My rose-tinted glasses may have been smacked off by Dawntrail's failure at quality story-telling, but honestly I think Yoshi's being served up as a Christmas goose in order to give the journalists something, like a PR scarecrow ("strawman"). The ones who hold the responsibility are the ones that tried their hand at telling the main story, who have done bit-parts on the side, and greenlit the biggest failure in character development for FF that I can think of: Wuk Lamat and the expenses taken for her character while completely decimating any development for the other new arrivals (or failure to give Krile the screentime she needed; she had some but not enough). JP and EN didn't like her collectively, and this was a risk they took and are bearing the consequences for. I don't think it can be helped if Wuk Lamat shows up preaching the same bloody thing again in future content, but it's possible that the team may have been receptive enough not to include her as aggressively in the future. We've had minor characters with far more endearing traits and far less screen-time in the game thus far.

I don't think Yoshi's got the amount of free reign that he may seem to have, and if I was in his shoes, I too would let the new writing personnel fall flat on their faces after greenlighting all of that. Even Ishikawa probably saw it and went "Alright, if you're sure" and she's supposed to be in an advisory setting with a hand in the proceedings. Despite the fact I can't stomach Wuk Lamat as much as I can't stomach Taylor Swift, I want to see where this goes. You can't go back on a mistake, so let's see where this goes in the future; the fall in numbers may even coax them to comb more carefully and seek advice more thoroughly before their next move. I welcome the complaints and I welcome the input and the potential for growth, but absolutely silencing opposition won't fix a single thing. So I hope this post endures for quality assurance.