Quote Originally Posted by RaideDuku View Post
Some people won't be happy unless everything is grimdark and we're all eating corpse starch.
There are probably also some people who won't be happy unless everything is childish, bright, and simple to the point of insulting our intelligence.

I've never understood why the desire to leave one extreme is always interpreted as a desire to sprint towards the other. Someone wanting the story to be competent and logical does not mean they want the story to be grimdark. (although those are not necessarily mutually exclusive, some people might genuinely want that as well) Right now, the story is definitely leaning towards one extreme, that being the extremely safe, simple, and childish side of the storytelling spectrum. A good balance between the two is the best place to be, and we need some seriousness to balance out the silliness.