🥭 : how important to my muse is their hometown, or where they’re from? are they proud of it, or considered a hometown hero? did they move away, or do they wish to?
Fruity Headcanon Prompts | accepting
(also asked by @cynthero)
The answer to this question is also complicated. As heir to House Vestra, the noble house closest to the Adrestian Emperor, one would think Hubert to be nationalistic and proud of his homeland. This doesn’t seem to be the case though. In many of his canon lines, he shows disgust and disapproval of the Adrestian nobility (and all nobility, really), and is one of the few people to openly recognize that Petra is a hostage of the Empire. He hates the duplicity of the main noble families, including his own (his father blindsided him by agreeing to the Prime Minister’s coup, after all), and this distaste also comes out in his conversation with Petra when he points out that the Empire would rather pretend that Petra is an honored guest. There are several lines in canon where Edelgard talks about how useless her father is, so Hubert would adopt the same mentality toward him.
However, having no territory of his own, Edelgard stands in place of his “home.” She could move to Almyra and he’d easily abandon Adrestia to come with her. She could forsake the Empire and he’d do the same. He takes on whatever ideals she has and carries them with the same nationalistic pride one would have for their own country. Everything she does is just. Everything she thinks is good. She is the superior princess and future leader. Hubert wholeheartedly believes that she will dismantle the church and the Crest system, unify Fódlan under a new banner, and create a meritocracy. But if she doesn’t? He’ll serve her for the rest of his life anyway, because it’s her that he’s loyal to, not her specific ideals.
Ironically, Hubert is very proud of being a Vestra. He idealized his father before he betrayed the Emperor, and now desires to replace him as the new Marquis to right his wrongs as the perfect, obedient attendant. I say ironically though because under Edelgard’s new system, Hubert would not automatically be granted his position as her closest advisor. He seems to recognize this after Edelgard declares war and sets her plans in motion, as he appears to be more desperate to carry out the undesirable facets of her regime, finding this to be where he’s irreplaceable. This desperation peaks on the Crimson Flower route, when Byleth seems to push him aside. He keeps working as he always has, but with the looming fear that in this new meritocracy, someone will be better for Edelgard than he is. Eventually he does settle with the idea that he can’t do everything for her, and withdraws to be simply her servant when someone else takes his place as closest friend and - perhaps - romantic interest.
Is Hubert a hometown hero in Enbarr? No. He’s well-known there as attendant to House Hresvelg, and he’s always stood out, appearance-wise. But most find him unsettling at best, and for the sake of not getting caught doing something they shouldn’t, avoid anyone from House Vestra. He would move away in a heartbeat, if Edelgard chose to go elsewhere.
tl;dr - Hubert has no real attachment to the Empire or Enbarr, valuing Edelgard as his “home” instead.
