#She literally doesn't even consider Hubert a guarantee

[shiroselia]

I have reached Crimson Flower ch.12, and I feel even more certain about my personal reading of Edelgard in terms of influence from the agarthans being a Big fucking part of a lot of her opinions towards Rhea in particular

The view that the nabataeans are inhuman is Inherently what the agarthans believe, and despite everything, Edelgard has been influenced by them ever since she was very, very young, you can't separate Edelgard's views entirely from the fact that she has practically been raised by the agarthans, you know, the mfers who inherently asked/helped/prompted/whatever word suits it best Nemesis to commit genocide against the nabataens

A lot of stuff Edelgard says in ch.12 I think can be VERY directly traced/compared to what Thales says in. ch.10(?) when he's speaking to Kronya and Edelgard, and remember, Thales has specifically been Stupidly close to Edelgard since he's taken the place of her fucking uncle who's been glued to her hip forever by now

I just still believe that Edelgard isn't as in control as she is, and especially not as self-aware/self-deciding as she is, she Is a tool for the agarthans, that was Her Literal Purpose, that's why she decides what she does, because of what they did to her