I just saw someone asking Emily to "try" because they assumed Fig's identity crisis is based on Emily not wanting to play anymore and I will NOT stand for this, therefore I must dump all my Fig Faeth related thoughts in the following:
In the words of Brennan Lee Mulligan, this is CHARACTER ASSASSINATION. Emily said she wanted to retire Fig to "give her her happy ending" NOT because she didn't want to do Junior Year.
Fig's identity issues have been a core facet of her character since DAY ONE. After finally learning that it's okay to be herself in Sophomore Year, she's now realising that she doesn't actually know who she is. A consequence strangling that 13 year old half-elven girl in the midst of familial strife.
Her behaviour is regressing back into the comfort of disguises, not because she wants to be someone else, but because she wants to be someone.
Emily wanted to retire Fig because it is the nature of storytelling that there needs to be stakes. There must be a potential for hurt to come to these characters. Her wish to retire Fig was out of love for the character, and even if that wish was not granted to her, I believe she will deliver a fulfilling arc for Fig.
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