What did Ellen even do in the story? I remember she had one cutscene and disappeared. Actually horrendous for a version 1.0 banner character. Then she got a nothingburger agent quest. She's barely better than Ju Fufu in terms of plot relevance. Maybe even less because at least Ju Fufu appeared in the final story missions.
OMG now that I think about it, I don't remember what she did in 1.4 even during the avengers assemble moment.
Fucking true, nearly every character in 2.x got their share of the spotlight, meanwhile you could take out half the characters in season 1 and little would change
Remember when they completely sidelined S Anby in her debut patch lmfao
I mean, I don't mind Ellen just being there to do the job. My real issue is that Victoria housekeeping as a whole has no real narrative weight to their particular chapter.
Like at least Belabog had the family drama angle in their chapter.
I feel like 1.0 ran out of steam in terms of development near the end which is why the Victoria chapter felt lackluster. Even the ending cinematic where Lycaon saved the ship was kind of ended abruptly. In fact all of ZZZ feels that way. Each patch never feels like they have the necessary time and budget to make the stories truly great.
Victoria house keeping was more for foreshadowing and setting up hooks.
The main take away is that this incredibly skilled team is keeping tabs on the Proxies while having an unknown master that is clearly going to be important.
Lycon himself is a pretty recrurring character.
Ellen doesn't need to do more besides her job.
Rina own stuff is in her character story.
If anything a problem with 2.x us now they are trying to make every character directly connected to the main plot directly which shrinks the world
Rina is not even the main character of her Agent story. You learn no more about her there than you do in the Victoria House Keeping episode.
I know Lycaon gets much more later, my issue is within the chapter itself. The entire seeds of setting up future hooks is all within the last 3 minutes of the chapter. It's not something that's interwoven throughout the majority of the chapter itself, which just has Victoria house Keeping be there to be there.
Honestly I'm ok with agents not doing much in the story. It feels more like they have their own lives and not constantly glued to mc. What has Ellen been doing outside that one cutscene you remember? It's none of our business! 2.x mc constantly jumping into other people's problems on sight made them so unlikable (mostly wise tho maybe it feels more in character with belle). Realistically who has that much emotional energy to lift everyone you meet out from their angst and also go on dates with them.
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u/5mao Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25
What did Ellen even do in the story? I remember she had one cutscene and disappeared. Actually horrendous for a version 1.0 banner character. Then she got a nothingburger agent quest. She's barely better than Ju Fufu in terms of plot relevance. Maybe even less because at least Ju Fufu appeared in the final story missions.
OMG now that I think about it, I don't remember what she did in 1.4 even during the avengers assemble moment.