Bernadetta has the best lines in Three Hopes

Honestly the voice work here is incredible. It might be a little over the top but the shakiness of her voice feels very genuine, I'm hyped for Three Hopes.

[@ChrisJohnstonVA]

I recently learned that Erica Mendez has a constant look of distress on her face when voicing Bernie and honestly, I can't think of a better face for that

[@cryguy0000]

I didn't know that, that's amazing

[@jhart6764]

Honestly. I can believe it. I mean I legit change my posture and behaviors when playing D&D. A VA would probably do something similar.

[@sonicfan2403]

Well that's one way getting into the role.

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

Really getting into the role~

[@TheBeastBandit]

There’s something to be said when Bernadetta’s paranoia makes Caspar LOGICAL.

[@lightningmaster3383]

Bernie: Did you arrest my father? 😀 Edelgard: Unfortunately not. Bernie: Oh. Okay. 😞 Every Three Houses Fan: Dammit! 😣

[@MR.LMR1996]

Don't worry. He's been made Bishop of the Southern Church. Aka, Edelgard gave him a massive target on his back to piss the Central Church off with.

[@cryguy0000]

@@MR.LMR1996 Too bad he never actually falls victim to any attacks, nor do we get much insight on his abusive behavior. Kind of a shame

[@seannetworkblogsandgames7504]

@@cryguy0000 update: you can let him die in the last battle! And Bernie responds with all the emotion of someone who found out the carton of orange juice only has a half-cup worth 😂

[@cryguy0000]

@@seannetworkblogsandgames7504 Yeah I saw that. She sounds very conflicted which is understandable

[@Tenebrio-Morio]

@@cryguy0000 which is why I play Azure Gleam. I get to kill him with Bernadetta and Yuri.

[@alexbobenrieth3888]

Is it possible to love Bernadetta even more? Because I do now. She is just so precious

[@AmentioProductions]

She is a precious bean that must be protected at all costs. It’s why I married her first before anyone else.

[@zippacna]

I think my favourite line is "you don't expect me to go out there and FIGHT do you?!?!"

[@cryguy0000]

I love the "Oh great...here we go.". It sounds so genuine, like I could hear myself saying that in the exact same way

[@TheVera800]

Especially when she has that “anticipation bonus” or whatever it’s called. “Yes Bernie, you clearly want to fight, so here’s a fight with backup”

[@rosesongoku6980]

The quivering in her voice when she says “I’m gonna become a ghost and haunt you FOREVERRRRR!”

[@niconoodles6989]

Idk it's gotten pretty old for me after using her for so many battles

[@Arkonu]

Once you meet her father you see where Bernadetta’s attitude comes from. In more than one sense.

[@epicphantom589]

Or if you did her supports in the original game.

[@thatonejoey1847]

@@epicphantom589 well, if your dad is a spineless coward, that will influence, a positive role model is the difference between being a member of society and being a menace, homes without a mother or a father tend to produce criminals at a much more alarming rate than stable families (yes I know the cases where they grow up normally, but that is an outlier, not the standard), add in abuse and you get bernadetta. Add a socially akward, anxious father figure who lacks a spine to stand on, and a bit of paranoia from abuse (she isn't only socially akward, she is full blown paranoid, her personal skill is called persecution complex, she feels she is being persecuted, in her mind she isn't paranoid as people truly are out to get her, but to the rest of the world she is a paranoid wreck, Edelgard is also paranoid, in CF she only truly two people, Hubert and byleth, she tells no one, even potential allies because she is so paranoid of betrayal) and you get a wreck of a person

[@Anne_The_Hamster]

Her dad used to tie her to a chair and stuff like that to teach her to be a good wife-

[@cryguy0000]

@@thatonejoey1847 I feel like Three Hopes sort of ruins the dynamic between Bernadetta and her father. Because we only see the cowardly and pathetic side of him, we never once get insight into his abusive behavior so for all we know Bernie could just be making it up. All it does is treat him like a joke almost as much as it does to Bernie, which is literally the worst aspect of her character. Three hopes had so much potential to flesh her out, or give us insight but it just didn't. Which really stinks because I've been in practically the same shoes as Bernie has been growing up and all of those little details are what make her one of the best characters in Three Houses and one of my favorites ever. Also just wanna clarify a persecution complex is the belief you deserve suffering and misery, which ties into her constant abuse and low self-esteem, another uncomfortably relatable aspect of her

[@Elementardarkness]

Well his tyrant side is mostly when being at home

[@nokonation40]

the effort on the "H E A T E D" 2:46

[@SleezeBreeze38]

I was freaking dying laughing when I first saw that support convo. 🤣

[@winster32]

*hEaTed*

[@KudaGeatsune3821]

No matter how pessimistic she is I will always love Bernie

[@samboi123]

You forgot the best one, “This is my safe space and they can’t have it!”

[@cryguy0000]

I don't remember that one. If it wasn't in the demo it wouldn't have been in the video anyways, but a sequel may be in order

[@samboi123]

@@cryguy0000 it plays when she goes to defend a stronghold!

[@cryguy0000]

@@samboi123 okay, that makes sense. I never made my units defend strongholds

[@samboi123]

@@cryguy0000 fair. I just heard it bc I’d have units defend strongholds to be ready for enemies to appear

[@joemarais7683]

*Trains up Bernie to a max level sniper that's untouchable" Bernie: I hope we survive. Bruh.

[@SagittariusAyy]

Erica Mendez is a treasure

[@kuyagab4444]

She was meant for that role

[@elevate07]

We must protect her

[@MrSentinel07]

She's the best. My favorite actress. :)

[@michaelcabangbang]

the voice of many best girls

[@thevioletbee5879]

Holy shit, she’s Gon and Ryuko? Normally I can recognize her voice on the spot.

[@raptorpantz11_ssbU]

I love how this is the same girl who voiced ryuko matoi from kill la kill. Like it’s amazing how she can so easily voice two completely opposite characters and both are still awesome

[@Loyal_Samwise]

Wow! I didn't know that now I like her even more! Thanks for the info.

[@michaelcabangbang]

funnily enough Hapi is Mako

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

@@michaelcabangbang That explains their support conversation

[@paperluigi6132]

@@firewolf950tfwgaming7 it’s funny how the two of them are the opposite of their Kill la Kill character’s personality wise.

[@raccowoon906]

''Sometimes i wish i was a rock''

[@dumazroy3462]

“… then just roll away quietly, and you’ll be fine…”

[@AngelLuck21]

Mood

[@doorkey6159]

"I'm going to win and I'm going to smile while doing it" Has got to be my favorite line. Sounds like something midoriya would say

[@specimenx4139]

Fr she does the first chance I got I reclassed her as an armor knight and she said "I just wanna go home" that shit was fucking hysterical

[@Lechgang]

"NOOOOO, SOMEONE PLEASE FREE POOR BERNIE FROM THIS TORMEEEENT!"

[@winster32]

Thank you Erica Mendez. I’m die, thank you forever.

[@mrmilktrayman8002]

Bernie doing that weird Crab Attack Pose while going "It's not training, it's weird!" at Caspar is possibly the cutest thing I've ever fucking seen

[@MidnightBlackandVictoria]

Talk about a psychologically damaged kid. Shes funny like that in 3 houses as well.... Half the game she talks to you from the other side of a closed door, as she dont want to leave her room....And that reminds me of her supports with Ingrid and Yuri in that game....Hillarious. For anyone that loves her in 3 hopes and never played three houses, look up those supports.

[@thevioletbee5879]

Bernie will forever be a character I’m mixed on. She’s an almost cartoonish display of social anxiety that never grows to cope, and thus ends up being really depressing and almost annoying. On the other hand, bean.

[@cryguy0000]

She improves in Three Houses, after the time skip she in her room less often and more confident. She isn't 100% better, but nobody will be after trauma, it takes a very long time, I speak from experience.

[@Quetzalcoatl-Dragon_97]

@@cryguy0000 THEY GAVE HER CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT?! FRICK YES!!!!!

[@Shinobuu__404]

@@Quetzalcoatl-Dragon_97 she’s been had it in 3 houses, but people are still stuck on her pre-timeskip era where she’s kinda cartoonishly anxious, but she definitely is more confident in the post timeskip

[@XMizzTuraX]

I get you, I found it annoying at first but as you find out how her father treated her it makes sense and I came to need to protect her at all cost. I haven’t played much of 3 hopes and I’m doing golden deers route first but I hope we see what made Bernie grow as a character during that time skip seeing as this is kind of a similar time period and Edelgard is still conquering fodlan

[@koalachi]

I will always find it a bit irritating that people only see the social anxiety in Bernadetta. Social anxiety is the fear of being judged by others. It's the fear of doing something embarrassing, the feeling that everyone is judging you. Bernie clearly has something else besides her fear of going outside. I'd argue it's paranoia. In Caspars Support she insists that there are people in the armor that are going to harm her or in Dorothea's B Support in Three Houses she thinks Dorothea is about to harm her. In most of her supports, she jumps to the conclusion that people will harm her, even if there's no rational reason for them. She thinks everything and everyone is out to get her. The whole world is evil in her eyes. People with social anxiety can see the world as something that's good, they just might think they're the ones who are bad, not the world itself. ''Paranoia is characterized by a lack of trust in the motives of others and hostility; social anxiety is characterized by a lack of trust in one's own ability to meet social demands and self-blame. More studies are needed to understand how these constructs relate.'' While yes, her reactions are sometimes a bit too much and clearly a bit exaggerated, it's not that weird if you think about how people with paranoia think. Edelgards A support shows how hard the battle for those people is. Bernie might be able to overcome her social anxiety but will probably always have times where her paranoia comes back. It's not something she will be able to overcome without the proper help, which probably doesn't exist in Fodlan. :P

[@geckosarecute6304]

I love this girl. Especially Seteth and her banter in three houses. Don't know for three hopes I haven't gotten it yet but yeah she's great. I feel bad for her past though it's not fair. 😞

[@erick001bc]

Flutterahy: I'd like to be a tree. Bernie: I'd like to be a rock. My first play through of TH, I wasn't sure if Bernie was going to be my favorite or Marianne (who basically was a female version of me) but Bernie won me with after my father passed away. She left her roon to go leave flowers on his grave. That Got me. Still Marianne will always be a close second.

[@jakesghost5267]

Trickster bernie says all this while she solos every stage on maddening

[@jpplayerpl8085]

0:48 best line in any game

[@ghosthuntermike2592]

3:02 Rock out Linhardt

[@moonlight2870]

"This is torture and I'm gonna die"

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

Bernadetta is everyone's favourite character because she's relatable. Who nowadays doesn't have large amounts of anxiety? /hj

[@CalebPorter1105]

Y'know, realistically it's a goddamn mystery of the universe as to how Bernadetta has survived this long.

[@cryguy0000]

She just so happens to be really strong. Must be the insane adrenaline she gets being outside and attacked by strangers

[@chriskoloski32]

If you let Bernadettas father die in the last mission of the black eagle route, she is not bothered at all

[@cryguy0000]

I mean that's fair, he did some pretty awful things to her for her entire life. She's also cool with you exiling him at the end of Verdant Wind.

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

Hell, Edelgard basically apologizes to her for *not* killing her dad in a coup. She seems to have more regrets about not murdering Bernie's dad than she does about any of the thousands she slaughters.

[@michaelcabangbang]

And that is why Bernie is best girl

[@SylarGKIW]

0:48 This is a cry for help, that simply cannot be ignored.

[@Mortal2064]

Ah, a fellow connoisseur of Bernadetta Von Varley. Excellent taste. ...Bernie is best girl.

[@cpgxy]

YOU don't expect me to go out there and fight DO YOU?

[@scanchannel3259]

1:56 Kinda Forgot she had Ptsd from her father didn't you Caspar. (Wait he dosen't know I think)

[@Mariocat99]

Between her and casper in SB. Both are funny af

[@StevenTheKitto]

And then she rolled away quietly. 😊

[@Skillshot360s]

Bernadetta feels like a parody of her character. And I love it

[@cryguy0000]

@@Skillshot360s part of me loves it too, but I'm also sad they doubled down on the aspects people disliked most about her. I want her problems to be taken more seriously and for her to go in depth about her past and whatnot.

[@azul-currymagician4909]

Should I make Bernadetta a Gremory? Just as I said on my Amalia account, she does have the same VA as Arle Nadja

[@armorbearer9702]

(1:55) Silly Bernie! Caspar is not a dark mage.

[@pixelchu]

Bernie is a mood lol

[@deckardshaw6696]

Bernie Bear ❤️

[@AzulStryer]

Fun fact: Erica Mendez also voices Arle Nadja

[@pawadox4958]

"HEY! CREEPER! HELOOOO0!"

[@UniGya]

I feel bad for Bernie in Three Hopes. For everyone else it’s probably the better timeline but for her she never gets over her anxieties and they arguably get even worse

[@cryguy0000]

I don't know if I'd say she's worse. I do kind of like seeing just what she's like without Byleth's influence. It's more like she's stagnant, she isn't worse but not really better either. Hits kinda close to home

[@amtrak_121]

When you find out Bernie is voiced by Yuuki/Ryuko

[@interstellar0001]

Why does Caspar sound like Elmo?

[@yousefjeff9455]

What I’ve been saying for years.

[@juampisito]

Always has been xd

[@willberg8599]

The irony of her being my best op. Lol

[@grimreaper5864]

My top waifu

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

Oh look, my wife.

[@infinitygenealpa]

Protecc

[@HZConqueror]

Bernie is one of the funniest characters along with Constance even though is shouldn’t make of of Constance.

[@cryguy0000]

You shouldn't make fun of Bernie either.

[@ht82smash42]

Fun fact: Bernadetta and Lianna from the first Fire Emblem Warriors have the same VA. Talk about a glow up

[@BranJohn98]

Don't mind me, just enjoying best girl

[@shadekerensky3691]

Me: *realizes Caspar is voiced by Ben Diskin and Bernie is voiced by Erika Mendez and that people ship Caspar and Bernie* Oh my God, I'll never be able to escape the REtsuko x Haida ship even going outside that universe.

[@orvaldurgumundson1809]

We all love how whiney she is 😂

[@probablydeadoof19]

how dare she disrespect caspar

[@wildharpy6435]

I'm disappointed Petra's support isn't here.

[@cryguy0000]

I don't think I did that one before I uploaded this

[@wildharpy6435]

@@cryguy0000 oh ok, cool

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

Lol

[@CSDragon]

I don't like that they made her a coward here Bernie was never afraid of fighting in 3 houses. She has crippling social anxiety not cowardice

[@cryguy0000]

I wouldn't really call her brave in 3 houses. She just generally has a distrust in others and no desire to do anything outside of her hobbies. In battle she constantly mentions how she thinks she'll die or how she wants to leave.

[@GetNub]

Name of game ?

[@cryguy0000]

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

[@aniwala91]

Bernadette is a playful caricature of what having anxiety is. I found her character to be very annoying.

[@aegeon5650]

I can understand that point of view but I feel like the game is a bit more self aware than that. As someone who has anxiety myself a lot of the stuff Bernadetta says in response to situations are the types of things I think to myself all the time. I just know better not to say them out loud because I understand on some level how absurd they are. The playfulness, as you described it, with bernadetta doesn’t just come from the fact that she has anxiety, it comes from the fact that she’s so wrapped up in the scenarios that her nerves create in her own mind that it makes her seem delusional. Because that’s the thing about anxiety, it’s inherently irrational. So from an outsiders perspective, it can come across as kinda comical that someone would actually believe these things. Where her character development comes from is her being able to see past those delusions that her anxiety creates and not allow them to hold her back and prevent her from doing her best.

[@cryguy0000]

@@aegeon5650 Yeah, I see a lot of myself in Bernadetta. I just keep those negative thoughts to myself, but in the back of my head I'm always insulting myself and thinking everyone is out to get me for one reason or another. Bernadetta didn't really have friends and grew up isolated and forced into silence, so it isn't surprising to see why she's so quick to blurt out what she's thinking. Aside from that, looking at Bernie is like looking at a mirror image of myself, or at least a large chunk of myself