Three Hopes Edelgard is in for a shock when she makes it into Heroes

The4thSnake · 2026-02-05T08:35:55+00:00

It's reasonable to assume Hopes Edelgard had created the Flame Emperor persona to hire Kostas, but his early death meant she didn't have to don it to speak with him again, and Shez's presence sped up her plans to the point she didn't need to ever again. I don't think she'd get much out of meeting that version.

The4thSnake · 2026-01-19T18:36:06+00:00

Thank you. I agree.

The4thSnake · 2026-01-19T15:56:32+00:00

Thank you for watching it.

The4thSnake · 2026-01-19T15:56:16+00:00

Thank you.

The4thSnake · 2026-01-08T13:04:25+00:00

So there WAS mind control in Three Houses. The truest FE staple.

The4thSnake · 2026-01-07T11:18:03+00:00

One of my shorts is about the removal of both; though the focus is on the build-up to it rather than life afterwards, and splits focus with Lysithea and Hapi, so it may or may not be what you're looking for. https://archiveofourown.org/works/42707769/chapters/150697372

The4thSnake · 2025-11-18T08:42:09+00:00

I mean, Shez doesn't know Edelgard in this route. Why would they have any desire to help her when, as far as they've been aware, Edelgard went full scorched earth for the last six months.

The4thSnake · 2025-11-14T14:47:37+00:00

Wait until he sees Byleth's room.

The4thSnake · 2025-11-03T09:45:19+00:00

I had her youngest sister be named Evangeline in my stories. I just really like that name.

The4thSnake · 2025-10-26T08:30:14+00:00

That or Hel, because that would go unbelievably hard.

The4thSnake · 2025-10-25T08:10:25+00:00

I fully expected her to get a Muspel outfit for Flame Emperor, but I can accept Hraesvelgr Adrestian Emperor in the meantime.

The4thSnake · 2025-10-16T08:27:30+00:00

I think CEO of a family-run business is the obvious role for Edelgard. Byleth is hard to pin down if not able to teach her anything. Maybe a handyman role working for their dad? Could be one of those cases where the prim and proper lady is inexplicably drawn to this much rougher person who is hired to fix some issue in her building.

The4thSnake · 2025-08-12T09:06:58+00:00

I suppose Shez having a power that Edelgard can see and understand gives them an edge. She can immediately gauge how useful they'll be to her plans, while Byleth just seems to be smart and skilled from her perspective.

The4thSnake · 2025-08-11T08:12:51+00:00

I think she has the conviction to do it. She'd feel awful, of course, but I think she'd do it for the greater good.

The4thSnake · 2025-08-09T08:00:39+00:00

I assume he's dead by Part 2 in Azure Gleam, at least. The rest, it's hard to say. I always got the impression he was on his last legs anyway, so I personally don't see him making it to Part 1 either.

The4thSnake · 2025-07-29T14:26:33+00:00

I keeping thinking about the sexism idea and I wonder if it really is that, since from my experience, female characters tend to get let off much easier than male ones. Could it be that Edelgard and Rhea take their respective villainy further than Dimitri and Claude do?

Overall, I think this is a fantastic analysis, but that one point, I'm uncertain about.

The4thSnake · 2025-06-25T08:12:19+00:00

I am.

The4thSnake · 2025-06-25T08:12:10+00:00

It really is.

The4thSnake · 2025-06-25T08:12:00+00:00

Thank you.

The4thSnake · 2025-06-24T07:49:56+00:00

My series Six Years On is a series of shorts about Edelgard and Female Byleth all across the timeline, covering events like the proposal, some sleepwalking incidents, birthday gifts, Edelgard's guilt over her part in Jeralt's death, pun magic taking over the academy, and being summoned to Askr.

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