So, having recently delved into the bizarre landscape that is Twitter I happened to be directed to some rather interesting finds. Since some people seem to be insisting that there is absolutely no way for there to be potential bias involved in the handling of the game's script and localisation, here's a gem to whet people's appetites:
Source: https://twitter.com/BorgedFlan
Each to their own, I suppose, since everybody is certainly entitled to their own personal takes on the story even if they work for Square Enix...though I have to say that I think it's rather bizarre to see someone in charge of 'Quality Assurance' for localisation to be operating under the belief that Venat's genocide of her own people was the equivalent of her getting frustrated at being the only one working to protect Etheirys.
We know that isn't true simply at looking what was revealed during both Shadowbringers and Endwalker. To say nothing, of course, of Venat's refusal to even inform her people of the plight she was hoping to avoid.
Following on from this, the profile for Koji Fox's alleged successor happened to enter my Twitter feed as well:
https://twitter.com/fabulafatua/
I was quite shocked to see some of the things being 'liked' and retweeted by the individual in question and I must confess to finding myself wondering as a humble Scottish guy if someone so very deeply involved in the deepest reaches of the Twitter sphere is truly a good fit for someone who is meant to represent more than just Far Left ideologues where the game's English localisation is concerned. Not all of us are obsessed with identity politics, after all and even many LGBT people - myself included - are deeply troubled by those with a perpetual chip atop their shoulders perpetually directed at anyone who doesn't think, act or look like they do. I want to highlight that I do not post this with the intention to name and shame but merely to seek clarification and raise awareness about potential bias seeping into the localisation process.

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