You now remember how in 5.5 they added an in-game note in the volcano indirectly saying what Ajaw is but later on they realised 99% of their players don't give a fuck about random journals on the ground so they had to outright state it in the livestream

>Kinich (and Ajaw) is marketed almost solely on the Naruto&Sasuke VA duo
>Basically disappears from the archon quest beyond his introduction
>Participates in the tournament but loses off-screen
>Only member of the 5.0 cast who doesn't go to the Night Kingdom because he is sent to... deliver letters
>Is a side character in his own Tribal Chronicle (formerly known as story quest)
>Irrelevant in future Archon Quest patches
>Halfway through the region and there's still no answer to what the fuck Ajaw is
>In 5.5 they leave some journal pages on the grund that all-but-directly confirm Ajaw was indeed one of the old sovereign rulers of ancient Natlan
>Hoyo realises his banner is coming up and no one gives a shit about him so they make him the MC of a flagship event
>Ground Zero for the second arc in the VA Strike debacle
>5.8 is approaching and Hoyo realises 95% of their players don't give a fuck about the aforementioned random journal pages scattered on the ground
>Need to outright state what Ajaw was during one of the official livestreams so they can move on for good
From an out-of-game meta perspective you cannot name a weirder character arc