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ROUND 1 — Match 248 of 276

Felix Fraldarius (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Problematic because: "He calls Dimitri a “boar” and a “beast” constantly, which isn’t just teasing when Dimitri is visibly deteriorating. He calls Dedue a “dog,” “lapdog,” and “rabid cur,” even while Dedue is talking about Faerghus destroying his home and killing his family (which lowkey has quite racist connotations because Dedue is a black man and he constantly compares him to an uncontrollable animal and lapdog for the white prince). He tells Ingrid to “go find a husband” when she’s trying to talk about duty and knighthood. A lot of his criticism is aimed at real problems, but he says it so cruelly." Propaganda: 1. "He’s not wrong, and that makes how unpleasant he is much more interesting. He sees through the Kingdom’s obsession with honour and knighthood better than almost anyone else in the Blue Lions. He understands that saying Glenn “died like a true knight” doesn’t make Glenn any less dead, and he clocks Dimitri’s violence long before the rest of the route is ready to admit how bad it is. But he’s also cruel. Not in a fun banter way all the time, either. Sometimes he’s just lashing out because he’s hurt and because saying the ugliest version of the truth feels safer than admitting he’s scared of losing people again. I like him because he’s both the person cutting through Faerghus’ nonsense and someone who has absolutely not escaped it himself. He hates romanticised violence, then builds his entire identity around the blade." 2. "felix is such a good little nightmare because he’s right and still makes you want to tell him to shut up. faerghus DOES have a death cult in knight armour problem. dimitri IS terrifying. glenn’s death SHOULD NOT have been turned into some noble bedtime story. and then felix says all of that by insulting everyone’s deepest trauma at breakfast. he’s not the nice blunt friend. he’s the “correct but at what cost” friend. love him." 3. "This man has never once thought “maybe i should phrase this gently” and honestly the Blue Lions needed that problem. Is he being helpful? Sometimes. Is he being nice? Almost never. He’s grieving, angry, rude, painfully loyal in ways he refuses to admit, and so allergic to sentiment that he’ll say something horrible just to avoid saying he cares. He can see everyone else’s coping mechanisms from a mile away and somehow thinks his own obsession with training is just normal hobbies."

vs. Vriska Serket (Homestuck)

Problematic because: "Paralyzed a guy by mind controlling him to jump off a cliff and proceeded to abuse him verbally and physically, culminating in her killing him. Fed hundreds of kids to a giant spider. Mind controlled a guy into killing his gf. Generally kinda rude and unpleasant. Hates even on her alternate self for getting better." Propaganda: "I think her character is very compelling and a lot of the things are not justified but made actually pretty understandable by her backstory and horrible life. Some of the things she does are because of outside influence, others are a horribly misguided attempt to help (The road to hell, amirite…). I think that she has a lot of potential to harm and heal, and I'd both love to see her get better and worse. Also she's awesome and has aura. And she's a 13 year old living in a murder society with a kid eating mom and an omnipotent groomer. Vriska Serket, everyone!!!!!!!!"

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