Question about upcoming characters. While my stance differs, I understand the people who have hangups with lalafells. Which is a small shame, since Krile is such a wholesome character and having a game to romance her would be very sweet. Alas, the one solitary Ardbert x Lamitt doujin shall have to comfort my craving for wholesome lalafell smecks.
But I'm getting off topic. As a stance I understand less, what about the twins? Besides the lalafel, "underage" characters were also mentioned, and I know the twins are an equally contentious topic, despite, like Krile, being prime romance material. For the context of my side of the argument, they were 16 at the start of ARR (a legal age some places in the world, depending on context), and though the game has always been really cagy about addressing the passage of time, Yoshi-P did say in interviews leading up to Endwalker that several years have passed. Now, the words of a single creative mind are of dubious cannonicity, as it might not reflect how the lore itself actually gets represented in game, but by Dawntrail, you'd be hard pressed to tell me they've not grown up at least enough to be 18 and "legal". As for their design, that's another creative decision, even teased in game as them being "late bloomers", while its actually a creative decision that redesigning long-standing iconic characters is contentious, and its safer to leave them looking as they are.
I just want to see best girl Alisaie have a chance, dang it, without being outright canceled yet again, from a game project that I have so much hope for. Y'shtola makes for a good starting point, given her mass appeal, but as my long-standing least favorite Scion, I'm left waiting on the bench for others.
At least best boy G'raha is in the pipeline. That's a small victory at least.
Either way, a FFXIV fangame has been long in coming, and it makes me very happy to see it getting the love and attention it deserves.