Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
I just find it funny how people assume the worst from someone we’ve seen for 5 minutes tops lmao. Have we learned nothing from things like ARR and HW.
Personally I've learned from ARR and HW that the writers will try to create "sympathetic" backstories and motivations for characters, but only after trying to show them in the worst light possible, and then kind of ignoring how the later "revelations" of their motivations make the earlier terrible actions even more problematic in hindsight. Simply because the characterization had to serve different purposes at different points in time.

I still haven't forgiven Ysayle for massacring that shipment caravan of crystals for Revenant's Toll. I would have forgiven her if she's apologized about it, but she never did, and I can only assume it's because the writers themselves forgot that she did that.

In Fourchenault's case, it's probably because no matter what his motivations, it still doesn't excuse his actions. Currently every potentially sympathetic reading of his possible motivations lead to the conclusion that Fourchenault is either very stupid, or still a jerk for choosing this method anyway. My expectation is that if Fourchenault is revealed to have the twins' best interests at heart, the writers will again conveniently forget that he chose to use this method, instead of any other.