#even though claude hs 8 million more reasons to be with edelgard if he Had to be with an opposing lord <- please elaborate, it always confused me how little people shipped edelclaude in comparison 😭😭
you have asked the right person, my friend. all the cutscene images have sourced myself (as someone who has 100% 3H hehe) but the in battle dialogue was borrowed from youtube because i didnt have an appropriate save
this evidence is all secondary to just: their personalities suit each other WAAAAAAAAAY more than either of them with dimitri- theyre both willing to occasionally trample the weak for the greater good, theyre both witty, theyre both very introspective, the vibes are just great. they bounce off each other in interesting ways. i want to be in the room when they talk politics and policy please please pleaaaase
evidence #1: white clouds library scene
them Sizing each other up, acknowledging each other's secretive nature, both of them having their major dream (they are both more Active characters vs dimitris Reactive, which is another reason why i think they gel better). and of course calling her beautiful lol
evidence 2: their battle dialogues
overt flirtation, edelgard not wanting to kill him, acknowledgement of their shared ideals, its all There
evidence 3: the scene that happens in crimson flower if you spare claude. this is maybe the only instance in Three Houses where two lords just have a peaceful conversation post-white clouds
im running out of images to share but these few moment speak for themselves. edelgard letting him leave, the implication that theyll see each other again one day...
evidence 4: three hopes. like, in general. i had to pick One scene and this is it
like this so EASILy could have been all business. they have no reason to be bantery/flirty like this unless they just Wanted to be. but jokes aside, the three hopes alliance between them was a ray of sunshine from above for the edelclaude nation. we got told, in no uncertain terms, that if claude had to chose a side, it would be edelgard's. and if you make the right choices, there is no betrayal, its just a mutually beneficial alliance that gets them both what they want. the writers were TELLING us that the two of them had the right idea. its just Mwah
the world would be a better place if edelclaude was the dominant inter-lord ship and ill die on that hill
I stand by my friend on every point listed above and would also like to add that we both screamed very loudly when this image hit the internet
