@Critical_Scribe I feel like there's a tendency for people to hear level 1 writing advice like "don't make characters OP" and treat it like the gospel for all storytelling regardless of context.
Its like they just hear "Avatar State Weaker" and can't fathom how it could possibly be a bad thing.
@Clickpadx@Critical_Scribe People severely underestimate how much can be accomplished with efficient writing. (Unless you mean the didn't have time to come up with a better idea, which would still be funny since I can't imagine the OP's idea taking more than a few minutes to come up with at most.)
@Clickpadx@Critical_Scribe And I have to be honest, I struggle to recall when time has been a valid excuse for lazy writing. We have had excellent stories told in an hour and a half before, even ones that didn't have a tv show's worth of lore to build upon.
@Clickpadx@Critical_Scribe Trying to do a whataboutism with one of, if not THE most criticized element of the series does not really help the film to put it lightly.
You're effectively just highlighting that the writers have not evolved or learned since that finale.
@Critical_Scribe Its to the point that you eventually realize that their idea of "themes" is literally just "whatever the writer says you should think about the story regardless of what happens in it".
@AlphaBenson@WhenFates This is extrememly common with writers who do not think through the events of their story, and they end up communicating an entirely different message than the one they intend. If the theme and characters so violently at odds with the plot, thats entirely on the writer.
@AlphaBenson@WhenFates You can't, for instance, say that your theme is that "working together is better than going alone" if 90% of the plot has the hero only accomplish anything when they are alone. Or that its about "the inportance of atonement" and have your hero never atone for anything.