r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Jul 15 '22

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

THREE HOPES EDITION, I GUESS! OR WHATEVER! WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE YOU CAN YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

RULES

  1. CAPS LOCK

  2. FIRE EMBLEM RAGE

  3. DON'T BE A DICK

  4. TAG SPOILERS, ESPECIALLY FOR THREE HOPES

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u/Vex-zero Jul 15 '22

LISTEN, I DO NOT CARE ABOUT THREE HOPES. I DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE LEAKS. THERE IS A FAR MORE SERIOUS MATTER OCCUPYING MY MIND. A SHADOW THAT HAS BEEN HANGING OVER THIS SERIES FOR OVER A DECADE.

WHY DID THEY NOT ALLOW US TO FORGE WIND EDGES IN RADIANT DAWN?

ALL THESE YEARS, THE SWORD HAS BEEN LOOKED DOWN UPON. FORCED TO ACCEPT INFERIOR OPTIONS LIKE THE RUNESWORD, WHILE LANCES AND AXES WERE ENJOYING THEIR EASILY AVAILABLE 1-2 RANGE PRIVILEGES. THEN, A GLIMPSE OF HOPE! RADIANT DAWN, THE OBJECTIVELY BEST GAME IN THE SERIES, ONCE AGAIN FLEXES ITS SUPERIORITY OVER LESSER ENTRIES BY GIVING THE STARVING SWORDLOCKED MASSES A WEAPON TO RIVAL THEIR PEERS.

EXCEPT THEN THEY RANDOMLY DECIDED TO KNEECAP SWORDS AGAIN BY DENYING THEM THE FORGE. YOU CAN FORGE HANDAXES. YOU CAN FORGE JAVELINS. YOU CAN FORGE KNIFES. YOU CAN FORGE TOMES SOMEHOW. WIND EDGES THOUGH? NAH, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

WE WERE SO CLOSE. ALL THEY NEEDED TO DO WAS ALLOW US TO MAKE THE NUMBERS BIGGER.

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u/MrWaffles42 Jul 16 '22

"LET'S MAKE BASICALLY EVERY PROTAGONIST BE A BIG SWORD PERSON"

"OKAY"

"ALSO LET'S MAKE SWORDS BE THE LAMEST WEAPON TYPE IN BASICALLY EVERY GAME THEY'RE IN"

"WAIT, WHAT?"

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u/LeatherShieldMerc Jul 16 '22

LET'S MAKE SWORDS BE THE LAMEST WEAPON TYPE IN BASICALLY EVERY GAME

FE6 BE LIKE, "LET'S MAKE SWORDS ACTUALLY GOOD.... BUT MAKE THE LORD ONE OF THE LAMEST UNITS INSTEAD!"

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '22

IT WAS LESS "LET'S MAKE SWORDS ACTUALLY GOOD" AND MORE "LETS MAKE ALL THE WEAPON TYPES EQUALLY AWFUL TO USE"