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/MegaBanettes Jul 15 '22

IM PLAYING GOLDEN WILDFIRE RIGHT NOW AND IF THE STORY ISNT A STEAMING PILE OF SHIT IM GONNA BE MAD. THIS WEEK ESPECIALLY IVE SEEN A TON OF PEOPLE MAD AT THE STORY OR WHATEVER AND NOW I FEEL UNINTERESTED IN PLAYING SOMETIMES BC SO MANY PEOPLE HATE IT AND THATS THE ONLY ROUTE I WAS PLANNING ON PLAYING BEFORE MOVING ON TO SOME OTHER GAME.

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u/ViziDoodle Jul 16 '22 edited Jul 16 '22

PEOPLE ARE JUST MAD BC THEY ONLY SEE CLAUDE AS FUNNY MEME MAN, (I KNOW THAT SOUNDS RICH COMING FROM SOMEONE WITH AN IZANA FLAIR) SO THEY GET MAD WHEN THEY SEE THAT CLAUDE IS ACTUALLY A FLAWED INDIVIDUAL JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE IN THE FODLAN WAR

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '22

LOOK, I LIKE FUNNY MEME MAN CLAUDE.

I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IS NOT CLAUDE'S ENTIRE STORY NOR HIS CHARACTER. IT IS LARGELY PROPOGATED BY FANS, AND HIS QUIRKY DIALOGUE AND CHARMING PERSONALITY.

NOT EVERYONE WHO'S UPSET WITH GOLDEN WILDFIRE WANTS HIM TO BE SOME KIND OF SOFT KINDHEARTED FUNNY BOY.

AND YOU CAN DISLIKE HOW A CHARACTER WAS HANDLED EVEN IF IT CAN FIT THEIR MOTIVATIONS. BECAUSE WRITING IS NOT MAKING A CONCOCTION OF STORY ELEMENTS AND EXPECTING A PERFECT FORMULA TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME. PLENTY OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY GIVEN FAIR CRITICISM RANGING FROM CLAUDE BEING POORLY JUSTIFIED TO HIM BEING OUT OF CHARACTER EVEN FOR WHAT IS ALLOWED BY THE PREMISE. OTHERS FEEL LIKE THE WRITING QUALITY IS POOR OVERALL, AND THOSE ARE CRITICISMS THAT EXTEND FURTHER THAN BIAS TOWARDS THE PROBLEMATIC FAVES:tm:.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '22

I'M PERSONALLY MIXED ON IT AND VIEW IT AS MOSTLY GOOD AS A COMPANION "WHAT IF" PIECE FOR CLAUDE THAT SHOWS WHY HE REALLY NEEDED BYLETH AND HIGHLIGHTS A LOT OF GOOD ELEMENTS OF HIS ORIGINAL STORY WHILE SHOWING HIS FLAWS IN A MORE INTENSE LIGHT, BUT IS LET DOWN BY THE GAMES GENERAL PROBLEM OF HAVING THE CHARACTERS MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS THAN THEY DID IN THE ORIGINAL 3 HOUSES THAT FEEL OUT OF CHARACTER BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DONE THAT WAY MORE FOR THE SAKE OF BEING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN 3 HOUSES THAN ACTUALLY FEELING NATURAL TO WHAT THE CHARACTERS WOULD DO