#his lack of personality beyond grima COULD be looked at in terms of the shallow writing all awakening antagonists recieved

[the-priestess-of-dawn]

FEH Validar... is going to have no choice but to go through some character development. Aversa regained her memories. 4/5 of the Grimas summoned have lost theirs, and the 5th, despite being the most powerful, is also the saddest, openly admitting to feeling empty inside. Things just aren't the same as they were in his home world.

[ro-botany]

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#i am aware that i might be the only validar fan out there but look okay IF GRIMA CAN CHANGE #his lack of personality beyond grima COULD be looked at in terms of the shallow writing all awakening antagonists recieved #BUT it can also be really compelling if you treat it as a legitimate character trait #he has no real sense of self beyond an unstated but clearly felt jealousy that he can't become grima. an implicit sense of being unworthy.#i mean if he were grima he wouldn't be himself. but he has no attachment to himself. he would give up his existence for grima if he could #and he clearly doesn't understand why robin would want to be robin and not grima. what the fuck is a “self” anyway. grima is his everything #“the evils of this world are nothing to me. i am an agent of fate.” he tells the summoner #but is this not just his way of suppressing his own feelings? of minimizing himself? #damn it validar we have GOT to get you some self esteem! you are allowed to be a person!!! and so is your child/reincarnated god!!! #maybe someday i'll write a fic... i know i've been saying this for several years but hey. it could happen eventually.

I will be the first to admit i'm generally a Validar hater but I can be won over. If intsys won't give the man depth we can collectively fix that and I like the direction you're taking it.

FEH Validar... is going to have no choice but to go through some character development. Aversa regained her memories. 4/5 of the Grimas summoned have lost theirs, and the 5th, despite being the most powerful, is also the saddest, openly admitting to feeling empty inside. Things just aren't the same as they were in his home world.