YES Ardyn will definitely be a good weird uncle -- he won't want anything to do with the twins' parents, but he will probably be fond of his nephews?! Even if there is some slight awkwardness if family is mentioned, he'll do his best not to remark about any of it around them... because why drag in more family drama? He's had his fill of that.

SO LET'S DO THE THING

I do have a question, though, re: surnames. Since, obviously, Ardyn's family name is Izunia and it's his brother that will be their father, are we going to have to figure out a way for them to retain their canon names? does anyone in the game even care about this sort of thing

if it comes down to it i can make it where ardyn legally changed his last name in a defiant gesture of distancing himself from his family even more