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    Yen'Fey's morality

    in Fire Emblem: Awakening

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    A coward, maybe- but not for his original choice. His choice to join the Empire spared the life of his troops, and his sister. Pride is a tiny, insignificant, price to pay when compared to life.Although his choice did increase the speed of Walhart's conquest tremendously-- realize that by him not turning traitor in the original timeline, his force held off Walhart for YEARS-- this is why Walhart didn't crash the Yilssean/Plegian war party. His force joining with Walhart is why Walhart made landfall in Ferox much earlier in the altered timeline.

    Stupid on the other hand? Definitely. His staunch silence was the death of him, and accomplished nothing. Say'ri's life was secured the moment Chrom arrived. I suppose, at that point- instead of standing up, now that his situation wasn't totally hopeless, his choice to fight Chrom's army -and die- made him a coward. It's incredibly dumb that he doesn't change sides when faced with Chrom. Seriously. He's dumber than Elidgan (who, despite being pretty awesome, is incredibly, incredibly stupid.) Sure Excellus may have posed a threat to Say'ri at one point in time, but after she joined with Chrom, he lost that power over her. (If Excellus could've killed Say'ri at that point, he would've. But he didn't which goes to show that he -can't-.)

    If he flipped sides- his army surely would have followed. That's 2/3rds of Walhart's force done, right there: Steiger had fallen- the central army was no more, and if Yen'fay's army turned traitor to the Empire, Walhart's force wouldn't be able to hold, at all. With Yen'fay and the southern army changing sides, the remaining resistance members would've ignored Excellus- they'd have went back to fighting against the Empire. It'd only be a battle between this now massive force and Walhart's main force. And hell, with a smaller force, one sees what happens.

    I wouldn't say Yen'fay was stupid, it seemed like itwas more of a major trust issue. For one thing, no one from Valm really knew Chrom with the exception of Say'ri and a few resistance forces. Yen'fay didn't really know what to expect at that point. Everyone knows about the exalt before Emmeryn and how he was a extremely prejudice ruler and the word of Emmeryn's pacifist like actions were spread around, so Yen'fay wouldn't know what kind of person Chrom would be. If I was Yen'fay and I had to choose between the 3 exalts, it would be a tough contest, because the exalt before Emmeryn was cruel and ruthless and that's not really a type of person you trust another's life with. With Emmeryn, while she is selfless and kind, at the same time she wouldn't fight and retaliate against violence, so Say'ri's life would be gone right there and lastly, Chrom's actions aren't well known, so it would be hard to trust him with Say'ri's life.

    Also, in a conversation with Chrom before they fight, Yen'fay explains to him it's not his life that he fears if he switches sides, but he fears his master, which would most likely be referencing to Excellus. He can teleport and instantly ambush Say'ri and kill her (although his true potential and power aren't exposed, so we don't actually know if he can, but Yen'fay can't risk that)

    On the other hand, his actions and silence are not completely justified. For one thing, Yen'fay should've had a major consideration of switching sides, because if the various things Chrom did. Firstly, the army stopped hundreds of fleets invading Ylisse with only a limited supply of soldiers, they also defeated Walhart's best commander (presumably Cervantes) took over Fort Steiger and eluded Walhart himself and escaped a fortress that was surrounded. And even if the former actions if Chrom didn't reach Yen'fay's ears, the fact that his small army managed to make it nearly to the heart of Valm should've been proof enough that Chrom is a worthy commander. But I do still sympathize with Yen'fay's silence and the trust issues he may have developed.

    Actually looking at this now, I think I may have contradicted myself. :P Also, someone's gotta be the Camus archetype.

    Let's Talk Side Chapters

    in General Fire Emblem

    Posted

    I didn't enjoy none of the side chapters, except paralouges, but that's a whole different story. I didn't enjoy the requirements to access them (visit the village with Merlinus comes in mind) but I didn't mind the ones in FE5 where you have to capture the bosses.

    Personally, I'd like to see more story related side quests and whatnot. Like for example

    Advisor: Milady/Milord, we should make haste to clear away these bandits

    Lord: Obviously. The more we wait, the higher the risk of the villages being burnt down.

    Advisor: That is true, but there are several more villages to save and we can't risk losing them if we stall too much.

    Lord: Hmmm...

    Scenario 2:

    Enemy Boss: Nigel, I need you to stall the enemy as long as possible. I still need to make the final preparations to evacuate all the treasure here.

    Nigel: As you wish.

    This one would open an opportunity to pilfer all the treasure in the castle and mortally wound the boss if you complete the chapter fast enough.

    Just some personal suggestions.

    Yen'Fey's morality

    in Fire Emblem: Awakening

    Posted

    Yen'fay was backed into a wall at this point. He lost his parents, he practically lost control of his country, his army was probably shaking their pants after Walhart's conquest of taking over Valm, what else could he do? If he refused, Say'ri would've been killed (just like in the original timeline) and he would've lived a life of grief and sadness and his army most likely would've switched sides like their usual nature dye to Walhart's influence and power. Either way, it's a lose-lose situation for Yen'fay.

    Sweetooths?

    in General

    Posted

    I generally don't like cake very much, unless it's a ice cream or chocolate cake. I love those ^_^

    Lol I wish I could mix in fruits, but everyone in our house eats all the bananas and pineapples and those are the only fruits I like, so I'm out of luck.

    Sweetooths?

    in General

    Posted

    Bleh! I personally think sour candy is terrible. I'm more of a sweet and spicy person when it comes to candy. Does anybody actually like bitter candy?

    Sweetooths?

    in General

    Posted

    Anyone got them? I'm really addicted to candy and to my surprise, I never got a cavity. Although now that I recently got a job, I fear that day is going to come very soon.

    Wow lunatic mode...

    in Fire Emblem: Awakening

    Posted

    After still not getting FE13 and only having the demo since the release, I decided to revisit lunatic mode and try to triumph it. After countless thinking and careful stratagy, I finally beat the demo. I have to say, that was a pain in the arse, but I did learn that Fredrick and Chrom are the best team ever.

    Does it get worse and worse later on? (I already know Lun+ is a lot harder with vantage+ and pavise+ or something like that.)

    Anyone ever encounter a shiny Pokemon?

    in Pokémon

    Posted

    Shiny Nuzleaf (10 ultra balls wouldn't work and all my Pkmn where in mid 40's)

    Shiny oddish (no balls)

    Shiny ponyta (caught, but lost firered)

    Oddly enough, I remember seeing a shiny poocheyana in one of the battle facilities in emerald when I was younger. I believe its the one where you have no control over your Pkmn)

    Pokemon Online

    in Pokémon

    Posted

    Anybody play it? I generally play it often, although I'm not the best. For those who don't know what it is, it's a Pokemon simulator where you choose some Pokemon, apply EV's, natures, items anything you want to on the Pokemon, construct a team and go battle some folks! I'm more of a causal player and don't really care for tiers, but I can get pretty serious if I want to. My friend and I often make teams based on certain rules (all Pokemon must be fire types, only baby pokemon, or even based on base stats) and we do have a lot of fun with it

    If you really love Pokemon, I really suggest downloading it.

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