Icelerate

True but her emotions cloud her judgement making her dumb. I ended up making that thread because people seem to think Micaiah is on the same level as Celica in intelligence. Agreed, Roy is so boring because he's always doing things that end up being correct. Celica is the superior red haired lord.

I think she's a more badass and ruthless Micaiah but her ideology is completely different. 

True apparently me and DefyingFates are supposed to write an analysis on her. 

I see... 

I actually wrote it beforehand because I was curious to see just how badly Celica did. She was dumber than I thought. 

Agreed. XD

Here is a meme someone made on Reddit. Hopefully she stomps the competition in CYL4 but I hope Eirika also wins. I like Edelgard when she blushes which shows she can be quite embarrassed/shy.  

True. Sothe can be quite aggressive when it comes to protecting Micaiah. I like him as well. His loyalty to Micaiah is quite endearing and I like how he isn't submissive and does question her a lot.

I haven't played Echoes but I watched an LP so I'm currently undecided whether I like her or not. But I think Celica takes emotional outbursts to an extreme. Still better than certain FE lords who show little to no emotion though. I'm looking at you Roy and to a lesser extent Seliph. Would you like to read a small analysis on Celica's irrationality I made. It's a private conversation as I'm not interested in tarnishing her reputation. 

I don't know much about Claude and Dimitri so hopefully they end up being really good too. They do seem interesting from the little I know of.

I noticed that people who tend to play FE10 first tend to like Micaiah a lot more than those who played FE9 first. So in a sense I agree it is the correct way to play the Tellius saga. 

BTW, how popular do you think Edelgard will eventually be? I'm pretty sure she's the most popular character in Three Houses by far. I think she can surpass Lyn and Lucina because this game is selling better than Blazing Sword and Awakening. Furthermore, she's much more involved in the plot than those two. I doubt she can surpass Ike who has two games and a legacy in Smash. 

Sothe tended to give me Seth vibes. 

Interested in your opinion on Celica. I think she's really dumb but I don't dislike her. 

Well I ended up watching some story bits that were uploaded and I think she has the most fleshed out philosophy compared to every single FE lord before her and every single antagonist before her. 

Maybe I'm rushing to conclusions. 

FE7, FE8, FE10, FE9, FE6, FE4 in that order. I did find Eliwood normal mode challenging and Ephraim easy mode was really easy but I still ended up making mistakes. 

Well Eirika and Seth are quite different from these two personality wise so I didn't see the same vibes. Hubert reminds me of Soren though.

So who are your top 5 favourite lords?

Mine are Micaiah, Edelgard, Sigurd, Hector and Eirika. 

Agreed. 

I ended up writing all the irrational decisions Celica made in act 4 and 5 just for fun in case you are interested. I don't plan to post it because I have no desire to put her character down as I don't dislike her but I was irritated that Micaiah is often compared to Celica. 

Maybe I should also analyse her fight with Alm because she seemed to not use any logic there as well. 

At least she's consistently dumb so I guess she's written consistently at least?

What are your thoughts on Edelgard? She's actually my 2nd favourite FE character despite not playing her game. Most Micaiah fans flock to her so I'm wondering where you stand.  

Despite being so ruthless, that just makes her more appealing ironically. XD

Yeah I don't see why Eirika handing over the stone is so controversial. It was a pretty organic thing for her to do. It doesn't  take mental gymnastics to justify. 

I didn't include Lucina because I didn't play her game but from what I've read, she's probably slightly above Lyn but below Micaiah and Edalgard. Same would go with Elincia. 

That's true and Micaiah is more charismatic as well. I don't literally mean Edelgard's smarter in every way. Her inability to trust is not entirely rational but it's smarter than being naive IMO. 

But I think Edelgard can read others just fine. She has a tendency to complete one's thoughts before they can say it themselves. 

True, Micaiah was successful in inspiring the Daein people in ways that would be hard for Edelgard to pull off. Edelgard isn't as selfless or kindhearted so the oppressed probably won't get too inspired by her. 

Thanks. I want to write one on Edelgard after I play the game but that might not happen until many months later. I ended up disliking Ike due to some of his fans. I ended up realizing the crazy fans were a minority and most Ike fans aren't too bothered by her. A true Ike fan wouldn't hate Micaiah as Ike himself is a reasonable and considerate person and can see other's viewpoint. 

Yeah that makes sense but it might also be a contradiction but I don't know the full script. 

He seems pretty delusional to me but I guess it is in character. It kind of sucks that whatever he does ends up being right thanks to plot convenience. I guess he convinces everyone else to fight Duma due to charisma. Meh. 

I ended up reading the script to see Celica's questionable decisions and my goodness she has some severe lapses in logic and common sense. 

What happened? 

I think Micaiah would make less mistakes compared to Celica, Eirika and Lyn but Edelgard would too and also make less mistakes than Micaiah so I rank them Edelgard>Micaiah>Lyn>Eirika>Celica.

For example, I don't think Micaiah would get angry at Marquess Araphen like Lyn did and Micaiah is more willing to work with those she hates such as Begnion or Izuka whereas Lyn wasn't willing to work with pirates and threw a tantrum. 

I do think Micaiah would give Sothe the stone if put under the same situation as Eirika but I doubt she'd fall for Orson's trap considering how Micaiah doesn't really need Sothe's help to see through deception. 

I really don't see Micaiah falling for Jeddah's trap for similar reasons and even more so considering even when she's despairing, she realized Lekain was obviously lying about the blood pact being unbreakable. 

On the other hand, I'm pretty sure Edelgard wouldn't get captured by Jarod or spare him and she wouldn't budge when Byleth or Hubert is under threat like in chapter 3-12. 

I was thinking of making a much larger analysis debunking some common criticisms of Micaiah being stupid or at least contextualizing them and saying why they are over exaggerated claims. 

Yay XD.

She ends up showing some warmth in her supports. Still the coldest female lord to date by far though. But Edelgard looks like EdgeLord and is the most immoral lord to date. Hehe. 

I actually like Linhardt. He's lazy but very interested in reading. His support with Edelgard is pretty interesting. 

What do you think of this small Reddit analysis I made on Micaiah's intelligence? 

In 2012, Sasuke form Naruto was my favourite character ever but now I don't care for him. So interests can change over time. 

I started appreciating warm characters more recently with Micaiah. I do agree Micaiah's sweetness is endearing although Edelgard's assertive personality has its own appeal too. I love Temari from Naruto and she has a similar personality to Edelgard. 

Who are your favourite characters in the game? 

I asked Troykv the same question and he also thinks the idea of Micaiah no longer being his favourite character is hard to imagine. 

Well maybe Edelgard but Micaiah's development is amazing, more so than Edelgard who doesn't change as much. 

Yeah, all the students get story dialogue each chapter which is a first for FE. Once we get eventual remakes, I hope they increase the amount of dialogue other characters from the old games have. 

Who is your favourite lord right now? Is it still Micaiah?

I watched a lot of her supports but not the ones with Byleth. 

I don't mind getting spoiled but I'm torn because I don't know who my favourite character is any more lol. 

I don't care for spoilers so I'm curious about your thoughts on the story.

Well Mangs character spotlights are similar although he doesn't go in depth but ends up ranking them. 

What route did you choose or going to choose? 

You helped Ghast. 

It's a problem in Blazing Sword because the Bern army never realizes there is so much activity in Bern.

Have you been playing Three Houses? I don't even have a Switch but it seems like an awesome game. 

BTW, do you watch Mangs' character spotlights? I'm looking forward to the one on Micaiah the most. But I also want to see the one on M!Corrin. 

Do you think it is dumb that FE7 tends to have a much higher enemy density in comparison to many other games in the series such as FE6 despite FE7 having small scale skirmishes and not a full blown war between armies? It also doesn't help that the individual stats on the enemy is a lot weaker than FE6 despite the Black Fang being an elite group of assassins or morphs who you'd expect to be stronger than a regular army soldier. 

So you're also involved in picking apart FE7's writing. Didn't expect that at all. 

I got a question, does Corrin develop as a character or not?

I heard he doesn't from most people but then some say he does so who is right? 

Well now you do.

Yes but you said she's like Conquest Corrin even though Micaiah isn't incredibly naive. 

Some of Mekkah's later videos on FE7 are actually quite good. Also, watch Ghast's supports that suck with Lyn and Rath. Apparently the writers of FE7 make contradictory backstories that make no sense based on the world. 

I think she's the smartest female lord. I listed some noticeable smarts but the list is incomplete. 

Isn't Corrin really naive? 

That explains why the Black Fang has so much canon fodder. /sarcasm.

There are some things I like about the game play. You can deploy everyone and you need to use everyone to clear out squads on player phase. This game doesn't just allow you to enemy phase with a huge juggernaut. 

Well paid DLC is a mistake unless it is extras that was finished months after the game was released. 

That was another criticism Mekkah had. Don't make those plot relevant Gaidens super hard to unlock. Killing Kishuna is very difficult as he warps away.

Apparently IS was splitting their resources between SS and PoR which can explain why SS is pretty basic. I think even minor bosses are quite memorable such as Orson, Carlyle and Pablo. They are all distinct in motives. 

Do you think Micaiah is a naive lord? You once said you want a female lord that is not naive and that doesn't lose the spotlight. I'm pretty sure you were referring to Celica and Eirika for the first one and for the second one you were referring to Micaiah and Lyn. 

I guess though I think the Law of the Fang was pretty stupid as it wastes talent. 

Yeah Lyn couldn't swallow her pride which is an interesting part of her character. 

Well even FE4 had a problem where the dark mage couldn't finish off an old man. BTW, do you ever intend to play that game? I'm currently on chapter 7. I think it is worth playing at least once. 

Have you read a huge post with a lot of drivel criticizing FE7? For any competent video game narrative, you have to fill in the gaps yourself and not all the minor details are going to be filled in or else it'd take forever and be full of pointless padding and text. 

But tbf I think you also erred in critiquing SoV by being to harsh on Fernand which you yourself ended up admitting. 

Yeah where exactly was it said Nergal was the siblings father? I only learned this online, not in the game. Also, quintessence was confusing. 

FE7's story's best part is the characters, particularly the main ones as well as major plot relevant ones like Nino. Would rank it comfortably below FE9, FE10 and FE4, however, better than the other GBA titles but I guess one can make the argument SS is better. 

Also, I've been wondering lately how Micaiah would react in the same circumstances as Eirika if it came down to risking giving the sacred stone to her beloved to potentially save him. I am of the opinion she'd take the risk as she does love Sothe to death to the extent she completely breaks down when his life is in danger. 

I guess that makes sense but why is Ursula not punished when she was the one in charge? Leaving the job to a subordinate doesn't mean you're off the hook since you're responsible for what your underlings do. 

True Araphen is supposed to be one of the strongest Lycian territories and Caelin couldn't even defend against Laus which is weaker than Pherae as both Eliwood and Roy defeated it so it seems like bad writing if he's intimidated by Caelin. Someone posted an explanation that it was to distract the soldiers as well as cause panic to make it easier to sneak up on Lyn. I guess that works but I don't think it was explicitly stated in the script. 

I mean why ask Leila to do something when he can do it himself? 

Okay so Mekkah criticized this line as well.

0:55-1:10 He claims Isadora praising Eliwood's smarts is dumb because it was Marcus' idea and Eliwood just agreed to it. I actually agreed with him until I reread the script but the reason she praises Eliwood is because of his compassion to ease his mother's fears and bow to her wishes. Not because he said "good idea". I'm starting to think he's just lazily trying to find faults in the writing without actually thinking if his perceived flaws are actual flaws or he's just misinterpreting or overlooking the lines on purpose due to either being dumb or having an agenda to interpret them in the worst possible manner, or both. 

In the prologue Ursula leaves to more important task but what can be more important than Nils considering how important to Nergal's plan he is. 

Also, it made no sense for Lundgren to antagonize Marquess Araphen by burning his castle. His target is Lyn so why is he burning the castle Araphen? 

In the main campaign, Ephidel fails to kill two old men, Marquess Santaruz and Marquess Caelin despite being a competent assassin. 

Ephidel has convenient teleportation powers but when the plot wanted him to die, he dies to an explosion that Nergal was able to warp away from and the FE7 lords ran away from. 

Mekkah made some pretty glaring errors though such as not understanding physics and arguing how Florina falling on Hector should have hurt her because he's made of armour which is harder than rock even though Newton's third law refutes Mekkah's assertion because falling on Hector is going to make Florina come to a slower halt compared to crashing into the ground due to Hector being a movable object unlike the earth. He also criticized the poison for not killing Lyn's grandfather while there was a poison in FE7 that instantly killed an assassin but he fails to understand that not all poisons are potent and that the gradual poisoning is less suspicious and can be passed off as an illness.