LYN: The Nostalgic Princess. [Fire Emblem: Support Science #20] Blazing Blade 

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WHAT an absolute pleasure and privilege it was to be able to voice Lyn in this! FE7 was the very first video game I picked up as a wee bab and it introduced me to the franchise I'm still obsessed with it to this day (seriously I share a YT channel -- Fishy Emblem -- *solely* dedicated to FE). Regardless how much heat Lyn gets, I will always be a fan of hers. Call it blinded by nostalgia if you want but somehow, unconsciously and unconditionally, child me fell in love with her story. And this Support Science only further reinforces that notion for the me that is now growing into adulthood. Recording the Lyn & Wallace scenes in particular were experiences I'll remember always as an amateur VA. Thank you to any and all who watched to the very end! AND THANK YOU GHAST & CAST! For the opportunity, the recording sessions filled with many bloopers, and the tenacity to put together such a beast of a video. I've been watching Ghast for years now and the progress he makes with each sequential video is stunning. The time, energy and love everyone has poured into this is immensely appreciated! Well done, all! ✨

Wallace wipes out an entire Bandit tribe by himself, what a boss

if Wallace wasn't bluffing about obliterating the bandits, he lugged his armored ass up into the mountains and took out the whole camp by himself. Absolute chad

Ghast: here's a 44 minute video about Lyn's personality and story and why she's one of the great Fire Emblem heroes. FEH fandom: boobs!!!

God I love the voice acting in these.

How. How on earth is the person who made the amazingly edited, lengthy, excellently researched, and just over all high quality video. Is the same person that made "so this is basically fe6". Regardless of the fact that the two videos are of different genres with one a comedic and quick summary and the other, well I needn't say it twice. Youve evolved so much over all these years and your hard work shines through every second of your videos, especially ones such as these. Your unique charm is also so welcoming. I severely doubt you need it, but just as a statement from a long time viewer. You should be proud of the results your hard work prospered. And you should continue to keep up the hard work, it certainly doesn't go unappreciated. Amazing job, and good luck against Mangs :)

44 minutes what have we done to deserve this!?

Missed opportunity to have Mangs voice Wallace

Call her a bad unit. Either strictly 1 or 2 ranged. But after this I don't think you can not say Lyn is a great support character for Hector, let alone a great one herself. Yeah there are FE6 continuity issues, but Lyn shows how creative the writing team was for FE7. Thanks Ghast, this was a great video, and I hope many people come to an appreciation for Lyn as a character.

Ah yes, the famous tactician Sub plz.

Came expecting to see the Lyn X Hector ship, stayed for the true Lyn X Wallace ship.

This was absolutely amazing. Tear-jerker. So happy you talked about her self-confidence and how she easily judged others. How Hector and Lyndis reflect on each other. My favorite support science 2nd to Gerik's support science. Thank you for this

a little sad you didn't mention her support conversation with Will in which she tries to convince him to get in touch with his family and her reunion with each individual member of her band during chapter 15

>Is actually secretly a Wallace spotlight. This may not make Lyn that much more popular at this point, but him? He just became superstar for a day.

Okay, so. Wallace now bvecame one of my most underrated FE characters. This kinight; - Disobeyed his lord and allowed his close friends to elope while suffering for half a year as punishment for his failure. - STILL remained loyal to said country, despite his disagreement and punishment. - Joined Lyn, despite her being an "imposter" according to his lord's propaganda. - Annihilated an entire bandit tribe to prevent his friend's daughter from being overcome with rage and bloodshed. if this guy isn't one of the most inspiring characters, I don't know who is.

This video is a treasure. Absolutely fantastic. I waited for a support science on Lyn for so long, because she was branded as a character with "no personality". Videos like these completely bash these statements, as there is no character who has no personality. Beyond her simple exterior, she had some complications of adapting to a world she wasn't familiar with at all, and genuinely coming out on top. She's my favourite character because she's fun to play as, with just that bit of deepness that makes her interesting. She is not extremely deep, I know. But she makes me feel happy whenever something is resolved by her, gameplay and story wise. Ehm, sorry if it was overly sappy. That's just what I felt. Love at first crit.

Lyn was probably my first and greatest female role model in fiction. Her strength of character, kindness, and pride inspired me from the first time I saw her. Seeing her develop through the game and facing challenges to her character making her grow made me admire her all the more. From an early age I decided if I ever have a daughter I would want her to be named Lyndis in the hope those positive traits in her character can be passed on to my kin.

This. This is why Lyn ties as my favorite female lord in the series, and also ties as my favorite lord overall alongside Hector. She really is a great character and I'm glad you took the time to make this video on her Ghast

Lyn's such a strongly-crafted character, and it's so impressive given how little she gets compared to most lords. In particular, I love how much of her resolution as a character is left up to you as the player. It makes her feel connected to me *as* the player (more so than Mark does, anyway)

9:40 Pretty much is perfect. What a lot of people don't get about Lyn is that she is just "there" after her story mode, but thats the complete opposite of the truth. Her character arc continues and is further developed after what is built and established in Lyn Mode. Glad you can really show why Lyn is such a well written character which is something people tend to miss when it comes to discourse about her.

The voice acting is 10/10 and it makes your video enjoyable to watch!

Dude, why don’t you just go write your own game? Seriously.

Excellent analysis. Lyn is an amazing strong heroine in her own story because so far she's lived only in a world where she was encouraged to take pride in herself. It was her pride in herself that let her win the day, but Lycia is a whole new world where she can't always know what to expect. Eliwood accepts her because he's Eliwood, her grandfather loves her as she is, but she can never know whether other Lycian nobles will warm up to her, hate her, or condescend to her. That's an interesting point about why Lyn was alone for six months after her people died, about how she might have pushed other people away in her grief and anger. We see how kind she is to her allies during her path (she didn't even stay mad at SAIN for long when they first met) and when she's headstrong, it works to her benefit. She's never really had to THINK about having to adapt to a world where it wouldn't. She's dealing with culture shock, a new role she doesn't feel suited for, and people who challenge her long-held perceptions. I tend to favor Lyn's Sacae endings, but I warmed up to Lyn/Hector because they really do have a great dynamic and considering how unconventional Hector already is, I can't see Ostia batting an eyelash over him marrying a half-blood princess. Lyn and Wallace's support brought PERFECT closure to her desire for revenge. I like to imagine that even if you don't get their A support it still takes place post-game and she still gets that closure because she deserves it.

i can imagine Lyn having her revenge (instead of Wallace) taking over her thought process, becoming a cold blooded killer. it coulda potentially ruin her if she had it her way; bless Wallace.

I want Lyn to wrestle me to the ground

Woah, what you said about the revenge plot and Wallace is really great. Thinking about it, Lyn holds a lot of similarities to Rutger. He's even from Bulgar, the town where Lyn's life takes a dramatic turn. They're both swordspeople of Sacae who lost their tribe to people from Bern, they both swore vengeance, both made it personal that it had to be them to do it, and both let it overtake their positive qualities. I don't know where to go off of that, but I think it's pretty neat.

Oh boy oh boy this is going to be a long comment First thing's first - congratulations on yet another magnum opus. Both the production quality and the execution are stellar and never cease to amaze. I consider myself a great fan of Lyn's, and yet there was plenty in this video that I had never really thought about that deeply, which made the whole thing immensely enjoyable, even when I knew more or less what you were going to say. With that in mind, although I agree with most of what you said, there are a few little additions or critiques I would make, for the sake of whomsoever isn't already satisfied after watching the full video. The first point is more of a nitpick, really. Lyn isn't a princess, of any sort, and the concepts of nobility and royalty are conflated throughout the video. It's made clear that the Lycian League is a collective political entity with no royal or imperial oversight, which makes the individual Lycian nobles just that - nobles, not royals. As for what Lyn's title would actually be, if we're going by English rules she would probably be styled Viscountess Caelin, and inherit the title of Marchioness Caelin on Hausen's death. This doesn't mean anything for Lyn's character, but it's something worth bearing in mind. The second point is that you make the distinction between two paths that Lyn must choose between - that of staying in Lycia or moving to the plains, framed as the choice between her love of family and love of homeland. I would actually argue that this is a false choice, as ultimately the two are exactly the same thing. Lyn's love of the Sacaean plains is inseparable from her love of her family who lived there with her; and more importantly, the memories of her family from when her life was still normal. Her desire to return when in Caelin is, in my view, a natural extension of the fact that she still ultimately has not got over her parents' deaths and her family's abandonment; she still subconsciously views the plains as the place where her family is, especially when it becomes clear that Hausen will not be around forever. She is deeply emotionally scarred by the horrific way her family died and almost all her personal decisions in the game in some way feed back into the desire to, in some sense, resurrect her family. The supports she has and the ending she gets decides if she can finally move on by building a new family, as in the paired endings, or if she continues to live with the gnawing desire to bring back a family that she no longer has. But yeah, family is the driving theme behind all this game's characters and it's really annoying when Lyn's choice is reduced to the overwhelming desire to spend the rest of her life in a field, which some others have done. Thirdly, Wallace. Wallace is one of my favourite characters in the series and honestly the Wallace/Lyn support might be my favourite support chain in existence, between Wallace's precise and profound language, Lyn's raw emotion and the light it shines on Wallace as a person. "In clarity lies beauty" is such a wonderful way of putting it, especially when you think of how Wallace is introduced. Lyn remarks that she likes him because he's "honest", when really he is anything but - he acts as if he believes Lyn because her eyes are clear, when really it is because he recognises Madelyn's eyes, and he pretends to get lost in Bern when really he was able to track and exterminate to the last man a bandit group that Bern itself had not been able to stop in over ten years. But with that, he brings it back full circle to their first meeting. I could go on and on about Wallace but I'll stop now. On a related note, it has been observed in the past that Lyn is among the most ruthless Lords in the series - some have said most ruthless, though I question whether she is more so than Hector or Ephraim or Ike or Gaiden Alm, for example. It's an interesting contradiction that she is simultaneously very empathetic and compassionate towards those she cares for or who need her help and yet cold and dispassionate towards those she has decided are not worthy of living. She seems quite comfortable with being that way, too, so I'm not certain to what extent it is related to her childhood trauma. Fourthly, I was surprised that you did not mention the running story in Hector's support with her, where she believes he is belittling her strength, challenges him and loses, and starts learning different sword techniques that are better for fighting someone like him. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, because there's a lot to unpack - her preoccupation with her personal strength stemming from her trauma at being unable to fight off the Taliver, her lesson in what her limits are, in how her pride stopped her from winning because she refused to even acknowledge Hector's effective class advantages, and in how her confidence is severely shaken and then restored by Hector's concern and attention to her feelings. So yeah, that's something I think tells a lot about their relationship, as well as Lyn's request that Hector hit her to make her feel better, and her offer to cry for him when she hears of Uther's death, while silently begging him not to die. Finally, and this has nothing to do with her supports, but there are sometimes comparisons made between her and Nino, in terms of how children are portrayed in FE games, which I thought were interesting in terms of her character. She and Nino are, at least in the Japanese games, similar in age - Lyn is 16 and Nino is 14 when they meet - but both behave vastly differently, to the point that the claim is made that "the characters clearly aren't the age they are stated to be", or similar. This is, I think, missing the point, or at least an interesting discussion. Lyn's and Nino's respective character designs reflect the way that they want to be perceived by the world. Lyn wants to be seen as an adult, to be seen as strong and independent, because that's how she believes she can protect the family she cares about, as part of her coping mechanism from her childhood trauma. Nino's ultimate if futile goal is to be "worthy" of her mother's love, so she presents as a model, obedient daughter, because that's what she thinks her mother and thus family wants, group of murderous assassins notwithstanding. Interestingly, when the two of them drop their masks, Lyn becomes more childish while Nino becomes more mature, in some ways, even though both have different personalities. This feeds back into what you were saying about her insecurity when she runs into conflict that her wilfulness cannot solve.

Wonderful analysis as always! Loved the voice acting too -- absolutely stellar performance from FishyFried as Lyn!

Wow, the voice acting is superb. And the script, as always!

Again I find myself astounded. I never know what to expect from these videos but I always finish them stunned by how in depth they go, this has given me a whole new appreciation of Lyn's character. I left a similar comment on the Hector SS but everything about this video was great, the exploration, editing and voice acting were all amazing. I don't care how this comment makes me sound but good shit Ghast. Thank you and everyone else involved for making this 😊😊😊 xx

Playing the game on my ol' GBA as a wee lad, Lyn was best girl, Playing through the game again today, Lyn is still best girl.

The story in FE7 is one of the best in the series. So much deeper than people realize, because it’s all told through text and takes time to uncover. Seriously glad this was my introduction to the series in 6th grade, and I’ve been loving FE ever since. :)

Yo you should do someone like Joshua, or maybe Leif. Both of these characters have to rise up and take up the throne and lead their people after relatively peaceful lives.

Agree with me: Lyndis is the best girl in the whole franchise

Oh...I understand a bit more about why people like Lyn. Thank you for this since I never got to play this title.

Ghast, i love your Support Sciences series. Honestly i think it´s among the best FE content on youtube. And it´s really great to see how much they improve in quality with every new release. I especially enjoyed the start, when you told us, how your perception of Lyn changed while working on this video. Adds an interesting personal note. Keep up the good work and im looking forward for the next one. And last but not least: shoutout to the amazing voiceactors ♥

Yes! Lyn and Hector is my favorite ship in all of Fire Emblem for these exact reasons. It’s nice to see my own thoughts so well articulated by someone else, amazing work on this video as always.

Reason to love Lyn Amazingly done 44 minute analysis on her character and development ❌ Thighs 32:45 ✅

There's such a huge chemistry and unity through this whole thing. This is one of my favorites of yours.

I hope that a potential Binding Blade remake has her appear in it.

Me: *See's Lyn in thumbnail* Dad: *pulls out meat sceptre*

I'll watch this video, but it won't make me change my mind on Lyn. I hate her for killing Batta the Beast and nothing will change that.

her grandfather took so much poison and still survived, elibe's poison DOES suck omg

The voice acting on these are always amazing and they always seem to fit the characters perfectly. And I'm glad that now there is a video like this to show that Lyn is just as good a character as Hector or Eliwood.

I know that some people might not like Lyn as a unit but as a character she's amazing and is kinda underrated. Thank you Ghast, this is my second favorite Support Science after the Nyx Support.

Lyn was already my favorite female FE character, but this made me love her even more! Thanks Ghast and the brilliant voice actors in this video.

Lyn was one foot into the Dark Side, but Chad Bro (Uncle?) Wallace stepped in and brought her back to the light. I know this is a Lyn video, but this also made me a Wallace simp.

i love lyn she is the best

44 mins This is going to be good

This video was quite fantastic as I got to learn more about this great character. I did Kent x Lyn for my first completed playthrough of the game and was actually quite satisfied with that ending. Although Wallace's support has gotten me curious to do it on my next playthrough.

I loved lyn's character and personality she was so marure and goodly written ❤🎉😊

If they ever remake 6&7, I honestly hope they separate marriage options into S, purely so that we can have Lyn get married while also having the closure of Wallace A support at the same time. Wallace became one of my absolute favorite characters in the franchise because of those supports.

Man going back into these supports, from years ago, really makes this alive and real. Maybe it's the voice acting or it's just the topic at hand. Thank you Ghast.

My first OTP was Eliwood x Ninian, then Lyn x Hector hit me in the face like freaking Armads. Lyn and Hector's banter and growth is so good. I feel like they compliment one another well. Very nice video. No matter what path Lyn chooses, she will be happy!

17:06 I think she was obsessed with axes because the bandits killed her parents wielded axe

7:46 no! grandfather! You mustn't say that There's no avoiding it, Lyndis. I've taken too mu... STFU I'm the protagonist and I say YOU will survive

i have a goofy headcanon that even if lyn marries hector, she still goes to the plains sometimes and comes back with like, a deer or something

Lyn and Eliwood's chemistry will always be my favorite. I love the way Eliwood is willing to accept and love everything about her and goes out of his way to give her reassurance innherself.

There’s liking Lyn for reasons like this. Then there’s me who likes Lyn cuz her crit animations were the coolest to see.

Did the games fandub ever get completed? I can’t find it outside of here

Has Celica as the face of the Great Lord class. *I approve.*

The secret ending for Lyn (with Wallace) as the Goat Lord makes sense. She goes completely insane and solely used hatred to control enemies

The quality of this video felt like it reached a new level with the inclusion of the amazing voice acting. Huge shoutouts especially to Lyn’s VA.

Like most here, I’m a fan of Lyn. This does kinda support my headcanon that Lyn is the Captain America/Lancelot of FE7, someone who wears their heart on their sleeve, always does the “right” thing, and their pride is both their biggest flaw and their strongest asset. Damn good stuff Ghast

Ghast you sneaky. I just saw the thumbnail lol

Man, that Lyn & Hector scene on the boat is one of the best exchanges in FE

This doesn’t sound like the bland boring Lyn I heard about from people

After all that... Lyn just needs a hug.

I always thought Lyn was a bit of a bland character, but this video is a bit interesting. You clearly put a lot of effort and work into this, and it pays off! Good job, U did gud

Lyn X Hector: good Lyn X Eliwood: also good Lyn X Wallace: *A S C E N D E D*

I'm really happy for all the Lyn fans. I hope that this either confirmed to them why they like her or added depth to her if they only liked her for nostalgic reasons. Lyn might not be close to my favorite character in the series, but this video certainly helped deepen my appreciation of her and really helped to frame her as more than just a Mary Sue in her campaign as some have claimed and a supporting character to Hector and Eliwood in the main story. Lyn is certainly more than a pretty face and deserves a heck of a lot more credit beyond being a lot of people's first Fire Emblem crush.

8:00 Hasan’s death because of nonsense war really made me realize how fast life could fade away those days.

I used to be so bothered by Wallace taking Lyn's revenge for her. The Taliver Bandits seemed like another FE7 sub plot with no ending, so resolving that in a support conversation felt more than just lazy, but perhaps sabotage for Lyn's character. But I never gathered how much Wallace cared for Lord Hassar or for Lyn. Wallace is also old enough that I buy his reasoning. Meanwhile, if this revenge mission came from somebody like Rath or Kent it would be unbelievable with their low level of experience as a warrior.

Excuse any typos lol This was a really good video! She just has really good decent support all round I never did pay much attention to Lyn and Hector's interactions(save for the funny ones) but she really does go well with Hector. They way their supports just fit so well into the story is really really good. I personally like the Eliwood/Lyn pair Their supports are relatively entertaining and heartwarming as Eliwood tries to help her be proper only to tell her that lyn is good as she is I personally think their special conversation in (if they reach A rank) she returns those feelings as she goes on about how strong eliwood is and how she'd stay by his side as well (Thank you for not saying that Lyn had shitty supports with Eliwood you did them justice lol) Evern if that wasn't enough he stuck by her side He marries her regaurdless of controversy and powers through the outcry by eachothers side If they do remake fe7 I hope they give Lyn more development by merging the supports and the story like they did with Hector

I remember when support science was a chill twenty minutes tops. Now it's averaging almost an hour. You've grown up so much, Ghast. I'm proud of you.

Wallace’s voice acting made me tear up a bit.

Lyn is one of the reasons Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken is my favourite in the entire series.

I'm still waiting for her reunion with Mark

The thumbnail art is beautiful.

Just came across this video, great work with the voice actors and analysis. Hearing Wallace dubbed like that really made me see him in a new light!

Congratulations. You just made me a Lyn x Hector shipper.

My headcanon is that the tactician loves Lyn and that's why you get a gameover when she dies.

To be honest i've always seen Wallace as meme bald averange character. Now then i must Say he s Amazing friend and guy. He let his friends escape even if his career as knight would collapse. He was activly looking for his friends murderers and kill them all alone. And at aleast he helps their (lyn parents) daugther don't be consumed by hate. What. A. Legend

I’m just glad that part of this support science highlights the very reasons why I love the Lyn x Hector shipping so much. Your support science videos always amaze me Ghast. Good job on this one! P.S.: Anyone here who also ships Lyn x Hector? No? Just me? Okay... XD LOL

Loved it :) I learned alot about Lyn in this video and man I just want to hug her. Favorite female character in the series, and thanks so much for making this video Ghast!

Can't wait to join in on the fistfight in the comments!

My grandmother passed away on the day this video was uploaded and watching the scenes with Lyn and her grandfather was like looking into a mirror. I watched every support science and never expect one would bring me to tears. Amazing Support Science Ghast! Looking forward to the next one : , )

Holy crap, 44 minutes! I've been joking in a lot of conversations that even Nino has more story focus and better writing than Lyn, so this should be a good watch.

Ghast this is very well done. " In clarity lies beauty." So profound.

Great video as always, irrespective of my own thoughts about Lyn. I find myself disliking Lyn even more after this support science. It really shows how flawed of a character Lyn truly was and how it takes essentially the course of the entire game to get her to not be as abrasive and judgmental as she once was.

I find her more of a family woman in the sense of direct bloodine over tribal heritage. Blood is thicker after all so I think loyalty to her blood trumps the loyalty over her home at least in my playthroughs. These are also endings where I believe she stays out of her comfort zone in Sacae. This is something I see as in character for her especially with the growth we see from Eliwood and her but especially Hector and her.

I do see it often that people refer to Lyn as a bland character and I wonder to myself if we played the same game. Lyn is my favorite FE character and I'm glad you made this, spotlighting the many layers that make her so great. Also glad that Wallace was brought up as he tackles the darker side to her character. It really shows how far gone she was with her revenge and illustrates what she had the potential to become. This was a great episode of Support Science, thank you ghast. The voice acting was spot on and hit all the right feels.

I guess there's more to lyn than her skimpy outfits in feh.

When I finished the game... I want the tactician to put his legacies inside of Lyn before he leaves...

The big step up in editing and the voice acting makes this video so much more engaging. Worth the long wait

First Fire Emblem game I played. I really fell in love with her character. After the ending of the prologue I was a bit pissed to go further with Elliot. So it was nice she came back. And Lyn is at least in Easy mode a great fighter. ;) She and Hector were awesome.

I still like Eliwood x Lyn even if it isn't popular.

Another awesome video. I though I had understood Lyn very well, but the parts involving Hector really made me realise that there was a whole other layer that I just wasn't seeing. Also, I can't believe you were able to convince me that Hector was a better paring for her than Rath. But I guess it's all thanks to the main story. As just supports, I like Rath's more, but the interactions with Hector in the story are very fleshed out and lowkey very multi layered. I rank this my 4th favourite Support Science so far, right below Eliwood's.

Dayumm well made video, just perfect! 🙌🙌🙌