#vc4

pairing: leena "kai" schullen x gn!reader x minerva victor

tags: wholesome fluff, polyamorous relationship, soft & affectionate girlfriends, protective girlfriends, hints at spoilers

since minerva isn't part of squad e, she isn't as close with leena as most of the other members of leena's squad are

at first, the only thing that connects those two girls is you! they both have a crush on you and as you start dating them, leena and minerva slowly get to know each other better as well

both girls are pretty protective! how couldn't they, when you live in a time of war? and when they both have lost people important to them due to that war…

minerva and leena make a good team, working together on the battlefield, to keep you safe! leena is always there to give minerva back up from further away, while minerva is usually in the middle of the fighting

during your relationship, you're the only one who gets to call leena by her actual name. even minerva calls her “kai”, before realizing that isn't leena's actual name

as the two girls grow closer as well, due to their mutual respect for one another, leena reveals the entire truth about kai to you and minerva. all about what happened to her brother and why she had to become kai instead of leena

while minerva and leena might not date each other as well, they are very close and care a lot about each other. they recognize that both of them went through horrible things and vow to protect not only you, but each other as well

both of your girlfriends seem rather cold and harsh to others, but only you know that they each have a very soft and affectionate side!

leena gently steals a kiss from you whenever the two of you find a quiet moment by yourselves, while minerva whispers compliments and reminders of her love to you, when nobody else is listening

But dear GOD.

The gameplay is much more challenging, and there's WAY more things to do here. I've had to look at guides for most of the levels, just like VC1 except I wasn't running around screaming. Siegval Line is the only level where I got a B... God that chapter was an absolute nightmare.

But the story and characters are much MUCH WORSE, and I thought VC2 was bad. VC1's mains were mostly pleasant but boring, and the most annoying ones - Largo and Rosie, wise up at the end (plus Rosie's anime incarnation is MUCH better than her game counterpart). VC2 took place in cadet school, so you knew with those mains not to expect too much.

VC4's mains however, with the exception of Leela, range from mildly annoying to straight up making me want to throw my joycons across the room.

Riley blames Claude for running away from the fire that killed her family... when they were literally both TWELVE. TF was Claude supposed to do?! Apparently he's a coward for... *checks notes* behaving like how any 12 year old would in a deadly situation.

Raz should have gotten court marshaled a LONG time ago but he's able to get away with all this shit because he's besties with the commander. But apparently shit like this actually happens in the real military, so... points for accuracy?

The OG Kai is so obviously working with the Imps they may as well have hung a signboard over his head saying "I'M EVIL." I'm shocked that the writing team thought that they could fool us about why he deserted when even a five year old can figure out why.

Claude gets blamed for literally every fucking thing but you can't even feel too bad for him because of how much of a Gary Stu he is. Characters can be shit talking him to his face and our uwu golden boi just takes it in stride and gets promoted just for breathing. Even Welkin had moments where his emotions got the best of him and had to LEARN shit throughout the story. Claude gets NONE of that.

Even the VILLAINS are less interesting this time around. The only one we have seen so far is a cheap copy of General Jaeger. In VC1 by this time, we already saw the main villains, but it's Chapter 7 and they still haven't shown up.

But the worst character of all, and the one who prompted me to make this post, is Minerva. At first, she just hated Claude for petty middle school BS reasons, and I hoped to GOD she would get some character development.

But the moment she blamed Claude for her girlfriend's death was the point when she crossed over from "annoying bitch" territory to "joycons flying across the room" territory.

My dude, my guy, YOU sent him on that mission. YOU gave the go-ahead for him to ambush a supply base. And you fault him for not being at his post when your squad got decimated... when you TOLD him to do so?! And why do I have the feeling that if your pwecious cwystal made it out unscathed, no fucks would be given from you?

Your pretty speech about how you want to set aside your pride and fight with Squad E means JACK SHIT if you continue to blame Claude when he was JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS. As though he wasn't fighting, as though he was just sitting around having tea while tanks were crushing you. I know it's still early in the game, but I have ZERO hopes for you if you continue to be this bad.

Valkyria Chronicles 4: Claude, Raz and Kai

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