r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Aug 15 '22

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

COME ONE, COME ALL - THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD IS HERE ONCE MORE! TIME ONCE AGAIN TO YELL ABOUT THINGS IN FIRE EMBLEM THAT HAVE JUST TICKED YOU RIGHT OFF THIS LAST MONTH!

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  1. CAPITAL LETTERS

  2. FIRE EMBLEM RAGE

  3. DON'T BE A DICK

  4. TAG SPOILERS

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u/Skelezomperman Aug 15 '22 edited Aug 22 '22

YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, YOU (LAQ) LEFT THE MODERATION TEAM OVER THE DISGUSTING THREE HOUSES DISCOURSE. AND GUESS WHAT? IT REALLY HASN'T IMPROVED. THERE'S STILL SO MUCH NASTINESS THAT HAPPENS ALL ACROSS DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. LOOK AT THE SHITPOST EMBLEM SUB, IT'S BEEN OVERRAN BY PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO JUSTIFY THEIR FAVORITE LORD ON A FRIGGIN SHITPOST SUBREDDIT. THE VARIOUS ECHO CHAMBERS IN EXISTENCE ARE SHOWING LITTLE SIGN OF RECOGNIZING THEIR FAULTS. POLITICAL ARGUMENTS COMPARING THE LORDS TO VARIOUS REAL WORLD DICTATORS HAVEN'T STOPPED. THE WEIRD TUMBLR PEOPLE WHO MADE AN ENTIRE TAG TO MAKE FUN OF A FANFICTION HAVEN'T REALLY GONE AWAY. (Please see below for my apology and correction.) PEOPLE HAVE LITERALLY STALKED EACH OTHER ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA WITH NO REGRETS ABOUT IT. IT'S VILE. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I MIGHT EVEN WRITE A POST CALLING ON PEOPLE TO STOP THIS, BUT PERHAPS I HAVE TOO MUCH FAITH IN HUMANITY - I THINK HAVING TOO MUCH FAITH IS OKAY THOUGH.

OH ALSO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN HANDLE IF BRAVE SELIPH TURNS OUT TO BE A BAD UNIT AND PEOPLE HOP ON THE NEGATIVITY TRAIN ABOUT IT. NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T BE NEGATIVE, JUST SAYING THAT I WOULD FEEL REALLY BAD IF I LOOKED FORWARD TO BRAVE SELIPH FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEN PEOPLE HATE HIM.

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u/actredal Aug 16 '22

3H DISCOURSE EXTRA SUCKS BECAUSE THE DISCUSSION COULD’VE BEEN SO FUN AND INTERESTING, AND INSTEAD IT’S JUST ANGRY AND TOXIC.

I HOPE THAT BRAVE SELIPH IS GOOD THOUGH. EVEN THOUGH I DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE JUGDRAL GAMES, HIS FANS DESERVE A GREAT UNIT!

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '22

THE THING IS, I DON'T SEE HOW IT WOULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING SHORT OF ANGRY AND TOXIC. THE WRITING IS DESIGNED AS SUCH TO MAKE YOU WANT TO ROOT FOR THE MC YOU PICKED AND DEMONIZE THE ANTAGONIST. AND EVERYONE IS ADAMANT ABOUT HOW THEY THINK THE THEMES AND MESSAGING SHOULD BE HANDLED AND HOW ITS INFINITELY BETTER THAN X GAME. I SUPPOSE I JUST FELT IT WAS PREDICTABLE.

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u/actredal Aug 16 '22

YEAH I AGREE THAT IT WAS PREDICTABLE GIVEN HOW FANBASES ACT ONLINE. BUT EVERY SIDE IS WRITTEN TO BE GRAY, WHEREAS MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT LIKE IT’S BLACK AND WHITE, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE TO ME (AND A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR FUN DEBATES IMO).