Wow, Wuk Lamat is really single-handedly ruining the DT story...

[LisseyCrowe]

That's the thing. There are the makings of a fun character there and there is room for a meathead with a heart of gold character with the Scions, especially now that Yda/Lyse changed and is off doing her own thing. The execution from English VA casting to writing is just so awful that now anything positive has been irreparably damaged and people will just roll their eyes when they bump into her in later expacs. I'm expecting the next expac to play it very safe after two poorly received character introductions in a row now, and that's too bad. A major part of the DT MSQ's problems is they didn't take enough risks, and the ones they did take were catastrophically blundered. I hope they don't learn the wrong lesson from all of this.

There was this short scene in the Endwalker patch where Wuk slaps G'raha on the back and he gives her this surprised, uncomfortable look as he nearly falls over. I really liked that scene, because it made her look a bit more Tomboyish, almost dude-bro levels of extrovertedness that could have at times caused issues with her misreading the room or maybe relationships and she'd have to learn to be a bit more understanding of others (and her people wink wink).

But no, the Wuk we got in Dawntrail is ... relatively feminine, all things considered? Almost stereotypically-so actually, where her strength actually comes more from the inside and then she's given cute flaws like being a klutz and playfully emotional to make her endearing. If we swapped her out of Warrior without changing anything else there wouldn't be anything egregious that pops out. The Scions all have a job that suits them. Thancred's a bodyguard, Alisaie is the more aggressive of what is ultimately very supportive twins, Urianger is mysterious, etc, etc. Wuk has a heart of gold, and so she's a warrior, and that's fiiiine but ... I feel like that's not enough.

I ... actually kind of want to blame the VA here as well. I wonder how I'd feel going through DT with JP voices. Unfortunately I'm not enough of a masochist to actually go through DT more than once.