to war again
Jan. 24th, 2020 08:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I've reached the war phase in my Azure Moon run in Three Houses and have just cleared Chapter 13. \o/ But with that, I have a minirant.
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Does anyone else feel a bit frustrated by how Dedue's death(?) gets treated kind of like a footnote in the after-battle dialogue? You get one line from Dimitri about how he died in his place, then one line from Gilbert about honouring Dedue's loyalty, and then it's almost as if the narrative goes "moving right along!".
Granted, I haven't even started exploring in Chapter 14 yet, so there's probably monastery dialogue that talks about Dedue some more; but still, he deserves a hell of a lot better than having his death brought up and brushed aside in just two or three textboxes in Chapter 13 itself! That didn't sit well with me at all.
I really, really hope I've done enough to save him, because I like him a lot and he deserves good things. =/
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With that pinch of salt out of the way, I've got a pile of supports to watch.
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Does anyone else feel a bit frustrated by how Dedue's death(?) gets treated kind of like a footnote in the after-battle dialogue? You get one line from Dimitri about how he died in his place, then one line from Gilbert about honouring Dedue's loyalty, and then it's almost as if the narrative goes "moving right along!".
Granted, I haven't even started exploring in Chapter 14 yet, so there's probably monastery dialogue that talks about Dedue some more; but still, he deserves a hell of a lot better than having his death brought up and brushed aside in just two or three textboxes in Chapter 13 itself! That didn't sit well with me at all.
I really, really hope I've done enough to save him, because I like him a lot and he deserves good things. =/
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With that pinch of salt out of the way, I've got a pile of supports to watch.
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Date: 2020-01-24 09:48 pm (UTC)Did you complete the "War for the Weak" paralogue?
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Date: 2020-01-24 10:46 pm (UTC)I did, but do you have to defeat/save a certain number of the rebels for Dedue to survive? The wiki article I checked made it sound like you just had to do the paralogue in order to save him, and the number of rebels you save just means you can get better rewards... I hope that's true! D:
(In happier news, I'm pleased to report that Annette/Mercedes A did make up for the end of their B-rank!)
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Date: 2020-01-24 10:48 pm (UTC)You just have to have one of your guys beat the commander. The more rebels you beat the bigger the reward, but to save Dedue you just have to beat the boss.
(YAY. <3 I was so happy the supports addressed the argument and resolved it even if I'm sad that it had to wait till after the time skip. :c )
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Date: 2020-01-25 09:41 pm (UTC)I did indeed beat the commander with one of my own units, and the after-battle dialogue for the paralogue did seem like it was foreshadowing the circumstances under which Dedue survives the timeskip, so I guess I'm good to go there? *crosses fingers*