Thread:SpectrumRay16/@comment-26091443-20160725181350/@comment-26091443-20160726024038

Escanor's been a walking plot device ever since his introduction, actually. It was pretty clear he was made the way he was just so they'd already have one ready to be able to fight the Ten Commandments, and that's fine, I have no problem with that, but for the most part he's been executed terribly.

I've never seen a writer shill a character so hard and have so many people eat it up. That's not in reference to you, just in general. The very idea that one of the main protagonists should be "untouchable" and have that treated as a good thing has left me flabergasted.

I understand not wanting Meliodas to do everything, I get where that comes from, I don't understand why Escanor single-handedly driving them off by himself is supposed to be better, and no one has given me an explanation besides "He's the strongest so of course he's like this". Logic that doesn't follow by the way, he can be the strongest without completely invalidating the villains and destroying tension. And I'm sure the same people saying that would not be happy about this if Meliodas had done something similar.

This character is just a giant sink for writing, and I just can't get over how many people love it. I'm okay with people having different opinions than me, I'm not okay with them not being able to explain it terms I can't completely tear a part in a couple of minutes.

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent. Maybe we could start chatting regularly again.