#Like yes part of that arch was about Felix still loving dimitri but its also a grief thing

[gengor]

Felix and Dimitri have so much potential to hurt each other, its so compelling to me. 

Dimitri’s dedication to carrying out the wishes of the dead is like an embodiment of Felix's survival guilt. Felix’s brother and dad died to protect Dimitri, and while yes, Dimitri hates the idea of people being self-sacrificing for him-- Dimitri also loves talking about how the dead’s wishes /have/ to be carried out by their living loved ones if they’re going to properly mourn. He’ll routinely say this all the time after Rodrigue died, not realizing he’s hitting Felix in the process of talking about himself. 

So Felix being critical of Dimitri as someone unfit to be in any position of power is slowly chipped away by his survivor’s guilt and grief for his dad…. And then by the end of blue lion's the game has Felix saying shit like “We have to protect Dimitri or else my family died for nothing” when previously nothing triggered his grief and resentment more than other people trying to retroactively justify Glenn’s death. Its so miseraaaable.