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I could take Braig becoming Luxu, despite us knowing next to nothing about the latter (at least it’s not the MoM), but at this point, I’d rather the Foretellers never take off their masks than if they took them off and turned out to be characters we already know.
Yeah, the only reason KH3 struggled with its cast is because Nomura failed to properly pace the timing of key events and integrate big character moments into the overarching narrative. He obviously didn't have a vision for how most of the main characters would contribute to the conclusion of this saga (which is bonkers considering how their actions and sacrifices form the entire narrative basis for it), so he haphazardly dumped them all into the backend of the script so that he wouldn't have to do the important work of navigating how and where they would play into the major dramatic movements of the plot as it was developing. Ensembles are nothing new to storytelling, it just takes someone who is motivated and interested enough in their own characters to figure out where they fit in the story, which is just a question of identifying or expanding what their core conflicts are and how they can best seek/achieve resolution. The message that Nomura's choices as a writer send is that these characters' stories don't really matter (i.e. they are dramatically less weighty and deserving of attention than the Disney fluff), but he knew the characters themselves were expected, so he jerryrigged a plot that (somehow) wasn't structured to accommodate them and unloaded their narrative arcs in the most superficial manner possible as a means of clearing the plate -- by feeding the food to the dog under the table. As a result, KH3's ensemble is left thoroughly unexplored, which means the characters don't get to earn an ending, which cheats the audience of a firm sense of resolution: it's a cast of characters who are present but unaccounted for.
