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    In which blah the Prussian blind reacts to FE Fates: Conquest

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    Pretty much. This is why my real problem with Conquest isn't so much the plot or Kamui (much as I hate them for being a black hole spotlight stealing annoying as fuck Mary Sue). It's how the other characters in the story react to them, how they are dumbed down into coddling Kamui or forgiving things they should not forgive at the detriment of themselves and other characters who are supposed to be important to them, and losing their agency and their "right" to feel a certain way towards Kamui. The story would be amazing if Kamui was allowed to be wrong and in the end they were all "what have I done" as they realized they were a total heel.

    EDIT: Hi Mox

    Hi Sunwooooooooo

    I totally agree with you there. I thought a lot of the interactions with Kamui didn't make sense *coughs* Xander *coughs*. I also kinda felt like the 'positioning' of some of the characters was wrong: why did Xander - the crown prince of Nohr - let Kamui take charge of the army? Especially when they had no real experience beforehand. Who thought that this would be a good idea??????

    Kamui definitely should have had opportunities to be wrong and make mistakes. It's a human thing that, apparently, our sainty Kamui is above - with everyone else favouring to like their boots ... errr ... feet. I mean, wouldn't a flawed protagonist bring more complexity to the story and allow people to sympathise??? Wouldn't we benefit from better villains???? ...... You already know extensively how I feel about Iago and Ganz ...

    In which blah the Prussian blind reacts to FE Fates: Conquest

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    -The funny thing here is that when Iago is begging for his life, and says that he was just following orders, like Corrin and co, he's absolutely right. Sure, he might have been more happy about following those orders, but in terms of consequences there is functionally no difference between Iago and Corrin. This could have been another interesting moment, as Iago's Not So Different forces Corrin to reassess his actions, but instead the royals are just like "LOL, no, Iago, we're not like you" and then kill him in cold blood (which, by the way, was a big fucking deal that the Hoshidans were killed in cold blood; apparently being evil means you suddenly don't have the right to a fair trial) when I'm saying "Yes you fucking are like him, you hypocrites!" This game. This fucking game.

    This part was really interesting to consider, because I feel that you're right about it. I had a bit of a mind blow moment because my take on this part was that Iago was lying through his teeth to save himself and everyone kinda just knew he was lying and executed him. But if he was actually telling the truth then this makes this scene very different... at least to me.

    Children in future games

    in Fire Emblem Fates

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    I feel kind of indifferent to the whole mechanic. I feel like it would be ok if it was implemented in the story the same way as Genealogy of the Holy War, but only if it served the actual plot to have children. I didn't like the way that Fates handled the children, I thought that it was sloppy and poorly executed.

    Note: Rezzy suggested that recruiting a spouse's family member would be interesting and I agree. They went on to talk about how this could also serve alliances and stuff. I have to agree, I think this would make more sense to have an already trained member of another persons family be recruited than 'suddenly children'.

    Fates Art Style...

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    To be honest I adore Kozaki's art style. The issue I have is the character design (even though I vaguely remember hearing that this was another departments idea... don't quote me on that though). I mean, butt windows in armoured knights, thigh less pants for horse riding, berserker battle thongs... these people are going to war for god sake. They need better coverage. I adore Senri Kita's art style just as much though and in general, for the next game, I hope that we'll see something similar.

    Hoshido and Nohr: Language Barriers

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    Hmm. Common tongue is possible, although highly convenient and not exactly the most realistic thing for this clearly distinct setting, in my opinion. From a writing stand point I considered that there would be 7 different languages [note: I'm still using Japanese names for some of the kingdoms/duchies/principalities]: Nohrian, Hoshidan, Izumian, Noltradian (is it Notre Seagess or something in the english game?), Chevalian, Vallitian and Mokushin.

    I also think that the three tribes in the game would have their own variation of their root language, so a Hoshidan variation for the wind tribe and fire tribe and Nohrian variation for the ice tribe, although perhaps not distinct enough to be considered their own language.

    On top of this, I separated the languages into magic ones as well that are just used for casting: Nohrian Runic and Hoshidan Runic (< for current lack of a better name). I suppose that any soldiers from Valla would have Vallitian Runic in this case as well.

    Favorite/Least Favorite 2nd Gen Character

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    The A-support doesn't even BEGIN to make up for the shit that is the C and B supports. In real life, most people would NOT have forgiven Soleil or someone who pulled the same shit that she has, especially since it's stated Ophelia has told Soleil repeatedly to stop. Soleil does not deserve a pass. At all. For any reason.

    I agree. I hoped that English Soleil would have some redeeming factors since I didn't really like the Japanese version of her all too much. Unfortunately, that was not the case.

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