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[aveyond-dreams]

They have had permanent injury and many characters have died.


You guys act like there were 0 deaths and no consequences in endwalker at all.

Also, for all your talk about loving fantasy, you sure seem to struggle with the fact that in a fantasy story with magic and world altering abilities, the main cast can avoid death in some ways.

Not for the main party, no. The characters did not grow, nor did they suffer lasting consequences. Their sole sacrifice was undone within the span of an hour. I expect better storytelling than this. Not enough was done with these characters to justify their survival.

Given that they escaped Endwalker unscathed and are now set to remain despite widespread voices from all sectors of the community calling for their retirement, their continued presence is reasonable cause for concern as the average side-character or antagonist is oftentimes better received than the typical scion.