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I chose to save Emm. I'm honestly judging you if you chose to sacrifice her. I just am. I figured she would die anyway no matter what I decided, but that didn't matter. Her life was more important that something that wasn't even fully put together at the time in order to use. What Chrom says in that decision is all anybody needs to hear: MAYBE there will come a day where MAYBE we will need the Fire Emblem, but we need Emm NOW. Even if it was complete, I still wouldn't have sacrificed her. We would have found a different way to do we needed to do or have found a way to get it back. Even Lucina denotes her importance; it's from her death that everything begins to unravel.

For the next option, I told Lucina she could kill me. It seemed more realistic to MU's character and I feel it shows greater strength of character in general in order to see passed fear and sacrifice yourself in order to save another. But of course, the simple knowledge that MU IS the one who kills Chrom is enough to change history, at least according to this game. I am a supporter of being in control of my own fate, but not so much in regards to changing the fates through time travel... things happen for a reason and all that.

And.. I'm definitely killing Grima myself. Slightly judging people who chose otherwise.

For Emm, I'm willing to sacrifice Emm. Gangrel is an untrustworthy liar who twists anything he can. So I reason that even if I DID give him the Fire Emblem he'd go back on his word immediately and kill her anyway. Best not to give him anything and try to rescue Emm with the Fire Emblem in your possession. Just have to find another way to solve it, but giving the Fire Emblem away accomplishes nothing.

I also told Lucina she could kill me. As close as MU and Chrom are, I imagine MU would sacrifice himself for Chrom's benefit, so if he suspects Lucina is correct in her prediction, he'd go through with it. MU as a self-insert, I'd probably take that kind of a fall for my dearest friends, also. I've changed my mind on this one. Back off, Luccy.

I also always have to kill Grima myself. I can't imagine not doing so. I did a playthrough where I chose the other option simply to have chosen every option possible, but that was the only reason. Otherwise, I self-sacrifice every time. Far more powerful for the story, what I would choose if it was actually me, and there's the fact that if Grima ever COULD resurge later, you're essentially allowing for a TON of people to die even if it could be defeated later, hypothetically.

I chose to save Emm. I agree with what Rath said on the subject, but even aside from that, it was Emmeryn's death that had Lucina freaking out, not the loss of the Emblem at the time. Even if Emmeryn tells you to prioritize the Emblem, she's humble! Darnit of course she'd say that! In addition, she didn't know the things that Lucina apparently knew regarding what happens after her death.

I also told Lucina that she could kill me. Especially after seeing that I could be made to do things against my will, and already with the knowledge that I've killed Chrom in another timeline, I voted for the sacrifice.

I also chose to kill Grima myself. After all that MU has been through, and as the ultimate middle finger to written fate, I feel like MU killing Grima permanently just had to happen. Chrom is the easy way out in more ways that one, and while I'll get the ending once just to say I did and to see it in my own game, I hear it isn't nearly as fulfilling, on top of having the knowledge that Grima will come back.
On a more personal note, I love that scene at the end with Chrom and Lissa finding MU in the field. Sure, I kinda wish that MU stayed dead to give the ending more oomph, but I'm a sucker for bookends. And the mark of Grima is gone!

I was NOT expecting choices like this to show up, and while I do like that the game does this, I do wish our choices had affected the story more. However, the four choices the game DID give us . . . well, they were all hard choices, and I agonized over all four of them.

I was not expecting the first choice at ALL, and once I was doing flailing and screaming, I chose to save her.I agreed with Chrom: there HAD to be another way to save her and not give up the Fire Emblem.

The second choice had me screaming internally again, but I chose to let Lucina kill me. I was her mother in that file, and I just thought that if my death would make the world a better place, then . . . well, I'd be scared, but . . . I'd die. I'd rather my daughter not be the one to kill me though.

For the third choice, I lied and told Chrom I'd let him kill Grima so he wouldn't worry about me and hopefully wouldn't suspect what I was really going to do. HUSBANDO, YOU SHOULD KNOW YOUR WAIFU BETTER THAN THAT. >[

Finally, for the last choice, I probably stared at the screen for fifteen minutes before I made my decision, and that was for me to deal the final blow. There was no way I was going to let Chrom do the final blow and leave Grima for our descendants to face, not when we had a chance to end this NOW. Even though it would mean my death to ensure a better future for everyone, I was okay with that. And then to see everyone--everyone--wishing for my return, and especially to see the scene at the very end, where Chrom and Lissa find you again (and the mark is GONE!)--that was amazing. I love how that scene bookended the story, and to hear Chrom's line . . . it was worth it, even if that hadn't happened, but that bit just capped everything for me. just hope I didn't lose my memory AGAIN. XD;;

Gotta agree with Ephy that you forgot about the decision with Grima. >>;

Anyway, for Emm, I choose to save her life. However, in my honest opinion, I feel that the question was mostly toward Chrom than the MU him/herself. Therefore, my decision of whether to sacrifice Emm or not is really mostly Chrom's decision, not the MU. When reading the dialogue between Gangrel and Chrom, you can see that Gangrel was throwing the ultimatum at Chrom, not the MU. In addition. Rath and Ephy gave out the reasons why Emm should be spared. You can see that Chrom choose his sister over anything else (Heck, he even chooses her protection over his people of Ylisse when he was escorted her. >>; ) before reaching Chapter 9. But if Gangrel were to talk to MU and forced the ultimatum, I would still choose saving her because I couldn't see myself sacrificing a friend, even if my mission is really important to protect. And besides, Emm had been a big influence toward not only her people, but in other countries too. So why should I sacrifice someone who made a big impact on everyone?

For allowing Lucina to kill me (and I have a feeling, people may give me a stink eye for that. >>; ), I choose no. Honestly, I WANT to pick yes to let her kill me, but there's a reason why I choose no instead of yes. I choose no because it was not the right time to sacrifice myself. Yes, I understand fully well that what Lucina is doing is from the good of her heart, that she wanted to protect her father and the people, and I wanted to spare her from being suffer by letting her kill me. However, letting her kill me isn't going to solve the CURRENT issue (aka: Valider has the Fire Emblem and ready to resurrect the Fell Dragon.) Lucina is too focus of saving her father from death as the "prediction" was coming closer as well as the doomed future was looming, that she kinda lost focus of what was happening at the moment. And even if I let her kill me WITHOUT Chrom interfered, it's as I said before, it won't solve the current issue they have at the moment. Valider can resurrect the Fell Dragon if I was sacrificed. In addition, I'm Chrom's tactician. Therefore, he needs me to think of a strategy to defeat Aversa and Valider in order to foil the plan (Of course, we didn't know MU already did foil the plan beforehand until AFTER Valider forced MU to "murder" Chrom.) And even if I were to be Lucina's mom, I will still choose no because sacrificing myself is not the right time and we need to focus on the problem one at a time. In other word, if I have the freedom to make my decision in that predicament, this is what I'll say to Lucina: "Lucina, I understand you want to save your father as well as saving the world. But sacrificing me now is not a good time, especially with Valider having the Fire Emblem and ready to resurrect the Fell Dragon. Let's focus on stopping Valider first. After that, THEN I'll let you sacrifice me."

For whether I want to join force with Grima or not, I choose no. Why? Because I fight for my friend. >B( *shot* Hey, it's the truth. D: After all the bonding and fighting along with my friends, why should I abandon my friend over power? Sure, if I join Grima, I can save my friend. But since Grima is "me," I should know fully well what Grima will do, aka: kill my friends after joining. As the famous quote once said, you're worst enemy is yourself. However, I will admit I am curious about Grima!MU. I'll just write this in white:

I'm very curious as to why Grima!MU chooses power over friends. And before you answer, yes, I'm aware that the prequel (the very first prequel) shows us what happened. That the prequel is really the Future!MU and that Valider possessed Future!MU to accept Grima's power. However, that's ONE of the possibilities. Because if the prequel is true, than Grima!MU should be upset in Chapter 23 since A) the resurrection of Fell Dragon was foiled by both Khan Basilio and MU and B) Valider failed to possess MU and died. In fact, Grima!MU wasn't even phase when the plan failed as well as Valider died. Grima!MU was like, "Oh, that's okay. I'm still planning to get Grima resurrected. 8D" To me, it seems that Grima!MU is just as what Valider was: seeing that the plan is still on course and that the fate WILL happen. So yeah.... I'm curious why Grima!MU chooses power over friends. My theory is that perhaps something very tragic causes MU to become emotionally upset. Whether it be someone very close to MU died or something. However, as I said earlier to the prequel, it's ONE of the possibilities. So yeah, I would like to hear the reason from Grima!MU him/herself than having a prequel or a fan's theory explain, >.>;

For who gets to kill Grima, I choose myself. After all, why should we have temporary peace when who knows when Grima will awaken and forces our descendants to fight. If I want my descendants to live in peace without fighting, then I have to make sure that the peace is staying for good. Plus, the MU's ending is WAY better than Chrom's ending. >>;

Seems I'm the only one willing to 'sacrifice' Emm. I prefer to see it as being the only one who refuses to give Gangrel further leverage when you know he lies through his teeth and would almost assuredly attempt to kill her regardless of what you gave him. And I welcome your judgment. cool

Having played the game a number of times more since my last post, most of my decisions remain the same but I've since decided Lucina ought not be allowed to kill me. This IS a fun choice to play with when you're her mother or her husband, though.