History TrappedInADatingSim / TropesPToZ

* WeaponBasedCharacterization: While they each tend to use whatever's on hand ([[CripplingOverspecialization except Chris]]), the following characters have clear preferences:
** Leon: ShotgunsAreJustBetter.
** Julius: KnightlySwordAndShield.
** Jilk is a ColdSniper.
** Chris is a MasterSwordsman.
** Greg: [[BladeOnAStick A spear]].
** Brad: FlyingWeapon.
** Marie: GoodOldFisticuffs.
** Angelica is a MageMarksman but prefers rifles.

** Greg: A spear

* WeddingSmashers: In Alzer, [[spoiler:Noelle's status as priestess and member of the destroyed Lespinasse gets discovered by Loic, who then forces Noelle to marry him. Leon, after being convinced to not worry about causing another international incident, crashes the wedding to rescue Noelle.]]

* PointOfDivergence: The WhatIf Marie Route Side Story, splits from the main story after the end of Volume 1, chapter 3, where Leon first sees Marie. That'd be the end of chapter 4 for the Manga adaptation.

* The title of Volume 9 Chapter 7: "[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Those Who Slither in the Dark]]"

* UnwantedSpouse: Both Leon's father Balcus' marriage to Zola, and King Roland's marriage to Mylene, are mutually unwanted political marriages. From Mylene's point of view, it's more that she tries to make it work, but Roland doesn't care at all and takes her for granted, running around as TheCasanova adding to his RoyalHarem instead, pushing all his work onto her, leaving her [[DesperatelyCravesAffection desperately craving affection.]]

** One exception is the [[SinisterMinister snobby priestess]] in league with Zola who demands the Saint's Necklace from Leon and a "donation" as well. The commander is mortified after hearing this, saying they had only come to retrieve the necklace.

** Angelica gives Leon a key clue that the woman she took into his café is actually [[KingIncognito The Queen (incognito)]], prompting Leon to become LaughingMad and rampage against the group harassing them.

** Generally from the fourth volume onwards, [[spoiler:Marie calls Leon big bro all the time, which causes a misunderstanding that Leon's father had an affair with Marie's mother, and put a bump in Leon's parents otherwise HappilyMarried domestic life. As well as put fuel on the fire of Leon being suspected of having some kind of sister fetish, since Leon was also witnessed calling Louise big sis before the two kissed.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the third volume: [[spoiler:The vast majority of men in Holfort Kingdom fence sit, defect, or flee when the Principality crushes the main fleet. We're shown a montage of them taking their mistresses and her children, while abandoning their wives and their children. Leon's group of poor nobles were about to do the same, until he blackmails them into helping him instead. This has the after-effect of the divorced Zola, as well as Marie's families being stripped of their nobility.]]

* The title of Volume 9 Chapter 7: "[[FireEmblemThreeHouses Those Who Slither in the Dark]]"

** Greg: BladeOnAStick.
** Brad: FlyingWeapon BladeOnAStick.

* TierInducedScrappy: InUniverse, Leon's view of the five love interests, as they were terrible units for the later stages of the game, leading to many {{game over}}s. It is one of the reasons why Leon enjoys dueling them, as he is partly venting his frustrations. [[spoiler:This is also why in their past life Marie forced Leon to beat the game, as she was stuck due to the unforgiving difficulty.]]

* TriangRelations: [[spoiler:Leon, Olivia, and Angelica get engaged,]] [[ThreesomeSubtext forming a type 8]].

* UnderestimatingBadassery: When Leon steps in to represent Angelica against Marie and the five love interests, no one thinks that Leon is going to win the resulting duel. Needless to say nearly the entire student body bets against Leon winning the duel, thinking they could earn easy money, only to lose everything when Leon wins.

* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Leon invoked this when trying to get Angelica to move on from the situation between Marie, Julius and her, saying the best revenge would be to live happily without him, and it succeeds in helping her cope and be happier. It is however, [[{{Hypocrite}} complete hypocrisy]] coming from the petty and spiteful Leon. [[spoiler:She gets this revenge on Julius in the third volume, when he's shocked by her smile when talking about Leon.]]

* AWizardDidIt: Leon {{invoke|dTrope}}s this when asked by Olivia to explain the VideoGameTropes behind how the dungeon they're exploring functions. Later subverted when he explains how the dust [[ReducedToDust enemies are reduced to]] gets recycled to refill the dungeon.

** Also from the second dating sim, [[spoiler:as part of his HiddenDepths, Emile turns out to be this, shooting at Lelia in an IfICantHaveYou moment]]. Him being this was suspected [[ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter by Marie prior.]]

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* ResistanceAsPlanned: [[spoiler:According to the Queen in volume 3, a lot of the CrapsackWorld elements of the kingdom were set up deliberately by its founders to subtly encourage an eventual revolution that would abolish the aristocracy in favor of a liberal democracy.]]

* SuddenlySuitableSuitor: {{Deconstructed}}: This was supposed to happen in the game's plot, to make Olivia eligible to marry one of the dateable cast, who are each high nobles. However, since Leon knows this, it serves as one of the obstacles keeping him from considering her as a partner. Unlike the five, his status cannot compare to a saints.

** Propagate a wildly unbalanced system where women have most of the social power and men largely do the labour and fight the battles? [[spoiler:Don't be surprised that many of them refuse to fight to save the nation and, by extension, the status quo.]]