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AvantgardeAClue posted...

I do remember all of that, but that blame should be put more on the senate than anything else, and it's made fairly clear that the Senate itself is fairly corrupt and plotting, but by the end of the game they're more or less all gone, leaving Sanaki to rule unopposed and therefore making the Empire benevolent again.

And by the end of RD IIRC all of those corrupt are either dead or not a threat anymore, so at least they're ultimately not being fake about the benevolence at some point, which is why I gave them the pass

You see, that shouldn't count. Because in the course of the game's plot, you essentially killed the essence of what made Begnion, well, Begnion. Not to mention that at the end of the game it's no longer really an empire either, because it returns the Serenes lands it formerly annexed, and makes it a point that it will no longer act as a suzerain nation that lords its authority over all the other countries, now just being an equal kingdom.

Also, if Begnion is allowed just because of its portrayal in the ending, almost every single empire depicted in Fire Emblem games is positive. The Archanean Empire under Marth after his second game is positive. The Grandbell Empire after Fire Emblem 4 is positive. Etruria after the corrupt nobles were ousted and Bern after it was conquered by Roy in Fire Emblem 6 are positive. Infinitum ad nauseam et absurdum.

Heck, there are a fair few which were depicted in a much better light than Begnion yet I would still not call being objectively positive overall.
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