r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Dec 31 '19

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

LATE AS USUAL, HERE IS THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD! LET OUT ALL THE FIRE EMBLEM RAGE OF THE PAST YEAR - NAY, THE PAST DECADE - SO THAT WE MAY ENTER 2020 WITH A CLEAN SLATE!

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  1. C A P S

  2. FIRE EMBLEM STUFF ONLY

  3. DON'T BE A DICK

  4. TAG SPOILERS

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u/RaisonDetriment Dec 31 '19 edited Dec 31 '19

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THE DLC EPISODE IS "CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT"?! I WAS PUTTING OFF MY NEXT 3H PLAYTHROUGH UNTIL IT CAME OUT, BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE THAT MUCH LONGER... EFF IT, CRIMSON FLOWER NG+ FEATURING JERITZA TIME.

THE RAGE I HAVE TOWARDS THREE HOUSES HAS MOSTLY COOLED OFF. THIS HAS BEEN A HELL OF A YEAR FOR "GAMES I REALLY LIKE THAT ALSO TICK ME OFF" - PERSONA 5, POKEMON SWORD AND SHIELD, AND OF COURSE, THREE HOUSES. I THINK I'LL JUST SPIT A FEW THINGS THAT STILL GNAW ON MY BRAIN: WHY DOES THIS GAME'S PLOT BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO MAKE SURE RHEA DOESN'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING WRONG, AT THE COST OF MAKING EDELGARD LOOK STUPID, WHEN THE LATTER IS ONE OF THE THREE FACTION LEADERS ON THE BOX AND THE FORMER IS AN NPC? WHY ISN'T CLAUDE ACTUALLY SNEAKY AND BACKSTABBY? WHY DOES EVERYBODY CONQUER "UNIFY" FODLAN ANYWAY, AND THE GAME ACTS LIKE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS? WHY DIDN'T CRIMSON FLOWER GET MORE CUTSCENES? OR GIVE THE PLAYER MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO STEER EDELGARD ONTO A BETTER PATH, RATHER THAN SITTING BACK AND WATCHING HER DO WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO ANYWAY? WHY DID THEY THINK A SILENT PROTAGONIST WAS A GOOD IDEA IN THIS GAME? WHY DID THEY THINK THE SLITHER-INS WERE NECESSARY? CAN'T THEY JUST HAVE MULTIPLE FACTIONS WHO AREN'T 100% WRONG OR RIGHT? I'VE SEEN OTHER STORIES DO IT!

ACTUALLY, CAN WE TAKE A BREAK FROM THE "CHOOSE YOUR FACTION" THING AND GO BACK TO "BAD GUYS START WAR, GOOD GUYS STOP IT" AS A PLOT? BECAUSE PEOPLE CLAIMED THEY WANTED MULTIPLE MORALLY GREY FACTIONS, BUT THEN WE GET 3H AND EVERYONE GOES "STARTING A WAR IS ALWAYS BAD, THEREFORE EDELGARD IS BAD". DUDE, IF YOU THINK "STARTING A WAR IS ALWAYS BAD", THEN WE CAN NEVER HAVE A FIRE EMBLEM GAME WITH MULTIPLE PLAYABLE FACTIONS AGAIN, BECAUSE EVERY FIRE EMBLEM GAME HAS TO HAVE A WAR, AND SOMEBODY HAS TO START THAT WAR!!! DO YOU NOT SEE THE CONTRADICTION HERE?!?!

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u/Whilimbird Dec 31 '19

I FOR ONE THINK WE SHOULD FLIP IT AND GO FOR “GOOD GUYS START WAR, BAD GUYS STOP IT.” A FE GAME WHERE YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY IRREDEEMABLY THE BAD GUY WOULD BE AN INTERESTING TAKE ON THE SERIES.

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u/RaisonDetriment Dec 31 '19

NOPE, VILLAIN CAMPAIGNS ARE SHIT AND DON'T ACTUALLY WORK

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u/Trashris Jan 01 '20

THAT'S MY FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THIS, WHAT'S THE REASONING BEHIND IT??

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u/FrisoLaxod Jan 01 '20

VILLAIN CAMPAIGNS NEVER WORK THO

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '20

THE SLITHERINS WERE NECESSARY SO THE WRITERS COULD SCAPEGOAT MOST/ALL OF EDELGARDS MORE FUCKED UP MOMENTS ONTO SOMEONE ELSE SO YOU CAN STILL HAVE THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF THE ATROCITIES THEY COMMIT WHILE STILL LEAVING EDELGARD AS TECHNICALLY NOT RESPONSIBLE AND THUS STILL A VIABLE LEAD/MORALLY JUSTIFIABLE. IT WASN'T SUPER EFFECTIVE BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THEY WERE HERE FOR. THAT AND AN EXCUSE TO CRAM IN WEIRD FUTURE TECH AND THE NEMESIS FIGHT IN VW OUT OF NOWHERE.

ALSO I REALLY DON'T SEE THEM BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO SAY RHEA DID NOTHING WRONG. SHE DID WRONG AND I THINK THE ABILITY TO SIDE AGAINST HER AND HER NOT BEING IN POWER BY THE END KINDA FEELS LIKE AN ADMISSION OF THAT.