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    “El,” he begins. “There are some things that aren’t proper for you to do because you’ll be Queen Regnant someday. There will be some things that you’ll have to do, like respecting noble titles.”

    There will be things that are expected of her, just as there were things expected of Dimitri. There were things that were expected of him, to throw his entire self into mending a fractured Fodlan, and when the pieces were sufficiently stitched back together, to take a lady’s hand in marriage and ensure there would be an heir to the throne.

    There were things expected of Felix as well, and if there was one thing that all Faerghans understood, it was that one’s individual happiness must yield to the collective good of the nation. He’d never liked it, the concept of the self becoming lost in a sea of the many.

    And yet, here he stood, before the manifestation of all of their loyalties and duties.

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    Dimitri and the Queen of Faerghus have passed, leaving behind their daughter. Felix takes it upon himself to raise her, and tells himself he made that decision out of duty, not out of love.

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    11 Feb 2020

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    There wasn’t a rule, exactly, that said that Ritsu wasn’t allowed to spend time with his brother. It was just something that was understood, like how Ritsu understood he wasn't supposed to press his hands along the sharp edges of his mother’s kitchen knives.

    (or: an age swap where only Mob and Reigen's ages are changed. Shigeo asks his little brother if he wants to walk him home after school. Ritsu should say no. Ritsu does not say no.)

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    08 Feb 2020

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    “Clumsy?” Galo practically explodes, shooting off the couch and making the remote drop to the floor. “Clumsy? I have never been clumsy a day in my life--”

    “You look like a wet dog right now.”

    “You are changing the subject. I am not clumsy, I am dignified and respectable and I know that if you were awake you would have said it was the best kiss of your life,” Galo proclaims. Like he knows what Lio would say ever.

    Lio's about to say something really smart, just to goad Galo a little more, when he stops and snaps his head in Lio’s direction.

    “Let me try again,” Galo demands. “Right now.”

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    07 Feb 2020

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    You think to yourself: It's a dog-eat-dog world.

     

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    Vignettes about Ashe, ranging from his childhood up to the Blue Lions' march on Fhirdiad.

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    So, I've got a joke, and it's a good one: a high school softball player, a business woman, and a guy with a weird haircut all walk into a tea ceremony and...

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    03 Jan 2020

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