FE4, Chapter 7: @#$%

This chapter is horribly disjointed.  

Delmud is winning lots of awards: Most Restarts.  Least Ability to Absorb a Hit.  This Generation's Azel.  And I don't mean that in a good way.  Again, he's a dude on a horse with a big sword, and I have to coddle him the way I would a little mage or archer.  I think I have to coddle Lester less than I do Del.  If he didn't have a Thunder Sword on him, he'd be even less useful.  

How come Shanan can evade Fenrir, Storm, and everything else through most of the chapter, and then dies in two hits from Tinny's mage squad?  What gives there?  @_@

I'd insert a complaint about Tinny here, but instead I'll just discuss how awesome Fee is.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Fanfic Tier List, the Kaga Games

Inspired by Ammie and Raphi, here is a very, very partial list of Archanea, Valencia, and Jugdral characters on the "fanfiction tier" as Ammie defined it (locked post). Instead of going through all the blank, boring, and inconsistent characters that the Kaga games and their remakes have to offer, I'm putting up a few select examples, ones fandom is more likely to find familiar. So, no in-depth analysis of FE5 exclusives here.

See, it helps to have actual examples of Stateside fanfic available as a measure of how often a character is Done Wrong. So characters never written about in English fandom are not going to be of much use. And the FE1-5 + 11 pool of fiction is, shall we say, limited.

Also, unlike Magvel, which is entirely self-contained, these games are interconnected, sometimes rebooted, and have a host of side materials to be used as writing sources. 

ETA: Switched Levin from S-tier to A-tier, upon reflection.

( Long. Opinionated. Pure opinions. Sorry. )

S Tier:

Hardin. He was Marth’s true friend and a good ruler, except that he was burning with jealousy starting about fifteen minutes after he met Marth and therefore corrupted through almost the entirety of the War of Shadows. And then Darksphere blah blah blah. Or maybe it was the failed marriage to Nyna and a spell of drinking that left him prey to darkness. Either way, he ended up possessed, which is a quick ticket to character incoherence.

Julius: Meatpuppet. And we know nothing much about him before he became a vessel for the Dark Lord.

Camus/Sirius: Makes S-tier without being possessed, non-human, or technically dead! His motivations make just enough sense in FE1/11, but his actions, motivations, and exit in FE3 just are a steaming spaghetti ball of tangled WTF. What on earth does he actually want? Why is he doing what he’s doing? Is it about Grust? About Nyna? Both? Does he understand what’s going to happen re: Grust and Nyna the instant he turns his back? Does he care? Is he even the same personality he was before his memories were lost and he became “Zeke”?

WTF:

Ogma. I find it hard to even put words to what makes Ogma so damned difficult, but “elusive” is the best word for it.