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Of course Fairies can be also influenced by other mythology, I also mentioned Peri along the line. But you just say fairies a nordic, like it would be a term used in the nordic mythology. In this case you could also go as far and say hey, Dullahan is nordic. Because Dullahan is a fairy. That elves get influenced by Fairies in reverse we just have to live with this point I give you. And that they are changing like languages. Fairies also haven't been always the little cute things with Wings. And have also more subcategories depending on region. Even with Dullahan as one.

What part about Fairies being originating from Celtic lore through contact with Scandinavian and other lore is so difficult to understand?

I just came with some things which happened before Tolkien.. the part about the Victorian Era has been completely missed out on the reddit post.

Fairies from norse mythology is not true. They are more from the Celtic lore. But Fire emblem also takes some part of this, like the good Gae bolg. Elves are originally more from Germanic and Scandinavian parts. Of course the celtic had contact with those cultures and they developed there own definition. It is also said by some that another influence of fairies are peri, which are from a persian lore. (origin of the word fairy). And there are also Nymph as an influence. I think the whole problem is that Elves and Fairies have no real definition from the beginning. And now we are just confused because they get interchanged so much. The only thing which interests me is just if Elves had wings in the time they got around as a lore... I personally think that Wings started more with a certain part of fairies. And at least we can say that fairies have been around later, but of course been influenced by elves, peri and possibly other lore. Some sources even say that even Fairies don't have wings as a requirement, those kind of developed in the victorian era. And this is actually the most interesting point for us. If we look at peony and even the trailer. The wings have something to show, they are something we really notice quick and find them uncommon for FE. At least those fairy like wings. So in that regard the choice to give them wings is not so far from the same people in the victorian Era gave fairies wings. They also used wings to show in theaters that one of the artists plays a supernatural being, like an angle or a fairy. So the wings had something captivating. And I think its the same here. At least for some of us. Even the trailer builds a lot on it. All these elves flying around. I just try to accept it for now, But I just call them light and dark elves. The term they used even is the nordic for both.

Was so glad about getting Igrene that I just had to push her through Abyssal and succeeded. 3 dancers and one attacker with a Blazing skill are the easy way out though. Also thanks to her Bow Igrene can also have Hardy Bearing. So Altina's Vantage was easily cancelt out.

Thanks, I got free today. Igrene finally came home so it doesn't feel too bad anymore. At least getting her is worth a lot with this struggle.. Also grats on the late Banner. Always feels better to get out with the intended unit. Especially on the new banners which are always 4 units, which always feels like it has a worse chance (At least to me). Have to say that Altina looks really tempting but for now I hold back and go to saving. The next Legendary Banner with Julia looks like one I should prepare this time. With L!Azura and Julia its totally worth it. Also I have the feeling that Rinkah is not too far away anymore.

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. At the moment I am sitting at 6% pity rate on the banner with Igrene. Almost 400 orbs there and I didn't get her. Only one pity breaker. The funny part is that I got a 5* Hawkeye on free pull on the other Banner. This feels quite insulting. xD Or he just says, nope. forget it boy.

My bad luck since the last 2 months continues. The last 700 orbs in total have been just awful... At the moment I have a pity rate of 5.75. Just one Igrene please...

Oh yeah, those kind of follow this too. I think Leonie such a potential which could have been better. If it wouldn't be for her to be focuses a bit too much on Jeralt. Kjelle is nice, (Awakening armors are uncanny though). And of course Lethe is also nice. But Rinkah is still the best followed by Echidna. Have to say though that I like the personality of Echidna a bit more. They even changed one support between Rinkah and Jakob in the west. Because Rinkah was pushed there.. although Jakobs, (You'll be mine) was not too bad I found it unfitting in regard to Rinkah, she was a bit of a loner though and it would be strange for her to act there I guess.. At least Petra did the right thing there xD Loved her support with Claude. Writing of Petra. She is also an archetype I like. The Athena trope I would say. The cool thing about her is also the development you could see. Both Athena and Petra are really nice for me. But sometimes you also just have to differ, if its more trope or the character you like. Pushing characters into tropes can sometimes do them unjust and they are more than just this. But regardless we still have our preferences though regarding certain characters. So its not entirely wrong, its just better to give other characters a chance. While I dislike the little manakete trope I still like Tiki and see her as a mascot material. And Myrrh is also not too bad.

"archetypes I like" "female Jagen". Like Reina or Titania are some kind of a trope I like, if I could call them this way. I just like it if they have a bit more experienced woman in the army. Who also show a lot of battle experience. The Camus type, is there I am a bit mixed. I don't dislike Xander. But he could have been made better of course. But Camus is a top notch character for me which I really really like. Echidna and Rinkah are also some kind of archetype which is not hit as much. While they don't always have the bet plot to build them up they are very unique in appearance and I just love them. Archetypes I dislike Also agree with the bandits. Its like we have this army of beautiful people and evil peasants are those kind of type which is just there as canon fodder. Kill for fun.. I am really mixed with Peri. Partly I like her, but that she does not appreciate live at all or at least has some remorse is something I do not like. On one side they have to be ruthless.. but this I don't know. petit Manakete. Its not that I totally dislike them, but to me they have taken overhand in the games. I want more variance in Manakete from gender to age to whatever. But we are just stuck with "young" manaketes if we get one most of the time. But this is more the absence of other Manaketes which annoys me with it. I wouldn't mind a mid age old male Manakete or older female Manakete... to be fair there are not this many though. But I hope in future, if they add them. That they also add other ones not following this..

300 orbs no Igrene "sigh". Lately I just can't get any focus unit. Somehow I wished that after the miserable Null Follow Up banner that I at least get lucky this time..

Totally justified. I mean the 3/4 pool kind of stagnated for a long time and its really refreshing to get more new heroes there. For a long time I could almost be no happy about any of those I pulled, because they would be fodder at best after I collected enough of the wanted merge projects. Also while pulling for a favorite on a certain color there is always the chance to get those collected. Green will be more attractive for me thanks to Echidna and the chance to just get her.

Love how Igrene has the full Blazing beginner set. Almost no need to do anything about her set after getting her if you love to play it. Also depends on her attack. Definitely worth it. Also Echidna looks like the clear demote. So I don't need to go for her and can just focus on lucking me a Igrene. Nice! Regarding what comes story wise they really take the Einheriar part now.. So we also might see characters like Helbindi again? Will Gunnthra be also part of the Einheriar? Or are they just taking Lif and Thrasir.. Who knows. But I love that Thor finally gets her role. And we also seem to approach something like Valhalla now..of course this is just speculation. Also because its a paralog and does not have to mean much..

Also happy that we get more new hero banners... This kind of gives some hope for certain characters to be added and lately I am just not sold on Seasonal banners. Unless there is a top favorite there which I might want to merge. Which won't be the case for most.

At first I was a bit unhappy about Athena,s refine. But again its just better to look at it calmly and see what opportunities it gives. The good thing is that I have just the right skill with Wrath on her. The game punished me on the late Nullify Follow Up though.. 360 orbs spend on that banner and only 1 Hilda as a consolation..so that is not a chance now for me. While Luna and Moonbow look like the obvious choice I try to play around with a blazing skill and wrath. +20 attack is nice to have on this, it makes her more likely to get through blue units. As long as she does at least 1 damage after the blazing skill though. And I just want to see how far she can go on the next Abyssal map. The lacking cooldown hurts for this, but I will see what I can do with it. That my Athena is atk+ might even come in handy for Wrath setup.

Also belong to the faction which wants it reduced. It would become more of a shore and I guess those players who would love that are only a few. A good Gacha has challenging stuff but also takes time into consideration the players need to spend on it. While they definitely want you to play frequently the content should be manageable without investing too much time per day. I still see those games as a mean to be played while going to work and using them to kill some time. If a mode needs you to be active for a long time and not to mess up in that time this could work against this concept. Also as said, the more units you have to manage the more you have to be careful about it. On my 5* barracks I feel like I am overflowing there and there are a lot of units which I am simply shoving aside. And theoretically the mode would increase more and more with new banners.

Athena finally gets her Refine! I am so happy for this. Now lets see...Special Dmg +10.. I played her often with Slaying sword as a speedy Sword Tank or Galeforce user which can use Galeforce on more Fragile enemies like Mages... Null Follow Up would be cool. Any cooldown improvement would be nice. But I kind of don't wont it to be another sword with just Cooldown -1 and Special Damage +10... so I wouldn't mind it to be entirely different.

SMT:Digital Devil Saga 1-2 Serph - > Siegurd Sera -> Deirdre Heat -> Arvis Gale -> Lewyn Kind of fits really well.

Overall I would love to have more Antagonists in smash in general. They are still way to scarce... My unpopular opinion is that I find a certain amount of randomness in this game on competitive basis viable, I think a lot of player underestimate that adapting to unexpected situations is a skill of its own.

I get really tired of saving up orbs for nothing.. 250 orbs gone. Not even one Focus unit.. I am so done today.. And there I just wanted Null and maybe flashing blade 4 for Edelgard... I am even skipping debut banners to have a better chance and this game just pulls of those things.

This forging bond makes me realize that Tatiana without Zeke could turn out interesting later for one reason. They could take this chance and maker her interact with Sirius which I would highly welcome. Also a fan of the lots of helmet they surely will be distributed.

I think a lot in fire emblem has to do how you are ready to deal with frustration and "memorizing" and time you are ready to trade for the game. In older fire emblem it was a lot redoing the maps for me at least. Which goes faster in 3H because of the Divine Pulse. "Turn Wheel". Otherwise maybe you can look at what do you struggle. Is it setting up units in a manner which makes it more easier, with the right classes and right skills and such. Or is it more that you struggle with thinking about solutions for the maps. There is also the right management of items and in case of 3H battalions and such. Which also can overwhelm a bit and made less efficient. Overall I would say you should not feel to bad though. Personally I think the players who are really good are less than you think. Many of us just can deal with frustration while pushing through and take a lot of time. Especially in old fire emblem games, if you sit for an hour on a map and something fails so you have to reset, can be really frustrating.

Just wanted to look up Sirius final decision. And they surely are vague at some points.. To me it just is like that he disappears and returns to Tatiana after the war. But it could also be that Nyna still follows him though.. I always saw Sirius more as someone who wanted to come to terms with his past and put some things to right. But haven't played Mystery of the Emblem thanks to non localization.. Only read some things up. Wish they would be more clear about some points. But maybe they just love to see the ships battle each other. Or maybe he has gone the harem path. To me, Zeke shows much devotion to Tatiana, it would kind of grind me if he goes back to Nyna after all things. Also as said this is something which makes him more interesting of a character. They also reflect much on the possibility of Zeke getting his memories back. That aside Nyna sure has been unfortunate..and her love for Camus is still there. As she only pretends to love Hardin. Which is a reason for Hardin to fall into depravity. We got so much into this discussion I don't know if spoiler tags cut it anymore. xD

At least at 490 orbs. I give it a try in merging Legendary Julia. But somehow for now I feel like its quite a big challenge I try.. She is at +1 at the moment. Pushed around 550 orbs on her last banner) And kind of feel there this could go with all the Legendary horror stories. xD Of course Rinkah would be a certain orb stash breaker. And Nailah soon is also bait. Also next line up with her is Fjorm, L.Tiki and her.. Which is a bit meh. depending on what happens I might want to thing to maker Fjorm more efficient...

Unless they really have a RD/PoR banner in planning I think Jill is likely there...So I don't have much hope for Rinkah anymore. She is a bit on a lower spot anyway. Still I hold my orbs on for now.