#still in mighty nein hell. i am now in the aeor arc and i am shaking in my boots. in my stupid black canvas vans. in my fuzzy socks

[mispatchedgreens]

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I wanted to ask, now that the campaign is basically done, do you have any expectations or wishes on what each PC's epilogue is gonna be like? I've been thinking that the MN endings were something I was really looking forward to, and they felt more or less telegraphed by the characters' previous development (so it paid off to see things like caleb becoming a teacher, fjorester sailing together, etc) but for the BH I really can't tell what they're going to be doing, nor what would I think would be a satisfying way to end their stories... I don't know if you feel like it's too early to talk about this kind of speculation, but I was curious on your thoughts

Zero expectations zero wishes. Frankly I don't know if all will survive the next fight and I think it would be interesting if some don't but it shouldn't be too early (you could tell where the Nein were probably headed post-campaign for the entire Aeor arc, assuming they survived it) to say and the fact that you don't have that vision is pretty indicative.

There's elements of some of their stories I like, but this is sort of another problem: very few of these characters have like, a vision for the future, or ever did. And I am personally a big fan for the "I never believed I'd get this far; what do I do with a future I didn't think I'd see or have or feel like I deserved" narrative and a MASSIVE number of characters I love fit into this (including much of the Mighty Nein) but I don't even get that sense. While there are members of Bells Hells who I am sure didn't think they'd get this far, I don't have a sense of the future they want or believe in; indeed, that's a huge problem of this campaign, that there's zero vision of anything but very tiny personal desires that don't feel terribly earned, and no idea of what a better world would look like. I just talked about third options and the problem also is like...if you have a clear third option in mind and a plan to get it? Great! Love that, that's a great story! If you just look at two options and say "no" without any further suggestions you better be prepared to get a result you still don't like.

There just wasn't the character development to invest me, in the end. Any interest I do have feels entirely focused on what might make for an interesting worldstate in Exandria for future stories, but literally Bells Hells could tpk or all get cottages together or be fugitives from every country or be lauded as heroes and my feelings would barely change from scenario to scenario. Like, I'd kind of like Orym to get to have a happy ending, but if Morri's debt is still good and she calls it in? pretty interesting you have to admit! I am not above a "NO I GET IT'S A TRAGEDY BUT I WANT MY BLORBOS TO BE HAPPY" urge in fiction at times, but the thing is there wasn't enough in the narrative to make these characters worthy of being my blorbo.