Quote Originally Posted by Telkira View Post
I actually liked the canon Haurchefant better. He acted as a comic relief character, which was a welcome and abrupt staple in Japanese comedy with the function of breaking up the dreary, cold tension of the setting. They were supposed to clash, because he was supposed to lighten the mood. The Heavensward expansion is very political, very cold and arguably grim, even. Having him come in and act the way he did was a comedic delight, and it makes me sad that they didn't want EN players to experience that.

These tropes don't exist as some item on a checklist, they have purpose within the way Japanese writers tell stories.
He still lightened the mood in the ENG version. It was just more nuanced