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I created a blog on the topic, but I'll try to put everything here too.
For the first one, it simply makes zero sense. Rhea at no point counters the Javelin of Light explosions. Meanwhile, the physical casings of the bombs obviously wouldn't scale to the payload, because the entire point is the casings do not contain the explosions, otherwise there wouldn't be an explosion at all.
As for surviving the explosions, there's something more important I'll bring up later, but for now, Rhea clearly didn't survive the entirety of the explosion, as she was near the outskirts.
Not to mention, Rhea was greatly damaged by this, almost dying. While Rhea was weakened at the time, that dosn't magically mean Rhea scales to the full yield of the blast. Not to mention...
There's no reason to assume that the Javelins of Light are any different. Assuming that different Javelins have the exact same power despite having different sized explosions is frankly unreasonable. There is no proof.
Fighting Byleth is Jeritza's main motivation. If Jeritza believed at all that he and Byleth could survive the Javelin of Light, he wouldn't even remotely care what happens to everyone else. Jeritza fully believed that, despite being on the outskirts of the city, the Javelins of Light would kill both him and Byleth, despite him and Byleth both alledgedly scaling to the Javelins of Light.
Jeriza is a very analytical fighter, he'd probably know if he could survive something like that. Considering even mages in training can conjure Town level meteors and explosions and lots of soldiers can survive that, and barrels of explosives are commonly used in Three Houses as seen with battalions, I seriously doubt Jeritza just thinks he can't survive explosions.
Characters also universally consider Javelins of Light to be massive threats no matter how strong they are. The people of Fodlan, who once again are used to tier 7 explosions being used in warfare, consider the effects of Javelins of Light to be nothing less than an act of the Goddess.
Debunking the feats
Now, let's look at the feats that let the cast of Three Houses scale to Javelins of Light. Specifically, Rhea destroying/overpowering and surviving a Javelin of Light.For the first one, it simply makes zero sense. Rhea at no point counters the Javelin of Light explosions. Meanwhile, the physical casings of the bombs obviously wouldn't scale to the payload, because the entire point is the casings do not contain the explosions, otherwise there wouldn't be an explosion at all.
As for surviving the explosions, there's something more important I'll bring up later, but for now, Rhea clearly didn't survive the entirety of the explosion, as she was near the outskirts.
Not to mention, Rhea was greatly damaged by this, almost dying. While Rhea was weakened at the time, that dosn't magically mean Rhea scales to the full yield of the blast. Not to mention...
The Javelin that Rhea survived was not as strong as the High 7-A ones
Now, I have brought up this before, but the point is the Javelins of Light are clearly tools made with destruction in mind, and the explosions we see from the Javelins dropped (Like the ones Rhea survives) don't cause anywhere near the amount of destruction required to be High 7-A. As seen here, one Javelin only destroys the roof of the area the characters were in, we don't even see the explosion. Hell, the roof is mostly fine, it crumbles to the ground instead of being totally atomized like an actual High 7-A explosion condensed into such a small area would do.Debunking "It scales because it's magic"
This is an argument I've seen often. "The Javelins of Light with smaller explosions scale to the Javelins with bigger explosions because they're magic". However, this makes very little sense.Fire Emblem's Magic System
Now, Magic in Fire Emblem varies depending on a number of things. The most obvious is the individual spell. For example, some wind spells are stronger than other wind spells. It also varies on how powerful the caster is. Someone with more skill or better natural talent will be doing more damage than someone without, obviously. Even when using the exact same spell, or using a spell for the exact same effect, there will be variants in power.There's no reason to assume that the Javelins of Light are any different. Assuming that different Javelins have the exact same power despite having different sized explosions is frankly unreasonable. There is no proof.
Characters not scaling to Javelins is more consistent
In this scene, The Death Knight says "Leave now or all of you will die." Not "Most of you will die except Byleth because he's really strong". Not to mention, when he realized the Javelin was coming, Jeritza instantly started running and suggested even his enemies do the same.Fighting Byleth is Jeritza's main motivation. If Jeritza believed at all that he and Byleth could survive the Javelin of Light, he wouldn't even remotely care what happens to everyone else. Jeritza fully believed that, despite being on the outskirts of the city, the Javelins of Light would kill both him and Byleth, despite him and Byleth both alledgedly scaling to the Javelins of Light.
Jeriza is a very analytical fighter, he'd probably know if he could survive something like that. Considering even mages in training can conjure Town level meteors and explosions and lots of soldiers can survive that, and barrels of explosives are commonly used in Three Houses as seen with battalions, I seriously doubt Jeritza just thinks he can't survive explosions.
Characters also universally consider Javelins of Light to be massive threats no matter how strong they are. The people of Fodlan, who once again are used to tier 7 explosions being used in warfare, consider the effects of Javelins of Light to be nothing less than an act of the Goddess.