I get bent out of shape when I see Edelgard trend on Twitter, because all I can think of are the aggressive, single-minded Blue Lions "stans" who will be arguing for her to be stricken from canon and made the true villain because they enjoyed killing the Hegemon Husk at the end of their route. I know arguing with them is as futile as any political debate, but I want people to hear me out.
I am a Christian man, have been one most of my life. In 2008 I saw a performance of "The Laramie Project" about the murder of Matthew Shepard. Not one Christian in the play spoke for him, all saying "he got what he deserved." That didn't sit right with me, so I became an LGBTQ+ rights advocate. I endured having to play the "good young man" for several right wingers who felt America was BC-Israel for the next several years, saying God was punishing our nation with natural disasters and Satan was behind the Democrat Party. This tension and trauma was mirrored in Rhea's comments about the young man who took the holy spear. I've wanted nothing to do with this mentality for almost ten years, which has been hard with the politics in that time.
So, for me, Edelgard is a calm-voiced wall who keeps politics and religion separate, so we can operate in a global community without a superiority complex or risk losing the melting pot in both fiction and reality, a reminder that it takes all kinds to make a house a home, not single-minded loyalty by saying all the right things. She is determined, calming and kind and got me through my worst. Think about that before you trash her next time.
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