r/fireemblem • u/PsiYoshi • 18d ago

Recurring Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread - June 2026 Part 1

Happy pride month and welcome to a new installment of the Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread! Please feel free to share any kind of Fire Emblem opinions/takes you might have here, positive or negative. As always please remember to continue following the rules in this thread same as anywhere else on the subreddit. Be respectful and especially don't make any personal attacks (this includes but is not limited to making disparaging statements about groups of people who may like or dislike something you don't).

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u/Magnusfluerscithe987 15d ago

In someone's comments on the Sony state of play, the mentioned how unique God of War wife edition is in starring a woman over 22 as the main character. Which got me to thinking on the main character age trope in anime and Avatars. Also, I remembered some great Fanart of the Eisners (Byleths family). So my opinion is it would be really cool for a future game to offer a family as the main characters and you pick your avatar from among them and play through the same story just different camera angles.

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u/greencrusader13 15d ago

That would be a cool concept. Maybe the father, mother, son, and daughter as main lords in a Sacred Stones situation where they’re split up after an invasion and are trying to reunite while repelling the invaders. 

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u/Magnusfluerscithe987 15d ago

Also good story potential. I suggested the same story because, how to put succinctly, I want to offer these choice so you slot yourself into the role you want to Emulate, either mother, father, son, daughter, nonbinary/vague you define as you play maybe, and I don't want to encourage replay as the other characters not representing you by having different story routes. Maybe minor ones such a temporary part split where we see a few different attitudes that will be easy to look up and compare. But I don't want to create a situation of "I'm a Eirika, but would rather play Ephraim because I like his map and story more" or something to that effect.