Robin and Anna Supports

Why make a character playable if you're not gonna give them supports? Guess I gotta do everything in this damn town myself

Okay, I'm gonna be real with y'all. I did not expect the direction this chain went, especially the A-support -- cos we all know how Anna is -- but I decided "Y'know what, let's cook first and see if the food is any good" and surprisingly I don't hate it. Anna's the last person I would expect Robin to have that type of a conversation with -- Mercedes comes to mind -- but hey, an opportunity to make Anna a little less one-dimensional is always a good thing, so I'll take it!

Can occur in any route. Dialogue differences account for the following:
- Clearing Awakening xenologues
- A named potential spouse for Robin
- A non-Crimson Flower run

Chapter 1: C-Support

Notes:

Available in both parts

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

[Music: Respite and Sunlight]

[Scene: Marketplace]

[Anna enters]

Merchant Anna, smiling
Anna:
Come again soon!

[Robin enters]

Robin, sneering
Robin:
Is that...? Anna?

Merchant Anna, default
Anna:
Oh! Hello, Robin. It's nice to finally meet you.

Robin, smiling
Robin:
Heh, monastery gossip travels fast, doesn't it?

Merchant Anna, default
Anna:
Yes, but also no.

Robin, default
Robin:
I don't follow.

Merchant Anna, smiling
Anna:
What, you think I don't keep up with my sisters?

Robin, sneering
Robin:
...Now I feel stupid. I should've known you were still
in contact with them somehow.

Anna:
Of course! I may not have seen them in a while, but
we send letters, so I know what they're up to.

Robin, default
Robin:
All of them?

Merchant Anna, default
Anna:
Well, most. One of them is commanding an elite
army. A couple of them work at resorts.

[If Summer Scramble and Hot-Spring Scramble have been completed]
Merchant Anna, default
Anna:
I believe you've met them, yes?

Robin, sneering
Robin:
Hahaha... Yes, I have.

Merchant Anna, default
Anna:
Another's even been plying her trade somewhere in
Nohr.

Merchant Anna, sad
Anna:
Or was it Hoshido?

Robin, sneering
Robin:
Whoa whoa whoa, Nohr? Hoshido? I thought they
were a myth.

Merchant Anna, angry
Anna:
Just because a place is hard to get to doesn't mean it's
a myth.

Robin, default
Robin:
Huh. Perhaps I should take a visit when I've got time.

Robin, grimacing + sweat
Robin:
And if I could figure out how to get there.

Merchant Anna, smiling
Anna:
I'd tell you, but that's an Anna trade secret!

Robin, sneering
Robin:
Because of course it is.

Merchant Anna, default
Anna:
Ah, but listen to me prattle! What brings you to my
shop today?

Robin, default
Robin:
I... Actually, I'm not sure.

Merchant Anna, default
Anna:
Well, since you're here, would you like to peruse my
stock?

Robin, smiling
Robin:
Sure, why not? Would you happen to have...

[Fade]

Robin and Anna have attained support level C.

Notes:

When you've met as many Annas as Robin has in Awakening, it becomes easy to spot one and get used to the fact that you're speaking to a different Anna almost every time

Chapter 2: B-Support

Notes:

Available in both parts

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

[Music: A Gentle Breeze]

[Scene: Dining Hall]

[Robin and Anna enter]

Robin, default
Robin:
Hey, Anna. Do you mind if I ask you a random
question?

[If Robin married Anna] [Otherwise]
Merchant Anna, smiling
Anna: Anna:
Anything for my brother-in-law. What is it? Anything for the hero of Ylisse. What is it?

Robin, sneering
Robin:
Why is your hair pink? Every other Anna I've met,
it's been red.

Anna:
Oh, that. Blame the sunbleaching, I guess.

Anna:
To be honest, I have something of a love-hate
relationship with it.
I mean, yeah, it does help me stand out whenever me
and my sisters have a chance to get together...

Anna:
But it's also a constant reminder that I need to put up
some sort of shade over my stand.
I know it's gotta be done, but the cost of materials,
not to mention finding the time...

Robin, smiling
Robin:
If you want, I could help build one for you.

Merchant Anna, surprised
Anna:
Really?

Robin, smiling
Robin:
Yeah. I've really only built anything in miniature,
but it shouldn't be hard to scale up with some
adjustments to the calculations.

Merchant Anna, surprised
Anna:
You'd really do that for me?

[If Robin married Anna] [Otherwise]
Robin, smiling
Robin: Robin:
Anything for my sister-in-law. Anything for a friend.

Merchant Anna, blushing
Anna:
Thanks, Robin. I'll write up a supply list for you after
dinner.

Robin, smiling
Robin:
Sounds good.

[Robin leaves]

Merchant Anna, default
Anna:
He's a kind one, I'll give him that.

Merchant Anna, smiling
Anna:
And I certainly won't turn down free labour.

[Fade]

Robin and Anna have attained support level B.

Notes:

Was she being genuine or trying to get a favour out of him? The answer is yes

Chapter 3: A-Support

Notes:

Available in part 2 only

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

[Music: Broken Routine]

[Scene: Cathedral]

[Anna enters]

Trickster Anna, sad
Anna:
...

[Robin enters]

Robin, default
Robin:
Hm? Anna? You're... praying?

Trickster Anna, sad
Anna:
Mmhm. Not just for good sales today, but also for the
safety of the soldiers here.

Robin, default
Robin:
Oh. I admit, I didn't take you for the religious type.

Trickster Anna, angry
Anna:
Not many of us are, if I'm honest. We come from a
rather secular family.

Trickster Anna, default
Anna:
It should come as no surprise to you, but those few
other sisters who took to religion all follow the divine
dragon, Naga.

Trickster Anna, angry
Anna:
The rest don't give two coins for faith.

Trickster Anna, sad
Anna:
And that just leaves me, the sole Anna who believes
in the teachings of the Goddess.

Robin, grimacing + sweat
Robin:
That must be difficult on you.

Trickster Anna, sad
Anna:
Yes and no. Some have side-eyed me, but it's not
something we tend to talk about, so it doesn't go any
further than that.
We usually discuss business profits or world events.

Robin, sneering
Robin:
Hmm...

Trickster Anna, surprised
Anna:
Robin?

Robin, sneering
Robin:
Sorry, just thinking about something.

Trickster Anna, default
Anna:
Like what?

Robin, default
Robin:
You know I'm from Faerghus, right?

Trickster Anna, default
Anna:
So I've heard.

Robin, sneering
Robin:
Faerghus has a pretty close association with the
Church of Seiros, and I can imagine I've attended
church services before.

Robin, grimacing + sweat
Robin:
But...

Trickster Anna, sad
Anna:
You don't feel a connection with the Goddess?

Robin, sneering
Robin:
Right on the money.

Trickster Anna, smiling
Anna:
As I always am.

Robin, grimacing + sweat
Robin:
In fact, I'm not sure if I ever did, and if I did, I
certainly don't now.

Trickster Anna, sad
Anna:
Look, Robin. I'm no spiritual advisor, but in my
experience, religion is very personal.

Trickster Anna, angry
Anna:
If you feel drawn to a different path, no sane person
would try to pull you away from it.

Robin, grimacing + sweat
Robin:
I think the problem is less prosyletising and more...

Robin, default
Robin:
I don't know how to put it into words.

Robin, sneering
Robin:
Like... how does the Goddess feel about it?

[If Seteth is alive and recruited] [Otherwise]
Trickster Anna, sad
Anna: Anna:
That sounds like a conversation to have with Seteth. Only she would know, I suppose.

Trickster Anna, default
Anna:
But hey, if you ask me, if Naga's who you're
following now, I don't think she'll mind.

Robin, default
Robin:
You really think so?

Trickster Anna, smiling
Anna:
I'd bet good money on it.

Robin, smiling
Robin:
...Thanks, Anna.

[Fade]

Robin and Anna have attained support level A.

Notes:

Let's be real, it's nice to have an Anna conversation that focuses on something other than money

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Felltrickster on Chapter 1 Sat 18 Oct 2025 07:08AM UTC

Yes, FE nowadays lives, and dies, by it's Support System, SO WHY NO ANNA SUPPORT WITH AT LEAST BYLETH?! Especially when the local one at Garreg Mach seems to be the most empathic of the bunch from some of her lines as a merchant in Part 2... Could've had some real interesting Supports with this Anna.

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1. SgtLeppard on Chapter 1 Sat 18 Oct 2025 07:40AM UTC
  
  Yeah that's the baffling part. For all the fanbase moans about "avatarsexuals", at least they actually have supports, even if it's only with Robin or Corrin. The Anna in Houses got super shafted. Even if she could only support with Byleth, it would at least be SOMETHING, but nope, not even a single chain. You could kinda make the same argument for the capturable bosses in Fates, especially since if my memory serves me right, they were slated to get supports and then that just didn't happen
  
  Suppose the silver lining is it's free real estate for the fans to fill in the blanks, but goddamn, do we have to do everything ourselves here?
  
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Felltrickster on Chapter 2 Sat 18 Oct 2025 07:12AM UTC

Yeah, that sounds right, especially with so many potential customers coming in and out of the Monastery... and the army headquartered there Post-Time Skip... I like to feel Anna's family has a big ol' contract with Rhea, since on top of likely wanting the Agarthans get what their karma owes them, they'd.... understand the tricky situation Rhea's in and her dealing with the risk of Degeneration...

Not to mention it'd also help Fodlan keep from getting blindsided by external threats, oh hi Grima!

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1. SgtLeppard on Chapter 2 Sat 18 Oct 2025 07:51AM UTC
  
  It's an interesting thought if Rhea and the Annas have a contract, but given the A-support, it might just be this Anna with that contract [a contract that would ultimately mean bupkis in Crimson Flower, but she'd probably sign a new one with Edelgard as a result]
  
  I could see her reporting to higher-ups [be it Rhea, Seteth, the house leaders, or even Byleth] about any threats that might feasibly/imminently make their way to Fódlan's borders, provided she's alive/still in the area, but if it's contained, she might not feel the need to mention it just yet. She'd still keep tabs on the situation just in case though
  
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Felltrickster on Chapter 3 Sat 18 Oct 2025 07:18AM UTC

IIRC the local Anna here has a boon in Faith so her being both religious and faithful to the local gremlin of a time goddess makes perfect sense! Especially since Sothis wouldn't start a war unless absolutely necessary to cut off a massive threat at the pass, but sure as Hells finish one.

Yeah, I can so see Sothis and Naga just fist-bumping, Sothis being in Tall Gremlin form, with Sothis approving of Robin's faith in Naga. They'd probably be good friends honestly.

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1. SgtLeppard on Chapter 3 Sat 18 Oct 2025 08:23AM UTC
  
  You get it! I'll be honest though, I completely forgot about her Faith boon until after the conversation was written, hence why I decided not to scrap it. Even with that, I would've figured Mercedes would be the better person to have this conversation with, but hey, maybe when I get around to the Mercedes chain, it could reference this one -- and probably hers and Felix's chain too, we'll see
  
  Sothis and Naga are totally good friends. I have a headcanon that Sothis had a hand in creating Naga's time travel ritual. While yes, it's technically not true time travel -- just a parallel Outrealm on an identical time stream -- but it counts! I'd think Sothis's input would allow Naga to be able to identify the correct time streams so that in any given playthrough of Awakening, the kids would be guaranteed to make it to the right Outrealm. By extension, this could also apply to the Future Past maps, since that's also an Outrealm at a different point in time. Hell, maybe because of how close the events were, Sothis's time magic might've influenced Corrin and company's arrival at the point in Awakening's timeline that they did -- by complete accident!
  
  And yeah, Anna's right, Sothis has no issue with Robin having faith in Naga. Did Robin ever have faith in Sothis before Duscur? It is a mystery that only Sothis knows the answer to, and you know how tight lipped she can be with such tidbits of information if she deems it not relevant
  
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Guest (Guest) on Chapter 3 Sat 18 Oct 2025 08:06PM UTC

I agree that the Anna from Three Houses seems very wasted to me, especially considering that this Anna has a close relationship with the protagonist (I don't remember any other Annas who have a close relationship with the protagonist), since she and Jeralt were friends, and I believe they traveled together for a while. So yes, the fact that Anna doesn't have support conversations with Byleth seems like a crime to me.

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1. SgtLeppard on Chapter 3 Sun 19 Oct 2025 11:16PM UTC
  
  Dunno about close, but she did know Jeralt. Every other Anna was detached from the story entirely. She really should've had a support chain with at least Byleth, she might've been able to tell them some stories about their old man. We were robbed
  
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Guest (Guest) on Chapter 3 Sat 18 Oct 2025 08:22PM UTC

Anna is right; she's one of the least suitable characters to talk about Fodlan's religion and the Goddess; that's a job fit for Seteth, Rhea, Mercedes, and perhaps Marianne.

I'm curious how Rhea, Seteth, and Flayn would react upon learning not only of the existence of the Manaketes (who are their distant cousins) and Naga, in case they didn't already know. And how they'd feel upon seeing that in the Awakening universe, they are treated and worshipped as gods, and being able to clearly show that they are dragons, as is the case with Tiki, Nowi, and Nah. Meanwhile, in the Three Houses universe, dragons are viewed negatively by many and are rejected and even desecrated to create weapons. The few remaining Nabateans must hide their identity out of fear of humans.

P.S. Three Houses, I know you want to break with several FE franchise schemes, but you really had to make Anna pink-haired when she's clearly a redhead.

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1. SgtLeppard on Chapter 3 Mon 20 Oct 2025 01:45AM UTC
  
  They would already know about their manakete cousins, but the existence of dragonstones would be news to them. I could see this coming up in the Seteth chain since I imagine he and Tiki have known each other for some time and for some odd reason dragonstones just never came up in conversation between them, though naturally I'm sure Seteth has seen her dragonstone. He just never asked and she never told
  
  Now whether or not Nabateans can use them is up in the air. I'm kinda on the fence about whether they'd work or not. On one hand, the power to transform is there, but latent and may require some help to bring it out, which dragonstones could help with. On the other, every Nabatean we've seen save for Rhea has been in their respective forms for so long that the power might not be there anymore and dragonstones wouldn't be able to unstick them. Don't know until they try, right? I'd imagine if spared in Crimson Flower, Seteth and Flayn would go to Ylisse or Valm, so there'd be an opportunity. Of course, this doesn't even consider if dragonstones are compatible with Nabateans in the first place, and that we simply don't know
  
  Generally, I think the difference with how dragons are treated in both places comes down to history and culture. Rhea manipulated history to the point of erasing the Nabateans from existence, so humans at large in Fódlan don't know about them, and finding out they exist [especially when talking about Crimson Flower] tends to spark serious negative reactions. Despite severe racism happening in Archanea's antiquity, it did not have its history completely rewritten like this, and while I'd imagine there is still some anti-dragon sentiments floating around the populace in present day Ylisse, I don't think it'd be anywhere near as extreme as in Fódlan, at least generally speaking. As for culture, Fódlan's insularity is well documented, so the inherent racism doesn't stop at dragons. In Archanea, dragons do still exist and some are revered as deities, particularly Grima and Naga, but given how Nowi is introduced plus Nah's time with her shitty foster family implies that average dragons are still looked down upon, and that's putting it mildly
  
  Food for thought for the Seteth chain. He and Robin have a lot to talk about
  
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