#I'm sure my opinions will shift around once I actually ya know...play the game
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byleth-sensei · 5 years ago
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Writeup: Things that interest  me about the FE3H cast pre-release - Black Eagles edition
I just want to get my thoughts and things I’m excited to see about each of the students before release!  While I’m obviously more excited about some characters than others, I actually like the entire cast; there are things that intrigue me about each one! 
Starting off with what I’m excited to see of the Black Eagles cast.
Edelgard: We all know how awesome she is!  What needs to be said? A woman who was raised to an rule an empire.  She's beautiful, fierce, and ruthless!  To me, she seems like she could be sort of a female Camus archetype of this game on the other house paths?  And I always enjoy the tragic Camus types.  Also yeah, she's poster girl, she's lovely, and there’s lots of wonderful content for her already!  I’m sure she’s got a more vulnerable side deep down, which I look forward to getting a deeper understanding of as we learn what kind of internal conflict she’s going through as heir to an empire. (I am trusting that they can pull off showing Edelgard’s softer and more vulnerable side without making her ‘weak’!) 
 Ferdinand: He's a complete dumbass redheaded fop, and I love him.  I’m not sure where all the dislike for him comes from (I didn’t read the thanibomb stuff nor do I want to, so if it’s from that I don’t know yet!). The implications of this guy's dissatisfaction with Edelgard is honestly so compelling!  I think he’s kind of going to serve as an excellent foil to Hubert’s blind loyalty. He's of a position relatively close in power to Edelgard and you just know he's got all kinds of powerful people breathing down his neck all the time about what needs to change in the government.  Every complaint about the emperor, every story of injustice at the hands of the empire is probably going to be heard by him. As a result, he knows Edelgard and the empire isn’t perfect, and that may lead to his critical feelings towards Edelgard and his sense of rivalry.  He probably gets exposed to more of the faults in the empire’s upper echelon than the other nobles. I think his feelings of rivalry towards Edelgard will be immensely entertaining.  It’s good for an effective leader to have someone at their side who can tell them when they’re doing something poorly, you know? And he certainly doesn’t seem one to hesitate.
Hubert: So I just praised Ferdinand for being critical of his leader,  now watch as I turn around and tell you what a a sucker I am for the super loyal types. This man would destroy the world for his lady's sake. I feel like he remains the most mysterious member of the Black Eagles.  He's the type who isn't going to let his true feelings be known if they get in the way of doing his job.  Still, I suspect that deep down, Edelgard as an individual is more important to him than Adrestia...something that he probably does his best to hide with austerity. (Or maybe I’m just trying too hard to see Seth/Eirika in them I don’t know!) It really makes me want to get to know him, get him to let down his shield a bit, see what he's really all about.
Dorothea: It's funny; at first I was lukewarm towards Dorothea while everyone else hailed her as a meme queen for her Jojo hat.  But she’s grown on me-- she's an uprising starlet and there's no way life is easy for her being the only commoner in a house full of Adrestian nobles. But she stays upbeat, and she's supportive and helpful even to people in other houses (That Ingrid marriage mission!)! She just seems like an all around really good, down to earth person! She also seems like a bit a of a dork deep down: ”How loud is too loud?”
Petra: I gotta feel for this girl, she's basically been offered by her own family as a symbol of fealty to a kingdom that presumably somehow seized control of her family's kingdom at some point in the past. I mean, think about how she must feel about that. She doesn't let it get her down though, she does what she has to do!  Also, nice legs nice legs I'm weak...big Lyn energy.
Caspar: Caspar seems like your typical dumb jock who guzzles protein powder, but he's also the kind of guy I can respect.  He’s noble, but he isn’t an heir; society tells him he's useless? He said FUCK THAT NOISE.  What an inspiration! He seems like he’ll be the rowdy student who you just can’t help but love. Also, his personal skill is pretty good, an evade debuff isn’t ever bad!
Linhardt: You gotta respect a man who follows his ambitions!  He knows what he likes and he sticks to it. Linhardt's 'sleeps all the time' trope sounds like it could get old fast, so I’m really hoping they don’t beat it to death and they instead show us plenty of the zany crest nerd we know him to be! Also, lazy male healer, lazy male healer! I love it when genre stereotypes are shattered.
Bernadetta:  I admit...at first I was wary of her whole ugu hikikomori angle because it made her character feel a bit too pandering and moeblob from the get-go. BUT I really warmed up to her when I saw her in the E3 treehouse gameplay. Just from her battle dialogue you can glean little bits about her character.  (The way she thought Hubert was so cool when he took out that soldier in front of her? Aww, I think she wants to mingle with her classmates! She definitely knows about and pays attention to them more than she lets on)  It’s also got to be stressful for her being the only child of a noble house -- she can’t shirk responsibility onto a sibling even if she wants to.  It’s all on her whether she likes it or not.  I have high hopes for her development over the game.
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