I think you're right-at some point, we have to stop matching the
characters and their names.
Yeah, I wouldn't take Finn's name any more seriously than we'd take
Beowulf's or Arthur's. IMO the designers clearly mined Fionn's mythical
exploits for stuff like Deirdre's abduction in Ch3, not to mention the name
of Fiana village, but it's all just thrown in the great whirly plot blender
and spooned back out as needed.
However! When the Lance Knight class was revived in FE9, I do find it
amusing that they went for "Oscar" for the name of the only playable LK. I
have to wonder if that wasn't a cute winking nod to Fionn's grandson
Oscar-- just a little in-joke, if you will.
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I think you're right-at some point, we have to stop matching the characters and their names.
Yeah, I wouldn't take Finn's name any more seriously than we'd take Beowulf's or Arthur's. IMO the designers clearly mined Fionn's mythical exploits for stuff like Deirdre's abduction in Ch3, not to mention the name of Fiana village, but it's all just thrown in the great whirly plot blender and spooned back out as needed.
However! When the Lance Knight class was revived in FE9, I do find it amusing that they went for "Oscar" for the name of the only playable LK. I have to wonder if that wasn't a cute winking nod to Fionn's grandson Oscar-- just a little in-joke, if you will.