So what's up with the violence against chocobos in Tailfeather?

[Teryaani]

You're not alone, OP, I was quite disgusted by all those quests. They steal chocobo's freedom (or worse) for money, and I'm supposed to feel sympathy for them or find their work admirable. I was also glad when I finished that part of the story, haha.

I'm not sure we were supposed to feel sympathy for the quest givers as much as take away an understanding of where our chocobos originally came from. Just like in the churning mists where the developers did their best to shatter the illusion that moogles were anything but selfish, lazy fuzzballs reluctantly serving Moglin.

Oh look! Hydaelyn's Hitman of Light is pretending to have scruples!

We Totally have scruples. Like when we helped Limsa out of the mess they made by breaking a contract with the kobolds. Or caused near societal collapse in a couple of cities.