Emet-Selch Is Not That Tragic

[Lersayil]

snip

Hmm. Some good points there, and hard to argue with most of it, since I'm not exactly the target audience.

I see this as them finally figuring out how to write a good villain. Our villains were kinda 2 dimensional so far, and even when they had good intentions, we quickly undermined them, since we've had kind of the same goals... just working towards them better in every way.

Personally, I don't see them romanticizing what Emet did or showing him in a better light than he is. People took a liking to his charisma and intellect, sure. But hammering home his deeds any more than they already did would be almost as heavy handed as when they tried to redemption arc Fordola.

Actually, I have the sneaking suspicion they are working in these EX lines and such as extra explanation, because the writers think people didn't read far enough behind the lines in the last chapter with him.

Not sure I agree with you on Vauthry though. The card doesn't specify the type of corruption, and Titania became a raving lunatic from the effects of being a Lightwarden. Vauthry is... more or less functioning as a human, just with a horrible personality (and eating) disorder and a partly sineater physiology. And we know for a fact that he's been fed stories and visions of grandeur since childhood, so I still cant shake the feeling that its not entirely the lights fault.

It's also harder to emphasize with him, since he's basically a giant selfish manchild. Sure you can pity him for becoming such, but his actions are mostly backed by feelings, not logical thought.