Quote Originally Posted by KageTokage View Post
I'm honestly more inclined to think it was Yoshida himself trying to get more directly involved with writing process because he's had some...odd takes about things before, like not understanding why Emet-Selch was so popular, citing all of the harm the Ascians have caused as something he would've expected to make him unrelatable and unlikeable.

He's likewise worded things in a manner that makes it seem like he doesn't get the dislike some people have for Hydaelyn/Venat, either.
That too, yeah. It gives off the same vibes Miyamoto and Tanabe had with Super Paper Mario and the near death spiral of Paper Mario as a quality spinoff. But just because a villain is liked doesn’t mean we agree with them. It’s most likely that he isn’t understanding. People don’t love Emet because “Source bad”, we love him because he is literally someone who just wants to go home. It’s the requirements of that goal we don’t agree with. We understand, but don’t agree.