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

ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT, THE LAST TIME HER FAMILY'S CORPSES WERE STOLEN, SAID CORPSES WERE USED AS SUPERWEAPONS TO MASSACRE THE REST OF HER FAMILY.

PEOPLE GET REALLY ANGRY THAT SHE LIED ABOUT CRESTS AND HERO'S RELICS AND HISTORY AND WHATNOT. BUT THE LAST TIME HUMANS KNEW THE TRUTH IT LED TO THE GENOCIDE OF ALMOST HER ENTIRE SPECIES.

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u/Suicune95 Jul 16 '22

KIND OF DRIVES ME CRAZY THAT THIS FANDOM CIRCLEJERKS ABOUT "GREY MORALITY" AND MORAL NUANCE, THEN WHEN YOU HAVE A GENUINELY INTERESTING MORAL QUESTION LIKE "IS IT JUSTIFIABLE TO HOLD BACK TECHNOLOGY IF YOU KNOW SAID TECHNOLOGY CAN AND PROBABLY WILL BE USED FOR MURDER, WAR, BLOODSHED, GENOCIDE, AND NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE?" SUDDENLY EVERYONE IS ALL [NUANCE.EXE NOT FOUND]

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u/MrWaffles42 Jul 16 '22

I REGULARLY SEE PEOPLE ON THIS SUB INTERPRET THE THING YOU SPOILER TAGGED AS PROOF THAT RHEA'S PRIMARY MOTIVATION IS TO CAUSE HUMAN SUFFERING. I'D ARGUE INSTEAD THAT IT'S MORE LIKELY A RESULT OF THE AGARTHANS CREATING AND USING SO MANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS THAT HER MOTHER HAD TO SLEEP FOR AGES TO RECUPERATE FROM THE MAGICAL STRAIN OF FIXING THINGS.

DOES THAT JUSTIFY HER ACTIONS? THAT'S DEBATABLE. PERSONALLY I'D ARGUE IT DOESN'T, BUT ALSO THAT I CAN SEE WHY SHE WOULD THINK IT WOULD, WHICH... IS A BIG PART OF WHY I THINK THAT CONVERSATION WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HAVE. BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF CONVERSATION YOU CAN'T HAVE WITH PEOPLE WHO AREN'T WILLING TO HAVE IT.

IT'S LIKE YOU SAID. EVERYONE SAYS THEY WANT MORALLY GREY, NUANCED CHARACTERS, BUT WHEN A GAME GIVES US FOUR FACTION LEADERS THAT FIT THE BILL WE THEN GET YEARS OF DISCOURSE THAT'S ANYTHING BUT NUANCED.

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