Icelerate

I agreed with you about the FE7 trio. 

I wrote about Micaiah and Pelleas as well. I find the intersection of their arcs very compelling.

What relationships do you find overrated? I think Byleth's relationship with the lords is underwhelming. It doesn't help that most of Edelgard's story development revolves around Byleth nor does it help that Byleth is barely a character due to not having dialogue and being a perfect dude otherwise. It makes her out to be seemingly one dimensional despite being one of the most multidimensional characters. 

Do you think the FE7 lords are still the best in the series as a collective compared to the collective lords of other FE games? 

A lot of people were arguing Three Houses lords are the greatest because of how different they are in terms of ideals that they end up being in conflict with each other but the problem is they are barely in contact with each other. The FE7 lords bounce off each other well so despite being less different in terms of ideals, they have a more engaging relationship. 

I don't think the FE7 lords individually are the greatest three lords of all time, I meant as a collective. 

Micaiah is my favourite design in the entire series. 

I think Lyn looks very pretty. Even still, I rank her below most female lords when it comes to design. 

Is Laegjarn your favourite character in the series right behind Lyon? Going by all the Laegjarn art you are commissioning, I'm guessing yes. 

The fact Lyon had multiple reasons for what he set out to do is what makes him so multidimensional. Him wanting to surpass Ephraim gives him a great reason to harness the power of the stone. Him wanting to stop a massive earthquake shows his innate selflessness while wanting to revive his father shows just how much of a caring and insecure son he is. He also wanted to impress Eirika as well. Also I remember a flashback where Eirika had faith in Lyon's ability to harness the stone's power for good so she unintentionally misled him on the dark path. 

I think the Demon King's manipulation of Eirika was well done and it shows just how smart the demon king is. Instead of discussing the demon king's intelligence, the fanbase instead talks about Eirika being an idiot instead. 

Yeah it took forever for him to get to the point. 

Well I'm wondering why Lyon is not accused of being stupid for tampering with the sacred stone nearly as much as Eirika for attempting to cure Lyon. Isn't Lyon wanting to bring back his father just as risky/selfish as Eirika who had less time to act and think about what she was doing? 

I'm not saying Lyon is stupid, he's an intelligent guy but the double standards are real. 

Here is a thread that you might hate at first but will learn to like it as you read on. 

TLDR, a character being stupid or making dumb decisions =/= poorly written character. The author didn't state this but the converse of a character being well written due to being very intelligent is also not true. I think you have rated Robin highly just because he's intelligent but I think that's a very rudimentary reason to like a character. Same with Roy, him being intelligent doesn't really do much for him. 

Eliwood is naive enough to think that just wearing a robe is enough to hide their nobility. His son, on the other hand, can immediately see that the person in disguise is a noble through subtle mannerisms. Roy is far smarter than Eliwood, fight me. 

What do you think of these disguises? 

What do you think of this write up? She isn't my favourite lord, but I dare say she might be the best written.

I think they make a good couple. Their relationship develops well and isn't too hamfisted or ignored. Perfectly balanced in that regard. 

I don't know hand axes end up doing the job for me. Sure Micaiah could ORKO if she were fast but it's too risky to put her in the range of 2+ opponents unlike say Haar who can go at 6 and still probably survive. 

Sacred Stones has some great villains. 

You should play GD next. Claude is quite cunning so it's fun to see his strategies in play. 

Please vote for Eirika, she's the only female lord other than Edelgard who has yet to win CYL and she's the last remaining GBA lord as well. 

I liked their fight in that particular episode. 

Yeah but magic isn't that useful in the game. They can't even forge past the basic tomes whereas physical units can forge silver weaponry, two tiers above the basic iron weapons. Yeah her being the only staff bot other than Laura makes her quite useful. I think the reason behind it was because Ike's character arc is him becoming the strongest fighter ever so it makes thematic sense why he'd be the one to end her. 

Is he your favourite villain? He has the most symathetic moments compared to any other FE villain despite his lack of screen time. 

Well in her supports she grows closer to her support partner. With Byleth, she grows closer in the story. Her character arc is to learn to trust people more which is the opposite of Celica and Eirika lol. 

Which characters did you vote for in CYL? 

I don't have as strong opinions of Toph. She lacks the development that the other team Avatar members go through because she joins in the middle of book 2. I found her sneaky side really entertaining though such as when she started robbing people of money in the Fire Nation.

I meant before her promotion she can't make any gains so she's outclassed by most other units you deploy. Sure she can level up pretty fast in endgame and can be made into a beast for 4E2 and 4E3 but she can't do much damage to Sephiran, Ashera or the spirits. 

I think Sephiran is one of the few characters who does genuinely super nice and selfless deeds while still being evil without being OoC. That is a feat that makes him one of the best written characters in the series. He's not a favourite of mine though. I prefer the more badass villains like Deghinsea, Arvis, Zelgius and Edelgard. 

I agree. I dislike when people call kind hearted characters bland just because they aren't hotheaded or "badass". Would you say Edelgard is really well-written though? I think what makes her the best female lord in people's eyes is that she has a lot of story presence in all four routes. Her no nonsense personality is also very appealing compared to the more gentle female lords up to this point. 

You wanted me to write a character analysis on Lucia. Do you like her a lot? I found her to be really brave and loyal while also being very shrewd and calculating. 

So is RD still the best FE game in your eyes? 

Do you play Heroes? 

Yeah she accomplished her goal of making Katara blood bend so she's a successful villain. 

I meant she promotes too late so her caps hinder her. Same with speed. She can't double even if she had great speed growth or was speed blessed. I agree she should have used dark magic just like Sephiran and also to give us a dark mage on the first play through. Also, her connection to Yune could enable her to wield dark magic. 

Can fliers use magic? 

Are there any other lords you dislike more than Edelgard? 

Same, too many FE16 especially Edelgard discussions which are actually making me like her less. I want to do a write up on Deghinsea, what do you think of him? I think he's the most sympathetic villain in the franchise. He has the most compelling motives to oppose the heroes. He does a lot of things that make matters worse but it was all done due to good intentions which ended up backfiring. 

Do you think a route where you can switch sides like in RD would be nice in TH? 

Did you end up choosing Brave Micaiah? Considering how you were interested in the whole debuffing utility of Hrid and Gunnthra, what do you think of her? 

She barely does anything but in the episodes she's in, I like her. Do you like Hama?

Well Micaiah is also affected by stat caps as she can't go any further until her promotions. For example, Sanaki in the prologue of part 4 has higher magic than Micaiah does in the beginning of the end game. 

Would you like Edelgard more if she were a magic user? 

Do you hate Edelgard more than Kris? 

Okay will do. 

I did enjoy book 1 but it didn't have as many amazing moments or episodes as the other two books. I did enjoy the Siege of the North though. Book 1 does have nice character development for Aang, Sokka and Katara though, especially the beginning. 

I think Byleth's origins and effect on the characters around him is interesting. As a character, he fulfills his role just fine. Not exactly a fan of him/her but they aren't bad by any means. 

I don't think so because her enemy phase wouldn't be that good and light magic has low might in this game which is a problem since enemies have a lot of res in this game. Haar is really OP but that didn't stop them from making him the way he is.

I agree that Edelgard doesn't get called out. Compare that to Micaiah who gets called out by Sothe and has two of her allies defect in part 3. Same goes for Dimitri who I'll probably end up liking more. Both those two other lords also develop their ideals throughout their journey, Edelgard doesn't. 

It was mentioned by Hubert they needed their support to win the war but the story fails to show where Arundel and his goons were actually useful. 

Celica would have supported the church, she's the opposite of Edelgard. But their alliegances doesn't really have much to do with their intelligence. Celica got completely manipulated and used by the evil cult whereas Edelgard used them for her own agenda. 

No I don't. I barely know about discord. 

The fight between Ozai and Aang was a bit underwhelming for me. It felt too one sided. The white lotus was over too quickly leaving Zuko VS Azula as the only interesting fight. 

But it'd be funny to see all the Kris haters react. XD

Yeah but I don't see a narrative justification for low speed growth. 

You can still be a villain and morally grey like Arvis. Edelgard is certainly a pretentious jerk though. She criticized Dimitri for defending himself. 

Do you not remember Arundel nuking Arrianrod just because Edelgard defied him by taking out Cornelia?

After seeing the chapter where Edelgard kills Dimitri, I feel so bad for him and Dedue. 

Is that her new nickname? Cute. Do you agree Edelgard is smarter than Celica? I'm looking forward to BL myself. I wonder how good the GD are. 

I found the finale a bit underwhelming tbh so Day of Black Sun will be my favourite. 

I hope Kris is added to Heroes. 

I think she should logically be faster.

She has multiple goals, not just the one to eliminate the Church of Seiros. 

TWSITD can blackmail her to ally with them because they do have nukes. Edelgard reminds me of how Micaiah was forced to ally with the Begnion Senate due to being blackmailed by a WMD. 

There is the Silver Haired Maiden and Skyla. 

You even ranked her on the second last tier. How dare you! 

I guess your opinion on Edelgard is my opinion on Celica and your opinion on Celica is my opinion on Edelgard. 

No Day of Black Sun was the day of the eclipse where the allies invaded the Fire Nation when they didn't have access to fire bending. 

Adding an important character who didn't exist previously would be problematic. Isn't that Kris' whole problem. If he was always part of the story, people wouldn't have issues. 

I just use save states and burn RNs until Micaiah gets a speed proc. 

I don't know, even in her official art, Micaiah's got some thick thighs IMO. XDU

Edelgard wants to conquer all of Fodland, from what I remember, and it is unreasonable to expect a leader of a country to allow it to be annexed by her. 

She doesn't trust TWSITD and is just using them as temporary allies. It's not like Celica who gave herself up completely to Jeddah and unable to move against him. 

And I thought most Micaiah fans would flock to Edelgard. 

I think this thread might be interesting. It is about literary analysis. Even for pragmatic reasons, I think it's best to assume that writing is subjective. Because objective would imply there is a single FE lord that is worse written and a single FE lord that is above everyone else and that would imply that others are foolish for not holding that fact. 

I wonder if Ghast will ever do a SS on Micaiah. He'll probably be busy with Three Houses characters for the next year IMO and probably Alm too. 

I like the Day of Black Sun parts 1 and 2. I like how well thought out the strategy was but despite that, it failed. I also like the Lake Laogai episode as Dai Li brainwashing was quite creepy and seeing the mysteries unfold was intriguing. 

I doubt it and I hope not. 

I don't think he was counting the avatars because he hates them outright. 

Yeah I always liked her but didn't love her until mid 2017. 

I ended up rigging her level ups so she always levels speed and she became a pretty good unit. I hope she gets a higher speed growth as she deserves it due to being light weight but has rather thick leg muscles for her size. Furthermore, she's constantly on the run which should imply she's fast.  

After playing through BL, have you started disliking Edelgard but loving Dimitri? I found it interesting that you and Troy had a discussion about her. 

But Eirika doesn't go on to conquer the invading country, Ephraim does. She ends up liberating an allied country and her home country though. 

Ephraim is also the one to save Eirika similar to how Ike saves Elincia or Marth saves Hardin and Nyna. 

Ephraim does get allies from Frelia before he conquers Grado. 

Agreed I actually made a big post analyzing the flaws. In summary, the main problems were him skipping every single base conversation and most of the story, especially part 3. The mary sue analysis was unneeded and out of place within the personality analysis as the discussion was longer than the personality analysis despite being a mary sue has nothing to do with personality. 

That episode was amazing! It was filler but it was very funny and had great characterization. 

I think this game proves IS can and is willing to do ambitious titles. Also this game has some similarities with Geneology so I have a feeling the current IS are fans of FE4. 

But if Edelgard and Rhea count as villains, I think they are excellent. 

He said his least favourite lords are Eliwood and Micaiah. I watched that LP, it was my first experience of Radiant Dawn. Mageknight404/Ray in particular was a huge Micaiah hater although he apologized and changed his mind saying he no longer hates her. Their bashing of Micaiah made me feel sorry for her, then I did research on her character and became a huge fan. 

You kind of need to use Micaiah because if you don't level her up for chapter 1-9, that level becomes nigh impossible but once again Mangs failed to convey this important information. But after part 3, she doesn't really need any stat part from mag so I can see why people would rather spend their exp on other units that benefit from other stats. 

Micaiah can be turned into a dodge tank under the right conditions but that requires A earth support and resolve. Even then it is kind of risky due to lacking authority stars. 

I like reading rants so no problem. XD

Do you think SS also follows the same structure? The only difference is the route split but Ephraim's path in particular follows the same structure. 

What do you think of Mangs' Micaiah spotlight?