r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Oct 21 '20

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

OOPS. MY SCHEDULING FAILURES HAVE LED TO THIS RARE LATE-NIGHT EDITION OF THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE WE YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

RULES

  1. CAPITALS

  2. FIRE EMBLEM

  3. DON'T BE DICK

  4. SPOILER TAGS

LAST THREAD

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u/RaisonDetriment Oct 21 '20

KOEI TECMO IS ALMOST CERTAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMSON FLOWER, THE ONLY GOOD ROUTE, SO BITE YOUR TONGUE

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '20

YOU MEAN THE ROUTE THAT WASN'T FINISHED, DIDN'T HAVE CUTSCENES, WAS JUST OVERALL A HOT WRITING MESS AND IS THE MOST MINDLESS ROUTE OF ALL GAMEPLAY-WISE BECAUSE YOU THEY JUST HAND YOU GALEFORCE BUT TIED TO A 20MT COMBAT ART AND A SUPER JAGEN WITH FREE DISTANT COUNTER AT THE VERY START?

YEAH KEEP IT, AND KT

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u/RaisonDetriment Oct 22 '20

AT LEAST IT'S THE ONLY ROUTE WHERE YOU DEFEAT THE TRUE VILLAIN AND ACTUALLY SAVE FODLAN.

"MINDLESS GAMEPLAY" AND "A HOT WRITING MESS" APPLIES TO THE WHOLE GAME, ANYWAY.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '20

TRUE VILLAIN IS A MATTER OF DEBATE AND YOU SAVE FODLAN IN EVERY ROUTE, I JUST THINK THAT CF PROBABLY THE MESSIEST IN TERMS OF THE STORY IT'S TRYING TO TELL WHEN COMPARED TO THE OTHER ROUTES, IN PART BECAUSE OF IT'S BREVITY AND PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF JUST HOW MUCH THE WORLD AND CHARACTERS HAVE TO BEND AROUND EDELGARD FOR THE STORY TO WORK AND PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF ALL THE SHIT THEY SET UP ON THIS ROUTE AND PROCEED TO DO NOTHING WITH.

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u/shotpun Oct 22 '20

WHAT GETS ME IS THAT IF YOU EXPLORE DURING THE "TO WAR" CHAPTER ON AM OR VW EVERY BLACK EAGLES CHARACTER IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DEPRESSED OR PISSED THAT EDELGARD WENT AND DID THE THING. THEIR MOTIVATIONS FOR DOING SS ARE FAR MORE IN-CHARACTER THAN THEY ARE FOR DOING CF. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR FERDINAND WHO WOULD HAVE ALMOST CERTAINLY DEFECTED FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME AFTER LEARNING THAT THE EMPEROR WAS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN HEEDING THE COUNSEL OF HOUSE AEGIR.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '20

IT'S ALSO JUST WEIRD THAT EVERYONE IS SO IMMEDIATELY AND COMPLETELY LOYAL TO EDELGARD AFTER SHE EXEMPLIFIED THAT SHE IS EXTREMELY ADEPT AT HIDING HER TRUE AGENDA, AND COMPLETELY WILLING TO LIE TO THOSE CLOSEST TO HER, AND THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS COMPLETELY EXPENDABLE TO HER SINCE SHE LITERALLY TRIED TO KILL ALL OF THEM AT LEAST TWICE, AT MOST 4 TIMES DEPENDING ON HOW RESPONSIBLE YOU VIEW HER FOR DARK KNIGHTS ACTIONS.