Can we have an honest conversation about the Scions? Dawn Trail

[Eisi]

New members shouldn't be or feel forced. It should happen after a natural chemistry between characters takes place. This is why a character like Ryne and/or Jullus would be a welcome addition, while characters like Erenville feel totally forced. With the former we have bled together on the battlefield, and have had impactful emotional experiences with each other. Erenville? He showed to be intelligent enough to see through our frog glamour. Welcome aboard mate!

Yeah and think about that Hrothgal, she didn't even do anything and yet she appears alongside the other characters in the Dawntrail trailer and even smiles (!) as if she was our best friend?!

Nothing so far suggests that Erenville and her are being treated as anything but acquaintances. They seem sympathetic enough, sure but just because they are there and friendly doesn't mean the game "forces" some sort of mutual friendship that hasn't even been established yet.

[Gemina]

Nothing so far suggests that Erenville and her are being treated as anything but acquaintances. They seem sympathetic enough, sure but just because they are there and friendly doesn't mean the game "forces" some sort of mutual friendship that hasn't even been established yet.

Except the fact that this is what the writers have done with nearly every character who is not a Scion, correct? And the ironic thing about this is that whether the acquaintance is friendly or abrasive towards the WoL and their entourage, it's the Scions that force the friendship onto them. I rather enjoyed it when Gaia had a kind of "get bent" attitude. It was refreshing.

My main point however, is that there are actually fewer interactions that do not feel forced and give a sense that the friendship feels natural, and it's these characters that I wish the writers would flesh out a bit more. Ryne is a bit of an exception because she quite literally got an entire expansion, and lives on the First. But characters like Jullus, Unukalhai, and even Fran are bound to the Source and could easily have additional screen time in the MSQ, but they just kind of kick them to the curb and introduce more side characters who will inevitably also be kicked to the curb just when emotional attachments set in.