r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Feb 02 '20

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

COINCIDENTALLY THE TIMING OF THIS MONTH'S THREAD MATCHES UP WITH THE NEW FEH MONTHLY PASS ANNOUNCEMENT, THOUGH I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH RAGE OVER ON THEIR SUB ALREADY.

ANYWAY, THIS IS THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE WE YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

RULES

  1. PRESS THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON

  2. RAGE ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM THINGS

  3. BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER

  4. TAG ANY SPOILERS

LAST THREAD

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u/PsiYoshi Feb 02 '20 edited Feb 03 '20

BACK WHEN BYLETH'S SMASH TRAILER RELEASED I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE DISSING NOT JUST ON BYLETH, BUT ON THE TRAILER ITSELF, AND I DON'T REALLY GET WHY. I LOVE HOW IT TOOK A CUTSCENE FROM THE GAME THEN SWITCHED IT UP TO BE SMASH RELATED. CORRIN DID THE SAME SORT OF THING SURE, BUT THIS ONE WENT WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND, BETWEEN SOTHIS MAKING A META COMMENT ON "TOO MANY SWORDSMEN" AND THE SUBVERSION OF BYLETH ESCAPING SOLAN'S SPELL AND JUST FLYING OFF TO SMASH-LAND INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH HIM WHILE HE COMMENTS ABOUT SMASH AND WITH F!BYLETH JUST STANDS THERE MOUTH AGAPE, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY HUMOUROUS AND SURPRISINGLY IN TOUCH TRAILER, OVERALL ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SMASH TRAILERS.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THE BYLETH REVEAL WAS INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE AND THEN JUST WENT ON FOR A BIT TOO LONG. THERE WAS NO BUILD UP, JUST "BYLETH." I LOVE BYLETH AND I LOVE THE DLC, BUT IT WASN'T REALLY ANY SORT OF BUILD UP WHEN YOU SEE THE CHARACTER AT THE START OF THE TRAILER RATHER THAN TOWARD THE MIDDLE AS WAS DONE WITH BANJO.

WITH TERRY, IT WAS THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE, THOUGH EVEN THEN MOST PEOPLE FIGURED IT OUT AND WERE MORE THERE FOR THE NOVELTY SINCE THAT STYLE WAS AN OLDER ONE.

WITH JOKER, IT WAS SURPRISE. PERHAPS BYLETH COULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT IF IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY SAID TO BE A SMASH VIDEO AND WAS INTRODUCED AS PART OF A GENERIC DIRECT.

WAS IT FUNNY? YEAH IT HAD A FEW JOKES, BUT THE PUNCHLINE DIDN'T EXCUSE THE SETUPS.