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I was gonna post this on tumblr, but that's just not the place for text discussions.

Trabant says something interesting to Leaf in their boss dialogue in FE4.

"Blume should've taken care of you when he had the chance."

I didn't initially give it much thought; Trabant's all bluster in those dialogues anyway, given he's pretty blatantly trying to get himself killed. But I think Trabant honestly means exactly what he says there. Why would that be?

The man's not stupid )
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"[He] doesn't lend himself to plots. He doesn't have that good a mind." -- William Safire
 
When Sigurd of Chalphy gets accused of engaging in nefarious plots along with his school buddies Cuan and Eltoshan, it's laughable... and not just because we've been privy to Sigurd's actions and know that's not the case. Sigurd, is, quite patently, the tool he ultimately is, not the plotter he's made out to be. 
 
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OK. I've meant to do this for a while, but [personal profile] kyusil 's remark on her latest meme-post on how Hector ran Ostia into the ground spurred me to get on with it.

One thing I like-- LOVE-- about Fire Emblem is how the seeds of conflict aren't all random and supernatural, except in Magvel, whose world-building sandbox is more like a shallow, crapped-in catbox. I love you anyway, FE8. People do venal, short-sighted, careless, or malicious things, and their kids and their kingdoms pay the penalty long after they're dead.

Take one of Judgral's leading players in the first generation-- Cuan, Prince of Lenster. Handsome, charismatic, a loving husband, valiant warrior, magnanimous lord, and the father of two darling children.

Also a guy who jacked things up real good. Or real bad, rather.

Now, it's easy to miss this in the games, 'cause a lot of information presented about Cuan comes from his caddy bitches cheerleading squad. And a lot of the posthumous glories heaped upon Cuan seem to be there to, well, guilt-trip Cuan's son Leaf into not sucking. Kid's got a destiny to fulfill and stuff. But, hang on a minute-- why is poor little Leaf in such a pickle all the time? Oh, right. Cuan failed.

Unfair? Not really. Let's take a look, shall we?

Spoilers for OLD Games )

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