Its not that the batteries are meant to represent yellows intelligence In any way to be honest i think its more akin to constant fatigue and having a disability that hinders how well your thoughts and words come out more than anything. Hes always been a smart boy. having trouble with words or expressing his thoughts doesn't make him any less smarter than he is!!!
I've been in fandom for a while but OFMD is the first fandom where fans of a character go 'He's such a loser <3 he's got some skills but mostly he's a mess' while the haters go 'this character is a superskilled manipulative mastermind!!'
Every time the Izzy haters go on about Izzy skillfully manipulating Ed I'm wondering what show they actually watched, and why they are making Izzy out to be more competent than he actually is.
reaver Alistair is correct to me not just for the Calenhad dragon blood but also bc that guy is just emotionally repressed enough that he probably needs the fucked up dragon blood magic outlet every once in a while
i feel like the fandom doesn't talk enough about this video - the way miles stares down that interviewer has me laughing so hard. he's so serious about that question