Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20181103233945/@comment-36874080-20190511180255

Most of it isn't even her fault as a character, it's meta-stuff. I think that her being alive cheapens everything related to her death, which is a big chunk of the characterization of Simon and Wynn. The false belief in someone's death just isn't as tragic as a real death.

I dislike bringing characters back to life in general. Death is the ultimate definitive consequence, so when a creator starts to mess with death, it's a message that unchangeable bad things don't exist in this universe. Oh, I know there are cicumstances and reasons for which her and only her could end up like that, but that's even worse. It looks like the plot (or even the universe itself) is bending around this character.

I also don't like how everyone behaves around her. Everyone's really patient with her, putting up with her tantrums, and only wanting to help her the best they could. I know why Simon and Wynn would do that, but everyone else? I also get that they want to be nice to Simon, but they have no problem telling him when they disapprove of one of his decisions either, so it's really off-putting to see that no one expressed anything else than total belief in her story and an eager desire to help her. I don't remember there being a serious discussion about them helping her despite her world-destroying abomination status. Once again, it looks like the universe is bending around her. She makes fun of herself, but I don't remember anyone else doing the same, which is pretty rare for this harem.

Or maybe it's a trap; it reminds me of Yarra's naïveté during the Gathering, when she couldn't tell what the Succubus Hunt implied before it was too late, and here there's another ominous threat that everybody's ignoring. Which isn't good either; if a plot point needs everyone to act stupid in order to happen, then it's not a good plot point.

And then there's her general personality. Which would have been fine had she stayed a memory, IMO. I'm tired of her constant unfunny jokes and innuendos. She's playing the "cool girl", but I find it mildly annoying and cringy. (No one does in-universe tho.) At least when it's not edgy tantrums about how she wants to destroy everything because the demon realm sucks or something, which she thankfully keeps to herself most of the time. Both of her personalities seem shallow to me. It's not a problem in itself, but it becomes one when everything else is taken into account. (Or maybe she just gets more dialogues and I'm getting tired of her much more quickly than with flashbacks.)

Basically, "superficial character bends the plot around her and cheapens the stakes of everything". No offense to people who like her tho.