I think the difference between Peri and Dimitri is that Dimitris Bloodlust is slowly build up and then treated as a more than serious problem that he needs to overcome. Peri just shows up, loves killing, it is treated as comic relief and is never solved.

One character Peri definitely does ruin is Xander, because the fact that she's shown to be capable of changing her ways but has not done so implies that Xander just never actually took the time to tell her to stop killing innocent servants. He really does end up just being a hypocrite on so many levels.

Another problem is just the Localization of Fates cranks all her violent tendencies up to a 13 while in the original version she’s at more like… an 8. The translators make her act more violent and childish than she was intentionally meant to be.

Peri is a cliche that tends to not be well liked in general, Harley Quinn is loved because there is redeemable qualities and she was forced to be like this/manipulation. I think why a lot of people dislike her is because everyone enables her behavior and you're just expected to ignore it. Which isn't Peri's fault but bad writing. Corrin is the epitome of goodness and allows this to happen, almost all of the cast ignores it, Xander is the "epitome" of justice and ignores it. Because normally this should be a hard pass to most of these characters who are okay with their life for them and their friends, it is particular because it's a need for them to be able to progress her supports with them so she can be a mother, they also don't want to have the support completely alter a character's main trait, as it's just a side objective. Xander is a non-entity. It's true that he is hypocritical, however, people have made the difference that Xander is a completely different character in his supports versus his ingame actions. Xander for the sake of Birthright/Relevations is needed to be an enemy and do reprehensible things and ignored them because you're fighting his side I guess. However in his supports he is meant to be a levelheaded, fair heir to throne who wants change, who is a bit different to Camilla, where she is similar in a way to Peri where she often can crave the death of her enemies. Even then though he doesn't really see Peri's callousness as an issue. It's hard to say that her father is instigating it or just being negligent, but if they went further into that, it would make Peri way more interesting as a whole. I think all in all the support system needs to be changed, if anything maybe making Peri a pre-promote like Reina or Shura with a lack of supports would also fix this with maybe supports that help change her character/people who also are okay with her behavior is fine.

In the Fates Manga where Leo is a protag its also mentioned Peri is also from a noble family of VERY high standing, which is probably another reason why she was picked up by Xander as a retainer. She's a crazy psychotic monster like Hans and Iago, but she also has way more political importance to Nohr's Kingdom. And she's clearly not dumb either, she knows how to use it to gain support of other noble families against Garon in the manga (pretty cool scene tbh!)

You compare Peri to Dimitri but the character we should look at to have a more fair comparison is Jeritza While he has a split personality, this doesn't make him innocent, Jeritza still likes to kill and craves for battle. Yet unlike Death Knight, he knows he is doing terrible things and some people do call him out on that. Plus because of his nature he is conflicted about staying with the people he loves, Jeritza is about to leave the army in his support with Mercedes and even after she convinces him to stay, he does turn himself in. And in Hopes, nothing Edelgard says will convince him not to repent in prison. He isn't an important story character in CF/Scarlet Blaze but he is treated like he should, a dangerous threat but who can also be a decent, if not aloof person.

It has reached a point where I don't think 5 points is doing this ironically anymore.

Dimitri doesn't kill people for fun his bloodlust comes from a sense of obligation to revenge the people who died in the tragedy of duscur

The important difference between Peri and Dimitri isn't simply the supporting cast, it's the way the game treats them as characters. Peri is treated as a comic relief character, Dimitri is treated as a tragic character. Fates wants you to laugh along with Peri, which is more like the Tom & Jerry example you brought up than it is like Dimitri. Except that Tom & Jerry is thoroughly a slapstick cartoon, as opposed to a game that spends a lot of time trying to make you care about the morality of the actions various characters are taking. Laughing along with Peri feels gross in context, even if it might not in some other context. Whether that's "her" fault or the fault of the game/context doesn't really matter imo, b/c they're a joint package. The devs choose to write her, and things relating to her, in the context of Fates, not 3H or Tom & Jerry or whatever else. Also, her voice acting is pretty grating, and regardless of whether or not it's justified, having an adult that acts like a petulant child is not appealing, even if they aren't a murderer.

I like Peri as a comedic character, because that’s what a solid chunk of fates characters are, but I think that she could’ve been implemented better to avoid some of her issues. I think it would’ve been more interesting if at some point in her backstory she was trained by Hans to be a soldier, then chosen by Garon to be Xander’s retainer. This change would give Hans actual importance to another character and serve to also show Garon’s influence over his children more, while also as you say showing Nohrian culture enabling her. Peri’s main issue is that because of Fates Support system, she has to be able to marry most every man in the army, which means that there are characters like Arthur who all of a sudden must love Peri in spite of her unjust murderous acts, and that even after she ‘grows’ in some supports she nonetheless acts as bloodthirsty in other supports and in gameplay, though I guess in the latter she is right to kill because she’s fighting an enemy but it nonetheless serves to go against Corrin’s ideology of pacifism every map Peri is deployed. Peri would absolutely be better in a game where the protagonist isn’t trying to push a pacifist idea, but I also think her fairly flat comedic character (as with most of the fates cast) would stand out poorly in 3H, which feels like it treats the majority its characters very seriously.

The worst thing about Peri is… she doesn’t give pass down the cotton candy hair to her kid! I joke (mostly) Anyway good video! I especially like the idea of taking Peri and putting her in 3H, it would be interesting to see her in that setting and how all the different characters (Blue Lions and other house supports) would feel about her

the last thing i expected in a peri character analysis video was an edit of the kirby anime theme song where garon was d3 but somehow i needed it

Peri is such a missed opportunity as a character, but that's how Fates can be described isn't it? The fan support writing and untranslated DLC getting more attention is always great to see as well. They were what really solidified my support for the character. Not much will be done for her now beyond a resplendent skin or alt on FEH so that's what I'm waiting on. Her appearance with Kronya and Henry in the FEH comic was also a joy to read even if it's brief.

So real where is lagspike

I noticed that short chuckle at 9:33 when you said "murders". Gave me a good chuckle as well.

Well she does need some points of speed and a class change out of the Cav lin... oh that's not what you meant

Im not gonna lie i came in expecting to disagree, but i think i see your point now.

wow her laslow support is actually really good

It's a weird catharsis seeing someone else verbalize some of the thoughts I myself have had on this cotton candy lady. Even if I disagree on a few minor points, those are rather outweighed by the shock of the same sentiment shared on how Peri would thrive in Three Houses or the fact that someone finally brought up the child supports gated by localization which (in true Peri lore fashion) shadow drops a very important aspect of her character. This was interesting and only makes me want to draw up my Peri Lore cork-board filled with red yarn and implied inferences, because one of the most fun things about this little shit is that her story is told in passing and rarely as simple as she made it for Laslow. Good Video!

Amazing video. Peri is a character I've come around to liking a lot as I've used her more in Conquest, and you did a great job conveying all there is to her as a character and how there could be improvement to her instead of instant dismissal and disapproval like most people do when talking about Fates. While you didn't bring this up, her support with Keaton is another standout support I like, showing Keaton in a more mature light as he himself is a natural born killer. I didn't even know about her actually growing as a person in the Hoshidan Festival dlc and now I'm sad it wasn't translated. Maybe FEH could bring it back or reference in some way in a New Year's banner. (Also, on a totally and utterly random note, Peri in Fates, despite her childlike demeanor, apparently has a similar if not exact same bust size as Camilla and Charlotte when seen without her armor in the accessory shop. Take with that information as you will, because it's haunted me ever since I learned of it lmao)

Good video, generally agree with the sentiment that the issue isn't with Peri as a concept inherently but rather broader issues with Fates' writing

I have to say a big thank you for making this video, because as a fan of Fates myself, I feel that there are too many people out there who think lowly of the cast of this game and believe the characters to be one-dimensional, and because of this, I don't personally think Peri is as bad as many seem to think she is. The main problem that she faces is clearly that she doesn't usually develop in her supports with most of the characters she can interact with outside of Lazlow primarily; but I believe that the reason why she generally doesn't get that kind of development is because of how childish she is, which makes it very hard for her to change, especially after having spent so many years being raised to not believe that killing is wrong. In that regard, it's more than just that other people in her life have acted as enablers for her -- granted this doesn't make anything at all better -- but more than anything that she has a mental block that she's struggling to overcome that's preventing her from growing out of her bloodthirsty ways, and I think that comparing her supports with Leo to the ones she has with Lazlow prove this pretty clearly: in both instances, they are trying to help Peri to learn why killing is wrong, but in the former, as intelligent as he is, Leo is unable to get through to her, mostly because he's unable to connect with her in a way she can understand; Lazlow, by contrast, is able to succeed where Leo fails, specifically BECAUSE he's able to make that connection to her, rather than bluntly explaining that "killing is wrong and you will face these repercussions if you do", since it's clear that she doesn't understand that nuance that Leo is trying to explain because of her childlike demeanor. On a side note, I also agree that Xander is not being "ruined" by Peri, but for different reasons: if you look at his supports with his retainers, Peri and Lazlow, he treats them both very differently, being much more calm and supportive with the former, but much more disciplinarian towards the latter, and why is this exactly? If I may put my 2 cents in, I believe it's because with Lazlow, he's punishing him because Lazlow is flirting with girls rather than putting more attention into his training, and given that Xander explains that he lost his previous retainers, it's understandable why he would think this way; also consider that Lazlow flirting with random girls would likely reflect badly on Xander, given his relationship as retainer to the crown prince of Nohr. By contrast, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to think that Xander may have had to deal with Peri's murderous tendencies in the past, and had spent some time with her to at the very least ensure that she doesn't try to randomly kill her fellow soldiers just because she was in the mood to -- just look at her supports with Felicia, the one character Peri DOES try to kill -- she only does so AFTER she gets fed up with Felicia's clumsiness on more than one occasion. That said, I think that Xander is more lenient towards Peri than he is with Lazlow is because he knows from experience with her that he has to be in order to not push her over the edge, and makes it his policy to be gentler with her as a result, since he probably knows far better than most how she can get if someone makes her upset. I also don't believe that Xander is anywhere NEAR as hypocritical as people claim he is, and that he has his reasons for continuing to follow his father's orders, even though he doesn't agree with them (even though we only see this in some of his supports with other characters, like Corrin), but that's going a little bit off topic. I also liked that it was mentioned that Peri should NOT be made a villain in an attempt to "fix" her, mainly because I feel it helps to show the problems with Nohrian society, even in the route where they are the heroes of the story -- it makes it feel more fleshed out than Hoshido, which is made to look seemingly perfect by comparison whilst glazing over the issues that nation faces at best. Hsving said that, I think that the main reason why people claim that being a villain would "fix" Peri is because of her mostly negative reception of her character -- which in turn causes people to overlook her positive side in favor of focusing on the negative aspects of her characterization due to being blinded by their hatred of her and what she stands for. This is unfortunate because it causes people to miss the aspects about her that are, in fact, good and positive redeeming qualities, which in turn feeds into the belief that she's bad and irredeemable and poorly written, so it's nice to see someone trying to make an effort to get people to change the perception of her for a change. I will admit that the angle of her having been enabled by her upbringing and the people in her country around her is something that I haven't given a lot of thought to, but it does help to explain why she wound up becoming the way she is in Fates pretty well. While I'm not the biggest fan of Peri myself, I still very much appreciate someone making an effort to show her in a positive light, rather than just feeding the flames of her perception of being bad and irredeemable. It was a good video that I hope more people get a chance to see and hopefully get more people to change their minds on her, even if just a little bit

Dude! You have no idea how much I tried to find that Hoshidan Festival conversation between Peri x Soleil! When I saw a translation of that somewhere on the internet, I thought it was their Japanese Support convo, and was like "Oh cool, they made their support more unique in Japanese" and never thought much about it... until months later where I tried to search for it again but I couldn't find it. I tried everything, tried to type the url back but for some reason I couldn't find it on my history, I went to the japanese support but they weren't the same one as I remembered, and after so many failed attempts, I just concluded that it was probably some cutesy fan writing that a japanese fe fan did one time... UNTIL TODAY! DUDE! THANK YOU SO MUCH! ... Anyway, huhhh Peri is cool I guess, love her character somewhat, always use her because I think her quotes and skill are funny and always pair with Laslow for the reason you listed on the video ^^' (also I love me some Cyan Haired Soleil, wish they made all Peri's children have pink tips too)

Wow I didn't expect to see my peri azura support in a peri analysis haha. Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

i have never used peri i just started replaying fates yesterday not even at the route split yet but whenever i get around to conquest maybe i will try using her since i think i plan to try using units i would normally ignore

The chad serial killer scene girl makes the virgin moralcels seethe by simply existing on a plane of existence higher than theirs.

I really don’t like Peri, and that isn’t entirely her fault. Her entire character just feels offensive and gross, honestly a little bit ableist. Its like the writers made a caricature of a person with a developmental disability just so that they could have their silly yandere. Not to mention the disgusting stereotype of people with mental disorders all being crazy and violent. It all just feels in poor taste, and reading her dialogue makes me feel sick because of that. Which is too bad cuz her design is fun (trans colours lets go), and unique amongst the sea of basic-looking fe characters.

imo in Fates, Reina is Peri but written well

Where'd you get the cute chibi stickers?

Did I see Peri in a different light because of this video? Yes. Was the video technically very good in terms of pacing, editing etc? Yes. Did you change my mind about her being the worst character in Fates because of how she ruins other characters? No. The 'Nohrian culture validates this behaviour' and 'too many enablers' points are valid in defending her, but it really does just bring down the other characters to keep her supported, as they say they boil down to 'Peri isn't the problem, it's everyone else in Nohr'. Now this leads in to the bigger problem of Nohr beeing cartoonishly evil which annihilates the teased moral complexity of Fates, but Peri being herself so cartoonishly evil just highlights all of those problems. If Peri were more sensible (only killing enemies and having taken the job as Xander's retainer specifically because it gave her the enemies she wanted to kill) would have kept the core of her character the same, but the feeling that the bloodlust is somehow 'under control' would have recharacterised the Nohrian culture, making them not blood-hungry psychos, but folks in denial about the actions of the King.

Thanks a lot for making these. I still don't really agree that she's fine overall, but these are the types of videos that further discussion and actually broaden people's media understanding. I clicked on this video not sure why someone would make a video arguing for a seemingly utterly indefensible position and came out the other end seeing your point and appreciating one of my favorite games a bit more. We really need more analyses that actually take the text seriously regardless of perceived quality and are critical of the consensus.

Thank you for this video!! You explained so well why I find Peri likeable and funny. I can understand if people not like her and might not be their cup of the, but it's also true that in general she gets so much hate for bad reasons (which you addressed in the video) Edit: forgot to mention - but i like how we both agree that Laslow is her best support! That support is what made me like Peri in the first place (i used to be indifferent about her before), and they quickly became one of my favorite ships. I guess I'm following a trend here... **remembering that i also love henry with olivia in awakening**

What are your thoughts about a change where she's swapped with Effie, and then Severa? I feel like Camilla being a "mommy" figure who's also all about brutal violence (when it comes to "avenging" or protecting loved ones anyway), would see the lovely twisted nature of her passion.

Peri being stranded in 3 houses would be interesting, and the timeskip would actually be a good chance to have her 'grow up' and be less murdery after the timeskip.

Late to the vid but this is a certified W. I've always felt like Peri was treated unfairly, a lot of the "issues" with her are more issues with the overall writing of fates, and the way it affects her.

This video did NOT change my opinion about Peri .... because I already loved her 😹 Really well made! I love this style of video essay.

A good video for a disagreeable opinion. But really that's mainly because it further proves the problem of Fate's overall writing and dubious translation problems working hand-in-hand to be horrible. Peri's just a symptom of that problem.

Using the same logic people who hate on Peri Setsuna would be just as bad a character but I don’t see people talking about her. She’s always falling into traps and this doesn’t change through her supports. On a surface level it wouldn’t make sense for her to be Princess Hinoka’s retainer along with Princess Hinoka and Azama having to look after her. Also like Peri she’s also a noble.

The issue with Peri as a character is that people take a gag Character so seriously as if every single Character has to be morally correct

13:06 Absolutely this. I think this is, by far, the largest issue with Peri, along with tons of other characters within Fates. Hell, even OUTSIDE Fates. The Support system besides 3H's is just straight up bad for non major characters who's character want/need to go through major change, like Peri, because everything needs to revert back to the status quo. I do personally disagree with the overall statement though. I do think Peri needs to be "fixed", not in the sense that she's a bad concept or completely terrible, but in the fact that I do not believe a character like her functions well in Fates, regardless of personal taste. I thinking bringing up her being within 3H was very good, as both within the cast of 3H as well as the way it's supports can be context sensitive with dialogue, Peri would've been able to grow as a person more concretely, as well as have better foils to bounce off of. Personally, I think what could've worked for Peri is simply having her be later in her growth as a person, where she's begun to understand the issues of her mentality already. She can learn lessons in her supports then, without worrying about resetting to zero every time another C support starts, because the bottom line is already higher. In the larger picture of Fates as is, Peri does sort of work, but she's acting as a window into the terrible writing decision of Nohr itself. Peri is directly emblematic of how terrible of a place Nohr is to live, to a comical degree. As you said, a bloodthirsty, warmongering ruler, bringing horrid criminals out of prison to serve as his generals, using hostages to put leverage on those who may choose to revolt against them, and slaughtering any who ultimately do. And this is the place Corrin can actively make the choice to stay in. I do think, on that note, Peri's writing IS bad, because Nohr's writing IS bad. I think what Peri's writing is, is CONSISTENT, which oddly is something you can say about way more of Fates than you'd expect.

Although Peri was already one of my favorite characters, this has given me a newfound appreciation for her. I never thought much about how not only her father, but the *entire country* of nohr would groom her into being a violent sociopath. Thank you for this.

9:31 LMAOOO 12:19 Missed opportunity to say that he's the son of Luchia from the future

I don't think you can call a character well written if they have to reshape the personalities of the other cast members to make themselves fit. Peri can't stop being extremely violent because that's her main thing so to make other characters reasonably be able to be friends with or even marry her they are forced to be ok with it even when they reasonably shouldn't. This is Peri making other characters more inconsistent. Using Xander's inconsistency between main plot and supports to justify him taking Peri as a retainer doesn't really work because it doesn't seem like either one would be ok with her from what we can learn in game. And while Nohrian culture is more violent, the people who represent that are normally seen as villainous, the excessive violence isn't supposed to be an ok or acceptable thing, especially for the main cast, that's why characters like Hans are villains. The comparison to Dimitri is just the weakest argument of all though because the whole point is that he has to grow and change as a person instead of having people tell him to just try to be a little nicer when he commits his war crimes, he's liked because he has a meaningful character arc, while Peri just says she's nicer now and then acts insane again in the next support, which I'm glad you highlighted as a shortcoming on behalf of the support system.

Dimitri is an animal. *Peri is a monster.*

Thank you for proving that Peri's a well thought out character

I mean I can't judge I like griss, sundowner, jack horner and dante reyes though I guess all of those have the advantage of being blatant villains who are so over the top evil it becomes entertaining, I will say I sorta relate in a way because I like rafal but so many people misenterpret his line about not regretting seeking power as him not feeling remorse wich is just blatantly not true if you actually A. read the rest of the scene and B. his supports were he blatantly shows remorse and is trying to make up for his actions even being honest about what he did when he could easily keep people like ivy and mauvier in the dark about what he did, hel just like mauvier it's implied he never even gets a true happy ending as he sacrifices himself to stop some unknown calamity and potentially never even having been known he did that until his bones were found, not to mention the guy spent 1000 years alone in an empty world reviving his sister wich if that isn't an appropriate punishment along with later sacrficing himself in his ending text I don't know what more you want from him

Just because Peri has some sad anime backstory and has some supports that doesn't involve murder, it doesn't make the entire concept and execution of her character mind numbingly stupid and annoying. Her voice acting is shrill and bad. I love how you don't mention Reina at all. A character who does the whole "i love murder" think but is not insufferable in every way. Also Reina doesn't dress like a clown

Eeeeeeh Its different. If Dimitri came back all bubbly and talking about casually murdering some people on the side after a battle, people wouldn't like that either, and it would make anyone that followed him look bad, too. If Dimitri showed up like this, what would it say about Anette or Ingrid for sticking around when they hear about him? Good attempt, but she's still literally the worst, that stands as the monument to FE Fates sins, alongside "Tharja was popular, make Tharja again!" I honestly forget her name, she's just Tharja 2. If she was in 3 houses, she'd just be the worst character there, by a bigger margin.

I never get why people say they like henry from awakening but not peri, when they're going for a very similar thing. Personally the only thing that bugs me about peri is how direct she is with describing violence, but that's more a symptom of the fates writers not knowing what subtlety is

Peri sweep nation stays winning

I came into this video with an open mind, prepared to go "oh, I guess I missed that, there was more effort and detail put into Peri than I thought!" I was disappointed, though not for lack of your effort. I also appreciate a good bundle of red flags in anime girl form, but Peri is just... lacking. 4:18 If it's not Peri's fault, it's the fault of the game's writing for not treating her actions and circumstances as they rightfully should be treated, and that's _writing surrounding Peri,_ so it follows people would blame the character on a conceptual level, even if this failure of execution should be rightfully laid on the lap of her makers. In the first place, the idea of her being enabled by the characters around her is never an adequately explored element of her theming, as the very nature of the violence, greed, and general insanity that characterizes Nohr is often portrayed in such an absurd way, regardless of translation, as to be laughable. Basically, it's really never clear that the writers thought that far ahead regarding her psychology. Ultimately, it reflects poorly on Nohr's writing as a whole, really. 9:16 No, Peri doesn't fit in with the cast of Three Houses because she doesn't fit in with the _tone_ of Three Houses. The execution of these characters are in general enormously more down to earth than Peri is. Dimitri is approached in an entirely different manner to Peri as a character, with his madness treated with the appropriate gravity and drama it warrants. Fates really does not take Peri or the rest of its contents all that seriously in many cases where it really should, so why should I? 10:18 Eh... Not a fan. 14:50 Peri on a conceptual level does not necessarily need to be rewritten, but Fates/if as a whole warrants a serious rewrite. Or, you know, somebody digging up Kabayashi Shin's original script. 15:30 I mean they're mostly pretty mid tho ngl fam.

i married peri in my lunatic conquest run and she made a good ninja. she kinda a psychopath but she bakes good so its okay. 👍

I actually liked Peri from all of the preview hype generate by the awesome fan translators on twitter during pre-release. And especially after it was released in japan, and the fan community did their best effort to put out a faithful english translation, which I watched on Omega's channel. I very much enjoyed reading/follow-along the original japanese characterization of everyone, and was so disappointed by the flim-flam, whimsy shameful dispray that (treehouse, right? or was it 8-4? or both?) NoA's butchering.

Good analysis, i enjoyed the new perspective

The biggest problem with Peri is that she wasn't in the warriors spin off.

A rational statement about Fates characters and specifically Peri. As a Peri fan, I thank you for this. I genuinely hate the video Faerghast made on her, I think it’s terrible.

I feel like a lot of fates characters suffer from the half baked translation, as well as the writers not handling it that well in my opinion.

genuinely don't get how Peri is seen as the worst fire emblem character when Abel is a literal groomer

Okay I will not stand for this slander towards my boy Dimitri. First of all, I would argue that Dimitri’s experience was even more traumatic than Peri’s, not just watching his father and all of the knights and retainers he grew up around slaughtered in front of him but also having to witness the campaign against Duscur while being unable to save anyone other than Dedue. Secondly, he has way more self-awareness, he recognizes that he’s a monster and hates himself but his psychosis has lead him to believe that revenge is the only thing that can satisfy the dead. It’s why he was completely resigned to Fleche killing him before Rodrigue sacrificed himself to stop her and why his support with Gilbert is about asking Gilbert to kill him. Thirdly, Dimitri doesn’t like violence for the sake of violence, him smiling as he killed that soldier wasn’t because he enjoyed killing the soldier, it’s because he’s found who he thinks is responsible for the tragedy and can now get that revenge, then presumably he’d kill himself. Finally, people don’t like Dimitri because he’s a psychotic murderer, they like the character arc. They like the sweet and somewhat bumbling boy you see in part 1, they feel the dread as he snaps at the end of part 1, they feel the heartbreak of getting to part 2 and seeing how he has completely broken over the 5 years you missed, and then they get to see him finally hit rock bottom and then pull himself back out, even putting that bloodlust aside to attempt parley with Edelgard and reaching out to help her stand up in the final cutscene. People don’t like him because he likes to slaughter people, they want to see him get help

You gave a lot of reasons why she is a better character then most say she is. Meanwhile I just like her because I find her attractive.

Also there's something to be said for the guy who's killed more people than Peri ever will, a survivor of an extinction event, and a professional boyfailure male stripper, is the one to get through to the mentally damaged girl and connect with her the best. Inigo went through hell, then dragged Peri out of it himself. What a guy.

10:24 I love the Flora one 👀

Glad this popped up on my feed. Im not a big FE fan, but i did play the fates games, and i really like Peri when I did. I always thought the wider fandom's dislike of her was a bit silly, that it was wild that people didnt like a character who loved violence in a game centered around a violent conflict. Glad to see I'm not alone in liking her.

peri may have been received better if there wasnt already another early joining cavalier who is superior in stats, friendship, and class set. Silas is also a massive homie and my second favorite in conquest so it might be a little bit of my bias.

I dislike how Peri is executed (haha) in Fates, but I think it's more that the worldbuilding around her fails to support her character gag more than it's that *she* sucks as a character. As a gag, she's very funny and absurd for being treated so nonchalantly, but it feels like Fates doesn't know what exact tone and atmosphere it wants to have going, so the execution flounders. All that being said, I love the presentation and arguments in your video, and I'm totally accepting as it as a headcanon. Fun video!

Your honor im into that!

I don’t think it’s fair to describe going out of your way to kill people for fun as a “character quirk” the same way as “i like sleeping” or “i love to eat”. Three Houses also treats Dimitris bloodlust in a completely different way than Peris. Doesn’t really matter if Peri was groomed into a murder psycho or not, she’s still a murder psycho. She could be a really good character, but she’s just not imo (but that goes for a lot pf fages cast tbh)

I have another issue with peri, she isnt a great unit in conquest, very mid statline and growths, a bad heart seal reclassing option and even tho shelter is great, other units make much better use of it. She can be good, but any unit can be good and peri takes more effort and time to reach those heights. Compared to xander who is, well, xander and silas who is generally better and joins earlier(tho he needs more exp to promote and i believe he should go sol master ninja instead, so i havent used him a lot as a paladin) Peri just cant compete, both these units have easy acces to great skills and classes at base while dark mage doesn't help her, a good marriage or friendship can help her but i just dont think base peri delivers

The primary complaint people have about Peri, being an unrestrained homicidal maniac who puts her desires above her duties, is that her presence in the player party makes no sense so all of the other characters in the game are forced to bend around her to justify her presence there. So your counterpoint to that is, _well of course she behaves badly because all of the other characters around her enable her bad behavior and don't challenge her..._ If the verisimilitude of a setting doesn't matter to you and you just enjoy characters for superficial reasons, that's perfectly fine; Camilla isn't as popular as she is for her personality. You don't need to contrive nonsense arguments to justify liking a character.

She's cute. Thats all i need. And bloodlust is a banger personal skill.

So true king

Peri is fucking hilarious. I hope she convinces my whole army that murder is cool.

thanks

She cute

I don’t think Peri is that badly written, but she is incredibly unlikeable and just… the wrong character for a Fire Emblem game. Peri is meant to be the Stewie Griffin or the Bender from Futurama in an animated sitcom where death is meaningless and the characters we follow k!ll indiscriminately. That’s where characters are “allowed” to not care about the innocents she has killed for no good reason. Having a Fire Emblem character k!ll her _servants_ and not be punished in any way for it in the same game where you liberate a country from a tyrannical ruler that wants to wipe out a rival nation because he’s evil is just… not fitting. And the fact that no character seems to see this as an issue with her that needs addressing just makes it seem like she’s not even canon. Peri feels about as canon as the Amiibo units do. Like her presence _should_ have an impact on the party. People should be trying to get her arrested or hung for her admitted crimes or something. Instead, people react to her crimes like “just one of the many quirky traits that everyone on the party has” like they do when they meet the Fell God Vessel War Strategist of another nation that spends their time selling tomes instead of helping with their current war strategies in any way. Peri should have never been included in a Fire Emblem game. She’s probably the waifu of one of the devs that they manager to sneak into the game. If they ever remake Fates, I wouldn’t mind if they either replace her entirely or fundamentally change her character.

Okay, okay 5-points. I think I'll call you 10-points for this. This is really good. I too don't think she needs to be changed. She is unique and, as you said, helps the player understand more about Norian culture (which may have developed into Phelgian culture-- there is a link). I think you are wrong about 3 Houses and the Blue Lions. If she was dropped there, without being retro fitted to fit within the writing of 3 Houses, then no-- they would hate her. You have to remember that 3 Houses isn't written the same as the "Modern FE" story. While "Modern FE" tries to focus near solely on character driven stories of revision old European themes through a modern Japanese lens, 3 Houses was a subversion of the series. And true subversion-- not that idiot lefty trash. 3 Houses took the tropes of FE series and satirized them: The white haired villain is now the most sympathetic. The Justice seeking noble is consumed by passion. The duotagonist helper share similar goals as the villain. The divine is no longer a background device, but now a mechanic. The idea of Church isn't ignored. By placing Peri [a character written to parody "western violate culture"] within a group that is conservative to the idea that is juxtapose to her, will make her an outcast. I was getting Edelagrd simp vibes there, but that isn't important. I think the Peri hate comes from two things: 1. A gross misunderstanding of Fates. 2. The comparing of her to other assassin or bloodlust characters. Over all these years the community still haven't tried to understand the Fates story, only try to change it to what they rather see. But I think that is very dumb, 'cause the revisionist changes often miss the point of the character, or will destroy what the character implies. Like yes it is based off of Roman society, but it may be based off the earlier days of Rome before the expansion north toward Britons (which if that is the case then, Noir is based off of early Rome before Julius Cesar just after the Punic Wars-- if this is the case then conquest can be seen as a derivative retelling of Julius Cesar). The importance is that it will help link it back to Marth since that would place it in the exact area of not only the Original 3 FE games, but also later in 3 Houses. Also when bloodlust characters are given in past FE games, they are usually accompanied with another character that is as equal or even more important in terms of game play. Since they were a combo deal, a lot of the worst traits were overlooked because of utility, something Peri doesn't have. Peri comes with Laslow and they aren't really a package. You don't need Laslow to live, or be at X, or be on certain tile to get. They show up and you can literally ignore Laslow, so Peri never have a person who is solely there to argue on her behalf. Jaffar is scum, and Nino is no better. The only difference between them and Peri is that a portion of the game is solely there to make you feel sorry for both of them, despite what they have done in the background of the game and recently done. Whether you like Peri depends on if you did her supports or not. But more love to you. Damn good video.

Based Peri fan

I was always neutral about her but one thing that has always stuck is the design! The skirt, the heels, the hair, the bow hood thing? Iconic

Hey, I’m the guy who wrote an essay defending Peri as a counter argument to Ghast’s video about her and got mildly ridiculed about it. Lemme say, fantastic video! I’m glad someone else agrees that Peri is one of the very best characters of Fates, and I like how professional you made your analysis video, with the added jokes being funny as well. I’d like to add that about Xander recruiting her, his options were to either have a psycho killer and a consummate flirt, or have another pair of retainers die on him, so his options were limited. I also feel that him recruiting her is a means to rein her in, so she doesn’t go too far. And in case anyone was wondering, yes, I just love her archetype. Harley Quinn is pretty entertaining to watch, Himiko Toga is my favorite of the League of Villains who I hope gets a redemption arc, and I liked Kronya as well, with my only complaint being that she doesn’t have enough screen time. Side note, they would be a perfect Harmonized Hero in FEH. What also sets Peri apart from the true villains is that she never truly crosses the line in my opinion. Contrast that to the real villains, such as Iago, Hans, and ESPECIALLY Zephia, who do deplorable acts that elevate the times when they do kill someone into irredeemable territory. Peri never gloats about her kills to the victim’s loved ones, she never tries to make anyone’s life miserable on purpose, and she especially never kills any of her closest, most personal friends. I’m totally prepared for a second wave of hatred coming my way, but with your video, I’m certain that it will be much less so. I’ll have to check out those fanmade supports as well, because I’m very intrigued by them.

miss blue hair and pronounce...

Peri is also one of my favourite characters

Finally! Someone understands this cinematic masterpiece know as peri!

Ok, I'm sorry, but Peri absolutely does ruin Xander and also Leo. Yes, Xander does kill but it's always against enemies and traitors. He goes on record stating that he gives his all for Nohr but then Peri comes along, openly admits that she kills Nohrians for the fun of it, and Xander just rolls with it. What makes it worse is this issue is never brought up in their supports, they just focus on Peri's pattern of speech. Then we have Leo who is touted as 1 of the smartest mages in the entire kingdom and yet when it comes to Peri he....has a hard time understanding the difference between killing innocents and killing to defend his homeland? This is just stupid as we know Leo is way smarter than this. He even has the mindset to kill Iago in Conquest because of what a corrupted turd that asshole is. And if that's not bad enough, if you S Support Leo with Peri, he straight up admits he will use his power as a Prince to cover up any wrongdoings Peri does because "They don't understand her". Don't get me wrong, it's ok to like Peri if you're into that sort of character, but the reasons for why people hate her aren't without evidence.

Peri has always been my favorite in fates I personally view her the same way I do with Jeritza someone who has gone through a lot of trauma and need help to get through it

yea peri is bad but makalov makes peri look like saint.

i can fix her though

9:14 DAMMM THAT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST FACTS I SEE ABOUT FE many poeple judge better or worse a character depending in which game they belong and yes if peri was in TH she would be consider a depth and tragic character instead in a just bad write murderhobo

Peri and Azura is my favorite ship from that gay mod, love those two together the supports were really nice.

The biggest issue with Peri and most non-main characters in FE is that people see "Oh she's a ruthless murderer!" right away and then they drop her as they don't like that. Then they never see her supports because of it and then they never learn what she's actually like.

the war crimes are a part of her and i think they're funny

Peri x Dimitri is now my new head canon

Serra is better than Peri Defending her is a lost cause, its the biggest flaw in this game