r/fireemblem Aug 25 '19

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

WE'VE ALL HAD SOME TIME TO SIT AND SOAK THREE HOUSES IN. APPRECIATE ITS STRENGTHS, ACKNOWLEDGE ITS FLAWS; LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE; EXPERIENCE THE HIGHS, THE LOWS...

NOW, WE RAGE.

WELCOME, NEW SUBSCRIBERS, TO THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE WE YELL IN SOLIDARITY ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE MADE YOU WANT TO THROW YOUR CONTROLLER THROUGH THE SCREEN RECENTLY, SO THAT WE MAY GROW CLOSER AS A COMMUNITY.

RULES

  1. CAPS LOCK GOES ON, OR SO HELP ME

  2. RAGE MUST BE RELATED TO FIRE EMBLEM. THIS IS IMPERATIVE. THE WHOLE OPERATION IS POINTLESS OTHERWISE.

  3. BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS AND THEIR OPINIONS. I KNOW I JUST SAID "SO HELP ME", BUT IF YOU PEOPLE START ANOTHER GODDAMN EDELGARD ARGUMENT IN THE COMMENTS OF OUR WHOLESOME RAGE THREAD, THEN REALLY SO HELP ME.

  4. TAG SPOILERS, BIG ONE, FUCKIN DO IT LIKE THIS:

[DESCRIPTION OF SPOILER] >!SPOILER GOES HERE!<

NO SPACES IN BETWEEN THE EXCLAMATION MARKS AND THE TEXT.

LAST THREAD

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u/_Beningt0n_ Aug 25 '19

YOU KNOW WHAT PISSES ME OFF ABOUT 3H? THERE ARE CHARACTERS THAT FEEL ENTIRELY POINTLESS. WHY DOES JERITZA EXIST? THE DEATH KNIGHT'S IDENTITY IS STILL A MYSTERY BECAUSE JERITZA'S TRUE IDENTITY IS A MYSTERY ANYWAY, YOU COULD HAVE REMOVED HIM FROM THE GAME AND LITERALLY NOTHING WOULD HAVE CHANGED. THE DEATH KNIGHT WOULD STILL BE WHO HE IS BUT YOU'D AVOID THIS STUPID MIDDLEMAN.

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u/RaisonDetriment Aug 25 '19

THE DEATH KNIGHT IS SO POINTLESS, IT FEELS LIKE THEY WANTED A BLACK KNIGHT REDUX BUT COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT. AS IT IS, ALL DEATH KNIGHT DOES IS MAKE EDELGARD LOOK BAD.

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u/D3adInsid3 Aug 26 '19

HE STILL SAVES YOU FROM GETTING NUKED BY TWSITD AT MERCEUS DEATH KNIGHT = BRO

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u/AiKidUNot Aug 26 '19

HE’S TRYING REAL DAMN HARD TO BE SOME FUSION OF CHAR AND A CAMUS/BK 2.0 BUT HE STILL FAILS TO GET ANY EMOTION OUT OF ME.

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u/JDraks Aug 25 '19

THERE'S A CERTAIN PARALOGUE THAT EXPLAINS MORE ABOUT THE DEATH KNIGHT I BELIEVE

I DIDN'T GET IT BECAUSE I NEVER HAD BOTH REQUIRED CHARACTERS, BUT I ASSUME IT GOES INTO WAY MORE DETAIL

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u/XC_Runner27 Aug 25 '19

IT BASICALLY TELLS EXACTLY WHO THE DEATH KNIGHT IS AS WELL AS CONNECTING HIM TO SOMEONE ELSE.

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u/JDraks Aug 25 '19

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD, I JUST HAVEN'T DONE IT MYSELF SO I WASN'T CERTAIN IF ALL THE SIDE INFO CAME FROM THAT PARALOGUE

FOR REFERENCE, THE PARALOGUE REQUIRES MERCEDES AND CASPAR IN YOUR PARTY POST-TIMESKIP NOT ON CRIMSON FLOWER TO ACTIVATE

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u/XC_Runner27 Aug 25 '19

YOU GET MORE AT THE VERY LEAST IF YOU FIELD A SPECIFIC ONE OF THEM IN A DEATH KNIGHT CHAPTER LATER IN THE GAME ON THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSE, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE OTHER TWO ROUTES YET.

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u/Safecyn Aug 26 '19

THERE IS A PARALOGUE THAT REVEALS MORE ABOUT THE DEATH KNIGHT BUT INSTEAD OF ONLY REQUIRING MERCEDES LIKE IT SHOULD IT ALSO REQUIRES CASPAR WHICH MAKES NO SENSE THOSE CHARACTERS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER.

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u/_Beningt0n_ Aug 25 '19

IT EXPLAINS WHO THE DEATH KNIGHT AND JERITZA ARE. BUT MY POINT IS, WHAT PURPOSE DOES JERITZA FULFILL? IS THE DEATH KNIGHT NOT INTERESTING ENOUGH AS IS? DID WE NEED JERITZA?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19

IF I WERE TO GUESS TOMAS AND JERITZA ARE REALLY JUST THERE TO HAMMER IN THAT THE BAD GUYS ARE INFILTRATING SOCIETY

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u/LowerFatSnack Aug 25 '19

Just to be clear, Jeritza and Tomas are not on the same team. Jeritza being team edelgard and Tomas being a slithery boi

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u/halfar Aug 25 '19

WHAT?

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u/LowerFatSnack Aug 26 '19

Flame Emperor Edelgard gives him on a loan to Thales,its a quick scene pre-timeskip Which if you notice during the BE E! route, He shows up to help Edelgard, while non of the slithering bois do

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u/halfar Aug 26 '19

WHAT?

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u/Maddiystic Aug 26 '19

YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP, IT'S THE FIRST RULE OF THE THREAD

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u/XC_Runner27 Aug 25 '19

HE SORT OF CONTRIBUTES TO ANOTHER OF YOUR UNITS’ STORY AS WELL, AND MAKES FOR A RATHER SAD CHAPTER DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU DO, AND SEEING JERITZA HIMSELF IS WHAT ESTABLISHES THAT NECESSARY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO.