"We seek not to be born on the same day, in the same month and in the same year. We merely hope to die on the same day, in the same month and in the same year."
--Oath of the Peach Garden, Romance of the Three Kingdoms
You might have seen ppl saying Edelgard was inspired by Cao Cao.
But not enough ppl talk about how Dimitri and his childhood friends were inspired by Liu Bei and the peach garden brothers 😩
(Yes that's my copy of RotTK look at that torn jacket my young ass was not careful at all lmao 😭)
If you have no exposure to the culture then you won't get it, but, the kind of "Knighthood" that Faerghus espouses is the sort of ideology that would make Confucians proud :)))))))))
The knight trio's complex love-hate-respect for their father & older brother is also really really asian (Do you know that tsundere Felix called his father "oyaji-dono" in jap :))) that's like saying "old man, sir")
That aside, these four's dynamic is so interesting man :))) Every once in a while, I find myself thinking about the ride-or-die dysfunctional situationship they had going on 😇 "I do not like the way you act & what you stand for but goddammit we've been tgt since we're babies don't cha think I'd let you go that easily"
But at the same time, there's such an obvious gap between Dimitri and the other three, what with him being the liege they meant to serve and his 4-year isolation post-Tragedy.
That gap plus his commitment to vengeance meant Dimitri was way less attached to not just his childhood friends but almost everyone pre-TS (a hypocrite he was). Those closest to him were Dedue, who was with him during that 4 years, and the Professor, but even to them there were things he didn't say. Meanwhile Felix-Sylvain-Ingrid were frequently present in each other's life.
Seriously tho, everytime Ingrid is neglected by the community, an angel loses its wings... Meanwhile Dimitri, Felix & Sylvain are probably the most popular guys around...
They love her so much man. Dimitri praises her highly & he doesn't just praise anybody (according to Felix). Sylvain adores her company & watching her eat despite all the naggings. Even grumpy lone wolf Felix has several months talking to her or about her in Garreg Mach.
It's so cute that the three boys are aware of her reckless, self-sacrificial tendency and got protective in their A-support :>>>
Dimitri alone could actually best Ingrid in combat, while the other two received an "oh u sure it's not the other way around" from her lol
They would finally agree for once & get them ass if they saw how their dear friend was disrespected smh
(Also they all have really interesting relationship with Dedue and Ashe considering their different views on the Tragedy and Knighthood, but we would be here all day)
Edit: I could never recruit most of the Blue Lions kids to the other sides, but their comments on those routes are really fascinating... Like a part of them simply cannot leave Faerghus and its Delusional Prince behind... Somehow the shttiest place inspired the fiercest love...
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