On Grima again.
Mar. 6th, 2014 07:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gilasenGrima isn't an effective antagonist.
Let's start from the basics. Who or what is Grima?
"Thousands of years ago Grima tried to blow up humanity but Naga and the first exalt stopped him."
Yeah see, here's a thing. I already know about Naga from out of game sources, but the game really doesn't go into detail about the backstory with the first exalt, Naga, and Grima. Grima is an Earth Dragon according to the Knights of Iris book but that never comes up in-game and raises further questions (namely who took apart the Fire Emblem). It's as if the writers planned Awakening to be a reboot of the series, but went away from that since it was decided that Awakening would be a game that would draw in the part of the fanbase that is most familiar with Marth's games, so the backstory with Grima, Naga, and the first exalt was throw in.
Okay then, What does Grima want to accomplish?
"He wants to blow up mankind because reasons!"
Uh-huh. You know, Medeus had more of a goal than you did.
I'm sure that a problem with Grima is that the writers couldn't make up their minds as to what Grima was supposed to be. They weren't sure if Grima should have been treated like most dragons with dialogue in FE (who act like elves in fantasy stories taking notes from Tolkien) or more like a primordial being who just might represent a concept like Fomortiis or Ashera. I say she could have worked better if he were instead presented as this monstrosity made from the Earth Dragons who was dealt with by the First Exalt and Co., who as a Grimleal would put it was reborn as a human. Grima couldn't and wouldn't be separate from Robin. You could even have Validar be all "I can control the world through controlling Grima!" and then have him be blasted by Grima.
Let's start from the basics. Who or what is Grima?
"Thousands of years ago Grima tried to blow up humanity but Naga and the first exalt stopped him."
Yeah see, here's a thing. I already know about Naga from out of game sources, but the game really doesn't go into detail about the backstory with the first exalt, Naga, and Grima. Grima is an Earth Dragon according to the Knights of Iris book but that never comes up in-game and raises further questions (namely who took apart the Fire Emblem). It's as if the writers planned Awakening to be a reboot of the series, but went away from that since it was decided that Awakening would be a game that would draw in the part of the fanbase that is most familiar with Marth's games, so the backstory with Grima, Naga, and the first exalt was throw in.
Okay then, What does Grima want to accomplish?
"He wants to blow up mankind because reasons!"
Uh-huh. You know, Medeus had more of a goal than you did.
I'm sure that a problem with Grima is that the writers couldn't make up their minds as to what Grima was supposed to be. They weren't sure if Grima should have been treated like most dragons with dialogue in FE (who act like elves in fantasy stories taking notes from Tolkien) or more like a primordial being who just might represent a concept like Fomortiis or Ashera. I say she could have worked better if he were instead presented as this monstrosity made from the Earth Dragons who was dealt with by the First Exalt and Co., who as a Grimleal would put it was reborn as a human. Grima couldn't and wouldn't be separate from Robin. You could even have Validar be all "I can control the world through controlling Grima!" and then have him be blasted by Grima.
