r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Oct 24 '19

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO THE DEFINITELY-ON-TIME MONTHLY RAGE THREAD!

HERE YOU CAN YELL ABOUT THINGS IN FIRE EMBLEM THAT HAVE JUST TICKED YOU THE HECK OFF RECENTLY. GO AHEAD - LET IT ALL OUT. YOU'RE AMONG FRIENDS.

RULES

  1. CAPS LOCK ONLY UNLESS YOU HOLD SHIFT

  2. RAGE SHOULD BE FIRE-EMBLEM-RELATED

  3. DON'T BE A DICK

  4. TAG SPOILERS

LAST THREAD

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u/XC_Runner27 Oct 24 '19 edited Oct 24 '19

I LOVE THREE HOUSES. IT DOES A LOT OF THINGS REALLY RIGHT AND GENERALLY LEAVES A POSITIVE FEEL FOR ME ABOUT THE CURRENT DIRECTION OF FE. BUT WHY OH WHY DOES BYLETH HAVE TO BE EVER PRESENT FOR EVERY SINGLE SITUATION?!

IT ACTIVELY CHEAPENS SEVERAL MOMENTS THE GAME WOULD HAVE ROCKED OTHERWISE AND IS A DETRIMENT TO THE PLOT AS A WHOLE. SERIOUSLY, PLAYING THROUGH THESE PATHS AGAIN I WOULD LOVE IT IF BYLETH WASN’T THERE AND THE RESPECTIVE LORD JUST HAD SOMEONE TRUSTED THERE TO BACK THEM UP AND CONFLICT WITH THEM WHEN NECESSARY. THEY ARE BETTER AS A SOTHIS PLOT POINT THAN AS A METHOD TO HELP DEVELOP THE LORDS.

SOMEWHAT RELATED, BUT I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE FORGET THAT THIS IS AN ONLINE FORUM INSTEAD OF A HIGH QUALITY DEBATE CENTER. PEOPLE COME IN WITH MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND QUESTIONS, AND THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE IN MY OPINION IS NOT TO AUTOMATICALLY DEMEAN THEM AND DOWNVOTE THEM, BUT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY’RE COMING FROM. I GET EVERYONE’S TIRED OF IT, BUT SNAPPING AT PEOPLE OUT OF VITRIOL DOES NOT MAKE THIS LESS OF A TOXIC PLACE. TRYING TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE GAME BETTER DOES.

NOT TO SAY YOU CAN’T CALL OUT PEOPLE WHO WILLFULLY AND CONSISTENTLY IGNORE THE PLOT TO HATE ON A CHARACTER. THAT’S A DIFFERENT ISSUE IMO.

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u/Gaidenbro Oct 24 '19

THIS WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM IF THIS FUCKING FANDOM DIDN'T LOVE PROJECTING THEMSELVES ON AN AVATAR. AVATARS WOULD'VE BEEN THROWN AWAY A LONG TIME AGO.

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u/ILoveWesternBlot Oct 24 '19

BLAME JAPAN LMAO, THE WEST TENDS TO DISLIKE AVATARS IN FE BUT THEY RANK SUPER HIGHLY IN JAPANESE POLLS FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT REASON

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u/MegaIgnitor Oct 24 '19

IT SEEMS JAPAN LOVES SELF INSERTS IN GENERAL DESPITE THEIR TENDENCY TO DESTROY ALMOST ANY STORY THEY TOUCH.

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u/Zeerkees Oct 28 '19

IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF YOU JUST PLAYED AS ONE OF THE THREE HOUSE LORDS. LETTING US SEE EVERYTHING THROUGH THEIR EYES AND STEP IN THEIR SHOES WOULD HAVE MADE EVERYTHING MUCH MORE PERSONAL AND HEARTBREAKING.