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Cordelia + Sumia support Cordelia- Is that weed? Sumia- Don't panic its organic. Cordelia- WTF.

I REALLY wish the localization didn't downplay her startlingly realistic depression symptoms. They really add to her character, and make one of Awakening's most human characters feel even more so.

Virion, the unexpected support master.

18:03 That Christmas Robin totally caught me off guard, lmao

I vote for a support science on Virion. he's always been a really cool foil for a lot of other characters in awakening, and while I hated him at first, I've got this quiet appreciation for him now.

Well damn, you actually made me interested in Cordelia.

I honestly think that Awakening was a huge step forward, not because of their writing, which is as solid as ever, but mostly because they where better presented. Their designs where much more colourful and reflected their personalities better along with the added bonus of voice clips for adde personality. Great video as always btw.

I'll admit, i teared up a bit watching this. Cordelia has always been one of my favorites in awakening, and seeing you do this, especially where the 3ds hate is still running rampant, was amazing to see. A great start with fe13's cast. I'd love to see more awakening support sciences, and hopefully they can shed a new light on people who hate the game, because this roster is something special to me, and I'm certain the passion i have for them is not misplaced.

I used to think that Cordelia was a 2D, Mary Sue like character that was literally perfect but couldn’t say it because “she was humble” or stuff like that. I never really used her that much to dig into stuff like this. After your analysis, the character strikes a chord in me. I wouldn’t call myself perfect, and I won’t say I’m good at everything. I have an awful habit of undermining anything I do and putting others way before me, almost to the point where I deliberately forget about myself. I can see some of myself put into Cordelia (albeit she has a much more extreme traits of this) Thanks for another great support science. I love this series.

I actually really like Cordelia. I feel like I have a lot of things in common with her. But, I'm not perfect, but rather I have little pity parties on my own, but dont share with others. She's one of my favorite characters and I love her. I love her supports and I'm glad she was my first FE waifu

You don't need some weed to tell you what to do - Cordelian life advice

I've always liked Cordelia. She's been my favorite Awakening character from the start, but due to my seeming inability to deeply analyze anything but traditional literature, I could never put my finger exactly on why she's my favorite. I relate to her, to an extent, with my near inability to depend on others even if it would have turned out for the better and my impossible self-standards. Thank you for laying her complexities bare so that I might be able to do her character justice in my own writings.

Cordelia and Severa are two of my favourite characters in Awakening. I feel like IS actually put a lot more effort into their personalities and supports. They fit into archetypes on a surface level but peel down a few layers and they have more to them and I'm glad you managed to show that off here Ghast. You da man.

Its great to see Support Science on an Awakening character, the hate on Awakening should really stop its not just a Waifu Simulator, people love it for reasons. Like me.

What people don't seem to get about Awakening is that the story is secondary to the characters. The story provides a framework for the bonds your character's form along the journey. Cordelia is a great example of story told through character relationships. The story is fine for what it is, not overly complicated, just a simple story with the message of destiny is not written, it is what you choose to make of it. Just like the moral, you get out of Awakening what you put into it through the cultivation of relationships. If the characters in a story are not compelling, why should I care, even if the premise or story itself is good (Attack on Titan). I care about Awakening's cast because I spent the time cultivating their bonds and getting to know each and every one of them. They elevate a simple story into something greater in my opinion.

"People think I didn't like Awakening" That just proves the amount of time and effort that went into this support science because it was initially made before the advent of the VIRIDIAN BOOTY videos.

When you're not sure if he intentionally forgot to mention Kellam's support or not.

Wow, Cordelia has a lot more going on in terms of character than I originally thought Ok, lets see, very interesting character, good design, wears the color red and has red hair, YEP, Cordelia is now one of my most favorite characters in the series Thank you Ghast for creating these support sciences, they've helped open my eyes to just how great (or bad) some characters I never gave a second glance to are. Thank you for that Ghast. Can't wait for the next support science video!

Robin x Cordelia all the way!!!

I liked this video. I will be honest Cordelia is my favorite FE female. Tbh I find her marring Robin to be the best option for her as I see her getting over Chrom more when she ends up with him more than with someone else and she grows as a character because of him.

What a lovely video. I personally married Cordelia in my second run in Awakening. I love her design, and her support conversations with the male avatar looked stupid at first, but they had depth and symbolism. She is one of my favorite units in Awakening. I think you forgot to mention her Confession line with the Avatar. She says: "Thank you. I thought nothing could warm my heart again. I shall love you above (pauses for a split second) all others, for the rest of my days." I think she still has Chrom in her mind. It is a really interesting point that you missed imo.

I don't like unrequited love characters because they never get the true happy ending I want. It's a dumb reason, but I'm a sucker for those kinds of endings.

Wait. Wait. 5 years? And a used version is still 50$ at GameStop? I know that's off topic but that annoys me

Ohh I have been looking forward to this SO much. Thank you so much for doing this, Ghast. Cordelia was one of my favorite characters in Awakening.

I have to say, this is an amazing and well thought out video about Cordelia, my best girl and favorite waifu material girl in all of Fire Emblem. I will always prefer to ship Cordelia with Robin as his seems best in my eyes to help her get over the loss of her knights and in a way, learn to accept herself in time. Plus she never mentions Chrom when around Robin. As if she while at one time had feelings for Chrom. Was able to move on to Robin without comparing him to Chrom.

Thank you for making this video. Whenever I'd see people call Cordelia some shallow perfect character with no flaws I'd be baffled. Cordelia is probably my favorite character from Awakening. I could admire and respect her intelligence and hard work yet I could also identify with her pessimistic perfectionism towards herself. I was able to realize that she wasn't truly perfect and that made me like her character even more when she was actually able to mature as a character through her kids and supports such as hers with Robin (which is probably my favorite).

I can't help but feel awfully sad about the circumstances Cordelia gets herself into, but seeing this really shines a new, hopeful light for Cordelia. Thank you for the effort you put into constructing this video, Ghast. Not a lot of people would even entertain the thought of investing mere seconds of thought into the psychology of the characters in Awakening, and I appreciate that you take the time to do so. Thank you.

I like Cordelia. Her biggest flaws are mine.

Cordelia is one of my favorite characters in all of Fire Emblem and I feel like she gets a bit too much hate, so I appreciate you doing a video of you going into depth about Cordelia and her growth. Also, M!Robin x Cordelia OTP!

So she's me. Avoiding compliments, not asking for help, hating myself, and constantly setting unrealistic standards to achieve an unhealthy feeling of satisfaction. The difference between me and her is, I don't push myself. Instead of working hard to achieve dreams that will remain dreams, I gave up a long time ago, and I hate myself more for it. Great support science, I really enjoyed this psychoanalysis of a shockingly relatable character.

I feel like Cordelia is such a popular character to marry (children and stats aside) because of her unrequited love for Chrom. Those kinds of characters are so popular because everyone's been in her position atleast once. I may be completely wrong but that's how I see it. We've all had feeling for someone we know we can't have and we just wish that person or somebody better would just tell us how amazing we really are. That's why people choose to marry Cordelia, because they want to be that person that says "you don't need him/her because you have me". Or maybe she's just a popular wife because Severa is really good.

Dude I love this series and thanks to you I’ve gained a new appreciation to Cordelia as a character and I realize how much I actually relate to her. So keep up the great work

Fantastic video. Was really excited for this, and the wait was worth it.

This was perfect (pun intended). It really explains how Cordelia really is and she is honestly one of my favourite characters in awakening. She's second on my top 3 FEA characters (the third being the all mighty Grima and the first being dear little cinnamon roll Morgan both genders). Now one character in Support Science that i'd really like to see is the screaming pineap- i mean Takumi and his low self-esteem issues. Sadly i'm broke af and i can't pay you to do it. Life sucks sometimes, man

Of all Cordelia Supports, I really like her and Stahl. It made me feel like she actually got over Chrom because of him. I love their supports so much, that every playthrough I always pair them together.

"Her life was beast-like and devoid of pity;, and being so shall make me want to have pity." Dunno but this Shakespearean quote resonated with me upon knowing Cordelia much deeper.

Been looking forward to this! Great video as always.

Excellent analysis Ghast. This series has cause me to take a more serious and open look at characters I had previously dismissed as being bad, as well criticize those I've loved out of nostalgia.

First FE:A Support Science and ya knock it out of the park. Cordelia's such an interesting character and her support with Gregor is definitely a favourite of mine, so it was great to hear you talk about it. (And I always like seeing the Stahl appreciation)

I really enjoy this episode..your Support Science helps me to discover a new way of understanding character, their motivation and griefs. And it makes me how to appreciate them more. (Especially Cordelia thanks what I learnt since she's one of my favorite characters of this opus) I'm not a follower of FE and rather playing it than "learning it", but this, your work tickles my curiosity and i really like it. Thank you and keep going on ! :D

This is just *perfect*

Wanted to say that this was a great review about Cordelia's character. Even with all the time I've invested with it, I didn't even pick up how calm she was with Severa. When I first saw all conversations with Severa, and Morgan too, I did feel something was different with Cordelia, I just didn't know how to describe it. But, I did feel that her parenting was never bad at all and with what she said made it feel she genuinely cared for her kids. And with how well you summarized it, those conversations really did solidify how mature and even happy she became. Honestly, it made me kinda emotional to realize how better off she has become with these deep relationships she's made. Keep up the good work!

I'm both happy and sad right now. Thanks Ghast, these are so well put together.

It's been a while since I played awakening and all I vaguely remembered from cordillia was a one note character. Seeing more of her supports analysed in this video after all this time made me aware of a lot more to her character. Good job on this.

Thanks Ghast, I always loved Cordelia, and I think you nailed down her character really well! Love your support sciences btw. I found your channel and subscribed because of them! :)

This analysis was spot on, excellent job Ghast. You could say this was... perfect. I'll see myself out

This was a beautiful character deconstruction, thank you so much! This was my first fe game but after seeing such vibrant characters and dynamic plots from previous installments, i've been trying to look at it with more objective criticism. That being said, it was so nice to be reminded of what I liked about the game in the first place (I forgot how sweet pairing Cordelia/Gregor to each other was 😁).

Man I'm always so happy to see these uploaded. Great video as always Ghast. Keep up the hard work! I enjoyed Awakening and it was the first fire emblem I played. I caused me to go back and play the rest of them. It wasn't my favorite, but it did the job of introducing me to this fantastic series and your channel as welll.

Wait people hate Awakening? Not only is it my favorite Fire Emblem, it saved this amazing franchise. Regardless thank you for doing this video, Cordelia is one my favorite FEA characters and preferred wife of Robin.

Such an exquisite video! I hope for an Elise support science one day!

This was sooo good ghast!!!

I like pairing Cordelia with Lon'qu. But her other supports seem a lot better.

After watching this, I realized what a missed opportunity Libra and Cordelia support chain is. Those two are in a very similar situation (only survivor and suffering from loneliness) but their supports don't mention it at all.

It's the first support science I can see without spoiling myself, and I finally get why they are so great!

Good to see you're updating with that sweet Mayo art

Holy god.. That was.. Awsome! Great video!

Wow, this was fantastic. I don't claim to be the best with psychology, and haven't officially studied it, but I like to think I'm good at analyzing and seeing more to the character than what is immediately obvious. That being said, you manage to point out things that I missed, and I already liked Cordelia and looked into her character before, so colour me impressed.

15 minutes in and I went from being not really liking Cordelia to her being my favorite character holy crap. Poor girl. I feel for her.

I always liked Cordelia, but now I do even more! Thank you for making this awesome video! =D

Great episode as usual. Thanks for making this kind of content. Cordelia was my first waifu. Don't know if I realized it at the time, but this episode made me (re?)realize I used to have some of her same issues, and still do, tho to a lesser degree. In particular, I remember very vividly how, as a kid, I didn't want to be helped because that'd make me feel as a burden to others. A teacher even told me once I shouldn't feel "so superior" to others as to deny their help, to which I replied it was the exact opposite; I was even called a genius back then too. While now I know asking for help is ok (and even consider having people willing to lend you a hand a strenght), more recently I became kind of an other-oriented perfectionist (I've tried to work on that as well. Feel it shouldn't be an issue anymore but hey, didn't felt it was an issue until I was explicitly told). Can't say I have much of an affinity towards her anymore. Severa tho? I freaking love her as my daughter. Can't really put why into words. If I still marry Cordelia after my first run, is just to be Severa's father again. During the "Before Awakening" special conversation between Selena and Chrom, I felt Selena was talking directly to me when she said "You'll forgive me for this, right Daddy? don't worry, I know she'll choose you in the end"... I was having a rough moment with my gf during that time and that line hit me like a truck.

Oh my gosh IVE NEVER LOVED CORDELIA CORDELIA BEFORE AS MUCH AS I DO NOW

this is why I ship Robin and Cordelia. I actually dislike that she's got this unrequited thing for Chrom. I feel like the writers only did that because they wanted to repeat Catria and Marth (it was Catria right?) and I think that that's dumb and lazy. I do think that Cordelia genuinely cared about Severa, and I think that's what drove her in the future. One of my friends once gave me his opinion that Severa "hated" her mother. I have to disagree. I think Severa had some of the strongest feelings of love toward her mother in actuality, and that's why she's so bitter. Also, yeah, Frederick and Cordelia's S support makes it seem like she's just settling, but their entire subplot is so funny. "You spent two hours describing in vivid detail your unrequited passion for Chrom" Poor Frederick. That happens a lot with his supports actually... lol

I'm still not a huge fan of Cordelia but I will say this video has made me see her in a better light. Also, I'm glad I wasn't wrong in shipping her with Gregor. I knew there was something special about that support, but I could never quite put my finger on the reason as you did in this video. Too bad I like Stahl as Severa's father more than anything which makes me S-support them more often than not, despite his and Cordelia's support being rather lackluster.

I'm a simple man, I see best girl, I click.

Do more of these character deconstructions in awakening. Please. You've redeemed a character I didn't care for, and made me really interested in her.

Good to hear you like Awakening. I honestly was worried that you were someone who took a good game and spat upon it because it was different from what you hold nostalgia for. Honestly, that mindset scares me. The idea that nostalgia is more important than actually making a good game is a scary idea. But i'll get to that later. Good job Ghast. This is a great start for awakening.

Really loved this video, great job! I dunno why most people hated Cordelia, maybe they're overwhelmed by her perfectionist/pessimistic traits? To me, she's my number one favourite because I could relate to her the most. Almost to the point I see myself in her. To see her grow throughout the game, especially with Robin, Virion and Gregor like you discussed was beautiful. But her interactions with her daughter that made me very proud of her (not to mention made me love Severa as well haha). Keep it up! Love your Support Science.

Thank you Faerghast for going into full detail on Cordelia’s character. I just hate it when people act like Cordelia’s chrom obsession is her only character trait when there is so much more to her. She’s smart, beautiful, talented and gifted. But her other flaws include her insecurities like being branded a genius, her flat chest and survivors guilt. Her support conversation with Stahl shows that she’s slowly moving on from her pining over Chrom which is why it’s a fan favorite. Hell, during her support with Robin, Chrom is not once mentioned and it focuses more on her character.

I know there are people who like or hate Cordelia's whole obsession with Chrom, but while I found it pretty annoying at first, I DID like the whole theory that Cordelia's obsession with Chrom is less so true affection, but more a coping mechanism because her inferiority complex, anxiety, perfectionist nature, her guilt, and her idolization of Caeda. When talking with Donnel, she talks about Caeda and how she loves not just her skills as a pegasus knight, but also her social skills. She even admits she wants to be just like Caeda Meanwhile, It's brief and non-canon, but in Warriors she finally gets to meet her idol and you can see how she geeks out about her Well, one of the most noticeable things that Caeda accomplished over Cordelia is that she managed to win over her time's blue-haired hero: Marth. Chrom is, in a way, Awakening's Marth, he's the hero of this time Per her conversation with Ricken: Cordelia feels the need that to live up to her idol, she must win over her time's hero who saved her before and greatly impressed her. Meanwhile in Summer Scramble, she can't talk to Chrom properly and knows the relationship wouldnt work. After reading about it a bit more, I agree that it's because she's actually also afraid that Chrom would turn from this perfect romantic Marth-stand in hero into...a real person. She has trouble accepting this And while some of her other supports aren't too great at showing her character growth and moving past her anxiety and obsession, Robin and Severa's did a great job at moving her character forward

Woo!! Cordelias my favorite character ever i love her and this vid thanks for making it

Aww..I like Stahl...

What a fantastic analysis.

Cordelia is the best girl in Awakening and Fates.

I really love this in-depth analysis of fire emblem characters, still haven't forgot about Xander's video, pretty good. Hope we get to see your side of opinions of controversial characters like Tharja, which is a character I love and understand.

Cordelia is one of those characters that I get people's complaints about, but still find incredibly appealing. I think Awakening's biggest strength is its characters as established through supports, and IMO Cordelia is a good example of both some of the most compelling and most mediocre ones.

I know it's been a while since you posted this, but I have to say this was quite the insightful look into Cordelia. I enjoy how you really dig down into the characters you've done, examining them the way you do. I know I have no right to ask this, but since you've done Cordelia, I am curious if you will do Sumia at some point.

This video makes me glad she's in Warriors I always thought she was one of the more interesting Awakening characters thank you for all of your hard work Ghast :)

I love fire emblem, but I needed this video. I am much like Cordelia and had no idea. Thank you.

I liked her a lot before, but you brought such interesting points I love her even more now.

This video actually really shook me up emotionally telling me what I'm doing wrong and what I'm doing right. It's really difficult keeping track of life when all you're doing is just riding it like a wave so learning how to change perspective so that you can better yourself as a person really helps. With me it's not the issue that i am in love with someone i cant reach but it's an issue where i tell myself that i don't actually deserve anyone to love me back since I'm not contributing to the fact of actually being deserving of love. It's hard moving forward without love since we humans are social animals and having such a cynical view on the matter doesn't really help at all so I will try and change that a bit so that i stop holding myself back and let go. PS: I actually almost cried a little when hearing about cordelias hardships but don't tell anyone or you're dead, capiche?

Cordelia has always been one my favorite characters in awakening, so I'm glad you made this video, because many just see her as Mary Sue and waifu material only

I wouold love to see a Gregor support science, he is hands down my favourite Awakening character.

Yeesh. Dude, you've reminded me why I fell in love with Awakening. The game's characterization can be glorious...

Stahl support science pls.

Congrats Ghast, you really made me appreciate Cordelia's character a lot more than before. Fucking sucks that I got her killed in my more recent playthrough. I might just reset just for that. Thanks for all you do, Ghast. From your strats to supports (and sometimes a shitpost), I'll always enjoy what you do. Keep it up.

This confirms my number 1 rule of fe awakening: Gregor is best boi/man

Cordelia is best waifu. FIGHT ME BOIS!!! I AM NOT afraid to *S H I E L D D R O P* anyone who says otherwise! Cordelia just needs a good hug... *proceeds to make a save file to marry Cordelia*

Thanks for reminding me how much I love Gregor

inb4 "awakening sux" comments

Man, I can somewhat relate to Cordelia. Not in the genius, or everyone around me died way, but in the looking at my superiors, self criticism and perfectionist way.

Wow, some Awakening characters are really complex! I never realized just how tragic (and beautiful) her supports were.

She's the only flier (aside from Tana and Florina) that I could use effectively. She was so great as a unit and a character.

FEA: Cordelia is interesting unique and tortured by own self perfection and Sumia is a Clutzy Lolli. CrashX500: SUMIA IS THE GREATEST FIRE EMBLEM CHARACTER EVAR AAAAAAAAAGVAGAAAGGH!!

Honestly I like Stahl and Ricken too. I like how their relative normalcy allows the other members of the awakening cast to bounce off them. I’d also add Donnel to that mix these 3 collectively have the overall best supports in the game in my humble opinion. Just about everyone else is an archetype that is enjoyable to watch or an ideal to strive for.

Very strong support science. You picked a good character to display the depth of awakenings characters and supports. Yeah its story is silly and rushed but you really showed how how much the game makes up for it with its roster

Chants: Virion! Virion! Virion!

Damn Ghast, you've given me a much better opinion on Cordelia as a character(not top 10 but left the lower-middle). Perhaps it was Vaike being my last support for her that left me the opinion of her tendency to settle instead of maturing/to love another beyond her crush. She was one that I thoroughly enjoyed while went through getting Robin every support, her lackluster ones afterwards were the note I left on. I did initially pair her with Gregor then Robin the following playthrough, seems like I lucked out in the first supports. While my opinion of her as a character isn't as high as it was during the first months of Awakening, you've certainly brought her back to a good light in my book. Another well done piece and eager to see who'll come next, may the writing flow and stay great. A shame some don't like certain entries to the extent of outright hating it. I'm a fan of all fire emblem games(main series I've played so far) and rate by what I like at the time. Supports are what keeps me returning to the games and see more about each character. For better or worse.

"Rest in peace, young buck"? WHAT DID YOU DO TO RICKEN?!

I honestly feel for her so much. I have similar issues. I appear to have a good life and I still grieve over an event that happened over 3 years ago. I can’t escape it. Too much reminds me of it and it has to do with parental custody. I live in texas. My fathers side of the family lives in Indiana. We always had such a connection with our family. I moved and I feel shattered, but I must stay strong for my brother. He already has enough anxiety. If I take it to court, I may lose him, and he may lose me. I am the only one close who understands him. He would feel like I feel. I can’t allow myself to inflict such a thing upon him. So I must wait for the situation to change.