I think OP forgot that the premise of these quests is that there is a new star composed entirely of Dynamis barking on Ultima Thule's door. The concern about making everyone sing kumbaya instead of falling into their previous lives is that if the new star grows negatively, then it will basically be a second coming of Meteion, except truly unknown rather than having a splinter of humanity within.

Like, for as whimsical as these quests are, there's literally the looming threat of existential destruction. The thing bringing about all the whimsy could just as easily turn sour. It's actually kind of like having a gun held to your head and being told, "You have to smile and have fun, otherwise the gun goes off." Except in this case, it's every living dead soul in Ultima Thule as well as potentially the rest of the universe.

As others have repeated... making me want to make Lyth-like comparisons of alt accounts and what not, all the other Crafter/Gatherer based beast tribe quests are just as non-sensical/whimsical/worth complaining over as this one is. Or at least within spitting distance of this.

You might wanna go beat on a different drum for a while, because at this point you're performing the labor of the negative. There are better uses for your time and thoughts.

Pay attention to things within their full context, please. I understand why y'all don't like this, but you're misrepresenting the quest chain by and large.