Entry 87: Yaoi Fangirl Robin Hood
So I didn’t plan this, but this is the first entry released in July of this year, which is fitting because that’s the month when companies stop pretending to care about gay people.
Paralogue 21: Abrupt Clash
Silas and Niles are hired to guard a manor from thieves. Unfortunately, one of the thieves is Niles’s daughter, Nina, who has decided to be a robin hood type thief. Niles tells Nina that stealing is wrong, unless your doing it for a genocidal king. Niles ends up fighting Nina and the two dozen thieves she brought with her.
This forces the player to stop Nina from escaping. Spread around the map are thieves running off with stolen loot. The thing is, you can trap Nina in the top room of the map by placing a bulky unit in her way, which I did with Effie, removing the main objective of the chapter and allowing you to take out the rest of the enemies with ease. Also, this map is filled with chests that I had Niles steal from, because ludonarrative dissonance is cool.
After the battle, Nina calls Niles a villain and yells at him for abandoning her. Niles says he loves Nina and kept her away because he didn’t want her to be caught up in the fighting and become a thief like him. Which worked amazingly, judging by Nina’s class. Niles forces Nina to join the party so he can protect her. Nina demands Niles does something about the evil rich dude who we spent the chapter helping. There is zero indication Niles actually does.
The chapter ends with Nina talking about how hot Silas is and hoping that there are more hot men in the army. Totally fits tonally with the rest of the chapter.
Nina
Niles’s daughter, an Outlaw defined by her sense of justice and desire to help out poor people. And also her fetishization of MLM relationships. Mostly that last one. She’s really into writing fanfic about other men in the army. Sure, why not. Her design is alright, the pigtails and cloak are distinct. Her boots are really big for some reason though. Her personal skill, Daydream, boosts her damage dealt and reduces damage taken if she’s next to two paired-up men. Remember how I said with Rhajat that Fates was both a step forward in terms of representation and also fifty steps backwards? Yeah we haven’t even seen the worst of it.
Support: Niles/Nina
C: Niles asks Nina to stop stealing. Nina points out the hypocracy and Niles says he had to to survive.
B: Nina spies on her comrades and fantasizes about them. Niles shows up and says he loves her, which grosses Nina out. Nina does the classic you never visited me thing.
A: Niles apologizes for never being around and points out he had a rough childhood. Niles explains that he doesn't want her to steal, even if its for the greater good, because he doesn't want her going down the same path he went down. Nina tries to say she loves her father but gags.
Review: Niles being a loving father, Nina being annoyed, and him wanting a better life for his daughter are all great.
Support: Nina/Mother
C: Nina's mother cleans her room and picks up the books sitting on the floor. Nina is horrified at the idea that her mother read her fanfiction. Her mother says she didn't read it and would still love Nina even if she did read it.
B: Nina says she has a hard time talking to guys because she's weird and shy. Her mother says it'll come with time and also that she read the fanfiction.
A: Nina talks to a guy without blushing. Her mother, impressed by all the stealth scenes in the fanfiction, compiles it into a training manuel for the rest of the army.
Review: This is a game about war. This is a game about a war in a series whose defining trait is characters dying suddenly. I like to bring this up sometimes because the game forgets that fact constantly. Setting that aside, what the fuck is wrong with Nina’s mother? Yeah this is awkward and comedic, but respect your daughters privacy! It’s like how in Bob’s Burgers they all read Tina’s diary which is horrible and out of character.
Support: Corrin/Nina
C: Corrin stumbles upond Nina fantasizing about random men. Nina begins writing out loud.
B: Corrin praises Nina's passion and says she isn't passionate about anything. That isn't true, Corrin is very passionate about being stupid and causing the deaths of civilians. Nina reveals that she manipulated the two men she was spying on into meeting and revels in her control over others.
A: Nina complains that the two dudes are just friends. Corrin says having fantasies is fine as long as it doesn't interfere with other people's lives. Which I would agree with, except Nina flat out stated earlier that she interferes in other people's lives and enjoys doing so. Nina begins plotting her next pair to force together.
Review: Gonna be real, fanfic about real people you know is weird but technically harmless, but manipulating them into meeting and getting pissed when they don’t start banging is a step too far. It’s amusing, but half of this blog is pointing out that things would suck in real life.
Support: Moron/Nina
C: Corrin finds Nina putting on a puppet show in the dark about a helmet and gauntlet.
B: Nina says he messes around with inanimate objects because for some reason people get mad when she manipulates real people. Corrin says Nina is interesting and differences should be celebrated. The two do imagination together.
A: Nina explains that her puppets are actually both boys. Corrin says love is love. Man, Nina would lose her mind if she realized Corrin was into men
S: Corrin and Nina do a puppet thing with a wedding ring and get married.
Review: I just realized something. Why is the girl obsessed with MLM relationships the daughter of one of two MLM characters in the game? That’s weird, right? Like all the children are parallels to their parents, so I guess the parallel to a bisexual man is a girl into Yaoi. Or at least that’s what Intellegent Systems thinks. Anyway this Support is average.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fire Emblem: If | Fire Emblem: Fates
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Éponine | Nina & Luna | Selena
Characters: Éponine | Nina, Luna | Selena
Additional Tags: Father-Daughter Relationship, Heart-to-Heart, Advice, Not Beta Read, selena is not nina's mom, Abandonment, Hair Braiding, Title from an Oh Hellos Song, Invisible Kingdom | Revelation Route, Mother-Daughter Relationship
Summary:
Selena realizes she has more in common with Niles' daughter than she thought.
Perhaps she can do something to help him out.
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