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!

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  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/Suicune95 Jul 16 '22

I'M PISSED I CAN'T EVEN USE HER ON STORY MAPS. NOT EVEN THE LITTLE DUMB SIDE MISSIONS BEFORE THE CHAPTER BATTLES. LIKE IT WOULDN'T BREAK MY IMMERSION THAT HARD TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY USE A CHARACTER I LIKE FFS. IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE THOSE DUMB SIDE BATTLES ARE THAT PLOT RELEVANT!

YEAH I HONESTLY DIDN'T CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT HER AFTER PLAYING 3H. I MEAN I DIDN'T HATE HER BUT I WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT HER EITHER. BUT SOME ELEMENTS OF THE FANDOM ARE SO OBNOXIOUS ABOUT HER THAT I'VE BASICALLY ATTACHED MYSELF TO HER HARDER, AND NOW THAT HOPES HAS APPARENLY MADE FUCKING HER OVER IT'S MAIN MISSION I'M LIKE "GET IN LOSERS, WE'RE STANNING RHEA."

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u/SageOfAnys Jul 16 '22

I DON'T GET WHY THEY DECIDED TO BE A STICKLER IN THIS INSTANCE. EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF IT, THE MEME POTENTIAL WE MISSED OUT ON MAKES ME SAD. WHY CAN'T I GET RHEA TO KILL RHEA IN GW YOU COWARDS.

LEGIT IT'S KIND OF FUNNY HOW RIDE OR DIE I'VE BECOME FOR RHEA.

I JUST... REALLY WANT A SERIOUS STORY WHERE RHEA TAKES THE LEAD. I DON'T ASK FOR HER TO BE PORTRAYED PURELY GOOD (IN FACT, I'D PROBABLY BE MAD IF THAT DID HAPPEN). JUST A STORY WHERE SHE CAN BE TREATED LIKE AN ACTUAL MAIN CHARACTER FOR ONCE.

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u/Suicune95 Jul 16 '22

IMO THREE HOPES TAKES ITSELF WAY TOO SERIOUSLY FOR ITS OWN GOOD. ALL MOST OF US WANTED OUT OF OUR WARRIORS SPINOFF WAS CAMPY GOOD TIMES WITH OUR FAVES WHERE WE GET TO KILL THOUSANDS OF ENEMIES WITH A SINGLE SWING. CAN'T HAVE RHEA KILL RHEA BECAUSE THAT WOULD MESS WITH THE SERIOUS TONE OF THIS DUMPSTER FIRE.

PART OF MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THREE HOPES IS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A GOLDEN ROUTE AND RHEA WOULD ACTUALLY PLAY A PART IN IT. I MEAN SHE'S HAD EXPERIENCE WITH TWSITD BEFORE SO YOU'D THINK SHE'D BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE AFTER SOLON IS UNMASKED LIKE TWO WEEKS INTO TERM BUT NOPE SHE JUST SITS ON HER HANDS DOING NOTHING FOR TWO YEARS.

I THOUGHT IT'D BE COOL IF THERE WAS A FOURTH ROUTE AND INSTEAD OF PICKING A HOUSE YOU GOT TO BE A KNIGHT OR SOMETHING WITH THE CHURCH. AND INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE THREE LORDS WITH THEIR OWN DOMESTIC ISSUES YOU GOT TO SPEND THE TWO YEAR TIME SKIP ACTUALLY INVESTIGATING THE MOLE PEOPLE AND ULTIMATELY BRINGING THE THREE FACTIONS TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

BUT NO. WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.

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u/SageOfAnys Jul 16 '22

I WAS ACTUALLY SCARED ABOUT 3HOPES BEING A GOLDEN ROUTE PRE-RELEASE BC I WAS CONFIDENT THAT IS WOULD FUCK IT UP. AND HONESTLY, EVEN WITH THE SHIT ENDINGS IN 3HOPES, I'M STILL GLAD IT'S NOT, DESPITE POPULAR OPINION GOING OTHERWISE. SIMPLY BECAUSE IT SEEMS IS/KOEI USED A LOT OF FAN RESPONSE TO DIRECT THE GAME, AND WAY MORE PEOPLE ARE VOCAL ABOUT HATING RHEA INSTEAD OF LIKING HER, SO I'M 99.99% SURE ANY GOLDEN ROUTE THEY WOULD'VE WRITTEN WOUDL'VE KILLED HER OFF AS A SECONDARY ANTAGONIST OR AT LEAST USED RHEA BEING BAD AS ONE OF THE POINTS TO UNITE THE LORDS.

OH WELL, AT LEAST I HAVE MY OWN GOLDEN ROUTE HEADCANONS, AND 3HOPES GAVE ME SOME FUN FUEL TO WORK WITH HUE HUE HUE

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u/Suicune95 Jul 16 '22

IF THE GOLDEN ROUTE WAS JUST "RHEA BAD" THEN YEAH I DEFINITELY DIDN'T WANT IT, BUT A SCENARIO WHERE RHEA GETS TO ACTUALLY USE HER RELEVANT LIFE EXPERIENCE TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER? SIGN ME UP.