"Heroes of Light and Shadow" Squeeage and Hypotheses
Well, I learned of this first thing this morning from myaru , and the thought of it sustained me through a grueling twelve-hour day.
First thoughts:
All right, adult Marth! But why is he apparently hanging out with his compadres from Book One and carrying the full Shield of Seals? The hell?
I've already seen fanboys on various fora saying how much they like the new art style compared with the FEDS style. Uh, we already got a taste of eyeless comic-booky Marth in FEDS. It's not THAT much of a departure from the FEDS CGs, though I do find it viscerally pleasing while the FEDS CGs were merely pleasant.
Now, as to the mysterious shadowy figure behind Marth, the titular "Hero of Shadow" and Marth's new "friend and confidant"! Fanboys have presented the following theories:
It's a self-insert Tactician in the manner of Blazing Sword. Dude, I hope not. I want Jagen to be the tactician, because Tactician!Jagen is badass. I do not want to put myself into the game so that Marth can ask me stupid questions.
It's Roy! Wishful thinking, peeps. Messy hair and a sword are not sufficient evidence for an Elibe crossover.
It's Cain! Damned if I don't like that idea, but I seriously doubt it.
It's Alm! Because Gaiden got skipped for a remake, so Alm has to come into it somewhere. No, I think Alm has more to do on his own continent like Cellica in the year 607 and does not have time to be helping Marth out.
It's Hardin, helping to defeat himself. That's kind of cool, but I doubt it.
No, the most likely candidate for this nameless, faceless hero would be... Sirius. Who also fits the "messy hair and sword" profile. Now, this poses a HUGE continuity gap, because Sirius is never once presented as Marth's "friend"-- they don't have a single scene or conversation together! But if it's not Sirius, I don't know what other existing canon character the Hero of Shadow would be, and then we're left with this Tactician bullcrap again.
Also, I admit that I find it disheartening that, after being refashioned from a dipstick kid into a competent and pragmatic hero that I absolutely love, Marth is being knocked down to a mere co-star in his own legend, sharing equal billing with Mysterious Shadow Person. I really wanted a remake of FE3 to give us a version of Marth that made a convincing Leader of the Free(ish) World-- and, preferably, an edgy evolution of the somewhat screwed-up teenager seen in FEDS. He now looks the part, but the presence of his shadowy buddy makes me fear that Marth's own characterization is taking a hit. Sigh.
So, I guess I'd better finish my various WIPs before they're all jossed to hell. Or maybe I should hold off on "Trinity" until I get a load of the new, improved Sirius in action? The "Sirius" chapters of that story have been a pain to write, anyway....
First thoughts:
All right, adult Marth! But why is he apparently hanging out with his compadres from Book One and carrying the full Shield of Seals? The hell?
I've already seen fanboys on various fora saying how much they like the new art style compared with the FEDS style. Uh, we already got a taste of eyeless comic-booky Marth in FEDS. It's not THAT much of a departure from the FEDS CGs, though I do find it viscerally pleasing while the FEDS CGs were merely pleasant.
Now, as to the mysterious shadowy figure behind Marth, the titular "Hero of Shadow" and Marth's new "friend and confidant"! Fanboys have presented the following theories:
It's a self-insert Tactician in the manner of Blazing Sword. Dude, I hope not. I want Jagen to be the tactician, because Tactician!Jagen is badass. I do not want to put myself into the game so that Marth can ask me stupid questions.
It's Roy! Wishful thinking, peeps. Messy hair and a sword are not sufficient evidence for an Elibe crossover.
It's Cain! Damned if I don't like that idea, but I seriously doubt it.
It's Alm! Because Gaiden got skipped for a remake, so Alm has to come into it somewhere. No, I think Alm has more to do on his own continent like Cellica in the year 607 and does not have time to be helping Marth out.
It's Hardin, helping to defeat himself. That's kind of cool, but I doubt it.
No, the most likely candidate for this nameless, faceless hero would be... Sirius. Who also fits the "messy hair and sword" profile. Now, this poses a HUGE continuity gap, because Sirius is never once presented as Marth's "friend"-- they don't have a single scene or conversation together! But if it's not Sirius, I don't know what other existing canon character the Hero of Shadow would be, and then we're left with this Tactician bullcrap again.
Also, I admit that I find it disheartening that, after being refashioned from a dipstick kid into a competent and pragmatic hero that I absolutely love, Marth is being knocked down to a mere co-star in his own legend, sharing equal billing with Mysterious Shadow Person. I really wanted a remake of FE3 to give us a version of Marth that made a convincing Leader of the Free(ish) World-- and, preferably, an edgy evolution of the somewhat screwed-up teenager seen in FEDS. He now looks the part, but the presence of his shadowy buddy makes me fear that Marth's own characterization is taking a hit. Sigh.
So, I guess I'd better finish my various WIPs before they're all jossed to hell. Or maybe I should hold off on "Trinity" until I get a load of the new, improved Sirius in action? The "Sirius" chapters of that story have been a pain to write, anyway....