Critique of Endwalker Characters

[aveyond-dreams]

Sometimes the characters surviving over dying could be as simple as because the CEO or boardroom people said to keep them alive for merchandise reasons. I could fully believe that some of the cast was written to die and that some supervisor was like, "but that would hurt our merchandise sales". Sometimes, the situation for story weirdness is as simple as that. The companies are always willing to make the story janky if it makes them more money in other departments. I think we sometimes forgot that businesses such as SE will do this. Products don't usually sell as well if the character is dead. Just how marketing works.

All the Emet-Selch merch that sold on Etsy after his seemingly permanent demise in Shadowbringers directly contradicts this. People straight up have paintings of the guy hanging in their houses. SE refusing to do any merch of him during last expansion was a hilariously bad decision as they could have easily made loads of money before and after his role in the events of Endwalker. As for all the Y'shtola merch the best way to solve that problem is to simply design a better postergirl.

See I disagree. They're just as active with distinct personalities to me so their plot armor is justified. So it seems you only have a problem with ridiculous plot armor when you don't agree with it.

Zidane = actively displayed a flirtatious personality with Garnet, bickered often with Steiner, had a lot of endearing moments with Vivi and was actually entertaining to watch interact. Had his world shattered upon revealing his true origins and made us feel sad at FFIX's ending when he stayed behind, with his return in the finale being cheered on by people because he had actually done something to earn it.

The Scions = *stoic nodding* *generic sassy Y'shtola comment* *Alphinaud rambling about his ideas* *uwu G'raha fanservice* *Urianger=I totally promise not to lie to you guys anymore!* and "This is Thancred" being his most impactful line in all of Endwalker

Forgive me if I do not see the two as equivalent.