#fe headcanons

Make no mistake, though, I do quite like her! Female characters that seem kind of stoic and cold at first are my bread and butter, so I knew early on that she was going to be a character I liked. Though she’s often there to exposition dump, I love the way our understanding of her as a character sort of unfolds over the course of the three stories. Learning that she truly is a princess of three kingdoms and has pretty much been tossed from every home that’s ever shown her an ounce of love is heart-wrenching, but it also makes it clear why she doesn’t let herself be vulnerable and tends to hold herself back from connecting with others. She’s a child of all three worlds amongst this grand conflict, and holding her tongue is the only thing she can do without risking death. She’s been thrust out of her home and into two places where she’s hated, to the point where just having the solace of a family’s affection in one is just enough to survive — and still she describes the time like she’s on a sinking ship, like she’s the only one who knows the party won’t be going on forever. It makes her such an interesting character to analyze because this is her core on top of all of the bullying she faces, so it’s no wonder she’s so withdrawn.

That being said, even if she is hiding herself away from her world in some way, you can see that there is still some fight in her. She has love for it nonetheless. She loves ghost stories and playing with her little sisters, she loves her nana and fluffy animals, and she’s so forgiving of the people in her life even when they’ve failed her. She can be blunt and she doesn’t like to talk about herself, but she’s very ride or die. Honestly, I genuinely really do like Azura, and in the Fates remake of my dreams, we’d really get to look into her more as a character. I think there’s just so much meat there, and I’d love to delve into her and her relationship to Valla, and how it affects her perception of the world and her personality. Maybe I’ll have to write a fic about her someday!

In conclusion: Azura good.

18. “Favourite VA performance?”

Alright, part two of these! Who are some more that I like? Well, let’s see…

Other performances I really enjoyed were Matt Mercer as… well, it’s hard not to enjoy a Matt Mercer performance, he’s another one of those actors that kind of just always brings his all to something. You can tell he genuinely really enjoys what he does! I think of the three he does, Ryoma is my favourite (and yes there is some bias because I like the character), especially because in Warriors, Ryoma’s voice gets even deeper and richer to help differentiate between him and Chrom and it just sounds really well-suited. Also because that little “errrr… hang out?” line sneaks up on me when I’m supposed to be making a neutral face lol.

Otherwise, I also loved Marisha Ray as Oboro! I think she is very underrated as a voice actress in general, to be honest, and I would love to see her in more projects. Her performance as Oboro is just so playful and silly, but it strikes the right tone of seriousness as well when it needs to. I feel like she perfectly captures Oboro’s youth but also her ferocity, and just makes her a genuinely fun character to invest in. I remember when I first started playing Fates I thought it was a shame we didn’t get to hear her talk more, just because of how satisfying I found it to listen to Marisha Ray’s performance.

Max Mittelman as Leo and Antony Del Rio as Silas are two more favourites from me, as they are another set of hard hitters who just come in there and know what they’re doing and commit to the roles. They both brought a lot of life to the characters they voiced, and made for a pleasing to the ear performance. I wish I could say more, but I can’t figure out how to express it beyond they play their roles really well and just have a great sound!

Last but not least I do want to give a shout out to Brianna Knickerbocker, who seems to have just always been having fun with her roles. She captures Sakura’s shyness and Charlotte’s strength so beautifully, and makes each girl feel unique and entertaining. Again, like Max Mittelman and Antony Del Rio, the words are failing me, but her performances? Those did not! Those were very very good!

26. “Your favourite cool details?”

There’s loads of just tiny things like how all the Hoshidan royal siblings have birthdays in the spring/summer except Takumi, who is born in December, showing just another way that he’s the odd one out. Or how some related characters actually make similar expressions, highlighting their familial relationship to one another. There’s also how it’s relatively easy to get money in the games when you’re playing as Hoshido, but you’re on a tighter budget when you’re playing as Nohr. A lot of the Hoshidan men’s emotional issues can actually be tied to the country’s problem with sexism as well, not just the women’s. Elise’s hair is actually deliberately streaked with purple dye, referencing her desire to be like Camilla.

I often see people referring to Fates as “a cash grab” by only referencing the fact that they disliked it — not even the split-in-three model, just the game’s existence — and when I look at all this stuff and all of the other things that we see in these games… I can’t help but roll my eyes. Detail like this doesn’t really show up in cash grabs.

39. “Do you have any headcanons about Fates?”

If the question is Fates headcanons, the answer is yes, always. I’ll probably just chuck a small chunk of them in a list here, as you are definitely not the only person who has asked me about this one lol. I didn’t realize how beloved my headcanons were until I slowed down on sharing them!

▸ Elise mentions that all Nohrian noblewomen are trained in an instrument, and that she herself is trained on the violin. Corrin, who can be of either gender (or transcend the typical gender binary if you’re not a coward) is also said to be a talented pianist. However, we’re never told what instrument Camilla plays, so it is my belief that she is a very talented flautist. It took a lot of time and discipline to learn how to play, but Garon (pre-goo) loved to listen to her play and would always encourage her.

▸ I know it doesn’t fully make sense, but I love to headcanon “Shiro” as a nickname for “Shinonome”. I mean, Hoshido is called the White Kingdom in Japanese, right? It could be a funny little joke. Anyway, I think it’s fun because Shiro is a sort of casual guy, and also I can’t help picturing an Alvin and the Chipmunks style cry of “SHINONOME!” from across camp any time Shiro messes up badly.

▸ It never came to fruition, but I had a set of headcanons at one point where I knew the Hoshido fam’s first words as babies. Ryoma’s was “dada”, Hinoka’s was “ball”, Sakura’s was “help” (as in “please help me with this, older sibling”), and Takumi was one of those kids who just didn’t talk for ages and then busted out a whole sentence. He probably did it once and then wouldn’t again for another week, so whoever witnessed it would just have no one believe them. He was that kind of kid.

▸ I also just remembered I knew Felicia’s: it was “uh-oh”. Kilma and his wife, Cerisa, used to say it whenever she fell and not make a big deal out of it so she wouldn’t cry. It… mostly worked, although that meant when Flora fell, they’d hear a tiny little “uh-oh!” from Felicia.

▸ Also, speaking of baby Flora and baby Felicia, there was a terrible point during their infancy where if Flora cried about anything, Felicia would start crying, and then there would be two crying babies. And it would be awful. This, however, was not the case with the other set of twins in the cast, Saizo and Kaze — if Kaze cried about something, Saizo had a habit of just looking at him with some serious judgement.

▸ I have names for several of the Fates moms that you would maybe only know if you were a regular reader of my fics, and I don’t necessarily expect anyone to be, so I’ll just share the names here. Camilla’s mom was called Hortensia, who I named prior to the announcement of Engage. Regrettably, the reason I chose this name was because I imagined she was very beautiful and had the attention of many men, so the other concubines habitually called her “Whore-tensia”… Leo’s mom was a woman called Maren, and Elise’s was called Odette. Azura’s father, often mistaken for Cadros, was called Milos. As I mentioned before, Flora and Felicia’s mom was called Cerisa, for her pink hair (cerise is French for cherry).

▸ Oh, and Jakob and Hana’s parents were Helena and Astor and Shinjiro and Tadame, respectively. I also had names for Gunter’s wife and son, called Laoise (pronounced Lee-sha) and Bernelle.

▸ Charlotte is really protective of Benny. He may seem like a strong, scary guy, but she knows he’s a gentle soul and she wouldn’t want anyone to take advantage of someone so kind and sweet like that. If you ever screw with Benny, you screw with Charlotte, and that’s not something you ever want to do. She’ll make you rue the day you even thought about hurting him. If you’re like me and you like Charlotte as the queen of Nohr, you may see Benny as one of her retainers someday, but I think a lot of people would find that hurting the queen herself would get you less punishment than hurting her beloved retainer.

▸ Azura probably has like, a huge emotional comedown period after the events of Revelation. Like, this is a woman who has lived her entire life in fear of this beast coming to destroy her and what few things she is still permitted to hold dear, so to finally be safe for the first time in her life and to have her kingdom back is too much to bear. There are probably a lot of big feelings surrounding all of this that take her a long time (and probably some professional counsel) to work through.

Then people started calling her Marth, something started to change in her. She,, liked being called Marth. She almost preferred it, but at the same time, she still liked the name Lucina. After all, it was the name her parents gave to her.

As Marth, he felt powerful. He felt like no one looked down on him for being a woman. He was a powerful swordsman, who in some ways his father respected. Despite his cryptic nature.

Then his mask broke during an attack, and suddenly, he was still Marth. But she was now a woman. No one looked down on her for this, but it felt wrong.

During the two years before Valm’s attack, Lucina put some deep thought into her confused feelings as she trained to get stronger. Her head was racing. She failed to save her aunt, she failed to change these future events, and she had no idea why she didn’t feel like a woman.

Lucina didn’t mind being a woman sometimes, and she felt comfortable with herself. Other times, she wished she was seen as a guy, and he disliked being seen as a girl.

Marth finally figured himself out when he met an individual in an inn he was staying in. They struck up a conversation with Marth, and there was something about how they carried themselves that Marth liked. They slipped in that they were neither man nor woman, and while Marth didn’t question it, it made him realize he didn’t have to be one or the other. He would rejoin his father, understanding this finally.

first things first, get yourself an autistic tactician. they can only be defeated by another autistic tactician in a battle of wits. we autistic fellows are far beyond you mortals understanding, do not question our ways.

anyway

when it's go time it's go time. man will forget to do his basic needs and probably ignore them when he does remember because he is in the zone and needs to work until he no longer can comprehend the simplest tasks. Chrom is one of the few who can get away with dragging his sleep deprived ass away from his precious diagrams and maps without getting electrocuted to unconsciousness. this is because he has grown resistant to it.

our favorite one sleeved blue hair sword man has to either tie his favorite birdie to a bed or practically lay on his until he falls asleep. food comes after the shut eye, all the shepherds learn this the hard way. as his mind starts winding down the exhaustion hits him harder than Truck-kun does an isekai protag. face plants into his soup and will drown if nobody notices the sounds of bubbles popping.

also nobody questions it when they find the great tactician dead to the world with one or more of the shepherds laying with him. during orientation Fredrick tells all new recruits that if they see Robin sleeping with anyone on the list in their pamphlets that neither of them are cheating this is one of two ways to make sure he gets rest. also do not release him if he is chained to a bed unless absolutely necessary he is in gay baby jail being punished for not following the kings orders. if he says he needs to use the bathroom please refer back to the list of people on the pamphlet and locate the nearest one to inform them of the situation.

his favorite nap buddy his Tiki. her body is warmer than others (cuz y'know dragon) and makes a nice cuddle buddy. preferably not her dragon form, he's gotten crushed enough times to know the dangers. his least favorite is Nowi. she's a bed hog and has a habit of transforming in her sleep if her dragonstone is on her.

when he's not on duty he goes out to his favorite bookstores to see if there's any new bestsellers since he's last stopped by. has befriended all the owners and clerks at each one and will spend hours discussing books of all kinds with any of them. his favorite is a back alley shop run by an elder lady who happily listens to his hours long ramblings. she always has his favorite tea in where she keeps her tea for when he drops by so he doesn't get a hoarse voice from all his talking. sometimes he brings Morgan along to chat with the lady instead when he just wants to read quietly. he feels bad otherwise cuz he knows she's a lil lonely.

due to having fought in many battles he isn't phased easily by loud noises. but there are some sounds that just throw him completely off his game. seriously enemies could use this to their advantage he cannot deal with them and have a clear head. Chrom is very aware of how they affect his bestie and tries to find a solution asap. bothered by the sound of the wind sneaking through a crack in the wall? the wall by given the 'Chrom is training and misjudged his strength' treatment. door hinge squeaks make his skin crawl? the door will be replaced within hours even if that means he has to switch it with another door in the building,

the reason Robin wears gloves his because he can't stand the feeling or sight of blood on his hands. it makes him squeamish though he isn't entirely sure why. maybe it's because it reminds him of the relationship he has with Grima. he's a bit embarrassed by this so he doesn't share this with anyone he isn't super close with. only those who are more observant will notice the change in his demeanor because he's so good at hiding it. carries around two extra pairs of gloves in case some get into the ones he's wearing. Miriel, Lisa, and Fredrick also carry some extras. Chrom forgets half the time but he means well.

when he gets super excited about something that goes in hand with his interests he has a tendency to go off on a tangent. you probably won't be able to get a word in and it might take a bit to excuse yourself because he'll keep interrupting you. please be patient with him he's just really happy. his hands are all over the place while he talks and might start pacing around.

his stimming comes in the form of leg bouncing, finger tapping, and pen clicking (or tapping idk if click pens exists for him). unless he's presenting his leg or fingers start moving the longer a meeting is. Fredrick is usually the one to help him keep his stimming from being distracting during meetings as Chrom needs to keep his focus on the meeting at hand. the most Chrom usually does is nudging Robin's foot with his own silently reminding him to not be too distracting. Fredrick's methods involve coughing into his hand, foot nudges, a quick poke to the arm or back, and sometimes (usually when Robin is feeling extremely stressed) setting a hand on his shoulder to help ground him. there have been a few occasions when he's had to have to writing utensil snatched away lightning fast because of the all the racket he's making with it but hey, it happens to the best of us.

will throw up if he gets anything super spongy slimy in his mouth a big no no for him. do not give him calamari he will puke and refuse to eat anything for the next week that isn't something he is absolutely sure is safe.

gets pouty when his favorite pillow is unavailable. it smells like chrom his favorite person and unless he's sleeping with or given something that has the same scent he refuses to sleep. also can't sleep if it's completely silent. a curse of being autistic is your mind is either hyper focused on one thing or there are too many things going through your head. background noise helps to keep his thoughts from running off like that enemy you defeat multiple times but can only kill once you reach a certain part of the game. (looking at you Hubert)