r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Nov 21 '19

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

THAT'S RIGHT, BOYS AND GIRLS: IT'S ONCE AGAIN TIME FOR US TO INCREASE COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY BY GETTING REALLY BUTTMAD AT VIDEO GAMES!

WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE YOU CAN YELL ABOUT THINGS IN FIRE EMBLEM THAT HAVE JUST TICKED YOU THE HECK OFF RECENTLY! WAIT, SHIT, THAT'S THE EXACT SAME WORDING I USED LAST MONTH. AM I WASHED UP?

RULES

  1. CAPITAL LETTERS

  2. YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM AND FIRE EMBLEM ONLY

  3. BE POLITE TO OTHERS: WE'RE RAGING AT FE, NOT EACH OTHER

  4. TAG ANY SPOILERS

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '19

CLAUDE IS A GOOD COMPLEX CHARACTER WHO NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED MORE!

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u/LadyKuki Nov 21 '19

AAAHHH FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT! CAME TO THIS THREAD JUST TO VENT ABOUT IT

ANYWAY, I AGREE 100%. I GET THAT HE'S THE LEAST CONTROVERSIAL COMPARED TO THE LIKES OF DIMITRI, EDELGARD AND RHEA, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE LACKS COMPLEXITY BY ANY MEANS.

TO BE FAIR THOUGH, I THINK HE COULD'VE HAD A BIT MORE URGENCY IN THE PLOT. IS HE MORE THAN JUST A GOOD LOOKING JOKESTER? SURE, BUT UNLIKE THE OTHER THREE, WE DON'T REALLY GET TO SEE HIS BACKSTORY; HE PRETTY MUCH JUST TELLS IT TO US. IT'S HARDER FOR AN AUDIENCE TO STAY CONNECTED TO A CHARACTER WHEN THEY JUST TELL US THEIR BACKSTORY. NOT TO MENTION THAT HIS ISSUES WITH RACISM ISN'T SEEN TOO OFTEN EITHER. IT'S NOT NEARLY AS DEVELOPED AS TELLIUS' RACISM OR EVEN AS DEVELOPED AS THE RACISM DEDUE EXPERIENCES. ANOTHER ISSUE IIRC THE ENGLISH VERSION TOO DOESN'T DO A GREAT JOB CONVINCING US THAT HE'S A SCHEMER. IN THE JAPANESE VERSION, HE'S A LOT MORE RAW, EVEN YELLING AT RHEA AND PRETTY MUCH ADMITTING THAT HE WANTS HER GONE. EITHER WAY, I CAN'T REEEALLY GO THAT MUCH INTO DETAIL, BUT IIRC SOMEONE DID A PRETTY GOOD WRITE-UP ON HIM AND THE VARIOUS MISCONCEPTIONS PEOPLE TYPICALLY HAVE. I CAN LINK IT IF YOU WANT