What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Theodric]

I'm not really one to 'hate' any given character. Most of my dislikes are entirely due to a lack of consistency between what was established in previous expansions compared to how it aligns with what happened in Endwalker. In other words, the very same factor that caused me to stop caring about WoW's ongoing story.

The other major factor for me is overexposure. There's a wealth of interesting characters in this game and so many of them are forced to hide away and never see the light of day after their initial use because apparently we need the Scions to be present at every single turn. Which, again, just reminds me of how often Sylvanas and Anduin wore thin in World of Warcraft...

[Rulakir]

Actually agree with almost a whole reddit thread for once, what is this.

G'raha haters rejoice? :P I'm not going to lie, it's impossible for them to give me too much Emet unless they go full stupid with him like they have with other characters in mascot costumes or doing cutesy voices.

I've seen theories that there's a magnetic quality to the Azem soul. I'm not sure how I'd feel about that. While it would explain some things it'd also be like, great, everyone only likes me cause my aether is made up of Love Potion #9.

I'm not really one to 'hate' any given character.

Minfilia's the only character I hate. I even skip her cutscenes, I just can't stand her.

Edit: I repressed Hermes/Fandaniel from my memory.

[Nilroreo]

Not to mention a certain dark god symbol of hope and salvation carrying the whole world on his beefy winged back for 12k years. More than that, considering the time between his summoning and the shattering.

Shush! His name must he scrubbed from the annals of history. From now on, we refer to him as "Manifestation of that ill-fated wish."

G'raha haters rejoice? :P I'm not going to lie, it's impossible for them to give me too much Emet unless they go full stupid with him like they have with other characters in mascot costumes or doing cutesy voices.

I feel we were a quarter of the way there with Elpis. I liked his dynamic with Hythlodeus, but I feel I would've grown to dislike him as well if we stuck around any longer. I could practically feel the flanderization kicking in as he slowly devolved into a hardcore tsundere the longer it went on lol. Also, "Remember us, remember that we once lived" was such a good line that I really wanted that to be my final memory of him.

Anyways, Y'shtola would probably be mine. Don't hate her, but damn, she could've been scrubbed completely from EW's MSQ and I likely wouldn't've noticed.

[PawPaw]

Minfilia's the only character I hate. I even skip her cutscenes, I just can't stand her.

Edit: I repressed Hermes/Fandaniel from my memory.

The only character I actively hate is Venat/Hydaelyn. Even reprehensible figures like Valens I feel less vitriol for because he is never presented as anything other than what he is, a particularly nasty villain. And Hermes? He's an absolute donkey but in the end he wiped his own memory like a coward so that he had no idea what was coming. Venat retained hers and and remained nothing but calculating and manipulative to the last. She doesn't even have his pathetic excuse. The writers' attempt to force me to believe that she is my light and savior and all things good has forced the complete opposite reaction from me. I can't even see the suggestion of a big, blue crystal without cringing. That necklace and earring they gave as part of the 6.1 quest? The ones that look like little bit of Hydaelyn that you can wear over your heart forever and ever? Could not toss that shit away fast enough. May it lie in the dust of Revenant's Toll for eternity.