#fe3h discussion

[sonocomics]

I just finished writing an rp post with the line “there has to be something good in here if it was locked” and then I come checking here to see if you uploaded and immediately find a comic saying the same thing, amazing

Haha - I mean it's true. Why lock it if there's nothing worthwhile beyond the door? :x

[lyteupthelyfe]

I literally never knew this. This is incredibly obscure but incredibly fascinating.

fe3h // discussion - lore // spoilers

This isn't exactly what I had in mind to post, but in doing a lil' bit of recon for crest analyses, I came across something in the wiki that I....had no idea about.

@beyondthetower @smudgedmascarasposts you'll probably freak over this. // Spoilers inbound //

So, if you weren't aware, each Nabatean, in draconic form, has the symbol of their crest on their forehead. You can see this in-game, on the models of the Immaculate One, the Wind Caller and the Immovable, but it's fairly small and not immediately obvious. This is a cool detail in and of itself, but there's something more. I was just chilling, when the wiki threw this sucker-punch at me:

And I thought, 'No. Bloody. Way.' There is no way that this could possibly be true. So I race to the gallery at the bottom and,

Would you look at that?!?!? The little forehead shield, in artwork of tIO from the official fe3h artbook, just casually has the words 'The High Priestess' and the Latin numeral 'II' on it. WTF. So I then went to the Immovable's page;

And above the symbol of the Crest of Indech, I'd bet my life's savings that that says 'Temperance' and double that the number underneath is XIV. And, well, two's a pair but not a scientific sample, so I might as well check the Wind Caller's page, too.

And if that's not caught in 4kHD then I have no clue what is. Colour me calling you a skeptic if you try and tell me that that doesn't say 'The Magician' and that that isn't a 'I'

For some reason, Nabateans literally have their major arcana title and number engraved on their foreheads. I see little evolutionary/biological function for this, and with the fact that regardless of the dragon kind, this 'plate' is consistently triangular in shape, and that this is some of the only English text present in game graphics/models, something funky went on with Sothis' creation of the Nabateans to warrant this addition. I have ideas, but I'm not completely sure.

[furry-emblem]

I feel like 3H discourse gets fucked over a bit by people not taking into account that characters will say inaccurate information (without it having to be a plot hole). Perspective is a huge theme in Three Houses and characters are going to make, sometimes, dramatic actions based off that misinformation.

Like, Dmitri accuses Edelgard of being involved in the Tragedy of Duscur, but, she was like, 12 when that happened. It's a lot more likely that Edelgard was being experimented on or recovering from experimentation during that point in time considering that the Tragedy happens not long after Edelgard and Dmitri last see each other.

Likewise, Setheth accuses Edelgard of trying to become a false goddess when that's not even remotely close to her goals.

Edelgard makes a ton of false accusations and misconceptions about Rhea. She accuses Rhea of being a power hungry inhumane tyrant who has no regard for life outside her own when that just isn't remotely accurate.

And then there's Claude, literally the only major faction leader that cares to uncover the truth and nuances of everyone's decisions. He's literally the only faction leader to not act like his version of events is the definitive truth. He acknowledges that he and Edelgard are fighting for similar things: a system overhaul of Fodlan. He also doesn't oppose the Church because he's learned enough about it to want to keep it's institution in place. That's why he's the only faction leader that can survive in every route (I'd consider Seteth and Rhea to share the role as Church Leader since Seteth leads the Church Route but Rhea's the one actually in charge of the Church). Claude is also the only leader that doesn't make any false claims about other factions. I said a while ago that Claude would make the best ruler and this is why.

But going back to what I said earlier about discourse, this impacts discourse drastically because people can just pick whichever version of events they prefer and there's probably a character who claimed it went that way. The plot also doesn't seek to clarify events one way or the other in any route. So even if you've played every route, it's up to the player to make judgment calls on who's speaking out of their ass.

Between all the relevant character and plot details the game hides behind supports, endings, and other easily missable content and the fact that no two characters interpret the series of events that happen in the plot the same way (due to coming from various background, being present for some stuff but not others, having different priorities and biases that will cause them to interpret different things in different ways, etc.), no two players are likely going to interpret the events of 3 Houses the same either.

So, if you want to talk 3H, please acknowledge that none of the characters should be taken solely on their word, especially when describing major things. With the examples I gave earlier of misinformation in the game, it makes sense that Dmitri would place the blame of the Tragedy of Duscur almost entirely on Edelgard because he doesn't know about the Agarthans or Edelgard's history with them. It makes sense that Edelgard has a lot of misconceptions about the Church because once you start completely rewriting and erasing history (and the Church does openly censor literature, which is shown in Claude's route), any possible "true story" is more likely than the story you're giving. Alongside that, Edelgard is getting most of her information from the Agarthans and a very private source only accessible to the Imperial Family. It makes sense that Seteth might assume that Edelgard is trying to become a false god because he's been helping lead a religion based on lies for centuries. When you're trying to understand some part of Three Houses, you have to think about where that information came from, what factors might be biasing that information, and that there might be some detail that shines a new light on that information somewhere else in the game that you're missing. And that's generally a good philosophy to have when processing any information.

That's something I like about Three Houses. I like how you have to sort through a ton of biases and misinformation within the game to understand the story. If you let your own biases get away from you too much, you're going to miss the larger picture. The game let's you know exactly where everyone is coming from in some way and (almost) everyone is given a sympathetic eye in at least one route. And (almost) everyone is viewed as irredeemable in at least one route.

[sonocomics]

Ashe does the peace sign vanish meme after the timeskip

HE REALLY DID THO;;

Even tho I recruited him and everything ;m;

[sonocomics]

You have excellent taste. Seteth is very Yes.

It was so funny how I slept on him as I was trying to pick a girl that the realization like "WAIT"

honestly I'm glad it happened that way instead of immediate heart eyes bc it's funnier :p

[sonocomics]

Just wanted to say I ADORE how pretty you draw Yuri! He looks so good!

Thanks! To be fair base Yuri is already very pretty. In fact I think that the first thing I said when I saw him was "gosh you're pretty" :p

[sonocomics]

im obsessed with your ability to make 20 comics from just the first hour of a video game

That's actually usually the norm! Mostly because the first part of the game is me making initial observations and/or getting used to the world/controls/stories

[sonocomics]

It is so great to see a blind playthrough in the form of comics.

Will you do the other Routes as well?

Thanks!

We shall see. It's a VERY long game as is and I've got a long list of stuff I want to get to so ( ovo);;