#dedue ask

Ashe: Will you be Scary Dedue? Dedue: I love being scary Dedue, he says what regular Dedue is thinking. *later* THIS IS TAKING TOO LONG! I’M GONNA MISS THE FARMER’S MARKET!

My little brother knows nothing about FE, but has informed me that he thinks Dedue probably gives good hugs. Kids have the most awesome media takes, I’ve decided.

What do you think of Dedue?

I find that there's a difference between smart, intelligent, and clever. Dedue is smart. He has a healthy enough mix of common sense and book smarts to be able to tackle most situations. Lysithea is intelligent. She's very well educated, but doesn't always have the practical knowledge to apply everything she knows; which will change as she gets older. Claude is clever. He Knows how it's gonna work out, but is a chaotic dumbass.

Little Headcanon: I like to think that in their free time Claude, Petra, and Dedue like to hang out together. Like Petra and Dedue realize that Claude isn't purely fodlan born and so the three have tea and talk about their homeland. They would also share recipes and make food from their homeland together.

Okay please imagine with me Ashe's reaction when Dedue shows up alive. Based on what Ashe says to you it's clear he's pretty torn up over Dedue's supposed death. And after losing his parents, his big brother, and then a parent again, he's probably touchy over the issue of death. So here he is grieving, thinking of his friend whenever he goes into the greenhouse. And then Dedue shows up, a little worse for wear, but very much alive. Ashe would be hysterical and I cannot be convinced otherwise.

Sylvain devours the last bites of steak byleth was saving on sheer jerkass big brother instinct and ashe and dedues doting big brother instincts take over and they both give her the rest if theirs without thinking. by the time they realize it's already too late. Ingrid is the punch your feelings type of big sister pribably

Dimidue had potential. It Could have been a great ship that made me feel all the feelings, but it sort of goes with my criticisms on now Dedue's character is handled in general. I love him, but I wish they'd given him an arc that allowed him to grow past the 'everything for my lord' thing, specifically because his trauma intersects with his race. He experiences systemic racial violence, so I find his dynamic with Dima a little uncomfy; but thankfully so does Dima, so at least someone's aware.