Quote Originally Posted by NekoMataMata View Post
Good luck with that. I feel like they've become marketable characters or something, because Square just won't let them go. We've had so many perfect moments during the story to part ways with them without it being forced and they absolutely refuse to do so.
This. The simple reality is that the Scions are hugely popular among the fanbase at large, minus the dozen or so utterly bitter, sad, negative dregs around here that hate everything about the game, anyway, and can't stand that other people enjoy it. Final Fantasy has never been Game of Thrones. People by and large play this game to relax, have fun, and enjoy a good story with characters they know and like without wondering who's going to be offed next. New adventures with old friends, mixed with introducing a few new characters (a la Zero) is the way I hope they go.