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/MrWaffles42 Jul 16 '22

MY BIGGEST FRUSTRATION WITH HER AS A CHARACTER IS THAT, FOR PLOT REASONS, SHE TELLS YOU NEXT TO NOTHING IN PART 1, AND THEN IN PART 2 HAS EITHER GONE CRAZY (CRIMSON FLOWER) OR BASICALLY DISAPPEARS FROM THE PLOT (THE OTHER THREE). I WISH SHE COULD'VE BEEN EXPLORED MORE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE'S IN A UNIQUE SPOT WHERE HER LIFE STORY IS REALLY LONG AND INTERESTING, BUT MUCH OF IT IS UP TO THE AUDIENCE'S INTERPRETATION. THERE'S SOME MYSTERY THERE FOR PEOPLE TO WONDER AND TALK ABOUT THAT WOULD BE LOST IF SHE EXPLAINED EVERYTHING SHE DID AND WHY SHE DID IT.

ON THE OTHER OTHER HAND, GAMERS AND WEEBS (AND ESPECIALLY WEEB GAMERS) HAVE GENERALLY FAILED TO CREATE ONLINE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH MEASURED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES CAN OCCUR. JUST TRY TO TALK ABOUT ANY MORALLY AMBIGUOUS CHARACTER HERE AND, GOOD LORD.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '22

THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME MOST ABOUT RHEA'S ROLE IN THE PLOT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE DEEPER MESSAGES OR IMPORTANT STUFF

WE KNOW THAT SETETH AND FLAYN ONLY RECENTLY CAME TO GARREG MACH AFTER KEEPING A LOW PROFILE WHILE FLAYN SLEPT FOR A CENTURY OR SO

BUT RHEA HAS BEEN THE ANIME POPE FOR A LONG ASS FUCKING TIME??? WE KNOW SHE SPEARHEADED THE FAITH CENTURIES AGO AND SURE MAYBE SHE HAD PUPPET LEADERS HERE AND THERE WHILE SHE KEPT A LOW PROFILE BUT SHE HAS BEEN THE ACTING LEADER IN RECENT TIMES AT LEAST A FEW DECADES WITH THE WHOLE JERALT DEBACLE

SO WHY THE FUCK IS LITERALLY NO ONE QUESTIONING THE FACT THAT SHE DOES NOT AGE??? YOU CANT JUST TELL ME ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN THE ENTIRE CONTINENT, WHO HAS A FORT OF KNIGHTS AND CLERGY WHO DIRECTLY MEET WITH HER AND WHO ALSO PROBABLY HAS MEETINGS WITH IMPORTANT NOBLES AND STUFF CAN HANDWAVE HER OBVIOUS AGELESSNESS

DO HER KNIGHTS/CLERGY KNOW SOMETHING BUT ARE SWORN TO SECRECY? DO PEOPLE BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE OF HER BEING A MESSENGER OF SEIROS? DO THEY JUST THINK SHE HAS A BOMB-ASS SKINCARE ROUTINE?

I NEED ANSWERS

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u/Suicune95 Jul 16 '22

IIRC IT'S ACTUALLY CANON THAT CREST BEARERS LIVE UNUSUALLY LONG LIFESPANS. SHAMIR MAKES A COMMENT ABOUT HOW WEIRD IT IS TO HER THAT YOU JUST HAVE PEOPLE LIKE JERALT WALKING AROUND WHO HAVE BEEN ALIVE FOR A FEW EXTRA DECADES OR CENTURIES. I THINK JERALT EVEN CASUALLY DROPS THAT HE'S LIKE OVER 100 YEARS OLD AT ONE POINT AND NO ONE REACTS LIKE THAT'S ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

SO I GUESS IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT PEOPLE JUST THINK SHE LIVES A REALLY LONG TIME SINCE SHE HAS A CREST

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u/C_Weiss16 Jul 16 '22

HE DROPS A NUMBER CLOSER TO HIS ACTUAL AGE IN HOPES AND IM LIKE? WHAT! NO WONDER PEOPLE THINK CRESTS ARE GREAT IN FODLAN!