Can't believe I'm somewhat in agreement with Aveyond.

Not about the "Little Sun" scene, no. I don't think there was anything wrong with that. It was guy-with-God-complex-gets-humbled. Business as usual. What I dislike is how the playerbase and Endwalker went about building on that. The playerbase does its usual thing where they wear a meme out until it's the social equivalent of a horse cadaver. And Endwalker, for as much as I liked it, really just drew Magnai into the story just to... make more fun of him? While I thought Y'shtola's one-time jab and Sadu's mockery was funny, I really don't like the fact that we're basically forcing the character to languish in that uncomfortable spot where he's just "REMEMBER LITTLE SUN? HAHAHA REMEMBER LITTLE SUN??? WE REMEMBER." Allow him to grow as a character rather than just reducing him to a walking meme or don't involve him in the story at all. It's not charming and at some point it's starting to look like some person's outlet for beating in on some straw-(literal)man version of their bad experiences with pushy men in the dating scene or something. It's jarring, it's awkward.

Magnai really isn't that horrible. He's immature, brash and self-aggrandizing, but I think the community's hatred for him is way overblown, especially considering what sorts of other characters get fellated here all the time. I'd much rather see him develop, because it's clear that he can. Instead, he's just forced to stagnate for the purposes of being a vehicle for this tired meme.