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Originally Posted by kalbron
Apologies for the double post.
So I have a fairly big question to ask given the current course of the anime. Now that we can see that the animators are going for broke with the stupid Faldio x Alicia subplot it begs the question:
Spoiler for Game Spoiler:
Will Faldio be able to shoot Alicia and trigger her transformation into a Valkyria given the change in their portrayed relationship?
From what I can tell from the game, there were three main reasons as to why Faldio was able to shoot Alicia:
1) He barely knew her. The most he knew of Alicia was that she was "my best friend Welkin's girl". Aside from that they barely interacted, primarily because Squad 7 was sent on missions by itself for the most part.
In the anime he can't stop trying to get into Alicia's pants and sticks to her like glue. He has a massive emotional attachment by now.
2) He was an extreme patriot who believed that his way was the only way to save the country. This wasn't built up before the actual shooting, but more demonstrated afterwards. Only after Max is beaten without the power of the Valkyrur does he finally obtain the view he was completely wrong.
Nothing so far has indicated he feels this way about Gallia in the anime.
3) He spent huge amounts of time studying the ruins in order to be absolutely sure in what he was doing. Heck, he even took a leave of abscense from the Militia in order to study the ruins and steal the Valkyria weaponry from an exhibition.
Nothing so far in the anime has indicated he's put that much thought into this.
So really, since he has a massive emotional attachment to Alicia, hasn't demonstrated any extreme patriotic tendencies, and the Barious ruins are destroyed so he can't study them to be absolutely certain in his decision... how can Faldio possibly bring himself to shoot Alicia? He would have to become utterly inhuman over the next few episodes to be able to do so, and since he seems to be a favourite of the writers, the odds of that happening are close to zero.
So what will happen then? Will Alicia's abilities emerge for some other reason, like Isara's death? Will it be Damon instead that shoots her for insubordination? How the heck will she get her lance and shield unless Faldio schemes and plots in order to get them?
I'm certainly enjoying the anime for the train-wreck potential is all I can say. |
Maybe he doesn't take the rejection well...
...and he
seems pretty stupid...but that's what makes it somewhat possible....as the changes that have been done ae just downright stupid.
