#it's def good to be critical but idk it seems like people aren't considering other angles re: ash and i wanted to give my own opinion

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my thoughts re: ash

i've seen a few people complaining about how ash is treated in terms of design and personality. i won't argue in regards to her design (although i definitely find her design to be far more tame than other FEH characters), but i don't see anything wrong with her personality so far, and i'll try to explain why.

the main complaint i've seen is that ash is nothing more than waifubait because, as far as we can tell, she seems clumsy, sweet, & shy. these are indeed common aspects of a generic waifu character, but honestly, when it comes to dark-skinned characters in particular, we haven't seen a fire emblem character like this before.

most dark-skinned characters in FE tend to fall into one of these categories: aggressive/boisterous/violent (basilio, flavia, helbindi), villainous/antagonistic (surtr, muspell, laegjarn, aversa, laevatein), threatening/intimidating at first glace (benny, dedue), and/or servile (dedue, cyril). even though i enjoy most of these characters, i think these are all pretty negative stereotypes and tropes when applied to the few nonwhite characters across all the FE titles.

so far, ash is different. she's shy and bashful, and it doesn't seem like she's going to fall into any of the aforementioned harmful tropes. it's too early to say, of course, but man. it's such a breath of fresh air compared to what most representation in FE looks like so far, and i'm very excited to see how her character is handled!

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#it's def good to be critical but idk it seems like people aren't considering other angles re: ash and i wanted to give my own opinion

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