Who is your least favorite major character and why?

[TeraRamis]

What’s funny to me about this is, it’s 100% true. Not only that however; but it’s interesting to me how, when they clearly don’t know what to do with an antagonistic character, they just kill them off. But with Yshtola, despite her serving little to no purpose, they just keep her around and constantly try to give her some relevance by “dying” over and over again. It’s bland. I agree with your steppes comment though, it’s honestly what made me despise her. We’re stepping into their land, the least she could do is have some common decency and respect their beliefs and customs but nope. I still don’t really get the magnai comment either to this day or why it’s widely rejoiced but /shrug. Guess it’s the sassy lady trope that people find interesting.

Yeah, I can't stand Y'shtola.

For me, what it boils down is that - like with Zenos - they're trying too hard; they're forcing things. They want us to love her - it is so, SO obvious that she is their favorite doll, and they cannot put her down. And, what's more, they believe that she should be everyone else's favorite doll, too - that we all giggle and squeal with delight every time she opens her mouth.

And the same holds true for Zenos - it's very clear that, from the perspective of a few people making decisions at SE, that he is on some level beloved. He's a character that they (or perhaps even just one person) just can't get enough of... and that must translate into us loving him, too. Oh, he's boring? Look, now he has a trope-laden toady who won't shut up! Oh, were decently-written characters like Emet-Selch and Elidibus stealing the limelight from the precious poor-man's Sephiroth? NO WORRIES! They've been eliminated! Now there's nothing to distract you from basking in his radiance!

The fact is, every time Y'shtola opens her mouth, I want my character to backhand those chubby cheeks. Ah, so you want to be a sarcastic jackass who acts at all times like you're the smartest person in the room? Well sit down and shut up, honey, because I'm the only person around here who gets anything done - I'M where the rubber meets the road. You're a hanger-on, and you have absolutely no right to get smart every 15 seconds when I'm the person spilling blood at each turn in the road.