I am so freaking bored of Shadowbringer's story

[Iscah]

On Alisae compared to the other Scions, i think that's what makes her seem so caring, the fact that Uri - Y'sh - Tan are basically icicles, so in comparison....but then I see Alphinaud display just as much affection if not more.

If they're "icicles", they're thawing.

Thancred's obviously worked through a lot of his own issues through the course of this game, and I've loved how much Urianger has had a chance to be more of a character and not just a plot delivery guy. Seeing more interactions between them all has been great.

(I loved the exchange after Thancred names Ryne, and Urianger is sort of shocked that Thancred was actually listening to his lectures on Fae language... which all in one line tells you that he tends to go off on lectures either without noticing if people are interested or feeling compelled to do it even if he realises they're not - and that Thancred pretends to be disinterested but actually is paying attention. And I just love the mental image of it. also I relate to the overproviding-information thing.)

Playing a female Roe, the twins are like my WoL's kids. 5.1 Alisae, to me, was like seeing a teen get upset someone insulted their mother.

That's cute!

The problem is that Yoshida himself has stated that they written her on purpose to be seen that way. (As in either friend or someone that is in love with the WoL) Ryne still feels more pure on that part because she does not show any kind of jealousy towards other people liking us which is shown quite a bit with Alisaie.

I am also not sure why they did that. I know younger people can fall in love with older ones, but in a game where they dont let us be teenager because they fear bad press if people use it for lewd stuff, I am a bit surprised that they made a clearly underage character into someone that can be easily seen as in love with us.

Despite not being full-grown, the twins are actually considered adults - their Tale from the Calamity (and maybe elsewhere) mentions that sixteen years old is "old enough to be considered of age in Sharlayan society" - and particularly in the Crystal Braves arc, it's clear that Alphinaud is being treated as an equal adult and not a child.

Remember that Elezen physically mature later than other races, which probably puts them in a bit of an awkward position at that age in-universe as well. But on the other hand, people are going to be used to regarding Lalafells as fully mature adults too.

WOW. You guys bit into this troll sandwich for 23 pages?! The OP posted one message that was their opinion. A very unpopular opinion. How does this spawn 23 pages of discussion? Shadowbringers is the best story to ever grace an MMO. Nothing compares. You can stop posting here now.

The thing about forum discussions is that they go in unexpected and interesting directions. A lot of this discussion isn't about the original post at all, and we're not just going to abandon this thread in the middle of our current conversation because the original post has been addressed.

(Also, page counts sound so much more dramatic when you haven't turned up the number of posts per page. I'm only on page 6.)