Now, honestly, in our world, Leif/Nanna would never be happening. Leif should not love his little sister in THAT way any more than any toddler whose parents bring home a new baby. There's this thing called the Westermarck effect that kicks in among children raised as siblings and it means things like Leif/Nanna in either direction and Altena's feelings for Arion should not exist. Even if the kids got the idea that loving your sibling like THAT is romaaaantic (imma blame Raquesis for this one), Leif and Nanna shouldn't be feelin' it sexually. So in a "realistic" 'fic, the puppy love would fizzle out and they'd go looking elsewhere.
(Leif/Janne, however would work, because Janne showed up in his life past the critical age for imprinting.)
But FE5 assures us they wed and were very happy together, so breaking up Leif/Nanna is fairly hard for me. It requires either a) just invoking the Westermarck effect and saying "Nope" and ignoring the game, b) assuming that when Nanna met Ares she was bowled over with the reverse of the Westermarck Effect-- instant sexual attraction to her half-brother cousin and she done ditched Leif. Or she died. I don't think Leif would take B or C particularly well. At all.
That said...
Leif/Sara!
• When or if I started shipping it: Soon after getting into FE5. It's not a hard sell.
• My thoughts: The Lord character paired with the dippy healer hits a weak point of mine, and Sara's brand of dippy is just mesmerizing. She's adorable, he's Leif, and the idea of Leif protecting and sheltering Manfroy's granddaughter is lovely. The idea of Leif perpetuating Manfroy's line? @_@
But they're so damn cute together. And she's not his "beloved sister," either.
• What makes me happy about them:
Wacky dippy slightly perverse-and-twisted teenaged love with a backstory from hell itself?
• What makes me sad about them: Can only really happen if you X out Nanna in some fashion, and most of the scenarios would make Leif very sad. I can see ways of getting them together but those ways are mostly angsty. And let's face it, Manfroy spawn as the Queen of Thracia? That's going to make a lot of people unhappy.
• Things done in art/fic that annoys me: Gleefully shipping it without dealing with all the troubling parts.
• Things I look for in art/fic: The art is generally pleasing. The 'fic I'm just a little more picky about-- does it make any sense the way it's written?
• Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not…
Leif's options are obvious. I've seen art and some Japanese 'fic shipping Sara/Delmud and do not buy it for one second; she doesn't really have a Plan B.
Leif/Tinny!
• When or if I started shipping it: Last year, after reading their FE4 conversation and thinking it over a bit.
• My thoughts: Get Tinny away from all Freeges, including Arthur, and she stands on her own feet a lot better. FE4 presents it as a perfect political marriage-- a popular princess of Alster's late ruling clan paired with Leonster's ambitious prince? Yeah. There certainly seems to be some common sympathy between them... and if Leif faced down Blume in Conote as FE4 allows him to, all the better. Tinny also seems 110% more politically adept (along conventional lines) than most of the Gen2 girls.
• What makes me happy about them: I ship this under one particular condition. Since the Tinny produced by any of Tiltyu's predestined options has to inherit Freege, you have to think outside the predestined box to get a Tinny who can stay with her lover. Once Lex and the magic dudes are out of the equation, the best candidate for Tiltyu's lover is Finn (Pursuit, Prayer/Wrath hijinks, and an Arthur who can do damage with a sword). Finn!Tinny and Leaf aren't just cute together, they wrap up all the messy Leonster and Alster plot threads into one neat package. Very nice indeed.
• What makes me sad about them: Well, in most cases this just won't work out because of Tinny's inheritance, and FE5 introduces Miranda to complicate the whole Alster angle. Also, breaking up Leif/Nanna is sad-making.
• Things done in art/fic that annoys me: I was initially annoyed by its existence because all I knew of Tinny was the annoying moe parts to her character. I've gotten over it.
• Things I look for in art/fic: Nothing to really "look for" in something that English-writing fandom doesn't ship, but the art's pretty. Some pieces are comic/creepy but most are just pretty.
• Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not…
Tinny's likely best with Seliph, for all the obstacles Lana presents just by being on the same map and racking up points. Tinny/Ced might work but their in-game interactions don't build much of a case to me. As for Leaf, his canon pairing works just fine, Westermarck Effect be damned.
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I can do both. :)
Now, honestly, in our world, Leif/Nanna would never be happening. Leif should not love his little sister in THAT way any more than any toddler whose parents bring home a new baby. There's this thing called the Westermarck effect that kicks in among children raised as siblings and it means things like Leif/Nanna in either direction and Altena's feelings for Arion should not exist. Even if the kids got the idea that loving your sibling like THAT is romaaaantic (imma blame Raquesis for this one), Leif and Nanna shouldn't be feelin' it sexually. So in a "realistic" 'fic, the puppy love would fizzle out and they'd go looking elsewhere.
(Leif/Janne, however would work, because Janne showed up in his life past the critical age for imprinting.)
But FE5 assures us they wed and were very happy together, so breaking up Leif/Nanna is fairly hard for me. It requires either a) just invoking the Westermarck effect and saying "Nope" and ignoring the game, b) assuming that when Nanna met Ares she was bowled over with the reverse of the Westermarck Effect-- instant sexual attraction to her
half-brothercousin and she done ditched Leif. Or she died. I don't think Leif would take B or C particularly well. At all.That said...
Leif/Sara!
• When or if I started shipping it: Soon after getting into FE5. It's not a hard sell.
• My thoughts: The Lord character paired with the dippy healer hits a weak point of mine, and Sara's brand of dippy is just mesmerizing. She's adorable, he's Leif, and the idea of Leif protecting and sheltering Manfroy's granddaughter is lovely. The idea of Leif perpetuating Manfroy's line? @_@
But they're so damn cute together. And she's not his "beloved sister," either.
• What makes me happy about them:
Wacky dippy slightly perverse-and-twisted teenaged love with a backstory from hell itself?
• What makes me sad about them: Can only really happen if you X out Nanna in some fashion, and most of the scenarios would make Leif very sad. I can see ways of getting them together but those ways are mostly angsty. And let's face it, Manfroy spawn as the Queen of Thracia? That's going to make a lot of people unhappy.
• Things done in art/fic that annoys me: Gleefully shipping it without dealing with all the troubling parts.
• Things I look for in art/fic: The art is generally pleasing. The 'fic I'm just a little more picky about-- does it make any sense the way it's written?
• Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not…
Leif's options are obvious. I've seen art and some Japanese 'fic shipping Sara/Delmud and do not buy it for one second; she doesn't really have a Plan B.
Leif/Tinny!
• When or if I started shipping it: Last year, after reading their FE4 conversation and thinking it over a bit.
• My thoughts: Get Tinny away from all Freeges, including Arthur, and she stands on her own feet a lot better. FE4 presents it as a perfect political marriage-- a popular princess of Alster's late ruling clan paired with Leonster's ambitious prince? Yeah. There certainly seems to be some common sympathy between them... and if Leif faced down Blume in Conote as FE4 allows him to, all the better. Tinny also seems 110% more politically adept (along conventional lines) than most of the Gen2 girls.
• What makes me happy about them: I ship this under one particular condition. Since the Tinny produced by any of Tiltyu's predestined options has to inherit Freege, you have to think outside the predestined box to get a Tinny who can stay with her lover. Once Lex and the magic dudes are out of the equation, the best candidate for Tiltyu's lover is Finn (Pursuit, Prayer/Wrath hijinks, and an Arthur who can do damage with a sword). Finn!Tinny and Leaf aren't just cute together, they wrap up all the messy Leonster and Alster plot threads into one neat package. Very nice indeed.
• What makes me sad about them: Well, in most cases this just won't work out because of Tinny's inheritance, and FE5 introduces Miranda to complicate the whole Alster angle. Also, breaking up Leif/Nanna is sad-making.
• Things done in art/fic that annoys me: I was initially annoyed by its existence because all I knew of Tinny was the annoying moe parts to her character. I've gotten over it.
• Things I look for in art/fic: Nothing to really "look for" in something that English-writing fandom doesn't ship, but the art's pretty. Some pieces are comic/creepy but most are just pretty.
• Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not…
Tinny's likely best with Seliph, for all the obstacles Lana presents just by being on the same map and racking up points. Tinny/Ced might work but their in-game interactions don't build much of a case to me. As for Leaf, his canon pairing works just fine, Westermarck Effect be damned.