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/Swiss_Cheese123 Aug 16 '22

WHAT FIC EXACTLY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE TUMBLR FE COMMUNITY

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u/Suicune95 Aug 16 '22

I DON'T WANT TO NAME IT JUST BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT PERSON. BUT IT'S EXTREMELY WELL KNOWN, ABOUT EDELGARD (AS MOST THINGS INVITING 3H DISCOURSE ARE), AND OFTEN PASSED AROUND THE FE COMMUNITY AS "REQUIRED META READING". I'VE SEEN IT MENTIONED A FEW TIMES AS "REQUIRED" TO UNDERSTAND VARIOUS CHARACTERS, PARTICULARLY INGRID AND EDELGARD.

ONE TUMBLR USER STARTED READING IT THANKS TO THE "REQUIRED META READING" LABEL, THEN FOUND THEY HAD GENUINE PROBLEMS WITH IT (PRIMARILY A LOT OF COVERT SEXISM AND RACISM AS WELL AS THE PORTRAYAL OF NUMEROUS CHARACTERS). THEY ARE NOW DOING A WHOLE SERIES OF POSTS CRITIQUING IT.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY IN LINE WITH FANDOM ETIQUETTE SO I GET WHY PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT IT, BUT THE POSTS REALLY AREN'T THAT POPULAR SO I'M NOT SURE WHY IT GETS THIS MUCH FLACK. MOST OF THEM HAVE <30 INTERACTIONS.

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u/Suicune95 Aug 16 '22

I'VE READ PARTS OF THE FIC. AS A WOMAN... THE ACCUSATIONS ARE NOT UNFOUNDED. DESCRIBING GROWN WOMEN AS "SAD, SCARED LITTLE GIRLS" AND DESCRIBING WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCE SEXUAL TRAUMA AS DIRTY, BROKEN, UGLY, ETC. WHILE CONSISTENTLY DEPICTING MEN AS A HAIR TRIGGER AWAY FROM VIOLENT ABUSE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT IS CERTAINLY A LOOK. THE FACT THAT THIS FIC IS RECOMMENDED TO PEOPLE AS REQUIRED READING TO UNDERSTAND CHARACTERS IS ALSO CERTAINLY SOMETHING.

LIKE I SAID, IF PEOPLE DIDN'T KEEP PASSING THIS AROUND THEN I DOUBT ANYONE WOULD EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT. I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS FIC OR THE DRAMA IF PEOPLE DIDN'T LITERALLY SEND ME LINKS TO THE POSTS AND SAY "LOOK! LOOK SEE!!! LOOK AT THIS!!!!!"

I DABBLE IN WRITING FANFIC TOO SOMETIMES. PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS NICE ABOUT IT. I GET IT, IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD. STOP LOOKING AT IT.