#few:3h

[asperrusual]

3H x Tumblr

[kaizmos]

i thought today would be a normal friday

[pixelatinate]

here she comes!

[cchanticleer]

they are family your honor

[nyankocatnyan]

Excited to meet her again

[blehbet-arts]

the whole, “shut up, or ill cut your throat out”, and “you’re beautiful” dynamic works for them, i think.... personal onion.....................

[nikibogwater]

Niki Thoughtdumps about Claude in Three Hopes:

Claude’s arc in Three Hopes is a perfect inverse of who he became in Three Houses. Rather than growing into a thoughtful and benevolent leader who achieves everything he set out to do, Claude’s journey in Three Hopes is, ironically enough, a story about losing hope. And the catalyst for it is the execution of Prince Shahid. Which, if I really think about it, is the only way you could break a guy like Claude.

Right out of the gate, Three Hopes Claude is shown to be anxious and uncertain about his standing as the leader of the Alliance. He acts confidant and self-assured because he knows how dangerous it is to show any weakness at this time, especially considering the fact that he’s already on thin ice due to his Almyran heritage. But despite all of this pressure and anxiety, he’s still trying to achieve his goals of a new and better Fódlan with as little bloodshed as possible.

But then comes the fight with Prince Shahid.

Claude being forced to kill his  brother is a major turning point in his character for Three Hopes. Prior to the battle with Shahid, Claude still sounded a lot like his Three Houses self--maybe a little more vulnerable, but still hopeful and idealistic, with a sincere desire to save every life possible. Killing his brother was a severe blow to his ideals. For all his dreams of saving and protecting people, he can’t do anything to save Shahid--and worse still, ending Shahid’s life is his responsibility. He risks appearing weak as a leader if he doesn’t do it himself. Claude is essentially forced to uphold the tradition of war and intolerance that he has so desperately wanted to dismantle, because despite all his hopes and efforts, he couldn’t get through to Shahid.

I think it’s extremely telling that the chapter after this reveals a massive shift in Claude’s priorities. He’s stopped placing infinite value on every given life, stopped trying to be a savior. Instead, he looks out only for his own best interests, prioritizing the safety of his own people above all others. He no longer seems quite as concerned with the fate of Fódlan at large. Rather, he dedicates himself to ensuring, through any means possible, that his lands and people will be kept free and safe. It felt very....eerie to me, to hear Claude say that his new goal was to kill Rhea and dismantle the entire Central Church. While Three Houses Claude was always rightfully critical of the Central Church and fought for reform, he was never this blatantly antagonistic towards the Archbishop. In Three Hopes though, Claude gives Rhea the same treatment he had to dole out to his brother. And it makes sense, if you think about it from his perspective. What’s the point in reaching out and trying to understand, trying to make connections and working together to fix what’s broken, if he’s just going to be shot down for it? 

What’s the point of hoping for something better when this is the reality you live in? A reality where peace cannot be bought with anything less than bloodshed, a reality where love and good intentions are wasted on those who refuse to hear you out. 

It’s a really sad story, and one that left me feeling very conflicted. But it’s a well-told one all the same. And I don’t think they could have told this story as effectively if it had happened to anyone other than Claude von Riegan. 

[yeyayeya]

Ok but like can someone explain this for me

When I was playing Three Houses, I didn’t have a strong attachment to Byleth and whenever I played the other routes I always alternated marrying people and whatnot, but like,

Some people got really attached to Byleth and whoever they married Byleth to first playthrough they just couldn’t marry Byleth off to someone else because they couldn’t separate them from said character *cough* Dimitri *cough* (that’s the one I’ve seen the most). And like, I never understood that? Byleth just didn’t have a personality in Three Houses and the relationships felt very one-sided and I just never understood people who said that?

All the other Fire Emblem avatars: Robin, Shez, Alear, and Corrin I could understand completely and I have my own personal ships for them because of their dynamics with other characters, but Byleth? Not at all, and any Byleth ship just feels like they’re relying on them and since Byleth doesn’t talk it just didn’t help

Now in Three Hopes, I can understand Byleth more (somewhat) and now I can sorta maybe ship Byleth since they actually talk and show a bit of personality. But before it came out and it was only Three Houses, I never got what people said about the Byleth ships at all

Idk it might just be me but I never cared for Byleth during Three Houses and now I care about them somewhat as a character because of Three Hopes