#8?

I was a cultured child

Oh she’s definitely overly hated. If there’s a few things in the fandom that I think are overly hated to the point where I just block people, it’s the hating of Zestiria, Colette, or Marta :/

Like I get it. Marta is not the best-written character, and doesn’t have an immediately likable personality. Though it’s been a while since I’ve played DotNW, I do recall there being a point where Marta concludes her plot with the Vanguard and her father and takes the backseat and is basically boring for the last chapter of the game. (could be wrong though, it’s been a hot minute) but like. Come on, let girls be passionate about love and whistful about a boy she likes. Emil even confronts her about how unfairly she puts him on a pedestal for something he doesn’t remember. She learns from it, she grows to listen and learn to fall in love with the actual person that Emil is, and comes to peace with her own family and past.

Sure, she’s not my favorite Tales girl (that goes to Colette), but she’s absolutely not the worst, much less the worst character in that game.

ALSO also, I personally don’t care for the Richter x Emil ship, but I don’t care that it’s a ship that exists, if that makes sense? It’s not my cup of tea, I don’t like the mental age gap, I’m… not that crazy about Richter, but Im not going to stop the people that do ship it. Heck, a lot of the people that ship them are fun! (in my experience anyway) I like talking to them and hearing their thoughts on my boy Emil. (Aster x Richter on the other hand is top tier and I wish we got more scenes of them together)