Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
Evolving characters in meaningful ways does not entail stripping them completely of the things that made us like them in the first place. Estinien being no-nonsense and ready to head into the action, along with Urianger's deception made for an entertaining experience. Of course, once these characters have fully served their roles it is not unreasonable to retire them.

Sadly rather than doing this they have chosen to keep them around for feels and lore exposition. Lovely. It's almost as if having characters around for a whole decade may not have been the best idea after all.
Ah yes Uri and his arc with the Lopporits and Moens parent just devolve to "feels". It's not like the later was a tie up of a story thread introduced in ARR or anything...something Uri has avoided speaking on most times since it all went down. The Twins growing closer together is also just for feels a guess as well. Graha is just there for burgers. His knowledge and ties to Sharlayan? Nah skip that bull that's not why. Jokes aside, there isn't one Scion who is just there for feels and exposition. And if thats all you get from them that tells me you're not paying attention.

Oh btw Esti warming up to people and caring about the plight of others now IS growth. It's not stripping of any kind. Hell I'd be willing to bet he has more fans now than ever with how they've fleshed out is duality with Niddhogg and his connection to the dragons due to that