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So we have a list of datamined dlc emblems which seems to be verified, but it seems like that list might only show one name for emblems with multiple characters since it showed just Edelgard for the 3 house leaders. So I'm gonna hypothesize who might join that list

That same thing happened to me! I had them both, but it just disappeared early. I'm guessing it's bugged. It could be that the wrong date was listed, but I haven't seen any other paralogues that end earlier than they have to. The only paralogue I've seen with an early end date is Sothis's, but there's reason for that too

I think it's route exclusive, like Mercedes and Caspar Also there's a post timeskip Bernadetta and Petra paralogue. It gave me some unique battalions for them, but no relics. I did rout rather than arrive, so that might make a difference

I'd hazard a guess that you'd need Ingrid recruited to gain the lance. I didn't get it on BE with just Dorothea recruited, but I'm doing a BL route now so we'll see

I also ordered from gamestop(thankfully not cancelled), but the cashier on hand mentioned that Nintendo had started underselling to them (since Octopath Traveller). So it might actually be Nintendo at fault, rather than Gamestop itself

Yeah, so you have to spend time tutoring them in that specific skill. There's three stars, but we aren't actually sure if it only takes three times to change (I think I remember someone mentioning that they saw a video of Hubert being tutored, and the first two times fill stars, but the third time didn't). It could also differ depending on the character too Edit: as for order, it just depends on how early you want those characters to use those skill levels. The only obvious one to do from the beginning is Dorothea, because her natural path is as a mage, and it'll be better if she has access to more magic.

It's definitely subtext- But it's all done in a way that makes ambiguous if they're in a romantic or friendly. So ultimately they leave it up to the player's interpretation, but it's certainly subtext And having one (per gender) for each house would be the logical option, plus it would mean a required minimum of same sex options. Though currently, the only entirely straight house is Golden Deer (which I find ironic because so many of their members can easily be read as queer or fitting

It could still be useful to have Byleth as a monk. You won't have an increase to magic, but it would allow you to raise reason during battles, which is the best way to raise skills for Byleth Basically yes. You could also work to increase your support levels with her, which would decrease the skill and stat requirements

Lysithea's is definitely worth it, Dorothea's is nice and can be beneficial, but you'll probably prefer just having her Faith change to a strength rather than use the skill itself that much

Dismounting actually reduces speed. For a pegasus knight at least, we can see a speed -2 and move -2. No idea how that compares to dismounting for other classes or if move is always reduced to just 4 either

I think Soulblade and Ice Lance are really good for Lysithea and Marianne/Hubert as well, since it gives them magic based combat arts for those weapons. The couple different sealing combat arts also look like they could be useful. Really the only one that seems unhelpful is Edelgard's because

Here's a list of all of them https://serenesforest.net/three-houses/characters/budding-talents/

Apparently there's also a kind of time requirement- so you can't just overlevel Byleth to get them.

Since it's normal, you could grind battles to raise supports. So, yes it definitely is, it just might not be fun. It could be really easy and not require grinding since there's functions like tea parties and lost items, but we don't know how much it takes to raise a support level. We also don't know how much the arrows will affect how long it takes to raise support levels

You're right about them being trolls of course, but they're still homophobic trolls. They obviously don't represent the majority of people on this site, and I'm sorry if I suggested otherwise. As for the PM, I also have no idea why he decided to send ti to me. It was very strange and long As for Dorothea

Honestly it's so awful. It's the reason that I tend to avoid talking about it outside of LGBT-focused groups, simply because there's so much homophobia in some parts of this community. And even in those groups, I've seen some blatant lesbophobia because of the different amounts of supports. Including some person who decided that the lesbian reviewer who first revealed the same sex S supports was just lying because she was a lesbian? Not really sure how that thought process worked. And yeah Serenes Forest is generally good, though we've had the occasional person who came into this thread to say that we need to stop talking about same sex relationships because "it's not the main focus of the game." Even had one person private message me to say he was homophobic, among other things (though that message emerged from a different thread discussing the need for representation and people complaining that was the reason games had bad stories)

Well it's official then- Felix will be my dancer

I believe you can raise supports with all characters before you can recruit them (since supposedly raising support with them makes it easier to recruit them). No idea if they have to be recruited to bring them to prom though

I've seen people think that the way it gets chosen depends on their close allies screen on the info panel

How would the average scores for Others look if Cyril was removed or has Aptitude as a personal skill?

Nintendo was specifically talking about Byleth's same sex options. And the options themselves can't just all be clustered together: there's a fairly obvious reason we're distinguishing between f/f and m/m. It does actually have to do with their marketing, since they specifically made an announcement about it. It's clearly an attempt to draw queer people into buying the game. They didn't give anything more so that we would make those assumptions to entice us more. It's not a lie, but it's certainly framed in a particular way. The clickbait article did create an issue, but this reaction would have still been the same and is honestly separate from that reaction. Also, the content leaking beforehand only means that our reactions happen before the game comes out. This same reaction would be happening during release if this info hadn't been leaked. The context might change, but the overall argument is still there.

Two bros chilling in their graves, five feet apart cause they're not gay @Timlugia I believe you can only have one S support, as it appears to lead directly to Byleth's paired ending. Other characters don't get S supports between each other, so we don't know how those endings are chosen among the multiple A supports. I've heard two theories- one is that it's predetermined (like Chrom's list of marriage supports) and the other is based on the close allies list on their info screen