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

[CrownySuccubus]

You're free to believe whatever you so wish. I'm not sure why you feel as if you have to take 'my' word for it when multiple posters within the thread have spoken up as a witness, though. Are you suggesting that they are worthy of doubt as well?

I mean, dude, multiple devs confirmed to have gotten death threats about various disatisfactions with the game, and you expressed doubt that those were real threats and not real criticism. I don't see how that's any different from another group confirming the same.

Nor have I ever downplayed the death threats that the writers have received. I have to admit, I'm not sure where you're getting that from - unless you're referring to me speaking up against the attempt to stifle criticism on the basis that the development team were sent knives as a threat in the mail? My point with that was that something happening on the Japanese side of the community is no reason to deny European and American players the opportunity to critique the development team.

Which...is very different to someone wanting to discuss something they like in the game without being insulted or threatened.

No, it's exactly the same thing. You don't want to discuss issues with the game without being insulted or harassed, and the devs want to work on the game without being threatened or harassed. Likewise, we can apply the same logic about the "Japanese community" here -- whatever handful of players (your words) sent you or anyone else death threats don't bear any relevance on discussions outside of the topics or threads they occur in.

Either way, I'm not posting personal details as evidence here to ensure that the issue does not worsen. Nor do I have the time or desire to go back over the years to find the many threads on the lore forum where any positive mention of Garlemald resulted in horrific accusations of being a 'Nazi' or 'genocide apologist'.

I mean, liking Garlemald is one thing. They look cool, act tough, and have cool machines. That doesn't make anyone a Nazi.

But, if someone (speaking generally here) were to say that they thought Garlemald was right or that their actions were laudable, that'd definitely be cause for concern.

I'm not sure what was supposedly said, so I make no accusations. But, generally speaking, it's one thing to say that the Empire is cool. It's another thing entirely to say that the Empire is cool because they conquer what they deem inferior races and think only the strong should survive and rule.