I am so freaking bored of Shadowbringer's story

[Driavna]

Have to agree, its quite interesting how many ways people take Alisaie.

Personally I find her attitude... cute for a lack of better word. Her obsession seems to be mainly with our strength (both of character and actual figthing strength) and not quite romantic. She's basically fangirling over the WoL. She might have a minor crush on us, but I don't think she's aware if she does. Given our relationship with the other Scions (or lack thereof), its sometimes refreshing to have someone like her around.

If anything I'm more annoyed with the writers pushing the Ga Bu thing on her for this long. While the lore consequences are interesting, I've found Ga Bu to be rather a hamfisted and boring plotpoint. Thus, making him a major motivation for a character doesn't leave a great taste in my mouth.

Plot armor is... fine? We are filling our dead npc qoutas decently well so quantity is okay. Having major characters die on a regular basis would just devalue the occasion. However the quality of plot armor could use some work... Y'sthola vs Zenos and Nanamo come to mind. Y'sthola vs Ranjit felt miles better because the Emet ex mahina made sense AND served a point besides just keeping her alive, so I guess they're improving.

Its fine to dislike the story (even if I vehemently disagree), but judging after skipping it seems... shallow?

I enjoy the MSQ as long as I don't think too hard about it. Once I analyze the whole plot is easy to find all the glaring faults and how bad the writing can be at times. A good example for me is the death of certain NPC at Amn Araeng, the way everything happens is forced and make everyone involved look stupid just for the sake of appealing to my emotions.

Another problem is how, despite the odds, the good guys always end with a "perfect win".

[Lersayil]

I enjoy the MSQ as long as I don't think too hard about it. Once I analyze the whole plot is easy to find all the glaring faults and how bad the writing can be at times. A good example for me is the death of certain NPC at Amn Araeng, the way everything happens is forced and make everyone involved look stupid just for the sake of appealing to my emotions.

Another problem is how, despite the odds, the good guys always end with a "perfect win".

I wouldn't call it perfect, I agree. It has its fair share of writing issues that are apparent when taking a step back, but in the end it has enough positives to counterweigh them. Given the type of medium and the competition available I'd say it still pretty well written, and even if we dont consider those, its still a well above average story for a jrpg.

As for the "perferct win", what do you mean? The victory itself and how its achieved or the aftermath? I aggree with the latter. Things turn out way too perfectly for the allied factions involved after the conflict. With the prior I sorta disagree. We lose people, we lose arguments, a paralell timeline even got obliterated because we couldn't deal with a problem without future help.

"Y'sthola vs Ranjit" I actually can't make sense of how she had to almost kill herself in that occasion, and only because of Emet-Selch she was saved, while Ranjit survives completely unharmed with no explaination whatsoever. Hello, I'm so cool I can fall into neverending pits without problems.
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That one I just hadwave away with difference between physical abilites: one being a mage and the other an inhuman level kungfu master (with a pet dragon that can fly).