Oh, the canine guardian au is so cute. How involved is Izuku in the classes? Does he listen to the teachers, even tho he can't do the schoolwork?
Him biting through a steel beam after Direct Eyecontact is so funny, does he join the heroics lessons with his quirk after that?
He listens to classes! He's trying his best to be educated, even if hes stuck like a dog. He doesn't wanna be a high school drop out! Even if the reason he dropped out was death!
He has a grand time joining the heroics lessons, but hes not allowed to be on a team with anyone because hes just obnoxiously good. The only downside is he can't communicate back, but he makes up for it by somehow having like 5 quirks. The teachers think hes demonic but Nezu thinks he's the best and has given him clearance only outstripped by his own. No one is getting rid of the dog on his watch.
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How evil is arlecchino and what is she cooking
As of 4.2, I’m really curious what they’re planning with Arlecchino as a character, especially as a villain/antagonist/morally dubious character, and how far/which direction they may go with that
Intuitively my impression is we’ll see her do something way more “villainous” than she presents herself as being for majority of Fontaine’s AQ in front of us right—(which isn’t a surprise given that, you know, Arlecchino nor the House of Hearth have never been presented as 110% ethical LOL) but I find myself not being in complete agreement with most analysis or speculation threads I see about Arlecchino’s morality and the like, level of sinister people seem to ascribe to her.
Idk how to put it, especially in regards to her children I do agree they are not a wholesome found family, that Arlecchino is not above pulling strings or using them for her own ulterior motives, but I kind of hesitate on the idea she only cares about the Hearth children as a means to the end/things she can control and there’s nothing else going on with her characterization wise there. I’m not saying that impression seems remotely unreasonable or unfounded, but just that it feels there’s something intentionally missing in how we are supposed to conceptualize her as a person
My main reasoning for this hunch is the fact they have not elaborated on Arlecchino and the previous Knave—who Arlecchino is stated to have taken over the position from by force. The extra tidbits I think about are that 1) Arlecchino was previously an orphan in the Hearth 2) the previous Knave is described as way, way crueler to the children of than Heart than Arlecchino was from when she took control of the House
Often, people’s major indicators that the House of the Hearth is kind of super fucked up are the NPCs we meet in world quests who are part of it and clearly suffering. But one thing I haven’t ever seen people mention w this that i think is a very interesting detail is, in The Very Special Fortune Slip Inazuma worldquest, where we stop this House of Hearth guy (Efim Snezhevich) from manufacturing tension between Watasumi/the Shogunate to restart the war with his other Hearth subordinates, at the end of the quest we get this dialogue that reveals he had been acting under the previous Knave’s directives:
It’s also mentioned he’s employing this plan in an attempt to “rebuild the prestige of the Knave” following Signora’s death, iirc? Now, see, the dialogue itself says that this is “assuming our captive is telling the truth” so who knows what’s really going on, but I find this a really odd/interesting thing to highlight. I’m a bit fuzzy on other world quests with Hearth members, and am not saying none of them were acting and subsequently being treated poorly by our Arlecchino, but like, this gives me a lot of questions especially when paired with implications this previous Knave seemed to be way worse
Like, what drove Arlecchino to take over? How unexpected and controversial was this within the House? Assuming the above information is all true it definitely says something this guy went rogue and acted on what the previous Knave would want and didn’t think our Arlecchino would greenlight it, which does feel consistent with the previous Knave being described as basically worse & crueler than our Arlecchino. It also makes me question how much house of hearth things we’ve seen outside the main story are the work of our Arlecchino or if there’s a bigger divide of loyalty. Heck, I could be wrong but it doesn’t even seem like we know if the previous Knave is dead or not
This isn’t me saying Arlecchino couldn’t possibly be treating hearth children worse than she wants us to know, especially ones who aren’t her “favorites” the way the fontaine trio seem to be, but I really don’t feel sure about making a solid conclusion of her exact level of malice the way ppl r generally understanding it rn when it feels there’s going to be more about her. Just the idea of she, as a Hearth child, clashed with the previous leader who was known for being cruel, overtook their position and took on less harsh methods of leading that made at least some members with more power/possible closer proximity to the previous Knave go rogue and try to commit atrocities in the previous Knave’s name…I feel this leaves a lot of room to suggest there’s more going on with how Arlecchino is as a person
I don’t mind if she’s just very evil and deceptive bc if she totally had me fall for thinking she was less evil than she actually was that’s fun tbh. But I feel people suggest that’s all her character could be with no degree of like, “sympatheticness” or deep grey morality and that if her character did go there it would be automatically poor writing and genshin walking back on making a truly evil woman when IDK. I feel you can claim at this point they have left it open ended and it’s never been completely confirmed she’s pure evil. Also sometimes I just get a hunch and feel cautiously confident in Genshin executing certain characters well. Not all characters, just certain ones. Especially given Fontaine’s character writing being very good and a character like Lyney feeling very solid to me when any development with Arlecchino would likely involve him and his siblings as well, I honestly feel open to the idea of Arlecchino being satisfyingly written to be both villainous/morally dubious but “sympathetic/likable as a person” in ways outside of just her ruthlessness if that makes sense
If I’m wrong/they drop the ball with it more than I anticipate I’ll eat my hat but I am pretty excited about her character and which way they decide to go with it. I will say the only potential impression I have of where they’ll go with her has been wondering if it will go in a “cycles of abuse” direction—I’d be surprised if they ever elaborated on Arlecchino’s character especially in how she feels about things and her also growing up as an exploited child of the hearth wasn’t relevant
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Wait guys 🤭 Imagine like your braiding your hair and your arms start to get tired so Ijin learns how to braid hair from a video or whatever just so he can do it for you 😍 HASHBSBDJDJFJRBFHFKSNEBDUSKNEBDHDKDISBDBDGUSKANDHFUDNSVDHDJDJDINDBFGSGSJFBFKDKSOSKFNFHRJSKODOFNRNFJFKFGNNGODODNFNFKFLKDMDMDODNCNDJDKDNDJIDKAOWOSKDNFNCBIFOROSKSNCNFI K. I’m done.
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"Yes, I put Lil' Timmy through the horrors of war, and got his parents killed through the forced conscription I allowed Thales to throw onto MY citizens, and made it to where he had no food to eat since I'm redirecting my country's food to my army, BUT!!! If he manages to survive all that he MIGHT be able to thrive in this neat school I built! You know, if he can work around the PTSD, the emaciation, and all of the noble kids who are almost certainly attending the same school as him, all while assuming he'll need no help with anything (because if he needs help then he's inherently less meritable than those that don't need help in a meritocratic society, meaning he physically could not get far in life). But I did Lil' Timmy a FAVOR by starting this war!!! He should be THANKFUL that I did this to for him!!"
Like how do they not realize that's how they sound like lmao
This sounds like FE5's Julius plan to raise new "citizens" :
Ishtar:
“My father is hesitating because many important nobles are voicing their concern with the child hunting. My brother is also strongly against this act. Bishop Manfroy, please stop the child hunting. It is unbearable to separate young children from their parents. And sacrificing them to Lopto is not something that a humane person would do!”
Yurius:
“Ishtar, I think there’s a misunderstanding. I am not telling them to kill the children. I just want to educate them to be fitting citizens for my empire. Those who withstand the training will earn high posts and rule over the other inferior citizens. In other words, they will become new nobles, Ishtar. I’m giving them a chance to grasp their happiness.”
Ishtar:
“They only become nobles after surviving through harsh hatred between each other… That is not happiness.”
Yurius:
“…You’ll understand soon enough. Oh, Ishtar, did you know there was a beautiful flower garden in the yard? Let’s go take a look.”
Swap the "flower garden" by a teatime session, and this could be some sort of convo Supreme Leader could have with Billy in Tru Piss lol
#juloptyrdidnothingwrongevenifheispossessedbyalizard
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