Rewritten MSQ - Garlemald and EW

[aveyond-dreams]

I mean she isn't wrong about them speaking over others' ideas of "what could have been" by citing and wielding lore to suit whatever argument they are making. Imagining things as if they were different is kind of the whole point. I have a lot more respect for people who are honest enough to say that they like or dislike certain characters and that is why they like or dislike what the story did with them. It gets tiresome when one says "I wish they took things in this direction" and then you have a bunch of people typing paragraphs in protest, sometimes subtly implying things about others.

I do not believe that Endwalker was as well-crafted in terms of its story as Shadowbringers. I do not believe that it effectively used each character to their full potential, and that it was more concerned with overt messaging than providing an entertaining experience. I do not pick a theme and then write a story around that theme, I come up with things I want to write down and if a theme naturally arises from that sequence of events then so be it - better yet if such things are left to the reader's interpretation rather than me having to spell everything out like Endwalker did.