Same honestly. When they teased it by literally showing her transform for a second, I was CERTAIN she was gonna make an appearance in that form. Guess not.
my biggest gripe of this route is how those who slither in the dark took over the empire, turned edelgard into a puppet w no autonomy etc, it just felt like a super convenient way to make the empire seem entirely evil to take down butttt i loved the blue lions development, esp dimitri
The Empire was always evil tho. Or at least, complicit in everything the Agarthans did, in the main game. So it's not unusual here, when the Empire was the villainous nation declaring war. Even in this game, it's Edelgard's Empire that starts the war.
I mean the empire and Those Who Slither in the Dark has always been a controversial figure and working hand in hand with each other especially in Three House's so it's not out of the loop to make something like this.
And, Edelgard is the villan, because she isn't capable of thinking, Thales is (and the fact that he doesn't use Hegemon Husk in the final fight makes him the king of idiots)
@@sophiagonzales8974 those who slither in the dark infiltrated every nation, think about Cornelia or Thomas, it's like Mafia The point is that they took a protagonist like Edelgard and instead of making her an antagonist for the blue lions route she was simply cast aside (i don't consider her a villan or even Edelgard, for me this is a completely different character)
@@l.n.3372 i totally agree!! i think what gets me is why she had to lose her autonomy/become a puppet and have the empire become this horrible entity that’s raiding it’s own people when by all accounts they were already villainous and invaders to faerghus
1:06 Yeah Dimitri, unfortunately, Shez doesn't have a crest that makes her have hallucinations of the dead telling to avenge them and she's a mercenary so she was always learning to deal with it.
I guess Dimitri is just mentaly ill. The ghosts he see are just his guilty, frustration, sadness and anger manifesting as an alucination. If they were real ghosts they could tell him something usefull or talk about something he doesn't even know. Another thing is he just see ghosts from people who are close to him, if he could see so many ghosts why just not any ghost? When Byleth se ghost Dimitri in 3 houses he wasn't even that close to her/him(cuz they are BE teacher not BL) and Byleth never saw time skip Dimitri, plus ghost Dimitri wasn't even as crazy about revenge as ling Dimitri. I really doubt Lambert would just keep talking about avenge him to his son rather than try teaching him about things he need to learn or talk about dangerous people are around him.
Maybe it is a things in his bloodline and not even having somethings to do with his crest. Like some people have depression as a thing in teir family and it may be triggerd or not by some thing. In Dimitri case was triggered by duskur trauma.
It sorta was a point against Shez for me, lol, I think I would bought their ‘rivalry’ with Byleth more if Shez actually cared even a little more lol, but I suppose it would have been difficult to ‘recruit’ Byleth. Eh, we get what we get lol
Dimitri: do you not want revenge against those who killed your friends? Shez: meh not really *Three Houses Dimitri busts in* 3H Dimitri: IS THIS SOME KIND OF TWISTED JOKE!?
I think he has been projecting his own issues onto Dimitri since the Tragedy combined with his feelings of guilt as well he is definitely not that sane by the start of the game
I love that in both the three hopes videos so far, you’ve always recruited Byleth, and who can blame you? You’d have to be insane to go out of your way to kill them and Jeralt. This is why I’m glad there are videos showing what happens when you do go that route because I won’t ever be taking it:
I wouldn't go as far as to say insane, some people either don't thoroughly finish each area or don't play with online guides, simple as that. This route in particular is pretty tricky to get Byleth and Jeralt zigzagging the map and keeping your allies out of sight if you don't know each step to recruit them.
Everyone should kill Jeralt once on every route, because there's a cutscene that plays on every route when Jeralt dies - and Byleth does something else afterwards.
I think it's because the game doesn't explicitly tell you the outcome if you do which mission on the final Byleth chapter. You more or less have to play a guessing game, I only needed a walkthrough for those chapters since I haven't recruited byleth before in all the routes.
@@l.n.3372 Byleth does something in Scarlet Blaze in the others no. Also I recruit Byleth in Claude and Edelgard route and kill Jeralt in Dimitri and I am glad I do that after replaying I discover that the only route that is better killing Jeralt is Dimitri.
I just realised in the ending of the first video Edelgard was the only one reading and now both her and Dimitri are reading. I guess in the GW video we will know what Claude reads lol.
Same here, was she not finished in time for her to not be there? Like the model is there via _that_ cutscene. I honestly felt like that was a "Chekhov's gun" moment, that she was going to show up and you needed to start smashing her stun gauges before she does too much damage to your team.
Mercedes has a Top tier Res stat so she isnt panicking at all. Ingrid and Annette also have pretty good res stats but they are loosing their mind just as much as everyone else.
@@shirleyg171 Hm good point but even Dimitris defense is only "acceptable" not fantastic hes really a dodgetank even his passive says so 20% dodge at full health
@@duyanhpham9227 Dimitri actually has the highest base HP and Def growth rates of the Three House leaders in Three Houses. He is still a very good physical tank as Edelgard but completely falls behind in terms of Res, while being a good dodge tank.
Worried on watching these cause still halfway in Dimitri run and beside just finding out how training works class works and already in the middle of Edelgard territory and I made like half my team archers
2:47 how did it take me so long to figure out that's the music you hear when you boot up Metroid Prime Trilogy? The whole time I've been thing "I KNOW I heard this music SOMEWHERE before..."
True, Kirby could probably win the entire Fodlan war by himself if he wanted to. Then he'd establish nation-wide law that everyone gets cake and we'd have no more problems.
How nice of the devs to give Dimitri well written character arcs, a great supportive cast/house, a well written story, and a satisfying ending where his homeland overcomes all odds to survive invasion each time.
@@l.n.3372 Because circle-jerking about chivalry and benevolence despite being the most lacking in both manpower and resources always wins the day, eh? As a true Dynasty Warriors fan, that kind of development disgusts me.
For those who believe this is a golden route I'm sorry but it's not, and it shouldn't be, but let me explain In theory a golden route is a route that achieves an ending where everyone is happy, this can't be because everyone should be happy at the end (those who slither in the dark) included, this game isn't made for golden routes, and no route is the evil one (if you check other fire emblem games the evil characters can be distinguished just looking at them (like those who slither in the dark))
eh, eventually the dialogue (especially support dialogue iirc) regarding dimitri tl:dr's to "Dimitri, take a fucking break and stop trying to do L I T E R A L L Y E V E R Y T H I N G by yourself"
@@gypsysprite4824 Seriously I felt like half the route was “Dimitri, fucking stop” and the other half was “Wow Shez, your powers are just like Solon’s, your transformation is totally, definitely, absolutely and obviously just like his.”
@@gypsysprite4824 Yea I felt the need to scream out (hyperbolically) "Dimitri, I'll literally chain you to a rock if it stops you from working yourself to death."
Man, Thales really is a fuck up isn't he? Also Dimitri having an existential crisis at meeting someone whose default response to someone doing a violence on them isn't "MAIM KILL BURN!" Like they are a Khornite is weirdly hilarious.
Golden Wildfire be like: [Crimson Flower/Azure Gleam] Claude: feels like I killed my twin brother [our universe] Shahid: you look like my brother Claude: then i better stop you for your brother's sake time skip Shahid: so i was right, it is you brother! Shez: :O {also consider} [Crimson Flower] Edelgard: let's team up Claude: ok [Azure Gleam] Dimitri: let's team up Claude: ok [Golden Wildfire] Claude: hey, who do you think we should team up with?
Scarlet Blaze was just Claude teaming up with Edelgard and betraying her they should've done that in his fucking route also Shahid seriously needs a redemption arc and that could've been the focus of Golden Wildfire.
@@sophiagonzales8974 When was Claude aligned with the Kingdom in Scarlet Blaze? Sure, he had Count Glocester reneged his deal with the Empire, but that is not directly supporting the Kingdom.
I assume those that watch this played through the route, but is Caspar the only playable character that is forced to be killed in this route? Like everyone else is either recruitable or is just gone
@@jjjj4rd I could have sworn they all survived or disappeared (I remember Ferdinand and Hubert just disappearing in part 2 while Manuela and Hanneman left in the chapter I fought them in)
About the scene where Thales throws a crest stone and turns Edelgard into the Hegemon Husk brainwashing her, am I having a stroke or this mechanic was never introduced before? Because i don't know if you remember but crests stones turn people into demonic beasts (not Hegemon Husk that can be achieved only operating specifically on Edelgard's 2 crests) permanently
i feel like this route trades the faerghus kids and rhea not dying for everyone else having the worst time possible, an idk that doesn't seem like a fair trade to me personally
That's the whole joke. Thales pretty much had Edelgard under his control and never once used the Hegemon husk after we see it midgame, even though it would've made sense for him to unleash it during the final fight where he's getting jumped by everyone
Because there aren't those exact lines voiced in game? Take a look at what I have written. Do you think that they'd have additional voice lines making fun of their own story and gameplay logic?
It gets worse. After they stop her and defeat Thales, she changes back to normal but now she has MENTALLY REGRESSED TO HER 12 YEAR OLD SELF FROM BEFORE THE EXPERIMENTS! In other words, mentally she is her brown haired younger self. Azure Gleam did my Empress so fucking dirty! This is why I can’t fucking stand the Pirate Pig’s routes!
@@zigslotheon And here we have your stereotypical Edelgard fan who praises their emperor as holier than thou, despises Rhea and Dimitri with a passion, and only loves Claude so long as he allies with Edelgard. They show a prime example of what people hate about hardcore Edelgard fans.
The manipulations of Thales are ingrained too deep in her, Hopes just confirms that Edelgard must either be killed or have her memory wiped to prevent war.
@@pearsemolloy9656 Not only is it the best out of the 3 (4), but it's the only one that makes sense. In Wildfire, the war rages on, proving that Claude was a moron to trust Edelgard and believe the war would end after murdering Rhea. In Blaze, Claude will betray Edelgard if Jeralt is dead and Byleth helps Claude to attack the Empire. Claude dies and the war rages on. If you recruit Jeralt instead, then Claude doesn't betray Edelgard and he and Empire destroy the innocent Kingdom even tho Claude said multiple times he doesn't wanna unite Fodlan at all. So Claude is still a moron and an awful person like Edelgard.
@@pearsemolloy9656 Best? In which way? The empire ends with a lot of inocent people death by those who slider in the dark, the situation of Edelgard, and Claude is obviously not gonna stand the church returning, this is only good for the kingdom, in scarlet blaze (recruiting Byleth) she wants to change the kingdom and after that she will let Claude to accomplish his ambition to open Fodlan to outsiders and in Golden Wildfire Edelgard main goal was to get rid of the church so it’s a win for her. The blue lion route is only the best ending for this who like the blue lion members.
@@santiagogaviriasuarez7541 She wants to "change" the Kingdom by destroying it and massacring all those who oppose her tyrannical rule (as in CF). If you think that's better than the end of AG it's because you're an Edeltard.
I don't like this route because of what it did to Edelgard and turning a morally grey story into a black and white one by having TWSITD hijack the war. I think it was a really stupid decision for the writers. However, I do still like how it handled other characters and I did like Dimitri a bit more after this in comparison to 3H which made me feel immense bitterness toward him. They handled his characterization really well. So I appreciate the characters even though the story is one I cannot bring myself to like. If others like this route and think it's the best, that's fine as you're entitled to your opinion. I, however, simply cannot see this route's story as good in any way and think it's the worst one.
I could argue I love this route cause it actually made me care for her and worry for her safety. I... never liked her character. She was always a puppet for Those Who Slither... It's just only when Byleth sides with her did she manage to break free from them, and in this story Shez. She still desires to conquer the entire continent and impose what she views is a better system then the one governed by the other nations... desires to overthrow the church for those very same reasons... Even if it served to create a world she envisioned as better, it doesn't change the fact she would have to impose countless evils on others to achieve it. That being said she was willing to go through with it knowing all that... while it doesn't make her an evil person, doesn't change the fact that she was willing to commit evil for a just cause. The only thing this route did was materialize the puppet strings for all to see and reveal the puppet master. The TRUE monsters that experimented on her, and made her believe lies that it was the Church the whole time. And while I did not like her as a character... having this happen to her actually made me feel genuine worry and fear for her safety.
@@chriswinfrey3744 Edelgard's greatest character trait has always been her powerful resolve. Whether she's the hero that brought forth a revolution or the tyrant, she cares not. She fights because she cannot accept the current world and will burn it down even if it means being hated for it. But what AG did was take everything that makes Edelgard...well, Edelgard. I mean, if it made you worry for her, that's fine. But what this story did is subject Edelgard to a fate worse than death.
@@0axis771 I completely agree. I could even point out that's what made me worry for her. She got the rug pulled right from under her. However everything about what you said also means someone like me who does not care for people like that will never side with her. That does not mean I hate her. Admittedly she was always to play the role of antagonist in a story with much bigger antagonist's... and since she originally sought to use the bigger antagonist in a gamble, it makes sense she'd lose like she did in 3 Hopes Azure Gleam. Simply put as the most un-redeemable character out of the 3 in a game that requires all 3 to live... what happened to her needed to happen or the same scene at the end of the Blue Lions path would just repeat itself.
@@chriswinfrey3744 The problem I have with AG isn't just what happened with Edelgard, but how AG just turned what was originally a morally grey story into now just black and white. Now Edelgard is mind controlled and the evil people are controlling the Empire and countless villages are destroyed as the war spirals out of control. Like, was it really that hard for Dimitri's story to function without having someone lose all agency? Maybe the writers felt that there was simply no way that Dimitri could win the war if something like SB and GW happened where the Empire and Alliance team up, but feel that there's no normal reason for Claude to ever team up with Dimitri and Rhea. So have the war get hijacked by TWSITD so that the Empire is now pure evil and Claude will have no option but Dimitri's side.
I kinda see where your going with that but allow me to introduce the reality. The War between Empire and Kingdom was originally a distraction for a war between Those who Slither and the remaining members of a race that gave humanity the power to fight them. Hate her all you want, Rhea was never a true antagonist. She was a woman on the edge still mourning for the loss of her mother and her mother's crest... to finally have a host only for the host to backstab her in the Black Eagles route. Obvious... questionable experiments aside Byleth was slated for death. They only live through the Crest of Sothis which now acts as their heart... At the end of each route.... Eddie's aside you come across a broken woman lamenting her mistakes and going so far feeling unfit to lead that she passes on the title of Arch Bishop straight to Byleth. Similar to Eddie, Rhea was never truly evil. To understand a bit better... Rhea and her kin are the enemies of the Agarthans. A twisted vengeful people that sow chaos and war to better mankind in their own twisted ways. Sothis's people being literally the only ones that can truly kill them aside one of their own... Shez... With this in mind... all the wars were was a way to get rid of the only thing keeping those Who Slither from being able to come into the light... Sothis's people. Namely Rhea. Once Rhea's gone... well... Let's just say at the end of Golden Wildfire... that dour cliffhanger after murdering a woman and her followers... when Claude tried for peace... probably... didn't happen. The Peace that is. It's a weird conundrum. Circling around to what they did to Eddie in Azure Gleam... Eddie was about to extinguish Dimitri's whole reason for his crusade against her. She even exposed Thalos as the true killer before he showed up to silence her. This would have taken both the Kingdom AND the Empire's focus straight to him and he wasn't having that. So he activated Eddie and took control of her. What the Three Kingdoms were engaging in was a Morally grey war with the truth fueling it from the shadows being one of true darkness. In short the wars will never truly end as long as the Agarthans are there to puppeteer them.
not gonna lie, still surprised about not having a transformed edelgard boss fight
Same honestly. When they teased it by literally showing her transform for a second, I was CERTAIN she was gonna make an appearance in that form. Guess not.
Seems to be because they can’t control her(she attacked her soldiers when she transformed). Though that’s certainly never stopped them before.
@Меѳодїи i keep forgetting that this game is getting dlc. hope its fun tho i k7nda casually s rank in maddening cause luna is op
That would be a massive wasted opportunity if we don’t get her boss fight in dlc.
Dlc better be actual endings
The "being Edelgard is suffering" route, as I like to call it
It is really weird that they introduce the hegemon halfway through the route and then you never fight it and it's never seen again.
considering her state at the end of the game, it didn't surprise me.
Not gonna lie, nothing in this game is more badass than Dimitri tanking the magic blasts in the final Thales scene
I actually felt kind of insulted at that because I remember his shitty res stat from three houses
He clearly had the impregnable wall gambit active so he was only taking 1 damage per hit
I expected him to just block them all, but he didn’t even flinch lmao.
@@shayminister4922 Wouldnt that also make the damage Dimitri deals in return also just 1 though
@@duyanhpham9227 He waited for the affect to wear off before getting a crit with atrocity and procking his crest to reach the damage cap
Even when being shot at by lightning bolts Mercedes remains happy, she's the best.
I like this version of Dimtri, but I would be lying if I didn't love the Blood-Thristy Dimtri
my biggest gripe of this route is how those who slither in the dark took over the empire, turned edelgard into a puppet w no autonomy etc, it just felt like a super convenient way to make the empire seem entirely evil to take down butttt i loved the blue lions development, esp dimitri
The Empire was always evil tho. Or at least, complicit in everything the Agarthans did, in the main game. So it's not unusual here, when the Empire was the villainous nation declaring war. Even in this game, it's Edelgard's Empire that starts the war.
I mean the empire and Those Who Slither in the Dark has always been a controversial figure and working hand in hand with each other especially in Three House's so it's not out of the loop to make something like this.
And, Edelgard is the villan, because she isn't capable of thinking, Thales is (and the fact that he doesn't use Hegemon Husk in the final fight makes him the king of idiots)
@@sophiagonzales8974 those who slither in the dark infiltrated every nation, think about Cornelia or Thomas, it's like Mafia
The point is that they took a protagonist like Edelgard and instead of making her an antagonist for the blue lions route she was simply cast aside (i don't consider her a villan or even Edelgard, for me this is a completely different character)
@@l.n.3372 i totally agree!! i think what gets me is why she had to lose her autonomy/become a puppet and have the empire become this horrible entity that’s raiding it’s own people when by all accounts they were already villainous and invaders to faerghus
1:06 Yeah Dimitri, unfortunately, Shez doesn't have a crest that makes her have hallucinations of the dead telling to avenge them and she's a mercenary so she was always learning to deal with it.
I guess Dimitri is just mentaly ill.
The ghosts he see are just his guilty, frustration, sadness and anger manifesting as an alucination.
If they were real ghosts they could tell him something usefull or talk about something he doesn't even know. Another thing is he just see ghosts from people who are close to him, if he could see so many ghosts why just not any ghost?
When Byleth se ghost Dimitri in 3 houses he wasn't even that close to her/him(cuz they are BE teacher not BL) and Byleth never saw time skip Dimitri, plus ghost Dimitri wasn't even as crazy about revenge as ling Dimitri.
I really doubt Lambert would just keep talking about avenge him to his son rather than try teaching him about things he need to learn or talk about dangerous people are around him.
Maybe it is a things in his bloodline and not even having somethings to do with his crest. Like some people have depression as a thing in teir family and it may be triggerd or not by some thing.
In Dimitri case was triggered by duskur trauma.
I think shez does have at least a power on par to a crest because they can wield hero relics without taking recoil
@@reyesle6709 yeah it’s called ARVAL!
It sorta was a point against Shez for me, lol, I think I would bought their ‘rivalry’ with Byleth more if Shez actually cared even a little more lol, but I suppose it would have been difficult to ‘recruit’ Byleth. Eh, we get what we get lol
That ashe scene is me with every map that has a treasure chest, who needs to defeat the enemy when they have a master key already
Nah, Ashe can just get a five finger discount everywhere he goes
Dimitri: do you not want revenge against those who killed your friends?
Shez: meh not really
*Three Houses Dimitri busts in*
3H Dimitri: IS THIS SOME KIND OF TWISTED JOKE!?
'Does she not wish to clobber that there Kirby???' - Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd
Yeah, Rufus had some audacity to ask that question
I think he has been projecting his own issues onto Dimitri since the Tragedy combined with his feelings of guilt as well he is definitely not that sane by the start of the game
@@4wheal I read it as Rufus asking out of curiosity since he seemed to fear Dimitri so much he wasn't sure if he was human
I love that in both the three hopes videos so far, you’ve always recruited Byleth, and who can blame you? You’d have to be insane to go out of your way to kill them and Jeralt. This is why I’m glad there are videos showing what happens when you do go that route because I won’t ever be taking it:
I wouldn't go as far as to say insane, some people either don't thoroughly finish each area or don't play with online guides, simple as that. This route in particular is pretty tricky to get Byleth and Jeralt zigzagging the map and keeping your allies out of sight if you don't know each step to recruit them.
@@jjjj4rd yeah it is hard to recruit them, definitely worth the trouble though.
Everyone should kill Jeralt once on every route, because there's a cutscene that plays on every route when Jeralt dies - and Byleth does something else afterwards.
I think it's because the game doesn't explicitly tell you the outcome if you do which mission on the final Byleth chapter. You more or less have to play a guessing game, I only needed a walkthrough for those chapters since I haven't recruited byleth before in all the routes.
@@l.n.3372 Byleth does something in Scarlet Blaze in the others no. Also I recruit Byleth in Claude and Edelgard route and kill Jeralt in Dimitri and I am glad I do that after replaying I discover that the only route that is better killing Jeralt is Dimitri.
"Does she not want to clobber that there Kirby."
I just realised in the ending of the first video Edelgard was the only one reading and now both her and Dimitri are reading. I guess in the GW video we will know what Claude reads lol.
And considering how I have been hearing Claude became quite controversial, what he reads is probably gonna be something!
"Verdant Wind: Why it's better to work with the Church rather than against them" -by Claude Von Riegan
Claude's book is probably something like "The victim of racism becomes an agressor of racism"
The books were so hilarious my favorite was Dimitri's, I'm guessing Claude would be like why the church is better than the empire.
@@sjk8495 Lol he does just wait till you play his route he's already more in character if you play Scarlet Blaze or Azure Gleam.
Not gonna lie, I stopped watching your channel since you stopped making Three Houses content. Good to see you back.
Seriously... The fact they DIDN'T put the Hagemon Edelgard as a fight kinda confused me. She was CLEARLY in the story, but you don't fight her?
Same here, was she not finished in time for her to not be there? Like the model is there via _that_ cutscene. I honestly felt like that was a "Chekhov's gun" moment, that she was going to show up and you needed to start smashing her stun gauges before she does too much damage to your team.
Maybe it's a one time use consumable.
That's right ! There is actually in game data for the boss battle with Hegemon Edelgard but it wasn't finished.
@@nicolasbanidol2371 Man this really shows how broken this game is narratively and gameplay wise. Koei Tecmo should never touch FE again
Hegie was too overpowered.
1:18 gotta love the picture of Donnel from Awakening the background haha
Mercedes has a Top tier Res stat so she isnt panicking at all. Ingrid and Annette also have pretty good res stats but they are loosing their mind just as much as everyone else.
The switch wouldn't be out of bounds though. Ingrid is a pegasus knight so she can just fly over the gate.
Honestly Dimitri would probably rank her fireballs like he does Thales dark magic. Man breaks his impenetrable barrier like it’s nothing.
But do you remember Dimitris res stat back in three houses (it’s still just as bad here in three hopes)
@@duyanhpham9227 Hegemon deals physical damage though
@@shirleyg171 Hm good point but even Dimitris defense is only "acceptable" not fantastic hes really a dodgetank even his passive says so 20% dodge at full health
@@duyanhpham9227 Dimitri actually has the highest base HP and Def growth rates of the Three House leaders in Three Houses.
He is still a very good physical tank as Edelgard but completely falls behind in terms of Res, while being a good dodge tank.
@@spartanchief2 Maybe Dimitris Def is being overshadowed by Dedue too much i didnt find him very tanky
Worried on watching these cause still halfway in Dimitri run and beside just finding out how training works class works and already in the middle of Edelgard territory and I made like half my team archers
2:47 how did it take me so long to figure out that's the music you hear when you boot up Metroid Prime Trilogy? The whole time I've been thing "I KNOW I heard this music SOMEWHERE before..."
1:03 I doubt it, i don't think she's capable. If King DDD and Meta Knight couldn't do it, what makes you think she could?
True, Kirby could probably win the entire Fodlan war by himself if he wanted to. Then he'd establish nation-wide law that everyone gets cake and we'd have no more problems.
Raphael wouldn't like that outcome though
@@Coo1gamer Then He better get with a Money Back GUARANTEE.
Can we talk about how we never fought Edgymon Edelgard, we only saw her in a cutscene? It feels contrived and confusing
Finally finished this route. Did black eagles 1st and thought we was gonna get Uber Edelgard fight. Oddly not. Good vid, mercie is just vibing
All hail Lord Donnel the 1st!
My favorite part was when Ingrid went to Lorenz’s barber
Ha! This is brilliant. I can't wait if you're going to do Golden Wildfire as well
Can't wait to see what book claude will be reading at the end
1:47 Mercedes??? Shouldn't you be a little more worried?!
It’s fine. She had her Res maxed out
nah mercedes is happy about everything
Mercedes is a girlboss
Dang, I literally just finished Azure Gleam and this pops up-
Azure Gleam was my first route I completed. I watched this in celebration
Lol I saw that Fgo Orion head
How nice of Koei to give the Blue Lions the best route two games in a row
How nice of the devs to give Dimitri well written character arcs, a great supportive cast/house, a well written story, and a satisfying ending where his homeland overcomes all odds to survive invasion each time.
@@l.n.3372 Because circle-jerking about chivalry and benevolence despite being the most lacking in both manpower and resources always wins the day, eh? As a true Dynasty Warriors fan, that kind of development disgusts me.
Why did we never get to fight or see hegemon El after she transforms one time? 😕
For those who believe this is a golden route I'm sorry but it's not, and it shouldn't be, but let me explain
In theory a golden route is a route that achieves an ending where everyone is happy, this can't be because everyone should be happy at the end (those who slither in the dark) included, this game isn't made for golden routes, and no route is the evil one (if you check other fire emblem games the evil characters can be distinguished just looking at them (like those who slither in the dark))
guide to healthy work balance
i would expect such a book to be read by edelguard over dimitri
eh, eventually the dialogue (especially support dialogue iirc) regarding dimitri tl:dr's to "Dimitri, take a fucking break and stop trying to do L I T E R A L L Y E V E R Y T H I N G by yourself"
@@gypsysprite4824 Seriously I felt like half the route was “Dimitri, fucking stop” and the other half was “Wow Shez, your powers are just like Solon’s, your transformation is totally, definitely, absolutely and obviously just like his.”
@@gypsysprite4824 i mean yes but that's because he wants to keep his mind occupied from this mental issues
@@gypsysprite4824 Yea I felt the need to scream out (hyperbolically) "Dimitri, I'll literally chain you to a rock if it stops you from working yourself to death."
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The Archon Windows
I love the glass panels in the church 😂😂
Man, Thales really is a fuck up isn't he?
Also Dimitri having an existential crisis at meeting someone whose default response to someone doing a violence on them isn't "MAIM KILL BURN!" Like they are a Khornite is weirdly hilarious.
Imagine if we got to see Hegemon Husk vs Immaculate One
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Tolle Bundglasfenster.
Why the donnel poster in Cornelia’s chamber?
Golden Wildfire be like:
[Crimson Flower/Azure Gleam]
Claude: feels like I killed my twin brother
[our universe]
Shahid: you look like my brother
Claude: then i better stop you for your brother's sake
time skip
Shahid: so i was right, it is you brother!
Shez: :O
{also consider}
[Crimson Flower]
Edelgard: let's team up
Claude: ok
[Azure Gleam]
Dimitri: let's team up
Claude: ok
[Golden Wildfire]
Claude: hey, who do you think we should team up with?
Scarlet Blaze was just Claude teaming up with Edelgard and betraying her they should've done that in his fucking route also Shahid seriously needs a redemption arc and that could've been the focus of Golden Wildfire.
@@sophiagonzales8974 Nope, Alliance route is all about becoming the Federation.
@@DarkAdonisVyers One with the federation Claude ends up betraying the kingdom in Scarlet Blaze
@@sophiagonzales8974 When was Claude aligned with the Kingdom in Scarlet Blaze? Sure, he had Count Glocester reneged his deal with the Empire, but that is not directly supporting the Kingdom.
@@DarkAdonisVyers He wasn't for the kingdom in Scarlet Blaze but if you get to the battle of Ailell chapter Claude tries to kill Adrestia and Faergus
1:05 Bottom text, literally
I assume those that watch this played through the route, but is Caspar the only playable character that is forced to be killed in this route? Like everyone else is either recruitable or is just gone
Spoilers!
You can recruit Lindheart, Petra, Dorothea and Bernie. You have to kill Ferd, Hurbert, Manuela, Hanneman and Caspar. :(
@@ivyproductions7097 Manuela and Hanneman can be spared, though they still remain unrecruitable.
I don't think hubert is dead, after all don't you only fight him in the valley of tornent and thats it and he retreats?
@@jjjj4rd I could have sworn they all survived or disappeared (I remember Ferdinand and Hubert just disappearing in part 2 while Manuela and Hanneman left in the chapter I fought them in)
The only one I actually remember dying (in a fight at least) is Caspar
dmitri is dedede confirmed!
Does she not with to clobber that there Kirby? 🤣🤣🤣
Edit: Yas, the best Count Bergliez x Count Hevring moment 🤭
1:03 Does she not wish to clobber that there Kirby?
About the scene where Thales throws a crest stone and turns Edelgard into the Hegemon Husk brainwashing her, am I having a stroke or this mechanic was never introduced before? Because i don't know if you remember but crests stones turn people into demonic beasts (not Hegemon Husk that can be achieved only operating specifically on Edelgard's 2 crests) permanently
1:47: Look at Mercie XD
I wonder what Claude's book is going to be
i feel like this route trades the faerghus kids and rhea not dying for everyone else having the worst time possible, an idk that doesn't seem like a fair trade to me personally
If by everyone you mean Edlegard then, yes.
Otherwise it's really no different to the other routes in how things work out for the non player factions.
I don't remember Edelgard transforming in my playthrough of the final fight.
That's the whole joke. Thales pretty much had Edelgard under his control and never once used the Hegemon husk after we see it midgame, even though it would've made sense for him to unleash it during the final fight where he's getting jumped by everyone
@@jjjj4rd And here I thought that in the bad ending of Azure Gleam that happened.
Those spoilers wont stop me cuz I can't read
kappa
I am so early, and i have not play azure gleam
You think them abandoning Ludwig makes no sense? At least it's established that they dislike him. Try the fact that they abandon CASPAR. Like, wtf?
Love the genshin call out
Dededimitri
Okay but why is there no voice acting? Is it a copyright thing or something?
Because there aren't those exact lines voiced in game? Take a look at what I have written. Do you think that they'd have additional voice lines making fun of their own story and gameplay logic?
Have you gotten rid of voice lines?
It do be like that
Paaaaaaaaaaaiiiiinnnnn
Dem so she still cant escape her original fate :(
It gets worse.
After they stop her and defeat Thales, she changes back to normal but now she has MENTALLY REGRESSED TO HER 12 YEAR OLD SELF FROM BEFORE THE EXPERIMENTS! In other words, mentally she is her brown haired younger self. Azure Gleam did my Empress so fucking dirty! This is why I can’t fucking stand the Pirate Pig’s routes!
Moral of the story: Edelgard should NEVER leave Hubert’s vicinity when Thales is out there. Look what happens when he does!
@@zigslotheon And here we have your stereotypical Edelgard fan who praises their emperor as holier than thou, despises Rhea and Dimitri with a passion, and only loves Claude so long as he allies with Edelgard.
They show a prime example of what people hate about hardcore Edelgard fans.
The manipulations of Thales are ingrained too deep in her, Hopes just confirms that Edelgard must either be killed or have her memory wiped to prevent war.
Edelgard is miserable no matter what route you choose except hers. It's the "War is written by the victors" all over.
Azure Gleam was okay until the last part.
Then it went to shit and it has the worst ending
Horrible take lmao.
I think part 1 is a lot stronger than part 2 but worst ending? Nah not even close it’s easily the best of the three.
@@pearsemolloy9656
Not only is it the best out of the 3 (4), but it's the only one that makes sense.
In Wildfire, the war rages on, proving that Claude was a moron to trust Edelgard and believe the war would end after murdering Rhea.
In Blaze, Claude will betray Edelgard if Jeralt is dead and Byleth helps Claude to attack the Empire. Claude dies and the war rages on. If you recruit Jeralt instead, then Claude doesn't betray Edelgard and he and Empire destroy the innocent Kingdom even tho Claude said multiple times he doesn't wanna unite Fodlan at all. So Claude is still a moron and an awful person like Edelgard.
@@pearsemolloy9656 Best? In which way? The empire ends with a lot of inocent people death by those who slider in the dark, the situation of Edelgard, and Claude is obviously not gonna stand the church returning, this is only good for the kingdom, in scarlet blaze (recruiting Byleth) she wants to change the kingdom and after that she will let Claude to accomplish his ambition to open Fodlan to outsiders and in Golden Wildfire Edelgard main goal was to get rid of the church so it’s a win for her. The blue lion route is only the best ending for this who like the blue lion members.
@@santiagogaviriasuarez7541 She wants to "change" the Kingdom by destroying it and massacring all those who oppose her tyrannical rule (as in CF). If you think that's better than the end of AG it's because you're an Edeltard.
I don't like this route because of what it did to Edelgard and turning a morally grey story into a black and white one by having TWSITD hijack the war. I think it was a really stupid decision for the writers. However, I do still like how it handled other characters and I did like Dimitri a bit more after this in comparison to 3H which made me feel immense bitterness toward him. They handled his characterization really well. So I appreciate the characters even though the story is one I cannot bring myself to like.
If others like this route and think it's the best, that's fine as you're entitled to your opinion. I, however, simply cannot see this route's story as good in any way and think it's the worst one.
I could argue I love this route cause it actually made me care for her and worry for her safety. I... never liked her character. She was always a puppet for Those Who Slither... It's just only when Byleth sides with her did she manage to break free from them, and in this story Shez.
She still desires to conquer the entire continent and impose what she views is a better system then the one governed by the other nations... desires to overthrow the church for those very same reasons... Even if it served to create a world she envisioned as better, it doesn't change the fact she would have to impose countless evils on others to achieve it.
That being said she was willing to go through with it knowing all that... while it doesn't make her an evil person, doesn't change the fact that she was willing to commit evil for a just cause.
The only thing this route did was materialize the puppet strings for all to see and reveal the puppet master. The TRUE monsters that experimented on her, and made her believe lies that it was the Church the whole time. And while I did not like her as a character... having this happen to her actually made me feel genuine worry and fear for her safety.
@@chriswinfrey3744 Edelgard's greatest character trait has always been her powerful resolve. Whether she's the hero that brought forth a revolution or the tyrant, she cares not. She fights because she cannot accept the current world and will burn it down even if it means being hated for it.
But what AG did was take everything that makes Edelgard...well, Edelgard.
I mean, if it made you worry for her, that's fine. But what this story did is subject Edelgard to a fate worse than death.
@@0axis771 I completely agree. I could even point out that's what made me worry for her. She got the rug pulled right from under her.
However everything about what you said also means someone like me who does not care for people like that will never side with her. That does not mean I hate her.
Admittedly she was always to play the role of antagonist in a story with much bigger antagonist's... and since she originally sought to use the bigger antagonist in a gamble, it makes sense she'd lose like she did in 3 Hopes Azure Gleam.
Simply put as the most un-redeemable character out of the 3 in a game that requires all 3 to live... what happened to her needed to happen or the same scene at the end of the Blue Lions path would just repeat itself.
@@chriswinfrey3744 The problem I have with AG isn't just what happened with Edelgard, but how AG just turned what was originally a morally grey story into now just black and white. Now Edelgard is mind controlled and the evil people are controlling the Empire and countless villages are destroyed as the war spirals out of control.
Like, was it really that hard for Dimitri's story to function without having someone lose all agency?
Maybe the writers felt that there was simply no way that Dimitri could win the war if something like SB and GW happened where the Empire and Alliance team up, but feel that there's no normal reason for Claude to ever team up with Dimitri and Rhea.
So have the war get hijacked by TWSITD so that the Empire is now pure evil and Claude will have no option but Dimitri's side.
I kinda see where your going with that but allow me to introduce the reality. The War between Empire and Kingdom was originally a distraction for a war between Those who Slither and the remaining members of a race that gave humanity the power to fight them.
Hate her all you want, Rhea was never a true antagonist. She was a woman on the edge still mourning for the loss of her mother and her mother's crest... to finally have a host only for the host to backstab her in the Black Eagles route.
Obvious... questionable experiments aside Byleth was slated for death. They only live through the Crest of Sothis which now acts as their heart... At the end of each route.... Eddie's aside you come across a broken woman lamenting her mistakes and going so far feeling unfit to lead that she passes on the title of Arch Bishop straight to Byleth. Similar to Eddie, Rhea was never truly evil.
To understand a bit better... Rhea and her kin are the enemies of the Agarthans. A twisted vengeful people that sow chaos and war to better mankind in their own twisted ways. Sothis's people being literally the only ones that can truly kill them aside one of their own... Shez...
With this in mind... all the wars were was a way to get rid of the only thing keeping those Who Slither from being able to come into the light... Sothis's people. Namely Rhea.
Once Rhea's gone... well... Let's just say at the end of Golden Wildfire... that dour cliffhanger after murdering a woman and her followers... when Claude tried for peace... probably... didn't happen. The Peace that is.
It's a weird conundrum.
Circling around to what they did to Eddie in Azure Gleam... Eddie was about to extinguish Dimitri's whole reason for his crusade against her. She even exposed Thalos as the true killer before he showed up to silence her. This would have taken both the Kingdom AND the Empire's focus straight to him and he wasn't having that. So he activated Eddie and took control of her.
What the Three Kingdoms were engaging in was a Morally grey war with the truth fueling it from the shadows being one of true darkness. In short the wars will never truly end as long as the Agarthans are there to puppeteer them.
Fuck this route.