@RehnSturm256 According to the JewTube post, some Claude stans even Cope by claiming that Claude suffered an Arundel/Tomas/Cornelia-style replacement which makes ZERO sense. Of course, I also saw some faggots on GameFAQs try to justify Claude's actions, by saying that the Kingdom and the Church are racist - because declaring war in the name of anti-racism totally isn't crazy and psychopathic.

Very interesting aside - Claude is actually the ONLY Lord that can be killed in Three Hopes (in fact, I just did it today on the Edelgard route), which does somewhat strengthen the whole Villain Protagonist theory. The way Claude treats his old friends when they fight him also says a lot about his character:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE0Gcyo6bxM

Ironically, only while talking to Lorenz does Claude still come across as a decent person.