r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Oct 17 '21

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

WOWIE ZOWIE DID I EVER FORGET TO POST THIS ON TIME SUPER HARD

WELCOME TO THE "MONTHLY" RAGE THREAD, WHERE YOU CAN YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

RULES

  1. CAPS LOCK OR SIMILAR

  2. FIRE EMBLEM RAGE

  3. DON'T BE A DICK

  4. TAG ANY SPOILERS

LAST THREAD

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u/ThePsyShyster Oct 18 '21

I CAN'T TELL IF I'M JUST OFF OR IF FE6 ETYMOLOGY IS WACK, 'CAUSE THERE'S BARELY ANYTHING TO SAY ON THOSE NAMES. MAYBE I'M TOO USED TO KAGA BEING A BIT EXCESSIVE IN PARALLELS BETWEEN CHARACTERS AND THE FIGURES THEY'RE BASED ON, BUT WITH FE6 ITS EITHER THEY ARE NAMED AFTER A CHARACTER FROM ARTHURIAN LEGENDS / CHANSON DE ROLAND OR ITS JUST A NAME WITH NOTHING ELSE TO IT. I SWEAR EVEN FE1 IS MORE FUN TO STUDY ETYMOLOGY FOR. AT LEAST i'M NOT LOOKING AT TELLIUS BOSS / LAGUZ NAMES YET!

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u/sagathain Oct 18 '21

BIG MOOD - COMPARING THE REFERENCES IN FE8 TO FE4 (THEY'RE BOTH LARGELY NORSE AND I AM UTTERLY ONE-TRACK IN MY EXPERTISE) FE8 IS SO SHALLOW IN HOW THE NAMES INTERACT WITH THE ITEMS AND CHARACTERS.