They literally had a point in the game where you could spare Claude, and you don't get him? I was dissapointed. Seeing the church's true colors in Black Eagles was also shocking, and it shaped the rest of my playthroughs.

yep, there's some deep stuff in there too about how the system warps revolutionary acts and then is actually not any better materially. all the status quo systems have is the privilege of speaking calmly about their horrific acts since they don't need to persuade or scare anyone, they are the system. sorry there's probably a better way to say all this that's not as rambly.

I honestly think that Rhea was a great way of subtly doing the "divine dragon goes mad" idea that a lot of fire emblem games have, because even if she isn't technically a divine dragon, she surely went mad long before Three Houses started.

totally, i really like that you don't even see her true colours until you oppose her. it's kinda educational tbh, it was for me