You know, if I'm being made to swallow all these nonsensical slice of life scenes in the MSQ with all the tea swirling and burger eating, why not dedicate some of these oh-so-coveted scenes to something that shows off what the men in the party can do? Sharlayan has a burger joint yet no gym? Why is that? Literally every modern university has a gym along with these generic burger joints. Since the lines between irl and the in-game fantasy keep getting blurred further and further, you may as well keep going! Where's my scene where I get to go work out with Estinien? We already know from official art that he does pushups at least. To this day I'm still surprised that it wasn't a fan creation.

As for adding a male highlander into the Scions, Arenvald was the perfect opportunity for this. And then they stuck him in a wheelchair. Note: he's supposed to be 19 and Thancred is supposed to be 32. It's infuriating because not only did Arenvald have some actual color in his design, he also had a better backstory than Thancred and an English voice actor who was more interesting to listen to. He fit the bill as this game's "Snow Villiers" character way better than Thancred or Estinien do.