While still anxiously waiting for my Ipad to be repaired, on Fire Emblem Heroes, as someone who's two best units are Grima and Idunn, i have no words for shipping them.
- They were both created to be ultimate weapons/life forms (by Forneus and the Elibean dragons respectively)
- They both faced betrayals from their creators (the dragons transformed Idunn against her will, and Forneus tried to kill Grima)
- They both have unnatural abilities in the fields of necromancy (Idunn can create soulless War Dragons, Grima can raise the dead).
- Humans tried to wipe out Idunn’s species and she’s been taught that they must be destroyed, while Grima heavily implies he tried to make humans happy and got stabbed in the back for it. So they both have legitimate grievances with humanity.
- They’ve both tried to wipe out humanity.
- They both question the point of life/doing good--and this is where the biggest difference is, as Idunn questions out of vague curiosity and is willing to listen, while Grima questions to mock you and prop up his worldview.
- As far as dragons go, their appearances are pretty monstrous, probably because of the experiments that created them; Grima's got six eyes, that creepy-ass human face in his skull, and is so massive he should have problems moving. Idunn is covered in spikes and is also a lot bigger than other Divine Dragons. Something small, but even small commonalities can resonate.
So they actually have quite a bit in common, like so much it surprised me. If there’s anyone Grima might feel something other than snideness towards besides all his adopted dragon children, it’d surely be someone who went through the same thing he did and has similar powers. Their shared experiences could give them a lot to talk about.
But also, Idunn’s actually showing improvement in regards to personal healing and nurturing weaker things (like flowers and children), so I imagine she could have some interesting philosophical debates with Grima. And her similarities to him might actually give her words more weight? Like I can see him dismissing a lot of people because “haha you don’t know what I’ve been through, you wouldn’t think that if you did” but...Idunn does? And hearing someone, who has as much reason as him to hate humans, vouch for protecting them, would probably give him pause.
(or it could go the other way and she swings back around to ‘BURN DESTROY’ but I’m not stomping all over Idunn’s redemption)
how did this happen. two days ago I had no feels about this ship and ONE GOOD TUMBLR POST LATER I do.
