I did Crimson Flower first in my Three Houses run and... honestly, Edelgard wasn't even remotely as convincing to me to join her as the fact I'd get to fuck Jeritza.
Beresu I've chosen for the job grew up in Ardesian Empire and I've definitely leaned into Ashen Demon idea as much as possible, so what I've got was a merciless butcher, not a revolutionary firebrand. I expected Edelgard to be this scary red emperor with the grand ideas that justify the means, I expected the vibe of Nine Inch Nails' Survivalism, but instead she's an absolute dork and Hubert does everything morally dubious for her. It reminded me of Corrin in Fates on Nohr path and it definitely did not endear me to her.
Generally speaking the only interesting bits were Jeritza (love this man, best girl) and... maybe Hubert. Honestly speaking, with the way Hubert acts I expected him to be a Flame Emperor after seeing Edelgard. I just genuinely don't get how Crimson Flower Edelgard can be even remotely convincing - she's scary in White Clouds at times, but then it's nothing but dork, dork, dork, Beresu I hate rats, Beresu my path is stained in blood despite the fact I can barely reach any enemy in my automatic promotes and Hubert, Jeritza and you kill most of the enemies instead.
She's idealistic, but it's never really shown how much she's willing to mow down people for her ideals - we don't see destruction, we don't see any particular drama. The only bits closest to it were me deliberately not recruiting any non-BE students aside from Mercedes, Anette, Marianne and Lorenz. Killing these students felt like something, but it isn't really enough and it's entirely optional.
she's scary in White Clouds at times, but then it's nothing but dork, dork, dork, Beresu I hate rats, Beresu my path is stained in blood despite the fact I can barely reach any enemy in my automatic promotes and Hubert, Jeritza and you kill most of the enemies instead
LOL
I don't remember having the same movement issues with Hector when he was promoted, but damn if Supreme Leader's prf class was a nightmare, she was behind people and didn't have enough def to act as a suitable tank - she's supposed to be a player phase unit, but she doesn't have the mov stat to do so...
Granted, it was my first run too, so I missed on the heron festival event and didn't get a dancer :( but I played it before Emile was patched in, and, in a way, I thought it was on purpose - Supreme Leader says she'll explain everything to Billy later on, when they see Emile fighting with them when the BESF attacks the Monastery, and nothing is ever explained post TS - much like how the war was supposed to get rid of Rhea because she has scales, but come the post TS and we're not embarking on the MAGA ride, to conquer Fodlan!
Corn at least, in Conquest, spent more time angsting at the casualties and blood shed - to the point some players found it uncomfortable - Corn notable tried to save people or reacts strongly when Scarlet is Hans'd (just like Sakura's army? I don't remember that well).
It's less artificial than Supreme Leader who only says this in some support lines, or when she's alone with you - her lines feels more like a compulsory thing to say, a box to tick, than a regular reaction. There's nothing similar to Corn's distress or at least gambit to try to spare the defeated soldiers, instead, we have a round of hypocrisy because Rhea BaD when she doesn't let people evacuate the city before turning it in a giant bbq - when we have Emile on our side and when other routes reveal the battle of the Monastery happens so fast after her declaration of war that the CoS doesn't have time to evacuate all of its residents (+Emile saying the grounds around the monastery are battlefields too) in the other routes.
Hubert is still the best part of CF, even if I sort of grew somehow interested at the students insulting Billy when they chop them off - sure my interest later died, but Judith's JP VA lit screaming and crying when Ignatz and Leonie died, Inoue!Rhea's lines delivery, everything bar the BESF itself managed to make the "we must kille people we knew sad uwus" hit closer to the mark than the onion scene, aka the one where Supreme Leader cries after beheading a defeated, and on his knees, Dimitri.
But I agree, it's almost if all the pathos that was supposed to be triggered by the "kill your students :'(" from the game went to the CF enemies, rather than to the other routes casualties.
"We killed Ferdie professor :("
Watch as I gave a fig, Ferdie dies in a map where he is fielded with a Demonic Beast iirc, aka a Feral One. If Ferdie doesn't see anything wrong fighting side by side with a Feral One and doesn't have the same circumstances Lorenz does (granted, even those circumstances are mushy) - especially since it's possible for Ferdie to defect since that's what he does in SS - I legit feel less figs that when we had to kill a retreating Judith, or an Ignatz or Leonie who were defending their homes - hell, even Hilda who, against all of her words and previous behaviour - finally puts her life on the line to protect someone.
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the funny thing about these two is that not only do they share a VA but they’re also about the same age
arknights rarely gives exact dates or ages so this is some assumptions ofc but
nearl alt profile mentions she was about 10 when her parents disappeared
at least a decade could be anything but NL-ST-4 clarifies it’s actually 15
so that makes her ~25... in her alt. but og nearl is from 3 years ago, making her 22 then yeah we’re using technicalities here
goldenglow I’m mostly basing it off her vignette story
probably the biggest leap of logic here, but from the way this convo goes, it sounds like susie is already done with school? she actually got infected while working so it could even be some time since then, but let’s just say she’s 18 here
but that flashback was 5 years ago, so that makes her 23 now (probably)
...so yeah. arknights timelines.png
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i feel very strongly about mia taylor actually bc how do u deal with being hired for a huge franchise and then being treated terribly by that franchise. so anime (and i assume other japanese media?) doesnt rly allow for any deviation from the script and voice direction (the animations usually finished by the time the voice actors come in. which is definitely A Choice). which is fine for japanese... but when other languages come into play you have to adhere to japans whole heirarchical schtick so you probably cant even speak up about any concerns, AND you have to deal with voice direction that is both terrible and loosely defined, while also being extremely strict. because Of Course the voice director knows what theyre doing, vd for a different language cant be any different than japanese, right? who cares if nobody knows when a retake is necessary, who cares if her accent audibly slipped multiple times in that take? we're not gna tell her, she can find out when she listens to the version we release. like that must be so demoralising
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Nilou✨
I literally just saw the trailer drop for 3.0 when I got home from work, and all I could focus on was her XD
Her character design is so gorgeous, I can’t wait to hear more about how her play style is gonna work, as well as if she is going to be a healer or catalyst user like I’ve heard rumors say she might be lol
Also, most importantly I have to get her so I can put her on my Bang Dream team (Nilou’s JP VA is Tsugumi, Xinagling’s is Hina, and Yae’s is Ran)~
I’m planning on skipping the banners for this first update, but to those of you going for the new 5 star I wish you luck :3 In the mean time, I think I’m gonna start saving my primos for Nilou lol
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