I am not sure if it is wise of me to write this in here... Nothing will change after all. Still... This is something that has been circulating through my head over the past few weeks, and I have already talked it over with my friends so many times they get annoyed at me. So... Imma vent here.
I am very disappointed with how the Werlyt arc was handled, as much as it pains me to say. Gaius is my absolute favourite character in this game, I have been rooting for him to get a redemption arc for a very long time. While seeing a lot of people disagree on him getting redemption saddened me, I was looking forward for them to be proven wrong. And considering that Werlyt came out not longer after the release of Shadowbringers, I felt very hopeful.
Alas, these hopes began to crack when the actual thing rolled out. The writing flaws were there and there( like Cid suddenly of all forgiving Gaius despite being snappy at the very mention of him in the past), but I still remained hopeful that maybe this is just the beginning, things may make sense in the end. The peak of my heartbreak and disappointment, however, came on patch 5.4, which is extremely jarring, since this patch had amazing stories like Eden, YoRHa and the Void quests( I have my own gripes with the MSQ of this patch that are an entirely different conversation), all of which I enjoyed. The writing was extremely shoddy, with even Gaius himself being written as oblivious to basically everything( contradicting everything written about him up to this point, where he was characterized as a cunning leader), and a unnecessarily graphic scenes that make the new villain so horrible Gaius looks innocent in comparison.
I wanted him to realize the error of his ways... I imagined it happening countless times in ways that would have made more sense. I did not want it to happen like this. It almost is as if they want to get him from some point A to an unknown point B, even if it costs his entire character. As if he is merely a plot device in the writing team's eyes to play into some bigger picture and be discarded afterwards. And it hurts me to see it like that. He may have some vocal haters as a character, but I do care for him. I do not want the story to move forward at his expense.
It is extremely sad to see as a huge fan of the character, since I genuinely think he as a character deserves a better writing than this. He deserves a proper redemption arc, not something hastily put together that basically makes everyone do a 180 characterization-wise while also putting up someone much worse in the scene to make him look better. As of now, I only hope that he makes it out alive through this storyline, without any of the "haha he's actually evil all along" moves pulled in the end for cheap shock value( which would be nonsensical because they broke so much to set the shock value up in the first place). Maybe then something can be done... But dear, is it painful to watch your favourite, of all the characters, get the short end of the writing stick.
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I am very disappointed with how the Werlyt arc was handled, as much as it pains me to say. Gaius is my absolute favourite character in this game, I have been rooting for him to get a redemption arc for a very long time. While seeing a lot of people disagree on him getting redemption saddened me, I was looking forward for them to be proven wrong. And considering that Werlyt came out not longer after the release of Shadowbringers, I felt very hopeful.
Alas, these hopes began to crack when the actual thing rolled out. The writing flaws were there and there( like Cid suddenly of all forgiving Gaius despite being snappy at the very mention of him in the past), but I still remained hopeful that maybe this is just the beginning, things may make sense in the end. The peak of my heartbreak and disappointment, however, came on patch 5.4, which is extremely jarring, since this patch had amazing stories like Eden, YoRHa and the Void quests( I have my own gripes with the MSQ of this patch that are an entirely different conversation), all of which I enjoyed. The writing was extremely shoddy, with even Gaius himself being written as oblivious to basically everything( contradicting everything written about him up to this point, where he was characterized as a cunning leader), and a unnecessarily graphic scenes that make the new villain so horrible Gaius looks innocent in comparison.
I wanted him to realize the error of his ways... I imagined it happening countless times in ways that would have made more sense. I did not want it to happen like this. It almost is as if they want to get him from some point A to an unknown point B, even if it costs his entire character. As if he is merely a plot device in the writing team's eyes to play into some bigger picture and be discarded afterwards. And it hurts me to see it like that. He may have some vocal haters as a character, but I do care for him. I do not want the story to move forward at his expense.
It is extremely sad to see as a huge fan of the character, since I genuinely think he as a character deserves a better writing than this. He deserves a proper redemption arc, not something hastily put together that basically makes everyone do a 180 characterization-wise while also putting up someone much worse in the scene to make him look better. As of now, I only hope that he makes it out alive through this storyline, without any of the "haha he's actually evil all along" moves pulled in the end for cheap shock value( which would be nonsensical because they broke so much to set the shock value up in the first place). Maybe then something can be done... But dear, is it painful to watch your favourite, of all the characters, get the short end of the writing stick.
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