#and normally I wouldn't care about not getting DLC bc I think it's often a quick cash grab

[loregoddess]

incomplete list of things I'd have wanted from DLC since we didn't get any:

-rest of the playable Houses characters as playable Hopes characters (Cyril, Hanneman, Gilbert/Gustave, Alois, Anna, etc.)

-playable Judith and Nader, and possibly playable Ladislava, Randolph, and Fleche

-a change to AG so that if you complete Ch9 a certain way you get to recruit Miklan instead of watching him die. The writing's so hit or miss that I was never expecting a redemption arc or anything, but I thought the direction they took his character was interesting, and I wanna pull up a lawn chair and cup of tea and watch the fireworks as the Gautier family skeleton closet gets emptied.

-actually just make is so every character w/ a unique model can be playable, even if it's only in the Reflection Battles like Sothis and Arval bc movesets are tied to classes so this game is uniquely set up for having an unusually large cast of playable characters for a Warriors game (yes, even the villains, I think it would be hilarious to be allowed to play the Agarthan characters in the Reflection Battles, and I mean c'mon, Hyrule Warriors let me play as a ton of villains, and even AoC to a lesser extent though I still haven't forgiven them for not letting me play Astor)

-more supports, including supports for Rhea, Sothis, and Arval (Sothis's characterization was butchered something fierce in Hopes BUT she does drop the True Names of a few of the Nabateans so I want her to have "supports" where she gets to observe characters w/ crests and make commentary so I get the True Names for all the Nabateans--in an ideal world the DLC would actually offer good writing for the Nabatean characters)

-also more supports for preexisting characters bc the supports were generally a delight overall

-better weapon organization system

-the rest of the DLC classes from Houses, valkyrie and dark flier can be gender-locked magic classes to balance out the fact that there's 5 male gender-locked classes but only 3 female gender-locked classes, and war monk/cleric can be a master class to warrior for optimal Annette wrecking things w/ Crusher and being able to sling spells (I mean, ideally the gender-locked thing would get removed but if I'm trying to speculate DLC within the confines of the original game)

-fourth golden route bc I'm a sap and I want one (and bc the beginning of SB was weirdly set up well for a potential golden route if Edelgard hadn't gone and fucking declared war on Rhea for no damned reason again)

-also I think Indech and Macuil should be In The Game, and Nemesis should make a return for no reason except it'd be funny, and then they could all be added to the playable pool for extra nonsense

-expanded lore and story for all the familial nonsense. I wanna know exactly was going on w/ Lonato (he should have been playable in SB and gotten supports with Ashe), I want names and designs for Ashe and Hubert's younger siblings, I want a design for Maya (I hope she and Raphael both share design aesthetics, I want them to be the Armstrongs of the FE world), I wanna know more about Ignatz's older brother, I think we need to meet all the moms too, there are so many moms who never get to appear, I bet Felix's mom would become an instant favorite amongst fans. I want to know everything about everyone.

-updated blacksmithing system so I can move skills around on weapons

-way to get more training points

-more silly things, like silly outfits for characters, and also their Houses appearances

-ability to pet the cats and dogs

back on my nonsense (I'm replaying Three Hopes)