Hi again! I wanted to ask if you happened to know where in 3Houses we learn about Jeralt's current-day opinions about Garreg Mach and Rhea - some folks and I were able to find his diary in the datamine, but we're not quite sure where to find the scene(s) I've seen mentioned where he apparently started to change his mind once he sees how happy Byleth is at the monastery. Thanks if you're able to help, and have a nice day!
Are you talking about those lines?
Then perhaps it's a good thing we came to the monastery, if only so I could see your face lit up like that.
Or maybe there was never any reason for us to leave the monastery in the first place...
Jerry realises Billy is angry and happy and expresses way more emotions since they came to the Monastery than before, when they were living together.
Sadly the last line, his final thoughts about the Monastery, will never be expanded upon because when we later see the diary, it is a "past" Jeralt writing about how much Rhea BaD - when we know the most recent Jeralt reconsidered, he ran away from her because he was afraid, but ultimately, he was afraid over "nothing" since, despite their heart not beating, his child is alive and not as "not normal*" as he first thought.
Aka, Rhea was right, Byleth was alright, but he didn't believe her back then and realises it was a stupid move.
Maybe he and Rhea finally made up before he died, and there was no animosity left between them?
*We never hear in this game anyone wondering what is "normal" or "not normal" - to humans a baby without a beating heart is "not normal", but a Blaiddyd man crushing a skull with his hand is. And let's not wonder if all Nabateans or Nabatean hybrids, or "Nabatean Homonculi" have heartbeats, because that's something the devs give no fucks about, because they do not care about their own world.
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Hi, I was talking with some friends, and wanted some help double checking some 3H shenanigans and figured you'd be the best to ask. Do you know when in the game Ionius's whole wives situation got mentioned and what he did that got all the nobles to depose him? I remember something about concubines, but don't know where exactly in the game it was talked about to check and cite. Thank you very much if you're able to help!
I hope I can help then!
In Hubert and Hanneman's C support, it's more or less explained, by Hanneman that Ionius wanted to concentrate power on himself :
In your father's defense, the emperor was attempting to take power from the Seven Houses.
The emperor's reform was an attempt to concentrate power in the hands of the throne.
While Hubert presents it the other way :
He conspired with the ministers to usurp power from the emperor. And Lady Edelgard...
But both he and Hanneman later agree, in their B support, that Hubert is aware he is not very objective.
The Jp version gives a bit more insight on Hanneman's explanations, that were removed from the localised version for... well, I suppose, some reasons I still can't understand?
当時の陛下は、“七貴族”と呼ばれる 大貴族や外戚の特権を徐々に廃止し…
There's a mention of the consort kin, that is absent in the localised version.
This translation translated it as :
At that time, His Majesty was gradually abolishing the privileges of the consort kin and the ones referred to as “The Seven Aristocrats” – the great noble [families]
Ionius was thus trying to centralise power on himself, remove privileges and powers of the 7 and the consort kin.
Now, unlike some other settings, Ionius having consorts isn't that developped in Fodlan, so we don't have any clues, in canon, about what those privileges are. We can only surmise things here'n'there based on rl, I guess, as long as it doesn't contradict canon.
So, what could have been those consort kin privileges?
Let's take the Arundel example.
Anselma is wooed by Ionius, bears him a daughter, but doesn't become his official/legal/legitimate wife. She becomes his consort wife.
What is she going to do? She cannot marry someone else, Papa Arundel "lost" his daughter and cannot secure a good wedding for her (as is apparently the fate of Adrestian noblewomen?) because she's already one of Ionius's consort. Hell, given how their daughter isn't the next in line for the Imperial succession, Anselma's role is very shaky -
In Fates, we have the background concubine wars, where the goal was to have their kid become the heir (iirc?) so they would have a place by the King's side, or at least not be demoted as "extras" when the kid from another mother will become, well, king.
In Fodlan, from this line, we know the "kin" of the Imperial consorts had some "privileges" - a sort of crass way to say the Emperor gives them "stuff" so they will shut up if he "wooes" a daughter, relegates her as a baby maker and doesn't marry her, thus her "market value" drops and the resulting child is only an extra?
From the Libary, it's confirmed that :
House Arundel
Formerly a minor noble house of the Empire. As head of the house,
when Volkhard's younger sister became betrothed to Emperor Ionius IX,
Volkhard was granted the title of Lord Arundel. Having worked closely
with House Aegir, House Arundel is seen as one of the chief instigators
of the Insurrection of the Seven.
House Arundel became "important" when Anselma was wooed by Ionius and became his wife (consort wife though!).
So when Ionius wants to remove the consort kin privileges, aka giving some importance to the families of the women he "wooes", Arundel isn't super happy and spearheads the insurrection.
Now, why was that system created? Was it a way to prevent the Emperor from, say, having their cake and eating it, aka, seducing women, giving them kids and then throwing them (both?) away without strings attached? Or to make sure consort wife #7 will have a role somewhere, and her family will get a "compensation" for her loss?
Or worse, the "consort kin" privileges maybe also applied to the children of the consorts - they would have a lower rank compared to the children of the legitimate wife - but still be worth something?
The Adrestian Imperial family is sadly under utilised, so we don't a thing about what was the status of the consorts or their children (they just poof away in the game events, we never hear anything about Ionius's surviving consorts or his legitimate wife!) - but we know there used to be some sort of compensation (super dowry?) Ionius/the Emperor had to give to families of the women he screwed -
And from what the JP version of Hubert and Hanneman's support says, Ionius wanted to get rid of that.
I wanna join in! It's gonna be real obvious from my icon but I love Nursery Rhyme, she's adorable and Alice in Wonderland's been one of my favorite books since I was a kid. I love her dynamic with master Alice, and it makes me very happy she's become a bit of a recurring side character in F/GO. I wish Nasu and the gang would make more servants based on fairy tales and classic kid's lit, there's so much potential for cool Servants in there. Also, I really love Artoria!!! Classic Vanilla Saber is my absolute favorite, but there's so many of her that I love. And I love Voyager (I adore that his 2nd stage outfit is the Little Prince's costume), Bedivere is a good lad, and Oberon's and Brynhildr's art is absolutely beautiful.
Nursery Rhyme hit different in Extra for a lot of reasons, and I think it's really sweet that she's still carrying her Master's legacy in FGO. I don't know if the 'real' Alice would even understand what's going on with her Servant and the Lostbelts and Chaldea and so on, but I think it'd make her happy that her best friend is still thinking about her always.
The love for Classic Saber is always valid, and Voyager, Bedi, Oberon, and Brynhilder are all 10/10 Good Picks.
(sorry if this gets double sent, tumblr mobile might be weird) Hi there, I remember you were interested in reading Pandora Hearts after you finally finish Tsubasa, and last time you posted about it I had to give the bad news that the English edition was out of print. This time I have good news - the standard English edition might be in print again! It’s currently exclusive to Rightstuf, so you’ll have to pay an arm and a leg for international shipping, but they have all 24 volumes of the series currently in stock! If there’s any volumes you’re still missing and you have the money to buy them with, now’s your chance! Good luck, and have fun if you do read PH!
Ooh thank you so much for the heads up! I think I'm only missing a volume or two from the end so I'll have to take a look.
Not that I'm particularly close to actually reading it yet, but still! One day!
Welcome back old friend!!! Tumblr added some actually useful settings while you were gone like a built-in blacklist function, so make sure you check those out! Have fun now that you’re back!!!
hi again friend!!! it's been a long while!
also oh dang really??? i still have xkit installed, but man i gotta go look for all the new updated tweaks/settings this site added on so i can optimize things more. thanks for the heads up!!!!
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Hey heads up if you didn't see them already, the Persona 2 nendoroids are up for preorder now. If you pay $120+ for both and wait until November when they ship out you'll be able to have your very own pocket-sized Tatsuya and Maya!
To preorder, or not to preorder... that is the question...
Hey just a heads up since I saw your tags on a deltarune tags, Kris the character explicitly uses they/them pronouns, not he/his. Kris is most likely supposed to be nonbinary, not just gender ambiguous, so you’ll want to really watch out with their pronouns.
Thanks for reminding me. I usually try to remember that kind of stuff, but sometimes I just forget and slip up like that. I've gone back and fixed the tags now. But thanks for pointing that out.
Hey as a quick heads up, since you're most likely close to done if not completely done with the Solomon chapter by now, once you finish it you'll unlock arcs 1.5 (Epic of Remnant) and 2 (Cosmos in the Lostbelt) of F/GO. EoR is not required in *gameplay*, and if you want to just speedrun to part 2 so you don't have to deal with any incoming "Clear x Lostbelt to unlock this event!"-type events you can skip it, but it *IS* required for story, and a lot of major characters and plot elements in part 2 aren't going to make sense unless you've cleared those chapters. You've got until July until the next event that requires part 2 completion to access hits (it'll require clearing up to Lostbelt 3), so please take your time playing, but just keep this in mind. And have fun while you play!
Thanks for telling me this. I'll probably try completing the Epic of Remnant first before the lostbelts. I've been told to skip Agartha, though. I've heard bad things about it's story by multiple people.
So, is there a way for me to get any relevant info I need to know without playing through it? Or is it not one of the relevant ones?
Nice to know I have until July to clear Lostbelt 3, though.
