#prime angst material there so I'm sure I'll find it super interesting whenever I get around to that

[loregoddess]

For the ask game, Unicorn Overlord Scarlett

How I feel about this character You know, I wasn't really sure how I'd feel about Scarlett at first since the plot really seemed to be pushing her as just Alain's main love interest, but she grew on me a lot as I went through the game. Her history and interactions with the Albion characters added a lot of depth that was missing from her initial characterization, and once I had all her rapport convos unlocked, I really liked the dynamics between her and the other Palevian kids (Chloe and Lex). She was also fun to use in my main unit since she works as both a healer and magic-damage dealer, and it was kinda funny to watch her summon lasers--I mean, heavenly light beams--to smite enemies.

All the people I ship romantically with this character I did end up having her and Alain get married, since it fit the plot beats, and ended up enjoying their paired ending. I'm usually eh on whatever the "main couple" that a story tries to push too hard for, but the endgame sequence really sold me on the idea that the two were in love, and I do like the childhood friends to lovers trope. Although, I'm also partial to the idea of Scarlett x Chloe, and Scarlett x Umerus, possibly Scarlett x Liza, but haven't developed too many thoughts on how the dynamics/story would play out for those ships. Yet.

My non-romantic OTP for this character Chloe, Lex, love the dynamics between Scarlett and Liza (weird besties), Umerus, Raenys, Sanatio, Melisandre...honestly I love that Scarlett gets to have so many friends in the game, and I think she'd get along well enough with most of all the characters. She should have had rapports w/ Yahna too, just because I think the two could have been chaotic weird friends.

My unpopular opinion about this character Her design's not...actually that bad. Like, boob physics and whatever is going on w/ her feet in her idle pose aside, I think her outfit is actually pretty cute, and her overall design fits her character. In the long run, I don't feel like her characterization was that flat or poorly written either, although I didn't find any of the characters in UO boring, so it's not really much of a surprise Scarlett wasn't boring to me either.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon. I'm actually pretty much fine with all of Scarlett's writing? I guess I would have liked if her early-game writing was a bit less focused on her crush on Alain, and possibly for her non-paired ending to have her take up the pontifex role...although I kinda get why she didn't, having been raised outside of Albion proper and all, but still, shoving it off on Sanatio is. Certainly a choice. Given that Scarlett ends the game knowing the truth about the angels, and the fact that none of the Albion characters, angel or human, have a healthy relationship with their own sense of duty combined with insane guilt and shame over their inability to achieve the impossible perfectionist ideals of carrying out said duty, especially not Sanatio. And I feel like if she was going to hand the role off onto someone else, it should have been Nigel given the whole "ruling Albion in her absence" thing he does late-game, and given that he's one of the few Albion characters, aside from Ochlys, who is like, even remotely well-adjusted. Which is...less of an issue w/ Scarlett's writing proper, and more of a "hey, Albion is filled with people who could use a little therapy, which is partly caused by an ancient lie that shaped the country's culture, can we uh, talk about that for a second?" BUT overall I was actually chill with Scarlett's writing, she's cool. Would have loved to see a funeral scene for Scarlett's dad though, I think she deserves to grieve him a bit more than what she got in the game.