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[mark_asphodel]

So, I popped in on the SSB4 board to LOL at the silliness (Guys?  Pent will not be playable in this game.  I promise.), and somebody suggested Caeda as a playable character, and the inevitable sparring over Shiida vs Sheeda vs Caeda came up.

And then someone claimed that her name was an adaptation of the Irish name Sioda... which apparently is a genuine Irish name that is also rendered as "Sheeda."  It means "silken-haired" and there once was some hero called Sheeda MacNamara who was 'excellent with the spear.' This particular Sheeda was a guy, btw-- Sioda/Sheeda is a boy's name.

So, yes, she's faux-Irish.  But her father's still faux-Welsh, so Talys is just all pan-Celticy... which is pretty much what I thought.

No, I never did look it up before, because 'Sheeda' always struck me as a silly-ass name.  Still sounds like a genie in a bottle to me.

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Someone else suggested Camus as a playable character in the new game.  That's an idea I can actually get behind.  He's got a lance.  A BIG lance.  And he's hot.  And he's in a lot of FE games.  So, yes.  Camus for SSB4!  I should make a little banner or something...

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I still want a female FE rep, and I'd rather have her not use a sword, kthx.

Comments

[kyusil.livejournal.com]

I kind of have the feeling that they're going to be moving away from sword-users from FE because we're going to have plenty of new sword-users from other games. Isaac (or Matthew now, I guess) is a very likely candidate, there's that anti-hero(?) guy from the new Kid Icarus game, and maybe Ganondorf will use his sword in battle this time around?

[samuraiter.livejournal.com]

*ponders*

This might seem random, but do you think Caeda plays a musical instrument? (Celtic music and all that.)

[amielleon]

To my understanding, Caeda is the spelling of Sheeda in ... damn, what was it, Welsh? Gaelic? Probably the latter.

I would really like Micaiah in a smash game. Unfortunately I don't think her chances are that great. Among other things, the fact that she elicits distaste from a large portion of the US RD fanbase (where the game did comparatively well, I understand?) probably hurts her case.

[socraticwaffles.livejournal.com]

I know it's completely unrealistic, but I would LOVE to be able to use Eirika and Ephraim like some sort of Ice Climbers duo. >_>

[rethira.livejournal.com]

Personally I don't see FE getting any really big representation in SSB4. I mean, it's just not up there with the huge contenders - I can see Nintendo diversifying into other franchises completely again, and I think there's probably a lot of people who are demanding more Sonics and Snakes. That is, characters who aren't owned by Nintendo, or primarly on Nintendo consoles. FE just doesn't have a large enough fanbase, and after the sales of SD I'm pretty sure they're just going to stick with the tried and tested two FE characters; Marth and probably another male sword user because that's what everyone is used to.

Although if they say 'screw it, we're putting in Camus' I will not be complaining.

[sailorvfan10.livejournal.com]

Considering that there are quite a few characters with opposite gendered names (Dorcas, Ninian, just to name a few), the fact that Sheeda is actually a boy's name doesn't surprise me. But it's nice to know that IS wasn't just shoving syllables together. But that's also interesting because now all the Celtic meta and everything suddenly makes sense.

It doesn't surprise me that she might be based off of a Celtic hero, either, given that IS loves their mythological references.

But yeah, Sheeda is kind of a silly name. I prefer Caeda (which I still have no real idea of how it's pronounced, but I like to think it's similar to 'Sheeda'). It sounds princessy, and refined.

(Fun fact: Though there are a few people who scream with rage because Marth is a corruption of 'Mars', it's actually the name of a place in Germany. I stumbled on this accidentally one day and I thought it was amusing.)

Still sounds like a genie in a bottle to me.
I didn't know whether I should've thought of "I Dream of Jeanie" or Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle" when I read that. I think it depends on which mental image is less frightening. (And now I am imagining Caeda singing "Genie in a Bottle" to Marth with hilarious results.)

He's got a lance. A BIG lance. And he's hot.
So in Smash Brothers fandom, if Camus were to be in SSB4, there would be lance metaphors everywhere and he'd probably be paired with Marth, Ike, Ganondorf, Mario, Metaknight, and a whole bunch of other guys. That's all you need to have slash in Smash Brothers fandom, really. (I've seen Marth/Metaknight before, and I thought they were trolling. It was actually serious. My brain still can't comprehend the ship, but hey, whatever.)

I wouldn't mind Camus in SSB4.

The only thing they need to do with Marth is make him not look like a girl. I remember when the Smash Dojo released Marth's info on the site, I took one look at him and went, "Oh dear, they dressed up Elice like Marth for this, didn't they?" Because, while Marth has lovely arms in Brawl, he looks like he's wearing a bra and he's just overtly effeminate and I was all, "And I thought Marth was a girl in Melee, he looks like Hulk Hogan in comparison." So I'm hoping they either go with FE11 or FE12's design for Marth. At least he won't look like a woman. Seriously.

(Then again I also thought Link looked kinda girly in Brawl too. Hmm...)

I wouldn't mind a magic using female, because at least it'd be different. I would just be worried that they'd make her a clone of Zelda. If I wanted Zelda, I'd play as her. I want someone with a different moveset.

(I just imagined the fanfiction for Smash Brothers fandom if fem!MyUnit was shoved into SSB4 and I LOL'd.)

You make the banners for Camus, and I'll focus on the buttons and the bumper stickers, and maybe someone else can make t-shirts...