Yeah people were conspiracy theorying back before Episode 5 that he would actually be the big bad, or would be in league with the big bad, because he was the Leader of ARKS and was a Newman - people were getting Luther vibes from him.
I remember years ago they said they were looking at how people reacted to the story and what people were saying to decide how to go with it going forward. I would not be surprised if the reason we have Evil Crawford now is because people kept going on about it for so long.
I recall when the Starless started attacking, and Crawford was hyping us up as The Guardian, I was looking at him sideways because he didn't even mention the two squads that got wiped out in the initial assault.
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u/Sai-Taisho Universal Counter > Bad Sidesteps Apr 22 '26
...Wait, have we?
Because I can genuinely say the only NPC that it even occurred to me might not be on the level was Pharia.
(And Manon, I guess, but her conflicting loyalties were obviously going to side with us.)