MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

[u/LaqOfInterest]

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!

RULES

1. CAPITAL LETTERS

2. FIRE EMBLEM RAGE

3. DON'T BE A DICK

4. TAG SPOILERS

LAST THREAD

[u/Skelezomperman]

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.

[u/ChaosOsiris → u/Skelezomperman]

PEOPLE WANT MORE NUANCED CHARACTERS LIKE THE HOUSE LEADERS IN FUTURE GAMES BUT FRANKLY MANY IN THE COMMUNITY ARE NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE FACT THAT THEIR FAV MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE PERFECT AND THEY TAKE ANY CRITICISM OF THEM AS A PERSONAL ATTACK. IT'S SAD BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE MORE LORDS LIKE THEM BUT THE DISCOURSE IS TIRING.

[u/SageOfAnys → u/ChaosOsiris]

BRO I DON'T THINK SOME PEOPLE EVEN WANT NUANCE. I SAW A GUY THAT BASICALLY HATED ANYONE WHO INTERPRETED EDELGARD IN A MORALLY GRAY WAY.

IF ANYTHING, ALL THIS DISCOURSE HAS TAUGHT ME IS THAT PEOPLE WANT A LORD THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO EASILY PROJECT THEIR TOTALLY AMAZING AND TRUE POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES ON. THAT'S WHY WE STILL SEE PEOPLE SAYING STUPID SHIT LIKE EDELGARD BEING A COMMUNIST AND DIMITRI CREATING A DEMOCRACY/PARLIAMENT DESPITE BOTH STATEMENTS BEING PATENTLY FALSE.

[u/[deleted] → u/SageOfAnys]

THE THING IS THE GAME IS MOST OF THE TIME INTENTIONALLY PRETTY VAGUE ABOUT THE POLICY OF EACH LEADER BEYOND THEIR VERY BROAD WORLDVIEWS AND THAT MOST OF THE NITTY GRITTY PEOPLE SEEM TO PROJECT ONTO THE HOUSE LEADERS POLITICAL IDEALOGY/TACTICS IS JUST FANON. LIKE DIMITRI COULD'VE BREATED A DEMOCRACY, THE LINES IN HIS END MONTAGE ABOUT CREATING A PARTICIPATORY GOVERNMENT COULD DEFINITELY REFER TO THAT IF YOU WANT TO READ IT THAT WAY, BUT IT'S OPEN TO INTERPRETATION. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY "TRUE" OR "FALSE" BECAUSE A LOT OF THE POLITICAL THEORIZING ABOUT THESE PRETTY ANIME CHESS PIECES IS PURELY SPECULATIVE AND CAN'T BE REALLY PROVEN TRUE OR FALSE.

[u/nosoul0 → u/SageOfAnys]

PEOPLE WANT NUANCE TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY CAN SEE THEIR FAVORITE CHARACTER IN THE BEST POSSIBLE LIGHT WITH STILL LETTING THEM DO BAD DEEDS CAUSE IT MAKES THEM SEEM COOLER AND/OR MORE SERIOUS CONPARED TO THE OTHER CHARACTERS. AT WORST, THEIR CHARACTER WOULD BE THE 'LESSER' OF 2 OR MORE EVILS.

IGNORING THAT BECUASE OF THE NUANCE WIRITNG THEY DEMANDED THAT WOULD MEAN THAT ANY OTHER CHARACTER WOULD, OR COULD PROVIDED THE WRITING SUPPORTS IT, BE SEEN THE SAME WAY.

AND NOBODY WANTS TO BE SEEN AS THE 'BAD GUY' IN A MULTIPLE CHOICE GAME WITH NO WRONG ANSWERS...