FE Heroes(spoils Book 1&2), racism
I kinda wanna hear more takes on this bc so far it's my perception of it and I'm v good at doubting myself lmao.
But ngl some shit in the stories have made me super uncomfortable lmao. We get the basic "whities are the gud guys" deal but then there's stuff with Embla being "unable to fight their bloodline" which is another fucking focus on genetics in FE, and the dark brown skinned Bruno trying to fight off killing urges his blood gives him to v little success.
FE Heroes(spoils Book 1&2), racism
And that's like not the end of it. He never manages to over that. BUT THEN we have Book 2 and it's like wow look at all those dark skinned ppl (and Loki) under a tyrant who treats his daughters like tools invade the pretty cold land full of literally only pale chars. Guess which side has royalty portrayed as exclusively good and which side has all but one royal dying. Muspell does have most of it's important chars turn around but it does nothing really.
FE Heroes(spoils Book 1&2), racism
By which I mean, the king's daughters turn technically good, but can't defy him and one dies, the other is beaten and spared, apparently becomes queen in the end and we never see her again. A general turns good, helps two princesses escape and then gets offed unceremoniously.
There is a non-dark skinned character among them (Loki) but it turns out she wasn't really with them and deserts them. *She survives lol*. Like. Wow.