honestly people joke about how chrom is very dumb cause of the shit he does: trusting a random stranger with anmesia….. going blindly into battle….. absolutely agreeing to fight in a volcano…. eating unpeeled oranges……….. but he really is STUPIDLY SMART. like he doesn’t realise how bright he is. he may seem like a walking himbo at first glance, but he really isn’t. he can be incredibly calculating. he knows how to go through battle plans. he is NOT AT ALL DUMB. He’s aware & sometimes even hyper aware. it’s honestly such a crazy mix that i do not have the words to describe chrom. he’s an idiot. but he’s not an idiot.
sometimes the things he says is just stuff that he’s thinking. he’s an honest man! whatever comes from his mouth comes straight from his thoughts. sometimes he doesn’t even realise what he’s saying. which is why he may kind of take a moment in getting lost in people’s reactions or if they ask him to repeat. because he legit will not remember what he said. its kinda like the in one ear, out the other but in this case, it forms in his head, can comes out of the mouth – & he will not realise what was said after the fact.
anyway, long have i always been bothered with how chrom has been portrayed and drawn in fe. people use him as a stereotype and while it’s not as bad as some characters i have seen, it’s still PRETTY bad. he’s not a dumbass. he doesnt HAVE to wear only one sleeve – in official art, he’s seen wearing full armour!!! ( i HATE IT when people are like, oh he rips clothing to show off his arm, like no??? he doesn’t??? ) i have always been one to enjoy the deeper meta about characters. but no, do NOT ever simplify chrom as a stereotype. he’s more than conventional feed to stupid cliches. please don’t ever generalise chrom. not unless you KNOW that he’s more than what he’s known to do.
chrom is so much more than eating unpeeled oranges and ripping sleeves off his right arm.
