Fire Emblem: Awakening

Jstretch19 posted...

sjk9000 posted...

What I want to know is, if in the original timeline there were no future shenanigans, how did MU end up Chrom's best friend or whatever?

The exact same way it happens in the Prologue of Awakening. Future!MU wasn't associated with the Grimleal until after the Premonition chapter (AKA chapter 23). Essentially the exact same sequence of events happens in the future timeline just at a slower rate, except for the events after ch.23.

He wouldn't have been amnesiac, though. Probably still plays out in about the same way, except without "Marth" and the Risen.
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sjk9000 posted...

What I want to know is, if in the original timeline there were no future shenanigans, how did MU end up Chrom's best friend or whatever?

Just because it's a different timeline doesn't mean things are drastically different.

Chrom was obviously on the same road as Avatar and they bumped into each other said hi and right before they departed from each other that town was attacked and Avatar decided to help.

Or maybe Avatar made it to that town before it was attacked.
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Suffer_Not posted...

In the original timeline, Robin was the son of Validar and was entirely committed to serving Grima. At his father's behest, he infiltrated the Shepards and pretended to be Chrom's friend, acting as an adviser to the young lord.

Not exactly. Nowhere does it ever say that Avatar was a true Grimleal. Especially with his/her mother taking him/her away from there, it is more likely that she warned her child to never get close to them.

The way I see it, the story starts out similarly, just with their memories intact and no Premonition, since it is pretty much hinted as to how that was seen later on. Also, I kinda doubt that Ylisstol was expecting him/her, since they had no idea who he/she was after meeting him/her in the field.

There are some small differences here and there, until the part where Chapter 6 is, where Emmeryn is killed and the Fire Emblem is stolen by the Grimleal, which forces a long fight with Gangrel, and eventually, a long fight with Walhart as well. Say'ri also dies somewhere here, and Yen'fey is the one who survives. Basilio also dies for good.

As for how Avatar learned battle tactics, who is to say they couldn't? Maybe his/her mother lied about his/her father, saying that he was a great tactician, and maybe wanted to follow in his footsteps? Or maybe he/she just had a knack for it, and wanted to learn more?

Another thing to remember as well, is if Avatar married someone. Even Owain's A support changes slightly to indicate that he only assumed his father died in that Risen attack, instead of Owain actually seeing it. I'm sure the supports for Yarne also change slightly in this regard. Technically, events could be changed even more depending on who he/she ended up with.

No one knows everything about the events that happened. But I highly doubt that Avatar was with Validar initially. Chapter 6 makes it seem like this is the first time he had seen him/her after years of searching. So, it isn't very likely that even with his/her memories that he/she was with him.