1. Can you explain the pre-Fates Problematic characters?
2. No Joshua smh what kind of ****taste is this
And most importantly:
3. Where's Forrest?
I **** you not when I say Joshua was literally the start of the next tier that got cut off lol. Eliwood was right next to him. Pretend they're both right in front of Rallyman.
Forrest was a little further down due to me having some issues with Fates' kid characters in general, though I definitely think Forrest is one of the best ones, alongside Shiro and Sophie.
PRE-FATES PROBLEMS LET'S GO.
Assuming Jedah and Faye count as post-Fates for the sake of this lol.
Matthis, Luke, Alec, Karel
Karel, specifically, was for the younger FE7 version where he was almost a Peri-level killer. I like his growth in FE6 and how he mellowed out, but it's to the point they're almost different characters, so FE7 Karel went in the problematic section (didn't give him full Peri honors due to FE6 though).
Luke's just kind of a **** lol. Like he's by far the least offensive one there, but I'm petty.
Alec was a jerk to Arden, the purest of pure boys, in like his only speaking line so far. As such, he gets Problematic tier because how dare you.
Matthis. Jesus Christ on a cracker, Matthis. He's kind of a pain to recruit both times, due to him
actively trying to kill his own sister that he's looking for because his AI is just that bad in Shadow Dragon and forcing me to go
all the way around a giant-ass mountain range to recruit Julian so I can then recruit him in New Mystery. And he's a terrible unit to boot. Like, literally the worst cavalier in games swarming with cavaliers. Consistently. And he's a coward when it comes to stepping up to the plate to save Lena, and an absolute jerk to Julian. Like, you know that guy in Aladdin who was like, "you were born a street rat, you'll die a street rat, and not even your fleas will mourn you" and so forth? That's basically him to Julian half the time.
But look who saves Lena in the end, Matthis, you clod.
He gets points for foreshadowing how much of a ruthless commander Michalis is and by giving Lena another conversation, but that's about it.