#Dorothea realises then that she wants children and starts pestering Edelgard

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Reacting to the post I just reblogged because it gave me FEELINGS about the Beagles as a found family but I didn’t wanna go on a tangent on the post itself so here

The thing with Edelgard mothering the Black Eagles is that she had 8 older siblings babying her while growing up

Then she got 2 YOUNGER siblings and was determined to be the best big sister ever because she’s had all the good and bad examples with the 8 other

Then her siblings all died and for years, all she had was Hubert (3 years older and her retainer and canonically a big brother) until she got into Garreg Mach and met :

- 1 older girl who never had a family

- 1 girl her age who was abused into being in a constant state of panic attack

- 1 girl whose dad was killed in a conflict at the end of which the winner demanded the girl to be given to them so they could take her away from her land and family (feels familiar to Edelgard)

(also I was genuinely SHOCKED to find out that Petra is only 15 at the start of Three Houses. SHE’S THE YOUNGEST OF THE BLACK EAGLES. WHICH MEANS IN THREE HOPES SHE BECOMES QUEEN AT NOT EVEN 18 YEARS OLD. BABY. WHY.)

- 2 boys a year younger than her, 1 one being quite literally baby brother shaped, the other 1 being unable to take care of himself in a healthy way on his own

- and 1 obnoxious boy her age who kept demanding to compete with her to prove that he was stronger and better and his flowers were better too and his horse and he’s more lovable than her of course- (does that YELL obnoxious younger brother to anyone else or is it just me ?)

How was she supposed to NOT instantly add them to the family tree and be the older sister she always wanted to be ?

#it's kinda fun how the girls are just TRAUMA and the boys ''baby brothers someone needs to take care of'' #Edelgard walking up to her dad after the attack on Garreg Mach and the formation of the Black Eagles Strike Force : #''Dad I want you to meet my wife our daughter our daughter's girlfriend who we adopted our sons and the yapping dog'' #Byleth is the godmother for everyone #Dorothea wanted Caspar to call her big sis in their supports but then Edelgard becomes his mom and Dorothea her wife so he calls her mom #Dorothea realises then that she wants children and starts pestering Edelgard #''After the war honey. 10 of them if you want.'' #I didn't include Hubert in the run down because he's Edelgard's honorary big brother so he's everyone's uncle #and also the person who gives Dorothea the shovel talk about Edelgard #except that since it's HIM we're talking about she's really not sure if he's joking or if he actually would kill her #she'd rather not find out anyway #he also gives Petra the shovel talk for Bernadetta because Edelgard finds this ridiculous and wouldn't do it herself #he doesn't give a shovel talk to Bernadetta about Petra because he's pretty sure she'd faint after the first sentence #fire emblem three houses #edelgard von hresvelg #black eagles