Edelgard try to kill Dimitri | Blue Lion Ending | Fire Emblem Three Houses
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Yikes, edelgard forgot the weapon triangle
If I remember correctly Fates weapon triangles had knifes equivalent to spears, efficient against tomes, but weak to bows
There is no weapon triangle in Three Houses
@@yamisean3298 There kind of is by virtue of the Breaker skills, but you are right. There is no true weapon triangle.
She just gave Dimitri the same chance he gave her when he snapped
He used a lance against an axe user.
@@yamisean3298there literally is though
This cutscene is gameplay accurate. Much like every enemy up until that point who attacked dimitri, edelgard too was one hit killed by the counter. Truly wonderful
"LET'S SEE YOU DODGE THIS"
I mean, my Dimitri did one shot crit her last health bar.
This ending cutscene is just all silent. They say no words except when Dimitri called her El
There is no need for words. It's all so clear.
Words are unnecessary
- Red
Pokemon masters
@proxima Nope
Neeheeehee~ that was a lie
This is really Edelgard giving the dagger back to Dimitri
Seemed like a "fuck you i wanted to change the world" to me
@@faded1146 it’s a symbolism of cutting her own way…
@@fukunaga-kane nice pfp
@@faded1146 It isn't. The primary reason Edelgard "gave the dagger back" to Dimitri was to provoke him into killing her. The war would have continued until she was dead. It's actually a pretty fascinating move from her. She basically is entrusting everything to him as the victor. But after playing through her path, I'm quite positive that's what she was doing.
On a side note, this is why people have such different perceptions of these characters based on the routes they played. Different information gives them different opinions.
@@idixal419 agreed. After playing all 4 routes, your perspective on everyone really changes. That’s coming from someone who started with Blue Lions
Edelgard :sings reach for my hand
Dimitri:reaches out
Edelgard:stabs him
What the heck
Someone didnt understand her character.
The song fits all three lords
@@luccabritto2566 yes it does
@@popkhorne5372 of course I understand her character I've played the game 6 times I just hate her and her way of thinking
@@torainsmash7351 well i guess thats to be expected. For me its dimitri i cant stand. You cant truly like both.
Dmitri really is the best post-time skip. Went to hell and back and still chose forgiveness and to save Fodlan. Edelgard went through hell but chose world domination instead. Claude is just Claude.
Probably my least favorite solely due to his edgy phase, but damn is he a good character
And Claude got bullied a ton but decided not to have his life turn to shit like the others and instead tried to make the world better
Claude just hangs upside down like a twat!
Claude hangs upside down becuz he's claude
@@hatsu_hatsumomo No, he's just Australian
Claude is the best. He gets the most decisive of strategies, and is able to hold of the Empire and Dukedom with a fractured alliance.
0:54 I love how Byleth was literally all of us. Watching peacefully hoping Edelgard and Dimitri would come to a truce, and then being like “WTF”
Edelgard did what morally right. She purposely aimed his shoulder to force him to kill her. She fought for her vision which costed thousands of lives. It would be selfish of her to surrender and have her life spared. She either achieves her goal or lose everything.
I like how byleth reacted so fast like he was ready to save him
There is so much that I love about this cutscene.
>Dimitri and Edelgard being in the same position that he and Byleth were in during their reunion, showing how he has moved on from his trauma and wants to guide Edelgard through confronting hers.
>The light shining on both of them signifying the second chance that Edelgard is being given, as well as the contrast with Dimitri's reunion scene showing that he has chosen to walk in the light with Byleth and his friends instead of being a slave to the dead.
>Edelgard using the very dagger that signified their close relationship in a last ditch effort to kill him, and the pain on Dimitri's face after being stabbed/having to kill her being possibly both physical and emotional.
>Edelgard's body becoming shrouded in darkness as she falls over, signifying her desicion to stay in that dark path until the end.
>Byleth guiding Dimitri into the light one last time, pulling him back when he tries to look back into the darkness and essentially telling him that he can't let himself be chained by the past any longer.
>The voices of all of Fodlan cheering for their savior as he takes those crucial steps into the light and guides them to a brighter future.
All of these things communicated with only one word and incredible cinematography. Some of this is personal inference and others might see it differently, but this feels to me like the perfect example of how to direct a scene in any media.
Don’t forget the fact that you can still see his one good eye, right up until he has to kill her. And then his hair covers it back up, even remaining that way as he tries to turn back to El
This is an old post so sorry for the necromancy, but another subtle interpretation of the dagger attack could be a way of Edelgard telling him that it's time for him to cut his own path for both himself and Fodlan, while her story has to come to an end; by forcing him to kill her, she makes Dimitri stop dwelling on the past and begin looking onward, all while giving him back the very dagger that held significance to both of them.
I love this game so much.
I don’t think she tried to kill him, she just triggered his defensive instinct because surrender was impossible for her. It’s the reason why she chose death, she couldn’t live in a world where her goals were not fulfilled.
I feel like a part of the lyrics from Edge of dawn are specifically for Dimitri:
“Open the door and walk away, never give in to the call of yesterday”
(There is also the sentence “the blue moonlight cuts across our sight as pure and clear as the ringing bell, reaching for us in the night” but this one is obvious)
Love this take so much
🥲😭
you can take her throwing the knife as a lot of things
1 showing him he shouldnt trust the enemy
2 trying to kill him
3 forcing him to kill her
and many more
4. giving him back the knife, like a good friend :D
God just imagine-
@@elderberryva9282 the secret ending of a remake 20 years later
I agree. In fact, I see the scene more as a "retribution" when he threw the spear at her and nearly killed her. But the difference is that at this distance she could kill him, but she accepted defeat and the weight of her actions.
In other words, her act was like: you can kill me, but I will always be with you.
The last sentece you said I like it soo much, Edelgard stay by Dimitri side even in death, I love it
damn they actually showed blood in a fe game? we making progress
In FE6 Hector has blood in her death scene but only in her portrait
Lethality skill : Am I a joke to you ?
What? No there is no blood. I only see grape juice
They made Nemesis lie in a pool of his own blood after being stabbed by Seiros multiple times to the chest, Then with blood on the sword of the creator, she holds it up to her face and says something to her mother.
Fe 7 mentions after a boat battle that the place is so covered in blood i think it was ninian gets sick just seeing it. They dont show it but its close
That Voting Gauntlet results ended with this.
Azure moon is canon
L in edelgard means lose
Ita going to happen again
@@archerdamo9160 Indeed it did. Nice to know that you called it!
Still relevant
This is the saddest edelgard death scene to me because here were 2 siblings, both who'd lost the rest of their families to war, holding their weapons at each other. if only they believed both their paths could coexist in the same world, they wouldn't have to kill each other. but edelgard forces dimitri's hand to kill her so that he can become the unquestionable ruler of fodlan. :(
I think Edelgard is symbolically telling Dimitri to make his own path on ruling fodland and Edelgard didn’t throw to kill him. Edelgard new the war would go on forever with her still alive
Wrong. She smiled before throwing the dagger. Mark of the psychopath.
I saw a face of indifference
I mean she says it herself if I remember correctly
Yes in verdant wind and silver snow
@@somethingsomething7993 But not in Azure Moon. She was NOT happy leaving Fodland to someone like Dimitri.
After playing every route, I can now confirm...Azure Moon goes hardest 💯
not really.
Yes really, easily the best route
Blue Lions feels the most like a "traditional" Fire Emblem story to me, out of the four routes.
I really wish it had worked out for them. In his route she’s just way too far gone. And in her route he’s the same. They both deserved better.
Thanks Blue Lions for ruining every other route for me.
I literally cannot play this game unless I save Dimitri.
I too suffer this fate. Dimitri is just.. god damn he's a good man who genuinely really wants the best for everyone.
Despite Edelgard being my favorite character, I have no problem killing her in other routes
I played Silver Snow first, so I can't play any route I don't save Rhea.
Thankfully she lives in blue lions, so I get the best of both worlds.
It definitely makes it harder. Did blue lions first and now I'm very hesitant to do any of the other routes.
It truly was difficult to me to play the other routes without a lump in my throat 😣
"Dimitri did you give her a dagger?"
"Yes...."
"DIMITRI NO!"
Sylvains the other btw
What gets me is that after swearing death on everyone and everything that opposes him, Dimitri's first instinct is to be merciful when confronting Edelgard. It's so sad.
The saddest part is that from before this battle even began, Edelgard’s death is the only ending that would not lead to ruin.
If Edelgard accepted his hand, Dimitri would instantly lose the faith of his people.
If Edelgard won without Byleth she would have nobody to abdicate to and her rule cannot sustain long term due to her being seen as a Tyrant.
So knowing this, Edelgard throws the dagger, but in such a way as to not kill Dimitri (Edelgard could definitely have hit the neck if she wanted to) in order to force his hand and get him to make the right choice. That smile is knowing that her job is done and that she’s succeeded.
But lets not ignore that no matter who wins this fight, Claude will hunt down the CEO of racism.
Claude is an absolute chad, and I do love his character.
Virgin edelgard vs semi chad dimitri vs the chad claude
nah, edelgard's just petty
She literally turned into a demon. She just failed to kill him at the end
@@kagelynx No? If you actually played the game and payed the slightest attention to the various routes, it’s clear Edelgard (while possibly mentally broken and likely insane) is still cognizant of, and single-mindedly focused on, her initial goal. Her dying was *always* part of that goal. Only in her route does that change at all when it proves to not be necessary. Edelgard went into this fight with the intent of being killed by Dimitri. Sure she made a fight of it, but this was her intended result, her death.
Do you really think she’d miss from that range? She hit exactly where she meant to.
Don't bring a dagger to a polearm fight.
I must have seen this cutscene over a 100 times now, but every time I watch it, I still hope that Edelgard takes his hand.
Indisputably one of the greatest cutscenes ever made. This was the phenomenal ending for the best story in all of Three Houses.
I teared up watching it the first time. Dimitri was such a kind person deep down.
Okay I’m probably not the first to notice this but Dimitri and Byleth walking out at the end of this scene kinda feels like a reference to Ike and Elincia walking out in Path of Radiance!
Edelgard knows the consequences of both sides living on, which is why when shes defeated she basically forces you to kill her, byleth was already going to do it, so edelgard just had to encourage it, with the Dimitri ending scene, she had to fake try to kill him to get him to kill her, and I know it was to get him to kill her because A. She has amazing aim, yet she hit his shoulder not his heart or neck. B. if she wanted to execute him she should have done it later when they were alone, and she was in a better state, edelgard isnt the kind of person to act desperately.
C. It is way more effective to take his hand, then stab him. Not only would Dimitri have no free hand to deflect the dagger, he won't be able to dodge with Edelgard holding him, and Edelgard would be well out of the lance's range.
TL;DR: Anyone that believes Edelgard is trying to kill Dimitri is either intellectually disabled or delusional.
@@straypaper yeah, like I said, she'd be smart enough that if she actually wanted to kill him, anyone could see that was the worst time to do so if she really wanted to kill him, and again, she isnt the kind of person to ever act in desperation
I mean her turning into a monster was a pretty desperate move she made 😌
@@theanonymousme6015 it was desperate but calculated, whereas throwing a knife is both desperate, but has no chance of working especially since byleth was RIGHT THERE
@@fyra_cat2119 obviously, I'm just saying that this is the ONLY time she was desperate
I'm biased for BL, but Dimitri helping Claude and attempting to help Edelgard really made me hate Edelgard as a character and love Dimitri. Despite Edelgard literally starting a war, trying to take over the world, and killing anybody who stands in her way, Dimitri still extended his hand despite all of the history and darkness of Edelgard. Dimitri is the best lord with the best character arc when played through the BL route. Claude was great too, but not nearly as in depth as Dimitri. Though the Golden Deer route has arguably the best ending/boss fight.
i agree with everthing ESPECIALLY after seeing CF
El is literally going through the same shit as Dimitri was but it was never resolved. Why give Dimitri a pass and not her?
@@verdantmischief7092 first off, I do not give Dimitri's past actions of murder a pass. It is wrong through and through.
I have empathy for Dimitri because he made an effort to change and proved through his actions that he was changing for the betterment of humanity as a whole. While Edelgard didn't ruthlessly slaughter EVERY person, she did slaughter most of them unless they bowed down before her and her power. I have no sympathy for a leader who kills people they disagree with in the name of world betterment. I do not think that Dimitri or Claude fall under that category of leader (based on how the stories are presented) because their killings are reactionary, not proactive. Are you really bettering the world by killing people who are willing to live alongside you, granted they have different beliefs, experiences, and views?
If you knew that I held no hatred in my heart for you, thought positively of you, and was willing to live alongside you (granted I saw the world differently), are you justified if you were to try to kill me? Does the harm that a bad person caused you in your past justify you hurting and potentially killing others in the present/future?
Edit - Honestly, I have a massive bias towards the Blue Lions because I experienced the pain that was caused at the hand of Edelgard. I felt like she betrayed the world for selfish reasons. After rethinking these types of topics, I can always find a way to justify an action. I understand why people think that Edelgard is the most sympathetic/empathetic lord in three houses. I really do. I just don't think that causing harm to innocents and starting a whole war in the name of ideals is good. But that is just me though. Anyone is welcome to disagree.
@@verdantmischief7092 is she?
does she goes trought literal breaking because one of her friends does evil things that made her belive that it was him that did a massacre on a race of people and the one responsible for killing its parents
no i don't thinks so
Dimitri: *admits to killing innocent people for no reason in general*
"Aaawww he's our sad broken boy"
So I just realized that Areadbhar is meant to be the hand of a Nabatean as a Relic, so in the shot at 0:35 Dimitri is extending both his hand and the hand of Areadbhar out to Edelgard. And Edelgard knowing that she's lost the war and everyone and everything that mattered to her decides to take Areadbhar's hand instead 0:59
Now that you mention it, it does kind of look like a hand. Neat!
I was blues lions first run through. Still my favorite house. I also love Claude and the Golden deer. I hated playing the black Eagles. I agreed the crest structure was flawed, but when Edelguard made me kill some of my students I wanted revenge more then Dimitri did.
I cleaned out both of the other houses, recruited everyone possible, spared everyone you could, and skipped killing those you didn't have to, so...I only had to kill Dedue and Dimitri.
@@SpanishFly120 I couldn't do it tbh. I already hate her but I definitely ain't killing Dimitri.
Edel's story would've certainly be fun; it's interesting to say the least
it's just that the secret Black Eagles route was too rushed to make any good sense of it; it's just Edel tagging you along for bloodshed and slaughter and not anything competent story-wise compared to Blue Lions
@@anchovieduce shes basically neutral evil. Yeah I know people get mad about calling her evil because of her background and she has "good moments" but being evil doesn't mean only doing evil things. Evil people can have moments of good or be capable of love.
The reason I say shes neutral evil is because of her actions, and I don't really feel like her story was rushed or bad. It is her in every way.
A neutral evil person rushes forward regardless of consequences. It's a reason she had to die and her ending is the worst possible route but it exists to show you the motivations of a villain.
Fire emblem has always had very questionable villain who you wonder what would have happened if they succeeded because ultimately they had similar goals to the protagonist but different ways of achieving them.
Fe3 just happens to let you go down that dark path.
A neutral evil person will also work with their "enemies" not stopping them from doing what TWSITD did and showing little to no remorse for it. Saying "whoops sorry anyways moving on" isn't remorse and we know that's in Edelgards personality because of how she treats Jeralts death.
Playing Crimson Flower after Blue Lions was so difficult. I refused to recruit any of the lions because I didn’t want Dimitri to lose any more people, and I actually never ended up finishing the route. I refused start the chapter where I knew Edelgard would kill Dimitri. (Looking back, playing any route that wasn’t BL was difficult, though at least Dimitri dies off screen in GD)
If you look closely, you can see that Edelgard's eyes are no longer the faint pink they once were, but a glassy grey. She's so far gone her eyes have lost their color, as if she's already dead. So much of her is lost, it's like she's a walking corpse.
Not really important, just thought it was a nice touch.
JUST LIKE DIMITRI SAID IN THE TIME SKIP OH MY GOSH
This one is for all the people who are just watching this cutscene without all the background. Idk if everyone knows this, but the reason he calls her El is because they were childhood friends that developed feelings for one another. In the Edelgard route, Edelgard said people she used to know called her El, but nobody anymore. Edelgard forgot that Dimitri was the person that she used to know, but Dimitri always remembered, so when he said that, that’s why she smiled.
I feel bad for people watching this who haven’t played the game, because my goodness with context it was heart wrenching. It was 2am when I beat Three Houses for the first time and I was so emotional😂
It wasn’t said that they had feelings for each other. They were half siblings and considered each other family
@@powpowouchy5 It’s heavily implied that they had feelings for each other with the whole dagger story
@@powpowouchy5 Daggers were courting/engagement gifts in Faerghus and they were step siblings.
@@powpowouchy5 It's implied Edelgard had feelings for him in her goddess tower conversation. She mentions her first love was a young Kingdom noble, but can't remember his name.
To the people saying Dimitri is the worst because his plans are stupid Dimitri had it the hardest of the three, yes Edelgard was used to do experiments only because of her crests and that is definitely something hard to go through but Dimitri lost his parents and every one he loved in a brutal incident and was left to the brink of death and then seeing that Edelgard worked with the people that caused the Duscur tragedy he becomes a monster that can only be saved if byleth is by his side. At first he just wants to kill Edelgard but then sees the bigger picture he was the one to end the war and that is something that people don’t seem to get Dimitris route isn’t exactly about killing Edelgard its about ending the war that has brought Fodlan half a decade of suffering and torment. That is the purpose of the Azure Moon.
Dude, use some fucking commas. Also, it’s arguable on wether Dimitri’s is worse seeing as Edelgard not only went through extreme physical torture, but also saw her siblings be tortured and go insane in front of her, which could very well have more psychological impact. However, I’m not gonna argue semantics on that, since that’s all a bit murky, but what I am going to argue is that... no. That’s not why Dimitri fights the war up until Rodrigue dies. After this and a rushed redemption, then it becomes about ending the war, but up until that point azure moon is dealing with Dimitri’s fragile mental state and relative lack of planning and leadership, which means his plans were legitimately stupid, or at the very least egregiously rash and rushed. Not sure what him having it the hardest of the three means in terms of his plans being stupid regardless
But it was me, KRACH I have to tell you that you are the only one that has given me a reply with a point, That said I realize it’s very up to opinion to what is the better route. I think Dimitri is the mentally weak of the three but I think we can all agree that what happened to Claude doesn’t even scrape what happened to Edelgard or Dimitri
Simón Herize quite. Claude’s just not anywhere near that insane of a level of fucked up trauma, but speaking of mentality he might be the most cunning of the three, if he actually got any on screen feats and wasn’t simply told as “hey this guy is the mAsTeR tAcTiCiAn” without much in the way of proof besides keeping the Alliance from collapsing.
But it was me, KRACH true because he is the only one who can survive all routes and the trauma part I just realized Dimitri had it super tough
Father dies
Best friend dies ( Glenn )
A bunch of people die screaming at him to help them
Mother dissapears and is later revealed to have worked towards the tragedy
His step sister and friend ends up working with the ones who caused the tragedy
His fellow friend and protector dies
His uncle who helped him with his fathers death dies
Yeah now it’s more clear why he becomes a deranged monster
I think Azure Moon is more about the tragedy of Dimitri and Edelgard. Unlike the other routes, Azure Moon is a sad ending to the story of two old friends
The title is misleading, Edelgard drew the dagger to harden Dimitri's resolve as King of Faerghus. His subjects would never follow a weak king that spared the life of the enemy that almost burned their homeland to the ground.
Exactly
I may have played all routes but I'm Blue lion at heart
Same here. Blue Lions for life💙
@@sophiapacione
Blue Lions together.
Blue Lions forever. 💙🦁
Same BL is the best
BL is the best heck yeah.
"Fight the Lion, your gonna be cryin"
Everyone i know says dimitri is a cold hearted killer after the time skip but this proves otherwise
Those people likely haven’t beaten or even played his route
he still killed a bunch of innocents after the timeskip
Well he was for a decent part of the post time skip, but he changed near the end because friendship and plot reasons
I mean they weren’t really ‘innocents’ considering they were dispatched to kill him since he was hiding away in the monastery, but he was unnecessarily brutal and definitely a “cold-hearted killer” for a long time.
@@plastikcaik2585 im still sure that dimitri has had a higher kill count then even cf edelgard
Edelgard intended to die, Dimitri literally and figuratively reached her heart.
That smile is her realizing Dimitri was always the ruler Fodlan needed.
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Everybody just forgetting that whatever happens, Edelgard knew that if she accepted his help, she would still have died in some way, age (which is soon thanks to her two crests), execution (Rhea, or Dimitri, who could be obligated to if his people want her head), and that, whatever she does, in this route, if she has to die, she'll want to die killed by Dimitri.
I mean, she still loved him in a way, that's pretty obvious, Edelgard's not the crybaby type, so, crying for someone's death certainly isn't something usual, as we can see the way she does it when she kills him
Edelgard is willing to kill for her ideals, and she is also willing to die for them. She forces dimitri into killing her when she throws the dagger.
Words cannot express how much I love Dimitri. He has done questionable things, yes, but only because of his trauma, from a terrible past that he had done nothing to deserve. All he needed was one warm hand; someone to reach out and give him a little help and guidance. I firmly believe that if Byleth hadn't fallen into a coma and stayed by Dimitri's side, he would've never descended into madness, at least nowhere near as bad as it was by the time of Byleth's return. The second Byleth reached out, Dimitri's condition started to improve (granted it was slower than a snail's crawl at first)
His ideals aren't as grand as Edelgard's or Claude's. But that is part of his appeal in my opinion. Take away his crazed side (which was resolved in his route) and he is basically just a simple man. All he wants is to carry out his duty respectfully, to be a king worthy of his people and not the other way round. A king who is actually *the* most sensitive to lives lost in battle because that's how dear he holds everyone around him. When Claude's and Edelgard's classmates die in routes other than their own, their voicelines convey stuff like "I'm sorry it had to be this way" and "I'll make sure your sacrifice is not in vain". But in GD route during the battle at Gronder Field, Dimitri couldn't bring himself to string any of those parting words. All he could muster was their names, and when it came to Mercedes, his pained grunt broke my heart. Pretty sure they only added to his survivor's guilt, and the souls of the dead he believed he was being haunted by, and that caused his final suicidal dash towards a retreating Edelgard.
I hated Edelgard at first, but watching Dimitri forgive her and attempt, on two occasions, to pursue a future where he and she could walk the same path made me want that more than anything else, too.
edelgard did nothing wrong dimtiri is just a fool is all.
his story was redemption.
@@genericyoutubeaccount4756he was trying to save the person you simp for, let that be enough
goddd the symbolism of this sceen is incredible. At first when I saw this I thought it was uncharacteristically petty, but after reading a little into it, you can see that she wasn't actually trying to kill Dimitri. She was trying to get Dimitri to kill *her*. She was giving him the dagger, telling him to cut a path to the future, the same way he gave it to her. When her eyes light up after he offers her his hand, that is her recognizing that he will be able to succeed where he failed.
Dimitri wasn’t only killing his only childhood friend but the woman he loved the most.
he does not care for her.
@@genericyoutubeaccount4756 lol wtf you talking about. He more than cares for her but he desire for vengeance blinded him until the professor aided him.
@@louditalian1962 no he does not he beleivied she was rhe cause for duscur even when she was not.
@@genericyoutubeaccount4756 the me you didn't pay attention to the story without telling me you didn't pay attention to the story
I don't think he loved her the most per say lol
Imagine edelgard just wanted to give back the dagger but dimitri stabbed her and she accidentally threw it
Dimitri's was a tragic tale. One of death, revenge, suffering, anguish, loss, an attempt at forgiveness, and finally a hollow kill knowing the darkness that caused it all still runs rampant. He had great character development and accomplished his goals at a painful price that wouldn't have come if he hadn't grown emotionally. Blue lions best house 10/10 would do again.
Best strategy RPG and obviously one of the best games.
One thing I like about AM *way* more than CF, is that Dimitri gets talked off his path off needless bloodshed. Edelgard does not.
Edelgard’s ideal cannot be fulfilled without bloodshed. Rhea would never willingly give up her power, and the Crest hierarchy would never be torn down unless she dismantles the Church and kills Rhea.
@@nategwright It's not her ideals that require bloodshed. It's her *methods.* Ever play VW?
@@SylvainCosmos false and even in Vw claude does not do anything about trhe caste system he just opens the borders also edelgard was right to get justice against a fodlan that allowed her torure.
@@genericyoutubeaccount4756 Have you heard the phrase "I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy"? Because Edelgard sure as hell hasn't seemed to. She still uses demonic beasts in her army, and we all know how much someone has to suffer to become one. Either Edelgard is truly sadistic to the point of using her own experiences to reach her goals, or she's so self-unaware that it makes you wonder if mirrors exist in Adrestia. Personally, I think it's both.
@@SylvainCosmos maybe so but she is still jusfied the people of fodlan did not care about her being torutred so why should she care about others then?
This is by far one of my favorite endings in any FE games. It was so quite yet spoke so many words
Just finished the 3 main routes with BL being the last (doing Black Eagles- Church route next). So far BL's route is my favorite. Dimitri went from my least favorite lord to my most favorite in this route. And it also further solidifies Edelguard as the villain in my eyes. Or at least, the most villainous. Freaking love this game.
Meanwhile Claude minds his own businesss
I like all the lord's, but they make Edelgard hard to sympathize with sometimes.
The thing is, edelgard wasnt actually trying to kill dimitri, she was trying to convince him she was trying to kill him, to get him to kill her. She knew the war would continue if they both kept living, it's the same exact reason she practically begs byleth to kill her in SS and VW.
@@fyra_cat2119 I see what you're saying, and that makes some sense. I still think she makes a more compelling villain. Someone you can feel for and understand, but at the same time disagree with the end goal and methods. Dimitri fits the same bill on occasion, and Claude is Claude. But you make a good point that I hadn't considered before, and I respect that opinion.🤝
@@jamesroundy4559 I really like 3 houses in the way there isnt one side you're supposed to agree with, you can side with edelgard on her goal in returning the world back to humanity from the hold of the godess's children, or you can side with Dimitri on trying to minimize bloodshed caused by edelgard, or you can eliminate the CEO of racism with Claude
well, she IS the villain after all. It was even confirmed by the devs
I think part of it is that Dimitri and Claude's MO by the end is to try and reconcile people with differing views and understand one another. Edelgard's is, from start to finish, "kill everyone who doesn't see things the exact way I do." Makes it hard to sympathize with her.
Titling this "Edelgard tries to kill Dimitri" misses the entire point of this scene. She wasn't trying to kill him, she needed him to kill her to stop the war.
Yeah. She purposefully threw it so he would kill her.
Edelgard could've very easily threw it at his face or take his hand then stab him. She threw it at his shoulder on purpose so he would kill her and end the war.
And I guess there’s also the fact that even if she did kill dimitri, byleth is right there lol
The way Dimitri treated Edelgard and how Edelgard treated Dimitri after they were defeated in the different routes is clear as day.
Dimitri actually gave her a chance, while Edelgard kills him, and also mocks him before that. If it was me and I knew Dimitri, I would cherish him for the rest of my life.
CF Dimitri and AM Dimitri is very different
Did you even play the game?
She was returning the dagger he gave her you obviously never played the game 💀
That "thump" sound when Edelgard's lifeless body hits the ground.....
One of the best scenes in JRPG.
Isn't there a theory saying Edelgard forced Dimitri to kill her as a form of mercy kill? Because she'd die slowly and horribly due to her crests?
It makes sense for her character
Dimitri: reaches out hand
Edelgard: omg eww no not you stoopid
Sometimes people are too far gone to be saved. But it is still less of a load on your back if you tried to give them last chance, even if it meant risking your own life in the name of your values.
I hope there ks an alternate timeline where edelguard takes his hand
Someone’s probably written a fanfic for that
hell no no fanfaction please.
Edelgard wasn't trying to kill Dimitri, she purposely missed so that Dimitri would kill her in self defence, because Edelgard knew that he would spare her, but she wouldn't want to live with the failure of the war.
What theme plays at the beginning here
light and shadow
The second theme is unfulfilled (the theme after edelgard is killed)
Honestly I love the contrast to the shot of Dimitri standing above Edelgard on this and Edelgard standing above Dimitri in Crimson Flower
Before: Ooh! This is gonna be wholesome!
Dagger: Oh...
Death: Well... Those are really bloodied weapons.
End: Aww... Hand holding! That's wholesome. But the death takes away from that.
When Dimitri first gave Edelgard the dagger it was under the pretense that she use it to carve her way to a better future. She did just that, even with her loss she was still able to irreversibly change Fodlan for the better. However, war is war and she knew she couldn't just acceot Dimitri's hand and act as though nothing happened. At this point, Edelgard needs to die if the fighting is to stop. Edelgard throwing the dagger into his shoulder worked both as a way to force his hand into killing her and a way for her to return the sentiment behind the dagger. She's carved her future, now it's Dimitri's turn.
The way they walk out is cool as hell
I don't even understand what's goin on and I can already tell that Eldegard did everything wrong
Not everything.
@@Zoroark_Master I would say around 80%
@@consolabieta not even close at worst 50%
@Waluijo the hearts of rhea peoples, but I don’t see how that as anything to do with anything.
Not everything. Her intentions are noble. The crest system is dumb, your worth is calculated when you are born and depends on a "crest" that is inherited at random. Edelgard is trying to eradicate that system.
That moment when they both live the room side to side is so badass. Look at these manly backs. Bruh gotta workout 🏋️♀️
From this cutscene alone you can tell this route was supposed to be the main one
It was the first one finished which makes perfect sense given that it's by far the best one
I love how people talk about headcanons like they are actually a fact/canon thing stated in the game LOL
*Meanwhile trollface developers*: just make the scene open to interpretation, it will give the game more depth but more importantly, people will talk about it for longer
Everybody be talking how Edelgard's dagger throw was meant symbolically and stuff. Like bish, that was the most dick move I've ever seen!
It would have been a spectale if she killed Dimitri with that xD even though I love Dimitri above all the cast
0:59 “Your Blade, it did not cut deep enough”
The way I see this ending, Edelgard smiling at Dimitri shows that she is proud that Dimitri has changed. Once he was a lost soul thirsting for revenge eagerly wanting to kill her, but in the end he guided himself back to the caring Dimitri she once remembered. I myself was deeply sadden in the end we had to kill Edelgard, knowing the past experiences she endured when she was young and the past she had with Dimitri to me she was someone who you once considered a friend (depending on if you got support ranks for her or not) and for Dimitri family.
But at the end when she throws the dagger she is showing you that the Edelgard you think you've known is no longer there. She is an entirely different person than the Edelgard you once remembered her as. A good comparison I have to her is Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader. Both characters are remembered as sweet or humble, but drastically change over time, and that memory you had of their past self makes you mournful knowing the person you just witness dying was someone who you remembered as...a dear friend.
Edelgard is the one on her own route who achieves the good, while Dimitiri is the one who remains on the path of revenge. None of the endings are really canonical. So depending on the route, the one in darkness and the choice of house leads the respective leader to the good side. This applies to Edelgard as well as Dimitri.
Thank you. I needed to see that again.
Saddest scene in the game for me, besides dedue at taltine plains
1:00 Typical. You try to do the right thing and that’s what you get... 😒
Idk if you understand, but she threw the dagger at him. It looks like she reached for his hand at first, but he pulls the dagger out of his chest.
It looked more like his shoulder that got pierced...
Jermaine Mitchell Well, yeah, but she threw the dagger at him and that’s what matters.
@@sammich6257 well, both of you are wrong, yes she did throw the dagger at him, but she wasnt trying to kill him, or else she would have aimed for his heart, or his neck, she was TRYING to get Dimitri to kill her, because she knew if both of them kept living, the war would continue, it's the same reason she practically begs byleth to kill her in SS and VW
@@fyra_cat2119 that’s fair
Rest in pepperoni, Edelgard. That is until the next playthrough, when I'll send ya to the reaper all over again.
LMAO she's your Sephiroth
"Stay where you belong... In my memories."
"I will never... Be... A memory..."
Even after everything she did, Dmitri still was willing to offer her mercy.
it was a fkae mercy.
That's why he's the best character in this entire game. And it's the best story too, because he you see the depths of his hatred for Edelgard, but he still found a way to regain his humanity and forgive her. It was incredible character growth and more than just incredible, it was inspirational.
Three Houses was my first FE game. Blue Lions was my first route. I had no clue that these games were so big on character and story. This cutscene made me cry.
Honestly I feel like she stabbed him so he would kill her
Nah she just a bitch who used nothing but dirty tactics throughout the whole game to win
i like both edelgard and dimitri lmfao
And then the ghost of Edelgard went on to become a Phantom in the Three Hopes world.
I really like that Edelgard doesn't have any dialogue here. I'm seeing lots of interpretations of the dagger attack that I hadn't considered before.
(I still think it primarily points to the fact that she's forsaken her humanity and at this point can no longer be reasoned with or saved).
Personally, just lile in Silver Snow, it is her ensuring the other person, who has a personal connection to her, ends her.
She could have easily thrown the knife at Dimitri's heart, after all.
Wtf he just gets stabbed like it’s nothing lol
Man’s BEEFY
He does have superhuman capabilities thanks to his crest so it’s nothing for him
It was only in the shoulder
@@MinisterChicken Shoulder is arguably one of the worst places to get shot or stabbed, aside from obviously heart or head
@@anarrivingwingedhussar9692 idrk how the human body works, but as far as I’m aware it’s doesn’t have any major organs to protect
Dimitri really didn't deserve to be put in these situations.
Dimitri: "L"
A little headcanon of mine is that edelgard intentionally missed to represent the time dimitri freaked out, both showing each character in one of their worst states. If either of them didn’t miss things arguably would’ve gone better for Fodlan, but alas we don’t get that timeline. I do believe this is the best route and ending in the whole game
no this is the worst ending for fodlan.
@@genericyoutubeaccount4756 but it’s the best because it’s the only one where dimitri lives
@@aurain7994 that is not a good thing per se he is a homicidal lunatic though.
@@genericyoutubeaccount4756 no he’s awesome
@@aurain7994 nope.
1:00 What are doing step-bro?
Bro imaine Edelgard wanted to give Dimitri back the dagger as a sing of peace between them and he just killed her 💀
I love Edelgard forever and am Black Eagle/Crimson Flower till I die but man I really do not like her in this ending.
Edit: After reading the comments, I hadn't thought that she attacked Dimitri deliberately to end the war rather than out of pettiness or malice. So I guess it would be nice to believe that, esp with SS and VW where she begs Byleth to kill her to end things. Still, though. It's subjective enough to spark debate which is cool, but I need my girl to get some more definitive clout
I literally can’t bring myself to play the Black Eagles routes because of Edelgard. It’s been a long time since I’ve despised a character so much. Her justifications for what she does are so weak and she trampled over everyone without any care for it. Dimitri calls her self important and she literally agrees with him at the meeting they had towards the end of the Blue Lions route. Like wtf. They couldn’t have made her any harder to sympathize with if they’d tried.
Justification is simple, crest system is dumb and needs to be eradicated.
to be fair, I thought the same way of Dimitri till I played his route. You’ve probably played it by now, so what do you think?
dont try to act like you understand her when you haven't even played the be routes
@@noe4354 Understanding her actually makes it easier to hate her. I mean, you spent 3 routes killing her. There's a reason for that.
tbh i played her route and i still fucking hate her
I dislike how everyone always attributes Edge of Dawn to Edelgard when the song actually talks about every lord. “Open the door and walk away, never give in to the call of yesterday” is literally what happens on 1:36 it even matches with the reprise playing in the scene
Oh wow you're so right! Just finished this playthrough, and I always thought the song was about Edelgard lamenting her "innocent" times at the church, before starting the war.
With that line, gives a more multi-meaning to the song!
Bro, the song is named lady of hresvelg
Edelgard's fans try to appropriate the song to compensate for its mediocre and short route. The song even mentions the blue moon (it refers to azure moon). There are also references to Claude's route and the Church.
@@rbggsc6719 the song is literally called "lady of Hresvelg" Are you dumb' do you like being dumb?
@@rbggsc6719 false hater the song is littarly called lady of hrsevelg in japanese hater.
I think Demitri had a bit of a crush on Edelgard when they were younger.
Edelgard: “Reach for my hand”
Also Edelgard: 0:54
Even though Edelgard starts a war and tries to kill Dimitri even when she knows she would die. Edelgard is still my favorite and crimson flower is my favorite route
But it's so short and has almost no plot compared to other routes.
@@nelsonw9483 ok
@@Deltalini Yeah it's a problem for some people.
@@nelsonw9483 ok
@@Deltalini The crest system makes sense in a way, just because she had a trauma of being experimented on, does that give her justification for what damage has been done?
At least she died as an Emperor. Did not betray the people who already died for her and empire.
The living people she left behind on the other hand...Yikes. The Empire's fate and treatment is gonna be worse than Germany after WW1. They're fcked
@@nelsonw9483 Dimitri was merciful. The Empire collapse soon after and was part of the Kingdom.
@@nelsonw9483 and more wars will happen in that cause.
If she really wanted to kill Dimitri, you could’ve thrown the dagger to his head, or neck or heart. But she aimed his shoulder. She is forcing him to kill her.
She fought for her vision which costed thousands of lives, for her to surrender and spared her life? That is selfish. She either achieves her goal or she loses everything.
What if she did aim at his head but dimitri killed her first.
@@justsomeguywiththeotherhal1732 no, if she really wanted to kill him she easily could've. She wanted Dimitri to move on.
@@JoelGarcia-lu3tw easily my ass. She just got beaten to death
I think what Edelgard was doing was committing suicide over living with the regret of what she did. Dimitri gave her the dagger to “carve her future”, and she wanted to die rather than face punishment by Rhea
Hmmm... everyone seems to think that Edelgard threw the dagger as a way to secure Dimitri's position as the ruler? Personally, I view it as a last-chance attempt to kill him... and a very tragic way to indeed follow through with how he told her to use the dagger to cut a path to her future.
Hmm... but it doesn't kill him even though it hits... maybe the others are right. Maybe she knew it wouldn't but instead was telling him to cut his own path.
...Sad.
She literally had no rational reason to do that at this point. She was just that salty. Edelgard really sucks.
Maybe she just wanted to die because she knew that when she survived that mess wouldn’t end and gave Dimitri that way a reason to end it without feeling bad. After all she throwed the knives in his shoulder. After all she says in the other route that her death is the only way for them to move forward
@@Raphley You are just the kind of person, people like edelgard love. People who will white knight for them no matter what terrible things they do. Women will always see you as weak, and unattractive, because of your kindness.
@Adam And you are the kind of person, peoples like early timeskip Dimitri would love. Throwing the opposite side as completely wrong without caring about their side of the argument.
zoroark MASTER Instant like for being an intelligent minded person thank you 🙏
Raphley i prefer edelgard but I do like all 3 lord and all routes (silver snow is actually my favourite)
Why did she still try to stab him on the back?! What the hell, Edelgard.... Even after all she's done to him, he found back the strength to forgive her and restart it all again. And there she goes messing up her only chance to find a new life far from her fears, she's been through a lot too, so she could have understand. Maybe she didn't take time to consider what Dimitri was proposing her, and still got obsessed with her shady goals... That's really sad, but I suppose Edelgard was just meant to end that way.
Edelgard was kind of already a dead woman walking so for her it would be living in prison until died an early death after all her plans and dreams have been ruined along with all friends being dead so I would do the same thing tho I feel bad Drimtri tho he had no idea why his action was ultimately pointless.
Well, she knew that her staying alive would result in only more death. That's why she asked Byleth to kill her.
Edelgard didn't try to kill him. She threw the dagger at his shoulder. She knew the war would not end until she died, and she would have rather died then live in a world where she knew her ideals failed. Dimitri wanted to spare her, and so she forced him into killing her. She was willing to kill for her noble ideals, and was willing to die for them.
Reading comments about Edelgard throwing her dagger at Dimitri just to get him to kill her so the war can end, no matter how reluctant he felt to do it, it's just as joshscorcher sums El up when it comes to every ending other than hers (Crimson Flower).
"...she would rather die than live in a world that she failed. (At the very least, she can have peace with her mission.)"
guys. edelgard doesn’t try to kill Dimitri here. Edelgard lost the battle and she knows the war is now going to end. Dimitri doesn’t want to kill her and is hoping she’ll join him. If edelgard doesn’t die the war will last forever. In an attempt to get dimitri to kill her so the war ends she throws the dagger he gave her AT HIS SHOULDER NOT HIS HEART BUT HIS SHOULDER because she isn’t trying to kill him. She’s trying to get him to kill her in self defense so the war ends.
I mean he is wearing plate armor she couldn't throw it at his heart even if she wanted to
@@justicegrosjean8721 neck, other eye,... or you know just take his hand and wait for more opportune time. He already going to spare why would she try to kill him there.
Some great character writing without just telling us
Exactly
dimitri: edelgard let me help you
edelgard: *tries to kill him*
what the hell edelgard he offered you help and you try to kill him i hate edelgard
Maybe you’re right, but here’s another perspective. If we see Edelgards death in other paths, she always says that you must kill me to walk your path. Also we know that the dagger symbolically means to cut your path. So, edelgard throwing the dagger symbolizes her telling Dimitri to kill her, because she believes there can only be one of us that lives.
@@amaanb1923 It could also be seen to force Dimitri's hand, what future await her now that she lost? If she fails to win the war then she has kill thousand of people for nothing.
QcSlayer Seven then she must atone. The only way is death
@@simshadows Atone for her sins, attempt to redeem herself, however slightly for the people she has wronged.
Whether she forced his hand on purpose or was simply spiteful till the end, the fact remains that she took the easy way out, the way of a coward.
wouldnt that betray all the people that died for her cause
So where is Lady Rhea?
In the palace dungeons, their companions most likely recovered her while they took care of Edelgard.
I don't think Edelgard was trying to kill Dimitri here. I think this was her way of saying "no. I have lost. Kill me so this war can be over".
In Silver Snow and Verdant Wind, Edelgard accepts defeat and lets Byleth execute her with no issue after the chapter is finished. In this chapter, the last thing she would've needed to do after uniting Fodlan (killing the Slithers) is already done. But war doesn't have a happy ending. War is brutal, and every participant loses. Edelgard knows this and knew that her taking Dimitri's hand there would be her cowering from the consequences of her actions.
Edelgard may be the primary antagonist, but mad respect to her for accepting defeat when she's beaten.