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Such is her power.

I love how I have a soft spot for mentally fucked up white Knight characters that seem soft and chivalrous and then snap or turn out to be unhinged

And then presented with a golden, shining example of this, dimitri fire emblem

I go and get obsessed with edelgard

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Okay, but have you considered that she's Hitler though?/s

Edelgard: This system built on eugenics is fundamentally broken. The Church not only upholds but actively promotes this structure. The very concept of nobility is flawed and needs to be dismantled. To do that, the Church’s influence must be removed. I believe in this cause so strongly that I’m begrudgingly working alongside the very people who killed my siblings and inflicted trauma so severe it left me with memory loss and insomnia. Eventually, I plan to betray them when I achieved my goals and they aren’t useful anymore.

Also Claude: I wonder how the world would look without the archbishop’s influence…. What if she died…… jk jk or …😗

Lorenz: says something about opening all the borders contradicts the tenets of the Seiros faith and seriously wonders if that will get in the way of Claude’s goals.

Ferdie: Edelgard opposes the church but does not deny believers the right to pray. Also! I am Ferdinand Von Ae-

Petra when recruited in another house: Edelgard always encouraged me to follow my own path. She made it clear that she wouldn’t be angry if I chose not to side with the Empire.

Other characters: – “Being born with a Crest made my life significantly harder.”

– “As a woman, I’m expected to have children just because I have a Crest.”

– “I was experimented on and forcibly given two Crests.”

– “My sibling died because of their Crest.”

– “My brother died because his obsession with obtaining a Crest drove him to ruin.”

The church: Executes rebels without trial. Isolates minorities by banishing them to live in an isolated underground abyss. Has a traumatized leader that blocks scientific progress and makes questionable decisions based on grief and fear.

Church enjoyers: The church isn’t that bad! They kept the world stable and don’t have that much influence. Rhea hot (agree)

Seteth: we need to defeat Edelgard to to retake our control over Fodlan!

Fodlan: Not the best place to be if you’re a random villager or poor (Dorothea/Ashe). Even before the war Fodlan has many conflicts due to nobility and being isolated. Oppression, inequality, and systemic violence are normalized. I think I’d rather live in Gotham city.

Random people on the internet: Edelgard is h*tler.?? She’s imposing her ideals onto others! She’s siding with TWSITD what a dummy! Idk why they didn’t just make her a villain only. People only like her because of pretty privilege (this opinion is misogynistic) Her fans think she did nothing wrong (most people are joking and of course people are going to defend a misunderstood character when she’s subject to being called a fascist 😵‍💫) Shes also a war criminal (their favorite character is also a war criminal… most of these characters are war criminals. Almost all of these characters are war criminals)

No matter which route you choose in Three Houses, the only reason Fódlan reaches any form of peace or reform is because Edelgard is the antagonist or ally. She is thee catalyst for change (even in failure), not the obstacle to it. She’s the most important character to these stories whether people like it or not.

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This is the dumbest argument ever because you do get to tell Edelgard you disagree with her. It's called picking Silver Snow.

Seriously, this isn't like AM where you're locked into following Dimitri's suicide charge and supporting his reactionary politics the moment you choose to teach the Lions.

If you're on Crimson Flower it's because you already decided you do agree with her.

Don’t forget -

Game: *Doesn’t allow you to disagree with ANY of the three main lords or the church if you choose to follow them/lead their house, even for stuff you should have the ability/right to argue with them over (Claude’s attack on Enbarr, Dedue’s paralogue, and all of Silver Snow immediately comes to mind). This is supposed to reflect how Byleth’s decided to support their given faction no matter what and believes in their cause*

Certain Fans™: “OMG I can’t believe the game doesn’t let you tell Edelgard you don’t agree with her if you pick Crimson Flower! It’s so dumb we can’t disagree with her and only her, because this is only a problem with her route and no one elses!”

Louder for the people in the back, roflmao.

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Edelgard von Hresvelg: Secular Humanist Icon

Finished the Crimson Flower route for fe3h a few weeks ago but I still think about how this killer line from Edelgard perfectly captures this route’s themes around divinity

We, as Byleth, have had our humanity forcibly stripped from us at such a young age because of our fusion to our crest stone. We don’t know what it’s like to feel our heart beat beneath our chest. We are constantly banging against an emotional wall to build bonds with our students. Our bodies, without our consent, are twisted into the divine to house Sothis. We are so flawless it’s uncanny

When Edelgard proclaims that humanity has no need for gods when they have each other I take it as more than a “friendship is magic” kind of moment. It’s a reclamation of power from Fódlan society’s worship of godhood, and valuing those who are the closest to godhood through their crests. She is saying that any divinity the gods had can already be found within the strength of human bonds. Sure humanity is far more messy and complex than an omnipotent god. But we can finally feel our heart beat. We finally know our complex bonds are what connect and empower us to take action, instead of relying on a pantheon that never understood us decide what’s best

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I suggest we call it an "assortment".

I love that the English language has so many words for a large collection of things with no obvious organising principle. Hodgepodge. Welter. Myriad. Plethora. Farrago. Jumble. Miscellany.

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Paris E. Dent

if Ace Attorney had to name an American president, what do you think they would be named?

they already used Paul Atishon which is literally the perfect ace attorney politician name but for a us president specifically they could do something like Jefferson Roosevelt or Austin Dallas or Whitman Eagleburger

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Most of this is just standard Edelcrit gibberish, but where the fuck is this person getting the idea that Edelgard "bitch[es] about the experiment all of the time"? I think you could count the number of times she actually raises the subject unprompted on one hand.

I admit, I am curious how this asker feels about Dimitri bringing up Duscur every third sentence.

I can’t fathom why you’re an Edelgard fan when she’s kind of the worst. She MADE UP her siblings to make Byleth sympathise with her????? She’s the worst of the fucking worst I genuinely don’t get it. Please elaborate because you glaze her so hard that it makes me uncomfortable. She’s a fascist, even Lysithea is better than her because at least she doesn’t bitch about the experiment all of the time. Edelgard is an unbearable, lying psychopath. I feel like Edelgard fans always exaggerate her ‘trauma’. She really wouldn’t have anything without Crest. She’s literally ONLY popular because she’s a girl

I got that exact ask 6 times and I want to settle this with a poll, is this an Incel?

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Not to downplay the problem of racism and Eurocentrism in how we're taught history, but doesn't Stonehenge get the ancient aliens treatment too?

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Harder still when said parent keeps the President of the United States of America for a pet.

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On the flip side, this same framing can sometimes be turned back on the greedy assholes. At least in the US, if you are injured by your employer's negligence such that you can no longer work, or can only work lower paying jobs, the estimated additional income you would have received had you continued working you former position will be factored into the damages if you sue.

the distortion of "there is potential profit we did not earn" as "there is money we lost" is fascinating and disgusting to me. "megamediaconglomerate lost $1,000,000,000 to piracy this year" is a flat out lie. it is not true. they did not have a billion dollars, that they now do not have. they felt entitled to one billion dollars, that they did not have, and still do not have. it's an infuriating perversion of the truth

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Hot.

She’s so silly

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Listen.

EVERYBODY knows (or should) that you DO. NOT. STOP. in Vidor, Texas. 

It’s best to just run out of gas elsewhere. Whatever you do, black folks, DO NOT STOP IN VIDOR, TEXAS. 

There’s a good chance you’ll get lynched or just come up missing - and I’m not joking.

also do NOT stop in Harrison, Arkansas!!!! (relatively close to OK and MI) a nazi town with a BIG KKK organization.

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Funny enough, I do think Edelgard prefers the company of women, I just think that her potential relationships with several men are the most tragic and that is crack to me. However, I should rectify this.

The game shows me that Edelgard viscerally dislikes how anxious and afraid Bernadetta is, in that Edelgard believes Bernadetta deserves as much dignity as any other person, and that Bernadetta describes Edelgard as the bravest person she knows. Those two are in love.

Marianne clearly fell in love with Edelgard and they did not even have supports, you are going to have a hard time convincing me what else Marianne describing Edelgard as radiant and brave could mean. Like, Edelgard is rebelling against the Goddess that Marianne very much believes in the existence of and Marianne's response is just "Damn, she sure looks brilliant and courageous, though."

Why did Dorothea have a song about Edelgard prepared like that. Oh, it might have been improvised? How did Dorothea improvise it that quickly. Why is Edelgard so invested in what makes Dorothea happy in their early supports and what makes her upset in their last support? WHAT DID EDELGARD MEAN THAT HER STORY IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT DOROTHEA? Love.

Yes, maybe Lysithea is more of a sister to Edelgard and vice-versa. That is a very valid interpretation of what is going on, just given that they must remind each other of their families one way or another. At the same time, neither of them show their vulnerabilities that often and it is crazy how unguarded they get towards each other. They literally save each other from their medical conditions in their shared ending. Romantic or not, they are locked in on each other.

You know, yes, this does get Hapi involved despite no supports (again). Edelgard invited her with Lysithea in their raid to trash one of Thales's laboratories. Is killing mutual abusers together not an act of love? Listen to Dixie Chicks "Goodbye Earl," then come back to me to weigh in on this. If Edelgard is in love with Lysithea, then this is strong evidence for Edelgard also loving Hapi.

Monica is literally a punchline for delusionally obsessed homosexuals in this fandom after 3 Hopes launched. What else is there to say.

Obviously, not everything is shipping. Love can be platonic or found family and all that jazz. On the other hand, maybe we should reinterpret a core assumption about the Edge of Dawn/Lady Hresvelg motifs; maybe the song is not addressed to Byleth, maybe Edelgard went to Garreg Mach and realized that she needs to close off her heart because she realized she falls in love with people in general too easily. Maybe this loser fell in love with half of the people she came here to betray and kill. That song is pretty sappy, if we accept it as a look into her mental state, it is strong evidence that Edelgard is someone who falls in love often.

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Monster made from the remains... expelled... by scavengers after a sky burial.

One of those "we're going to be weird about burial practices we regard as strange or exotic" horror movies, except instead of killer mummies or whatever it's an evil smoke monster made of all the people whose ashes have been illicitly scattered at Disney World.

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The girl in the box

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If you can seriously bring yourself to hate this dork I think you may be beyond help.