#i fully admit that i chose to do silver snow specifically over crimson flower is partially because

[rakkiankh]

I started a save file for a silver snow route a few months back that I just now picked back up, because even though I have a save file of over 700 hours, my one playthrough of silver snow wasn't part of the chain. I found some new favorite classes for some units that I wanted to use after my last playthrough, some new ones to test, and this time around I was doing Ferdinand as my dancer.

Since I wanted to do a purely silver snow route though, I decided to not train Edelgard and Hubert at all. Even at chapter 7 when everyone in my class (consisting of every student currently recruitable + shamir) except Flayn are currently over level 20, Edelgard is level 5 and Hubert hasn't seen a single battle the entire school year. I even put them in the lounge wear outfits so they fit their roles as bench warmers.

And it just makes me think of Edelgard, who is excited to have been chosen by Byleth, and the possibility of having a powerful ally on her side in her upcoming war only to be completely blindsided by being completely ignored. No meals, no tutoring, no extra battles. Made to sit in the corner from everything ranging from the battle of eagle and lion to revenge for the death of a loved one, all while wearing a tank top and basketball shorts for the entire school year. Hubert doesn't know what's going on either, he hasn't even had a single conversation with their teacher. They are incredibly confused.