Yggdra Union/YMMV

""The phrase 'come near me and I'll kill you' is a little misleading. You might think that as long as you don't come near me you won't get killed, but even if you stay away, I'll still kill you!""
 * Alternative Character Interpretation: On the subject of Nessiah: Now that his relationship with Gulcasa (which has been very vague and subtextual up until now) has finally been made canon in Blaze Union, some people believe it to help humanize him (as his distressed indecision and eventual suicide in BF18 imply that he might have fully reciprocated Gulcasa's feelings), while others think that his taking advantage of their closeness to manipulate Bronquia makes him seem even more callous.
 * Angst? What Angst?: Remember all those Flunkies he had following him around? Ever wonder what happened to them? According to Word of God, they were slaughtered to a man over the course of Chapter 1. And Milanor doesn't bat an eyelid.
 * Die for Our Ship: Every now and then the Ship-to-Ship Combat between Milanor/Yggdra fans and Milanor/Kylier ones gets ugly. With Milanor/Elena also being fairly popular, Kylier seems to get this treatment the most often.
 * Foe Yay: Yggdra and Gulcasa, in spades. Complete with Innocent Innuendo commentary from Emilia towards the end of Chapter 4.
 * Game Breakers: Gulcasa and Nessiah, who by themselves can slaughter the player's full Union and do it with ease. Luckily, Yggdra also becomes one after her Awesome Moment of Crowning.
 * Milanor's statistics ensure that if he's leveled up diligently enough, he can become one as well.
 * And you can't forget Fanelia. Just... Fanelia.
 * Provided you use a few stat boosting items on her before she levels up too much, Mistel absolutely murders everything. The primary reason being that her weapon is a scythe.
 * Inferred Holocaust:
 * Iron Woobie: Gulcasa.
 * Jerkass Woobie: Leon.
 * Launcher of a Thousand Ships: Roswell, thanks mostly to the Unwanted Harem.
 * Les Yay: Zilva and Elena.
 * Don't forget Pamela's obsession with Nietzsche...
 * Magnificent Bastard:
 * Memetic Molester: Ortega is slowly becoming one.
 * Memetic Mutation: From one particular what-were-they-thinking change to the English script, Japan gives us あいいえええええぇぇぇ.
 * COME NEAR ME, AND I'LL KILL YOU!

- Mai Nakahara, ad-libbing in character about 寄らば、斬ります！ in the radio segment of the same name


 * "How about attacking at night?"
 * Japan seems to be of the opinion that the English translation of the game is laughable. (Some English-speaking fans agree.) Their favorite line to make fun of is the way that every female scream is changed from your standard "AAAAAAAAA" to "Aiiieeeeee!", most famously in the scene where Yggdra is fired upon by Eudy. Just about every fan site in existence has made some crack at it, and on Pixiv, there are several pictures of Yggdra that are either titled or captioned "あいいいいえええええぇぇぇ".
 * Also, TOUCH ME AND I'LL CUT YOU (or, in the English version, "Come near me and I shall strike you down"), a fan favorite of Yggdra's lines from early in the game. Sting Entertainment is well aware that it's a fan favorite, and it's used much more often in Yggdra Unison; the online radio show hosted by Yggdra and Kylier's voice actresses even had a segment named after the line.
 * Moe: Yggdra, Nietzsche, Pamela, Emilia, Nessiah and #367. Just to name a few.
 * Moral Event Horizon: Some people consider the Royal Army to have crossed it in Chapter 7 with the slaughter of the Bronquian civilians, though they are uncomfortable with it themselves; others see Nessiah's manipulation of Kylier's body as crossing the line, too, despite what Kylier herself has to say about it.
 * Player Punch: And then there's
 * Scrappy Mechanic: Cutscenes "eating" cards by removing your turn after you choose a card, forcing you to choose a new card.
 * That One Boss: Having to fight Gulcasa so many times is part of what makes players consider the game to be Nintendo Hard.
 * That One Sidequest: Mjollnir. Also, the Glittering Ash and Good Luck Charm.
 * Tier-Induced Scrappy: There is no way to make Russel a better combatant than Yggdra. You generally don't want to use more than one character with the same weapon, unless they're staff users. So most people don't use him at all.
 * Cruz. While he does have a bonus during the day and is immune to being countered, he suffers from the same thing Russel does: Elena is a better bow user than Cruz could ever be. There's even a great card that's exclusively for use by her, leaving even less reason to use Cruz.
 * Viewer Gender Confusion: Nessiah and the generic Necromancer units were widely (and now infamously) mistaken for women on one of the Fan Dumb boards. This led to much amusement and Stupid Sexy Flanders, although none of the in-game characters have trouble telling that the characters in question are male.