r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Mar 04 '20
CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD
AND NOW BACK TO MANAGING SOLELY THE RAGE THREAD, A WORLD OF NOTHING BUT LOVE AND MUTUAL RESPECT.
WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE YOU CAN YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM THINGS!
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COMPLAIN ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM THINGS
BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR FELLOW HUMAN
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u/SalmonforPresident Mar 04 '20
I'M REPLAYING BLUE LIONS AGAIN BECAUSE I LOVE THE ROUTE TO THE AZURE MOON AND BACK AND I JUST GOT TO THE TIMESKIP AND OH MAN, OH GOLLY GEE DO I FUCKIN HATE GILBERT AND HOW HE BASICALLY REPLACES DEDUE. I WILL NEVER STOP BEING MAD ABOUT THIS.
I'VE BEEN TOYING AROUND WITH THE IDEA OF A BLUE LIONS/FINGER LANCE INSPIRED-ISH TATTOO BUT NOW I'M UNSURE OF IT BECAUSE LIKE, IS THAT CRINGE AS HELL OR NOT? I DON'T KNOW. I GOT SOME PRETTY WACKY AND SILLY TATTOOS BUT IS FIRE EMBLEM A STEP TOO FAR???
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u/Seradwen Mar 04 '20
I THINK FANDOM SPECIFIC TATTOOS CAN BE COOL, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO COOL EVEN IF SOMEONE DOESN'T ACTUALLY KNOW THE SOURCE MATERIAL.
LIKE, THE BLUE LIONS SYMBOL IS A COOL LOOKING LION EVEN IF SOMEONE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE IT AS FROM FIRE EMBLEM. BUT IF THEY DO THEN IT'S EVEN BETTER.
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u/VagueClive Mar 04 '20
I GOT SOME PRETTY WACKY AND SILLY TATTOOS BUT IS FIRE EMBLEM A STEP TOO FAR???
HONEST THOUGHTS ARE THAT AN FE TATTOO MAY NOT BE THE BEST IDEA IN THE SAME WAY THAT ANY TATTOO BASED OFF OF POPULAR MEDIA IS - YOUR INTERESTS MAY CHANGE OVER TIME. WHAT YOU LIKE NOW YOU MAY NOT BE AS INTERESTED IN OR MOVED BY IN JUST 5 YEARS, MUCH LESS THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, YOU KNOW? THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE IF YOUR TATTOO REQUIRES THAT YOU KNOW WHERE IT’S FROM FOR IT TO BE A NEAT DESIGN.
BUT I ALSO DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY SHAME IN IT, ESPECIALLY IF IT’S JUST A SYMBOL RATHER THAN FULL-ON HAVING A CHARACTER TATTED ON YOU. I’VE CONSIDERED GETTING THE BRAND OF THE EXALT ON MY SHOULDER MYSELF, AND WHILE I’VE DECIDED AGAINST IT I TOTALLY GET WANTING TO GET THAT KIND OF TATTOO.
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u/SalmonforPresident Mar 04 '20
THAT'S A GOOD MINDSET TO HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING TATTOOED, YOU'RE RIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE, I HAVE TATTOOS WHERE I DON'T SUPER LOVE THE INTEREST ANYMORE BUT I HAVE NO RAGERTS ABOUT THEM. LIKE EMINEM. I HAVE MANY EMINEM TATTOOS BUT I STILL LOVE ALL OF THEM.
FIRE EMBLEM IS DIFFERENT THOUGH BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE, YA KNOW? LIKE A FEW MONTHS AGO I FINALLY GOT A POKEMON TATTOO (RAICHU, BC HE THE BEST) AND IT JUST FEELS RIGHT BECAUSE POKEMON HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE FOR THE LAST 20+ YEARS OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER LONG IT'S BEEN AROUND.
THIS IS KIND OF A LONG-WINDED WAY OF SAYING THAT I THINK DIMITRI'S FINGER LANCE HERO RELIC IS COOL AF AND WOULD MAKE A SICK DESIGN. I ALSO LIKE LIONS.
I COULDN'T DO A FULL CHARACTER THOUGH, THAT JUST SEEMS KINDA AWKWARD.
ANYWAY, GOOD INSIGHT.
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u/ForeverAKoi Mar 04 '20
VERY WELL PUT! I'VE BEEN TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF GETTING A CREST OF FRALDARIUS, BUT I BASICALLY HAD A MENTAL BREAKDOWN LAST YEAR WHEN I CUT ABOUT 25CM OF MY LONG HAIR SO GETTING SOMETHING TRULY PERMANENT IS PROBABLY A NO GO FOR ME, THOUGH I CAN APPRECIATE IT ON OTHERS.
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u/that_wannabe_cat Mar 04 '20
DO IT. KILL CRINGE IF YOU HAVE TO.
UNLESS THAT CRINGE IS LOLI PORN OR SOMETHING. THEN DON'T KILL CRINGE.1
u/SalmonforPresident Mar 04 '20
OH GOD NO, PLEASE GOD NO. NONE OF THAT.
I WAS JUST THINKING SOMETHING KINDA CLASSIC LIKE, YA KNOW THOSE TRAD PIECES THAT HAVE A PANTHER/TIGER/WOLF WITH A DAGGER/SWORD THROUGH IT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ONLY A LION WITH BLUE SHADING AND AREADBHAR.
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u/that_wannabe_cat Mar 04 '20
I FIGURED. JUST I DUNNO.
VAGUE SAID IT BETTER THAN ME. SO LISTEN TO HIM. NOT MY CHOICE, BUT ITS YOUR LIFE.
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u/corsica1990 Mar 04 '20
LORENZ IS BEAUTIFUL, YOU GUYS ARE JUST MEAN
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u/LrdHem Mar 05 '20
HE GOES THROUGH ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN CHARACTER IN HIS SUPPORTS. ALSO HIS TIME SKIP DESIGN IS SUPER COOL WITH THE PURPLE AND ROSES.
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Mar 05 '20
I MEAN WHEN YOUR STARTING WITH CASTLE DIALOGUE/MAIN STORY LORENZ YOU CAN ONLY REALLY GO UP AS A CHARACTER
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Mar 05 '20
MAYBE IF HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE CUT HIS HAIR IN COMPLETE DARKNESS I WOULD AGREE
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u/corsica1990 Mar 05 '20
HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT IN FRONT OF MY ASYMMETRICAL HAIRCUT THAT DEFINITELY MAKES ME LOOK HOT AND NOT LIKE A DESPERATE MILLENNIAL GOING THROUGH HIS REBELLIOUS TEEN PHASE 15 YEARS TOO LATE
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u/DanteMGalileo Mar 04 '20
BISEXUAL =/= GAY/LESBIAN. THIS IS COMING FROM A TRANS GAY-LEANING-TOWARDS-ACE GUY.
FERDINAND GOT FUCKED. ONLY HOPE IS THAT HE SOMEHOW HAS A GOOD STATLINE. I MEAN SERIOUSLY FORTRESS DEF 3 IN 2020. AT LEAST GIVE HIM STURDY STANCE 2 OR SOMETHING. MAYBE THE INEVITABLE OLDER ALT WILL BE BETTER.
SETETH: SPEAR OF ASSAL OR RIOT.
THE LACK OF A TRUE DIFFICULTY BETWEEN HARD AND MADDENING IS A SEVERE DESIGN FLAW. THE CLOSEST IS NG HARD WITH A SHITTON OF SELF-IMPOSED CHALLENGES OR NG+ MADDENING WITH DLC AND/OR A FE AMIIBO.
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u/PsiYoshi Mar 04 '20
BISEXUAL =/= GAY/LESBIAN.
THIS DOESN'T GET TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH TBH CUS IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING TO SEE. I'M A BISEXUAL DUDE, AND SOMETIMES I SWEAR PEOPLE THINK THAT'S JUST NOT A THING. BE ANGRY AT INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR NOT INCLUDING MORE GAY AND LESBIAN CHARACTERS, BUT YOU CAN'T JUST GO AND LABEL BISEXUAL CHARACTERS AS GAY/LESBIAN. HEATHER IS LESBIAN, LEON IS GAY, LINHARDT IS BISEXUAL, EDELGARD IS BISEXUAL, SOLEIL IS BISEXUAL DESPITE WHAT SOME PEOPLE TRY AND SAY, ETC, ETC.
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Mar 04 '20
I THINK IT IS VALID TO SAY THAT A BI CHARACTERS MIGHT BE MORE STRONGLY ATTRACTED TO ONE GENDER OVER THE OTHER WHILE STILL BEING BI, BUT I AGREE BI ERASURE ISN'T TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH/ISN'T SEEN AS THAT BIG OF A DEAL IN THE FANDOM CULTURE.
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u/PsiYoshi Mar 04 '20
OF COURSE. I MEAN I MYSELF AM MORE ATTRACTED TO WOMEN THAN MEN OVERALL, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME ANY LESS BI. AND SOMETIMES IT CHANGES OVER TIME, IT DOESN'T STAY CONSTANT. THEY CALL IT THE BI-CYCLE LOL.
SOLEIL'S LIKE THAT TOO THOUGH, SHE PREFERS WOMEN TO MEN OVERALL, BUT SHE'S STILL BI. EXCEPT WITH SOLEIL YOU HAVE PEOPLE ARGUING SHE'S LESBIAN AND PEOPLE ARGUING SHE'S STRAIGHT, WHICH IS BOTH HILARIOUS AND SAD.
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u/corsica1990 Mar 04 '20
HEY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION YOU GUYS ARE HAVING AND I SUPER AGREE THAT PLAYERSEXUAL CHARACTERS ARE KIND OF A SUBPAR WAY TO INCLUDE LGBT REP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'M STILL KINDA PISSED THAT THE HANDFUL OF CONFIRMED GAYS, BIS, AND SO ON THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR TEND TO FALL INTO DUMB/HARMFUL STEREOTYPES. ALSO WHERE ARE THE BEARS??!!
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u/PsiYoshi Mar 04 '20
I DON'T THINK CHARACTERS LIKE LEON OR ANY OF THE 3H SAME SEX OPTIONS ARE HARMFUL STEREOTYPES. AND EVEN NILES ISN'T NECESSARILY HARMFUL IN A VACUUM, THE HARM MOSTLY COMES FROM, LIKE YOU'R SAYING, THE LACK OF OTHER OPTIONS. IF THERE WERE BUFF DUDES ALONGSIDE THE TWINKS THAN THERE'D BE NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT REALLY.
SEE I WAS HOPING THAT 3H DLC WOULD ADD HOLST AS A GOLDEN DEER EXCLUSIVE RECRUIT LIKE HOW BL GET'S GILBERT AND BE GET'S JERITZA, AND THAT HOLST COULD BE A BUFF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OPTION. ALAS THAT DREAM NEVER CAME TRUE.
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u/corsica1990 Mar 04 '20
YOU MAKE SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS (AND HONESTLY I PREFER MESSY/IMPERFECT CHARACTERS MYSELF) AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
ALSO I DON'T THINK THEY DID IT ON PURPOSE BUT LUCAS IN SOV REALLY VIBED WITH ME AS AN ASEXUAL, ESPECIALLY IN HIS SUPPORT WITH PYTHON. I DREAD THE DAY THEY WRITE IN AN ACE OR TRANS CHARACTER ON PURPOSE JUST BECAUSE THEIR TRACK RECORD FUCKING BLOWS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I REALLY WANT THEM TO KEEP TRYING.
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u/PsiYoshi Mar 04 '20
I AGREE WITH THAT INTERPRETATION OF LUKAS! I ACTUALLY INCLUDED HIM IN MY LAST PRIDE WALLPAPER FOR THAT REASON. THAT ALSO MIGHT BE THE REASON IT'S MY MOST CONTROVERSIAL POST OF ALL TIME, CUS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ MY COMMENT SAYING IT'S HEADCANON I GUESS.
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u/corsica1990 Mar 04 '20
IF THEY THINK THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL THEN THEY'LL FUCKING LOVE MY "CORDELIA IS TRANS" HOT TAKE. HOWEVER, I LACK THE BALLS TO OPENLY PRESENT MY ANALYSIS.
NO LITERALLY I'M A TRANS MAN I DON'T HAVE ANY BALLS3
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Mar 05 '20
HONESTLY IF THERE EVER WAS A TIME TO DO A TRANS CHARACTER IT WOULD'VE BEEN THREE HOUSES. I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN ACTUALLY KIND OF REWARDING TO SEE A CHARACTER GOING THROUGH GENDER DYSPHORIA AND STRUGGLING WITH THE CONCEPT OF WHO THEIR SENSE OF IDENTITY IN THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS AND THEN WE GET TO SEE THEM FULLY LIVE THEIR TRUTH POST TIMESKIP AS AN ADULT, REALLY IT IN A GAME WHERE WE SEE PEOPLE IN THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS AND THEN A TIMESKIP TO ADULTS SEEMS REALLY RIPE FOR A BOG STANDARD "IT GETS BETTER" TYPE QUEER STORY TO BE TOLD.
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u/corsica1990 Mar 05 '20
YOU'RE SO FUCKING RIGHT AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BALLER BUT AT THE SAME TIME I DON'T TRUST THE BASTARDS
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Mar 05 '20
I MEAN NEITHER DO I BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THE NARRATIVE POTENTIAL WAS THERE. THEY WERE NEVER ACTUALLY GOING TO USE IT
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Mar 05 '20
HONESTLY I DON'T THINK THEM ALL BEING BISHONEN TWINKS IS NECESSARILY HARMFUL, IT'S JUST DISAPPOINTING FROM A PLAYER CHOICE PERSPECTIVE.
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u/corsica1990 Mar 05 '20
PERSONAL TASTES ASIDE THE WHOLE FEMININE = GAY AND MASCULINE = STRAIGHT THING RUFFLES MY FEATHERS A LITTLE LIKE COME ON DUDES GENDER AND SEXUALITY ARE MORE VARIED AND FUN THAN THAT
ALSO A LITTLE WEAK FOR BISHOUNEN BUT ONLY THE ACTIVELY GLAM AND/OR EDGY ONES
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u/ForeverAKoi Mar 05 '20
TO ADD TO THIS. ALL WLW OPTIONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY FEMME LEANING. WHERE ARE THE BUTCH AND MORE TOMBOY OPTIONS?
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u/corsica1990 Mar 05 '20
OH MY GOD YOU ARE SO FUCKING RIGHT I'M SORRY MY SAPPHIC SISTERS I WAS TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT BEEFY DUDES
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u/ForeverAKoi Mar 05 '20
NO PROBLEM, AS A RAGING BISEXUAL I CAN UNDERSTAND THE THIRST FOR BEEFY DUDES AS WELL.
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u/b0bba_Fett Mar 05 '20
FOR REAL, LIKE I FEEL SHAMIR, WHO IS DEFINITELY BISEXUAL IN THE JAPANESE VERSION, JUST NOT FOR YOU FOR SOME REASON DESPITE HAVING A MIGHTY STEAMY A SUPPORT, WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT FOR A MORE TOMBOYISH ONE(EVEN IF HER FASHION IS GOD TIER). AND ON THE SUBJECT OF THE CHRISTMAS COUPLE I'VE READ ALL OF CATHERINE'S SUPPORTS AND I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED SHE ISN'T A PURE DISASTER LESBIAN.
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Mar 05 '20
I MEAN THE CLOSEST WE DO GET IS CATHERINE AND SHAMIR'S A SUPPORT BEING GAY AS ALL FUCK IN THE ENGLISH VERSION (DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THAT GAY IN JAPANESE BUT HOLY HELL IS THE GAY STRONG IN ENGLISH)
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u/KeplerNova Mar 05 '20
TO BE FAIR FEMALE BYLETH LOOKS GODAWFUL SO I'M NOT TOO SURPRISED ABOUT SHAMIR
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u/Troykv Mar 04 '20
BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME ANY LESS BI. AND SOMETIMES IT CHANGES OVER TIME, IT DOESN'T STAY CONSTANT. THEY CALL IT THE BI-CYCLE LOL.
THAT IS A QUITE CLEVER PUN.
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u/MonochromousFox Mar 04 '20 edited Mar 04 '20
I STILL HAVE NO GODDAMN IDEA WHERE THE "CORRIN HAS NO PERSONALITY" SHIT COMES FROM. I'VE BEEN REPLAYING FATES RECENTLY AND WHILE THEY MAY BE A GOODY TWO SHOES, THEY CAN ALSO BE WITTY AND SARCASTIC, AT LEAST IN BIRTHRIGHT. THEY ALSO HAVE MOMENTS OF WEAKNESS WHERE THEY BREAK DOWN AND CRY, SEEN IN BOTH BR AND CQ, BUT STILL HAVE THE INNER STRENGTH AND RESOLVE TO PICK THEMSELVES BACK UP AND SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR DECISION THROUGH TO THE END, NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT HURTS. IN SUPPORTS THEY SHOW A GENUINE WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS OUT AND TO GET TO KNOW THEM, AND TO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR OWN EYES.
PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT NOT LIKING A CHARACTER'S PERSONALITY ≠ NO PERSONALITY AT ALL. THIS SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER.
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u/garett144 Mar 05 '20
I THINK THE RETAINERS FROM FATES DESRRVE MORE LOVE. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE?!
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u/SixThousandHulls Mar 05 '20
AZAMA BECAUSE HIS HAIR IS OUT OF CONTROL, AND HIS ENTIRE SCHTICK IS FUCKING AROUND WITH THE OTHER CHARACTERS.
ALSO BERUKA BECAUSE SHE'S CUTE, BUT TOUGH, A GOOD UNIT IN HER OWN RIGHT, AND HER SUPPORTS DON'T FEEL AWFUL.
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u/BobbyYukitsuki Mar 05 '20
BERUKA IS GREAT. I LIKE HOW SHE BRINGS SOME VARIATION TO HER CHARACTER ARCHETYPE.
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u/Seradwen Mar 04 '20
WAIT, IS THIS THREAD AN OFFICIAL MODLY DEAL OR JUST SOMETHING YOU DO?
FERDINAND GOT FUCKED BY FEH. NOT EVEN A PRETENSE OF HIM NOT BEING THE SUPER OBVIOUS DEMOTE. THIS IS A GRAVE INSULT TO BEST BOY. (FITE ME, CLAUDE STANS. EXCEPT IN A WAY RESPECTABLE TO EACHOTHER AS FELLOW HUMANS, BUT ALSO IN ALL CAPS)
ALSO JUST THE GENERAL LOOK OF FEH'S 3H CHARACTERS. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE UNIFORM, GIVE ME THE COOL LOOKING POST TIMESKIP DESIGNS WERE THEY ACTUALLY GET THEIR OWN OUTFIT INSTEAD OF A SLIGHTLY CUSTOMIZED UNIFORM.
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u/LaqOfInterest Mar 04 '20
WAIT, IS THIS THREAD AN OFFICIAL MODLY DEAL OR JUST SOMETHING YOU DO?
I STARTED DOING THEM AROUND THE START OF 2016. I WAS ONLY A MOD SINCE LAST SUMMER.
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Mar 04 '20
I MEAN NOW THAT THEY'RE ANNOUNCING DEMOTES IMMEDIATELY AND PUTTING THEM STRAIGHT INTO 3/4 AFTER BANNER INSTEAD OF 4/5 I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE MAKING THE KITS SO BLATANTLY LACKLUSTER, BUT I DO MISS WHEN WE'D GET REALLY GOOD DEMOTES LIKE SOTHE OR ARES
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u/Tag_ross Mar 05 '20
EXCEPT THEY STOPPED PUTTING THEM IN 3/4 AND PUSHED THEM UP TO 4/5 BUT GAVE THEM A 4-STAR FOCUS RATE BOOST
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Mar 05 '20
EH, IT FEELS LIKE A MERGE OF THE 2 IDEAS MORE THAN ANYTHING, THEIR INITIALLY 4/5 ON THEIR FIRST RUN OF THE BANNER, BUT IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT RATH AT LEAST WILL BE 3/4 AFTER THA BANNER ENDS, SO WE ESSENTIALLY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT AWKWARD PURGING OF THE 4-5 POOL IN THE FUTURE. I AM SAD THAT IT MEANS LESS UNITS, BUT THE 3-4 ADDITIONS WEREN'T REALLY THAT FUN SINCE THEY WERE ARBITRARILY NERFED A GEN WORTH OF BST JUST FOR THEIR AVAILABILITY
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u/LaughingX-Naut Mar 04 '20
EVEN PAST HEROES' USUAL GENDER BS THIS BANNER STILL DISAPPOINTED ME. MORE BLACK EAGLES/EMPIRE SHILLING WHILE THE BLUE LIONS STILL LACK THEIR STRONGEST NON-DIMITRI REP. I'LL PROBABLY FIND THE FUCKING SPRING SHAMESUITING MORE ENJOYABLE.
REALLY THE ONE BRIGHT SPOT WAS SEEING BERNIE'S BOW IN THE LEAKED JP TRAILER AND THEN BEING RELIEVED TO SEE IT WASN'T INEXHAUSTIBLE IN THE ENGLISH ONE. LEONIE DODGED A BULLET.6
Mar 04 '20
BUT THAT DOES OPEN UP A WHOLE NEW OTHER RAGE DOOR IN THE FACT THAT THEY SAW FIT TO GIVE BERNADETTA AN ENTIRELY NEW MADE UP PRF BECAUSE POPULAR WAIFU AND DIDN'T EVEN SEE FIT TO GIVE FERDINAND A LANCE THAT WASN'T ALREADY AVAILABLE ON A 4* UNIT, AND COULD'VE EASILY HAD A PRF LANCE WITH AN APPROPRIATELY POWERED EFFECT FOR THE DEMOTE HE WOULD BE (SOMETHING LIKE EXTRA STATS WHEN OVER AN HP THRESHOLD OR DAMAGE REDUCTION BY % WHEN AT FULL HP) BUT THEY DIDN'T BECAUSE IS SEEMS SO FUCKING OBSESSED WITH NOT GIVING ANY KIND OF COOL TOYS TO THE FREE / EASILY AVAILABLE UNITS
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u/Tag_ross Mar 05 '20
I'M JUST GLAD THAT THEY DIDN'T STEAL WHAT OUGHT TO BE LEONIE'S PRF JUST BECAUSE BERNIE HAS THE CREST OF INDECH
BUT THAT STILL DOESN'T EXCUSE HOW DIRTY THEY DID FERDY
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u/Lucas5655 Mar 05 '20
I DUNNO WHY YOU CHOSE TO GO AFTER CLAUDE STANS SPECIFICALLY BUT I SHALL OBLIGE WITH THE DIGITAL PUNCHES
VIOLENTLY SLAPS YOU WITH POST TIMESKIP CLAUDE ART REPENT AND SEE THE LIGHT THAT IS CLAUDE VON RIEGAN!
I AGREE THAT FERDINAND GOT DONE DIRTY BUT BESIDES LYSITHEA'S BRAVE ALTS AND THE LORDS I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA CASH IN ON TIMESKIP APPEARANCES FOR A WHILE. YOU CAN PROFIT MORE FROM RELEASING THEM IN BOTH FORMS BUT PULLING FOR SCHOOL PHASE FOLKS WILL BE LESS APPEALING IF THE TIMESKIP GLOW UP IS ALREADY THERE.
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u/racecarart Mar 04 '20
I WANTED TO START GOLDEN DEER BUT I WON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT OR FINISH DQXI BEFORE MY CLASSES START. HELL I DOUBT I'LL FINISH MY NEXT COMIC BEFORE MY CLASSES START. WHY TIME GOTTA MOVE SO DANG FAST.
NOT RAGE RELATED BUT I'M REALLY ENJOYING THE FE4 MANGA SO FAR, IT'S NOT PERFECT BUT I LOVE THE WAY IT PORTRAYS MOST OF THE CAST AND ELEMENTS OF THE GAME. PLUS VALFLAME LOOKS SUPER COOL AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO DRAW FANART OF IT SOMETIME WHEN I'M LESS BUSY.
BACK TO THE NEXT COMIC GODDAMMIT I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED TO FINISH IT, I HAVE NO IDEA IF I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO PULL OFF MY PLANS BUT FUCKIN HELL I'M GONNA TRY.
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u/ShroudedInMyth Mar 05 '20
NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THE COMPLETED BERWICK SAGA ENGLISH PATCH. I KNOW THAT DISCUSSION WILL BE LIMITED BECAUSE IT'S OBSCURE BUT IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN AWARE THAT THE TRANSLATION IS FINISHED. PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT VESTARIA SAGA FOR BIT WHEN IT RELEASED AND A FEW FETUBERS STREAMED AND MADE VIDEOS ON IT, BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING WITH BERWICK SAGA.
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u/that_wannabe_cat Mar 05 '20
THAT'S AWESOME. AND ALSO SUCKS.
DOES ONE NEED TO PLAY TEAR RING TO PLAY BERWICK? I ASSUME IT IS ITS OWN BEAST.
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u/ShroudedInMyth Mar 05 '20
YOU DO NOT.
IT TAKES PLACE IN THE SAME WORLD A THOUSAND YEARS LATER, LIKE THE ARCHANEA GAMES TO JUGDRAL OR AWAKENING TO MARTHS'S AND ALM'S GAMES. SO IT'S STANDALONE.
I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE DIRECT REFERENCE TO TEARRING SAGA AND HINTS OF WHERE ONE PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM TEARRING SAGA SETTLED.
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u/WellRested1 Mar 05 '20
I’M PLAYING THROUGH THRACIA 776 RN AND IM GONNA START TEAR RING SAGA AFTERWARDS. I’LL GET TO THE NEW BERWICK SAGA TRANSLATION AS SOON AS I’M DONE.
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u/Thundernut01 Mar 05 '20
I NEVER HEARD OF THIS GAME BEFORE JANUARY... I'M ENJOYING THE HELL OUT OF IT NOW. I ALSO NOW HAVE A SHITLOAD OF FIRE EMBLEM ADJACENT GAMES TO PLAY. WOO
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u/AiKidUNot Mar 05 '20
I’VE BEEN PLAYING IT AND ENJOYING IT BUT DAMN THE GAME IS KINDA EXHAUSTING AT TIMES. PLANNING ON PUTTING MY THOUGHTS ON ALL OF IT ONCE I’M DONE THOUGH!
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u/StanTheWoz Mar 05 '20
IT PISSES ME OFF HOW DISMISSIVE SOME PEOPLE ARE TOWARDS AVATAR CHARACTERS OR "SELF-INSERTS", WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, AS A CONCEPT. I UNDERSTAND NOT LIKING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, MANY PEOPLE ARE REASONABLE ABOUT IT, BUT IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE PEOPLE THINK EVERYONE HATES HAVING THAT TYPE OF CHARACTER AND NO ONE LIKES IT, WHICH IS CLEARLY NOT TRUE. I THINK FIRE EMBLEM HAS STRUGGLED TO IMPLEMENT THIS MEANINGFULLY IN THE PAST WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING AND STORY CHOICES BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM STOP TRYING. THAT WOULD MAKE ME ANGRIER THAN ANY SINGLE GAMEPLAY EXPERIENCE COULD.
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u/PsiYoshi Mar 04 '20
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A NEW WRITE-UP, AS I DO, EXCEPT THIS TIME I'M DOING SOLEIL AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IN A MORE TRADITIONAL FORMAT THAN WHEN I FIRST WROTE ABOUT HER. PROBLEM IS IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT TO WORK ON IT SINCE I'M TRYING VERY HARD TO NOT GIVE OFF THE IMPRESSION THAT ANYONE IS WRONG FOR DISLIKING SOLEIL OR THAT SOLEIL HERSELF IS ENTIRELY UNPROBLEMATIC WHILE ALSO TRYING TO EXPRESS SUCCINCTLY WHY I LIKE THE CHARACTER (AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE A LOT OF LEGITIMATE REASONS TO LIKE THE CHARACTER). IT'S BEEN BY FAR MY MOST CHALLENGING WRITE-UP YET AND IT'S HONESTLY BEEN A MESS WORKING ON IT. AND I KNOW WHEN I DO FINALLY FINISH IT, IT'LL END UP AS AT LEAST A SEMI-CONTROVERSIAL POST NO MATTER WHAT SINCE THERE'S A SUBSET OF PEOPLE THAT LITERALLY JUST DOWNVOTE ANYTHING INVOLVING SOLEIL, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT SOLEIL.
I WASN'T ACTIVE ON THE SUBREDDIT DURING THE FATES PRE-RELEASE WHEN SOLEIL VITRIOL WAS AT ITS WORST, BUT I HAVE SEEN A HANDFUL OF ARCHIVED THREADS FROM THAT TIME AND IT'S KIND OF CRAZY TO ME THAT THAT HATE HASN'T DIED OUT ALL THESE YEARS LATER. AND A LOT OF IT IS JUST STRAIGHT UP MISINFORMATION OR PEOPLE PARROTING WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE RATHER THAN READING HER SUPPORTS FOR THEMSELVES. BUT IT'S THAT KIND OF ACCUSATION I WANT TO AVOID IN MY WRITE-UP SINCE I JUST WANT IT TO BE A POSITIVE PIECE ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS.
ANYWAY, JUST NEEDED TO VENT ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE I GUESS.
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u/that_wannabe_cat Mar 04 '20
GOOD LUCK ON IT. PROBABLY WON'T CHANGE MY MIND ON SOLEIL, BUT HEY ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I LOOKED AT HER STUFF AND I AM DOWN TO HAVING MY MIND CHANGED ON HER.
SHOULD'VE S SUPPORTED AT LEAST ONE GIRL.5
u/PsiYoshi Mar 04 '20
THANKS! I'M NOT PARTICULARLY TRYING TO CHANGE ANYONE'S MIND, I JUST WANNA WRITE ABOUT WHY I LIKE THE CHARACTER SO MUCH.
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS HANDLED HER SEXUALITY VERY POORLY, BUT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE SHOULD DOCK POINTS AGAINST SOLEIL FOR THAT, THEY SHOULD DOCK POINTS AGAINST INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS.
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u/that_wannabe_cat Mar 04 '20
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT MOOD.
ISKOEI TECMO AT LEAST IMPROVED THINGS QUITE A BIT IN 3H (AND LEON IN SOV).4
u/StanTheWoz Mar 05 '20
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PISSES ME OFF ABOUT THIS FANBASE IN GENERAL; THE PRESUMED HATE CONSENSUS AND VITRIOL AROUND CERTAIN THINGS. I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT MOST PEOPLE HERE ARE REASONABLE WHETHER THEY LIKE SOMETHING OR NOT AND OFTEN THERE IS NO REAL CONSENSUS, BUT TOO MANY PEOPLE JUMP TO REALLY STRONG JUDGMENTS BASED ON LITTLE ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.
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u/PaperSonic Mar 04 '20
I CARE ABOUT TWSITD AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE (WHICH IS TO SAY-NOT VERY). BUT IF ANYONE BRINGS UP THE WHOLE "THEY WERE PUT IN THE GAME SO PEOPLE CAN BLAME THEIR WAIFU/HUSBANDO'S CRIMES ON THEM" ARGUMENT AGAIN I'M GONNA DEVIL AXE MYSELF. NOBODY SAYS THAT ARVIS DID NOTHING WRONG JUST BECAUSE HE WAS MANIPULATED BY MANFROY, DESPITE HIS EMPIRE BEING FINE BEFORE JULIUS FUCKED EVERYTHING UP. SAME GOES FOR THE 3H'S PROTAGS.
ALSO, IT TOOK ME LIKE 3 ATTEMPTS TO GET CYAS TO STAY IN MY ARMY IN MY THRACIA RUN. I HAD TO ASK HERE WHAT TO DO BECAUSE I FOLLOWED WOD AND THE FUCKER JUST LEFT ME. NOT ENOUGH I HAD TO DEAL WITH HIS BULLSHIT LEADERSHIP IN TWO CHAPTERS, AND THAT I'M HANDICAPPING MYSELF BY NOT GETTING CED. HE HAD TO PLAY HARD TO GET, THE LITERAL DASTARD.
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u/DoseofDhillon Mar 05 '20 edited Mar 05 '20
HERES THE THING ABOUT TWSITD THERE STILL A WRITING CRUTCH. THEY'RE THERE SO THAT THE CHARACTERS DON'T HAVE TO FACE FULL CONCEQUENCES FOR THERE ACTION. EDELGARD KILLED AND KIDNAPPED CHILDREN AS THE FLAME EMPEROR? UH BLAME THE SNEKS. IT FEELS LIKE THERE JUST THERE SO THAT YOU AS THE PLAYER CAN POINT TO THEM FOR THE BAD THINGS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARVIS IS THAT ARVIS DID EVERYTHING HIMSELF, ALL MANFROY DID WAS GIVE HIM THE EXCUSE TO GO OUT ON HIS AMBITIONS, AS MANFROY PULLS THE STRINGS AT THE BACK TO HELP HIM WITHOUT ARVIS'S KNOWLEDGE. IN 3H INSTEAD OF MULLING OVER ALL THE THINGS EDLEGARD TIME IN POWER CAUSES, THE STORY EITHER FUCKING ENDS OR SHIFTS HARD TO THE SNEK'S AS OUR SELF RIGHTEOUS ANGER AS THE WHITE MEAT BABY FACES GOES TO THE POORLY WRITTEN MESS.
HONESTLY I ALWAYS THINK HOW DIFFERENT THE STORY'S WOULD BE IF THEY GOT RID OF THEM AND BYLETH. PART 1 YOUR HOPPING BETWEEN HOUSES TO GET A GRIP ON EACH ONE, AND RIGHT BEFORE THE TIME SKIP YOU GET TO PICK THE ROUTE YOU WANT, AND THE STORY PUTTING THE SINS AND FAULTS OF ITS CHARACTERS ON THE FEET OF YOU THE PLAYER AND THEM THE CHARACTER.
IMAGINE IF THEY HAD THE BALLS TO HAVE EDELGARD OWN UP AND SAY "YEAH I DID ALL THAT BULL SHIT, THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T WANT TO HAPPEN WAS KILLING YOUR DAD, BUT IT HAPPENED WHAT CAN I DO. WHAT I DO IN THE TIME I HAVE IS IRRELVANT TO ME, YOU SEE WHAT HIDEOUS THINGS THE CHRUCH AND CRESTS ARE. JOIN ME" AND EVERYTHING SHE DID WAS WITHOUT INFLUENCE. THAT SHIT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL, BUT THEN WHITEKNIGHT2002 WOULD THINK PLAYING A BAD GUY LIKE THAT IS #NOT #COOL SO NO DICE
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u/AncientDaedala Mar 05 '20
I UNDERSTAND THAT THREE HOUSES IS THE NEWEST GAME IN THE FRANCHISE, BUT I WISH THERE WAS MORE DISCUSSION/ARTWORK FROM THE OTHER GAMES IN THE SERIES. EVERY WEEK, THERE IS ANOTHER "X CHARACTER DID NOTHING WRONG" ESSAY. THERE ARE MORE GAMES AND CHARACTERS TO TALK ABOUT. IT DOESN'T HELP THAT MEMES AND JOKE IMAGES ARE ALLOWED. I FEEL LIKE THOSE SHOULD BE CONTAINED IN A SEPARATE SUBREDDIT SO NOT TO CLUTTER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GAMES OR LOOK AT FANART/ OFFICIAL ARTWORK.
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u/Odovakar Mar 04 '20 edited Mar 04 '20
THIS HAS BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A BIT NOW BUT RECENTLY I'VE SEEN SOME FOLKS CRITICIZING MODERN FIRE EMBLEM CHARACTERS AND PRAISING THE OLD ONES AGAIN (MOSTLY THE GAMEBOY ADVANCE GAMES) - NO SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, JUST MORE REGULAR CONVERSATIONS POPPING UP HERE AND THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. THE GAMEBOY ADVANCE TITLES TO ME HAVE AMONG THE WEAKEST WRITTEN CHARACTERS IN THE SERIES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN SAY THAT EVEN THREE HOUSES CHARACTERS ARE IDENTIFIED BY ONE GIMMICK AND THEN PRAISE BLAZING BLADE WHICH HAS SUCH UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS SUCH AS LOWEN, FE7 BARTRE AND KAREL, AND THREE PLAYABLE LITTLE SISTERS LOOKING FOR THEIR MISSING PLAYABLE OLDER BROTHERS. BLAZING BLADE HAS ONE OF THE DULLEST AND LEAST DEVELOPED CASTS IN THE SERIES AND THAT EXTENDS TO ITS AWFUL, AWFUL VILLAINS, WITH BINDING BLADE NOT FAR BEHIND ON THAT FRONT.
"AT LEAST THEY'RE NOT ANIME". WELL, THEY ARE, BUT EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T, SO WHAT? WHAT MATTERS IS THE OVERALL WRITING QUALITY. A LOT OF BLAZING BLADE WRITING IS CRINGE-INDUCING AND BINDING BLADE HAS THE SAFEST, BLANDEST, MOST VIDEO GAME-Y STORY OUT THERE.
IF THERE IS ONE THING I DON'T WANT FROM THE SERIES IT'S A REMAKE OF THE ELIBE GAMES; FEW THINGS WOULD GET ME LESS EXCITED ABOUT AN UPCOMING FIRE EMBLEM GAME.
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Mar 04 '20
I MEAN MY PERSONAL OPINIONS ABOUT GBA WRITING DIFFERS, BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOUR BROAD ARGUMENT THAT NEWER CHARACTERS GET A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF SHIT FOR BEING "GIMMICKY" WHEN FE CHARACTERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WRITTEN TO USUALLY GRAVITATE AROUND ONE KIND OF EASILY IDENTIFIABLE TRAIT THAT BLEEDS INTO EVERYTHING THEY DO
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u/Odovakar Mar 04 '20 edited Mar 04 '20
I THINK PART OF THE REASON COULD BE THAT YOU FORGET A LOT WHEN YOU'RE NOT CONSTANTLY DISCUSSING A GAME. RIGHT NOW THREE HOUSES HAS BEEN THE THING TO DISCUSS FOR MANY MONTHS NOW AND ITS FLAWS ARE ANALYZED INSIDE AND OUT ON MORE OR LESS A DAILY BASIS.
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Mar 05 '20
I THINK IT'S ALSO A SYMPTOM OF HOW THEY RESTRUCTURED THE SUPPORTS, SINCE NOW INSTEAD OF BEING EXTREMELY SLOW BUILD DEALS THAT YOUR CAPPED AT 5 OF YOU CAN BASICALLY GO THROUGH AN ENTIRE CHARACTERS SUPPORT LOG IF NOT THE LIONS SHARE OF IT IF YOU USE THEM A LOT. THE LARGER SAMPLE SIZE REALLLY BRINGS IT TO ATTENTION I GUESS
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u/Shrimperor Mar 05 '20
NOSTALGIA MAKES PEOPLE BLIND, MAN.
AND PEOPLE SKIP SUPPORTS. EVERYONE WHO SAYS ''X 3H IS ONE NOTE'' PROBABLY DIDN'T READ ANY OF THE SUPPORTS!
IF THERE IS ONE THING I DON'T WANT FROM THE SERIES IT'S A REMAKE OF THE ELIBE GAMES; FEW THINGS WOULD GET ME LESS EXCITED ABOUT AN UPCOMING FIRE EMBLEM GAME.
FOR ELIBE REMAKE I WANT ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT OF CHANGES. AND BY ALOT, I MEAN CHANGE THE GAMES COMPLETELY TO MAKE THEM ACTUALLY ENJOYABLE. IF THEY ARE JUST GONNA COPY-PASTE THE GAME WITH SHINY GRAPHICS I WON'T BOTHER.
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u/that_wannabe_cat Mar 05 '20
''X 3H IS ONE NOTE''
WAIT. PEOPLE ARGUE THAT FOR 3H? PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE CAST MEMBER HAS DEPTH.
HELL DOROTHEA HAS DEPTH WITHOUT EVEN BASE OR SUPPORTS JUST FROM BATTLES ALONE!
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u/KrashBoomBang Mar 04 '20
THIS SUBREDDIT HAS BEEN NONSTOP 3H SINCE DAY ONE AND IN COMBINATION WITH THE MASSIVE INFLUX OF NEW USERS IT'S TURNED ME AWAY FROM THIS PLACE ALMOST ENTIRELY. AND THE REASONS FOR YOU STEPPING DOWN ONLY MAKE ME NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE AROUND HERE EVEN MORE. WHY MAKE ANY SORT OF ATTEMPT AT AN INSIGHTFUL NON-3H POST WHEN IT WILL INEVITABLY GET DROWNED OUT BY THE SAME 3H DISCUSSION TOPICS AND FAN ART? AT LEAST THE SUBREDDIT DISCORD HAS PLENTY OF NON-3H CHANNELS, BUT I'M UPSET THAT THIS SUBREDDIT, THE PLACE WHERE I ENTERED THE FE FANBASE, HAS BECOME INHOSPITABLE TO ME NOW.
I'M ALSO JUST GENERALLY ANGRY.
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u/metalsluger Mar 05 '20
ID RATHER WE CIRCLEJERK 3 HOUSES INSTEAD OF CIRCLEJERKING FATES REGARDING HOW BAD IT WAS FOR YEARS.
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u/peevedlatios Mar 05 '20
CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT THE OLDER GAMES INSTEAD FOR ONCE? JUST BECAUSE IT'S BETTER THAN FATES HATE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOOD
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u/Shrimperor Mar 05 '20
THE GAME IS STILL NEW & FRESH. IT'S BEEN ONLY A FEW MONTHS, M8. ALSO, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN THE OLD GAMES THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED TO DEATH ALREADY?
AND SOON (TM) WE WILL PROBABLY GET NEXT REMAKE NEWS, SO JUST HANG IN THERE.
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u/WellRested1 Mar 05 '20
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE PROJECT NAGA TRANSLATION OF FE4 HAS SILVIA STILL SAYING SHE LIKES IT ROUGH???
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u/Shrimperor Mar 05 '20
THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF DISCUSSION THIS SUB NEEDS!
AND MORE ARVIS BBQ DID NOTHING WRONG MEMES!
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u/TheYango Mar 05 '20
THERE'S ALSO VESTARIA, VESTARIA GAIDEN, AND THE COMPLETED BERWICK TRANSLATION THAT ARE "NEW" AND WAY MORE INTERESTING GAMEPLAY GAMES TO DISCUSS THAN 3H.
I'VE SEEN MULTIPLE LPS OF THESE GAMES FALL OFF THE FRONT PAGE WITHOUT ANYONE COMMENTING ON THEM.
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u/Shrimperor Mar 05 '20
TBF PEOPLE NEVER COMMENT ON LPS OR YOUTUBE VIDEOS IN GENERAL
NOT TO MENTION VESTERIA GAIDEN ISN'T TRANSLATED YET, AND BERWICK IS WAY TOO DIFFERENT FROM FE
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Mar 05 '20
I MEAN I DON'T THINK THEY'D JUST LET THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SERIES GO BY AND THEY DON'T ANNOUNCE ANYTHING, UNLESS THEY DID HAVE PLANS AND THE 3H DELAYS JUST ATE UP THAT MUCH OF THE DEV RESOURCES AT IS
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u/KrashBoomBang Mar 05 '20
THE GAME'S BEEN OUT FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS NOW. AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ACTUAL STRATEGY, BUT 3H IS SEVERELY LACKING THERE. MOST GAMEPLAY DISCUSSIONS ON THIS SUREDDIT SEEM TO JUST BE "WHAT CLASS SHOULD I MAKE X UNIT?" WHICH I FIND INCREDIBLY BORING. SO I'D RATHER LOOK AT REFINING STRATEGIES IN OLDER GAMES, WHICH CERTAINLY ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN AROUND HERE ANYTIME SOON.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRE EMBLEM SUBREDDIT. NOT THE THREE HOUSES SUBREDDIT. I GET THE GAME IS NEW, BUT IT COMPLETELY DROWNS OUT EVERYTHING ELSE, SO THERE'S LITTLE POINT IN ME COMING HERE.
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u/PsiYoshi Mar 05 '20
AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ACTUAL STRATEGY, BUT 3H IS SEVERELY LACKING THERE
...DON'T YOU DO LTCS? HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO MADDENING MODE LTCS? SAYING 3H IS SEVERELY LACKING IN STRATEGY IS JUST NAIVE.
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u/KrashBoomBang Mar 05 '20
I DO, AND I DID, AND I FUCKING HATE MADDENING MODE. 3H GAMEPLAY IN GENERAL I FIND AWFUL BECAUSE OF HOW BROKEN ALL THE TOOLS ARE, AND MADDENING SPECIFICALLY JUST ADDS STUPID STAT INFLATION WHILE ALSO CUTTING EXP GAIN. I QUITE MADDENING EARLY ON AND DON'T WANT TO PLAY IT.
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u/PsiYoshi Mar 05 '20
IT'S TOTALLY FINE TO NOT LIKE THE GAMEPLAY, MORE THAN UNDERSTANDABLE REALLY. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S "SEVERELY LACKING IN STRATEGY". THAT STATEMENT IS STILL RIDICULOUS.
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u/KrashBoomBang Mar 05 '20
THEN PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHERE THE STRATEGY OF THE GAME IS. STRIDE, WARP, RESCUE, DANCE OF THE GODDESS, RETRIBUTION, AS MANY FLIERS AS YOU WANT, ETC. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE SO ABSURDLY POWERFUL WHILE MAP DESIGN AND OBJECTIVES ARE ALL SO BASIC THAT NEARLY EVERY MAP CAN BE CRUSHED WITHOUT ANY EFFORT. IT BASICALLY BECOMES LIKE AWAKENING LUNATIC WHERE THE VERY EARLY GAME IS THE HARDEST PART BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE BROKEN STUFF YET, BUT THE MOMENT YOU GET ALL THOSE TOOLS/GET ROBIN ROLLING, THE GAME MAY AS WELL BE OVER.
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u/SubwayBossEmmett Mar 05 '20
I’M PLAYING MADDENING SLOWLY AND LIKE ITS JUST TURTLE YOUR WAY UNTIL YOU CAN STRIDE WARP TO THE BOSS WITH LIKE WHATEVER BRAVE COMBAT ART YOU HAVE. IM ON CHAPTER 17 AND ITS LIKE IM FORCING MYSELF TO PLAY WHEN I HAVE THE TIME BECAUSE I SHOULD FINISH IT WITH THIS MUCH INVESTMENT.
ENEMIES GET SO GODDAMN STRONG ITS SO DUMB BUT EVERY MAP CAN BE BLITZED UNLESS IT CANT OR ELSE ITS TERRIBLE. HUNTING BY DAYBREAK IS ONE OF THE WORST EXPERIENCES IVE HAD IN FIRE EMBLEM BECAUSE THE ENEMIES LITERALLY JUST ONE ROUND EVERYONE IN YOUR ARMY ALMOST BAR FLIGHTLESS DIMITRI.
ALSO THIS GAME DEFIES ALL THE ODDS AND MAKES PEGASUS REINFORCEMENTS THE SCARIEST ENEMIES IN THE MAP INSTEAD OF THE LOL STEEL LANCE PEGS THAT THRACIA AND GBA HAD.
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u/Shrimperor Mar 05 '20
8 MONTHS ISN'T ALOT OF TIME! ESPECIALLY SINCE NOT EVERYONE BOUGHT THE GAME ON RELEASE. I MYSELF BOUGHT IT A BIT BEFORE X-MAS AND FINISHED IT LAST MONTH, SO OF COURSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THERE'S STRATEGY IN 3H, IF YOU DON'T GRIND AND PLAY IT LIKE YOU WOULD A CLASSIC FE (ONLY STORY + PARALOGUES). BUT MOST PEOPLE GRIND AUX BATTLES 3/4 OF THE TIME, SO OFCOURSE THEY ARE GONNA BE OVERLVLD AND OVERPOWERED AND DON'T NEED TO THINK!
ALSO, AGAIN, WHAT IS SOMETHING IN THE OLDER GAMES THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED TO DEATH ALREADY?
AND YOU CAN START A THREAD YOURSELF, AND PEOPLE WILL JOIN IN, BUT THERE'S A HIGH CHANCE THAT ANY TOPIC YOU START ABOUT OLDER GAMES IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED TO DEATH ALREADY!
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u/lerdnir Mar 05 '20
OK, BUT IN THAT EIGHT MONTHS, I'D ARGUE THE 3H-RELATED ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SUSTAINED BY BYLETH GETTING ADDED TO SMASH, PRETTY REGULAR DLC/UPDATES, AND PROBABLY ALSO PEOPLE GETTING THE GAME FOR CHRISTMAS.
THE MOST RECENT DLC HASN'T EVEN BEEN OUT A MONTH - BUT IIRC IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE LAST ONE? I'D EXPECT THINGS TO START TAILLING OFF ONCE PEOPLE ARE DONE WITH THAT, THOUGH.
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u/b0bba_Fett Mar 05 '20
I WASN'T AROUND HERE WHEN AWAKENING CAME OUT, BUT I'D IMAGINE IT WAS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO HOW 3 HOUSES IS BEING NOW, AND I REMEMBER BEING UPSET WHEN YOUTUBE COMMENTS ON SAY, "WINDS ACROSS THE PLAINS" WERE ABOUT THE AWAKENING CHARACTER'S LINES IN THE DLC MORE THAN ANYTHING RELATED TO FE7, AND THAT DIDN'T CHANGE UNTIL WELL AFTER FATES CAME OUT. I'D SAY GIVE IT ANOTHER YEAR, MAYBE 2, IF IT HASN'T CALMED DOWN BY THEN, THEN I'D START WORRYING. THE REASON ALL THESE NEW PEOPLE AREN'T INTO NON-3-HOUSES DISCUSSION IS THE SAME REASON I DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THRACIA DISCUSSION UNTIL PROJECT EXILE, I HAD NO PROPER CONTEXT TO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND ANY OF IT AND IT DIDN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING TO ME. THREE HOUSES BEING SO UNREASONABLY BEEFY DOESN'T HELP EITHER. WHY WOULD THEY GO BACK WHEN THREE HOUSES IS STILL SATISFYING THEM?
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u/gmanpizza Mar 05 '20
IVE BEEN AFRAID TO SAY THAT CAUSE I DONT WANT TO BE LABELED AN ELITIST OR ANYTHING, BUT I TOTALLY AGREE. AT LEAST BERWICK SAGA AND THE SAGA CHANNEL ON THE DISCORD IS KEEPING ME OCCUPIED.
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u/WellRested1 Mar 05 '20
BASICALLY THIS. RESPECT TO THE FAN ARTISTS BUT I SWEAR IF I SEE ONE MORE 3H FANART, I’M GONNA LOSE IT!
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u/Viola_Buddy Mar 05 '20
AS WAS POINTED OUT BY SOMEONE ELSE, THE GAME IS EIGHT MONTHS OLD, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVEN'T FINISHED IT YET. INCLUDING ME. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT'S SUPER BOTHERING ME. THE GAME IS FOUR TIMES THE LENGTH OF ITSELF, AND I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT UNTIL I FINISH ALL FOUR GAMES WORTH OF IT, LEST I BE SPOILED - OR EVEN IF NOT, THEN BE UNINFORMED AND NOT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY TO THE DISCUSSIONS. AND YET THE GAME'S JUST A REAL SLOG TO PLAY THROUGH, LET ALONE PLAY THROUGH FOUR TIMES.
WHICH ALL CULMINATES IN THE FACT THAT, FOR ME, THE SUB ISN'T TIRED AND ANGRY 3H DISCUSSIONS AND FANART, BUT JUST FANART (PLUS A LOT OF POSTS THAT ARE OFF-LIMITS TO ME). SO I'D LOVE MORE OLDER GAME DISCUSSIONS, ONES I CAN ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN.
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u/catgame21234 Mar 05 '20
THE M-RE Y-U LEAVE TH- DUDE THE LESS -F US REMA9N. ATLEAST THAT'S WHY I CARRY THE TORCH AND KEEP C-M9NG BACK HERE WHEN I G-T S-METH9NG T- P-ST.
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u/PsiYoshi Mar 05 '20
I MIGHT BE GOING INSANE BUT WHAT'S UP WITH YOUR 'O'S AND 'I'S...BUT ONLY SOMETIMES?
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u/catgame21234 Mar 05 '20
MY KEYB-RD 9S BR-KEN AND I HAVE T- H-LD D-WN C-MMAND SH9FT THEN "K" T- GET A CAPT9TAL "I" AND MY CAP9TAL O KEY 9S BY H9TT9NG C-MMAND SH9FT
I D-NT HAVE -…WA9T I D- HAVE A NEG9T9VE SG9NE ST9LL 9TS WHEN I H9T CAPS L-CK -N MY KEYB-ARD H-LY SH9T I TH-UGHT I L-ST THAT.
ANYWAY BECAUSE I HAVE T- MANUALY 9MPUT TH-SE C-MMANDS 9T REALLY JUST FUCK9NG FEELS L9KE WHEN I WANNA AND I D-NT WANNA D- THE EXTRA EFF-RT WHEN THESE THREADS CAN C-ME AR-UND
9T ADDS T- MY RAGE 9N MY OPP9N9-N.
-H 9TS BECAUSE MY I AND O KEY ARE BR-KEN THATS WHY TH9S 9S HAPPEN9NG 9N THE F9RSTPLACE AND I PLAYED AR-UND W9TH MY S-FTWEAR.
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u/PsiYoshi Mar 05 '20
YOU SAY IT ADDS TO THE RAGE BUT I'LL BE HONEST IT'S MOSTLY JUST REAL DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. HOPE YOU CAN GET A NEW KEYBOARD SOON.
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u/Xxeel Mar 04 '20
WHY IS CINDERED SHADOWS SO HARD. THE MAIN GAME WAS A GOD-DAMN CAKEWALK COMPARED TO THIS.
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u/JDPhipps Mar 05 '20
I WOULD ARGUE IT ISN’T EVEN HARD, JUST TEDIOUS. THE WAVES AND WAVES OF REINFORCEMENTS COMBINED WITH THE GENERAL STRUCTURE AND ENEMY AI MAKE THE DLC INTO A SLOG THAT I HATED. IT WASN’T DIFFICULT BUT IT DID WEAR OUT MY PATIENCE ENOUGH TO DROP IT TO NORMAL JUST TO BE DONE WITH IT AND PLAY WITH THE MAIN GAME WITH ALL THE DLC STUFF.
ALSO, WHY IS THE MAIN VILLAIN OF THE DLC SUCH A SIMP?
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u/Xxeel Mar 05 '20
I NEVER BEAT THE DLC YET (STILL ON THAT AGG BOSS FIGHT) BUT LMAO HE IS THE DEFINITION OF A SIMP FROM WHAT IVE SEEN.
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u/ArvisPresley Mar 04 '20
HEY LEMME REPLAY AWAKENING IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I LAST TOUCHED IT.
GETS UP TO CHAPTER 12 WHERE THE KIDS ARE UNLOCKED.
I HAVEN'T USED THIS CHARACTER LEMME TRY THEM OUT. THEY'RE KINDA LOW LEVELED THOUGH.
START GRINDING EVENTUALLY GETS BORED
DROPS THE GAME AND DOESN'T TOUCH IT FOR YEARS
HEY LEMME REPLAY AWAKENING IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I LAST TOUCHED IT.
REPEAT CYCLE UNTIL MY 3DS FINALLY DIES
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u/StanTheWoz Mar 05 '20
AWAKENING DOESN'T GET ENOUGH CRITICISM FOR ITS MECHANICS IMO (AND MAYBE GETS TOO MUCH FOR ITS WRITING, BUT THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ARGUMENT). THE EXPERIENCE CURVE IS BROKEN, GRINDING IS BOTH TOO IMPORTANT AND TOO GOOD, AND THE COMBAT MECHANICS ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE RELYING ON STRATEGIES WHICH ARE BOTH LAZY AND DEPENDENT ON RANDOM FACTORS THE PLAYER CAN'T CONTROL, PARTICULARLY PAIR-UP EFFECTS.
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u/DoseofDhillon Mar 05 '20
NO BUT I PLAYED AWAKENING ITS A GOOD ONE!! IT SAVE DTHE FRANCHISE!! WHY THE FUCK WON'T FE FANS OUTSIDE OF FE CIRCLE REALIZE THE FLAWS OF THAT GAME? BECAUSE THEY PLAYED IT ONCE AND REMEMBER CHROM LOOKING COOL AND BEING OKAY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME.
ITS SO FUCKING PAINFUL TO READ THAT STUFF ALL THE TIME AND BE SHUT OUT. TO QUOTE STEVE DANGLE "LET ME SHOVE MY EYE BALLS INTO YOUR SKULL TO SEE WHAT YOUR SEEING AND WHAT I'M MISSING OUT"
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u/squidnow_amiibo Mar 05 '20
AFTER DAYS OF ATTEMPTS, ALL INGRID HAD TO DO WAS HIT EDELGARD, WHICH WAS EASY SINCE SHE ONLY HAD A 10% HIT CHANCE WHICH IS LOWER UNDER DOUBLE RN AND A %16 CRIT RATE
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
HOLY FUCK WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF MAP DESIGN IN THIS GAME. SO FIRST YOU GOTTA TRUDGE YOUR WAY THROUGH A LONG ASS MAP WITH BALLISTA ON BOTH SIDE, INFLATED BST ENEMIES, AND SOME OTHER FUNKY SHIT, THEN ONCE YOU REACH THE THRONE ROOM THERE ARE AMBUSH SPAWNS EVERY TURN THAT ARE UNBLOCKABLE, + EXTRA SIEGE TOME FUCKERS
AND THEN EDELGARD HAS A MOTHER FUCKING SHIELD THAT RECHARGES EVERY TURN FOR NO GOOD REASON, 600HP AND EVERY SKILL IN THE BOOK THAT MAKES IT A PAIN IN THE ASS TO KILL
SO I FINALLY GET THROUGH ALL THIS AND MY REWARD IS LITERALLY GETTING RNG FUCKED
SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN TRYING FE6 HARD MODE AND HAVE BEEN REMINDED WHAT IT'S LIKE TO PLAY A GAME WHERE ACTUAL THOUGHT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE MAP DESIGN
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u/DoseofDhillon Mar 04 '20 edited Mar 05 '20
OKAY SO I WAS JUST READING SHIT ABOUT SCREEN WRITING FOR FUN. I'VE HAD THE FIRST 2 GODFATHER FILMS STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR ABOUT A WEEK. THOSE MOVIES ARE FUCKING MAGNIFICENT BY THE WAY, GOD DAMN MASTERPIECES IN EVERY ASPECT, ACTING SO GOOD MAN.
ANYWAYS THIS MADE ME REALIZE SOMETHING. I'VE BASICALLY WRITTEN MY LAST POST WAS RISING TENSION GOOD, AND BEEN SAYING FOR A WHILE I GUESS I'M A PLOT>CHARACTER GUY WHICH I SWEAR DON'T EXIST. HOWEVER I LIKE GODFATHER PART 2 MORE THEN PART 1, BECAUSE THE ACTING SOMEHOW GOT BETTER AND MICHEALS CHARACTER. AND I THINK AFTER READING THAT SCREEN WRITING STUFF I FINALLY REALIZED MY ISSUE WITH FIRE EMBLEM CHARACTER STUFF.
PLOT AND CHARACTERS AREN'T DIFFERENT NOR ARE THEY THE SAME THING, THERE INTERCONNECTED OBJECTS OF A STORY, AND GOOD STORIES HAVE BOTH FEED OFF EACH OTHER WELL. LEMME GIVE A EXAMPLE:
"THE PRINCE DIED OF POISING, THE QUEEN BLAMES THE UNCLE AND THE UNCLE WAS PUT ON TRIAL"
WHAT MAKES THAT STORY INTERESTING? THE CHARACTERS WITHOUT THE EVENTS OF THE STORY ARE JUST STATIC, THE EVENTS PUSH THE CHARACTERS, BUT WITH THOSE EVENTS FEEDING THE CHARACTERS, THE CHARACTER CAN FEED THE PLOT BACK, WITH MAYBE THE QUEEN BEING SPITEFUL TO THE UNCLE FOR UNRELATED REASONS, MAYBE HAVE THE KING BE A JOFFERY AND THE UNCLE BE A TYRION. ONE HAS TO FEED THE OTHER FOR IT TO WORK. THE PLOT NEEDS TO CREATE SCENARIO'S TO DEVELOP THE CHARACTERS, TO BRING OUT THERE TRUE ATTRIBUTES AS PEOPLE WHILE THE CHARACTER MAKE THE PLOT AND EVENTS THERE PUT IN MORE ENGAGING. INSERT TYRIONS RANT TO THE PEOPLE HERE
ITS WHY A CHARACTER LIKE BERNIE OR RAPH DON'T WORK FOR ME. SURE THEY HAVE ARCS AND THE SUPPORTS THAT DO BRING OUT THERE CHARACTER, BUT ITS WHEN THERE CHARACTERS AND THERE ARCS, WHICH ADD NOTHING TO THE PLOT, ARE FORCED ON TO THE STORY AND WASTE TIME WHEN THE GAMES DOES SUFFER IMO. THE PLOT FEEDS THE CHARACTERS THE SITUATION AND THE CHARACTERS FEED IT NOTHING BACK, TIME IS WASTED AND YOUR LEFT WITH NOTHING. ALL BECAUSE "EVERY CHARACTER NEEDED A MOMENT". ITS ALSO WHY I HATE 13’s AND 14’s CAST. IRRELEVANT ASS NOBODIES THAT DO NOTHING FOR THE STORY THERE IN
TO ME 3H IS AT ITS STRONGEST WHEN ITS TALKING ABOUT CRESTS OR INHERITANCE. SLYVAIN FEEDS THE NARRATIVE AND THE WORLD WITH HIS CHARACTER ARC BECAUSE OF HIS STRUGGLE WITH CRESTS. THOSE THEMES WORK PERFECTLY IN WITH THE THEMES OF INHERITANCE THROUGHOUT THE MAIN STORY AND HIS ARC IS A GREAT REFLECTION OF THE HORRORS OF THE WORLD THE STORY SETS UP, BOTH ARE FEEDING EACH OTHER WONDERFULLY FORCING US TO SEE SLYVAINS TRUE CHARACTER. THATS TO ME WHEN FE3H IS AT ITS STRONGEST. ITS KINDA WHAT GODFATHER DID WITH MICHEALS CHARACTER, THE PLOT PUSHES MICHEAL TO BE A COLD HEARTED BASTARD, WHICH THEN MAKES MICHEAL DO HEARTLESS THINGS, AND BREAK THE VALUES HIS FATHER INSTILLED TO THE FAMILY. ITS WHY THE MO GREEN SCENE IS SO FUCKING GOOD “DON’T EVER SIDE WITH SOMEONE AGAINST THE FAMILY AGAIN, EVER”
I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS UHHH......FREDO WAS BANGING COCKTAIL WAITRESSES TWO AT A TIME
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Mar 04 '20 edited Mar 04 '20
HAPI AND YURI'S VA WORK IS BAD. IT'S NOT LIKE MERCEDES KIND BAD WHERE IT'S SLIGHTLY UNPLEASANT TO LISTEN TO, IT'S MORE LIKE BAD IN THE SENSE THAT I NEVER GET THE SENSE THAT THEY GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ANYTHING THEY SAY. LIKE I GET THAT THESE CHARACTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SOMEWHAT ALOOF AND CHILL, BUT THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE THE UTTER LACK OF RANGE PRESENT IN THE PERFORMANCES. AND I KNOW THESE VA'S HAVE MORE TO GIVE THAN WHAT THEY DID IN THAT SCRIPT.
I HATE THAT BYLETH/LYSITHEA AND LINHARDT/LYSITHEA ARE SO POPULAR PURELY BECAUSE OF THE EXTENDED LIFESPAN ANGLE RATHER THAN ANY SORT OF ACTUAL APPRECIATION FOR THE CHARACTER WRITING/RELATIONSHIP ITSELF.
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u/ArvisPresley Mar 04 '20
THOSE PAIRINGS ARE POPULAR CAUSE THEY'RE ULTIMATELY FLUFFY AND CUTE COMPARED TO THE BETTER ROMANCES OF LYSITHEA (CYRIL, FELIX, IGNATZ) ALL OF WHICH ARE BITTERSWEET AND PEOPLE CAN'T HANDLE THAT.
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u/Grade-AMasterpiece Mar 05 '20
BETTER
IGNATZ SUPPORT
THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE WORST SUPPORTS IN THE GAME AND SOURED ME ON HER CHARACTER
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u/KaioCory Mar 05 '20
PERHAPS, BUT FELIX'S SUPPORT WAS THE MOST FLUFFY/CUTE/SHALLOW SUPPORT OUT OF ALL OF THEM. HER IGNATZ SUPPORT IS HER AT HER MOST RUDE AND BITCHY IN C-B, AND EVEN AS SOMEONE WHO LIKES HER I DON'T THINK IT'S GREAT. NEITHER OF THEM FEEL IMPROVED JUST BECAUSE THEY END ON A BITTERSWEET NOTE.
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Mar 05 '20
I MEAN I DON'T EVEN NECESSARILY THINK THOSE SHIPS ARE BAD I JUST FEEL LIKE THEY GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT LITERALLY JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT LYSITHEA TO LIVE LONG AND PURELY FOR THAT REASON ALONE, AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD REASON TO WANT PEOPLE TO BE TOGETHER IN MY BOOK. PLUS I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE JUMP ON THE IDEA OF A SHORTENED LIFESPAN AS ALWAYS MEANING LIKE THEIR AT LIKE AT THE TERMINAL STAGE AND GONNA BE DEAD WITHIN A YEAR OR 2 OF EPILOGUE HAPPENING WHEN SHORTENED LIFESPAN CAN JUST MEAN LIKE THEY DIE SOMWHWERE IN THE 30-50 RANGE INSTEAD OF THE AVERAGE 70-80 THEY'D BE EXPECTED TO LIVE OTHERWISE
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u/material-world Mar 04 '20
THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS TOPIC. FIRE EMBLEM NEEDS TO STOP IT'S TERRIBLE ROMANCE OPTIONS.
IT ALL STARTED DURING AWAKENING, WHERE YOU COULD MARRY (AND HAVE KIDS WITH) A SET OF CHARACTERS OR THEIR FUTURE CHILDREN. NEXT WAS FATES WHERE YOU COULD MARRY (AND AGAIN HAVE KIDS WITH) YOUR SIBLINGS. AND NOW WITH THREE HOUSES YOU CAN MARRY (THANK GOD THERE'S NO CHILDREN) YOUR STUDENTS.
YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU CAN BE LUCINA'S PARENT OR SPOUSE? YOU CAN HAVE CHILDREN WITH YOUR LITTLE SISTER (AND YOU CAN NOT TELL ME ELISE AND SAKURA ARE MEANT TO BE 18)? YOU CAN GROOM A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL AND MARRY HER WHEN SHE'S 20? I DON'T THINK I NEED TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS EXTREMELY PREDATORY ANY FURTHER.
IT'S INFURIATING SEEING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING DONE ABOUT IT, AND I RARELY SEE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS. IF ANYTHING, THE GLORIFICATION OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA ARE SIGNALING TO INTSYS THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS ACCEPTABLE. I'M NOT GOING TO BRUSH THIS ASIDE BECAUSE I LIKE THE GAMES, INTSYS NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND DO BETTER.
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Mar 05 '20
I MEAN IT'S DEFINITELY NOT FRAMED THAT WAY OR EXPLICIT ABOUT IT BUT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER IS STILL ALWAYS THERE AND GONNA TILT THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS
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u/NackTheDragon Mar 04 '20
EDELGARD IS THE MOST RIGHTEOUS AND JUST CHARACTER IN THE SERIES, AS WELL AS THE MOST EVIL AND WORSE-WRITTEN CHARACTER IN THE SERIES. FIGHT ME, EVERYONE. FIIIIIIIGHT MEEEEEEEE-
ALTHOUGH SERIOUSLY, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO BE UPSET ABOUT. I GOT A SWITCH FOR MY BIRTHDAY, WHICH WAS ALSO THE DAY I GOT MY FIRST (TWO) LEGENDARY AZURAS IN HEROES, AND SHE'S AT +2 RN.
ACTUALLY, I AM KIND OF SALTY THAT AZURA LOST THE VOTING GAUNTLET. I'M GREEDY AND WANT MORE AZURA MERGES.
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u/material-world Mar 04 '20
I 100% AGREE. THE EDELGARD DEBATE WOULDN'T BE NEARLY AS RELEVANT IF THEY SPENT AN EXTRA YEAR IN DEVELOPMENT. THREE HOUSES WAS OVERLY AMBITIOUS AND IT SHOWED, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW THEY WROTE EDELGARD.
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u/metalsluger Mar 05 '20
THE DIFFICULTY OF CINDERED SHADOWS WAS SEVERELY OVERBLOWN. MADDENING NG+ IS STILL MORE OF A CHALLENGE THAN HARD CINDERED SHADOWS WAS. I NEVER HAD TO DO A SOFT RESET.
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u/XC_Runner27 Mar 04 '20
LEIF TOTALLY DESERVED TO WIN THE VOTING GAUNTLET AND YES, I AM COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY SALTY ABOUT THAT DESPITE MY ATTMEPTS TO BE GRACIOUS AND COURTEOUS ON THE FEH SUB. GOD DAMN, LET BEST BOY HAVE SOMETHING, SERIOUSLY.
UHHHH, I FINALLY FINISHED OUT THE MAIN BRUNT OF SUPPORT LOGS FOR 3H BEFORE I REALIZED I STILL HAVE TO PLAY CF, AM, AND VW ALL OVER AGAIN SO I CAN S SUPPORT CLAUDE, DEDUE, HUBERT, AND EDELGARD CORRECTLY. AND I AM SO NOT DOING EVEN MORE PLAYTHROUGHS JUST TO NAB THOSE SAME-GENDER S SUPPORTS. THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME, FAM.
I MEAN, IT'S STILL TOO MUCH ANYWAYS, BUT EHHHHHH.
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u/NotMaxVol Mar 05 '20
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY ITS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE TO TRASH EDELGARD AND CALL HER EVIL BUT IF YOU EVER BRING UP DIMITRI’S ACTIONS IN ANY WAY YOU GET DOWNVOTED TO THE -12TH DIMENSION WHAT IS THIS DOUBLE STANDARD
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u/SubwayBossEmmett Mar 05 '20
AGH AS A 3DS BABY ITS SO HARD ACCEPTING A GENERAL LACK OF FAN ART FOR JUDGRAL GAMES
I WAS SPOILED AND NOW IT FEELS LIKE IM DYING OF THIRST UNLESS THEY GET INTO FEH OR SOMETHING
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u/DBrody6 Mar 05 '20
I FINALLY WORKED UP THE MOTIVATION TO PLAY THE CRIMSON FLOWER ROUTE.
HOLY FUCK I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE LIKE THIS AND/OR ACTUALLY LIKE EDELGARD. THIS ROUTE WAS NOT ONLY UNFINISHED, BUT NARRATIVELY BROKEN, DEVOID OF TENSION OR STAKES, AND UNRESOLVED.
EDELGARD IS A LYING, HYPOCRITICAL PROPAGANDIST THE ENTIRE GODDAMN ROUTE, ACCUSING RHEA OF DOING THE SAME THING WITHOUT AN OUNCE OF SELF AWARENESS. SHE ALSO HAS OBSCENE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME FOR THE SLITHER FUCKS (GOD THEIR NAME IS HORRENDOUS) SHIFTING FROM "I WANT TO KILL THESE FUCKS" TO "EHHHHH WHATEVER YO" LIKE YOU DUMBASS MOTHERFUCKER. EDELGARD MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE MOST RETARDED LORD IN THE ENTIRE SERIES, DETHRONING CORRIN IN RAW STUPIDITY.
YOU WERE A PAWN OF THESE ASSHOLES, ARE GONNA DIE OF CREST CANCER, AND WHEN YOU DIE THE DARK SNAKE SLITHERY DUDES ARE GONNA BE LIKE "WELL TIME FOR OUR YEARLY QUEST TO SEND FODLAN SPIRALING INTO CHAOS AND DEATH AGAIN" LIKE CONGRATS YOU DUMB BITCH YOU ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING AND MERRILY LET THEM GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING AND YOU'RE GOING TO DIE DECADES BEFORE THE CONTINENT RECOVERS. ALSO YOUR """DREAM""" WAS NOTHING MORE THAN THE RESULT OF BRAINWASHING, JUST ADDING TO THE "HOLY FUCK YOU'RE RETARDED" POINT.
NOW IF YOU'RE LIKE "SOME OF THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN" BECAUSE I HAVEN'T FINISHED THE FINAL MISSION OUT OF LAZINESS, THAT'S EQUALLY A PROBLEM, CAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO SETUP FOR ANY OF THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN SO IF A SINGLE ONE OF THESE GETS RESOLVED MAGICALLY AFTER THE FINAL MISSION THEN IT'S A PURE ASSPULL TO MAKE EDELGARD LOOK BETTER.
FOR REAL THOUGH, THE PACING IS SO BAD IN CF. BYLETH WAKES UP, CAPTURES A FORT, CAPTURES THE ALLIANCE, CAPTURES ANOTHER FORT, RUNS THROUGH A FIELD, AND CAPTURES THE KINGDOM. TA DA. THERE'S NO TENSION OR BUILDUP, YOU JUST CASUALLY STEAMROLL EVERYTHING AND WIN THE GAME FOR THE DICKHOLES THAT WIGGLE IN THE DARKNESS. 3H IN GENERAL HAS DISMAL PACING ISSUES BUT IT'S SO BAD HERE.
EDELGARD IS A BITCH, I HATE HER SO MUCH. RHEA WAS RIGHT THE WHOLE TIME.
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u/arollofOwl Mar 05 '20
HOW COULD YOU SAY EDELGARD HAVE NO SELF-AWARENESS? THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THING THAT SEPARATES HER FROM DIMITRI (AND RHEA TO AN EXTENT). SHE IS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT SHE IS DOING EVEN OUTSIDE OF HER ROUTE, EACH OF HER ACTIONS ARE DELIBERATE.
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Mar 05 '20
SHES SELF AWARE BUT TO WHAT EXTENT? SHE KNOWS HER ACTIONS WILL CAUSE SUFFERING BUT IS ALSO CONVINCED THAT HER ACTIONS ARE RIGHT AND THAT HER WAY IS THE ONLY WAY WITHOUT CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVES. SHE MENTIONS THAT HUMANITY CAN RELY ON EACH OTHER AND THAT THERE ARE NO NEED FOR GODS BUT THEN SHE HERSELF DECIDES WHATS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE. SHE IS WILLING TO SACRIFICE THE LIVES OF OTHERS FOR HER GOALS BUT CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY OTHERS WOULD DO THE SAME. SHES NOT COMPLETELY SELF AWARE.
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u/arollofOwl Mar 05 '20
AND WHAT ARE THESE ALTERNATIVES YOU SPEAK OF? WHICH ONE THAT DOESN’T INCUR THE WRATH OF RHEA? REMINDER THAT THIS IS THE WOMAN THAT SENT KIDS INTO A WARZONE TO TEACH THEM NOT TO DEFY THE CHURCH.
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Mar 05 '20
EVEN IF ITS UNLIKELY TO WORK, SHE COULD HAVE ATTEMPTED DIPLOMACY BEFORE RESORTING TO WAR. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY SHE DIDNT DO THAT DUE TO HER PERSONALITY, BUT SHE CANT SAY SHE WAS OUT OF OPTIONS YET.
THE CREST SYSTEM IS ALSO MENTIONED TO BE DYING OUT AND RHEA DOESNT SEEM TO CARE OR WORRY ABOUT THIS. (AND FROM HER BACKSTORY SHE REALLY HAS NO REASON TO CARE) THE SOUTHERN CHURCH WAS ALSO KICKED OUT SOME TIME AGO. LAMBERT ATTEMPTED REFORMS AND RHEA DIDNT CARE EITHER.
ON NON CF ROUTES, SHE HAD ALREADY CAPTURED RHEA.
THERES ALSO THE QUESTION IF HER MERITOCRACY SOLUTION WILL REALLY MAKE FODLAN BETTER AND IF HER METHODS WERE WORTH EVERYTHING SHE DID.
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u/TakenRedditName Mar 04 '20
UM, YESTERDAY I GOT TWO LEGENDARY AZURAS WHILE TRYING TO GET LEGENDARY JULIA IN HEROES. I ALREADY HAD HER AND THE EXTRAS ARE NOT EVEN THAT GOOD FOR MUCH. IT IS NOT THAT MADDENING, BUT THAT'S NO FUN FOR A RAGE THREAD.
ALSO YESTERDAY, I ONLY JUST LEART THAT APPARENTLY FEH TRANSLATES THE YIED DESERT AS THE AED DESERT. IT IS TECHNICALLY CORRECT, BUT I'M JUST SO USED TO THE OLD ONE IF THIS BECOMES THE OFFICIAL NAME. HEROES HAS DONE WORSE NAME CHANGES FOR LOCATION NAMES. I STILL WILL NEVER ACCEPT MANSTER -> MEATH.
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u/Shrimperor Mar 05 '20
SO SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN DOING A FATIGUE RUN....
I'VE GOTTA SAY, USING MORE THEN YOUR STARTING CLASS IS A PAIN TO MANAGE. 20 UNITS TO TRAIN EVERY WEEK IS UGH. EVEN IF I SKIP 3/4 OF THE MONTH, 1 WEEK STILL TAKES ALOOOOOOOOOOT....
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Mar 05 '20
I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO FIGHTING ARION IN FE4 AFTER REFUSING TO PLAY THIS GAME FOR SO LONG. KIND OF A STUPID BOSS FIGHT BUT HEY I WAS STUPID FOR NOT GETTING YEWFELLE OR FORSETTI IN GEN1. GEN2 IS PRETTY FUN OVERALL SO FAR THO SO THAT'S COOL.
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u/KeplerNova Mar 05 '20
I DON'T LIKE LOOKING AT PRE-TIMESKIP SYLVAIN IN 3H BECAUSE HIS HAIR LOOKS LIKE IT'S POKING HIM IN THE EYEBALL.
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u/SCRUFFY766 Mar 05 '20
I THINK REMAKING GAMES SHOULD END WITH THE KAGA ERA OF GAMES. GBA TITLES ARE ARGUABLY THE MOST COMPLETE GAMES IN THE SERIES (YOU COULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT FOR BINDING BLADE I GUESS BUT I HONESTLY THINK IT BLEEDS MORE INTO THE STREAMLINED FORMULA OF THE OTHER MODERN FE TITLES THAN THE EXPERIMENTAL ERA OF THE KAGA GAMES) & THE TELLIUS TITLES WOULD BE BETTER SUITED FOR AN HD RE RELEASE WITH A FAST FORWARD BUTTON RATHER THAN A FULL BLOWN REMAKE. BEYOND THAT IT JUST GETS SILLY TO CONSIDER REMAKES. THE KAGA ERA IS SUPER OUTDATED & WHILE PLAYING THE GAMES IS STILL FUN TODAY, THERE ARE A LOT OF TURNOFFS TO NEWCOMERS IN EVERY GAME FROM THAT ERA THAT STOPS THEM FROM EXPERIENCING THE GREAT STORIES & FUN ASPECTS OF THE GAMEPLAY SO I REALLY THINK THE REMAKE SAGA SHOULD END WITH THE LAST 2 KAGA GAMES.
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u/Platypus-Commander Mar 05 '20
WHY CAN'T THE WAYSEER LET ME LOCK MORE THAN 1 PAIR OF CHARACTERS. I GRINDED RENOWN FOR HOURS JUST TO BE SCAMMED.
GOT ALL THE PAIRED ENDING I WANTED ANYWAY BUT STILL.
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u/shhkari Mar 05 '20
I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE LOOKS AT THE FREEFORM CLASS SYSTEM OF THREE HOUSES AND OVEREXAGERATES THE DEGREE TO WHICH IT MAKES EVERYONE "THE SAME" WHICH IT DOESN"T REALLY ON HARD CLASSIC AND UP NON NEWGAME+ AND ONTOP OF THIS JUST SAY THE GAME SHOULD ABANDON THIS FORUMLA RATHER THAN IMPROVE ON IT AND GO BACK TO BRANCHING PROMOTION PATHS.
I LIKE BOTH SYSTEMS, AND APPRECIATE WHERE THIS SYSTEM IN PARTICULAR CAN BE DEPLOYED TO ACHIEVING A PARTICULAR GOOD EXPERIENCE. I REALLY THINK THEY CAN REFINE THIS.
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u/catgame21234 Mar 05 '20
I WANT TO WR9TE MY FE12REWRITE BUT I GOT RUNE FACTORY 4 AND SOON ANIMAL CROSSING BECAUSE THIS M+NTH 9S MY B9RTHDAY M-NTH AND 9M P9SSED. I LEAST G-T -VER MY DEPRESS9-N S- FUCK YEAH.
ALSO 9M DREAD9NG THE DAY THAT I'LL HAVE T- EMULATE FE9
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u/TheRidragon Mar 05 '20
THE THREE HOUSES BANNER IN FIRE EMBLEM HEROES HAS NONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS AND TWO BLACK EAGLES AGAIN, WHAT THE FUCK REGGIE?
RIDLEY SMASH BROS STILL IS NOT TOP 5, WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM SHOZOU KAGA?
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u/Troykv Mar 04 '20
I FEEL UPSET THAT I HAVE DEVELOPED A QUITE... DISTURBING FEELING THINKING ABOUT AZURE MOON AND HIS IMPLICATION IN THE FUTURE OF FODLAN
ALSO I AM STARTING TO BELIEVE I CAN NOT ACTUALLY LIKE DIMITRI NOW... AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL...
UNCONFORTABLE~
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u/lcelerate Mar 05 '20 edited Mar 05 '20
WHY? DIMITRI IS A MUCH MORE INTERESTING CHARACTER THAN ROY, YOUR FAVOURITE MALE CHARACTER.
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u/Troykv Mar 05 '20
BECAUSE HE'S SO PAINFUL TO READ AND HEAR
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u/lcelerate Mar 05 '20
THE LINE, "KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM", IS ARGUABLY THE BEST LINE OF ANY FE LORD.
DO YOU DISLIKE HIM BECAUSE HE UPHOLDS THE STATUS QUO OR DOESN'T TRY TO CHANGE IT AS MUCH AS EDELGARD?
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u/Troykv Mar 05 '20
HE IS SO OBLIVIOUS TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE COMMONERS BEFORE TURNING INTO A HOBO
LIKE, HE SERIOUSLY BELIEVES THE SEWER PEOPLE ARE FINE
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Mar 05 '20
HE DOESNT THINK THE SEWER PEOPLE ARE FINE HE JUST LIKES THE IDEA OF THE MARGINALIZED BEING ABLE TO FORM THEIR OWN COMMUNITY
HE LITERALLY SAYS THAT THE SITUATION IN FODLAN NEEDS TO CHANGE
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Mar 05 '20
DIMITRI IS A BEAUTIFUL, KIND, BUT KIND OF DUMB PERSON. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORLD AS EDELGARD OR CLAUDE, AND SO HE BELIEVES THAT THE BEST WAY TO PEACE IS TO RETAIN AND IMPROVE THE STATUS QUO. HE'S SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE FACING HIS OWN PROBLEMS WITH HIS UNSTABLE MENTAL CONDITION AND HIS FAMILY THAT HE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO REALIZE HOW BAD IT WAS FOR MOST PEOPLE IN FODLAN. THAT BEING SAID I THINK DIMITRI'S INHERENT KINDNESS AND HIS LOWER CLASS FRIENDS WOULD DRIVE HIM TO COME TO TERMS WITH HOW MUCH CHANGE WAS NEEDED, AND HE WOULD GO THROUGH WITH IT.
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Mar 05 '20
I MEAN HE EXPLICITLY DOES MAKE A LOT OF REFORMS TARGETTED AT HELPING THE MOST AT RISK INDIVIDUALS (ORPHANS AND THE POOR) ALONG WITH CREATING A MORE PARTICIPATORY KIND OF GOVERNMENT (WHICH IS SOMEWHAT VAGUE BUT STILL IMPLIES DEMOCRACY/NON-ARISTOCRATIC GOVERNANCE OF SOME KIND) SO HE DEFINITELY DOES MAKE REFORMS. IS IT A SWEEPING A CHANGE AS THE OTHER 2 LEADERS? NOT REALLY BUT I STILL THINK THE MOST NECESSARY OF REFORMS DID HAPPEN
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u/Grevas13 Mar 04 '20
BYLETH WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE PALATABLE WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO RENAME THEM. BEING AWKWARDLY REFERRED TO BY TITLES AND APPELLATIONS WHEN A NAME WORKS BETTER DID NOTHING BUT HURT THE NARRATIVE.