#to put it briefly: axe the knights from 4 and 5

[wifeguycyclonus]

i have ideas about how to re-edit the bay movies but im tired and my sister kicked me out of the room and im not typing that shit up on my ipad

[mintywolf]

5 things to change about FE: fates

*loud whisper* I was hoping for this one thank youuu!

1. No more gratuitous fanservice!! (The line between“gratuitous” and “okay I guess” is when it starts sacrificing sense.) LetCamilla dress like the other Malig Knights (although, you know, elegantly,because she’s a princess); no one is going to be comfortable sitting in awyvern saddle all day in her underwear. Put Charlotte in a pretty dress and nota battle bikini; her character concept is that she’s pretending to be a damselin distress to conceal that she’s a mighty warrior, let her look it. Pull upOrochi’s pants. Put about 60% more clothes on the dark mages (this includesOdin). Etc.

Also remove all the stupidly objectifying close-up shots ofCamilla’s body from her cutscene in Birthright. (And the one at the end ofConquest. -.-) I was always really annoyed that Hinoka’s intro scene makes herlook noble and heroic but Camilla’s is almost entirely fanservice. That sceneshould be kind of sinister and foreboding but the camera angles really ruin thetone. (Especially since the scene is from the POV of her little sister, whatthe heck game.)

2. Either all the royal siblings have legendary weapons, orthe two oldest siblings on each side have them rather than only the princes.There is absolutely no reason for theolder princesses to have been passed over, especially since they’re both nextin line for the throne of their countries after their olderbrothers. I would give the sisters a legendary lance and a battleaxe named Amaterasu and Freyja, respectively. (The sun goddess for Hinoka and the goddess of love, beauty, and death for Camilla.)

3. Marriageequality!!!

4. I’d rewrite Camilla’s support conversations with Corrin.(And have been planning to with the intent of hacking it into my own game but Ihaven’t gotten very far.) The game’s version is disappointingly shallow,especially compared to the other sibling supports, and also awkward as heckwhen it had potential to be really sweet and poignant. Corrin is obviously the most important person in the world to her, so I don’t know why it turned out soterrible. There’s a lot to be addressed there that was just kind of skimmedover – Camilla is struggling to let Corrin grow up, but is afraid that she willlose her if she gives her room to grow. Eventually Corrin should let herrealize that she won’t ever outgrow her need for her, because she’s her sisterand she loves her. That could all be accomplished without all the histrionicsand baby talk and the silly subplot about going on vacation. I’d replace itwith a more meaningful and loving version working with those themes.

5. Make Camilla thetrue final boss of Birthright.

(Cut for spoilers and also it’s really dark.)

If it’s Takumi in Conquest it should be Camilla inBirthright. I never really understood why so much of the plot revolves aroundhim in both versions anyway. His ongoing storyline is his insecurity aboutbeing overshadowed by his older siblings, oh woe is him. Camilla literallyloses everything she loves by the endof Birthright, you’d think that her despair and anger would make her a lot morevulnerable to the influence of Anankos and a much more volatile enemy by theend rather than just kind of giving up and fading out of the story the way shedoes. Also, given her horns, her affinity for wyverns, and her proficiency withdragon veins, it’s possible that her dragon blood is stronger than that of her siblings.She had a lot of tragically unused potential as a character.

So, unknown to the player, she dies after Chapter 23. Eithershe succumbs to her wounds from the fight with Corrin, or commits suicide afterlearning that Elise and Xander are dead and realizing that she’s finally losteverything. There’s only a one-stage fight with Garon in this version, butafter he is defeated, Camilla reappears, now possessed by Anankos, wreathed in mistyshadows and looking more dangerously unstable than ever, and takes up Bolverk.She holds out her arms to Corrin and comes closer, saying, “Ah … I see youmissed your big sister!” Then she swings the axe and strikes her down.

Corrin awakes in the void and sees Flora,Lilith, Elise, and Xander again. She tells them she thinks she’s dead and thatCamilla killed her, though she can’t understand why, and she wishes she couldtell her she’s sorry for leaving them all. Then she looks over and sees thatCamilla is there, the real Camilla, smiling sadly and looking again like theserene and loving sister she was at the beginning of the game. She explainsthat it isn’t really her out there anymore, but her grief drove her to doterrible things, and asks for Corrin’s forgiveness. Corrin approaches and hugsher. Camilla tells her that she’s always loved her and asks her to please stopher, and end the war.

Corrin is revived by the Power of the Yato/Friendship, Azurasings her song, and, in a final boss battle, they defeat Possessed Camilla (whomay have transformed into some kind of part-dragon monstrosity by this point)and free her. The sisters are, at the end, briefly reunited before she diesfor good and is finally at peace.

(And now all the Leo fans who want to write about his royalangst after becoming King of Nohr don’t have to worry about his having astill-living sibling to get in the way of his poetic unhappiness.) The end!! Ithink it’s at least as depressing as the end of Conquest.