#like she hadnt even thought of universal education lmao

[deathbirby]

These people are so funny. Anyway since I’m on a Dimitri vs Edelgard kick it’s really funny to me how their endings compare like. Dimitri’s are all “he spent the rest of his life helping orphans and kissing puppies and empowering the people to participate in government” and El’s are like “she made unilateral decisions and killed everyone who disagreed with her before fucking off and putting someone who would do the same in charge” like I dunno how people are confused on how we see her as the more villainous one there. Also of note is that El’s endings seem very hand-wavy on what exactly she did to “reform” the system while Dimitri’s are very explicit (improving foreign relations, improving social welfare, instating a system of democracy). One could argue it’s because Edelgard talked about her reforms earlier in the game so they didn’t feel the need to retread but I dunno it rubs me the wrong way. Much like other things El does in pursuit of her goals.

This was inspired by a particular line by one of the Edel stans- that Edelgard’s policies were “popular with the people”. None of her endings mention this and neither does the ending crawl. Meanwhile Dimitri’s endings and ending crawl specifically point out that he and his policies were widely beloved. Does that not strike anyone as strange? It’s like the opinions of the people don’t matter in her route, which, kind of matches with everything else about her character to be clear. Just lots of food for thought I guess.

Stans are so funny because Edelgard doesn't give a shit about the commoner. She starts a war which will negatively affect EVERY commoner in Fodlan.

She doesn't care about other people's opinions because only SHE knows what's best for Fodlan.