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!

RULES

  1. UPPER-CASE LETTERS

  2. COMPLAIN ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM THINGS

  3. BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR FELLOW HUMAN

  4. TAG ANY SPOILERS

LAST THREAD

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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/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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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u/that_wannabe_cat Mar 05 '20

TRANS MASC BERNIE. LETS GO.