Thirty(?) Days of Fire Emblem, Days Left Over

[mark_asphodel]

Let's get this over with and off my desktop.

Day 7: Favorite Game.  Pass.  I haven't even played FE10 yet.  All the ones I have played I like for different reasons, except FE9 which I really don't much like as of yet.  

Day 12: Favorite Class.  Hm.  Shooters?  Am I allowed to say shooters?  I dunno.  I like mages, cavs/pallies, and peg knights a lot.  A Lot.

Day 19: Favorite Weapon.  I dunno.  There's no FE weapon I've fantasized about using the way I once wanted Sailor Senshi powers or my own Gundam with a beam scythe. I have to admit, I like Ephraim's Reginleif.  That's a great weapon to start off with.  Maybe I like it 'cause it's Ephraim's?

Day 24: Favorite Sacred Weapon.  Mm.  In a sense, they're all so conceptually (and often visually) similar that there's nothing that really stands out as "better" than anything else.  Durandal looks ridiculous.  Ragnell looks pretty ridiculous, too.  Armads carries a curse.  The holy weapons from Jugdral and Archanea have something sketchy going on with them.  The Sword of Seals is pretty interesting, and Alm's goddess-powered Falchion is interesting.  Meh.  I'm just not passionate about it.

Day 26: Scene that made you go "awww."  Good ending of FE5, Leaf confessing his feelings to Nanna.  Adorable.

Day 28: What the next FE would be like if I designed it.  Can you say "crossover time"?  With ocean battles.  And sea dragons.  Oh yes.  And a Peg Knight as the main character.  Lance-using chick!Lord on a flying pony, plz.

Day 13: What character do you relate to most, and why?

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That's an interesting question, because it's not the same thing as liking a character.  I don't particularly relate to, say, Ephraim.  And characters that I might gravitate toward, like the bookish magey-mages, are often too cheerful and cutesy for me to really relate.  I can get inside the head of, say, Merric for the purposes of a story, but I don't look at him and go, "Oh, that's me!"

I admit to doing that with Lute.  Actually, Lute is like a teenaged version of my mother.  Scary.       

The characters I tend to actually identify with-- and there's a scattering of them, across the gameplay classes and the various continents-- are the pragmatic ones, or at least the ones that show a passing flash of it.  That's not exactly a popular trait in the kind of video game where starry-eyed idealism and empathy tend to be the hallmarks of the good guys.  It's often a trait found among the antagonists.  But a touch of pragmatism, of skepticism, of being able to analyze things in a rational fashion at least some of the time... that'll boost a character pretty high in my estimation.  

I guess it's a little strange to say I get the warm fuzzies over characters who manage to show some level of critical-thinking skills, but it's true. 

Comments

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[amielleon]

this sexy mage ------->

[amielleon]

... oh your icons show on the other side.

THAT WAY THEN.

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[mark_asphodel]

Exactly.

Wouldn't call him "sexy" exactly, though. He's a tad too childlike for me.

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[amielleon]

Eh. He'll ripen in a few centuries.

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[xirysa]

I misread that as, "Ripen a few ovaries."

Maybe it's just the fatigue talking, but I don't know I'd mind that, personally.

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[amielleon]

;D

Me neither.

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[xirysa]

OOH MR SOREN OOH~

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[mark_asphodel]

Mm. Not bad. Reminds me of a fanart!Sirius Black.

Good thing he takes after Uncle Rajaion and not dear old Dad.

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[amielleon]

Haha.

Well, it is photoshopped off of Rajaion... (with judicious use of Daeinese features).

[kyusil]

I think it's common to see a complete black-and-white between idealistic characters and cynical ones. Which is why characters like Innes are refreshing. They kind of temper any characters who get too bright-eyed, without just being a dead weight and having totally given up on their mission before it's even started. It's also why I like Kent, even though I had a hard time making words right about it in my own answer: he's the voice of often harsh or undesirable practicality, but he isn't a jerk about it. Not as fun, but I guess I appreciate that there are characters who hit that middle segment? I like balance.

And sea dragons.

all of my yes.

[raphiael]

Yes, I agree with this. I think the bit that cemented my love for Innes was when Ephraim and Eirika were both flailing and wringing their hands over Poor Precious Lyon, and Innes' reaction boiled down to "why am I not surprised?"

[mark_asphodel]

Innes. Rocks. The World.

Well, and part of why I fell for Marth in FE11 was his reaction to the stories about the Goddess of Raman Fane-- it wasn't a headlong rush into danger. He just unpicked the logical flaw in the stories and carried on with his plan to get the damned orbs, while Nyna and Malledus were standing there going "Oooh, it's scary!"

Sigh. I liked that kid. I wish we'd gotten to keep him.