Which of the Blue Lion's timeskip designs do you prefer, Houses or Hopes?
okay massive disclaimer. i think i have several unpopular opinions in this area. the main theme is that i love hopes and i genuinely adore the character designs in it more than the average fan i think. let’s get into it.
okay so admittedly dimitri’s portrait in hopes doesn’t do this design justice. on the model (esp in front view) his hair looks AMAZING, plus this armor is just so lovely and so him. i’m all for hopesmitri, war phase dimitri is an absolutely wonderful design though, i would die for both of these designs. dimitri always looks a little fuckass and stupid but i choose to view that as a feature not a bug. he’s just a little awkward and doesn’t think about his appearance, if he were a dashing storybook prince in appearance it wouldn’t be representative of who he is
this one is difficult bc they’re really similar designs, but hopes wins here too. i like the braid in his hair a lot more and i think the facial hair is a very welcome addition, he looks so rugged and handsome there. also the lack of scars makes me happy because it means he didn’t go through as much hell as he did in houses. words cannot express how much i hate what they do to this man in three houses. the writers don’t deserve him
again, the portrait doesn’t do hopes felix justice. his cute flowy ponytail looks AMAZING in the model, esp when he’s moving and it has physics!!!! it’s hopes all the way for this one, both because the hairstyle is wonderful (and EASIER TO DRAW AND NOT SHAPED LIKE A VOLLEYBALL) and also because of how much it illustrates the different path he’s on in this game. he and rodrigue are straight up twinsies and i go insane over it.
this is so fucking difficult. this is so fucking difficult because sylvain’s outfit in hopes is so lovely. i absolutely adore his long scarf with that brick pattern, it’s very “wall of faerghus” and it’s so subtle but ever since i noticed it it’s made me a little crazy. i adore how he’s dressed.
BUT WHAT THE FUCK IS ON HIS HEAD. I KNOW HE HAS DIALOGUE ABOUT IT BEING WINDY AND DUSTY. I UNDERSTAND. BUT WHY DID THEY HAVE TO DO MY MAN LIKE THAT.
it doesn’t even look bad ALL THE TIME!!! there’s a few camera angles where it looks decent, and i like the idea of a pushed back hairstyle on sylvain.
like it CAN look decent!!!! but most of the time it looks stupid and spiky and i hate it. so begrudgingly the three houses design wins even though i adore his hopes outfit
this post won’t let me add more images to it so i will reblog and finish my thoughts!!!! i’m having fun, tell me if you guys want me to do this with the other houses. i am a hopes glazer but i haven’t directly compared all the designs before so maybe some more houses ones will end up winning lol we’ll see