Does anyone else hate the Dorothea/Sylvain supports?

I honestly think these supports are a large reason why I hate Dorothea, and I almost consider it character assassination for Sylvain.

So C support is what you expect. Sylvain flirts, says she’s prettiest at the monastery, says he’s legit. Dorothea says it’s BS, Sylvain thinks it’s hot.

B support is where my issues come in. Dorothea invites him to dinner platonically, Sylvain flirts and accepts.

And then he randomly breaks down one of his walls about why he’s so rude to women. He asks if she just asked because he’s a noble with a crest. First off, he would not be so quick to ask, especially since she’s made it clear she didn’t invite him in a romantic way.

And then, Dorothea basically says _yes._ She starts with a counter asking if he’d flirt with her if she was a gross old hag, and sarcastically says she’d have asked him no matter what, but then says “Of course it’s better that you have money.”

It ends with her leaving and him commenting on her (SARCASTICALLY) saying she’d love him if he were an old man or an orphan.

Then the final one. Sylvain’s sad over a breakup and Dorothea is surprised he actually seems to care. He says he’s always sad.

Then he starts to talk about how he’s started to think about why the girls liked him and… _what?!_ Him knowing why is a defining aspect of the character! He assumes all woman he can pick up are into him because of his crest and status!!

He then apologizes for asking what he did in their b support and _immediately_ explains what I said in the last paragraph!! So he complained he doesn’t know why girls are interested only to immediately 180.

Dorothea empathizes with the struggle of being come onto by people who don’t know you beyond what you are (in her case, a beautiful singer).

Sylvain makes a comment about how he decided he would still flirt with her if she was old, though he’d prefer to win her over now, and she agrees she’d prefer that too.

So for one, Dorothea only having an interest in rich people pisses me off especially since she acts like she’s better than all of them. She doesn’t care about men interested in her for her beauty and voice, but refuses to look at men who aren’t very well off. Just like nobles, she’s quite clear on who she’s willing to talk to and flirt with. Her supports are _all_ with nobles. The ones that aren’t are:

- Byleth, famed mercenary with favor of next rulers of the continent and the archbishop - Petra, who may have the commoner class but is a fucking princess - Hanneman, a former noble and well established scholar - Manuela, famed songstress and old friend - Yuri, head of the fucking mafia

Even considering Hopes, she has no supports with commoners who aren’t _very_ well off.

Sylvain, meanwhile, has an almost subconscious hatred and distrust of women because all his life they wanted him for his crest and status above all else. They saw him as a way to climb the societal ladder.

_THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT DOROTHEA IS TRYING TO DO!!!!_ Why does he not care!?

More than that, why, at the end of the B rank, does he comment on her mentioning even if he was an old man?! He doesn’t care about that, that’s what _SHE_ cares about!! If he were old or orphaned, he’d still be a noble!!

The supports basically completely destroy one of the main traits of Sylvain, and only show further how hypocritical Dorothea’s mindset is! Especially since her motives are basically equivalent to JK Rowling being afraid she’d end up back where she was before writing Harry Potter…