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the reason roy characterization in other media like heroes tends to emphasize the "virtue of humanity" isn't because of dragon racism but because that's what was actually at stake. in binding blade, dragons are primarily framed as good and virtuous, as superior to humanity. this notion that dragons are superior is perpetuated mainly by the main antagonist zephiel, who believes humanity is rotten and should be exterminated, so the "pure" dragons can inhabit the earth.

roy's argument isn't that the dragons are inherintly evil. quite the opposite. he believes dragons and humans can coexist in harmony, and that there is good and evil to both species. the good side of humanity is obviously represented by roy and his army fighting to save everyone from zephiel's extermination campaign. the good side of dragons are represented by the innocent fae and awkward but well intentioned sophia, with the dark side of dragons personified by jahn, to lend moral ambiguity to all sides.

that dragons are people like any other is pretty much never in question. there are characters who are apprehensive of dragons, like niime, but they all quickly learn to drop their judgements and accept them. roy is one of the first to question the narrative of the scouring, to question whether it was good the dragons were driven from elibe. his takeaway is that either side winning is a damn shame, because there should've been no scouring to begin with.

the entire time, the question is "are humans worth keeping around? can humans ever find peace?" and roy's answer is yes. he believes in the good of humans. it's the answer he gives because that's the questioned asked.

hell, if roy hated dragons, he wouldn't have saved idunn. at first, he's prepared to kill her if there's no other option, even after learning of her innocence. but once he realizes there is a way, he changes plans in an instant. and he doesn't tell anyone about it until he's saved her, instead telling his friends to just trust him and to let him deal the final blow against idunn, because he knew it would seal her powers without killing her.

tldr that dragons are people is basically never in question, and the main point of binding blade's narrative is that humans are worth believing in. it's just anti-doomerism and if i see one more racist roy joke i will break into your house for slandering my boy. none of you have played binding blade and it shows

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happy disabilitiy pride month Roy has combined type ADHD and chronic depression. to me

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Throws the fire emblem community this and runs away LOL

This was the before 😭😭. Crazy transformation Ik.

It started off as a stupid thing about my friend saying this one chrom from the heroes guide looks like a cookie so i felt required to make it real after the terrible joke edit LMAO

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Blue Lions

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Finally someone normal to add to my list of comfort characters. I love this dude so much. Its always really nice running into him after struggling through a difficult area. (Which is like, all the areas, but still)

Im on my first playthrough so no spoilers please!

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quick hollow knight doodles from like weeks ago