#dimitri: what’s wrong with a bit of murder???
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Rant incoming!
Okay, so I apologize for my language in the following post, and I disclaim that I have NOT seen the entire show, but only a compilation on YouTube and read the summarizes on Fandom.com
So, be warned, because this is going to be ugly!
I fucking LOVE the book series Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead.
I read them in English and in German, I have the audiobooks in both languages and the comics to it. I recently read the best FanFiction I have ever read about my favorit ship Rose/Dimitri (Romitri) called "The Ties that Bind Us" by @hiccuppedstudio , and it is one of the very, very few books, shows or movies where I don't have the burning need to write a fix-it, because the books are perfect in my eyes.
I liked the movie from 2014 well enough, even though it was a bit faster than the books. I can understand that and I fully accept that.
What i can't and won't understand and accept is that bullshit motherfucking series from 2022 which I just masochistically (otherwise i have no explanation why I sat through those 7min) skimmed on YouTube.
And don't get me wrong, it is not because they decided to cast people that don't look like the characters from the book. I couldn't care less if I can vibe with them and the story.
BUT, and here comes my full-blown inner Rumpelstizken out to play, what I HATE is when they not slightly change a plot, but fuck the entire thing up with no shame or decency or honor or respect for the source material what so ever!
you CAN'T put the content of 5 (i don't know if they added the sixth as well) books into 10 episodes, no matter how long they are.
you CAN'T try to establish characters, a forbidden romance, a stalker and kidnapper, a very traumatic death of your best friend, the murder of your ship, the 'I have to go and kill the man I love', the restoration of that man and the murdering of the leader of that society within 10 fucking episodes, just to end it with a: \(o.o)/ meh
you CAN'T just fuck something out of existence that is as vital as Dimitri's restoration and redemption to the entire plot of the fifth and sixth book because of… reasons.
you CAN'T just kick out a turn of events (Dimitri turning Strigoi and Rose going to Siberia to kill him, and everything that it entails) when it is THAT VITAL to not only three books, but also to the character development of ALL THE MAIN CHARACTERS!
I fuck you not, I have another ten reasons on what that shitshow of a show fucked up, but I fear that if I go on, I'll bit into my screen, and I am not even exaggerating!
Now, seriously, who the FUCK decided to do that!?
The books are awesome – like I said – and I can only recommend them to each and every one who likes BAMF main character, and doesn't automatically think that vampire means sparkling disco ball!
BUT! The show was not made for the 'normal' consumers; it was made for the fans, because the books are relatively old (2007 was the first volume released) and the producers/directors/screenwriters dared to try and sell us shit on a paper plate and then asked us to clap
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Scarlet Blaze Ch 11
Sorry this is taking forever, but here's ch 11.
MAIN STORY
Oh, shit, do we have to fight Gilbert next? AND ANNETTE? This suuukkkkks. It especially sucks since you know they didn't have a choice but to risk their lives just defending themselves.
Annette is so precious. Fuck. I don't want to fight her.
Gilbert being a good daddy though 😭😭😭😭
At least CF was entertaining. SB is a giant snoozefest where I have to kill all my favorites.
Man, they all sound like psychopaths. They're all super excited to go kill people who are just defending themselves. Even Dorothea's only worried about marriage.
MAP/SIDE STUFF
Shez just said that everyone who gets killed in the war "is standing in our way." Imagine comparing self-defense to "getting in our way." Yikes for that characterization compared to how concerned GW!Shez is about Claude's aggressive decisions.
Lamo, Mercedes is like wtf am I doing here fighting the Kingdom and Annie?
Aww, Marianne (and Dorothea) are like the only two who realize they're fighting other people and not just being all murder happy like the rest.
Dimitri just got put on par with Holst and Caspars dad by Balthis, kind of, unofficially best Kingdom warrior?
We're addressing the Ferdinand and Hubert subplot again. Which is good. It's by far the most interesting part of SB. Though, it's just a repeat of what we've seen from it before.
Ok, they're adding some different stuff which is interesting. Bringing up that even if Fredie's dad tried to retire and stay out of Edelgard's way, that he would still have to die because of what he symbolizes. Hubert and Ferdinand disagree on whether people like Mr. Aegir can get a second chance (as in, can you when you've become a symbol).
This is especially interesting to me in regards to what happens to Rhea, Dimitri, and Claude if they surrender to Edelgard and become her puppets. Basically, Hubert is saying that, no matter what, they'd have to die because anyone who would rebel would use (fill in here) as a symbol of their resistance. Claude may be the sole exception here because he can scoot off to Almyra, but it's very obvious that Rhea and Dimitri (and their staunch allies) are fighting for their lives, because even if we're generous and say Edelgard would spare them and give them life worth living (i.e. not locked up), Hubert would most certainly have them assassinated.
Which also brings up another point. People always talk about how it's wrong/bad for Dimitri to try and spare Edelgard at the end of AM because what kind of life would she live? But always praise Edelgard for trying to spare Rhea towards the end of CF but no one - not a single soul - asks what kind of life would Rhea live? I gotta make my own post about that.
SB is really gonna be - kill yo dad, the route. Ironic since I played this the day after Father's Day.
I have to fight Sylvain 😭
SHEZ & MANUELA A SUPPORT
Manuela is flirting with Shez lol. He said he liked her voice and she pushed him with like "is that all" until he talked about her looks lamo
Aww, Shez actually likes her hungover side. Saying he likes warrior her, singer her, healer her, and drunk her. That's kinda cute, actually
Shez said that he can't keep his eyes off her. Laying it on a bit thick. And said she's more attractive now than she was younger haha.
Yeah, Shez, I have no idea how she was supposed to see that in any other way lol.
HUBERT & LYSITHEA B SUPPORT
Hubert finds Lysithea studying at night and teases her about ghosts. She runs away.
The Imperial Army is a bunch of children who don't want to eat their veggies. This is 100% cannon. Hubert orders guards to sneak them into soups for the soldiers actually get their veggies. I cannot. (though, imagine the privilege, Faerghus could never)
Lysithea freaks out because she ate veggies.
Veggies are legitimately delicious though. I don't know what the Imperial Army's problem is.
EDELGARD & MONICA A SUPPORT
Guys, I'm so excited. A Monica support. I wonder what she'll talk about.
Monica counts how many times Edelgard worried about her and invited her to tea. I just . . . no.
This support was pure cringe.
I love how "Kingdom bad" because they're willing to die to defend their homes, family, friends, and everything and anything else they've loved from invaders, but Monica is to be admired because she's oh so loyal to Edelgard that even in when Edelgard leaves her for dead, it's a happy moment for Monica because it helps Edelgard's cause. Like . . . double standard much?
PETRA & CONSTANCE C SUPPORT
Constance is something else. She confronts Petra because Petra's dad invaded and it led to the demise of Constance's everything.
I enjoy supports that address conflict, but girl, that was not Petra's fault. Don't take it out on her.
Oh, good, she's not. She recognizes that Petra's people suffered, and that neither of them were involved, so there's no bad blood.
Then she hahahas and leaves. Lamo, this made me love Constance.
Petra doesn't get a chance to say she agrees and seeks out Constance, but finds her in the sunlight, and needlessly to say, is very confused.
MAIN BATTLE
Hubert and Edelgard just said submit or die.
Wow, Linhardt is like I wish the nobles would think about all the people who they're forcing to fight. The lack of self-awareness is astounding.
Ferdinand can join the "lack of self-awareness club" for acting like it's the Kingdom causing the violence.
Baron Dominic opened the gate, risking his defenses to rescue soldiers. Hubert judged him. But we're supposedly the good guys. I swear the writing goes out of it's way to make the Kingdom look good.
Fuck. I have to fight Gustave :( He dead :( Poor Annette.
FUCK. Now I have to fight Annette.
Fuck this route. Ingrid, Rodrigue, Gustave, and now Annette - all dead.
Even Baron Dominic's death is making me sad. None of the Empire generals get this kind of humanization when they die lol.
Edelgard and Hubert sound insane. Edelgard's acting like their deaths were inevitable because of their lineage (when they would've been just fine if not for her actions), and Hubert's like he's happy to die so it doesn't matter. What a bunch of looney tunes.
Edelgard just said whoever wins gets to decide what's right. I mean, victors do write the history but yikes at the implications.
So deep - "we're up against the world itself." Sounds like a teenage edge-lord wrote this lamo.
We got crusher. Joy. Did they pry it out of Annette's dead hands?
Oh, joy, more backtracking. Revolts in the Empire. I thought we were out of the backtracking era and into kill every Blue Lion era.
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I’m gonna put on my nerd glasses for a second to talk about something I find weird with a particular user making the rounds. A while ago, I answered an ask proposing the possibility that Edelgard wasn’t meant to be a villain in 3H by pointing to the myriad of ways the story both directly and indirectly tells the player that she is, even with all of the uwu waifu bait moments dragging down her overall quality of character. The user in question, which I’ll be calling Dolphin, responds with this:
Even setting aside the brazen ableism of “this mentally ill person would totally murder their loved ones because they’re crazy” - even though, um, fucking yikes - it’s just so... completely irrelevant to anything that I said or was brought up. I point out things that objectively did happen in 3H - Dolphin responds by bringing up what they think an unrelated character would do in a hypothetical that never even appears in the game. We as the player are not privy to ever actually seeing any character, let alone Dimitri specifically, directly interact with a spouse of any kind on-screen - the most we are given are the end cards that are essentially our last look into the character in question’s life (and, well, look at that Dimitri does not, in fact, do what Dolphin think he’d do - shocking, I know).
But Dolphin is using this nonexistent hypothetical as part of their grounds for their actual argumentation. They think that Dimitri would do this thing in this setting that never happens in the game, therefore that adds onto the (implicit) idea that he is in fact the bad guy. And not only that, it adds onto the idea that describing Edelgard as a villain over Dimitri is wrong, because Dolphin thinks Dimitri would hypothetically beat his wife in a fit of rage or delusion should the opportunity to do so ever come up.
I could have just as easily said “I could see Edelgard as the kind of woman who would throw slurs at POC who slightly annoy her.” Or I could have said “You know, I think Raphael and his family are secretly Nabateans and he uses the front of a simple young man to hide safely amongst humans - he’s not dumb at all, he invented color contacts to hide his green eyes!” Or I could have slammed my feet against my keyboard and posted whatever garbled mess comes as a result. All of these responses would have been as related to the topic as Dolphin throwing their extremely subjective headcanon into the discussion at hand.
So arguing with this sort of person and getting anything of actual note out of the discussion is just not feasibly possible, because at any moment they will pull out their subjective opinion during a talk about the objective events of the game. And not to make a point about why they, personally, do or don’t like a particular aspect of the game, but to prop it as part of their objective assessment (the front liner of their assessment, no less). Even, again, setting aside the ableism, as well as the general hyper-focus on sexuality seemingly being a determinant factor in a character’s status as villain or Not Villain - there is no point in arguing with this person. They do not care to actually talk about the game, its characters, its themes, its writing, or anything like that; being a bit mean here, it seems like they just want to say words into the air hoping to find a Polo to their Marco.
Sorry, Dolphin, that I can’t bring myself to really care about what you’re saying
#anti edelgard#Anti-edelgard#edelgard critical#edelgard discourse#just to be safe#like omega safe lmao#it's like if we were talking about how chlorophyl makes grass green and someone else walked in and said that grass tastes like chicken#like even ignoring the bizarre statement we. weren't talking about that#it shows off how little they actually care to partake in an actual discussion because they'll just fuckin'. ignore what you're talking abou
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Man, if I had a nickel for everytime a godly/divine group was called colonizers that deserves to die primarily by a niche of people trying to justify the morally questionable/lacking decisions of a fan fave character, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but it's weird it's happened twice right?
That's been playing on a loop in my head ever since all this kicked up. (Especially relevant given the lunatic who's been running around claiming the Nabatean genocide was good and that all white people should die and then pulling Schrödinger's Joke when called out.) Fortunately, Imogen is a genuinely compelling character played by a real human woman rather than a cobbled-together mess written by a group of conservative corporate men who desperately want her to appeal to adolescent boys—but the "I support women's wrongs <3 unless I actually have to deal with their implications in the narrative" fan crowd functions the same for both.
And I know you didn't really ask about my thoughts on Imogen (TLDR: I enjoy her in canon a million times more than in fanon), but I had some:
To be clear, I like Imogen a lot! She's kind-hearted and irritable; caring and withdrawn; moral and cynical; clever and impatient; protective and ruthless. She does everything in her power to keep her friends safe, but she still looks at their murderers and wonders (in front of her friends!) if they have a point. She wants to keep innocents out of harm's way, but she doesn't seem to clock that the people of Gelvaan might be wary of her because she almost killed some of them. She never asked for her powers and is sometimes afraid of herself because of them, but she's also intrigued by what they can do and won't hesitate to use them for what are sometimes, in the scheme of things, rather petty reasons.
All of that is good—not because her unpleasant actions are excusable, but because they say something interesting about her as a person. And in order for unpleasant actions to actually say anything, they have to have actually been unpleasant, rather than handwaved away under mountains of blorbofied excuses.
It's the same with Percy, where in order to engage with him fully as a character I have to actually acknowledge that he's both a deeply flawed and deeply virtuous person who helped resurrect a child he'd never met and knowingly gave a cursed sword to his friend. Or, to bring it back to FE3H for a second, I wrote this meta a few months ago about why I find Claude to be more compelling than Dimitri, and the summary of it is that I actually enjoy the moments where Claude acts like kind of a dick because they're very grounded and it fleshes out his character—but I have to actually acknowledge that Claude was acting like kind of a dick before I can really appreciate that facet of him.
Plenty of criticism aimed at Imogen is just thinly-veiled misogyny, but some of it is also criticism that's been leveled at Percy, Vax, Caleb, and Fjord, so that's clearly not the only reason behind it. A fair bit of the complaints we're hearing (Main Character Syndrome, why is it all about them, [player] is hogging the spotlight, etc) are, at the end of the day, usually more rooted in "well why isn't it about my blorbo/escapism experience!". Ultimately though, the difference between the good- and bad-faith criticism is that every single person I've seen actually engaging with realistic implications of Imogen's flaws absolutely loves her and isn't at all shy about saying so.
I mean, y'know, people can engage with fandom however they want—but if you're only willing to grapple with negative emotions as far as "oh i made myself sad :(", you're going to have a very difficult time when someone else's choices make you a lot more than sad.
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[Y/n and the Twins are thrown into the Nimbasa PD holding cell after an incident at one of the casinos, where a woman rushed passed them almost knocking Y/n down.
the woman drops her bag in the process and Emmet picks the bag up calling out to the woman, only for a scary amount of alcohol & poker chips to fall out of the bag! Next thing they know, Y/n and the twins are surrounded by security and hauled off to jail for suspicion of robbery.
The police chief believes that they’re innocent, but until they can get the footage from the casino the three are stuck there. While moping about this the chief’s wife comes in and while hugging her husband the wife looks at the guard standing in front of Y/n and the Twins cell.
With bedroom eyes she blows him a kiss and winks, Ingo looks on with a grimace while Y/n and Emmet’s jaws drop at boldness of the wife. Their Guard smirks gives the wife a wink and a nod than stands up a bit straighter when the Chief, whose completely unaware turns to look at the stunned detainees and assures them they’ll be out soon.
Cut to an hour later The roommates are watching their guard and the chief’s wife vigorously making out in full view of their cell.]
Chief’s Wife: *breathless* Aron stop!
Guard *aka Aron*: Melissa your trembling, what’s wrong?
Melissa: Ian’s getting getting suspicious! You know he’s been asking questions at the city hall! We have to get out of here!
*Ingo rolls his eyes, While Emmet and Y/n follow them completely enthralled.*
Aron: … And say goodbye to all that money? I don’t think so.
*grabs Melissa’s hands*
Aron: We just need to bide our time.
Melissa: *slaps Aron hands away* How can I trust you Aron? when you haven’t even told Charlene about us yet?!
Aron: *appalled* have a heart Mellissa, the woman’s still in a coma!
*Melissa scoffs and looks away, Emmet and Y/n jaws drops, Ingo couldn’t care less.*
Y/n: *whispering in disbelief* a coma?
{Ingo lays down on the cell’s bunkbed, Cue Ian walking in, Aron runs to the break room.}
Ian: Hi Honey! *Melissa smiles innocently at him*
Ian: *dropping the nice act* I just got back from the mayor’s office, he thinks he going to kill our little real estate deal...
Melissa: We can’t let him do that, what about those pictures of him and that masseuse?
Ian: There on their way to the news papers right now... We’re gonna destroy the old bastard!
Melissa: Perfect, Now all we have to worry about is Old man Jenkins... Maybe we should send your friend Eric to pay him a visit?
[They giggle to each other as another officer brings a man who hurries into the cell and stands next to Emmet and Y/n excitedly.]
Man: What did I miss? *Ingo shakes his head and pretends to nap*
[later, Y/n, Emmet and their new friend are enticed listening to Ian tell Melissa a tragic story of his past, while Ingo pulls his hat over his face still seemingly ignoring everything.]
Ian:... And as I pulled her from the wreckage, She was so..*chokes up* d-disfigured, that I didn’t even know... It was my own sister! *breaks down crying*
Melissa: Don’t worry, Dimitri is the finest reconstructive surgeon in the Unova!
Emmet: *whisper* Who’s Dimitri?
Man: *whisper* He’s the head doctor at Castalia Medical, him and Melissa had an affair last year then he-
Ian: SHUT UP IN THERE!
*The three jump away from the bars startled, as Ian breaks down crying again.*
[later.]
Melissa:[to Aron and Ian] We can still pull this off!
Aron: You’ll never get passed the DNA test Melissa, Even you’re lies aren’t going to be enough this time!
Ian: But Aron If you didn’t buy the mining rights, Than who did?
Aron: Don’t either of you see what’s going on? the perpetrator who bought the mining rights, is the same person who stole Ms. Margret’s diamond brooch.
[Emmet, Y/n and the man look at each other slack-jawed, Ingo still pretending to nap cocks a brow.]
Aron: They're also the same person who framed Nathan for Andre's murder that horrid night! And that person’s name is...
Prison Guard: Okay Missy you and Your buddies are free to go.
Y/n and Emmet: Awww...
Ingo: *jumps off his bunk outraged* What?!
Prison Guard: Move it.
[Y/n and Emmet comply while dragging a protesting and struggling Ingo behind them.]
Ingo: No! Five more minutes, You can’t just do this to me now! dammit!
Y/n: C’mon Ingo, Don’t make this harder than it has to be.
Emmet: Yeah you’re acting a baby.
Ingo:(ignoring them) It was the mayor right? or Thurston?! No no The janitor...Wait no he’s Ian’s amnesic brother! Ekk!
[Gets yanked out the police station by Emmet, while Ian, Melissa and Aron look at him like he's insane.]
#S: malcolm in the middle#pokemon incorrect quotes#submas#roommate au#subway boss ingo x reader#platonic! Subway boss Emmet#subway boss emmet#subway boss ingo#fem reader#long post
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Thursday, 15 June 2023
Yesterday, Megan stuffed an unconscious EJ into the not-at-all secret room and past experience told me to brace myself for at least a week of him in there.
But what’s this?! He’s escaped already! And he’s racing upstairs to warn Stefan about Megan’s plans to kill him!
But oh no! It’s too late! Stefan is lying face-down on his bed with a knife in his back!
Oh. Wait. It was allll a dreeeeam! I want to be mad at them for falling back on this old gimmick, but we get at least one of these a month. And way more than that if Nicole is feeling particularly guilty about something.
For a change, though, she isn’t. She is, however, concerned about the whereabouts of EJ, who made an enormous deal about finding the best doctors his considerable fortune could afford to assist Nicole with her pregnancy. “So, like, have you seen him around or anything?” Nicole asks Stefan (whose stab-status is, it turns out, Not Stabbed). Stefan replies with a very sensible “that guy just recently told me to go fuck myself so, as far as I’m concerned, he is the one who can go and do that thing. To himself.”
Megan, meanwhile, reconvenes with Li for another round of Evil Genius and Extremely Vacant Mouth Breather.
The writers even tried this weird thing where Li was the dominant one in the conversation. Experiments like that are why I prefer the well-worn cliches, guys. Megan intends to re-brainwash Harris Michaels to do her dirty work, and Li’s part in all of this is to bring Dr. Rolf to Salem. And you know, I was wondering if we were expected to believe that Li would be smart or capable enough of killing anyone. But “having someone’s phone number” is something he can probably manage!
Speaking of Harris… apparently, he’s reconsidered Kate’s offer (to take a bunch of Kate’s money in exchange for the murder of Megan).
And while I was loosening my vocal chords to shout at the show for jerking us around on this, he clarifies: he won’t kill Megan. But he will make her go away. Presumably to an island or something. Maybe like the one Kristen kidnapped Sara and Abigail to that one time.
Kate is a little skeptical about all of this not-murdering talk, but she comes around eventually.
Back at the DiMera Crib, Kristen is impressed with the write-up that Gwen did of Dimitri. “Great job dialing up the fake charm,” she says. But Dimitri says he’s actually kinda into Gwen and I hope this is true because Gwen deserves to have nice things. Then I noticed that fruit bowl.
Computer. Isolate and enhance.
WHAT THE ACTUAL COMPLETE AND ENTIRE FUCK? DO THE DIMERAS PUT SLICED BANANAS INTO THEIR FRUIT BOWL? HOW DO THEY NOT INSTANTLY TURN BROWN, NOT TO MENTION ATTRACTING THOUSANDS OF FRUIT FLIES?! THIS CANNOT POSSIBLY BE A THING, EVEN FOR EXTREMELY WEALTHY PEOPLE!
Ahem. Sorry.
Then Kristen goes into some detail about her sinister plans, which essentially boil down to getting her daughter back by hiring Sloan Peterson, who by all accounts is a pretty good lawyer. And to win Sloan over, she’ll need some special vintage of champagne (?) for some reason (??), which takes her into the secret passage that also happens to be the DiMera wine cellar…
And oh look, there’s EJ tied to a chair. Well, maybe I was wrong about this taking an entire week!
Megan returns home and runs into Stefan. She makes some extremely unsubtle puns about burning up his proposal and strongly hints that he might not be alive soon. Stefan, being the good-natured fellow that he is, shrugs this off and goes about his business.
Then she sees Dimitri, who casually mentions that Kristen went into the wine passage to get a bottle.
Once he leaves, Megan performs the most delightful comedic scamper (one of Amanda’s favorite types of physical comedy) to the secret entrance. This screencap does not do it justice but also I’m not going to the trouble of making a GIF.
Kristen is in the process of untying EJ…
…but she’s too late. Megan arrives with a gun.
And when we come back to this bit, they’re both tied up now. AND THEY WILL BE FOR ABOUT A WEEK. I know what the fuck I’m talking about here, people!
Gwen, meanwhile, is chatting with Leo about that Dimitri story.
Leo suggests that perhaps Dimitri was dialing up the fake charm to get something out of Gwen (like perhaps good PR). Gwen counters with “but what if he’s actually kinda into me?”
Then Dimitri shows up with flowers. Because Gwen deserves nice things!
Stefan runs into Li in the town square. The two have what should be a tense and bittersweet conversation about Li signing Gabi’s divorce papers and Stefan’s impending marriage to her. But, as with any of Li’s scene partners, Stefan ends up doing all the heavy lifting here. Li is not a good actor, if I haven’t made this abundantly clear already. He’s very pretty. But that is the only item on the “things Li is good at” list.
Okay, I guess he’s also good at having that one guy’s phone number. So, two things.
At the hospital, Nicole tries to reach EJ once again and once again she is unable to. Am I… starting to feel a little sympathy for Nicole right now?!
Then she gets a text from EJ apologizing profusely for not being able to make it to their appointment. Not pictured: the second text that says “P.S. This definitely isn’t Megan using the phone she took off of EJ, who is tied to a chair across from his sister, who is also tied to a chair.”
Then Megan puts EJ’s phone down.
And discovers Harris waiting for her outside the secret room!
And okay, honestly? There are like 10 different ways I can think of for this to go. This was a very good cliffhanger, and it’s not even Friday. But they’d better follow directly up with this tomorrow and not… I don’t know, cut away to an all-Johnny and Li episode or something.
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Claude, although subtle, DOES have character development. It’s most noticeable in his support with Cyril.
Edelgard, if you ask me, is the one whose character arc needs serious improvement.
I should mention… Verdant Wind was my first route, Azure Moon my second, and Crimson Flower my third.
Verdant Wind-Edelgard made a BAD first impression on me by the end.
Azure Moon-Without spoiling anything… I ended up hating her EVEN MORE after this route.
Crimson Flower prompted SOME thought… and I ultimately decided it did NOT redeem her in my eyes. She comes off less as changing for the better and more as being prevented from changing for the worse. That dialogue you mention about her relaxing her views on the church rings hollow considering this is the only route where the church is more or less completely dismantled, vs reforming on other routes. She overall comes off as remaining static, with her character not changing much, if at all. Not to mention that the story seemingly goes out of its way to ensure her misinformed view of Fodlan history is never challenged. (Which feels more sue-ish to me.)
It’s also kinda funny that you claim Claude’s flaws never screw him over when, in fact, they DO screw him over in any route outside his own! And it’s heavily implied he only really succeeds in his route because he has Byleth on his side. Also… pretty sure his cheerful attitude is a cover for his pain.
Although, I suppose without knowing if you’ve played Azure Moon, or your thoughts on it if you have, I can’t form a full opinion on your thoughts. So I’ll just wait and see.
(BTW, the TRUE Mary Sue in the overall Three Houses canon is Three Hopes!Dimitri)
Okay, before I go anywhere with this, i want to say that I appreciate that you took your time to come and explain yourself to me. Very rarely do I get something like this and instead get preaching to the choir or really bad arguments that don't do shit. So thanks for putting in so much time and effort.
1- I can't deny or affirm this since I didn't GET Cyril in my run. And from what I remember- Claude acts a little more trusting and his facade is more truthful by the end. That doesn't help that Claude is still the guy who gets the most hopeful route when he presents less vulnerability.
2- While I do understand this and I am not going to argue for her on any kind of objective basis here- I do have to say that the Church being dismantled doesn't make her relaxing her views come across as less hollow to me. This kind of stuff would go beyond just the Church since the real problem is the tramua she suffered rather than the Church's issues. Also I can't really think of a way to change it so the Church stays since you need Rhea and Seteth/Flaynn around still. And no fucking way can Edelgard pull off the shit she does and they stick around.
2.5- Going to the history bit- I can understand that. She isn't being challenged here properly and I get that. But my issues with Claude weren't fully detailed in my post so sorry about that.
Another of my big issues is just what was revealed in Verdant Wind: The history of Foldlan, the relics and Rhea's past. This is all stuff that should have been at least shared with the other routes, ESPECIALLY Silver Snow since...you know...that's RHEA'S route and the final boss is NEMESIS, her mother's murderer? Of all the places to have the Agarthans and Nemesis show up, Claude, the guy least affected by them, gets to fight them.
As far as I know, you don't get to get revenge on them for killing Edelgard's family and torturing her, shattering Dimitri's mind and ruining Rhea's life. No, CLAUDE gets the fight.
Again, I could be wrong. My personal experience lacks Azure Moon and Silver Snow. And I know this is emotional and stupid as all hell. But...fucking hell, it REALLY feels like the developers realized Claude was the weakest Lord in terms of character and then shoved the backstory into his route to give you a reason to fight with him.
3- Yeah, the problem there is that from what I've seen, other characters drop their masks but Claude never really does. Just once, can he not have a smile on his face.
And- You'll have to explain how Claude keeping up a facade fucks him over in Crimson Flower. Best I could get there is that without Byleth, Claude's fakeness means no one will rally behind him. Which...doesn't get that much focus compared to Dimitri.
4- I haven't and my memories of Verdant Wind and Crimson Flower are a bit distant since I took about a year to revisit this game. This is kind of why I would like for you to explain the bits about Claude like you did against Edelgard.
Just as well- my thoughts here are just that. My thoughts, not an actual analysis of Three Houses and the routes. In that sense, Claude's route is perfectly functional and works well as a contrast to the more dour routes along with fitting his rouge-like aesthetic and the Golden Deer's more cheerful tone. (That...might just be because of Rapheal though). Claude's development isn't obvious and upfront but it doesn't need it. In fact, Claude's upbeat demeanor is something that can't really be filled by anyone else in the route and is necessary for the tone and unique identity of Verdant Wind. So he works perfectly fine here on an objective level.
You really shouldn't take what I said before as any actual judgement on his character. That was me summing up my year old thoughts on a route I personally didn't like.
Oof, kinda ranted a bit in my earlier ask.
If it makes you feel better, Three Hopes has some… opportunities to vent your frustrations with Claude.
No problem, man. I clearly touched a frayed nerve there and I know all too well the feeling. I should have explained myself better if I didn't want to get a rant after all.
And...if that's a reference to killing Claude, I don't really want that. I want Claude to be vulnerable or for me to snark at him for making jokes about poisoning others. Like dude, I know it's a joke but the fucking diplomats won't care. Probably a good thing I paired him with Ingrid- She can act as the resident Claude translator.
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SB exists to guilt those in Faerghus who are just trying to defend their homeland. There's really nothing more deep than that. Make the victims feel guilty for daring to oppose the Waifu red emperor conqueror trying to invade them. That's legit the only reason Shez says that to Ashe about "wHY yOU make Lonato FeeL bAd?"
It really is sad how both games and in Hopes two routes just make them seem terrible for defending their home. I appreciate that Claude eventually is a bit pissed that they didn't even consider why Dimitri was fighting because they were too focused on finding Rhea in the battle and that they need to consider Dimitri too, but I hate that most of the time they're made out to be "wrong" for fighting back.
I understand that Rhea being there means they have to get past the Kingdom, but like Dimitri and his retainers said, they had the choice to shield her and fight the Empire or submit their lands to the Empire. They knew all along Edelgard was out for conquest and knew what would happen if they didn't fight back. Out of nowhere their only choices were to surrender their territory and laws to the Empire, or to protect the Church's people who had never wronged them and only ever assisted them during troubling times. Either way they already had a shitty decision to make and I've actually seen people say Dimitri chose to be part of the war. Like, no, he chose to fight back because it's not fair for them to lose their lands/their authority to the Empire for doing absolutely nothing to the Empire. He could've left Rhea and her people to fend for themselves, but the Empire would eventually still attack them, as proven by them attacking Leicester who was not shielding the Church's people.
I would understand more if it was written to be directly from the Empire's perspective, like, them framing them as being at fault because "your land used to be the Empire's land", but all the routes kind of portray it as "Faerghus BaD because they respect themselves and their home and don't think deserve this". SB is just the most notorious about it and makes Dimitri out to be a villain for... doing absolutely nothing. He was minding his business and working on internal affairs while the Empire and Alliance were going at it. He could've taken a side and just joined in to help Claude's side, but he didn't. He stayed out of it as much as possible and only defended when attacked.
That line from Shez was just atrocious to me lol. Everyone knows Lonato was a turncoat and that should be reason enough for everyone to understand why Ashe wanted to fight. It had nothing to do with making Lonato feel bad. If Lonato felt bad about it then that's on him and he had to have known that was a risk for his choices when his own son was a royal knight for the king that he was betraying. Ashe made a decision based on Lonato's pre-existing decision.
Honestly besides for Shez being questionable sometimes, Empire Shez is... like I said before, kind of a psycho and a huge manipulator. Convincing Ashe he's in the wrong for fighting for his homeland and king is awful, and Empire Shez also wants to murder Claude who is also just defending his home from the Empire and have him be a trophy for the Empire because Empire Shez just wants money even if it means killing the guy who was very kind to you two years ago.
I don't feel like I'm being bias toward the Kingdom when I say this, but Faerghus Shez is the one who seems to have actual friendships and genuinely cares for the people around them. Like, most of the time when I point things out about Faerghus it's not based on a pre-existing bias, but that that bias comes into existence because they're the more humane people. I hate how it's the good, humane people who get made out to sound like villains for fighting back and not just letting someone take over their country.
By those standards, the irl war going on right now is like, these people are wrong for defending their home against their invader and should just let themselves be conquered because ??? Pooface wants to conquer so they should just let themselves be conquered ???
Like... that's not how it works lol, if you get attacked you fight back. People defending themselves against invasion is not wrong and it's disgusting for Faerghus to be treated that way. If it was an irl situation it would not be treated that way and that's literally happening in real time irl. Right now what's happening is no different than Faerghus being invaded by the Empire, and most of the world's continents and countries are on irl Faerghus' side and helping by sending what help they can. So... I'm not sure how anyone could play Hopes and walk out thinking Faerghus is bad for defending their home then turn around and be the exact opposite person with the war happening in our own world.
#I mean this is literally a case of Faerghus did nothing wrong lol they were just... existing#they were fixing up some internal problems and suddenly had to make a choice#and both choices were bad but they knew the Empire would attack them no matter what#the decision to help the Church was made with several factors involved and all of them were positive#whereas not helping them was several factors of negative#Faerghus was legit being attacked from all directions and somehow they're the bad guys in this?#methinks it stinks of waifu and marketing bias and that stink is STAAAAANKY#DCE Ask
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Okay mostly I decided to stay out of the whole thing about “Robby should apologize to Miguel and Miguel has to apologize to Robby”. I mean, would that be a good thing? Yes, I guess. Does it have a lot of sense? Mm, no?
I’m not saying any of these kids were in the right or anything, and I’m not saying they both don’t deserve an apology, but...is it worth something after everything that happened? Robby’s apology won’t change the fact that Miguel ended up hospitalized and in a wheelchair for months, and Miguel’s apology won’t change the fact that Robby still sees him as a bully who hurt him in the past and spited hurtful things in his face. None of these kids have respect for each other because everything they have seen of the other one are the darkest parts of them.
I mean, can we take Hawk for an example? Hawk spent three seasons making almost everyone life’s miserable: breaking Dimitris arm, stealing from Mijagi Do, beating up the kids, bullying a lot them, slut shaming Sam, and a long list goes on. What happened when he first went to Mijagi Do? The kids basically kicked him out because what, they are supposed to trust him and believe him after a pouty face and a “I’m sorry guys”? The hell no. And you know what? Hawk knew that. So he stepped out, he literally grabbed a hammer and started building the bridge himself to earn his friends trust again, and I respect him for that. That’s what you do when you mess up: you try your best to do better.
Now, with a bit a context given, do you really think Miguel and Robby should apologize to each other and then everything will be okay? No, there is no way. Miguel almost died, Christ. These two kids have been shitty to each other season by season, that won’t be solved by just an apology. They both will have to start building the bridge themself and show the other that they are, and always have been, kindhearted kids who just were showed the wrong path.
Is it okay if they apologize? Yes. Does the road end there? No. Don’t get me wrong, I want to see an apology happen between the two of them, but that has to be after they prove themself to the other, otherwise how much weight can an empty apology have? If Robby doesn’t prove himself to Miguel, and Miguel doesn’t prove himself to Robby an apology won’t mend anything.
Please don’t murder me in the comments, this is just my opinion without any hate towards any of the characters, I love them all.
#cobra kai#robby keene#tanner buchanan#daniel larusso#Hawk#eli moskowitz#Miguel Diaz#not a hate post on Hawk#on the contrary#I adored him for that#finally he stepped out#Robby Keene
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[ alberto rosende, cis-man, he/him. ] ✧･ﾟ is that [ sorin denatos ] who just stumbled into town? rumour has it that they’re the [ eternally twenty-four ] year old child of [ dimitri denatos ] from [ mom’s got a date with a vampire ]. i’ve also heard that they’re [ honest ] but [ stubborn ] and have [ 1 adoptive younger sister ] sibling(s). i could almost swear i heard [ the other side - bruno mars ] playing when they appeared. [ sho, 25, est, she/her. ]
Bio tws: Murder, death, kidnapping.
Sorin was born to a loving couple. However, to his misfortune, he doesn’t remember much of them. When he was just six years old, his parents were murdered by a Dimitri Denatos, a vampire who was looking to start a family.
With no parents to object to him, Dimitri took the boy and began to raise him as his son.
However the young boy was defiant and unwilling to listen to Dimitri. As a result, a year later, Dimitri decided that maybe “adopting” a second child might make his son more compliant. One night, Dimitri went out to work, and came back with a young girl.
The two children quickly clung to each other for support, and they became close enough that they consider each other actual siblings.
In their later years, the two were put on a vampire schedule, and Dimitri began to teach them about what it was like to be a vampire. However, if Sorin or his sister disobeyed, he’d punish them and make an example through innocent people.
Sorin was turned at the age of twenty-four, and although he’s actually a bit older now, he still appears to be twenty-four and when asked will give that as his age.
After they were turned, Ylania and Sorin planned on getting out. However, Dimitri found out and Sorin stayed behind in an attempt to convince Dimitri to let Ylania go.
Although Sorin hates living under the same roof as Dimitri, he keeps himself occupied with other things. He watches horror movies, plays computer games and video games, and sits and reads. Dimitri gave Sorin those things long ago with the hope that they’d make him compliant, and even though they never did, Sorin still felt it’d be easier to make use of them.
Overall, Sorin is a giant nerdy dork. He’s pretty awkward since he hasn’t really had much experience in socializing outside of Ylania and the rare conversation with Dimitri. But if you get him talking about a topic he likes, once he starts, he won’t stop talking about it.
Sorin loves horror movies, especially the classics. He especially loves vampire movies, since he uses them as a learning experience and a way to bolster his confidence. Some of his favorites are Fright Night, The Lost Boys, Dracula, Near Dark, What We Do in the Shadows, Salem’s Lot, and the Revenge of Count Krelsky.
Other non-vampire horror favorites are IT, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Frankenstein, Chucky, Alien, Ghostbusters, and Carrie.
He’ll often compare Dimitri to horror movie characters, such as Jerry Dandrige from Fright Night, Max the Head Vampire from The Lost Boys, or even Count Dracula. He never calls Dimitri any by paternal term, and will only call him Dimitri or by a horror movie character’s name. If he ever refers to Dimitri as ‘his dad’ or ‘his father’ then something is very, very wrong.
Sorin hates that he needs to drink blood to survive. As a result, he usually opts for a rare burger or steak. If that doesn’t satiate him then the local wildlife might. But he’d never bite a human.
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Mutual Desire - Chapter 4
*Warning - Adult Content*
‘Come on, I swear I won't be a pain anymore. Please, do the presentation with me. Come on, you really gonna make me beg, Clarke?’
Damien let out a long sigh.
He really didn't feel like being part of the presentation, today or any day for that matter..
Even at school, oral presentations caused him to cringe and stress.
He now had to reluctantly agree to present a project that wasn't his, to a multimillionaire who he had to lick his conceited ass to obtain approval.
Nick fixed Damien with puppy eyes, while having in the corner of his pathetic mouth a mocking smirk, knowing very well that Damien would eventually crack and grudgingly agree to participate.
‘At what time is it again?’ Damien asked, feeling defeated.
Nick's smirk turns into a complete smile that light up his whole face.
‘It’s at two, babe. I love you so much, you know that, right?’
‘Yeah, yeah,’ Damien said, rolling his eyes.
‘And don't worry, I’ve already done the PowerPoint,’ Nick adds, his smirk, not needed, now gone.
‘Nick, you fuckin’ mutha hubbard.’
‘Wait. Did you say PowerPoint?’
Damien prayed that he had heard that statement wrong or else he was going to commit a murder.
‘Yeah. How else do you properly present a project?’
‘I don't know, Einstein? Use your mouth, maybe.’
Damien realized that what he had just said had a sexual connotation to it, when he noticed Nick's perverted smile.
‘You know what I mean. Use your damn mouth to talk, man.’
‘Yeah but they kinda need seeing what I'm offering right?’
Damien didn't know what to answer to that because for once, Nick was right about that.
He only hoped he wouldn't look like an idiot and that he wouldn't get lost in a PowerPoint that he’ll never get a chance to see until tomorrow's presentation.
A presentation that hadn't even started but that Damien heartily hated already.
But the duty of a friend knocked on his door and he had to answer to it.
‘Okay. Whatever. I better get going now. I need to rest for whatever we're doing tomorrow,’ Damien said with a tired tone voice and Nick smiled widely.
‘And don't forget to put a suit on. With your pretty face, you'll make them jizz in their pants and you won't need to use your mouth.’
Damien glared at him with a ‘I am going to kill you’ look but his little smile made him instantly lose all credibility.
The friends then said their goodbyes with Nick thanking Damien for umpteenth time and the last of the night.
Damien headed home, thinking only about the love of his life and his king size bed.
For the second time in a row this weekend, he arrived tardively home.
Craig was in the living room watching TV and he cast a cold glance at Damien through his sky-blue eyes.
Damien knew well for the reason behind this unwelcoming welcome.
The reason could only be the missed calls and unread text messages that he had received from him.
Among those texts was Sara's, the attractive blonde from the night club.
Dimitri had indeed given Damien's number to her, it wasn't just a joke like he had expected it to be.
Damien was well aware that his friend had done this precisely to make a scene, being very aware of his relationship with Craig.
Notwithstanding that he was fully informed of the reason behind his bad mood, Damien still asked his boyfriend what was wrong.
"Where have you been all day?" Craig asked him coldly.
"I sent you a text, you got it right? I was with Nick."
Hearing Nick's name was enough to put Craig in a bad mood as he never really liked the guy though he would never admit it, nor would he admit feeling a tiny bit of jealousy of how close Damien and Nick were.
And the fact that Nick is a very nice-looking man surely doesn't help matters.
"You spend your whole day with Nicolas now? Just say it if you"re trying to ignore me," Craig said sharply.
Damien sighed as he was in no mood to face a fit of jealousy that he found beyond useless.
He was burned out mentally and physically because of the energy he had to put into Nick's software.
He had just spent the whole day in front of a computer and he had only one desire and that was to find his bed.
"Can we talk about this tomorrow, Craig. I’m so tired right now and I’m not in the mood for an augment," Damien finally says, wanting to leave his living room as soon as possible.
"It was my day off today. We could have spent together but it seems that spending the day with Nicolas was more important to you than me."
Damien lets out a deep sigh because he felt his boyfriend was taking this way out of proportion.
Besides, Damien wasn't even aware that today was Craig's rostered day off.
To be fair to the discussion, Craig’s flexible work schedule has always been unstable.
And even if Damien had known of the unknown fact, he would most likely still have spent the day helping Nick with his software, anyway.
"Craig, it's really not like that, babe. I was helping Nick with something important for his work. Not fucking around at his place doing jack shit," Damien answered.
"Yeah. On my day off," Craig said bitterly, getting up from the sofa and taking a few steps towards Damien.
"Well, I'm sorry if it coincidently was on my day off."
"You're the first to complain, when we don't see each other often enough and that I work too much."
Damien frowned, the perplexed expression on his face expressing his irritation.
"Which is the case isn't it, Craig? You're married to your freaking job. You never say no to your colleagues and are always taking their shifts."
It was now Craig’s turns to frown severely, looking sternly at Damien like his boyfriend had grown a second head.
"Wow. Are you really giving me shit now, for helping people? People that are sick and on their deathbed?"
"I'm not giving you shit. If anything, you're the one that's giving me shit because I helped Nick with something during your day off. Which by the way is something I didn't know about," Damien almost screamed.
When he realized he had elevated his voice, he softened the expressed anger on his face.
As for Craig, he appeared unfazed by his boyfriend’s tone of voice.
"You didn't know it because you didn't try checking. Probably because you don't seem to care about spending time with me."
Damien took a deep breath before opening his mouth.
He knew if he let his anger speak, he would say words that he wouldn't be able to take back.
"I come home, completely burn out, expecting you to be the least stressful part of my da, and you turn out to be the complete opposite," Damien finally says after a few seconds of silence.
"Then maybe you should've stayed at Nick's. I mean he's the reason why you're so tired. He should be the one making up for that," Craig said with a faint bitter smile.
Damien saw where this animated conversation was naturally heading and he wasn't having it tonight.
"I'm really not in the mood to have that kind of conversation right now, Craig," Damien said gently, murmuring.
"Damien, I stayed all day looking at this fucking door thinking you'd come. That you'd remember my day off and spend it with me. Spend the whole day togeather, just you and me."
Damien's face softened completely, staring thoughtfully at the man that had just spoke words that made his heart ache.
He didn't want Craig to feel unwanted or left out.
He loved this man, more than anything.
Damien put an end to the space between him and his boyfriend, until their faces were inches away.
He gently brushed Craig's cheek with his hand.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry okay? I know I should've remembered. I didn't mean to forget. I swear."
Damien's apology was sincere.
He didn't mean to neglect something that significant especially since he had barely spent time with Craig in the past weeks.
Before heading on vacation not that long ago, he was himself quite busy with the exam period, spending hours correcting hundred of papers.
Damien knew full well what it felt like seeing work invading personal life.
"I'm sorry, babe," Damien repeated gently and Craig tenderly took him by the waist and kissed him.
Damien let his boyfriend’s tongue slide in his mouth, kissing the man back.
Craig stopped the kiss and brought his lips to Damien's neck, kissing it multiple times
"Craig."
Craig's hands then unbuttoned Damien's pants and started undoing the zipper.
"Craig, babe, not tonight."
"When was the last time I touched you?" Craig murmured, his mouth still on Damien's neck.
Craig brought his lips back on Damien's mouth kissing him intensely.
"I know, I know. But not tonight, Okay?" Damien said softly, his lips remaining on Craig's mouth.
Craig scrutinised Damien for a moment, in an awkward silence.
He stared intensely at Damien, as if his boyfriend’s face would reveal to him the reason for his sexual reluctance towards him tonight.
"What's wrong," Craig finally said. "You don't want me anymore?"
Damien glared at Craig, frowning, confused and slightly irritated by Craig's pessimistic assumption.
What was that all about?
Damien couldn't comprehend why Craig would think for a second that he didn't want him.
It was the first time Craig had ever said something of this sort.
Sex had always been incredible between the two of them.
Never had Damien felt less desire for Craig nor had he ever not shown it.
Damien didn't understand why Craig wouldn't simply realizes how exhausted he looked and linked the dots.
This was so not his day.
And to think that he thought tomorrow would be considerably worst due to the damn presentation that he didn't want to do.
Now he was beginning to alter his mind regarding to that fact.
"No," Damien asserted categorically, his voice rising a little. "I'm just tired. I just spent the whole day trying to make something out of a software that was only 80% finished. It burned me completely, Craig."
Craig glared suspiciously at Damien, looking unconvinced.
"Babe, listen..."
Craig harshly interrupted Damien, his voice cold as ice.
"I am going home."
Damien was dazed by Craig's excessive reaction.
He felt as if his boyfriend had just punched him in the face.
"Are you serious?" is all Damien could say.
"I think we both need to cool off a little. Let's call it a night."
"No, what I need is a nice hot bath and a massage from my man. That's the only thing that I needed tonight, Craig."
Damien's voice was low and as sharp as his stare.
For the first time since their altercation started, Damien was no longer trying to keep his anger inside.
"Damien, the same way I am respecting your decision tonight, please respect mine for wanting to take some time away from us."
Damien let out a bitter laugh.
"Oh. I see. So this is payback for me not wanting to have sex. Is that it?"
"No. You were right before. We should have never had started this conversation," Craig murmured softly.
"Craig."
"Go to bed, Dam. Get some rest."
Craig kissed him on the forehead and left, leaving an irritated and exhausted Damien alone in the living room and his apartment.
‘What the hell was that?’
He didn't know what to make of the argument he just had.
He couldn't comprehend Craig's reaction.
Since when had being tired become a crime?
Damien tried to replay the whole conversation in his head to find his wrongdoings in the transactions.
He knew that forgetting Craig's day off wasn't right on his part and he had apologized for that.
But that wasn't the primary element to the fight the two men had.
Craig, leaving the way he did, had shocked Damien.
The two lovers did have disputes in the past like every living normal couple but never had Craig walked away from Damien without settling the issue.
Damien reassured himself of the situation by deciding that he would go and patch things up with Craig, if it was the last thing he ever did.
During their three year relationship, Craig had always acted with nothing but love and respect towards Damien.
And Damien himself was more than aware that he had, in his hands, a rare diamond of a boyfriend and relationship and that he shouldn't be careless with either.
He didn't intend to let this arguing or whatever that was, get in the way.
Damien left the living room and went directly to his bathroom, wanting to feel hot water on his skin as soon as possible.
He took a shower and then soaked in the bath for a long time.
He needed to relax and a herbal bath was exactly what his tired body and mind required.
After washing and relaxing, Damien dressed and went to bed.
He wasn’t looking forward to tomorrow..
He was going to face Craig at some point, which would most likely result in another argument.
He was also going to make this presentation, that didn't tempt him in the least.
Damien could tell he was going to have one hell of a blast tomorrow.
He sighed and without realizing it, he fell slept, while today’s stress and duress disappeared.
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So I finished Fire Emblem Three Houses Azure Moon once again.
I reviewed the game, especially this route before, I believe - tho it was on my private Tumblr, so I will make it short.
I really like this game. Even tho I love Awakening a very lot, Three Houses is simply better and more enjoyable. I do have some qualms with a few things in Three Houses too of course, but all in all these are just minor issues. Some nitpicking, if you will.
Anyway, Azure Moon is my favorite route so far (Silver Snow could certainly not beat it!) and so far the Blue Lions stay my favorite house. With Dimitri I found the perfect partner for Byleth and all in all the plot of this route is nice and interesting.
Its a bit sad, that we didn’t get any answers in regards of the Church-Stuff at all. Many questions regarding that stay unanswered, which is sad.
There were hints at certain things, but we never get a full answer to them. For example what happened to Dimitris Stepmother after the attack in Duscur. OR if that Cornelia Woman was taken over by those who Slither in the Dark.
I still stay with my point that playing White Clouds feels best with the Blue Lions, seeing how we take care of Lenato and Sylvains brother and how when the Village of Remire gets attacked, it effects Dimitri so greatly. Also constantly dealing with the Death Knight, given how he is Mercedes Brother, makes more sense.
Here my points for Azure Moon:
Plot: 4 out of 5 points. I love the plot. Its mostly well rounded and enjoyable. But some of the unanswered questions bother me a bit. So that is why I still take one point away.
Sympathies for the Blue Lions (Dimitri aside): 5 out of 5 points. Do to the fact that the Blue Lions feel like one big Family, were almost everyone is friends with almost everyone, since they mostly know each other from their past or have become fast friends since becoming students at the monastery it is easy to feel right at home among them. I like them all very much and my heart bleeds at the thought that recruiting them all just to protect them from getting killed in my next playthroughs might not be the most intelligent choice.
Sympathies for the leader of the Blue Lions: 5 out of 5 points. I love Dimitri. He is kind and caring and understanding and yes, he also has that trauma that turned him into a monster who snapped necks with his bare hands and whos hands are bathed in blood. But he never plays that down. He understands he has made many mistakes and that he has to repent for his sins. At the end of the day, even when he pretended he didn’t he did care for the people he loved, when he acted cold and had all those murderous thoughts, he did actually still care about them. He is the best. Point.
How the relationship between the House-Leader and Byleth felt: 20 out of 5 points! XD Seriously 5 out of 5 points do not seem enough to describe how much I love and enjoy the chemistry Dimitri has with Byleth. The affectionate way he calls her “Professor” is just absolutely adorable. I love how they both see through each other right from the start and even tho they know there is something “wrong” with the other, they learn to like and trust each other. To care about each other and support each other. Byleth being the light that gets Dimitri out of the darkness... the way she stands beside him, even in his darkes times, when he is cold towards her and makes dumb, questionable choices. The fact that even when Dimitri claims he will use her until she dies, as if her death would mean nothing to him, he screams for her to “get down” when she is in danger, in the middle of the battlefield. I love how at the godless-tower, Dimitri says that even if you ask the goddess for help, she will never reach out her hand to him and yet, she does. Ends up holding his hand even, in the darkest times, whenever he needs it the most.
Out of 20 possible points, this route gets 19. Silver Snow got a lot less, because both Edelgard and Rhea failed to deliver and the Black Eagles took some time to become people you like and care about.
In any case... the next route in this game will be the golden deers. I am looking forward to be cooly called “Teach” XD Seriously. However, I have other plans for now, so this has to wait. My withdrawal of Cold Steel, Rean, my favorite Ships, Characters and Erebonia as a whole is getting unbearable. I’ve reached a point where no game is fun anymore. So I’ve decided to force myself through FF7R and P5S and then FINALLY allow myself to play CS3 and CS4 once more. Will do me some good, I tell you.
#FE:3H Mona Version#Azure Moon#Finally done with this#took longer then expected#do to the huge amount of training#that ended up helping me almost nothing in the end
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Scarlet Blaze Ch 5
Onto Ch 5. Spoilers beneath the cut.
STORY
Edelgard is a master at making enemies lol. But I guess that's what happens when you want to conquer everyone.
Lonato and Rowe being dumbasses lamo. Edelgard, your allies suck. And Lonato's purely motivated by vengeance too. Messing up plans, getting all those people killed.
MAP
New facilities. Batallions and blacksmith. Yesssss.
Also, you know in one of the past battles how Seteth wrecked Petra and Ferdinand? Well, can confirm, that I'm on casual and not classic mode lol. They're still here.
Randolph is so fucking boring.
Poor Petra got the same dialogue she did with Byleth about liking hot over cold. Couldn't they think of anything new for her to say?
SHEZ & HUBERT C SUPPORT
I'm excited for this. Hubert is by far one of my favorite Black Eagles. He's just so unapologetically . . . Hubert.
Wait, I can pick getting jealous of Edelgard, for getting to train with Hubert. 100% this. I love so, so much the more varied answers here.
I love how Hubert's making this huge deal out of a commoner getting the honor to train with Lady Edelgard, like it's some oh so rare present you're lucky to get, but like . . . Dimitri and Dedue? Half the Golden Deer are commoners? It's not so rare as you think, bub, it's just Adrestia lacks any commoners in their route.
I really think Adrestia puts way more importance on rank.
FERDINAND & LINHARDT C SUPPORT
Linhardt's design is very pretty in this game.
Linhardt's a good artist if he can copy it exactly.
Side note, I hate realism in literature. Mark Twain is torture for me.
Ferdinand asked for a portrait. I mean, if I looked like Ferdinand, I wouldn't mind a realistic portrait.
Ferdinand's quite full of himself, lamo, calling himself the personification of nobility. Poor Linhardt.
SIDE BATTLES
Extra quests are basically monster fights? Are they worth it?
"If we were done with you, we'd kill you, not abandon you." Good, old Hubert. He was talking about Shez's powers.
Edelgard's redesign screams anime magic girl princess.
"Did Hubert threaten you? Don't let it get to you." She's really dense, hunh. Most people don't like getting threatened by the second in command.
"Enemy Rodrigue appeared." MY HEART. Noooo. Didn't like fighting him at all.
Petra wants to go on an expedition with me. How could I say no to her? That was a bit underwhelming. All that stuff with the horses just felt a bit like a waste of time.
Only female units challenge. That's interesting. I'm guessing there's a male units only challenge coming along?
I don't want to fight Gustave :(
On a side note, this game really suffers from "I must retreat" syndrome.
MAIN BATTLE
Fog of war. My favorite. /s
LAMO why is it every time someone sides with Edelgard, they're evil? And working with TWSITD? Like Rowe.
I don't like Caspar's hair. It looks like a pincushion.
NOOOOO, Ingrid's here. Nooooo. I refuse to fight her. And I think I heard Jeralt.
Lamo, Lonato died. Gotta restart.
Oh, thank God, Ingrid retreated.
Aww, poor Ashe is upset Lonato betrayed Dimitri. :(
Edelgard "family should never fight family." Girl, you started a fucking war. What did you think would happen? What an ignorant sentiment from someone who takes her actions.
Lonato's a fucking idiot too. "I could not bear to lose another son." Maybe then . . . don't try to kill Rhea because she killed your son when he tried to murder her????
Did Alois abandon his family to join a bunch of mercenaries?
Have to admit, having Byleth be nigh unbeatable really makes the whole "ashen demon" thing seem more legit.
STORY
"This victory will further our conquest." - To anyone still arguing she's not after conquest.
I'm guessing this dialogue between Arval and Shez is going to appear on every route.
Got Ashe, feel weird about it though. Like, I love him, but it feels so, so wrong to take him from the other Blue Lions so far. He's all alone. I'm sure that'll eventually change though.
Go Glouster, hahaha. This is amazing. He was working to wreck the Empire the whole time. Did Edelgard really think people would welcome invasion with open arms?
Edelgard is getting her ass kicked 🤣😂👌
Claude wanting to spare lives. It's not your fault. Edelgard is solely responsible for every death here. Let's not forget who started this.
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bl stans are sooo much stronger than me bc if someone said something so blatantly and heinously wrong about my faves like this i’d snap. like i’m so serious this would send me straight into my joker arc
(guess you accidentally put it in twice lol rip)
I'm not gonna address any kind of defense for Not Just Kills But Murders OP, we all know that the original tweet was silly. The fastest way to spot a clown is the funny clown nose and wig, but another, more subtle way is to watch if they've ever tried to make NJKBM anything but the accidental joke that it is.
But I kinda wanna actually talk about the Fleche one a bit, because there is such a weird amount of going-to-bat for her and Randolph that's actually kinda baffling.
Fleche and Randolph are bit characters. They barely even are characters. They are devices the writers put into the story so that specifically AM and specifically Dimitri benefit from what they give, which is a solidification of the message that letting vengeance be your one driving force will lead to your end. They are completely irrelevant to all other parts of the game, with Fleche even being completely absent in half of the routes save for one mention of her name as Randolph is literally dying. She loved Randolph so much that she was willing to kill Dimitri to avenge him, but apparently not enough to kill Seteth or Claude for doing literally the same thing.
Except, hey, wait a hingly-dingly minute there, that's not right. Seteth and Claude can only potentially be the ones to kill Randolph in their respective routes, while Dimitri is literally the only one hard-confirmed to not be the one to kill Randolph. Byleth does. They kill him. But Fleche still singles out Dimitri as to one to kill him - not threaten to torture like is the case, but to kill him outright. She calls Dimitri a monster, she hates Dimitri with all she has, she'll never forgive Dimitri, while not giving a single shit about Byleth despite them being the one to kill Randolph. She doesn't give a single shit about the multitude of other people that could have potentially killed Randolph in SS or VW.
Hell, it's not even clear how she knew about Randolph's death, only that she knew that a "monster" (aka Dimitri) was in the ranks of the army in AM, so it looks like she kinda just assumes "the monster" killed her brother without having any actual knowledge on who did what. And even giving the benefit of the doubt in that "well Dimitri MADE Byleth kill Randolph so same difference," that still doesn't explain Fleche's radio silence in the other two routes this can happen in. And still doesn't actually explain why Byleth wouldn't just be lumped in the vengeance quest for, like, still being the one to actually kill her brother outright?
Because we as players aren't meant to really care that much about her - she and Randolph are given no point in the story other than showing off to Dimitri why his quest for revenge is Cringe And Not Based like he thinks it is. They are literally meant to show off why Dimitri's misguided quest for vengeance is dangerous and unfulfilling, which is why when Fleche stabs and kills Rodrigue Dimitri comes to his senses and rejects vengeance as a motivation. That is all Fleche and Randolph do.
(we ignore the "Edelgard did nothing to Dimitri" lie - because at this point they've got to just be outright lying to cope - we know it's not true and we move on from it)
They are given no focus whatsoever on any other route because it is AM where their one, singular purpose is found. Even on CF, the route where you can actually talk to them, at best Randolph is given one cutscene where he dies and makes Edelgard Sadge before she immediately gets over it and moves on never to mention or think about Randolph ever again. And Fleche does literally nothing - she just stands there for the rest of the game as a lump on a log. So seeing multiple people saying "Fleche wasn't allowed vengeance when Dimitri was!" when Dimitri literally isn't allowed vengeance and always dies should he continue to strive for it is just weird. They're, again, trying to go to bat for two bit characters that are solely meant to encapsulate the opposite of what the batters are saying lmao
#ask#anti edelgard#anti-edelgard#edelgard discourse#edelgard critical#just to be safe#and this is all ignoring that Randolph was literally trying to kill Dimitri and his men/friends first. for clout.#and how he attacked a building that housed defenseless people in it five years prior to that. for clout.#so it's literally not that fuckin' boo hoo sad that he dies because he is a giant dick who has no qualms killing/endangering innocent people#for clout.
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if three hopes won’t give us any dimileth content, then i WILL 😤😤
#fe3h#fire emblem#fire emblem three houses#dimileth#few3h#fire emblem warriors three hopes#dimitri alexandre blaiddyd#byleth#byleth esiner#shez fire emblem#my art#dimitri: what’s wrong with a bit of murder???#shez: my man..... she slays people for money#dimitri: AND?
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A lot of people say, jokingly or entirely seriously, that Rodrigue dying was the thing that pulled Dimitri back from the edge.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that just...not true?
Now don't get me wrong, I think Dimitri got the kick to the ass of the century, hearing about the disconnect between sacrifice in his name and martyrdom, and it was a kick he very much needed. But it only slaps a teeny bandaid on the Grand Canyon-esque cracks in his mind, and doesn't even begin to touch on what he does.
I genuinely think it's the change in character portrait that has people thinking Rodrigue's death was some epiphany, but Dimitri is still gung-ho about marching to Embarr and ending the war à la Edelgard's death, even after Rodrigue's final speech.
What we do see change: his mentality regarding the dead.
Then we get to the second facet of Dimitri's redemption.
Now, to me this is a lot murkier, but hear me out. Byleth is not The One That Saves Dimitri™.
We have a reaffirmation of his beliefs ^
And then a show of vulnerability, of inner turmoil, that contradicts his murderous single-mindedness from the war thus far ^
I won't give the writer's credit they're not due. It's more than possible this is set-up for player-pandering/fanservice. Byleth is constantly framed by the other characters as being the only one capable of handling Dimitri or whatever such nonsense. But I think it should--really, needs to--be said that Dimitri's first sign of true hope is deliberately...separate from Byleth:
Dimitri is presented with yet another contradiction, but this one is somehow more harmonious: death in the name of what you believe in has its value, but so too does living for it. Rodrigue represented the former, and Byleth represents the latter.
Let's say Dimitri took what Rodrigue said to heart; he was prepared to die in a way that he believed suited his beliefs: doing his damndest to take out the threat to the home he not only grew up in, but is and always has been responsible for. He believed the death of Edelgard was the only way forward, and he was taking the fast, bloodied track to get there.
What Byleth serves as in this scene, I think, is a method of wiping way fog from a cold window.
A helping hand.
As a counterpart to Rodrigue, Byleth is help that lives, against all odds.
Citing that famous, lovely post that says "Yes the goddess can reach out to us, and yes she does" in regards to Dimitri's cynicism of the goddess and the parallels drawn in Byleth: she is help that reaches out to him, if he wants to change.
A help that survived a five-year coma and who's followed him through every bloody battle he's undergone since their return. One that is the embodiment of belief--a belief in, I think, Dimitri himself. But that's neither here nor there.
Bylgh clarifies his options a bit more. Emphasizes that living for what he believes in has just as much, if not more, merit than dying in the same way. I'm firmly of the belief that Dimitri was helped by two people he loves dearly (however that love takes shape for you, but it is undoubtedly love regardless) in regaining a sense of self he hadn't taken the time to form even once in his life. There's certainly an element of fanservice throughout the route, but I genuinely do think those around Dimitri serve as reminders of how much work it's going to take to dig himself out of the grave he's made for himself and his kingdom. I think this moment accentuates the cruciality of Dimitri saving himself with the guidance of others.
We see, in real time, how Dimitri makes the choice to pull himself back from the edge.
#WOW this got away from me#if I've said anything that's just EGREGIOUSLY wrong please tell me!#I've played this route a million times but it's still been a while#fe3h#fire emblem#three houses#fire emblem three houses#fire emblem: three houses#three hopes got me in my Dima feels again#dimitri alexandre blaiddyd#blue lions#blue lions route#azure moon
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