A whole list of things I wish the game actually explored (under a cut because thereâs a batshit lotta text and tbh Iâm probably missing some if not a lot of things I wouldâve liked to see at all/more of):
Annette and Felix having a post timeskip support that focused on the fact that their parents lived together after the coup. For that matter, I wouldâve liked conversations between Felix and Gilbert because of that, because I imagine it means Felix has lived with Gilbert, while Annette was living with her uncle.
On that note, we know next to nothing about Felixâs uncle. Itâs a problem in this game in general that we know basically nothing at all about charactersâ families, some of them not even getting a portrait (like Glenn, which is insane to me because of his importance as a character he is in Blue Lions, and Holst doesnât have a portrait either which is also lol wut). I understand some of them not having portraits like say, Caspar and Ignatzâs brothers because theyâre not important to the plot of any route or to any characterâs development, but they should all still have names and a little known about them.
My main issue with this is less the fact that we know nothing about so many side characters that get mentioned and more that a lot of supports feel like useless filler (as mentioned below, Raphael and Dimitriâs supports. They couldâve had a lot of meaning if theyâd gotten another support or two, also detailed below, but both their supports are humor related filler and do nothing for either character whatsoever when we have so much information those couldâve been used for. A lot of supports couldâve been more like Petra and Casparâs supports where we learn a lot of important information about their backgrounds and their relationship).
There was a rebellion in Western Faerghus, but Yuri never talks about that or if it affected him and/or his mother at all. Sadge.
There is so little information about Almyra thatâs it literally stupid lol. Youâre gonna make a main character with his route half Almyran and not even make his route have anything to do with Almyra. Real smooth, IntSys. We only get bits of information in supports and we get Nader coming to help Claude briefly in the main story and heâs an enemy in CF, but since they made Silver Snow first youâd think theyâd actually make VW signicantly different from an already made/planned route and center the story more on the actual lead character. Even in SS, Seteth is basically your main character while Rhea isnât there and itâs handled very much as a Church based route. VW is handled as Church Route 2.0 with some relation to the actual main character of that route. It wouldâve been really cool if we got to meet some of Claudeâs brothers or hell, even just one wouldâve been better than what we got. If we were really lucky we couldâve met one of his brothers who hated him, maybe as an enemy not affiliated with the Empire who spills it that theyâre siblings and has people questioning that because if people knew his brother was Almyran, it would create a whole plotline in VW relating to people actually finding out about Claude. Ultimately the point is, VW was a waste almost entirely because it has almost nothing to do with Claude, and the Fodlan worldbuilding shouldâve been kept to SS and not split between two routes when one of them deserved to focus on Claude instead. All the routes focus on their lead character except VW, which only focuses on Claude a little bit instead of how much it should have.
Constance actually talking about her time in Fhirdiad/enrolling in the School of Sorcery there. Similarly, Lorenz having more to say about his time at the School of Sorcery and about his time in Faerghus in general.
Dimitri is literally called a vagrant in his bio pts. Thatâs a really weird term to use considering we have really little to go on that explains why his bio defines him with that very specific term. The main thing weâre constantly reminded of is that he was slaughtering Imperial troops, but that doesnât really put the vagrant adjective into perspective. That sounds more like something someone living in Abyss would be.
Petraâs relationship to Duke Gerth. We get to see him and his relationship with Constance, but nothing about Petra.
Ferdinand apparently took people with him and was traveling before returning to the monastery in non-CF routes. It sounds like he was more of a mercenary or something? We never find out anything about who he traveled with though and what exactly he was doing.
More about Thales and Arundel, specifically when the death took place and how Thales successfully posed as him for so long. Thales had to have known enough about Arundel to be able to do that so convincingly, but thereâs so little information about what actually happened.
Raphael having a support with Dedue about cooking because why the actual mcfuckity fuckers does that not exist??? Raphael literally helped at a restaurant during the timeskip and Dedue is like Pro Chef â˘.
Also in that regard, same with Ashe, because Ashe was born to restaurant owners and surprise kids! also lost his parents.
Raphael having an A+ support with Dimitri. They have so much in common and Iâm really, REALLY sad their supports got diluted to nothing but comedy. Itâs a huge problem Raphaelâs entire character suffers and Dimitriâs supports with the Golden Deer got done so dirty.
On that note, Dimitri really could have had great supports with ALL of the Golden Deer.
Hilda is recruitable in the Blue Lions route and easy to miss in Silver Snow since you only have two weeks to recruit her. Where are my supports about their level of strength because of their Crests and how it dictates so much of how theyâre perceived? Hilda wants to be lazy because sheâs terrified of disappointing people, while Dimitri is always trying extra hard with everything he does. Theyâre complete opposites with a central point connecting how they do things.
Leonie wants to become a mercenary and follow in Jeraltâs footsteps (who was from the Kingdom iirc) and I think Dimitri would more than gladly hire her as a mercenary in training in post timeskip. Also, I imagine Leonie would really respect his strength.
Lysithea hates being seen as a child but Dimitri respects people for who they are and wouldnât judge her for her age and I think sheâd really respect him for that; plus they both have ties to TWS and I think Lysithea telling him about them in their post timeskip supports could have given closure to the plot holes regarding TWSâ relationship to Dimitri. Considering in the DLC Dimitri outright asks Edelgard about her hair color, they could have even discussed that in a support and Lysithea could explain what happened to her and that it likely happened to Edelgard as well.
Lorenz literally declares âglory to Faerghus, ruin to the Empireâ and willingly fights for Dimitri/Faerghus after the Alliance is dissolved; plus Lorenzâs concepts as a member of the nobility heavily fall in line with how Dimitri treats his people. When it comes to how they feel people should treated, they have so much in common and could also teach each other so much. Both of them have a habit of meaning well and coming across with it poorly, and I think itâd be really nice to see them talk about that and try to come up with ways together on how to fix that. ALSO he left the School of Sorcery early because of political changes in the Kingdom, so they could 110 percent talk about that too.
Ignatz wants to be a painter but is in the Academy training to become a knight. Firstly, Faerghus is like, the Go To Place if youâre training to be a knight, and Ignatz definitely has a lot of chivalry to spare. Secondly, he could become a knight for his family whilst being a painter because as soon as Dimitri found out what Ignatz wanted, he would help him reach that dream. Dimitri wants people to be happy but he also understands the conflict of wanting to make family proud (including Rodrigue, as Dimitri literally states Rodrigue is like a second father to him).
Again with Raphael, they couldâve talked about their parents and how itâs affected them since. Dimitri has gotten violent and aggressive because of it even if he tries to avoids being like that, and I think Raphael could try to teach him how to manage his hatred. More than anyone Raphael has a really good handling of his feelings and staying positive and I think he couldâve really helped Dimitri in trying to stay positive for the people who are still alive. Since Dimitri can only get supports PTS after Rodrigue dies, he could even bring up how people want him to live for himself and how he wants to do right by the living and not just the dead. They could have had an A support that went into why Raphael and Dimitri both want to be so strong, and even an A+ support to balance the humorous supports with actual character development supports on these topics.
whereâs my fucking dlc where claude can join you in azure moon and get supports with dimitri yâall know iâd actually pay for just that alone and on that note they should really have supports even pre-ts specifically if they could have supports post-ts and itâs the only route they can both survive in so YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE INTSYS STOP COCKBLOCKING MY SHIPS
Ashe should have had things to say about his relationship with Christophe and it bothers me how we only know about him and Lonato. Also, Lonato attacks in his chapter and mentions âhis sonâ which I feel like was a HUGE low blow to Ashe and really should have been a conversation during the chapter if Ashe is present in the battle (regardless of route). Heâs literally fighting the side Ashe is on, he KNOWS Ashe is at the Academy and he could be fighting him but still has the nerve to say he does what he does for âhis sonâ. So like uhhh, hey sir, what about your other son???
You all knew this was coming: where are Asheâs supports with Yuri??? Also, he was in service of House Rowe during the timeskip (and remains that way until recruited non-AM) so uhhh, no mention of that anywhere with Yuri? Okay. Okay. Cool. Got it. Gotcha. Thatâs fine I guess. Iâll just be a lil bitter âbout that.
The fact that Ingrid and Rodrigue donât even get to have a conversation anywhere bothers me so much, my dudes. We know all about her love and respect for Glenn and not enough about her and Rodrigueâs relationship. She was literally planned to be his daughter in law at birth and we get nothing about them.
0/10 no information on glenn and miklan having a relationship
im not saying romantically, but iâd take that too ¯\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
Dimitri should have supports with Yuri and itâs 2021 and people are allowed to be offended by anything these days, so Iâm offended that they donât have supports!!!
why no joke about claude proposing to dimitri with failnaught doh
oh right bc the proposal wasnât a joke!!! :D
