The Negative Impact of Poor Character Writing on the Quality of Dawntrail's MSQ

[SirShady]

Luke Skywalker is arguably the same trope as Wuk being an naive protagonist that had to learn the hard way. They could have copied someone's homework.

People shit on Lyse and Stormblood, but at least the writers had the gull to made us fail. That made the story more awesome.

I hope Dawntrail makes people realize that as unearned as Lyse's rise to political power was, she was actually a well written flawed character who actually had nuance and drive. She wasn't a character we had to sit down and talk about how crying about sea sickness to your friends is ok. No, she had a goal and was willing to diplomatically punch her way through entire countries to accomplish it.

I didn't like Lyse my first time playing Stormblood, then I replayed the story and realized, she's actually a really fun character if you get past her flaws. The story rightfully points them out multiple times, and she does grow over the course of the journey, even if placing her as the leader of Ala Mhigo felt rushed. At the very least, she's interesting.

Wuk Lamat on the other hand is an idealized Mary Sue who is never challenged and everyone else fawns over, and probably has triple the amount of screentime Lyse did with only a bunch of cardboard cutout Scion cheerleaders to bounce off of. It's agonizing.