#VWs bright happy unconditional friendships are good bc it is the bitter lonely underdog found family route in general

[vilonnie]

thinking about the relationships between the three main characters from the fire emblem three houses verdant wind route and also cyril

Claude and Rhea: The societal unfairness and hatred they endured has made them desperate to establish control at all costs so they can do what they believe they must to create a better world and protect their loved ones, but at their core they are afraid to be alone.

Byleth and Cyril: As a commoner they only saw luxury or power from a distance and yet became the right hand of one of the most incomprehensibly powerful people on the continent and now their love burdens them with the weight of being at the center of a huge conflict though they never asked for this.

Byleth and Claude: You got so caught up in the trust you were building with your best friend and leader without realizing that he had baggage all along that you can't solve for him, so sometimes he's not acting solely in your best interest, though you're openly co-operating for mutual gain.

Cyril and Rhea: You got caught up in your love for one of the only adults ever to protect you without realizing that some things she did hurt you in ways you were too young to understand, so you have a complex relationship with a too-powerful immortal who cannot understand you, though she may genuinely love you like a child.

Claude and Cyril: The leader seeks solidarity in the younger soldier out of isolation but in doing so projects onto them somewhat unfairly, though the soldier feels no resentment.

Rhea and Byleth: The leader seeks solidarity in the younger soldier out of isolation but in doing so projects onto them somewhat unfairly, though the soldier sympathizes despite themself.

you know when you just want to make endless pretentious art about something but you're too slow and unmotivated so you just make more quote unquote extremely comprehensible charts