Does anyone else feel like the Pandaemonium story was rushed in Abyssos?

[Fawkes]

They only ever want to throw curveballs, so they had to wrap up Eric and Lahabread's story so we can be extra surprised next time.

[Avatre]

They only ever want to throw curveballs, so they had to wrap up Eric and Lahabread's story so we can be extra surprised next time.

You mean how Lahabread's wife will be the big bad in P12, and inhabiting a crystal similar to his other half?

[Ranaku]

You mean how Lahabread's wife will be the big bad in P12, and inhabiting a crystal similar to his other half?

Don't forget father and son overcoming their weakness together. The son probably dying and Lahabread getting mad and turning into what we know and love, the crazy ascian scientist who gets murdered by a pope with a big eye sword. After he did the merge souls thing that is just to really point out that he used that knowledge in the crystal in the end anyways.

Since there can't be any other outcome than setting Lahabread up for becoming what he is meant to be in our future the plot can't really develop into unforeseen ways. Or maybe Hermes is just throwing Kairos down into pandemonium and we all get amnesia and everything will have no meaning anyways.

[Avatre]

Don't forget father and son overcoming their weakness together. The son probably dying and Lahabread getting mad and turning into what we know and love, the crazy ascian scientist who gets murdered by a pope with a big eye sword. After he did the merge souls thing that is just to really point out that he used that knowledge in the crystal in the end anyways.

Since there can't be any other outcome than setting Lahabread up for becoming what he is meant to be in our future the plot can't really develop into unforeseen ways. Or maybe Hermes is just throwing Kairos down into pandemonium and we all get amnesia and everything will have no meaning anyways.

I think the biggest curveball they could possibly throw at us is that Lahabread doesn't have anything from P9-12 actually affect him in any way, and that his wife is actually part of him. The half he removed was him trying to separate their souls and keep her alive...even that is easily foreseen as a possibility.

[Hurlstone]

I can see why people see it as rushed, I was surprised by how much actually happened between those four fights, but I do not personally think it was rushed. I thought the character stuff was very well-done and interesting. I preferred it overall then Asphodelos. It will be interesting when we can look back after the Raid Story and see the whole story. That would be the best time to judge how each part went. I still think there is a lot to learn about Athena, though I agree I doubt we will see the Keywards. It could end up that this was perhaps too big a story to tell using the format, but so far I am enjoying it.

[Jason_Ashford]

I can see why people see it as rushed, I was surprised by how much actually happened between those four fights, but I do not personally think it was rushed. I thought the character stuff was very well-done and interesting. I preferred it overall then Asphodelos. It will be interesting when we can look back after the Raid Story and see the whole story. That would be the best time to judge how each part went. I still think there is a lot to learn about Athena, though I agree I doubt we will see the Keywards. It could end up that this was perhaps too big a story to tell using the format, but so far I am enjoying it.

i was mega confused at first like "Wait. shouldn't he be the *final* boss of this raid? What's he doing here on the eighth?" im honestly looking forward to what they are gonna do from here. i am BEGGING Soken for a remix of the FF2 Pandaemonium theme ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnMG1cYF4WE ) and i'm kind of expecting to see a boss fight reminiscent of the Lord of Hell.