Looking back at this Yoshi P statement(story spoilers)

[Jandor]

Thancred and Urianger are my two favourites, it's nice to have some blokes roughly my own age around.

[DPZ2]

So in ARR that is true, but with the expansions spanning years in the game story both the twins would be adults.

Think of it this way: Bart Simpson is still in grade school. By your logic, in a series spanning 30+ actual years, he should have his own children in grade school.

The NonReal World that is found in TV shows and MMOs does not have to follow linear time, such that their major characters never grow older.

[Scott]

I'm so happy they didnt kill of the Scions. Death is still the cheapest way to invoke emotions.

[KizuyaKatogami]

I'm so happy they didnt kill of the Scions. Death is still the cheapest way to invoke emotions.

How is countlessly baiting them is any better?

[Rawr18]

Idk, I was severely upset during that vore scene where your WOL decided to be absolutely useless at the worst time.

[kpxmanifesto]

I'm so happy they didnt kill of the Scions. Death is still the cheapest way to invoke emotions.

I'd argue that faking deaths is even cheaper.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

Idk, I was severely upset during that vore scene where your WOL decided to be absolutely useless at the worst time.

Hey, you can't be worshipped as a saviour unless you take your time and let the hapless civilians see the stakes and suffer some losses. All part of the "Chosen Hero" job description.

[Vahlnir]

How is countlessly baiting them is any better?

It's not. I don't think the Scions necessarily need to die (though I don't think a death or two during the course of the story of Endwalker would have hurt) but they do need to face some actual consequences. Like Arenvald for example who was permanently injured trying to scout out a tower. By all rights Y'shtola should be permanently blind by now, or worse. But nope, all of them are fine and living their best lives. When they are put in a bind and nothing actually comes of it, it cheapens everything that has ever happened to them. Repeatedly.

[KizuyaKatogami]

Hey, you can't be worshipped as a saviour unless you take your time and let the hapless civilians see the stakes and suffer some losses. All part of the "Chosen Hero" job description.

We learned it best from our sweet Mother

[SieyaM]

I don't know about everyone else but for me it wasn't that I wanted to see anyone die but more that they tried to use the fake out death plot yet again. I think this is the 3rd time Y'sthola has "died". Honestly for me Ultima Thule bordered on ridiculous because you know that there is no way all of these characters are going to remain dead, there will obviously be some kind of miraculous plot device that recovers everyone and it made the monologues seem self serving and just pointless. That is the problem with writing and promoting a narrative to be high stakes then having none of those stakes actually effect any of the major characters, in the end the whole thing just kind of falls flat.