fact that Dedue owes Dimitri a life debt, and there's all manner of Faerghan culture he's internalized about what that means. Dedue hardly has a choice other than to follow Dimitri, and I think that that is a big part of why Dimitri is very uncomfortable with how Dedue treats him, with formality and constant service. Dedue didn't freely consent to this dynamic, and neither did Dimitri. It's very clear that they both wish their relationship were one of equals instead.

[description: Dedue says, "Are you dissatisfied with me, your Highness? Please do not hesitate to correct me."]

It's hard to imagine Hubert ever saying this to Edelgard. He is her vassal, but he exercises his own discretion about how to carry out her orders, as he explains in his B support with Ferdinand. Dedue and Dimitri both know that Dedue doesn't feel the same freedom to exercise his own discretion; later in their C support, Dimitri says he "gives leave" for Dedue to go. In his A support with Edelgard, Hubert is able to say that their relationship is not about titles, just about personal devotion, present tense. In his A support with Dimitri, Dedue says that titles and roles are essential in their relationship, but he dearly hopes that that will one day change, future tense.

Justice

Both Hubert and Dedue, like I said, were coerced to different degrees by the system they live in to become vassals. They both deserve justice for what was done to them. The other big difference between them is what their lieges are able to do to give them that justice.

Dimitri clearly wants justice for Dedue. They discuss in their A support that they both want to see a world where Duscurians and Fodlaners stand as equals. But while Dimitri's intentions are completely honorable, his methods can never actually achieve that goal. Dimitri aims to find the true culprits behind the Tragedy (the Agarthans), get revenge, and show the whole Kingdom the evidence that Duscur was innocent. That's not a bad step, but it's far from enough. The Duscurians lost their most fertile land to Faerghus in the genocide against them, and the Church still teaches that only Fodlaners are blessed by the goddess. The only way to achieve true equity between Duscurians and Fodlaners, and thus between Dedue and Dimitri, is to give the Duscurians their land back, and to end all the xenophobic doctrines of the Church. Dimitri shows no indication that he understands those things are necessary, let alone any intention to do them. But without them, just protesting Duscur's innocence, even with clear evidence, is slapping a bandage on a gushing wound. It's tragic because Dimitri has the power to enact the real change that would help Dedue, but not the perspective to know how to use it.

Hubert was raised to be a vassal because of the noble house he was born into: the Vestras are the Crestless, landless counterparts to the royal, Crested line of Hresvelgs, raised from earliest childhood to serve them in vassalage. Hubert never asked Edelgard for justice for how he was raised. But Edelgard gave it to him anyway. Her goals include dismantling the nobility and ending the supremacy of Crests. Without nobility and Crests, there's no noble House Vestra, and no need to raise any more Vestras to be vassals. Edelgard is out to break any semblance of a shackle binding Hubert to her, and her vision for Adrestia and Fodlan is one where no child ever again has to be raised for servitude the way Hubert was.

Inktober23 - 06 Golden

Claude von Riegan leader of the Golden Deer house - FE3H

to thee i pledge

fire emblem: three houses

dimitri/claude

rated E

8.1k words, complete

a Christmas gift for @silmarwentelrunya

We missed Dimiduefest sadly but wrote some Dimidue anyway! One shot collaboration with @organizationhimself, Dedue shows up to the class reunion.

Chapters: 1/1 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd/Dedue Molinaro Additional Tags: Implied Violence, Hallucinations, Generally dark themes, mid-azure moon dimitri being the way he is, Alternate Universe, Azure Moon | Blue Lions Route Spoilers (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) Summary:

Five years ago, Dedue suggested a reunion at Garreg Mach.

Five years ago, Dimitri gave his word he would be there.

(Alternate Universe set on Garreg Mach Establishment Day, 1185.)

Get To Know Me Tag Game

tagged by @keru0

tyty kerukeru for the tag! starting a new post so it doesn’t get too long

relationship status: i’m kinda seeing someone i met at work hehehe

favorite color: all shades of blue, preferably blue-grey

last song listened to: this song is gay af and y’all should get into it

last movie watched: i watched white chicks and house of wax on saturday.. tbh can’t remember which one was first/last

top 3 shows: bojack horseman, fleabag, and lady parts

top 3 characters: gonna avoid genshin characters since they’d dominate but loid forger from spy x family, claude from fire emblem three houses, and raihan from pokemon

what i’m currently reading: not currently reading anything right now (unless you count work stuff) but i recently finished “i’m glad my mom died” by jennette mccurdy

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10 characters, 10 fandoms, 10 tags

tagged by @pearl-kite and @punkranger, thanks for making my brain hurt a lil bit lmao.

soren - fire emblem path of radiance

akihiko sanada - persona 3

kusuriuri - mononoke

ginko - mushi shi

dimitri blaiddyd - fire emblem three houses

alphinaud leveillure - ffxiv

sol renbeth - faith of gods

clementine - the northern passage

dave strider- homestuck

keyleth - critical role

tagging @heycollage, @eorzean-cabbage, @riessene, @rumils and @inesanity because i have counted as high as ten Once and that is frankly enough for me. (also i think most folk have been tagged so if you HAVE and i have tagged you i'm sorry and if you HAVEN'T i guess consider this a tag. vague tag be upon thee.)