About That Locker

[StormChase]

Realistically I think they had other reasons for Haurchefant but it's definitely quite the coincidence he died after he became a serious character. Ysayle's death had more to do with her being a woman in a Maehiro storyline.

Also they might've retconned his feelings as brotherly love if you're meant to believe what Artoirel said.

[Basteala]

Is it just me or does someone on the writing team not like queer people? Doesn't happen very often since there aren't many LGBT NPCs in the MSQ, but it seems like any time they reveal a male character's definitely gay or bi it's to show how creepy he is. Japanese Haurchefant makes those weird comments to the WOL, most of the awful things we see Asahi do are to impress Zenos, and now there's that joke they added with Demetrius.

It's funny you mention that, because Haurchefant is--I understand--a weirdly endearing trope in Japanese culture for a character. The localization team changed Haurchefant for American audiences, a controversial decision at the time, because the localization team was concerned at how American audiences would perceive, and dislike, Haurchefant's mannerisms.

[Cygnia]

Calyx remains a kid at heart, guy acts like a thirteen year old pipsqueak posturing for the invisible audience. Four hundred years probably passed by in a flash; real reason he didn't show up at the end of Dawntrail is he had grown used to a very sedate schedule.

[AxHell]

Is it just me or does someone on the writing team not like queer people? Doesn't happen very often since there aren't many LGBT NPCs in the MSQ, but it seems like any time they reveal a male character's definitely gay or bi it's to show how creepy he is. Japanese Haurchefant makes those weird comments to the WOL, most of the awful things we see Asahi do are to impress Zenos, and now there's that joke they added with Demetrius.

There was nothing suggesting that kind of thing about Calyx and Demetrius. Demetrius was just obsessed and being obsessed doesn't always include romantic feelings.

[RedLolly]

Honestly loved that creepy locker because of how superfluous it seemed but also how much it developed Preservation in one fell swoop. Demetrius's total faith in Calyx, a literal child, and that kid's wild ideas is almost certainly why Preservation got so out of hand and deadly. Yes, put all your hopes on the terminally ill scientist without a fully developed frontal lobe. Excellent work, Mister Demetrius. Magnificent decision making.

But also, how desperate were Alexandrians to turn to such insane methods and again, a child, to resolve their problems? People must've been dropping like flies in a snow storm to go so far.


It's stuff like that that made 7.3 feel like a massive improvement to me. Environmental storytelling is back!