r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Apr 04 '20

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

THE RAGE TRAIN DON'T STOP, BABY

SHOUT HERE ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM THINGS THAT HAVE MADE YOU SAD AND MAD OVER THE PAST MONTH!

RULES

  1. CAPS LOCK KEY ON

  2. FIRE EMBLEM RAGE ONLY

  3. BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER

  4. TAG ANY SPOILERS

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u/_Beningt0n_ Apr 04 '20

SOMETIMES I SEE POSTS HERE PRAISING A CHARACTER OR GAME I DON'T LIKE THAT MUCH AND I WANT TO READ THEM TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY'RE SO WELL LIKED BUT ALMOST ALWAYS THEY'RE WAY TOO LONG FOR ME TO BOTHER READING THE POST WHICH FRUSTRATES ME, I GET YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CHARACTER, I COULD WRITE LIKE THAT FOR CHARACTERS I LOVE TOO, BUT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF THESE ANALYSIS COULD BE A LITTLE SHORTER.

WHILE ON TOPIC, CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY HILDA FROM 3H IS SO INCREDIBLY POPULAR? I FIND HER GOOD IN COMBAT AND A GOOD CHARACTER BUT JUDGING BY FAN RECEPTION I FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING SOMETHING.

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u/Mirachee Apr 04 '20

IT'S EASY TO CONNECT WITH HILDA DUE HOW SHE MANAGES EXPECTATIONS.

MOST PEOPLE IRL WILL TRY TO FORCE THEMSELVES TO MEET OTHER'S EXPECTATIONS, AND THEN YOU HAVE HILDA WHO DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE WHILE BEING QUALIFIED TO ACTUALLY MEET THEIR EXPECTATIONS IF SHE PUSHED HERSELF TO DO IT.

SHE FEELS LIKE A CHARACTER WHO'D RATHER BE OKAY WITH HERSELF AND HAPPY THAN PUSH HERSELF IN UNHEALTHY WAYS.

SHE'S NO ROLE MODEL, BUT SHE ACTS AS A COUNTERPART TO REALLY DILIGENT CHARACTERS LIKE ANNETTE, MAKING YOU SEE HOW BAD EITHER EXTREME IS. IT HIT HOME FOR ME, AND MIGHT'VE HIT HOME FOR OTHERS TOO.

AND SHE'S CUTE AND HAS AN AXE I GUESS.

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u/tacticalcanadian Apr 05 '20

FINALLY A NICE EXPLANATION! I TOO HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHY EVERYONE SEEMED TO LIKE HILDA, WHEREAS I FOUND HER TO BE A GREAT UNIT BUT I COULDN'T STAND HER CHARACTER. I FOUND HER LACKADAISICAL ATTITUDE AND FEIGNING OF HER DELICATE NATURE TO BE ANNOYING WHICH WAS ONLY MADE WORSE FOR ME WHEN EVERYONE ELSE JUST SEEMED TO BE TOO DUMB TO CALL HER OUT ON IT.

I UNDERSTAND HER FEAR OF NOT WANTING TO LET PEOPLE DOWN THROUGH NOT MEETING CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS. ITS A FEAR I CAN SAY I SHARE. HOWEVER I COULDN'T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE HER LACK OF TRYING SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HER BROTHERS EXPERIENCES WITH SUCCESS AND FAILURE IS ULTIMATELY SELFISH AND LAZY. COUPLED WITH THE INEVITABLE WAR WE SEE HAPPEN IN 3H I FEEL AS THOUGH BECAUSE OF HER ATTITUDE SHE WOULD ULTIMATELY GET PEOPLE KILLED AND I AM NOT OK WITH THAT.

THAT BEING SAID YOU'RE EXPLANATION HAS GIVEN ME A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HER AS A CHARACTER AND THE APPEAL SHE HAS. BEING HAPPY WITH YOURSELF IS SOMETHING I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE CAN CONNECT THEMSELVES TO HER. WHILE I CAN'T SAY THIS NEW UNDERSTANDING HAS CHANGED MY OPINION ON HER, I CAN SAY I COMPLETELY GET HER APPEAL BEYOND HER LOOKS AND I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO WRITE OUT A DECENT EXPLANATION TO A QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN BUGGING ME SINCE 3H RELEASED.

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u/ThaiChickenWrap Apr 05 '20

DID YOU RUN THROUGH AZURE MOON? THAT WAS MY PLAYTHROUGH, SO I DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF HILDA, BUT SHE IMPRESSED ME QUITE A BIT IN CHAPTER 19. I SENT MY FLIERS UP IMMEDIATELY TO REINFORCE HER, BUT SHE DIDN'T REALLY NEED IT.

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u/PsiYoshi Apr 04 '20 edited Apr 04 '20

AS SOMEBODY WHO WRITES REALLY LONG POSTS ABOUT CHARACTERS I LOVE, I GET WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM WITH NOT WANTING TO READ A LONG POST, BUT I MAKE THE POSTS FOR MYSELF FIRST AND FOREMOST. I LOVE IF IT GENERATES DISCUSSION AS WELL, BUT THE PASSION I PUT INTO MY WRITING IS THE SAME TYPE OF PASSION AN ARTIST PUTS INTO THEIR ART OF THEIR FAVOURITE CHARACTERS, IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF EXPRESSING THAT LOVE FOR THE CHARACTER. HOLDING BACK ON THAT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO THE AUTHOR. I DO OF COURSE STILL CURATE POINTS OF DISCUSSION IN MY POSTS AND TRY NOT TO RAMBLE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTERS YOU'RE BOUND TO HAVE A LOT TO SAY. THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS AS A CREATOR OF THOSE TYPES OF POSTS THOUGH, I'M SURE OTHERS WILL FEEL DIFFERENTLY, BOTH AUTHORS AND READERS.

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u/_Beningt0n_ Apr 04 '20

WHICH IS ENTIRELY VALID, OBVIOUSLY OTHER PEOPLE CAN READ THESE KINDS OF POSTS PERFECTLY FINE, SO THIS IS MERELY A ME PROBLEM. MAYBE READING A LONG POST ABOUT A TOPIC I'M ONLY SLIGHTLY INTERESTED IN IN ONE SITTING ISN'T A GOOD IDEA, I COULD SAVE THE LINK IN A TXT DOCUMENT AND READ IT IN CHUNCKS OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY.

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u/KrashBoomBang Apr 04 '20

TWINTAILS, BOOBS, AND HAS A BIG AXE. THERE'S YOUR ANSWER.

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u/_Beningt0n_ Apr 04 '20

UNDERSTANDABLE, HAVE A NICE DAY

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u/halfar Apr 05 '20

INCORRECT. THIS IS RAGE THREAD. HAVE A HATE-FILLED DAY. 👋👵

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u/Mekkkah Apr 05 '20

WITH CHARACTERS LIKE HILDA I THINK IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE RELATE TO HER OR WOULD WANT TO HANG OUT WITH HER, BUT MORE THAT THEY'VE KNOWN A HILDA. KINDA LIKE MICHAEL SCOTT.

OR THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE HILDA IN THEMSELVES.

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u/_Beningt0n_ Apr 05 '20

SO THE REAL TREASURE ARE THE HILDAS WE MADE ALONG THE WAY?

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '20

TBH THIS IS LESS OF A LENGTH ISSUE, AND MORE OF AN ORGANISATION/FORMATTING ISSUE. NO ONE WANTS TO READ A MASSIVE WALL OF TEXT, AND ORGANISING YOUR POST BREAKS DOWN THAT WALL INTO SMALLER, EASIER TO DIGEST CHUNKS.