Quote Originally Posted by MikkoAkure View Post
Urianger's only merchandise is an acrylic stand...

It just doesn't make sense to kill off all of the main speaking-role characters like that and it was never going to happen. Killing off characters for no reason except shock value doesn't give a story "integrity" or make it good. Neither were we owed dead characters just because he said something in an interview.

Except for Thancred at specific moments, I don't really like any of the Scions as characters, but I don't think killing them is going to save their story in any way. Not sure where people are getting this idea from. Every single X.0 patch story ended with everyone celebrating together. Why would they make the end of the whole arc any different? Why would they make the culmination of 10 years of story end with the deaths? Makes no sense.

They missed their chance in Shadowbringers to end some of the Scions and after that I knew there was no way they were going to do anything to the rest and anyone who thought otherwise hasn't been paying attention or is too edgy for their own good.
So then why even make this comment in the first place? He said this in the middle of ShB. Why would he constantly make comments like this, and saying things like no one is safe but then have nothing come of it? Thats what i dont understand. He's basically saying here that someone in the future is going to go, and that presumably was to be Endwalker, considering its literally the end of the world, yet none of that happened.

Also honestly, the merchandise excuses dont really ring well to me. There other ff protagonists that have died that they continue to make merchandise for. They even appear in crossovers for other games so im not sure how any of this rings true. Anyone who thought otherwise after ShB? I think people have been paying attention and i think its extremely disingenuous to imply they arent. This expansion was about a literal planet ending apocalypse. If anytime was the best time it was now, but they went against their own themes of sacrifice and suffering and brought the scions back from death. Dont see how any of that has to do with being edgy or not paying attention, it seems more like yoshi p contradicting himself yet again.