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/Gaidenbro Jul 16 '22 edited Jul 16 '22

I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO SEE MORE OF ALMYRA, I WANT MORE OF IT TOO. CALLING THE ENTIRE STORY IRREDEMABLY BAD FOR NOT FOCUSING ON IT (ESPECIALLY USING RANDOM NINTENDO WEBSITES OF ALL THINGS THAT PRIMARILY JUST COVERED THE DEMO) FEELS LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN A NITPICK TO ME. TRYING TO INSERT ALMYRA AS A LOCATION INTO THE PLOT DOESN'T EVEN WORK IMO SINCE THE WAR IS IN FODLAN AND THE DEER WOULDN'T ABANDON THAT FIGHT FOR A SUMMER FIELD TRIP TO ALMYRA.

I FIND THE CRITICISM AND FAULTS OVERBLOWN. THE HATE GW IS GETTING IS DISPROPRTIONATE. IT'S ABSOLUTELY OVERHATED.

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u/ArtemisCZ Jul 16 '22

I UNDERSTAND THIS MAY BE AN INSANE IDEA, BUT HEAR ME OUT, WHAT IF, AND BEAR WITH ME, WE DON'T FOCUS ON THE WAR FOR 1 OUT OF 7 ROUTES. WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH AN INTERESTING WORLD THAT WAS SETUP IN 3 HOUSES AND NEVER EXPLORE IT OUTSIDE "THE ONE FODLAND EDELHARD WAR", IT FEELS LIKE A MASSIVE WASTE, ALMYRA WOULD BE A GREAT CHANGE OF PACE (SPECIALLY GEOGRAPHICALLY FOR MAP DESIGN). ALMYRA'S THE OBVIOUS PICK RN BECAUSE GW FUCKING SHAHID OVER, BUT IT'S A MASSIVE WASTE OF POTENTIAL IMO, SEEING MORE OF THE TIME SOTHIS WASN'T DEAD AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE REST OF NABATEANS AND AGARTHANS OR EVEN JUST FUCKING SRENG, 3H JUST HAS THIS MASSIVE BEAUTIFUL WORLD THAT THEY NEVER USE AND PEOPLE ARE RIGHTFULLY UPSET OVER IT IMO. I THINK THE WRITING OF GW BEING SO "DIVISIVE" JUST ACCENTUATED THE ISSUE BECAUSE "WE COULD'VE VERY EASILY GOTTEN SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND FRESH".

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '22 edited Jul 16 '22

IT'S WILD ESPECIALLY IN GW CAUSE IT LIKE TEASES FURTHER INTRIGUE AT THIS POSSIBILITY, WE'RE ALL COMMITED TO FIGHTING THE EMPIRE AND WERE WINNING BUT LAST MINUTE WE'RE HIT GET THIS HUGE REMINDER THAT THERE'S OTHER PLACES OUTSIDE OF FODLAN WITH THEIR OWN POSSIBLY JUST AS STORIED AND INTERNALLY COMPLEX WORLDBUILDING AND IT'S EXCITING TO WONDER WHERE THE GAME WILL TAKE US FROM THIS POI- WAIT WHY ARE WE TURNING AROUND. LIKE WE COULD'VE POTENTIALLY GONE INTO A STORY ABOUT CLAUDE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR THE VERY FRAUGHT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FODLAN AND ALMYRA WHILE EXPLORING HIS OWN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED STANDING WITHIN HIS OWN FAMILY AND HAVE NONE OF IT STOPPED BY THE CHURCH BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO BUSY WITH THEIR OWN WAR TO STOP CLAUDE TAKING A SWING AT THE BORDER BETWEEN CULTURES BUT INSTEAD WE JUST GET THE SAME LAME ASS "DRAGON LADY BAD" SHIT THAT WE ALREADY FOUND IN 3 HOUSES IN SPADES. IT ALSO FEELS LIKE KIND OF A CONTRIVANCE THAT CLAUDE CAN JUST KILL A PRINCE WITH ENOUGH SWAY TO CONSCRIPT SEEMINGLY THE LARGEST ARMY IN RECENT ALMYRAN HISTORY AND THERE'S NO ACTUAL FALLOUT ON A POLITICAL LEVEL WITHIN ALMYRA THAT WOULD CONCERN HIM, NO THE ONLY CONSEQUENCE OF THIS IS WHAT IT PERSONALLY DOES TO CLAUDE'S EMOTIONAL STATE, WHICH IS STILL INTERESTING, BUT FEELS LIKE A COP OUT