Endwalker's Graha Tia: A Character Rewrite

[Lauront]

I don't care that he's directionless. I care that he has been reduced to being a WoL fanboy and very little else. He just weirds me out now, and that's a shame. I liked his character as the Exarch. Honestly, I kinda wish I could lock him away in Pandaemonium with the rest of the abominations.

He could take lessons in how to slobber over things from the Carbuncle, so maybe he'd enjoy it... just in a place far, far away from my character.

[Vahlnir]

He could take lessons in how to slobber over things from the Carbuncle, so maybe he'd enjoy it... just in a place far, far away from my character.

THAT was funny. Thanks for that.

[MagicPeanut]

He doesn't need a rewrite. He's fine the way he is. If you dislike the character, just ignore him and move on.

[Vahlnir]

He doesn't need a rewrite. He's fine the way he is. If you dislike the character, just ignore him and move on.

Kinda hard to ignore him when he's breathing heavily in my face every time he's on screen.

[Knot_D]

Kinda hard to ignore him when he's breathing heavily in my face every time he's on screen.

Technically he becomes your pet now, and I don't mind it

[Vahlnir]

Technically he becomes your pet now, and I don't mind it

Hard pass. Or at least I wish I could say that.

[GTK0HLK]

Technically he becomes your pet now, and I don't mind it

funny, I was thinking of commenting something similar..,
asking about how many pets do we technically have now..,

followed about making subtle references to characters..,
like one being an aloof cat, and etc.

[Theodric]

Kinda hard to ignore him when he's breathing heavily in my face every time he's on screen.

Yep. There's a reason many RPG's give players agency and allow them to consent to advances made by characters they may not necessarily like. With the amount of dialogue the game is willing to include in general, there's no reason we can't have an option to tell certain characters to back off and respect personal boundaries.

I've said as much in the past but this is a game that allows for eternal bonds - basically marriage - between player characters. Why isn't that being respected? I think we need a scene in the MSQ's where the likes of G'raha are called out for the attempted homewreckers that they are.

[AwesomeJr44]

He doesn't need a rewrite. He's fine the way he is. If you dislike the character, just ignore him and move on.

Sure. Remove him from the MSQ and put him in sidequests that don't unlock content. I will then ignore him and not do those sidequests. But that's the problem. He's a main character in the story. I literally cannot ignore him unless I want to skip every cutscene he shows his face in. We are not talking about Billy McGee the NPC from that one little corner that has a yellow sidequest chain, we are talking about a major character that cannot be ignored.

Thus I decided to do the rewrite as both a fun writing exercise, and to show how I would put my spin on the character.

[Lauront]

Yep. There's a reason many RPG's give players agency and allow them to consent to advances made by characters they may not necessarily like. With the amount of dialogue the game is willing to include in general, there's no reason we can't have an option to tell certain characters to back off and respect personal boundaries.

I've said as much in the past but this is a game that allows for eternal bonds - basically marriage - between player characters. Why isn't that being respected? I think we need a scene in the MSQ's where the likes of G'raha are called out for the attempted homewreckers that they are.

That slight terror he showed when you could tell Deryk you also like to travel alone at times? Let this moment last forever!