#kana fe

[lovely-english-rose]

happy birthday kana bean~ 🎂🎉

[novastarfox]

I found littol paw prints btw

[kplays]

Merrin whitted out

[firehananas]

About M!Kana and his potential fathers

While a lot complain it was boring to read the same dialogues over and over, I found some interest in it because yeah, it's the same but... not quite.

So, I'll try to make a recap (but only with the 1stGen because... eh, I'm not a fan of marrying the 2Gen especially in this game and they doesn't interested me that much honestly)

This differences are mostly based on the rank B and a bit of A of Kana and Kana's father. Depending of who is his father, Kana doesn't do the same chores, some have an extended dialogue about his mother and some show more insecurity than the others (sometimes it's follow in the rank A).

For the chores, Kana will always help the archers first. For the lunch, he'll either chop meat bear (the favorite of his mother) or vegetables. Also, while the majority of the Kana tend the horses, a minority give his mother her books and maps for war strategy.

I class to simplify for me the start of the extended dialogue as "honesty" because Kana'll admit Corrin didn't exactly thanks him but rather told him he did a "good work". Following it, he may adds her smile was sad (and sometimes start doubting about her sincerity and thus if he was really being helpful). Same for honesty, I tag it "emotional intelligence" to simplify.

Last, the insecurity is a little more subjective, but I mostly count when Kana expressed self-doubt and when I could found the video if he looked particularly distress.

So. For it to be clear, I'll name the father directly rather than writing Father!Kana everytime because it'll be very mouthful.

CHORES

Vegetables or Meat : All of them cooked meat excepted for Silas, Shura, Saizo, Odin and Izana.

Horses or Maps : All of them tend the horses excepted for Shura, Odin and Izana who give the maps.

HONESTY :

Silas, Shura, Saizo, Azama, Odin, Izana and Gunter are the ones being honest.

Between them, Silas, Saizo, Odin, Izana and Gunter are "emotionally mature".

INSECURITY :

The most insecure : Shura and Odin

Insecure : Silas, Saizo, Izana and Gunter

Show some insecurities : Jakob, Azama, Xander, Yukimura and Fuga

No insecurity (and tend to be cocky) : All the others

I wanted also to add if Kana was being formal with his dad or if at least his dad was being formal, but it seems to be a specificity in my language and it doesn't really show in English (Kana always call his fathers 'papa'). For example, I know that in the translation I've got, most of the commoner fathers are formal with their son while most of the royalty/lord doesn't bother.

Anyway, regarding the results :

Odin have the most customized of all the Kana's dialogues, following by Izana and then Shura. Azama is pretty unique too.

Corrinsexual fathers have an insecure Kana (all of them show some insecurities, 4/5 show are rather important and one of them have a very poor self esteem).

Surprisingly, the strategists of the army (Takumi, Yukimura and Leo) doesn't give their son the love of maps.

Other :

Odin is the only dad to lost against Kana in rank B

Izana is the only dad to accept the sleepover with his family immediately

There is some other minor variants (Kana saying "I did" vs "We do!" when talking about the results and same when they talk about the sleepover, either saying "you want me to be happy, yes?" vs "us".) I'm not sure if I'll do it.

I can make some theories on why some are like that, but others does questioned me. I'm very surprise most of the main male characters have very little variants (the most importante one being Xander's one). I'll give my theory and interpretation on another post

[lovely-english-rose]

some late doodles for kanas birthday 💗

[milkcandy]

kana bun 🥺💙

[fatesdeepdive]

Entry 36: Chucking Infants into Pocket Dimensions

Before we go on to Conquest, I’m going to do the Birthright Paralogues. They all fit into a theme, in case you couldn’t tell, one that will cause three-four Supports per update to be centered on a new character.

So, between entries 20 and 21, Corrin and Kaze got married. That unlocked two new Paralogues. Now, for no reason in particular, let’s talk about how Paralogues worked in Fire Emblem Awakening. Halfway through Awakening, you learn that Marth, the mysterious masked swordsman who has been helping you out throughout the game, is actually a future version of Chrom’s daughter Lucina, who traveled back in time to stop her father’s murder. After the time travel sub plot is introduced, you can begin unlocking Paralogues by having the Shepherds marry one another. In each Paralogue, you meet one of Lucina’s companions, also a child of one of the Shepherds. In Awakening, the name and personality of the child was determined by the mother, but the father determined their stats, giving which units you pair up meaning. Now, the time travel children storyline wasn’t perfect, few things in Awakening were, but it at least made sense in the game. Awakening’s story revolved around two things: time travel and the bonds between units. And the child units fit in with that story and those themes, as well as giving important gameplay ramifications to the dating sim elements. Now that I’m done talking about the Fire Emblem game that heavily, heavily inspired the direction of Fates, let’s play the Paralogue that unlocks when Corrin gets married.

Paralogue 2: Dragon Blood

The chapter begins by showing us Kana, a mini version of Corrin with Kaze’s hair color, who talks about how his mother is going to visit today. Kana is attacked by spooky ghost men and Corrin, his mother, runs in to save him.

So, Corrin is a mother now. How, you might ask, considering the fact that she and Kaze got married mid-battle yesterday? Well, it’s simple. As the narration that played when Corrin and Kaze got married stated, Corrin and Kaze chucked their infant son into a pocket dimension immediately after he was born. And, because time flows differently in the pocket dimensions, he’s like twelve now. They also must have left Corrin there for nine months, unless pregnancies happen overnight in this world.

Now, this raises a few questions. Why weren’t these pocket dimensions ever mentioned or used in the story of Birthright? Why didn’t Corrin and Kaze stay with Kana to raise him? Who thought this was a good idea? And, sadly, none of these questions will ever be answered.

Kana transforms into a Feral Dragon and the battle begins. This battle features the gang picking off enemies in a large field. There are Dragon Veins to raise and lower the river levels, which may have made the map interesting, but I didn’t use them. Kana is a green unit during this chapter, but spent it stationary at the top of the map. On turn eight, two capturable bosses, a pair of idiot berserkers named Lloyd and Llewyn showed up; I captured one of them and killed the other.

Corrin gives Kana a dragonstone, Kana whines until Corrin takes him with her, and the chapter ends without me ever being given a reason to care about Kana.

Now, let’s go back to what I said about Awakening. In Awakening, the child characters worked because they were tied into the story. In this game, they’re tacked on in the laziest, most nonsensical way. I get why they exist, Awakening was a success and this game tried to replicate everything it did, but it just doesn’t work. In Awakening, the player has a reason to collect the children, to reassemble Lucina’s lost team. But, without that reason or any story significance, I am left apathetic at best and annoyed at worst towards these units. It especially hurts that this chapter gave me little characterization for Kana beyond “cute child soldier”.

Kana

Kana, Corrin’s child. Their gender is always the opposite of Corrins; because Kana actually has different Supports based on gender, I shall use the names Mana and Fana instead. Design wise, they where Corrin’s outfit, but with a blue scarf that looks like a collar. Both forms of Kana have terrible haircuts for different reasons. Kana’s personal skill, Draconic Heir, heals them if they have a dragonstone equipped; this makes Kana more dragonstone based than Corrin, who has an overpowered sword. My main problem with Kana is their personality, or lack there of. Kana is characterized as...cute. Cute and needy. Which is both boring, and again, kinda messed up. Worse, like Corrin, the game seemingly forgets their animalistic dragon form after this chapter, which is a waste.

Now, let’s talk about how child Supports work. All children have one Support with their father (or mother in Shigure and Mana’s case) and one with their mother. Because their mother is not set, the mother conversation is vague and rewritten with slight variations. I am not going to read the same Support ten times for each child, and will instead just read the Corrin version.

Support Fana/Corrin

C: Corrin finds Kana carrying boxes so she can earn money. Corrin asks what Kana needs money for and Kanna refuses to tell.

B: Kana buys Corrin a ring as a gift.

A: Corrin gives Kana a ring as a gift.

Review: I already didn’t like Kana and damn did this Support not help things.

Support: Kana/Mother

Odd thing I need to note about this one; Fana has a unique Support with Corrin but Mana just has the generic mother Support. It’s weird. I assume during planning the writers were told to have each child have one Support with Corrin, one with their mother, and one with their father, resulting in a Corrin Support that could only be used for one Kana. Still, it’s odd.

C: Kana picks their mother flowers. Their mother likes them, but explains to Kana that picking flowers kills them. Something Kana did realize, because child soldier.

B: Kana shows their mother pretty flowers.

A: The mother shows Kana the collection of flowers they've picked over time.

Review: The problem with Kana is that Kana is just cute. No other personality traits beyond “child”. This Support is fine, but it’s also dull and doesn’t make Kana a deeper character. Also, Corrin being a parent is weird because Corrin’s whole personality centers on them being naive, but Corrin as a parent acts calm and responsible.

Support: Mana/Father

C: Mana complains about Corrin always treating him like a child, when he wants to help her out more. His father tells him the thing he does to make Corrin happy. Kana suggests they have a contest on who can do the most things for Corrin.

B: Mana ties with his father in the contest.

A: Corrin tells Mana to stop doing chores and play with his friends who I haven't recruited yet. His father explains that Corrin just wants him to enjoy his childhood while he can. Mana insists his father relax to.

Review: I switched between Silas, Kaze, and Jakob while reading this one and had no problem following it, which goes to show that parents have all the personality of tofu in these ones. That said, Corrin wanting Mana to have a happy childhood is nice. Perhaps an attempt by her to ensure he doesn’t have a lonely upbringing like she did.

Mana and Shigure, Azura’s son, can also have a sibling Support. Not with each other, I mean, with other children.

Support: Kana/Sibling

C: Mana and his sibling start patrolling the camp.

B: Mana and his sibling continue patrolling the camp.

A: Mana asks his sibling to teach him to be stronger.

Review: I fell asleep while reading this one, causing this update to be a day late.

Now that I think about it, Man isn’t twins with his sibling. Mana is explicitly called younger in the B-Rank. Which means Corrin was pregnant for like two years between battles. Azura too, for Shigure to have siblings. Also, why were the kids placed in different Outrealms? Wouldn’t it make more sense to keep all of them, or at the very least the royal siblings and cousins, together?

Wait a minute. Did I just get through an entire update without a bad S-Rank Support? Is this what happiness feels like?

[lovely-english-rose]

happy birthday kana ♡