The feeling of beeing Home ...

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the twitter/reddit/"influencers" so any suggestion would fall on deaf ears unless said people are on board on it as well

Maybe the japanese ones, I don't think western sentiments are THAT important, or at least is the impression I got.

being a naysayer that thinks the game does nothing right.

I will endeavor to upload a pdf with all the points of the game I still enjoy every time I step into a criticism thread. By the same token, I expect a 2500 word essay on the pointed criticism all the game defenders have before taking them seriously. (I'm obviously joking, but you get my point)

but it’s not some pure being that has nothing at all to do with public ideas of “evil empires” that media use as a crutch to help tell stories.

IMO, people wanted an interesting and nuanced story, that sadly got gutted before its time. I doubt any Garlean fan wanted a redemption arc.