Quote Originally Posted by Cleretic View Post
This fanbase has a type, and we'd be foolish to pretend it doesn't. The G'raha reinvention (and to a lesser extent the Urianger one) didn't work because it was better-written or better-suited, it worked because they used it to make a character that pushed the fanbase's favorite buttons.
I just want to say that I liked Urianger before he became popular, and it doesn't feel like he was "reinvented" at any point; his role just expanded over time and he has gradually changed in a way that feels natural for the character.

(G'raha, on the other hand, has not been a continuous single character from ARR to Shadowbringers to Endwalker, so his changes are inevitably going to be big jumps instead of a slow shifting – though he does seem to be mellowing out a bit now that he's got over his initial excitement about joining us and meeting all his heroes.)