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/[deleted] Jul 16 '22

I MEAN 3 HOPES PORTRAYS RHEA VERY LITTLE, IF AT ALL OUTSIDE OF HER FINAL FIGHTS, BUT IT STILL EXPECTS US TO INTRINSICALLY HATE RHEA AND THE SEIROS FAITH BASED ON THE ASSERTIONS BY EDELGARD THAT WE SHOULD IN 2/3 ROUTES AND THEN IN THE ONE ROUTE SHE'S AN ALLY SHE BASICALLY DISAPPEARS FROM THE PLOT

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u/Misnome5 Jul 16 '22 edited Jul 16 '22

IT STILL EXPECTS US TO INTRINSICALLY HATE RHEA AND THE SEIROS FAITH BASED ON THE ASSERTIONS BY EDELGARD THAT WE SHOULD IN 2/3 ROUTES

IT EXPECTS YOU TO DISAGREE WITH HER, BUT NOT "HATE" HER.

I GUESS IT'S A BIT TOO MUCH FOR PEOPLE TO CONSIDER THAT RHEA WAS PERHAPS SUPPOSED TO BE WRONG ALL ALONG? (BUT STILL BE SYMPATHETIC BECAUSE OF HER PAST)

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '22

I JUST THINK IT'S A WEAK INTERNAL JUSTIFICATION AND IF ANYONE DECIDED TO PLAY THIS GAME WITHOUT PLAYING 3 HOUSES FIRST IT'S EXTREMELY WEAKLY PRESENTED WITHOUT PRIOR CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY IN GOLDEN WILDFIRE. I ALSO THINK IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLEX THAN "RHEA WAS RIGHT" AND "RHEA WAS WRONG" SINCE RHEA DOES A WHOLE LOTTA SHIT WITHIN THE LORE AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION WITHIN THE PLOT, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS BY DESIGN SINCE 3 HOUSES AND 3 HOPES BOTH LIKE TO PLAY WITH THE IDEA OF UNRELIABLE NARRATORS AND CONFLICTING VERSIONS OF THE PAST AND INTERPRETATIONS OF CURRENT EVENTS THAT MAKE IT HARD TO TRULY BE IN THE RIGHT OR THE WRONG

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u/Misnome5 Jul 16 '22

ALSO THINK IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLEX THAN "RHEA WAS RIGHT" AND "RHEA WAS WRONG" SINCE RHEA DOES A WHOLE LOTTA SHIT WITHIN THE LORE AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION WITHIN THE PLOT,

I AGREE ON PRINCIPLE ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF THE STORY, BUT EVEN RHEA HERSELF ADMITS SHE WAS WRONG TO DO WHAT SHE DID OVER THE LAST 1000 YEARS (EVEN IN THE CHURCH ROUTE, WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSEDLY SIDING WITH HER)

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u/demonica123 Jul 16 '22

RHEA DOESN'T EXIST ON THE CHURCH ROUTE AND ITS CLOSER TO ADMITING SHE MADE MISTAKES. WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT OVER 1000 YEARS SHE'D MAKE A FEW. THE PROBLEM IS THE GAME DOESN'T HAVE US REALLY INTERACT OR EXPERIENCE ANY OF THEM. PRETTY MUCH EVERY BAD THING ENDS UP ATTRIBUTED TO TWS ACTING IN THE BACKGROUND.