#nilesweek2018

That's right, there's now an entire week dedicated to appreciating FE14's most iconic archer! Niles deserves the absolute best even if the fandom doesn't give him that, so we're here to show him some love.

Rules:

🏹 No whitewashing whatsoever. Niles is a canonically brown character, and we do not tolerate anyone who tries to erase that. Whitewashed content will not be accepted or reblogged.

🏹 There is to be no NSFW, sexualization, or fetishizing of Niles (or any other character, for that matter). If you truly appreciate him, you'd know that there is much more to Niles than that. There are also minors viewing and modding this blog. Sexual content will not be accepted or reblogged.

🏹 The following relationships are banned: Niles x Leo, Niles x Elise, Niles x Sakura, and Niles x 2nd Gen. The first has a racist white savior narrative, while the others are pedophilia. Content with these relationships will not be accepted or reblogged. Platonic content is fine.

🏹 Content may be in the form of art, graphics, gifs, writing, or whatever else you can come up with! Just be sure to follow the other rules.

🏹 If you do not wish to post content to your blog, you are free to submit it to us! We will post it for you on the corresponding day.

🏹 Content with blood and violence are accepted, as this is Fire Emblem. They will be tagged accordingly as #blood tw and #violence tw.

🏹 Tag your creations with #nilesweek and #nilesweek2018, as these are the tags that we track!

🏹 We will continue to reblog content relating to a certain prompt even after the day has passed, as long as it is tagged for us to see.

Prompts:

August 23: Childhood

August 24: Family

August 25: Relationships

August 26: Class Change

August 27: Royalty

August 28: Alternate Universe

August 29: Free Day

Hello there! First off, we’re not invalidating the ship just because Niles is brown and Leo is white. I am brown, and in a relationship with a white girlfriend. Fin//nrey from Star Wars is one of my favorite relationships, and it’s between a white woman and a black man. The difference is power imbalance. Niles speaks about Leo in a way that’s unhealthy, saying he owes him his life to the point of devotion- meaning he’ll do anything Leo asks with no question. That is not what a relationship should be build upon. It gives major power to Leo- another white person in a position of power over a character of color. It’s a white savior narrative because Niles was a homeless brown man who felt awful and did “bad things” until the white man took him in his service and made him feel better. And it’s not just le//on//iles- liege/retainer ships in general tend to have a major power imbalance due to the fact that the liege can command the retainer to do anything. It’s not a safe, healthy basis for a relationship. The racial tropes in le//on//iles only make it worse, especially given the fact that Niles will even call Leo “master”. Joke or not, it’s extremely inappropriate and offensive. And I’m saying this from my perspective as a brown person. It’s okay to disagree, but if you have a problem with us or our opinions on this topic, it’s best for you not to participate in Niles Appreciation Week.

"mixed Filipino" bruh I'm sure with that white ass face you get mistaken for Filipino alot. Full Filipino twink boy here to tell you to shut the hell up with calling yourself brown!

You don't get to pull the race card to ban a ship of mixed races.

And so what if I'm 25? What I do in my spare time is none of your business. Like I'm not trying to be a pedo on your ass; I just don't like people who try to hate on a ship, regardless of age. You being 15 doesn't excuse you trying to use the race card to hate a ship. End of story.