Hire J.K. Rowling to write

[Melorie]

Is this a troll thread?
Honestly, as much as I like the HP universe, J.K doesn't even write that well.

[Hysterior]

Sure... and Yoshida can also retcon story or character elements via Twitter... you know.. for lore

[Veis_Alveare]

No.
Thank you.

If you think those things aren't tossed around as a poor attempt at moralizing buzzwords you've not been paying attention.

[ElazulHP]

Nah, I'd rather they get George RR Martin. That way we can get some meaningful deaths AND it will delay Winds of Winter another decade!

[znushu]

Is this a troll thread?
Honestly, as much as I like the HP universe, J.K doesn't even write that well.

I use to love the harry potter books and read them as a kid. But even back then I knew bad writing when I saw it and those books were filled with them. If anyone needs examples I can give four off the top of my head just from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" alone:

He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.

And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding across the lake, which was as smooth as glass.

The entrance hall was so big you could have fit the whole of the Dursley’s house in it

“It’s an invisibility cloak,” said Ron, a look of awe on his face.

Then there is issues like...

• Harry and Ginny’s relationship.
• Hermione and Ron's relationship.
• Dumbledore always being either an incompetent good guy or he’s just a straight up bad guy.
• Voldemort is pretty much an idiot in the grand scheme of things.
• Ron being useless after Book 1.

There is more but suffice to say that while I still have fond memories of reading those books as a kid but as a author of a published book myself I can see that they're ultimately just poorly written stories which should have been proofread and rewritten at the end of the day. But since they sold well I guess this style just works for her series of books. So to each their own.

[Lium]

There's plenty of skilled British and American writers, though. It's not like the writers for FFXIV don't lean on generic and cliche tropes that are lacking in depth. Just look at the utter lack of meaningful, lasting consequences for the protagonists in 5.3 - compared to how ARR and HW had many consequences to deal with and things did not always wrap up in a neat little bow.

Yeah, I never said there was no skilled British or American writers. Just that I don't want them touching this game because it will turn into just another generic fantasy MMO. Overall, the writing in this game is head and shoulders above other western MMOs in my opinion. And you mentioning 5.3 while leaving out the entirety of Shadowbringers is odd to me.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Nah, I'd rather they get George RR Martin. That way we can get some meaningful deaths AND it will delay Winds of Winter another decade!

Yeah, because the conclusion to Game of Thrones went so well for anyone.

[SavishSalacious]

Harry Potter is a part of the fantasy genre, so it wouldn’t be that outlandish to have its author co-write some parts in Final Fantasy XIV. Doesn’t have to be anything big (this isn’t Harry Potter), but some English influence could be interesting for the game. Less catgirls, more schooling!

Why do you still post? Now I have to hunt down all your posts and report them and tell you as such.

[ElazulHP]

Yeah, because the conclusion to Game of Thrones went so well for anyone.

The death of the series was the most meaningful of all xD

EDIT: And I should probably point out that GoT ended badly because they ran out of material written by GRRM.

[Theodric]

Why do you still post? Now I have to hunt down all your posts and report them and tell you as such.

I'd advise against that, as false reports are taken as harassment. By all means report anything that explicitly breaks the rules - but not things that can be taken as an innocent suggestion.