F.E.D.R.A. - A Deconstruction of Villainy

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• RY

  @ryancialone3045 · 2 years ago (edited)

  FEDRA would be ruined as a thematic concept if it had some kind of evil central leader who just really hates the people for some weird personal reason. It’s better they work as an example of bureaucratic efficiency and that logic taken to the extreme

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• GE

  @geordiejones5618 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The most interesting part about Boston FEDRA is they're implied to be either the LEAST brutal or the MOST competant, as they're still standing when Joel and Ellie leave. Between both games and the show, we see a few failed QZs and a few other cities that were lost entirely. We still haven't seen another QZ that's operational. Boston's been doing something right for two decades.

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• TH

  @Thirft · 2 years ago

  "The game presents life in Boston as being miserable, grim, and oppressive. There's no joy, no color, no warmth here. This might as well be another form of death. a slow stagnation where people live pointless and unhappy lives." As someone who lives there I can say this is bang on accurate.

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• FI

  @firstnamelastname4134 · 2 years ago

  We can forget the difference between Tommy's settlement and fedra is size and region, Jackson Wyoming is isolated from most of the horrors of the east and small where everyone is for the community. Fedra is large and has to deal with the hordes of infected and endless gangs. fedra is trying to hold on to whats left of America. And as a state it's purpose is to exist but it can't efficiently govern all the people in its quarantine zones due to zombies. so from the pov of a state its better enforce as much control as possible to hold on to it's things. One hint of zombies in the "quarantine zone" would destabilize the people and delegitimize their rule and destroy the very fragile normal. and fedra remembers what happened in Pittsburgh when they lost control. Not saying fedra is right  but why they're brutal.

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• JA

  @jamespaul6315 · 2 years ago

  fedra were at least keeping settlements alive. They werent perfect but the fireflies collapsed every zone they had control of

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• YA

  @YahBoiDrip · 2 years ago

  As a father now; hearing Sarah's wimpers tear me up inside more than it did originally.

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• AL

  @AlexHatzberger · 2 years ago

  God the voice work of Sarah always makes me feel sick to my stomach, it’s so well done

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• PE

  @PetersaberHD · 2 years ago

  I have to disagree with lumping FEDRA with the soldier at the start. He's from the Army, and the Army was dealing with an unprecedented, weird situation, as not at all prepared in any way, shape, or form. They did not know what they were dealing with, which resulted in atrocities. I could see FEDRA being created specifically as a result of the US Army's mistakes.

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• TE

  @terrykrugii5652 · 2 years ago

  The thing about Fedra, is that despite the brutality they exhibit... they&apos;re still safer than having to be outside on your own against hordes of zombies. <br><br>And because of that, I can easily see myself and many others submitting to them

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• UN

  @unknownstranger3646 · 2 years ago (edited)

  In this video, i noticed something about the soldier that killed sarah. When he informs his boss about the situation. Now it is clear that he was ordered to kill both Joel and sarah. But instead of saying okay, he first says &quot;but&quot;. Like he was going to argue. It was clear that he didn&apos;t want to do this. But whoever was in charge later said something to him that made him have to go through with it.<br><br>Edit: damn. I wrote this 2 months ago and i already got 1k of likes.

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• MI

  @michaelsparks1571 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I think an aspect of FEDRA&apos;s survival strategy not mentioned is how, through all of it tyranny/control/callousness, it&apos;s meant to remove any and all RISK. &nbsp;<br>It doesn&apos;t matter if the machine is 100% accurate. &nbsp;They just won&apos;t risk any false positive. &nbsp;If it beeps, you remove that person. &nbsp;Risk minimized.<br>I&apos;d even argue the original ire towards the Fireflies (before any bombings\gunfights even took place) was likely just them breaking quarantine and not being tested when they came back. &nbsp;The Fireflies, to them, are just another risk they don&apos;t want to take.<br>This also explains why the soldier was ordered to kill Sarah/Joel. &nbsp;They MIGHT not be infected, but why take the risk (especially when that early in the outbreak, no one really knows HOW to know someone&apos;s not infected/can&apos;t infect you yet). &nbsp;They certainly can&apos;t spread a disease they may or may not have if they&apos;re dead.<br>FEDRA is by no means &quot;good&quot;, but their strategy, as inhumane as it is, IS keeping people alive. &nbsp;But only at the &quot;Surviving&quot; level, hence why any breakdowns in their controlled zones and their attempts to reclaim control often lead to the zone&apos;s complete collapse and everyone dying. &nbsp;It works, until it doesn&apos;t.

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• ME

  @mehrdadbaniameri7067 · 2 years ago

  I dont blame FEDRA at all. They are a running and industrialized civilization, whereas jackson is merely a town. And most importantly considering how infectious the diseas is, it only takes one single person to cause an outbreak and destroy jackson, so armed soldiers at rooftops and streets are a MUST to control an outbreak. The only way Jackson can avoid the diseas is total isolation which is also a form of tyranny I guess

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