At long last, a new Fire Emblem in the recently announced Fortune's Weave!
As the Crest Stones, Heroes Relics, but mostly Sothis herself makes fairly clear, we are back in Fódlan. With Sothis' age indicating we are either in the distant past or a future so far flung that the events of Three Houses and, seemingly, even the nations of that era are ancient history. Hence the current debate is simply whether Fortune's Weave will be a sequel or a prequel, with my money being on the former. But what I find most interesting, and tantalizing, is a common theme I see in the Youtube comments. Let me share a few:
"The Divine Sothis will grace us with another 5 years of Three Houses discourse."
"Crazy how the discourse for 3 houses lasted longer than the actual war in 3 houses."
"4 more years of 3h discourse!!"
"YOU'LL NEVER ESCAPE IT! THREE HOUSES DISCOURSE IS ETERNAL!!!"
Pretty much. Three Houses being as filled with grief,
trauma, and world-shaking choices as it was, the Fire Emblem fandom has
been hotly debating the ethics of the characters and choices ever since.
For myself, twice Ifought beside
Edelgard von Hresvelg and the rest of the Black Eagle Strike Force so
as to build a world where none need ever again hide from the sun because
they know too much, were a failed pawn, or have abilities that
"threaten stability". A place where a Shadow Library of banned books
need not exist underground or dance to the tune of a Church built on
deliberately told lies. Twice I left Fódlan united and free from an
antiquated class system under Edelgard's meritocracy, with Those Who
Slither In The Dark and the Immaculate One dead. As Edelgard famously said, "When humanity stands strong and people reach out for each other... there's no need for gods." Thus do I declare that, sequel or prequel, come what may, I will gladly and proudly fight again to achieve the world she envisioned.
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