EDELGARD SUFFERED MORE TRAUMA THAN DIMITRI
There is said it. Now before you come at me with your pitchforks and torches just listen to what I have to say.
I remember back when the first trailers and stuff was released for Three Houses. Thatās was all we had to go on for the game in regards to characters. From what I saw on the internet, everyone LOVED Edelgard, and SO many hated on Dimitri for his spaghetti hair. And Claude was just kinda there. We didnāt know who the antagonist was, so no one hated Edelgard.
Then when the timeskip designs came out, people still thought Edelgard was cool and people continued to hate on Dimitriās spaghetti hair.
So the games been released for almost a full year now and weāve all had plenty of time to play it, hopefully youāve played all four routes to see the full story. And Iāve clearly seen the favouritism shift drastically from Edelgard to Dimitri. Letās look into that.
Now I believe the main reason people attach themselves to Dimitri is because of his well written character. Weāre constantly reminded of what the kids been through and were able to see his character descend and how he goes feral...
Dimitri watched his father, stepmother and countless others get murdered. Tragic yes, Iām not disagreeing. And people feel for him as we get to see the affect it has on him when he goes bananas.
Edelgard watched her father lose his power over the Empire by the people heās suppose to trust. Then is taken from her home, her family with just her mother to the kingdom. Then she finally goes home and guess what happens. Her and her other siblings are taken by Those who slither in the dark (twsitd) and forced to live in a damp, dark and rat infested basement like place. And are experimented on! I donāt know how many of her siblings had the crest of Serios, probably not all. But nonetheless all of them went through the process of forcing a crest stone into their bodies. Until Edelgard was the only one left. Itās like the hunger games if you just hid away from everyone and let the game makers get rid of everyone for you. The winner of a game you didnāt want to play.
When dealing with abuse, trauma and such, when itās all over your either weak minded and quick to crumble, or youāve hardened your mind and are able to put up a wall between your emotions on the inside with the ones on the outside. (I donāt mean to offend anyone, and I apologize if I did). Now after the experiments with Edelgard being the āwinnerā she knows that sheās going to be on the throne. So like any leader, she canāt let her personal feelings get in the way and of course she started her hatred for crest.
We know that Edelgards dream was to have a society without crest. Except the church praises crest so she has to get rid of it. She knows the other two big countries would come to Rheaās rescue, so she needs to unite Fódlan. Edelgard knows that the Empires power isnāt enough to get want she wants so who does she team up with? Twsitd. Her abuser, the people who experimented on her. The ones who killed her siblings.
The strength that she would have to have to not only face her abusers, but team up with them and not crack would be immense. Just picture this: letās say you have an abusive ex, or parent or someone in your life that youāve gotten rid of and are living the life you want to. Then you hit a roadblock in your life, it could be something in the way of your future career, financial issues. Just something that you canāt get passed on your own. And the only person who can help you is that abusive person from your past. Thatās the position she was in. Would you go ask them for help? She did.
This doesnāt mean that she pushed aside everything they did to her and her family. No, instead it was part of her plan for revenge. After she had conquered Fódlan she (probably Hubert) would completely get rid of twsitd.
Now, was Dimitri hurt in the Tragedy of Duscur? Mentally, yes.
Now was Edelgard hurt during her time with twsitd? Physically and mentally.
So who has suffered more? Who carries the heaviest weight on their shoulders?
For me, the answer is Edelgard to both those questions. However in this world everyone has there own opinion, so whatās yours?
















