Fire Emblem

How does Neo Valla work population wise anyway? Didn’t Anankos kill all of the Valla population except for Mikoto and Arete? Who is there to be Corrin’s subjects?

If it’s not Valla people who somehow survived, then are they Nohrians and Hoshidans from the territories Xander and Ryoma donated? Isn’t that going to make racial tensions worse since you are forcing populations from two nations who just fought a war against each other to be in close proximity together?

Gah, why even give Corrin a kingdom to rule over besides avatar power fantasy?

I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.

Immigration is a thing, and I don’t recall it being said that Anankos killed every single Vallite. I’ll have to double-check.

I suspect some Vallites probably escaped when Anankos went mad, so they might end up heading back.

Last night, I got Path of Radiance in the mail.

Played only a couple chapters but I’m enjoying it so far.

You know, I have to wonder why Pit is obsessed with this site. It’s gonna ruin his life!

Well I don’t think the game explained where the population comes from. Since the game goes from “Yay, Anankos is dead” to “Here you go Corrin, have your own nation.”

Also lemme pretend that Selena stays with Corrin at the end of Revelation.

Edited by RedHunter543 on Apr 29th 2024 at 3:38:24 AM

I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.

Honestly, it’s a case of “the logistics aren’t that important,” since the intended takeaway is that Valla is healing after Anankos was finally put to rest, with hopes that it’ll one day be fully restored.

It wouldn’t be the first time the series didn’t dwell on the little details to avoid bloat, nor would it be the last. And that’s perfectly fine.

Edited by dragonfire5000 on Apr 28th 2024 at 1:08:11 AM

That brings up a question does Valla's curse remain in effect after Corrin's father dies?

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Probably not, considering Anankos isn't around anymore to fuel said curse.

Well yeah, me thinking about where the population of Neo Valla comes from is just some idle musing.

Corrin has like four dads, Anankos, Sumeragi, Gunter, and Garon. Gonna have to be more specific.

But seriously, considering people can now say Valla in the ending, I think the curse is lifted.

Edited by RedHunter543 on Apr 28th 2024 at 4:22:37 PM

I'll teach you a lesson about just how cruel the world can be. That's my job, as an adult.

It's not a bad question to ask, but it does feel like one of those things where the game purposefully doesn't go into little details because said little details aren't actually that important.

I do think the intended takeaway is just showing that Valla is healing after Anankos was finally put to rest. You know those stories where a haunted area starts getting better after the vengeful ghost finally moves on? That's the feeling I get with Valla.

Then there's the Birthright ending.

Turns out Nohr practices absolute primogeniture, meaning that Camilla is actually next in line to the throne after Xander; but the ending has her stand aside in favour of Leo, because she's apparently under the idea that he'll make a better ruler than her.

Which is ironic, because then Heroes gives us a version of Camilla who did become Queen, and she was apparently one of the best monarchs Nohr ever had.

I think Archanaea and Fodlan are the only ones that have the "Protag takes over the entire continent" thing. Roy can take over all Lycia in Binding Blade in some endings, but that's not all of Elibe. Seliph can run all of Jugdral but only if you go out of your way to kill or not recruit all the actual heirs for some reason.

I still wonder who took over Grado. They got hosed.

Amelia obviously. She's good in General, so naturally she'd be a great ruler.

Y'know, I can see it. Despite his appearance at maturity, Leo is easily flustered and introverted, making him difficult to approach. He's not a very people person compared to Camilla.

He is incapable of putting his clothes on right to the point even his ingame model has clothes on backwards at certain points.

The complete debacle that would follow in the court on one of those days would be hilarious,

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Invention of the localization, if I'm not mistaken. The original text suggests Camilla never had claim to the throne before Leo.

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I wonder why they did that for her specifically. I don’t remember much of this where they do an AU of something not achievable in their games

"You can't change the world without getting your hands dirty."

The original Japanese script does seem to indicate that it might have been a lack of self-confidence on Camilla's part, probably not helped by the whole Hoshido vs. Nohr conflict, which was why she asked Leo to ascend the throne even thuogh she was next in line as the oldest surviving child.

I don't play Heroes, but I'm guessing the idea is that while Camilla might have had doubts about her capabilities, actually being on the throne had her really step up and show that she does have what it takes.

Edited by dragonfire5000 on Apr 28th 2024 at 3:16:27 AM

"The king/queen's doing it, so it's fashionable now" has been the traditional approach to such things

Song of the Sirens

This is definitely one thing the post-Kaga games did better than the Kaga era IMO. (Though FE15's biggest flaw to me was that it doubled down on the problematic portrayal of women that was perfunctory in Gaiden rather than trying to fix it. It may sound silly, but Louis XIV was the influencer of his era. Ever wonder why European men wore big, poofy wigs for a century? It was because ol' Lou started wearing them to cover up his receding hairline. And the man wore stockings and high heels, which due to cultural drift are now items we associate with women.

INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.

The entire practice of keeping rats (until then almost exclusively regarded as disgusting) as pets began when Queen Victoria's palace rat catcher started capturing the most interesting-looking ones alive and showing them to her. She was intrigued, and then so was everyone else!

Victoria is also responsible for wedding dresses being white. She wore a white dress at her wedding and then suddenly everyone else was doing it too.

Song of the Sirens

Speaking of Genealogy, I'm starting a story run tonight! Obligatory "Engage sure looks different tonight".

FE: Genealogy Story Run 7PM PT Sun, Mon, Fri; Expert Unicorn Overlord 7PM PT Wed, Thurs: http://www.twitch.tv/kuroitsubasatenshi

And somehow every single one of them does the "turned evil against their will by magic" trope at one point or another.

Edited by Druplesnubb on Apr 29th 2024 at 12:31:53 PM

Genealogy C2: where Sigurd's thirst is so great that it could empty an entire tavern!

FE: Genealogy Story Run 7PM PT Sun, Mon, Fri; Expert Unicorn Overlord 7PM PT Wed, Thurs: http://www.twitch.tv/kuroitsubasatenshi

Having a major wall in ch5 of Path of Radiance. On hard mode, it's very difficult to keep my squishier units alive, while Ike continues to be next to useless. Best strat I can think of is to have Titania and Gatrie plug up the bottom entrance, leave some of the soldiers alive, and force a bottleneck so the reinforcements are stuck, but it tends to collapse after turn 3 and half my squad's dead.