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[variks-the-warden]

So even though i do genuinely believe there is room for a 'golden route' in Three Hopes if they ever add a Nemesis/Shambhala dlc I really love how Azure Gleam is almost a complete deconstruction of the golden route trope.

Rodrigue and Jeralt die senseless deaths and it directly leads to the death of Byleth and Sothis

Rhea never finds out about this so she just stays in her seat of power and never steps down

Claude remains ignorant and never learns the truth so he makes it clear to Dimitri that he is going to oppose the church which will lead to more war and bloodshed in the future

Dimitri never finds peace, he remains suicidal and never learns to live for himself. When Thales is dead he genuinely has no plan for what to do next because he never planned to live that long anyway and then of course

Edelgard. She's turned into a monster, her closest friends and allies are assassinated while she's in this state, and she's robbed of her identity and her ideals and her virtue. In the end Dimitri lacks the strength to kill her here unlike in Azure Moon, he turns his back on her and just leaves her, completely unable to handle it.

The main 3 lords are all alive at the end of the story, and yet somehow its the worst possible outcome each of them could have possibly recieved. There is no end to the war, there is no peace for Fodlan, there is no peace for anyone

[arikitari]

Arguably the worst parts of Fire Emblem Warriors: 3 Hopes (by me)

Joe Zieja can drip-feed content milking the FE (or just 3 houses) fanbase for another year and a half, and in my opinion he should start working with Atlus since both Claude and Persona 4 have their primary colours set to Yellow

Lords discourse returning with a vengeance

Fodlan’s barbers. Seriously, what the fuck is up with those haircuts?

That’s about it, everything else is ok I guess but I also think its funny that some supports just end at C

[variks-the-warden]

So 65 hours later I finally finished Azure Gleam and I do understand why people think all of these endings are controversial but I think a lot of people don't understand why.

Minor spoilers warning

Every single route in Three Hopes is the story that the Lords wanted, not the story that they needed. Edelgard wanted to be rid of TWSITD and pursue her ideals with her own power, Dimitri wanted the truth to the Tragedy and wanted revenge, and Claude wanted Fodlan to stop being closed-minded to the rest of the world.

Out of all of them Scarlet Blaze is the only route i'd say is better than the ones in Three Houses because it actually spends some time addressing the major flaws with Edelgard's plans and her character and makes up for them big time. Azure Gleam might on paper seem like a happier ending with Edelgard surviving and Dimitri getting closure but in reality Dimitri never recovers from his horrid state from the beginning, he continues to fight suicidally and never lives his life by his own choices. Claude never gets access to the information he needed to realize the Church wasn't the problem so he continues to scapegoat them when the real problems in Fodlan are systemic and not the direct actions of a few powerful individuals.

None of the endings are happy or satisfying because they aren't meant to be. None of the characters realize their full potential and remain stunted and their actions in the story and the endings reflect that.

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