#anyways i never wanna see inigo walked so sylvain could run ever again

[sieglinde-freud]

i generally like characters in fire emblem’s flirty womanizer trope decently enough but im really glad that when they took inigo over to fates they dialed back on that aspect of his character because i think it couldve been so easy to fall into that thing intsys loves to do where they hammer in a certain trope for comedy’s sake (which they did to him in awakening. which was funny! but past his pc supports it was mostly j lmao what a goofer!!) but instead of that they took the time to lay out a good foundation for his fates arc in the dlc and chose to focus more on his anxieties, his morals, and his growth in maturity to really make his progression from silly little guy to man going through an identity crisis really satisfying while still keeping his flirty persona, though toned down, there to keep him consistent. and yeah hes my fav so i have a lot of bias towards him but i do really think that hes one of fire emblem’s best written characters. hes a great example of trope subversion in fire emblem that i dont think people give him enough credit for (he does it better than sylvain btw sorry!). ik theres quite a few games with timeskips/sequels that show growth like that but with the addition of having traveled through literal time and space, no matter how wonky the concept sounds, gives him a unique perspective and opportunity for self reflection that fates does an incredibly job of letting him explore and i simply think its one of the best choices intsys has made