Propaganda I'm never falling for is the idea that Nemesis makes better sense in SS than VW, or that Rhea should originally been Claude's boss like in GW. It's honestly the biggest sign that a lot of y'all never really understood or even tried to understand Verdant Wind.
Verdant Wind is literally centered around the actual origin of Fodlan's bloodstained history. The biggest justification for VW even takes a lot from SS is because a lot of the things that SS has also involves the Agarthans, Edelgard being their second Nemesis for the Nabateans' end, the fact that Rhea is charitably not the actual problem who makes Fodlan a worser place, etc.
- Claude's intrusive curiosity over others and the truth behind Fodlan is relevant
- Claude's certain interactions switch from him blaming Rhea and the Seiros tenets for the world's borders to denying it when Lorenz brings it up when he announces his dream
- Claude full-on concluding with Cyril that he doesn't have to make Rhea his enemy
- Claude letting Byleth succeed in the role Rhea appointed them
- Claude having a whole paralogue centered around Maculi and special dialogue with Indech
- Claude experiencing / learning more about the Agarthans, their plots and why they're the real people behind Fodlan's suffering and bloodstained history and bringing them down (this similarity with SS is arguably the most necessary, concluding it directly leads to Nemesis' resurrection, which is double vital for Mr. "I wanna know Fodlan's problems" to know more than anyone else)
- why Claude is literally the only lord gets to know that Nemesis is the man behind the genocidal slaughter and why he and Byleth become the second coming of Seiros and finish him for good in the same plains he was killed
Like, VW and SS definitely have problems, but Nemesis being VW-exclusive is just not one of them, it takes an active misunderstanding or ignorance regarding both routes to still argue Nemesis or even, Rhea's SS final boss should have been swapped.
Silver Snow is about transitioning from Beagles dealing with Edelgard's betrayal and war, Byleth's origins, and Rhea's bittersweet fate regarding her feelings towards Byleth and Sothis that can lead to either a merciful death, an isolating seclusion or salvation and peace.
Verdant Wind is about Claude growing from his past assumptions about Rhea, learning about her and the many circumstances that truly shaped the world, and the actual monsters responsible.
6 years, and people are still either misunderstanding or ignorant to the fact that Nemesis / Agartha being Claude's true enemies is immensely fitting for his character.
This round of illiteracy is arguably as bad as people never clocked that Silver Snow was NEVER the church route, but legitimately the first Black Eagles route (SS' appeal literally started with "what if your lord betrayed you?), just because Edelgard or Hubert are opponents, it doesn't mean it wasn't largely Beagles-centric.
Then again, people still think that Byleth choosing to oppose and kill Edelgard wasnt a choice, when the whole SS / CF split is literally a choice between Byleth either opposing Edelgard for her betrayal or allying with Edelgard in her betrayal. BOTH WERE ALWAYS CHOICES, the same way Silver Snow and Crimson Flower are BOTH BLACK EAGLES ROUTES.
