#paralogues

So now that I’m nearing the end of the Church route, between this and my Blue Lions run I’ve had a chance to play every Paralogue besides Edelgard’s, Hubert’s and Claude’s. So if you’re wondering about how I rank all of them, I decided to use a 3H character sorter but do it based on whose Paralogues I liked more. Here are the results:  1: Marianne Excellent story and gameplay, a unique plot-relevant boss who speaks, somehow managed to be FUN despite being a Fog map full of Beasts. 

2: Linhardt & Leonie Mostly for the unique boss and its lore implications. I feel this should’ve been Bernadetta’s Paralogue though. 

3: Seteth & Flayn Nice wholesome reveals about them, on a map that’s only repeated in skirmishes, with varying enemy behaviour based on which boss you defeat first. What’s not to like? 

4: Annette & Gilbert A semi-plot-relevant boss (shame about the generic portrait), manages to make the constantly re-used “Kingdom Town” map feel unique, nice development for the two of them, and her Relic is not what I was expecting. 

5: Rhea (Need a C support with her before the timeskip to unlock this) Being one of the VERY few times you fight a certain kind of enemy helps it stand out. And there’s a nice reward. 

6: Cyril & Hilda Not a particularly involved map but it looks nice, works well and Hilda’s Relic is amazing. 

7: Raphael & Ignatz Great character moments for those two and a decent map. 

8: Felix Again, great character moments, and actually competent NPCs?!

9: Lorenz Basically the same map as Raphael’s, except you get to beat up Acheron and get Lysithea’s Relic of Doom, so those are pluses. 

10: Dimitri Really annoying Bolting/Meteor Warlocks up north, but other than that it’s okay. 

11: Ashe & Catherine Nice closure to the Western Church and Lonato plot (assuming you do their supports afterwards), but the map itself is a bit boring and has annoying Pegasus reinforcements. 

12: Dedue Pretty basic overall, though it has repercussions later. 

13: Sothis Defines the “middle of the road” to me. Not awful, just not amazing either.

14: Sylvain For some reason this never really stood out to me. 

15: Caspar & Mercedes I don’t like the Death Knight. Both in story and gameplay. 

16: Manuela & Hanneman Screw you Pegasus Knights! The funny banter saves this from being lower. 

17: Alois & Shamir Just overall boring. The map’s nothing special and it does nothing for world building or character development. 

18: Ferdinand & Lysithea A HUGE, long, tedious Rout map. The amazing world building revealed in it is the only thing saving it from the bottom spot. 

19: Bernadetta & Petra SCREW THIS MAP! Those late reinforcements SUCK if you’re playing blind. Any why is Bernadetta even here? She had so much potential for good Paralogues (coughLetUsFightHerFathercough) but she’s just tacked-on to someone else’s.

Ingrid’s on the other hand... is very tedious and annoying with the waves of ambush spawns. And it’s not like her escaping is a viable option to take (at least from this experience) bc the moment you get close to that point a bunch of enemies spawn and get in your way meaning you might as well just rout the enemy.

OH SHIT DUDE I DO!!!!

something i think is rly cute is prompto going from nervous around This Ethereal Beauty with a Title and only managing to stutter out “lady lunafreya” to walking in on her lying down on the ground so that she can Chill with her dogs and being like, “I Love Luna” (he also calls her lu and lulu because he’s the one who loves cute nicknames lets be real). they both lie down to Chill with the dogs

also i think it’d be a cute thing for prompto and luna to have a “bucket list” or something like that! like, when luna in this Good Things Only AU escapes from the empire, he asks her what she read in noct’s letters that she wants to try or what things she wants to do now that she’s free and he takes her around to do them! wearing disguises!!! against Guard Protocol!!! this includes: 

arcade

she wants a crepe

eating at a fast food restaurant

she just wants to see a comic book store

basically a bunch of dates!!!

also something i think would be cute is for luna and kingsglaive!prompto to be walking somewhere and technically he’s supposed to be her guard at the time, but luna’s stressed out so she subconsciously reaches out and takes his hand to calm down and just keeps fuckin walking like that and all the other guards are like ??????? and prompto is SWEATIN and luna’s just like “gosh i sure do like holding prompto’s hand”

also i think of them as habitual small gift givers!! luna’s phone suddenly has a new keychain? from prompto! prompto won’t stop showing people the tiny paper crane in his pocket? luna made it!

I agree with crashs woah being Top Tier Meme Material. but have u considered… H-hewwo? Mr. Obama?

Paralogue 1: Family Bonds 

Active: 2/14 at 11:00pm to 2/26/17 at 10:59pm PST.

Normal

Paralogue 1: Part 1- LV. 5 - Stamina 2 Sword | Lance | Lance | Green Tome REWARD: 1 orb

Paralogue 1: Part 2- LV. 7 - Stamina 4 Sword | Axe | Green Tome | Staff REWARD: 1 orb

Paralogue 1: Part 3- LV. 9 - Stamina 5 Sword | Sword | Lance | Green Tome REWARD: 1 orb

Hard

Paralogue 1: Part 1- LV. 15 - Stamina 8 Sword | Lance | Lance | Green Tome REWARD: 1 orb

Paralogue 1: Part 2- LV. 9 - Stamina 9 Sword | Axe | Green Tome | Staff REWARD: 1 orb

Paralogue 1: Part 3- LV. 19 - Stamina 10 Sword | Sword | Lance | Green Tome REWARD: 1 orb

Lunatic

Paralogue 1: Part 1- LV. 25 - Stamina 13 Sword | Lance | Lance | Green Tome REWARD: 1 orb

Paralogue 1: Part 2- LV. 27 - Stamina 14 Sword | Axe | Green Tome | Staff REWARD: 1 orb

Lissa your son is ridiculous

HONESTLY SAME BUT ALSO I CANT WAIT TO PLAY AS PROMPTO AND ONLY USE HIS BIG ASS STICK TO HIT THINGS

‘what happened to the guns’ noctis will say. ‘u used to use guns’