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What new or extended scenes with Elena are you hoping to see in Part 3?
_ Her Northern continent's role getting a mythril mine level of revamp & expension: replace her silly scene in Icicle that doesn't contribute to the plot by having her going to the Northern Cave with Rufus, Scarlet & Hojo. If Rufus need a Turk escort to go to the Golden Saucer, pretty sure he def would need one when there's so many Shinra VIPs in one of the most dangerous place of the Planet.
_ Same for Wutaï. Tie it to the geopolotical state of the world and to the Sarruf/Avalanche plot. A pay-off to all her questionning orders & motives. Elena & her POV as a newcomer is perfect for that.
_ Her having a solo boss battle where she get to showcase further her progress as fighter & hopefully give her a more epic moveset. Also bring back the fact she has the biggest battle stats from the team from her OG boss fight to showcase the contradiction that she is a girfailure that has an insane potential by the end of part 3. Also more showcase of her intelligence too.
_ Her pre-Turks story & motivations coming into play. Her past is what define her role in the current period of the story.
_ That we get to finally learn her thoughts about Platefall and all the conspiracy that have been going on. She is from Midgar's slums after all and I think not showcasing her whether she knows or will learn what's going on behind the scenes contribute to make her feel excluded from the team narratively & from the pov of the audience.
_ Her meeting her sister again.
_ Learning where was she up to between the destruction of Zirconiade & her first apparition in the mines, as she confirms in some dialogue in the mines that "she's not that new"
_ More scenes & actual conversations with Rufus because he needs someone to bounce off. I'm sorry but his interactions with the other Turks have been boring so far & he has to be more cautious with the Board outside showcasing bits of individual characterization. Elena however is curious & stubborn and she ultimately need reasons as to why she would stick with Rufus after all that shitshow and why he clearly decide to trust her, listen & go along her propositions post-story despite the fact she's the newest member of the group.
And also want for her to have someone around who would enjoy chatting with her instead of closing off like Rude or Tseng do. And from Rufus' interaction with Glenn or his Dissidia counterpart with Ramza & Agrias, Rufus can be honest when people poke him right & enjoy chatting with people who knows how picks his interest & befriend them.
_ Character developpment where she learns to compromise & make the right decisions
_ Her potentially being the Turk who find Rufus after Diamond WEAPON blasting his office.
In any case, anything to remind people Elena's an important member of the Shinra kabal & make her character matter to the story as a whole.
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