Ardbert's Party vs the Scions Analysis

[Theodric]

However, overall, I still like them as characters, as is pretty obvious most people also do, even if there are other characters they're more passionate about.

I've consistently seen mixed reactions over the years where the Scions are concerned, so I don't think it's as simple as 'most people' wanting them to die or to stick around.

Which, I imagine, is precisely why more variety has been requested as well as the occasional character death and retirement for more than just antagonists or five minute side characters.

[Brinne]

I've consistently seen mixed reactions over the years where the Scions are concerned, so I don't think it's as simple as 'most people' wanting them to die or to stick around.

Which, I imagine, is precisely why more variety has been requested as well as the occasional character death and retirement for more than just antagonists or five minute side characters.

You as an individual are absolutely free to express you want more variety or that you dislike the Scions. There are a couple of them I would say I don't like, and I think basically all of them were used badly in EW to the point that, again, I was pretty tired of them by the end and needed a break, and I'm happy to yell that I felt that way and why I felt that way to the moons.

The issue becomes when we start debating how the broader fanbase feels or questions of minority opinion vs majority opinion or one's opinions reflecting a greater and objective truth - taking it upon yourself to speak for others, or using obfuscating language about "some people" or "a lot of people" to try and lend unearned gravity to one's thoughts - which somehow usually turns out to be the case in these threads. I have no illusions that some of my opinions are minority ones, such as my extremely deep dislike for Venat - and therefore I try not to argue from the position that actually, the majority secretly agrees with me that Venat sucks (they do not. Venat is a very popular and well received character) and therefore SE had better listen to me as a representative, which becomes less about the writing and more about my self-assurance, frankly.

I'd been distracted when I voted in that poll and missed that I could vote for multiple characters until a friend asked me how I'd split my vote. To "fix" this, I loaded the poll in my browser's incognito mode and used my two other votes.

I still regret somehow missing the Elidibus option on that poll when I voted! ;_; Please forgive me, Themis! You got my fifth vote in my heart!!!