Seconding this. Forcing the new expressions onto every Tav would not restore the player agency this thread was taking issue with having lost.
I'll copy what I said in another thread here: It would be really weird to fix an issue with player agency by taking it away in the other direction, in my opinion, especially when that other direction was originally the only one.
I really hope there will be a way for those of us who prefer the old expressions to keep them and our stories after Patch 7. They are incredibly important to many of us.