You can't.
That was my sad realization on this episode of Waypoint Radio. All those shared moments together, the cooking, the meals, what were they all for if I can never really be besties with Dedue? You can hear my heart break in real time on the full episode and read a excerpt below.
I also tried to recruit Dedue to the Empire early in my run until I learned I couldnāt. I still cherish our time together cooking.
Also, I miss Natalie, especially since sheās tweeted at least once that sheās playing FE3H. We need her perspective on all this anime thatās taken over Waypoint.
Small typo here:
āCadp: I spent all this time and effort really trying to be a good friend to Dedue.ā
Anyway, I think Iām losing my marbles trying to see if Hilda can actually be recruited??? People seem to say she is when youāre not under Golden Deer, which would be cool, if that didnāt break the whole pattern with retainers (and why her and not Dedue?!)
I have heard sheās recruitable by Blue Lions, but not Black Eagles? I certainly remember having a menu after conversations with her, and having thought āthatās weird, Golden Deer doesnāt have a retainer character like Black Eagles (and presumably Blue Lions, though I was playing them and couldnāt know for sure) doā.
Believe gender might play a role for Hilda, as well? At any rate as fem Byleth in Black Eagles I canāt even return lost items to her.
I think thereās a specific month where Hilda is recruitable, For BE anyway itās right before the skip, but only one of the paths can do it. You just have to spend the time having tea and eating meals with her up to then because you canāt do anything else. For Blue Lions idk but googling says itās doable
Couldnāt do it as M Byleth either. I looked it up and everyone was saying that you canāt do anything with her if youāre in another house, but Iāve been able to ask about recruitment during Blue Lionsā first few chapters so far.
Hilda has someā¦ weird stuff going on as far as recruitment. I looked it up because I was curious as to why I picked up Hildaās lost items as Black Eagles even though I wasnāt given the ability to give them back to her. She seems to be available early in a Blue Lions route but late in a Black Eagles route.
Hilda in Black Eagles cannot receive gifts/lost items or be recruited until chapter 12 (the one before timeskip). If you (BE chapter 11 spoilers) side with Edelgard you simply cannot recruit her under any circumstances.
Hilda rules yāall should all count yourselves lucky you can recruit her imo
Iām like 90% settled on Black Eagles when I next go through but Dedue is a compelling argument otherwise. He seems really neat!
(post timeskip, Golden Deer, towards the end) I made sure he survived the fight in Edelgardās castle and Iām a little disappointed I didnāt then get an epilogue page for him.
Oh, man, I saw this thread and was so excited for Cado that he had found a way to recruit Dedue. Now Iām disappointed for him again.
as a semi tea snob, even I cannot believe Cadoās heel turn from ākombucha is acceptable tea time drink choiceā to āWell Actually chamomile isnāt tea.ā what a dramatic episode of Waypoint.
Tea snob approaches.
Okay. Tea only being a specific thing made from a specific plant isnāt a thing anymore and hasnāt been for a long time. Tea only coming from tea leaves is a bad take, like a really bad take. There are records of people calling herbal concoctions āteaā way back in ye olde China. Sometimes being technically correct makes you wrong.
Itās also not how language works. All the herbal teas are teas now because thatās what the overwhelming majority of people mean. It all comes in a bag now and you put the water over it and itās tea. You can sit around with your machine that heats the water to the perfect temperature for your pearls of authentic tea rolled by people who could be doing other things with their time but make pennies to give you a luxury tea experience and scoff at someone over brewing their gingerbread spice holiday tea, but youād just be a jerk.
Thatās kind of the problem with tea. The gatekeepers of tea are all real jerks about it, often even when they donāt intend to. Thereās such a barrier of entry (and a big price jump) from getting tea bags from wal mart to going to teavanna and having someone get loose leaf tea for you or ordering from adagio. But being obstinate about only tea made from one kind of leaf being tea is the first way to make sure your hobby stays pure.
Now that Iām done being a jerk. CW diet and food stuff coming.
This is from like two episodes ago but I canāt find the thread because the naming systems are just total bleeping garbage. But keto is dangerous and people should be careful. Actual ketosis is a state your body should only ever be in if youāre under dr supervision. It was designed for people with epilepsy. It is a very concerning trend. Actually forcing your body to grab energy from itself is super not okay. No one was advocating it, but it came up in some discussion of cheese and was just casually dropped in, and I just think a lot of people donāt know itās bad news.
For the discussion happening with Hilda with regards to recruitment: My read on her (as someone who picked Golden Deer) is that sheās very much the āretainerā character for Claude. The two have a close, platonic relationship, and near the end of the game itās implied she will become a close confidant in the future, and shes one of the only characters who āfigures him outā, so to speak, regarding Claudeās history and personality. I also know some stuff about the Blue Lions route because a friend chose them, so Itās not surprising to me that it would be difficult for a Black Eagles Byleth to recruit her specifically.
Also, Dedue fucking rules.
Hey, does anyone know the name / location of the beginner Dwarf Fortress stream series that was mentioned on this episode or the previous one?
Thanks!