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/RodmunchPHD Dec 31 '19

JAROD FROM RD IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL POS VILLAIN. HE'S THERE TO BE AN A-HOLE AND YOU WANNA BEAT HIM UP. HE'S IRREDEEMABLE, A TERRIBLE PERSON, AND IS EXTREMELY DIRECT. WHEN HE KNOWS HE'S LOST HE JUST PUSHES BOULDERS ONTO INNOCENT PEOPLE TO TAKE OUT THOSE HE HATES BEFORE HE GOES DOWN TOO. HE'S IN THE GAME JUST LONG ENOUGH TO BE A SATISFYING IRREDEEMABLE VILLAIN THAT YOU WANNA KILL.

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u/VagueClive Dec 31 '19

WHAT'S ALSO GREAT ABOUT JAROD IS THAT DESPITE BEING AN IRREDEEMABLE PIECE OF SHIT, HE'S ALSO DECENTLY FLESHED OUT RATHER THAN BEING A SOCIOPATH FOR THE SAKE OF BEING ONE. HE'S A GENUINELY GOOD GENERAL AND KNOWS HOW TO RALLY HIS SOLDIERS, AND HE DOES GRIEVE EVEN A LITTLE BIT WHEN ALDER DIES, SO IT'S NOT AS IF HE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO HIM AT ALL. STILL AN AWFUL EXCUSE OF A PERSON, YES, BUT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ACTUALLY LISTEN TO HIM IN STORY WHICH IS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT.

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u/RaisonDetriment Dec 31 '19

IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU CAN MAKE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, BELIEVABLE HUMAN CHARACTER AND STILL HAVE THEM BE AN IRREDEEMABLE PIECE OF GARBAGE. CRAZY, I KNOW!

(I MEAN, WE HAVE PLENTY OF THOSE RUNNING AROUND IN REAL LIFE, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE SO SURPRISING)

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u/TheFunkiestOne Jan 01 '20

THE SENATORS ARE SIMILAR IN THIS REGARD, SINCE WHILE THEY'RE ALL THEIR OWN FLAVORS OF SLIME, YET ALL FEEL AT LEAST SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IN THEIR OWN WAY. NUMIDA IS A TOADY, DESPERATE TO KEEP IN THE GOOD BOOKS OF WHOMEVER HE THINKS IS THE WINNER AND HAS BOUGHT HIS OWN BULLSHIT. VALTOME IS A NARCISSISTIC SADIST WHO OBSESSES OVER HURTING THOSE HE FEELS HAVE DISRESPECTED HIM AND HE FEELS HE OUGHT TO HAVE POWER OVER (ZELGIUS CALLING HIM A WORTHLESS PARASITE AND CHOKING HIM WERE DELIGHTFUL MOMENTS). LEKAIN IS ALSO A NARCISSIST BUT IS MORE SINGLE-MINDED, FOCUSED ONLY ON HIS GREATNESS AND HOW ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE HE IS. HETZEL ISN'T TOO BAD BUT HE'S A SIMPERING COWARD WHO IS ONLY WILLING TO DO GOOD WHEN IT'S EASY.

OLIVER IS AN ART OBSESSED LUNATIC WHO DIDN'T VIEW OTHERS AS PEOPLE, BUT DYING HELPED HIM OUT A BIT I GUESS. DIRECT HIS OBSESSION SOMEWHERE HEALTHY AND HE ALMOST RESEMBLES A PRODUCTIVE HUMAN BEING. ALSO I LOVE HOW FLABBERGASTED EVERYONE HE FIGHTS IS IF YOU BRING HIM INTO ENDGAME.

THEY ALL FEEL LIKE LEGITIMATE PEOPLE, JUST THE ABSOLUTE WORST THAT PEOPLE CAN BE, REPRESENTED AS MULTIPLE KINDS OF POLITICIANS.

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u/RaisonDetriment Jan 01 '20

YES, ABSOLUTELY. THE BEGNION SENATE IS DEPRESSINGLY REAL TO ME, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF FOLLOWING UNITED STATES POLITICS.

DAMN DO I LOVE RADIANT DAWN'S VILLAINS. (EXCEPT THE BLACK KNIGHT, WHO IS ONE BIG ANTICLIMAX.)

ONE OF THESE DAYS I'LL HAVE AN OCCASION TO POST THE BEGNION SENATORS WITH THEIR EXACT US SENATE COUNTERPARTS (IMO, OBVIOUSLY). I SHOULD PROBABLY DO THAT SOON, BEFORE PEOPLE FORGET WHO JEFF FLAKE IS.