Quote Originally Posted by Telkira View Post
I guarantee you would have not cared, overlooked it, or would have sucked it up and maybe taken the opportunity to learn about a popular character trope found in Japanese culture.
You can't "guarantee" any of those things. I am fully aware of the trope. That does not and should not magically make me comfortable with it.

The localisers "read the room" and realised the trope does not go down well with English-speaking players, and adapted accordingly. It wouldn't have even mattered if he'd just stayed a bit part character in an outpost on the far edge of the realm.


Quote Originally Posted by Fawkes View Post
I think we got the real deal in the year of the horse heavensturn event where he wanted to ride the WoL as his personal steed.
I wasn't playing at that point and I am quite happy to have missed it.


Quote Originally Posted by Hasrat View Post
Arguably, toning down any pervy behavior probably helped at least a little to endear players leading up to his finale.. And ending that is meant to be emotional would probably have been soured by remembering the more distasteful moments.
Prettymuch. Even now, that earlier creepy scene (which didn't sink in on my first playthrough, maybe because I was more fixed on the dialogue) and knowledge of the Japanese version sours him to me on subsequent playthroughs. I don't think I would have gotten so emotional about his death on my first playthrough if it came with that relieving side thought of "no more creepy comments".

It's a trope they do still play straighter with some minor characters like Mimidoa, and every time it happens it's just... 90% of the time this is a reasonably likeable character, ruined by the 10% "tee-hee I'm going to grope this random lady but it doesn't mean I'm a bad person". Just because it's an accepted trope doesn't make it actually funny.