Kill a scion

[Kozh]

I never understand why people seem to be out for blood regarding the Scions. Sure, killing off a character can be good for dramatic reasons, but it can also be lazy and forced. I for one liked that Endwalker ended on a positive note regarding our main cast, its a story about hope after all, and would rather they get retired then knocked off. That way they can come back if needed, there are still arcs and stories they can tell.

People have explained to you multiple times yet you still don’t understand? At this point it’s on you.

[AwesomeJr44]

People have explained to you multiple times yet you still don’t understand? At this point it’s on you.

Sometimes I wonder if certain posters have their minds wiped after having things explained to them, and that's why they never remember what was said last time.

[Lium]

I never understand why people seem to be out for blood regarding the Scions. Sure, killing off a character can be good for dramatic reasons, but it can also be lazy and forced. I for one liked that Endwalker ended on a positive note regarding our main cast, its a story about hope after all, and would rather they get retired then knocked off. That way they can come back if needed, there are still arcs and stories they can tell.

This is exactly where I'm coming from. Killing off a character is often a crutch used by writers to mask lazy storytelling. However, if done right, it can be a great way to add tension and emotion to the story.

I like the Scions. I don't want to see any of them killed. I do, however, want to see them step aside so we can adventure with a new cast of characters, which is what I thought was going to happen after EW. Didn't SE say that was going to happen? I know I didn't just make that up in my head.

[Syln]

Save an expansion : Kill a scion :3

[MsQi]

Can I sacrifice Thancred to bring back Papalymo?

[kcj]

Can I sacrifice Thancred to bring back Papalymo?

After seeing ARR, I'm perfectly in favor of dropping Thancred into the nearest active volcano.

[Yegu]

I would get rid of most of them. We've spent 10 years with the scions, it's time for a new slate in my opinion. I would keep Y'shtola on board just because she has the unfinished bit with traveling back to the First / finding out a way to travel to other shards, but other than that I wouldn't mind if some Scions went away. Not necessarily died but take a long break away from the MSQ.

[Lauront]

Any/all. But if I had to ration it, G'raha and Krile.

[Avoidy]

A lot of these characters are done developing and could've been left behind at best, or killed at worst. If Graha had died in 5.3, he could have gone out as a hero with a tragic end. Since he lived, he's basically done a cool gravity save in endwalker, and in the new trailer he's eaten a taco for the fangirls. It's like this for most of these characters. They're done, but they stick around because fans would be sad if they died. But they persist in these zombie forms that just spout memes for us to record in webm/gif format and don't do a whole lot of substantial development. Meanwhile, characters with room to develop have to compete for screentime with characters who could've been written out for a season without affecting the story at all.

Don't get me wrong, I don't particularly mind if these characters live. But if they're going to stick around, I wish the writers would do something interesting with them on a personal level. Having Thancred stick around just to be like "This is Thancred!" for the fans is so shallow and cheesy compared to the Thancred in ShB who was struggling hard with his guilt surrounding Minfilia and dumping a ton of his personal issues onto Ryne. Like, remember when these people had demons to work through? lol. Now they just eat tacos and drink punch, it's so stupid. Why are they here? What do they even want on a deep personal level? What are they doing to accomplish that? Do we even care anymore? It doesn't seem like it. Everyone's just here for the meme screenshot. Haha, Yshtola said she'd spank us! Can't wait to react to that on twitter!

[Maxilor]

G'raha Tia drinks the water and eats a Big Fat Taco in South America and dies from horrific diarrhea.