Burying the Leda

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weaveactive

Some of these motherfuckers got too many names. It's like they needed a way to jam more proper nouns in here somewhere.

I think Leda is probably the most interesting unit in the game, and maybe in any Fire Emblem game. She has such a variety of what she can do from turn to turn, she's a very strong attacker, she can dance, and she has situationally powerful supporting Blaze Arts. She gives you a lot of optionality on how to tackle the fights.

Okay Leda 12 done. I have some thoughts about her story. Spoilers DUH.

spoiler: I think her overall arc is good, obviously she was never going to kill Bertrand (although maybe less obvious if you didn't play other routes). I think the resolution has the same issue that the rest of her arc does, it feels a little unearned? I don't think the sufficiently showed her softening her stance at any point. Like the result is logical, but it's a bit of tell, not show.

spoiler: But again, she remains a fantastic set of parts that aren't well stitched together. I think the final moment with Bertrand is really good and the performances maybe do a lot of heavy lifting there, I just think the game/narrative forces us to take it for granted or fill in the gaps on our own.