Ahh, I took so long to answer this! I’m sorry D: I kept meaning to get around to it, but here it is! Glad you enjoyed my random little tags (honestly though, that’s all I do these days; tags.) but honestly? Gladio’s pretty damn intelligent. I only mean to briefly cover why I think so, buuuuuut I ended up writing an essay, which is kind of what I do for everything, y’all should know better by now XD.
TL;DR: Gladiolus Amicitia is an intelligent, well-educated young man.
Hellish essay under the cut for anybody who’s interested because I will stan this man until my dying breath. @blossattic look what you made me do XD.
~ Oh ho ho! What can I say? Thanks for that wonderful essay @amberswordlilies! It’s been truly a pleasure to read.
I really liked how you tapped into some key points of his upbringing. Sometimes we only see him as the muscles of the group, not really paying attention to all those details.
Gladio has so much to give and it’s overlooked. He’s a fascinating character once you look onto him and his very human actions. We see him mature from his hotheaded early teens when he reacts strongly over specific topics like Noct’s worth to be king or Iris going missing, to his more calm big brotherly type as he takes his time to hear Noct’s feelings and encourage Ignis to not judge Noct as a kid who doesn’t want to focus on his role.
It’s also interesting to take into consideration that Gladio is shown in different lights on both Japanese localisation and the English one. I don’t know much about it, but apparently there’s a difference on how both Gladios speak.
…and I’m getting a little carried away?
Either way, it’s a really exciting topic to dive into. Thanks for opening the gates into it! 😉
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