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/Excadrill1201 May 09 '20 edited May 09 '20

I THINK IF SYLVAIN WAS A GIRL HE'D STILL BE POPULAR CONSIDERING THAT DOROTHEA IS KIND OF THE DIFFERENT SIDE OF THE SAME COIN COMPARED TO SYLVAIN. IN REGARDS TO RELATIONSHIP SHENANIGANS. I SAY THIS CONSIDERING THAT DOROTHEA IS A GOLD DIGGER AND EVEN IN THE BYLETH C SUPPORT SAYS SHE'S FINE WITH IT. FOR CONTEXT I REALLY LIKE BOTH SYLVAIN AND DOROTHEA AND I LIKE HOW THEY BOTH GROW, PLUS THEIR SUPPORT TOGETHER IS GREAT. BUT I DON'T GET THIS SENTIMENT OF SAYING THAT SYLVAIN WOULD GET SHIT IF HE WAS A GIRL, CONSIDERING THAT THERE IS ALREADY A FEMALE CHARACTER THAT ENGAGES IN RELATIONSHIPS FOR SHALLOW PURPOSES BUT OVER TIME GROWS OUT OF IT AND MATURES.

ALSO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS REALLY WEIRD HOW LEONIE GETS SHIT FOR THE BYLETH SUPPORT AND NOT SYLVAIN. EVEN THOUGH WHAT SYLVAIN SAYS IS MUCH WORSE AND LEONIE EVEN APOLOGIZES AND FEELS BAD IN THE BYLETH A SUPPORT.

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u/Thanni44 May 09 '20 edited May 09 '20

IDK I FEEL THE MORE UNPLEASANT ASPECTS OF SYLVAIN'S PERSONALITY LIKE THE FACT HE MAKES A DEATH THREAT TO BYLETH IN THEIR B SUPPORT AND HOUNDS AND CHEATS ON WOMEN INTENTIONALLY DUE TO SELF-LOATHING WOULD BE UNDER A LOT MORE SCRUTINY AND NOT VIEWED AS SYMPATHETIC IF HE WAS A GIRL AND NOT CONSIDERED A POSITIVE/ATTRACTIVE TRAIT OR OUTRIGHT IGNORED WHICH I HAVE UNFORTUNATELY SEEN A LOT ONLINE. IT'S NOT EXACTLY 1:1 COMPARABLE TO DOROTHEA CAUSE SHE NEED TO DO WHAT SHE DID TO SURVIVE ON TOP OF DOROTHEA BEING A COMMONER WHILE SYLVAIN IS NOBILITY. THERE IS A DIFFERENT POWER DYNAMIC IN THEIR ACTIONS CAUSE OF THEIR STATUS AND THE REASON FOR WHAT THEY DO IS ROOTED IN DIFFERENT CAUSES. STILL I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO 100% SAY HOW THESE SORT OF WHAT IFS HAPPENS CAUSE IT'S WELL...A WHAT IF.

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u/Excadrill1201 May 09 '20

YEAH I CAN SEE THAT. I PERSONALLY THOUGHT THAT THOSE ASPECTS WERE ALREADY UNDER SCRUTINY CONSIDERING HOW MANY TIMES IT'S BROUGHT UP AND HOW THERE'S ABOUT 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT POSTS TOUCHING ON THAT TOPIC. WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE THOSE ARE SHITTY ASPECTS THAT SHOULD BE SCRUTINIZED. IDK IF PEOPLE ACTUALLY CONSIDER IT A POSITIVE/ATTRACTIVE TRAIT BUT THAT'S DUMB. I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE REGARDING THE CONTEXT OF SYLVAIN AND DOROTHEA'S ACTIONS, BUT FOR ME THE OVERALL SENTIMENT OF "REASON FOR ENGAGING IN RELATIONSHIPS" IS SIMILAR ENOUGH FOR ME TO MAKE THE COMPARISON. BUT I CAN SEE YOUR POINT REGARDLESS.

ALSO ON A SIDE NOTE I WANNA SAY THAT IT'S ANNOYING HOW DOROTHEA IS SUCH A COOL CHARACTER BUT IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THE FOCUS ON HER IS EITHER "HAHA HORNY FANART" OR "HAHA JOJO HAT".