Quote Originally Posted by CrownySuccubus View Post
That still sounds just like every other "Punch God" plot, to be honest.



But this was one of the few elements of the story that was handled with a modicum of maturity and nuance. After the Forum makes its proclamation, the Scions make it clear that they will not get in their way for executing their own plans to survive the Final Days because 1) their plans are horrific, but still better than the alternative of annihilation and 2) there isn't any time left to debate this. This was exactly the sort of grayish morality that the expansion should have had more of.
But it literally gets rid of any nuance the scions had in ShB. Yshtola was skeptical of Hydaelyn,Thancred fought so much to save Ryne, yet here we are in EW, there’s no more skepticism of Hydaelyn from Yshtola, Thancred is somehow fine with a plan that would end in Ryne being killed, he says nothing about Minfilia being used as a vessel for hydaelyn and thrown away, and apparently everyone is fine with Krile serving as another vessel as well? Like come on now, this is 100% maximum bias towards Hydaelyn.

Also….this expansion literally was punch god. We literally unceremoniously offed both gods, who hardly got their own development this expansion, and now the alli raid is about punching more gods….it’s worse in every single way.