The next "Oh, shit its Ranjit" post...

[Raven2014]

Ranjit was first time writers gave us a story with actually subtle (by ff14 standard) storytelling where you use hints to piece together how Ranjit came to be the way he did. And the only response community at large gave is "literally who". And then same community wonders why neither writers nor game designers respect their intelligence. I love the story either way, but you can't convince me there's any subtlety in it. Ranjit's story is biggest example, and with reception he got? Probably last.

Most people don't have problem with him as a story character, and not like we can't empathy with his position. Unless you somehow missed what most people have been saying, the problem is his presentation. And Urianger is a far more enigmatic character until his mask finally come down in ShB. And I think his popularity proved that the community has no problem with subtle character as long as their presentation don't suck.