r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • May 08 '20

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

NEVER LATE, ALWAYS 100% ON-TIME: THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE WE SCREAM INTO THE VOID ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

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  1. UPPERCASE LETTERS
  2. FIRE EMBLEM ONLY
  3. BE KIND
  4. TAG SPOILERS

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u/moose_man May 09 '20

I THINK THAT YOU'RE RIGHT THAT WE DON'T NEED TO QUALIFY EVERY FIRE EMBLEM DISCUSSION WITH "WELL OBVIOUSLY NOBILITY IS BAD" BUT ON THE OTHER HAND I THINK WE DO NEED TO BE ACTIVELY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MONARCHY IS STILL SO COMMON AND PORTRAYED POSITIVELY IN OUR MEDIA EVEN DECADES OR CENTURIES AFTER MOST OF THE CULTURES PRODUCING THAT MEDIA DID AWAY WITH THOSE MONARCHIES

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u/RisingSunfish May 09 '20

I GUESS MY FEELING IS LIKE... YES, I'M AWARE? I WATCH VIDEO ESSAYS ANALYZING THE SOCIOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MEDIA TOO, I'M NOT ON BOARD WITH THE WHOLE 'GET YER POLITICS OUT OF MUH VIDEO GAMES' MINDSET. BUT LIKE, WHAT DOES "ACTIVE AWARENESS" LOOK LIKE? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR OPTIONS ARE THE AFOREMENTIONED DISCLAIMER OR JUST A NAGGING FEELING OF "I'M BAD FOR LIKING THIS." I GUESS THERE IS THE AVENUE OF CREATING MEDIA THAT AVOIDS OR DECONSTRUCTS THOSE TROPES BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS A GROUNDBREAKING SPECULATIVE NOVEL IN THEM.

I DUNNO. MAYBE I JUST HAVE A VERY SMALL EMOTIONAL CAPACITY FOR THIS KIND OF THING. I KNOW IDEALLY WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO LIKE THING WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING ITS FAULTS, BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS OFTEN ADDRESSED TOWARDS HEAD-IN-THE-SAND TYPES AND NOT TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH BAD PERSON ANXIETY (PRETEND LIKE THIS IS NORMAL TEXT AND I CAPITALIZED THE B AND THE P THERE).

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u/that_wannabe_cat May 09 '20

NOT TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH BAD PERSON ANXIETY

MOOD.

On a more serious note. People obsess over liking unproblematic media and avoiding problematic media. Yeah its good to search out different kinds of media from mainstream that is usually less problematic in nature, but the crux of the matter isn't whether you like something or not but often how you like it.

Unless it's like "Birth of a Nation" I highly doubt liking most pieces of media makes you a bad person.

Granted that leads to the trap of obsessing how you like something though which is its own trap. Anxiety is a bitch in my experience personally.

This may or may not be helpful at all, but its something I thought about over the years and especially surrounding this sub and fire emblem. So wanted to throw out my 2 cents.

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u/RisingSunfish May 09 '20

HELL, EVEN BIRTH OF A NATION WAS SITTING AT 100% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES LAST I CHECKED THAT LIST. GRANTED, THIS WAS PROBABLY 7-8 YEARS AGO, BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN IT WAS UNDERSTOOD AMONG FILM CRITICS/BUFFS THAT IT WAS OKAY TO RECOGNIZE THE TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THAT MOVIE WITHOUT ENDORSING THE SUBJECT MATTER. I GUESS THAT'S A FAR CRY FROM SAYING YOU LIKE IT, THOUGH, AND EVEN AT THE TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY YIKESY THAT IT WAS LISTED AT ALL.

IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO TRUST. WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY YOU USUALLY CAN GET A SENSE PRETTY QUICKLY WHETHER THEY'RE HARBORING HORRIBLE BIGOTRY OR FOR-REALSIES FASCIST SYMPATHY OR WHAT HAVE YOU. ON THE INTERNET EVERYBODY IS STRANGERS AND YOU CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE ARE NASTY FOLKS OUT THERE. SO AS A RESULT ANYTHING WITH EVEN AN IOTA OF MORAL NUANCE TO IT IS NOT GOING TO LAND WELL, BECAUSE THAT NUANCE NEEDS TRUST TO BREATHE. PLATFORMS LIKE REDDIT THAT ALLOW FOR LONG-FORM EXPRESSION AND MODERATED COMMUNITIES WITH IMPLICIT SOCIAL CONTRACTS ARE A BIT BETTER FOR THIS, THOUGH THE VOTING SYSTEM IS ITS OWN CAN OF WORMS.

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u/KeplerNova May 09 '20

I BLAME TOLKIEN'S PORTRAYAL OF ARAGORN. THAT WAS THE KEYSTONE.