Meta Month, Day 26: rejected ideas

Bleh.  Two consecutive overnight trips (one business, one pleasure) in the space of four days has really worn me out.
Ideas I considered for meta month but was too tired to type up this weekend:

1) MyUnit Chris vs Tactician Mark, as characters and gameplay elements
2) More thoughts on AUs and how to work them
3) Evidence for and against arranged marriage in Fire Emblem
4) Child mortality in pseudo-classical/pseudo-medieval worlds

If anyone wants to actually see any of these thoughtstreams, just ask.

Off to play with my new Touchpad.

Meta Month, Day 26 B: Child Mortality

An obvious question in analyzing Fire Emblem is, “Where is everyone’s parents?”  We’ve discussed this before, so I’ll only touch on it in passing.  The next question that comes to mind, from a world-building perspective, is, “Where are all the other kids?”

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