painting it gold this time
Apr. 18th, 2020 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mikogalateaStarted my Golden Deer run yesterday! I've been itching for this since a while before I finished Azure Moon. ^^; Right now I'm about to do Chapter 2's story battle.
I'm playing as male!Byleth again this time, and I'll be having him marry Yuri. :3 I've already recruited all the Ashen Wolves plus Ferdinand, and I'll also be picking up Linhardt (hopefully next chapter!), Dorothea (as she's another favourite and I'm impatient to see her Yuri supports, though she might take longer to get because she wants a fairly high Charm stat), Ingrid (not straight away in her case, as she's meant to be stronger as a cross-house recruit if gotten later) and Cyril (the only non-automatic faculty recruit I'll have this time).
I've gotten a decent handful of C-ranks already, mostly thanks to abusing mealtime boosts, although not to the degree that I've properly gotten a feel for all the Deer yet. Still, I'm happy to offer my thoughts on most of what I've gotten so far.
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Hilda/Marianne C was the very first support I got on this run. It's a fairly popular f/f ship in the fandom from what I've seen, but for now I don't really know how I feel about it. I'm a bit worried their relationship might come across too much like Hilda pushing Marianne into things, though it's such early days right now that I wouldn't know either way for sure. As far as what I have seen goes, it seems notable that Hilda did end up helping Marianne organise the books (in other words, she actually did some work after all) when the latter messed up the library cleaning duty; I don't know yet if that's unusual coming from Hilda, as my only other points of reference so far are her C-ranks with Balthus and Ferdie, but if it is, it might be worth keeping an eye on this dynamic.
(Speaking of Marianne, one thing I'm particularly looking forward to in Verdant Wind is getting a better load of her character development. I did see her excellent paralogue and some lovely A-ranks and monastery dialogue when I had her in AM, so I'm expecting her growth to feel even better in the route where she gets screentime in the main script!)
Claude/Lorenz C is good and interesting, but I don't feel any shippy potential in their dynamic at this point. Meanwhile, although I don't ship Claude/Byleth either, I like the interactions they've had so far.I'm already enjoying Claude as a house leader more than Dimitri, to be honest. Edelgard's still my fave, though.
Constance/Ferdinand C is so good and sad. It speaks volumes when "Recollection and Regret" plays as early on in a support chain as the C-rank. Ferdie keeps hurting Coco without meaning to and the whole thing made me tear up. ;.;
Balthus/Lysithea C is quite amusing and nicely sets up the connection between him and her family. He also seems to decently respect her secret sweet tooth? Either way, I want to see more of this -- and I'm happy to say I still love Lysithea.
Ignatz/Leonie has been recommended to me as a good ship to go for; it hasn't grabbed me just yet -- their C-rank mostly has them talking about bows, to be fair -- but I could see it becoming nice later on, especially if she ends up being supportive of him.
Ignatz himself is a sweet kid and might actually be my favourite Deer boy at the moment, but he's got such terrible self-esteem. D: Makes me curious about his Marianne supports, so I'll aim to get started on those.
Yuri and Constance are pretty fun together, and Yuri/Hapi C is nice as well.
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I have pairings in mind for most of the recruited characters, but I've got fewer preconceptions about ships within the Deer themselves than I've had for the Eagles or the Lions, so I'll see what I end up liking.
For now, I'll keep playing on!
I'm playing as male!Byleth again this time, and I'll be having him marry Yuri. :3 I've already recruited all the Ashen Wolves plus Ferdinand, and I'll also be picking up Linhardt (hopefully next chapter!), Dorothea (as she's another favourite and I'm impatient to see her Yuri supports, though she might take longer to get because she wants a fairly high Charm stat), Ingrid (not straight away in her case, as she's meant to be stronger as a cross-house recruit if gotten later) and Cyril (the only non-automatic faculty recruit I'll have this time).
I've gotten a decent handful of C-ranks already, mostly thanks to abusing mealtime boosts, although not to the degree that I've properly gotten a feel for all the Deer yet. Still, I'm happy to offer my thoughts on most of what I've gotten so far.
-
Hilda/Marianne C was the very first support I got on this run. It's a fairly popular f/f ship in the fandom from what I've seen, but for now I don't really know how I feel about it. I'm a bit worried their relationship might come across too much like Hilda pushing Marianne into things, though it's such early days right now that I wouldn't know either way for sure. As far as what I have seen goes, it seems notable that Hilda did end up helping Marianne organise the books (in other words, she actually did some work after all) when the latter messed up the library cleaning duty; I don't know yet if that's unusual coming from Hilda, as my only other points of reference so far are her C-ranks with Balthus and Ferdie, but if it is, it might be worth keeping an eye on this dynamic.
(Speaking of Marianne, one thing I'm particularly looking forward to in Verdant Wind is getting a better load of her character development. I did see her excellent paralogue and some lovely A-ranks and monastery dialogue when I had her in AM, so I'm expecting her growth to feel even better in the route where she gets screentime in the main script!)
Claude/Lorenz C is good and interesting, but I don't feel any shippy potential in their dynamic at this point. Meanwhile, although I don't ship Claude/Byleth either, I like the interactions they've had so far.
Constance/Ferdinand C is so good and sad. It speaks volumes when "Recollection and Regret" plays as early on in a support chain as the C-rank. Ferdie keeps hurting Coco without meaning to and the whole thing made me tear up. ;.;
Balthus/Lysithea C is quite amusing and nicely sets up the connection between him and her family. He also seems to decently respect her secret sweet tooth? Either way, I want to see more of this -- and I'm happy to say I still love Lysithea.
Ignatz/Leonie has been recommended to me as a good ship to go for; it hasn't grabbed me just yet -- their C-rank mostly has them talking about bows, to be fair -- but I could see it becoming nice later on, especially if she ends up being supportive of him.
Ignatz himself is a sweet kid and might actually be my favourite Deer boy at the moment, but he's got such terrible self-esteem. D: Makes me curious about his Marianne supports, so I'll aim to get started on those.
Yuri and Constance are pretty fun together, and Yuri/Hapi C is nice as well.
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I have pairings in mind for most of the recruited characters, but I've got fewer preconceptions about ships within the Deer themselves than I've had for the Eagles or the Lions, so I'll see what I end up liking.
For now, I'll keep playing on!
