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Loki Laufeyson

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  1. Game has more in common with Game of Thrones than Harry Potter. The Officers Academy's dynamic is vastly different than Hogwarts'. The school is also a part of a religious organization. While the three houses, some aesthetic, and Rhea's role in the first half are similar to HP, thats where that similarity ends. 

    Agarthans are a like a weird amalgamation of the White Walkers/Others, and the Faceless Men with a dash of those spooky warlocks of Qarth. Edelgard is Daenerys Targaryen with the serial numbers filed off. (She even looks exactly like Dany!) Claude is similar to Jon Snow in ideology and being seen as an outsider. Dimitri is a Stark gone wrong, Count Glouscester is a watered down Tywin Lannister. Hell, Annette's time skip look looks like it was based on Sansa Stark! Not to mention that, outside of the Agarthans being Obviously Evil, everyone else can be seen in many different moral compass directions. Three Houses is basically GoT with the power of anime lol. 

  2. On 8/9/2022 at 11:07 AM, Fabulously Olivier said:

    Fair enough. But then one's opinion of Dimitri is going to depend on their opinions of him as a leader. And personally, I view him as the wrong leader for Fodlan. A man whose alleged ideals are held back for fear of rocking the boat, all because his nation has been repeatedly destabilized by the very types of people Edelgard and Claude want to get rid of.

    And how. He even says in Hopes, that reform is unnecessary. (See image) 

    i wal always put off by Dimitri, but that made me a bit...nauseous 

    On 8/9/2022 at 2:19 PM, Archeleon said:

    All I can say is that Three Hopes made me dislike Ignatz even more. Something about this guy that is just obnoxious to me.

    Thems fightin' words, lmao 

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  3. 10 hours ago, NolanBaumgartner said:
    11 hours ago, Matthew's apprentice said:

     

    Petra is supposed to be 15 pre-timeskip?

    Daaayum

    Shes 16 preskip. But yeah. I tend to like the older students/faculty myself. Hubert is like 20 when the game starts. Mercedes is 23 when the game starts. Ferdinand is about 19 etc. While i have romanced Edelgard and Claude on their respective routes, I vastly prefer other characters (despite me liking Byleth/Edelgard a lot). There are definitely characters i feel weird about romancing tho. 

  4. On 2/10/2020 at 8:16 AM, LJwalhout said:

    Edelgard, Rhea & Dimitri; The lack of nuance in discussions about these characters is what irritates me the most.

    Wow yes. In fact, its enraging. 

     

    I say Lorenz gets a bit too much undue hate. Makes me wonder if people just didnt bother reading his supports. His supports with Claude are some of the best ive seen in FE history. 

     

  5. Wait, theres even a question of why Flayn/Byleth is funky? You do not hook up with characters when they are students. Everyone is well over the age of 18, and look the part post skip. Flayn doesnt change. This is a clue to her true nature, but its also what turns people off. She stays pretty much an underage girl (dont give me that "shes really hella old" shite) visibly, and its freaking creepy to some folx to romance her. (For the record, i find romancing Sothis highly disturbing as well. Perhaps moreso) 

    Flayn is one of my favorite characters, but hell no im not marrying her. N o p e. Im no teenager, my Byleth is no teenager, im not gonna bonk a teenager. Especially considering Seteth is right there and perfect spouse material Ill be honest, i dont even like the idea of romancing Bernadetta be ause of how petite and young she looks. Even post skip. 

  6. On 2/17/2020 at 8:12 AM, Etheus said:

    I respect your opinions, but I don't share them.

     

    This. I dont share them at all. Fates was fun to play.....if you just skip the entirety of the story on any route. Gameplay wise, it was pretty versatile and Conquests maps were dope. Everything else? B i n. I t. *fog horn noise* I doubt ill be able to bring myself to replay Fates again. 

     

    The only beef i have with 3H, is the maps needed more variety. I think this is why Cindered Shadows was so bomb, because the maps were all different. The main game tends to recycle maps far too much. The unique ones really stand out. (Massive shout out to ch 17 of CF *chef's kiss*) Other than that, and only a couple minor quibbles with some story stuff, 3H just roflstomps. It took a great deal to dethrone FE7 as my favorite in series. The characters and interaction with them is fucking superb on 3H. The game's world feels real and organic given the building of it. It has a real history thats super interesting. And of course, my boi Seteth. 3H gave me what Fates failed to deliver: A story about perspectives, and moral dilemmas in which no main character is truly in the wrong. Choices that matter, characters that feel real, and a place to explore that feels like a real location. And battalions. I got the Game of Thrones style narrative that i was hoping for, but never got in Fates. 

  7. 1 hour ago, Etrurian emperor said:

    Seteth might have been the one if I hadn't gone out of my way to spare him. 

    Otherwise Hubert since he's one of my favorites. Actually its not so much killing him as finding out that Edelgard doesn't say a word about his death. Oof that's kinda painful for him. 

    I like the cut of your gib and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. 

    I refuse to kill Seteth and Flayn. Also, poor Hubie. I hate killing him too. Hes my non-Seteth husband 

  8. More pious characters (Ashe, Mercedes, Marianne, Ignatz, Seteth, and Flayn) are usually found in the cathedral. Especially in part 1. 

    Church route and possibly Golden Deer route, if you bring Seteth, Flayn, Dorothea, and Manuela to the Enbarr level, there's special dialogue and goodies. Seteth and Flayn, put them near the church on the map. Dorothea and Manuela, near the opera house. You might even gain a battalion! 

    Seteth and Flayn have VERY revealing dialogue if brought to two paralogues and attack the bosses. (Those paralogues being Lindhardt and Leonie's, and Claude's) Flayn's dialogue in those is hilarious. 

    Spoiler

    In the cutscene where you reunite with Edelgard on the church route, she and Byleth fight. She's wielding Seiros' sword, definitely clueing in that she indeed captured Rhea.

    Bernadetta is found out of her room throughout Crimson Flower route, but hides in it in the other routes. Meaning, she actually goes through more character growth on that route. 

    Flayn is superhyped when Byleth undergoes their hair and eye color changed. Its cute af. She mentions it more than you'd expect. 

     

  9. Im not getting how people think Bernie is being portrayed as a tropey ass joke, cuz thats not whats going on. The only support that is really painting her anxiety as funny, is hers with Hubert. Even then, he tries not to scare her, leading to an adorable A support that shows her making something for him. 

    Many of Bernie's supports have her discussing her trauma. Her support with Dorothea reveals she wasn't allowed to be friends with commoners and particularly heart wrenching story about a childhood friend being beaten. Her supports are sad more than funny. Id say shes handled rather well. 

  10. 21 hours ago, Crysta said:

    I have a feeling if they changed his haircut and removed his glasses, Ignatz would be much more popular in these things lol

    I have a feeling you right  ignatz is a huge sweetie, and it pains me that this wee almond isnt loved more.

    5 hours ago, Etrurian emperor said:

    I'm surprised Seteth wasn't able to carry Seteth. He's one of the better characters out there and while old its hard to claim he's not very handsome. His low placement puzzles me a bit. 

     

    B i g 

    M o o d

    but i am glad hes got popularity everywhere else. 

  11. Seteth is low, but...more for me! But honestly, he's stupid popular across the pond, probably due to his VA being a memelord p, and his character not being a pile of tropes. I have a feeling such a list would look rather different outside Japan. Claude is likely the most popular lord in the west, and people are gaga for Dorothea and Hilda. 

     

    I do like that my Hubie got in the top 20. I lurves himbs

  12. I didnt really dislike or have any real impressions of characters before i got the game. 

    Seteth became my favorite character somewhere near the final leg of my first ever run (GD) in the game. Can't really explain the process, but he is actually the best ever and id die for himb. 

    I think the really big one is Rhea. Now, initially, i really didnt care for her. Hell, it was well into my fifth run that i really began to understand this character. I think that's because i got to see her supports. They are a bit illuminating on the inner psyche of Rhea and reveal how lonely she is. (Big Spoilers for just about the entire game. Beware )

    Spoiler

    Rhea is a creature who has suffered painful loss, and was nearly driven completely mad by it. This is why she just loses it in the Crimson Flower route. There really arent any others that understand her. Her siblings are....in various forms of detached from her and her thoughts. Indech and Macuil had forsaken their humanity as Nabateans and went to dwell on the land as colossal beasts who cared not for mankind. Cichol and Cethleann had stolen themselves away to heal their own wounds. It woukd be centuries before they would return to Rhea. And by that time, she crafted a narrative for the chikdren of men, to hide the grisly truths of crests. To hide the fact Nabatea was different and that this difference led to resentment by the Agarthans. She painted a history of one of her greatest enemies, Nemesis, as a hero and his Ten Elites must be revered. All to prevent the Zanado tragedy to repeat itself. Seteth cannot quite fathom whats going on in Rhea's head, but they cling to each other as siblings of a nigh extinct race would. Rhea decided that the only way to ease her pain, was to try to bring Sothis back via the crest stone.

    while yes, initially, Rhea wished for Sothis to completely override Byleth's psyche, she becomes rather attached to Byleth as themself.  She wants to mother, sister, daughter, and even lover (if you get her S support) to Byleth. It's actually heartbreaking. Especially in routes where she doesn't survive.

    I really cant help but respect a character like that. Shes way deeper and complex than i really thought.

     

  13. 3 hours ago, Shoblongoo said:

    5% of any given general population is LGBT.  There really shouldn't be more than 2 or queer options in a cast of characters this size.  

    Like honestly--the number of gay pairings in this game is fine.

    And the number of lesbian pairings is over-inflated purely for appeal to male fantasy and the desire of straight male players to see more girl-and-girl.

    Wow. I just cant with this post. That is some rather gross presumption there, mate. Its also offensive to queer femmes who play this game. (Which there are quite a lot of) 

    you are kidding about this 5% shit, right? This is a video game world where no one so much as side eyes a same sex couple. A world which the potentially most important person in it, can marry someone of the same gender and people celebrate it. 

     

    Anyway, Claude should have been a bi option for Boyleth. Hes the sort who would have no compunctions on who he fell in love with. It just feels off that he isnt 

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