10 characters I hope to see s of the most in Three Hopes

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Fire Emblem Three Houses is a game with pretty interesting cast of characters, with those having having just as interesting conversations. So you can imagine that considering how much I like original FEW conversations I'm excited to see them in Three Hopes, especially that in original Warriors s even tended to make characters better in my eyes than in their original, with Corrin being a prime example of that.

In this short post I picked ten characters that I would like to see interactions of, whether I want to see them improved or to simply see more of characters I like. Speaking of which...

#10 - Felix

This and the next spot are a bit different from the others, as they don't focus on characters that necessarily need new s, as well as one character representing a certain group. On this place you could really imagine any character I don't have many problems with when it comes to s like Hanneman, Leonie, Dorothea or Dimitri

However I picked Felix for one simple reason. He is the best written character in 3H in my opinion. His s are so great in the original game, that I simply want to see more of the good stuff. Like I said, I don't necessarily need them to be happy, but if I needed to pick one character, it gotta be Felix.

#9 - Monica

This placement is dedicated to new characters that may be playable in Three Hopes and thus getting s, like Shez, Holst and Monica, who I picked for this spot and that's for probably quite unusual reason.

If you ever read one of my analysis on 3H characters, you know that I always focus a lot on the symbolism behind Crests of the characters, since those tie in a huge way to Major Arcana of Tarot. But what does it have to do with Monica you might ask?

From evidence given to us, it's currently highly theorised that Monica will be the bearer of Crest of Macuil, the only Crest currently without a playable character tied to it. As such it would be possible to tie Monica to the Magician Arcana and see how the symbolism of it is shown in her s. As someone who really enjoys analysing this stuff I'm more than eager to see if the theory will hold up.

#8 - Petra

Huh, I must be losing my mind if I put one of my least favorite characters of all time on this list.

But seriously now, with this spot we're entering characters that I want to be expanded or even improved upon with the new s.

And Petra is a character that DESPERATELY needs good s, because holy fuck, this character is all over the place in the original game! Watching her s really only left me wondering what the writers even had in mind for this character. Like how she is supposed to be this really nice and sweet person, but some of her s prove that she's a potential danger to people (namely final s with Caspar and Claude, as well as her ending with Ashe on all routes aside from CF). Not to mention how overused her idiom jokes are and how her most interesting aspect of being a hostage takes the back seat, barely even mentioned.

Now while I think that Petra is potentially deserving a number 3 on this list, due to how much her character needs some good interactions, I ranked her at 8 because I don't believe it will help her. Either due to s ending up not much better since there is not much to Petra from the start if I'm being honest, or that I don't believe I will like the character anyway cause "fish out of water" is not the character archetype I really enjoy in the first place. Tho I only wish for Three Hopes to positively surprise me with this one.

#7 - Marianne

Now let's go from my least favorite to my absolute favorite character in Three Houses. Aside from being curious how her personality will look in this game, I would like it to be consistent unlike in the original.

In the original, Marianne post timeskip is very inconsistent with her self-esteem. On one hand she can be very happily smiling and laughing in the A with Hilda, while in her A with Ignatz she thinks of herself as worthless as her pre timeskip self. Sure, you can easily fix the problem by putting Marianne's As in an order that would show a natural progression of her character, but let's be real, people don't care about watching s in some dedicated order.

That's why in Three Hopes I would like to see Marianne have a consistent personality till the end, maybe some kind of mix between her pre and post timeskip self, where she is still unsure about herself but already starts to see more value in life.

#6 - Hilda

In Three Houses Hilda always kinda felt to me like a filler character when it came to s. Many s in this game tend to show growth of one of the partners or at the very least learning some kind of lesson from their partner. Hilda's s however always felt really insignificant to me, whether it concerns her or her partner.

As such I would want for Hilda to show more growth in her s, as her only character growth in the game can be seen in Verdant Wind story, which quite frankly isn't a lot. Hilda is a character with really cool backstory and interesting character motivation, so I would like it to be much more explored in her s.

Additionally, I highly hope her relationship with Marianne will be improved in Three Hopes. In Three Houses their friendship has barely any foundation and as such their A where they are besties feels incredibly forced. So I'd like to just see more stuff that would solidify their friendship in their new or even in other form.

#5 - Sylvain

I honestly always felt like Sylvain got robbed with his s. Conversations like the ones with Bernadetta or Leonie end on a cliffhanger and beg for an A . Not to mention I don't find a lot of Sylvain s to be that great. There are only three that really stand out to me and that's honestly really a shame for me, because Sylvain is one of the most interesting characters in Three Houses and I really want to see him achieve his full potential, it's just that the original game doesn't give me enough content to work with.

#4 - Yuri

You could say that Yuri to me has the same problem as Sylvain, but on a bit of a bigger scale imo. Yuri is just a really cool idea for a character, but he is ultimately hindered by his lack of out of house s to me. Yes, his s with Ashen Wolves and Byleth are nice, but when it comes to other characters, it's just beyond awful. Dorothea is honestly forgettable, Ingrid feels like writers realising that they forgot to put her food gimmick into the game so they needed to fix that and Bernadetta not only is unbearable to watch (and I say that as someone who enjoys Bernie on the screen normally) but it also feels like an awful attempt to redeem her dad.

So in the end I would really just like any good out of house s for this guy, he's another character that has potential, but it has to be yet awaken.

#3 - Claude

It hurts me to say it, I love Claude as much as the other guy afterall, but his s just tend to be whoever's he's ing weakest s in the game. I have a similar problem with Claude that I have with Hilda, as in his s often feel really fillerish, like they're just Claude making friends or messing with people, tho granted at the very least those are not all of his s like with Hilda.

Although the biggest problem with him is how irrelevant he is in Three Houses, which him having a lot of light hearted s doesn't help. I don't say it as a bad thing but I would like to dive much deeper into his character, especially that he is one of the main lords of the game.

#2 - Rhea

I mean do I really need to explain myself on why she's this high? She has one chain and barely interacts with anyone other than Byleth and Seteth. I simply think it would be interesting to see Rhea interacting with students, maybe even guiding them, showing us more of this leader and motherly side of Rhea. Not to mention it would be nice to see how knights other than Seteth interact with her.

#1 - Byleth

To the surprise of literally no one, Byleth is the character that I anticipate the most in this game for one simple reason:

This is the game that will potentially make them a character and not just an empty shell for a player!

For now, Byleth as a silent player character doesn't have their own defined personality, aside from few simple traits. And the personality of the previously silent protagonist being finally revealed is a major game changer. Look for example at Yu Narukami from Persona 4 and Revan from KOTOR, they are both beloved characters in their fandoms and both started as silent protagonists with no established personality.

So if Byleth is handled well, then we might get a very enjoyable character. Although Byleth is also the character with the biggest question mark, since it seems they're gonna be an antagonist of Three Hopes and so far looking like they'll be a mute character. However I think that at the very least we might get Byleth in the post game where they'll get some s to flesh them out.

And that would be it!

Thank you for reading this post! If you have any characters you'd like to see the most in Three Hopes then I'll be glad to read about it in the comments! For now see you in the next posts!

Ryuzaki out~