>>52388851>>52388890I think the best fix for Starfall would have been to actually have ANOTHER character: instead of Penny being the boss, make it her brother/sister.
That would have given room to solve a lot of things and throw off the story a bit with a twist.
Everyone knew it was Penny from the start and it became pretty clear she was the boss. However, there was one point where Penny as Cass was talking about how no one's seen the boss in a long time and it got me thinking how it'd be neat if the boss wasn't actually Penny and was instead a sibling of hers that went into hiding after the whole situation unable to face their friends or even their sister.
This twist would give room for Penny to come out more in her dialogues between the bases, possibly dropping hints to her sibling who she cares a lot about before the reveal it is the boss and she's doing all this to find them.
You could still have Penny be a super skilled hacker and shit, but you could also then have a really cool final fight instead of just her with her Eevees. Story also stays relatively the same with the boss taking the fall and going away, only difference being they're ACTUALLY missing at this point as they never returned even after their punishment.
Also would balance things thematically as we'd have Arven - Parent bond issues, Nemona - Friend bond issues, Penny - Sibling bond issues.