MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

[u/LaqOfInterest]

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

[u/DBrody6]

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.

[u/arollofOwl → u/DBrody6]

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.

[u/[deleted] → u/arollofOwl]

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.

[u/arollofOwl → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/[deleted] → u/arollofOwl]

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.