Waching daily Sep 2 2018

Faye

Now I'm gonna be completely honest

She is my least favorite character of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

In a cast as diverse and dynamic as Echoes',

Is she sticks out more than a sore thumb,

with her basic anime trope personality reeking of the one-note character writing of Fates

In fact, the first time I played through the game

She may or may not have died, and I may have decided not to use the turn wheel on her

But recently, I've been replaying the game and when I was debating whether or not to simply leave her behind in Ram village

I thought I was being a little too harsh on her

So I decided to delve into her supports and other lines to see how she holds up. I'm Vthepizzaboy, and today

I'm gonna see if Faye

really is the worst character of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

First I want to start off with her Base Conversations

Conversation 1 starts with Fay asking Alm if he's used to all the fighting and complements him for being brave

She then starts to reminisce to the prologue,

and says Alm was her "Knight in Shining Armor"

Overall this conversation is cute and inoffensive

however

This takes a turn for the worst in

conversation 2, which starts with the Faye prying into Alm and Celica's fight at the end of Act II

She tries to cheer him up by saying Alm shouldn't rely on

Celica, since they've been apart for so long and that she doesn't know what's going through Alm's head

She then follows this up by saying:

This just comes off as off-putting

while Alm is vulnerable from his encounter with Celica,

Faye tries to sneak in and win Alm's affection

rather than in the last

conversation, where is a little obvious that Faye liked Alm, and she was just dropping hints,

here Faye

Forces it. She doesn't actually seem invested in Alm's

Happiness and just wants Alm for herself.

PAY ATTENTION, WE'LL SEE THIS ALOT

At the beginning of Conversation 3

Faye reflects on her progress, as she never expected herself to get that far

*and she didn't I first played

She then shows a worry for her family back in Ram village, and then reveals to Alm that

She actually sent letters to them. In a letter she received from them, they expressed

Their worry for her obsession with Alm, and want to hear how she's doing

But she finished off by saying:

As we will see later on, her obsession with Alm not only affects her but it also affects the

Relationships she has with her friends and family

Now let's move on to her supports

and I'll start with her support with Silque. Their C Conversation basically goes like this:

This is by far the worst support in the entire game

As I stated before,

Faye has no trouble pushing other people to get closer to Alm

Silque most likely doesn't feel 100% at ease being around an army composed

Entirely of men.

So she tries to seek comfort in the only other woman in the group: Faye

But, she has turned down simply for the fact that Silque isn't helping Faye's ultimate goal of being with Alm.

The only other

Possible reason I assume Faye turned her away is because of her slightly awkward

Wording, when she says she wants to speak of things that:

Which Faye then perceives as gossip

But that doesn't excuse her rude behavior

Blowing Silque off completely for simply wanting to talk to her, which again shows the selfish side of her

Faye and Silque's B Support starts with Silque approaching Faye with a compromise: Since she doesn't want to talk about anything

You know normal, Silque and Faye can talk about Alm

However, Faye disagrees with the idea since to her, simply talking about Alm while not in his presence is pointless

this is most likely because again,

She just wants to get closer to Alm, and talking to Silque is not helping her reach her goal

She then abruptly leaves again, leaving Silque confused. This brings up a question

How does she have any friends at all?

We know she grew up fairly close to the rest of the villagers: Tobin, Gray, and Kliff.

So how does she tolerate any sort of conversation with them? Would they always talk about Alm with her?

Was she just trying to use them to get closer to Alm? Or...

Was she different before the war?

Faye and Silque's A Support is definitely an improvement from her last two. This support actually starts with Faye

approaching Silque. Silque is

Understandably surprised by the change and Faye admits see missed having her company. The two then promise to talk more later

I've been very harsh towards Faye this entire video, but I really liked this ending. It promises for change in the future

Maybe she will move on from her obsession with Alm. Well, it's

TOO BAD SHE DOSEN'T

Her ending states that she never moved on from Alm,

And while she did get married her, husband was fully aware that she was still obsessed with him

So then, what was the point of this ending if she never moves on in the first place?

Now let's move on to her Supports with Alm

Their C Support starts at Faye approaching Alm and complementing him.

She then says:

Let's add some context to this line. They are out there, on a battlefield

fighting people, with lives, with families and Faye decides to kill as many people as possible to appease him. Alm is

rightfully confused by this statement and hopes for a better reason which then Faye responds with:

Faye doesn't let anything get in the way of her and Alm. It's one thing to want to protect your friends like most

Fire Emblem protagonists

but to mercilessly slaughtered dozens of people for the affection of just one person is simply

Unjustified. Now for their B Support, which is one of her most confusing ones this starts off with Faye approaching Alm again

who then asked how she is and

just

Prepare yourself

This shows her obsession with the Alm actually

Negatively impacts her, to the point where she loses sleep over the fact that he touched her hand

Alm then says something that really changed the way I looked at Faye:

Earlier in this video,

I asked how Faye even had friends due to how she treated Silque during their supports, but

This could explain it. She was a better person before the war

but after the war her obsessive and caring personality was brought to an extreme and

Due to this she was never the same again

In

Conclusion: is Faye really the worst character in Fire Emblem Echoes? I would still say yes

She is. However, she isn't as bad as I remembered

She isn't just a one-note character like the characters of fates

She has more to her, with how she's damaged after the war ends

I want to end off this video with this:

if you really like Faye like some of the people I've seen do

Then for her sake and yours just,

leave her in Ram Village.