"Fiery, poignant and the ending she deserves" + added lines to earlier acts + lead writers fixation to "It's the hope that kills you" + his background in horror do kind of seem like they're really sticking to their guns with this tragedy storytelling and to their artistic integrity.
You keep peddling this narrative that they have a fixation on this "hope that kills you" trope, but it's not present in any significant storyline whatsoever. Can you name me one major character, who's not named Karlach, whose endings are all "hope that kills you" types? Gale, Lae'zel, Shadowheart, Wyll? Anyone?
"It's the hope that kills you" is a quote from their lead writer.
And yet none of what's written actually plays out that way. You don't suffer any consequences from the tadpoles, all your major characters pull through mostly all right (except Karlach), and you get to save the day. Where's the "hope that kills you" part?