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

[ReynTime]

I can't agree with this video when the person says she likes Bakool Ja Ja's character development and argues that the Scions shouldn't be in the story anymore.
Bakool Ja Ja's "development" was his personality completely changing from one scene to the other suddenly without any buildup, and never being punished or seeing consequences of his actions.

And the Scions being part of the story isn't the problem - the problem is that the current writer just can't write them in there in a meaningful way. It makes me sad that some people will keep arguing against the scions using Dawntrail as "evidence", while I still firmly believe the characters have a lot to offer in the hands of a competent writer.

Dawntrail might as well be evidence that they don't know what to do with the Scions anymore. Especially those with their personal arcs resolved (Thancred, Urianger, Alphinaud, arguably Estinien)

Even disregarding the poor characterization direction in Dawntrail as a whole Urianger, for example, is completely off-character taking some mercenary job just because Thancred invited him. Nothing in how he was written as a character since his introduction in 1.X made him come across as someone who'd take the job as someone's bodyguard just for sake of it.

[SchrodingersWaffle]

Dawntrail might as well be evidence that they don't know what to do with the Scions anymore. Especially those with their personal arcs resolved (Thancred, Urianger, Alphinaud, arguably Estinien)

Even disregarding the poor characterization direction in Dawntrail as a whole Urianger, for example, is completely off-character taking some mercenary job just because Thancred invited him. Nothing in how he was written as a character since his introduction in 1.X made him come across as someone who'd take the job as someone's bodyguard just for sake of it.

I'm very much in the camp of "Not retiring the scions as main characters after Endwalker was a mistake." To paraphrase Tolkien "Bilbo's part in the story was over, there'd be no more adventures for him. Save one."