Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
I've said this before, but 'Tempering' doesn't even come off as a threat these days. I'm still waiting for a major character like Cid to be fighting alongside the Warrior of Light one minute only to be Tempered the next and forced to be put down as a result. It'd be cruel and make for some awesome tension (as well as making Primals/Eikons feel like more than just the next big thing for the WoL to slay).
Nah, by the time that happens we'll have found a way to use the Echo to undo Tempering, instead opening us up to reflect on the countless innocents put down offscreen by the Scions out of grim necessity. Only other way they'd handle it is as a way to get rid of a(nother) newly-introduced character, and that trick is even more stale.