the class system is horribly flawed and the academy shit makes me want to tear my hair out bc i hate dating sim-like mechanics but edelgard is a revolutionary in the realest sense. most of the other students are far better characters than 2010's fire emblem games deserve too, the way the sociopolitical world enters their lives in these insidiously interconnected ways just makes el's cause more just. and i enjoy that the protagonist expresses herself only through choices, makes her feel both more like a PLAYER-character and a weird endearing robot woman at once somehow.