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verdantmeadows · 5 months
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Giacomo, Ortega, and Atticus (at least only because we've seen him without the mask before this) are all pretty recognizable for the most part, but God, ERI????? MELA?? Mela looks like she's TWELVE without her usual outfit and makeup and Eri is just, like, well. Unrecognizable. Although I'm so glad to see how they all look when not dressed up!
(And for those worried, no, this isn't permanent, it's because they're studying/doing makeup tests since they missed a lot of school as Team Star and Eri specifically wanted them to be in their uniforms since it's easier.)
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verdantglow · 21 days
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All the ‘zona dads + Brits + Iskall completely fucking losing it at the Hot Ones Challenge.
A couple of them tap out.
& Joe Hills just walks up, eats the ENTIRE FUCKING NUMBER 8 WING, & washes it down with COKE.
& then proceeds to do the same with the LAST TWO WINGS, just taking leisurely taking bites of his wings, nodding as he considers the flavors, a sip or two of Coke here or there.
“I’m hungry! I knew we were gonna be eating!” [gestures at table of ridiculously spicy wings]
This man is a cryptid & I love it.
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kisant · 2 years
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I've just finished Reunion at Dawn in VW, and I really enjoy how Claude and the Alliance characters immediately start talking about politics, strategy, and how to rope the Church into Claude's schemes.
I also loved how Claude was the first one to arrive at the monastery, because he wanted to fulfill the promise he made to Byleth and the Golden Deer House, and he still had hope the Byleth was still alive. I really like Claude and Byleth’s parntership, they make a great team and Claude takes a genuine interest in Byleth’s special circumstances. So it feels like an equal partnership in which both Claude and Byleth go out of their way to help the other one with their problems (a real breath of fresh air after AM made everything about supporting Dimitri and only Dimitri)
And, it’s always touching to see how Claude’s attempt to reach out was reciprocated by the rest of the Deer, as he started the day unsure if the rest of the class would come to the monastery to fulfill the promise to meet again for the Millenium Festival, but he grew more sure of himself and of the real bonds he had made with the Deer as they started to show up for the battle. 
The after-battle reunion was really enjoyable and flowed well, as Claude started by reaching out to the rest of the Deer and Byleth for support for his future plans, being honest to Byleth about how her support would be invaluable, both as a political and military leader to rally the faithfult to the church around, as a trustworthy friend. 
The best part was Claude, Hilda and Byleth teaming up to manipulate the Church followers into joining forces with Claude and the Alliance and helping them rebuild Garreg Mach. Another detail I liked was Claude’s happiness at seeing Cyril safe and grown up, as well as immediatly trying to reassure him that he doesn’t need Rhea to be welcome to stay in Fodlan. Deprogramming Cyril out of the cult mentality that Rhea instilled in him is going to be hard, but I’m invested to see if Claude will be able to pull it off. 
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fayesdiary · 8 months
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I'll be honest with you, I'm 99% sure I'm dropping the 3H liveblog project on the account of me becoming more and more disillusioned and bitter with the game, not to mention I'm merely into early Verdant Wind White Clouds and I'm already running out of patience
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pegasusknightsonly · 9 months
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i have no idea why people keep following me here but let me clarify
this is my fe liveblog/fanart repository. i am not here to make you laugh and i would not recommend following this blog for jokes
im currently playing awakening lunatic/classic and i have very strong opinions about the awakening metagame
if you ever want advice on playing awakening or map-specific strategies please please please ask me
im also playing scarlet blaze for the second time and verdant wind for the uhhhhhh fourth but i haven't touched those in a while
i think azure gleam is the worst fódlan route and that it is offensively bad at every level and i think azure moon is the second worst and it also sucks
Cynthia is my favourite fe character and i love her and if you don't love her please just unfollow me and save us both the grief
i block regularly and with extreme prejudice: chrobins, lucisevs, blions fans, anyone who thinks cordelia+sumia are uwu soft flowercrown gfs, "prince morgan/prince inigo" (<- if you do this you are fucking stupid btw), byleth stans, byleth/student shippers of any variety and anyone who ships hilda with guys
i tag fanart by game continent e.g. ylisse, tellius, fateslandia
i use the tag "#hater moment" for a reason
if you can't reblog or reply to my posts or send me anonymous asks that is by design!
i am currently on day 2 of a migraine so i am not feeling particularly merciful
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nowis-scales · 1 year
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EdeIgard’s New Dawn Approaches…
As does the Engage liveblog, cause after I finish this path, that’s what I’m gonna do! As for Azure Moon, we’ll catch up on that once Echoes is through.
(Emblems:
❃ = Positive, not a problem
❋ = It is entirely neutral
✾ = It’s a bit negative, but it’s told in a joking way
✿ = It is negative and critical
Remember to filter #Fodlan Fault Finding and #Shut Up About Del as needed!)
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❋ A noble sentiment, but it would probably mean more if, you know, maybe you weren’t actually directly spitting on everything Dimitri stood for by trying to take over his country, y’know?
I feel like this is a really good example of how EdeIgard gets painted by the fanbase as empathetic without actually being empathetic. In her heart, do I think she wants to do good by people? Sure. But does she really try to understand what other people are thinking, feeling, or desiring? Nope! She’s quite self-righteous, she thinks she knows best. So that’s why I’ve never really vibed with the secret uWu girl act, because like… no? This girl is not secretly a sweetheart, she’d like to be, but she’s not. She’s kinda more fun that way tbh, because it gives her actual moments of sweetness more of a chance to shine. For example, while we all know I think Petra doesn’t feel as close to her, I think it’s sweet that she does try in some capacity to be caring towards her. That’s nice.
Anyway, that’s a tangent. TLDR; Edie stop pretending that what you want is what all other people want. ❋
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❋ Oh thank goodness we’ve got another genuinely good moment. ❋
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❋ I will be by your side until Ashe shows up with that wedding ring and then I will drop you like a hot potato, but I can’t do that until the end of the game, so I suppose I will be? ❋
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✿ Do you think this qualifies as inception? Cause like Arundel’s being impersonated by someone from TWISTD, right? So it’s like, two characters who exist mostly to make EdeIgard’s backstory sad layered onto each other? What would you call that, Woobception?
Alright, I’m sorry, I gave myself license to be mouthy because I really do not care for EdeIgard’s attitude in the confrontation between her and Dimitri, especially because we just go right back to treating her like a hero, but I’ll try to reign it in because I’ll get away from myself. ✿
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✿ SHE WAS IN MY HEAD, EDIE
I WANNA SAY THAT YOU WOULD BE THE KIND OF PERSON TO SAY “um your mental illness is just in your head” BUT CONSIDERING THE KING OF DELUSION LINE, THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT INACCURATE AND WILL NOT SUCCEED AS A LOVING JOKE
I AM TRYING TO FINISH THIS PLAYTHROUGH NORMALLY EDIE, PLEASE HELP ME TO DO THAT ✿
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✾ EdeIgard in Class: I want Rhea out of power, but I don’t want to hurt her
Also EdeIgard When the Moment Comes: Let’s just kill her and all of the Seiros people, bang bang!
Like I’m sure someone is going to say “that’s kind of a misinterpretation”, but I’m just thinking more in the context of like… peacekeeping work done by the Church, this could be a bad thing. Like the Church would interfere between Adrestia and Faerghus fighting, but if Edie’s all about full Adrestia, she’d want to get rid of that, wouldn’t she? ✾
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✿ Call that a humble brag
Also I just need to point to the second last chapter of Verdant Wind
Also also if we’re actively advancing on Fhirdiad where the fuck are they supposed to go ✿
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❃ “So when EdeIgard von Hresvelg says this, she is what the youth call a ‘girl boss’. But when I, the Seiros, also known as the Immaculate One-” ❃
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sexysilverstrider · 5 years
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lo and behold!! ive finished the game literally 3 months after the day its released and its the same day tht i bought it!!! im dead inside
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virtua · 7 years
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im being dragged through the dirt
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gascon-en-exil · 5 years
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I’ve been thinking a bit about how to read FE16′s Japanese subtitle and the names of its four routes.
I didn’t remark on it when liveblogging my Verdant Wind playthrough, but I recall at one point that the Deer characters compare Claude to the wind blowing through trees (which is one source for where the Japanese got their association of wind with the color green, apparently), to my knowledge the only time the text of Three Houses acknowledges the natural/seasonal motif expressed by the route names and the poem from which they’re taken. I remember when the subtitle was first revealed and fans were pairing up the symbols with the house leaders and marks on the map of Fódlan. Some of it proved incorrect - despite the Crests of Blaiddyd and Riegan respectively resembling a snowflake and the crescent moon, these are not the right matchups - but it did turn out to be early evidence of a fourth route and the house leaders do in fact correspond to different symbols. 
Claude’s is explained in-game, and Edelgard as the flower isn’t too hard to put together, flowers associated with femininity and spring with rebirth and a new start in accordance with what she’s aiming to accomplish (or at least claims to be) with her war. I’ve got a few thoughts about Dimitri as the moon, although of course these are all from the perspective of Western symbology. The moon being connected to emotions, changing phases, and the ebb and flow of tides calls to mind Dimitri’s fluctuating mental state. There’s the association with werewolf legends, what with his time as a homicidal vagrant decked out in furs roaming the wilderness. And perhaps I’m at the risk of being just as psychoanalytical as those Dimitri/Edelgard hate sex shippers I like to complain about, but the moon being the primary feminine celestial body in astrology does call attention to the important Dimitri places on family and close companions, his lack of ambition compared to the other house leaders and, possibly, his desire to ride a dick or two. It being the moon of autumn in the poem could be a reference to the waning state of Faerghus and how the ending of Azure Moon seems like a happy one in the short term but never gets around to addressing most of the setting’s main threats. Alternatively, there’s the harvest moon and its association with reaping i.e. feral!Dimitri’s obsession with bloody vengeance...but I think the Death Knight has already claimed that association for himself.
I’ve got nothing for Silver Snow though. The only thing that comes to mind is that winter is generally associated with stagnation which might fit for the route where Byleth directly opposes Edelgard’s revolution in preference to maintaining the status quo, but I’m not sure what if anything that has to do with what’s really going on with Rhea.
Anyone else have (or seen) analysis on this subject?
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oddsocksandstuff · 4 years
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Coldest Hits Art Promo and Liveblog for:
No, Really, They’ll Love it by Treefrogie84
Donal’s eyes glint strangely in the light of the Bunker’s kitchen, but Jack ignores it. - never a good thing to ignore, strange creatures in your home with sparkling eyes
the Bunker transforms around them, becoming green and verdant as flowers bloom along the hallway. - aww I bet it looks prettier now. They need some greenery down there, I bet it's half the reason they're cranky all the time
Go give the fic a read, a kudos, and even a comment! It's fun and sweet, and pretty crackish, which are all things I like.
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immedtech · 6 years
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What to expect from E3 2018
The Electronics Entertainment Expo is basically New York Fashion Week for the joystick crowd, five days brimming with an overwhelming number of media briefings and new game announcements. And now, E3 is upon us once again.
Despite Walmart Canada's leak of alleged product listings last month, there are still a lot of question marks for this year's show. As always, the Engadget crew will be on the ground, bringing you all the news as it unfolds in downtown LA. Sony has come out and said not to expect a new hardware announcement from its keynote this year. Microsoft and Nintendo both released new consoles in the past year, too, so barring any wild surprises, this should be the first E3 in a while that's all about software. You know, the reasons we buy gaming consoles and PCs to begin with.
Microsoft
Late last year, Microsoft admitted that its first-party offerings were thin, and that to remedy its lack of exclusives, it would begin buying studios and games. That was six months ago, so expect to hear some news on that front. We're all but guaranteed to hear even more about developer Rare's plans for keeping Sea of Thieves players busy, too, now that its first expansion is out.
We haven't heard anything about Crackdown 3 in awhile, and Microsoft promised that'd be out in time for spring. Redmond has been making a lot of noise about putting its first-party titles on its Game Pass subscription service day and date with retail, and at this point, Xbox chief Phil Spencer (or new head of Microsoft Studios Matt Booty) taking the stage and announcing that Crackdown 3 is available to play for Game Pass subscribers during E3 week wouldn't be shocking at all.
Updates about trippy E3 keynote-alum We Happy Few from Compulsion Games and Ori and the Will O' the Whisps from Moon Studio are solid bets as well. There's even a chance we'll finally have a release date for the perpetually delayed Below from Capy.
That Walmart Canada product listing had a few Microsoft games on it too. Namely, a new Forza Horizon and Gears of War 5. The timing is right (and expected) for the former, but typically Microsoft alternates between Gears and Halo. We haven't had a new Halo since 2015's lackluster Halo 5: Guardians, and Gears of War 4 was released in 2016. Here's to hoping Microsoft is switching things up to give Master Chief's next adventure extra time in the oven. There's a new rumor, however, that Microsoft will bring Halo to the show this year, with a sequel named "Infinity."
Of course, Microsoft's keynote will likely be a place for third parties publishers to debut their games. Judging by past media briefings, more info on Metro: Exodus; Shadow of the Tomb Raider and EA's stab at a shared-world shooter, Anthem wouldn't be unexpected. Whatever happens, you can follow along with our liveblog this Sunday.
Sony
Sony has already had a hell of a 2018, with Shadow of the Colossus, God of War and Detroit: Become Human all released before June. What will the rest of the year look like for PlayStation owners? Well, Sony says it's taking a different approach to E3 this year. Rather than inundating the audience with trailer after trailer like years past, the company will instead do deep dives on Death Stranding, Ghosts of Tsushima, The Last of Us: Part II and Spider-Man.
The latter will be available this September 7th, but so far, the other three don't have release dates attached to them. With how long Death Stranding has been in development and how barren the rest of Sony's holiday looks, maybe we can expect to play that this year. Or not: Developer Hideo Kojima notoriously takes his time making games, so that slipping into next year might not be too surprising.
The Last of Us: Part II (below) debuted in late 2016, and Sony released a new teaser for the sequel last October, showcasing an even more brutal side of studio Naughty Dog's verdant apocalypse. Again, sans release information. We saw Tsushima for the first time at the same October event. Given that developer SuckerPunch's last game was 2014's Infamous: Second Son, the timing could mean a fall release window for the samurai story. The company also has Days Gone and Dreams, in addition to a slew of VR games, but showed those off already at a pre-E3 event.
Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
During an episode of the PlayStation Blogcast, Sony said that there would be updates from third-party partners at E3 as well. Again, based on past keynotes, those will probably entail trailers for Call of Duty, Battlefield V and Destiny 2. Rockstar Games has promised exclusive goodies for PS4 Red Dead Redemption 2 buyers, but Rockstar typically sidesteps dropping news during E3 so maybe don't hold your breath. Same goes for news on a brand new VR headset or PlayStation. We'll be livestreaming though, in case there any surprises.
Nintendo
Nintendo arguably has the most excitement going into E3 this year. The Switch is selling extremely well and new games are being announced for it seemingly every day. The company has already prepped the launchpad by saying that there's going to be a big focus on Super Smash Bros., replete with a tournament in LA during E3 week. All eyes will be on the Nintendo Direct Tuesday morning to see who among the company's classic characters made the roster.
One of the bigger rumors though, is a new racing game featuring the cast of Star Fox, potentially called Star Fox Grand Prix. If you remember Diddy Kong Racing from the N64, you should have an idea of what to expect.
Last year Nintendo teased out a new game in Yoshi's adorable universe as well, in addition to Metroid Prime 4 and we haven't seen much if anything new from either since. What we saw of Yoshi last looked like a somehow even more charming take on Woolly World from the Wii U, and honestly, there aren't enough games that look this delightful -- especially not at E3 -- so fingers crossed Nintendo gives it the spotlight for a bit.
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It's been 11 years since the last Metroid Prime game, and with the potential absence of Halo this year, Nintendo could do really well with a new sci-fi shooter/first-person puzzle game. We also haven't heard much from our favorite witch with guns for heels, either, so an update on Bayonetta 3 seems likely as well.
Of course, Nintendo will have some surprises in store. It's just that, well, with the company's reliance on its stable of original franchises, they're a little easier to predict. And with the Switch's unique console/portable form factor (and touchscreen) a new version of Super Mario Maker or Animal Crossing would make a lot of sense.
Nintendo already announced a few new Pokémon games, but expect to hear something about a new core entry to the long-running franchise it teased last year. It also mentioned a new Fire Emblem game without showing it off too at E3 2017. Both of those franchises that are more associated with mobile of late, and are good fits for the Switch. Fire Emblem especially has gotten even bigger since its last console release, the Wii's Radiant Dawn, in 2011.
There's also the chance we'll hear of even more existing games being ported over to the Switch. If Resident Evil 7 and Doom can run on Nintendo's modest hardware, who knows what's next. Given Fortnite runs on everything but your toaster at this point, it's not the craziest idea that Epic's battle royale shooter might make its way to the Switch.
Third parties
Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony aren't the only ones at E3, of course. Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Square Enix and Ubisoft all have media briefings of their own this year. It's rumored that EA could bring back the Skate franchise, in addition to its usual lineup of shooters and sports games. It's also been an extremely long time since we heard anything about Criterion's next racing game. News on a new Fight Night would be incredibly welcome, too.
We already know Bethesda is going to show off Rage 2 and Fallout 76, but what else does the publisher have to offer? Well, DLC for last year's Prey 2 seems likely, as do updates on Quake Champions and Bethesda's VR plans.
But is 2018 the year when we head back to Tamriel for another single-player Elder Scrolls adventure? It's been three years since Fallout 4 -- the same gap between Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- so maybe this expectation isn't too far-fetched. We might also see something entirely new from Bethesda, like the long-whispered-about open-world sci-fi role-playing game (so many hyphens!), Starfield.
Ubisoft made a huge splash last year with Beyond Good & Evil 2, a game so ambitious it doesn't have release platforms yet, let alone a release window. We've only seen bits and pieces of the game since, and still have so many questions, a good deal of which could be answered from the keynote stage.
The publisher has also been teasing the return of Splinter Cell, a franchise that's been on ice for five years. Protagonist Sam Fisher recently showed up in a Ghost Recon Wildlands mission and Splinter Cell: Conviction got the Xbox One backwards compatibility treatment, seemingly as a way to gauge how excited people would be for his return -- especially with original voice actor Michael Ironside.
Ubisoft has already confirmed a new Assassin's Creed, this one set in ancient Greece, and hey, no one would be mad if the publisher brought Rayman to LA, either. We're livestreaming Ubi's show too, so be sure to join us!
Just Cause 4 from Square Enix was on the Walmart leak as well, so we might have a fresh physics-based revolution to take part in this fall, too. More wingsuits, please. There's also potential for more info on Dragon Quest games, including the Western version of Dragon Quest 11.
What we're really excited about, though, are the prospects of a new Life is Strange. Original developer Dontnod has finished work on Vampyr and sat out while Deck Nine made last year's prequel story, Before the Storm (above). The studio has already tipped its hand a bit, saying writers were working on a sequel with a new setting and characters.
Of course, it wouldn't be E3 without an update on Kingdom Hearts 3, the perpetually-in-development sequel. Well, based on the media Square Enix has been releasing, it looks like we might actually play this at home in 2018. There's also the chance of footage of the company's Avengers game, and maybe, just maybe some more info about the Final Fantasy VII remake.
More than that, the rumor mill has gone into high gear about a Switch version of the game du jour, Fortnite. It's also sounding like we could see Agent 47 of Hitman fame come out of the shadows for a new sequel with at his new digs, Warner Bros. Interactive.
Wait, there's more!
There are always a few surprises though, and assuming the games companies themselves (or the internet) don't accidentally spoil everything before next week, the show should be an exciting one. We'll probably even see the first uses of the raytracing real-time lighting tech that NVIDIA and Microsoft crowed about during GDC, too. But what do you want to see? Let us know in the comments below, and keep it locked on Engadget all next week for the show's biggest news.
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verdantmeadows · 5 months
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Kieran's reaction if you bring out Ogerpon into battle with him!
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verdantglow · 22 days
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Watching Gem streaming atm & I am screaming at the fact that she’s obvs going to build Joel to make an equation equaling Etho.
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kisant · 2 years
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Jeralt’s chapter and the dialogue afterwards always gives so much insight into the characters. Some analysis on how the three lords interact with Byleth afterwards.
Edelgard relates to Byleth by offering a goal to work towards in order to move on. Because what helped her move on and revcover from her personal tragedy was to find a worthy goal that, if accomplished, would help make sure that what happened to her wouldn’t ever happen to another person. Her way to deal with her trauma is to work through the pain of loss by doing something productive for the greater good. 
Dimitri relates to Byleth by offering a shoulder to cry on. He tells them about his own experience with losing his father and family in order to show Byleth that he understands what they are going through. What he offers is emotional support and validation of Byleth’s sadness, anger and wish for revenge.
Both Edelgard and Dimitri offer to help Byleth get revenge on the ones who killed Jeralt. But the way they frame it is different. Edelgard, even in her explore dialogue, frames it as "we cannot allow the killers to roam free". Edelgard frames revenge as stopping TWSID from committing more atrocities in the future. While Dimitri frames it as eye-for-an-eye, to punish those who hurt Byleth by killing Jeralt. 
 The way Claude relates to the whole incident is different. He's not so focused on revenge as on RESEARCH. Because the way Claude bonds with Byleth is through a shared interest in investigating the Church and uncovering the secrets they are hiding. They have several interactions throughout White Clouds that are all about investigating the church, grilling relevant church members for info, and scouring the library for secret knowledge. 
So, by the time Jeralt dies, Claude is Byleth's investigation buddy. Which makes his petition of borrowing Jeralt's diary make sense within that context. And that’s because Claude's way of helping Byleth process their grief is to help them make sense of the contents of the diary, of the mysteries of the church and of the truth of their origins. Because that’s another emotional bomb that Byleth has to deal with after Jeralt’s death: the truth of Sitri’s death and of their birth, what Rhea did to them as a baby, and what that means for them as a person. And that aspect is what Claude helps Byleth with, more than revenge on Jeralt’s killers. That’s why he’s pushy about getting the diary, and in the explore afterwards, he talks to Byleth about it. 
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fayesdiary · 8 months
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I finished Azure Moon!
I'll be taking a break from 3H to avoid getting burnt out - maybe I'll play Mario Odyssey or replay Engage, and in the meantime I'll try catching up with the liveblog.
After the break is done, I'll be playing Verdant Wind!
In the meantime feel free to send me some asks about Azure Moon, I'd love to chat :D
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verdantmeadows · 5 months
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There's literally so many things I could say about this entire scene from Kieran to Drayton but I will just say that, it's INCREDIBLY funny how Drayton is just, OBJECTIVELY manipulating us, but he gets away with it. DESPITE EVERYONE knowing he's being manipulative. Because it's funny. And he's silly with it. He's just a silly guy. He's got silly lazy swag.
+ His dialogue if you say no
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