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#2221 Mar-Mar

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 01:40 PM

It's more likely simpler than you think... Eliwood has two other options (three if you realize there's a generic option) other than Ninian, now doesn't he..?


That's right! EliwoodxNinian is non-canon, and if you DID pair Eliwood with Ninian then Roy could be hiding wings underneath his cape.

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 02:01 PM

But Ninian doesn't even have wings herself.

Or did I miss the sarcasm... :p

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 02:28 PM

It's more likely simpler than you think... Eliwood has two other options (three if you realize there's a generic option) other than Ninian, now doesn't he..?


True enough. It's odd. The game and the novel pretty much beat you over the head with the fact that you should be shipping Eliwood and Ninian together. Yet in 6, Marcus tells a story about Eliwood collecting an Illian flower for his wife, which heavily implies that he married Fiora. I'll admit that generic is always an option, but it seems a bit of a cop-out in truth.

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 02:38 PM

True enough. It's odd. The game and the novel pretty much beat you over the head with the fact that you should be shipping Eliwood and Ninian together. Yet in 6, Marcus tells a story about Eliwood collecting an Illian flower for his wife, which heavily implies that he married Fiora. I'll admit that generic is always an option, but it seems a bit of a cop-out in truth.


Actually, Ninian is also from Ilia. In her support conversation with Florina, she says that she was born in Ilia. So the flower thing also implies that Ninian can be his wife.

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 03:03 PM

I think the only manakete we have a confirmed age for is Tiki (who we have confirmed in both of her appearances). I always assumed that manaketes age roughly 100 times slower than humans (since Tiki looks ~10 when she's 1000, and ~30 when she's 3000). Half-manaketes are of course a weird case with no good information.

Edited by cheetah7071, 08 August 2012 - 04:40 PM.


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Posted 08 August 2012 - 03:20 PM

Nono describes herself as about 1000, as well. Ninian was born around the same time as the Scouring, so she's also about 1000, but she's half-dragon instead of full.

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 03:21 PM

If you count Ninan and Nils, the both of them are just over 1000, and Myrrh was 1200... roughly, IIRC.

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 06:02 PM

I always figured it the rate of ageing was different for each half-manakete. I mean, if you think about the whole science aspect of it, you never really get a perfect 50-50 split when it comes to inheritance, right?

So Sophia got the really-slow-ageing but not the ability to transform, and Nn got the ability to transform but ended up with a slightly more normal growth rate. She still probably ages slower then everyone else--in all honesty, she doesn't look like she's the same age as the other children characters--but not nearly as much as Sophia.

Of course, that doesn't solve the "when does the ageing slow down" question at all.

Edited by Levaine, 08 August 2012 - 06:04 PM.


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Posted 08 August 2012 - 06:11 PM

I always figured it the rate of ageing was different for each half-manakete. I mean, if you think about the whole science aspect of it, you never really get a perfect 50-50 split when it comes to inheritance, right?

So Sophia got the really-slow-ageing but not the ability to transform, and Nn got the ability to transform but ended up with a slightly more normal growth. She still probably ages slower then everyone else--in all honesty, she doesn't look like she's the same age as the other children characters--but not nearly as much as Sophia.

Of course, that doesn't solve the "when does the ageing slow down" question at all.


The main problem for actually answering this question is the incredibly small group we have to compare. There's no more than four half-manakete's in the entire series, and only two potential quarter-manaketes, Mark (With Nn as the mother) and Roy (if you think Ninian is Roy's mother).

Presumably, Ninian and Nils are the same age, more or less, and yet Nils looks a fair bit younger than Ninian. Nn seems to age relatively fast in comparison, looking to be about the same age as Nils, despite being less than 1/20th of his age. And then there's Sofia, who looks to be the same age as Ninian, despite being much, much younger.

The only theory I can suggest is that different subspecies of manakete (fire, ice, divine etc etc) grant different traits to half-manaketes. Presuming that Nono is a Divine Dragon, and that Sofia's manakete parent was also a Divine Dragon, then it would appear that half-manaketes of Divine Dragon ancestry age significantly faster than half-manaketes from an Ice Dragon.

Edited by Onestep, 08 August 2012 - 06:13 PM.


#2230 Levaine

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 06:35 PM

The main problem for actually answering this question is the incredibly small group we have to compare. There's no more than four half-manakete's in the entire series, and only two potential quarter-manaketes, Mark (With Nn as the mother) and Roy (if you think Ninian is Roy's mother).


I think you're right about needing more examples to actually figure out the answer, but I don't think we can use Roy and Mark as examples, since we have that pesky canon issue to deal with.

The only theory I can suggest is that different subspecies of manakete (fire, ice, divine etc etc) grant different traits to half-manaketes. Presuming that Nono is a Divine Dragon, and that Sofia's manakete parent was also a Divine Dragon, then it would appear that half-manaketes of Divine Dragon ancestry age significantly faster than half-manaketes from an Ice Dragon.


I agree with this bit, too--it makes sense that different kinds of dragons would pass on different things to their kids. But I still think that there's gonna be some variation between each half-manakete.

On a slightly different subject, does the game actually tell us what kind of dragon Nono is, or is she just labeled as a generic manakete?

#2231 Onestep

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 06:46 PM

I think you're right about needing more examples to actually figure out the answer, but I don't think we can use Roy and Mark as examples, since we have that pesky canon issue to deal with.



Well, we CAN use Quarter-manakete Mark as an example, due to knowing for sure that it's possible for MU to father her (assuming he doesn't marry someone else, of course). Just like we can use half-manakete Mark as an example, if MU married Nono or Tiki. But it's a bad example. Why? Because MU isn't a normal human. He's a bearer of Holy Blood, which might explain why a quarter-manakete possesses the same powers as a half-manakete. And Holy Blood is a whole other kettle of confusing genetics.

We can't use Roy as an example because we don't know for sure that Ninian is his mother.

Edited by Onestep, 08 August 2012 - 06:54 PM.


#2232 Levaine

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 07:16 PM

Holy Blood is a whole other kettle of confusing genetics.


There's an understatement if I've ever heard one. Ugh, even thinking about trying to figure out the Holy Blood/Manakete combo gives me a headache. Probably doesn't help that I've never played FE 4 or 5.

Edited by Levaine, 08 August 2012 - 07:17 PM.


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Posted 08 August 2012 - 09:08 PM

Will somebody please do the full support for MU and Olivia?


早速翻訳する必要はない。

The game's English release date isn't even definite yet. It won't kill you to wait until a translator is willing to use up their spare time translating it for you.

Fine, here. Have a freaking C Support.

As always, there might be "creative liberties". Literal translation sometimes doesn't work well.


Spoiler - Male MU x Olivia C Support


If anyone has a better English translation for へそくり, then be my guest.

Edited by shadowofchaos, 04 October 2012 - 09:01 AM.


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Posted 08 August 2012 - 10:33 PM

Alright, everyone! In the midst of confusion and deep conversation over the genetics of manaketes, I bring comic relief in the form of Krom and Vake! Gotta love these two fools together. XD

Decided to go literal in many places with this one. If anything sounds a little awkward, then whatever.

Spoiler - Supports (KromxVake)

Edited by four loose screws, 10 August 2012 - 10:31 AM.


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Posted 08 August 2012 - 11:10 PM

Alright, everyone! In the midst of confusion and deep conversation over the genetics of manaketes, I bring comic relief in the form of Krom and Vake! Gotta love these two fools together. XD

Decided to go literal in many places with this one. If anything sounds a little awkward, then whatever.

Spoiler - Supports (KromxVake)


They are like Horace and Shin or something ... X_x

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 04:16 AM

Here's yet another conversation between two extremes; this time it's the aristocrat and the bumpkin. Mariabel x Donny, everyone!

Spoiler - Mariabel x Donny C

Spoiler - Mariabel x Donny B

Spoiler - Mariabel x Donny A

Spoiler - Mariabel x Donny S


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Posted 09 August 2012 - 05:18 AM

Alright, everyone! In the midst of confusion and deep conversation over the genetics of manaketes, I bring comic relief in the form of Krom and Vake! Gotta love these two fools together. XD

Decided to go literal in many places with this one. If anything sounds a little awkward, then whatever.

Spoiler - Supports (KromxVake)


Pfft, cooking duels are always fun, especially when they're not between women.

Here's yet another conversation between two extremes; this time it's the aristocrat and the bumpkin. Mariabel x Donny, everyone!

Spoiler - Mariabel x Donny C

Spoiler - Mariabel x Donny B

Spoiler - Mariabel x Donny A

Spoiler - Mariabel x Donny S


Donny...why u so cute, but so crappy at fighting? I suppose I'll use him on all my normal mode runs...

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 02:28 PM

D'aaaaaw~

Donny is so adorable.

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 04:35 PM

Donny...why u so cute, but so crappy at fighting? I suppose I'll use him on all my normal mode runs...

Actually, I think that just about everyone who's used Donny has said that he only needs a little grinding to become very ridiculous really quickly, because his growths are that insane. His bases are unusable on Lunatic, obviously, but I don't think using him on Hard will be that difficult.

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 05:44 PM

Problem being that Donny requires that little thing people absolutely despise known as EFFORT since he seems to end up rather good and his kid ends up with awesome growths maybe. Yeah.




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