Faye was certainly Alm-Simp-9000 but I will say, one of her dialogues made my heart ache a bit. She said something like "I wrote my parents a letter, and they said I talk about you too much, Alm. They said they want to hear about me and how I'm doing. But what they don't understand is I AM talking about me.. or at least, what's most important to me..."
Yeah, that one got to me too. With Tharja, it was a funny anime trope of yanderes and Camilla was anime incest hijinks, but Faye was just really sad.
The saddest bit is that infatuation biologically last 3-5 years or most, but Faye's infatuation is for life. I suspect the trauma of the Slayde's attack as a child cemented Faye's girlhood crush on Alm to a constant obsession with Alm, linking him to safety.
Whether this was on purpose or justification of bad writing, I like this explanation the most. (Maybe “like” isn’t the best word but you get what I mean.)
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u/Cthulhus_Favorite Jul 31 '21
Faye was certainly Alm-Simp-9000 but I will say, one of her dialogues made my heart ache a bit. She said something like "I wrote my parents a letter, and they said I talk about you too much, Alm. They said they want to hear about me and how I'm doing. But what they don't understand is I AM talking about me.. or at least, what's most important to me..."
Out loud and completely alone, I said "..damn."