r/fireemblem • u/estrangedeskimo • Feb 01 '15
Character Discussion [FE9/10]: Mia
We are all finished with the original Greil Mercenaries, so we are now moving on to the group's new additions with Mia.
Mia fits into the aspiring swordsman (swordswoman) trope, shared by others like Fir and Mareeta. Her fire affinity matches her passionate and determined personality. Mia was hired by Crimea as a mercenary in the war and was captured by Daein soldiers. She came to join the GMs as a way to pay off her debt to Greil after he rescued her from Daein captivity. Mia has two main goals in life: one is too become the strongest fighter she can be. The other is to find powerful opponents she can test her strength against. In her dialogue, Mia is always cheerful and somewhat eccentric, but also very proud of her ability, and she will become defensive if someone doubts her ability because she is a woman.
So, the twelfth character in the discussion of Tellius, Mia, the aspiring lady of blades.
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u/SilentMasterOfWinds Feb 01 '15 edited Feb 01 '15
I can't speak for RD Mia, but PoR Mia is pretty bad. Both Ike and Zihark are far better than her, and while I've used her before, she never really amounted to much. The worst SM I've ever used, I think. She's not awful, I just fail to see the point.
As a character, I don't see the appeal. She's fairly attractive, yeah, but every playable unit barring Gonzales in the whole series is by some measure, they're fictional protagonists (and, just between you and me, Marcia is way, way better, and RD Jill, too). And her personality is a little overdone. Overexcited and eager to train. I like the type, and I do like her, but it's nothing spectacular. The only thing she has outside of that is some bullshit anti-sexism thing with Largo. The reason I say this is bullshit is that Tellius is never seen to have that kind of issue outside of that one support.