The final part of ARR story doesn't make enough sense.

[RobinRethiel]

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I have a question how many fantasy books do you read? (and this isn't a provoking question it's serious) Because in damn near a lot of the ones I have read there is always someone or a group of people who will sacrifice everything to keep the hero from being harmed. Weither it's keeping them from being killed by taking the blow for them or by staying behind for capture so the one who is innocent can escape.

Just read what you are answering to, instead of totally ignoring it and writing the same thing again and again and again. Your post got nothing to do with mine.

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I read thousands of tales, not only fantasy, but sages, legends and fables of all nations and cultures. Different stories got different demands. There is no need for political schemes inside a fable, but if you implement one, it should make sense. And it's really not good idea to tell people, they should accept something, because it's a cliche. Cliches are nothing you want in a deep, non-humoristic story.

Anyway, the point is not that this all happened. The point is not, that we have to flee. The point is not, that the Scions had to sacrifice themselves, that the Sultana died, that Raubahn was defeated by Ultberd or that the other Leaders did nothing about it, not even trying to restore peace with a few words, only running away, putting the fate of Uldah and the Alliance mainly into the hands of the regicides.

The point is, how this all happened. It felt forced and exactly that is the point.

To tell that the story writers just means, that he/she may think about it. Maybe there is even already a plan, which explains it, maybe not. Maybe there is one, but it simply was not clear enough. Critic helps to make things better. People would not write here, if they wouldn't want to help. They would write in another MMO or Games forum, how "shitty the story is" and that "no one should play this", if they hate the story, FF, Square or whatever.

Nobody demands, that they should change it, no one has the right to do this, it's their story, even if we are the customers and people who pay for it. But when someone tells me, as an author, that he thinks something inside my story does not make sense, I'm really, really glad about it. Because this way I can think about it and improve my story (writing).

I had some situations in my life, where others got critic about their work and I got none. I was not glad about it, because I knew, that what I did was for sure not perfect. Critic from outside helps to improve, because it comes from a different perspective. Threads like this should exactly do this, delivering a different perspective.