Why Robin is Underrated and Overlooked

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Жыл бұрын

Fire Emblem Awakening has a number of strong points, and amongst them is the writing of its three main characters; Chrom, Lucina and Robin. However Robin is more often treated as an afterthought compared to their fellow stars and is mainly seen as just "the avatar." But I've always believed Robin to be more than that and is a fully-fleshed out character in their own right who deservingly lives up to their place alongside Chrom and Lucina, by supporting both them and Awakening's story. So I think it's their turn for me to explain why I think they're underrated.
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@paddlesawtactic9788 Жыл бұрын

One thing I love that you kind of touched upon is the slight difference between male and female robin. Male Robin is a fucking dork, and Female Robin is funnily short tempered. She gets offended and threatens Chrom with a rock when he implies he doesn’t see her as a lady, she throws figs at Lon’qu from a distance when he refuses to train with her. She has such a strong personality.

@themythosarchives7520 Жыл бұрын

I love Robins analytical take on things and need to form an identity. And controversial opinion alert, I liked the twist regarding who Grima was in this timeline and the final sacrifice.

@valiantchris6456 Жыл бұрын

Am I the only one that thinks that Robin is not only a loyal friend, but a devoted spouse towards Chrom as well as a good parent to Lucina and Morgan?

@ancientgearsynchro Жыл бұрын

One thing that Robin has over the other avatars is the slight tang of evil he has that turns him into a mad genius rather than just a genius. Like when he chooses to burn down half their fleet to burn/drown the majority of Walharts army. Fitting that s/he is a spawn of the games dark sorcerer.

@hito-sama

Robin x Crom is an extraordinary team... Yes male robin is a best bro for crom... But romance between female robin with crom is the reason why i love this game... And i think many people agree that Crobin is a good pair

@katelynnarn8743

"Robin is only the Avatar" is definately a little unfair IMO. The only "Avatar" thing about them is the gender, appearance, and romantic interest (if you want Morgan, it's a must). They have their own opinions, interests, interactions, and mission to form an identity for themselves. Female Robin is actually one of my favorite game characters because I love how she (or Robin overall) isn't perfect and, despite everything they've accomplished, still sometimes doubts themselves. I haven't played the Fates series, but i think this is something that waa lost with Byleth being the literal embodiment of a "self-insert Avatar". I love Three Houses, but Awakening is always going to be my favorite in the FE series.

@FlufflesTheCatDragon 21 күн бұрын

It's ironic that to denounce Robin as just a generic avatar character is to completely miss the entire point of Robin as a character.

@scarletwolf9910 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite supports is Robin's B Support with Frederick. Depending on when you have it, Robin can either feed him 2 day old bear meat or 2 year old bear meat. XD

@TheGamersState

This is just a theory but I think another reason to why Robin is overlooked by fans when compared to Lucina and Chrom is because Fire Emblem Three Houses and Fire Emblem Fates sold even better than Fire Emblem Awakening did. Because of this, any fans that have the latter 2 games but not this 1 may view Robin as "another avatar character" which, assuming is true, is a massive shame.

@Riftrender

Robin was fine, pretty inoffensive and not too in your face, versus Corrin's creepy barefoot dragon and Byleth not getting to talk in a fully voiced game. The only one I really hate out of the Avatars is the most recent toothpaste one...mostly because they are just really fing weak statwise etc next to Robin, Corrin, and Byleth.

@Babis_2003 Жыл бұрын

A thing i really love about Robin klling Grima is that it's the first action in the game's plot that definitively beats fate. The idea that destiny is unchainging is introduced in awakening from the prologue, where Robin despite being passed out, amnesiac and even suspicious for knowing Chrom's name despite his lack of memories, still befriends Chrom and joins the shepards. Despite all the changes that Lucina caused, Emmeryn still died, Chrom and Robin still faught Validar in the same way. Even when Robin "beats fate" by not killing Chrom and Basillio surving, the fell dragon revives anyway, and Basillio and Chrom are still set to die, even if it's a bit later. Chrom sealing Grima at the end can still be viewed as just delaying destiny, since eventually he will be freed. But when Robin kills Grima, that's it. The future changes. Robin challenged his fate, and won.

@gingermint1230 Жыл бұрын

I also love that all the ID songs: Id beginnings, id dilemma, id sorrow, id darkness, id return, id purpose, and id serenity, represent a stage in Robin’s life (after meeting Chrom) and how the final song is ID hope. Robin, after being revived, now embodies hope. Hope, which is what Chrom gave him when despair started seeping into him after he learned of his lineage and his destiny. The very thing that saved his world and what he gave to the world after his sacrifice.

@johnnypetronel Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy this video exists! I've always loved Robin! Their amnesia, their need to form an identity, their frequent interactions with every member of the cast... everything about it is top-notch.

@inkymonstrosity

Usually when a game has an avatar/blank slate protagonist, they just have this vague personality where they stare off with this disinterested look. I get that the idea is the player can project themselves onto the avatar, but when I play these games, I don't feel like I'm in the room with other characters. I feel like I'm looking at this one bland character who sticks out like a sore thumb among the others.

@SkidesGames Жыл бұрын

As a big Robin AND Azura fan, I gotta watch this and that other video 👀

@aquaperi4848

Hooooly heck you captured what I've always wanted to say about this character for a long time. Robin is one of if not my favorite character in gaming at the moment. I connect heavily with how much they care for their friends and the people who are important to them. I've been told that liking their personality is invalid (though those aren't quite the words said) because they're meant to be a blank slate and a self insert, which I seriously don't get, but couldn't coherently explain why. I've mostly seen them as their own character from the beginning, heck, not really knowing they were an Avatar character at first (My intro to them was in Smash 4), so I don't understand why I would like them if they were just a puppet for the player. Speaking of puppets, I was practically, annoyingly fuming at how Grima kept getting most of the spotlight

@dragonstorm0888

This really highlights everything I myself love about Robin. Nice video

@maverick5169 Жыл бұрын

Many things about Awakening fell off for me, Robin is not one of those.

@DexSilver

I always loved Robin, I've cosplayed as the male version, met the voice actress from the female version from Heroes, always been one of my favourite characters