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

[DevonEllwood]

I love the fact this thread is still going.

Yeah it's great that people have a place to vent and discuss the crappy parts of the story without people taking it as a personal insult

Maybe the sound was from the star, but a response noise to Meteion's song? That's what I originally thought it was. It could be the copium though. I mean it wouldn't be a retcon, since they never specified in game that the sound was Meteion's song, just people assuming from what I remember.

As a kid I was adverse to certain cartoons and characters because I didn't find them "realistic" enough. I hated Buggs Bunny; he didn't make sense because he showed no flaws. Daffy Duck on the other hand got angry, was constantly struggling, I can't take a "good guy" character seriously when their only flaw is "overly self sacrificing". The scions barely get upset at anything anymore. Estinien is basically a joke character in Endwalker, a far cry from the reserved but seething anger and disbelief from Heavensward. G'raha never showed any negativity and we we know about his struggles, but all of it was done off scene. The only "bad" traits that are shown is him pushing himself, showing self doubt, (which both got repetitive) and trying to open an envelope with a fish. He is always all smile. It's just not enough for me. All the scions have become completely lobotomized. It's gotten to the point where every scion could drop dead the next patch and I wouldn't care.

I am honestly thinking Ardbert was a complete fluke. He was a very fantastic "good guy" character who you see, on screen , struggle with himself and his actions. I don't understand why they can't make more characters like that. Why do all the characters with problems need to be relegated to side content. There's nothing really "wrong" with "all smiles" characters. Arenvald is one of those character (still haven't done role quests, maybe that will change) and I feel he works fine. It's when that characterization is the only thing we get front and center is when I feel it's a problem. I can't believe I'm mentioning this, but I miss Lyse. I miss her being elevated to a position she didn't deserve (and she knew this herself), her stupidity, and her struggling to understand a people she called her own but knew she didn't understand how they actually felt.

Endwalker is full of wasted potential and wasted opportunities.