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Just finished chapter 17 of Edelgard route...

For all the talk I've heard of this route making her seem more sympathetic, it's actually done the opposite. Sure you get the usual friendly light hearted moments along the way, but that doesn't mean much. Her A support with Ferdinand basically spells out that she doesn't even have a real plan for after the war, she just wants to get rid of nobility and has never even considered how to make society run smoothly after she does so.

And her conversation with Dimitri is like, the most detestable thing imaginable. She just bitches about how wrong he is to be obsessed with her (gee Edelgard, it's almost like you forced him to be obsessed with you by invading his kingdom, killing all his friends, and allying with the people who murdered his whole family. He isn't even that crazy on this route!), acts like "why do you fight back when I kill you huh" is a good response to "why must you continue to conquer" and has the gall to bemoan that he wasn't born in a peaceful time where he could have been a good king...you know, which she prevented from happening. Without a clear plan for what she's trying to achieve. While allying with the people actually most responsible for the awful things they've both been through. While basically just being a big racist who hates non-humans deciding human history but is conveniently totally cool with letting someone who isn't truly human deciding history because s/he's her friend.

She actually comes across way worse on this route. On the others she seems committed to her goal and you don't see enough of her to know otherwise. On this one, she seems like a delusional, short sighted, misguided hypocritical self-absorbed asshole. Definitely a great villain, haven't hated a fictional character this much in a while, but man oh man I do not get why people think this makes her seem likable or heroic.
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