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

[aveyond-dreams]

I said your statement was personal opinion and that you apparently want the ability to hang out with what characters you like and ignore the rest.

I'm not sure what part of that is "mischaracterization".

I do not mind if X character exists along with characters Y and Z as long as its not overly clear that X is the writers' favorite and they want to keep reminding everyone of this every chance they get. It has ruined the story surrounding G'raha in particular and turned his arc into something that means nothing.

I wanted the Crystal Exarch as a trust and party member back in Shadowbringers so badly because hey, cool sage that can fill any battle role and he's willing to give his all for a world that isn't even his own? That's an actual hero. Not the twinkly eyes fangirling that started up in patch 5.4 when he interacted with Estinien for the first time. It went from mutual respect to creepy obsession in the span of 30 seconds.

Fast forward to now, I don't want this character anywhere near me and I believe with all my heart that this game would be better off with him in the sidelines working as a cashier at the Sharlayan McDonald's than taking up the space that could go to literally any other potential playable character.

There's almost no character that fits my "preferred aesthetic" in FFXIV. I like androgynous women. (Fordola is my wife!) I cannot even fathom throwing a never-ending tantrum about it over hundreds of pages and pretending like it's meaningful criticism of any kind.

Fordola isn't what I would consider "androgynous" but I will say that I find her to be a compelling character who makes me take interest in her goings on whenever she shows up on screen. No nonsense, feet on ground, fighter attitude and has demonstrated a lot of growth over the course of the game. This is someone who is worthy of being in the main party, but if I'm not mistaken something happened to her at the end of the healer role quests that I haven't gotten around to doing myself?

In any case if people can throw 1000 page "temper tantrums" as you'd like to call it over highly requested features like male Viera and female Hrothgar then I am well within my rights to argue about how damaging I think G'raha Tia is until the situation improves by making him a worthwhile character again or he is banished from the plot entirely.