Unpopular opinion on G'raha Tia (spoilers)

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

Graha and Thancred should of died in ShB. They hit their peak and the sendoff would have been perfect. Or at least give Thancred the kill on Ranjit. Thancred got Vegeta'd so hard it's not even fair.

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So true. I thought Thancred's arc was handled very well, especially in ShB. From a heart of gold playboy, he turns into Ryne's father figure and through it manages to overcome his grief over Minfilia and accept her choice and sacrifice.

He should have been the one to defeat Ran'jit and pay the ultimate price. By that sacrifice, he could have been reunited with his true love Minfilia in the aetherial sea.

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Originally Posted by XiRon

Thancred shouldve died just because of how trash his shb story is. "I abuse a teenager emotionally because Im sad my daughter who was only 10 years my junior got zapped, feel bad for me" I think Ryne shoulda kicked him and Ranjit to death because they didnt value her at all.

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You have to understand that he was going through a myriad emotions at the time. It's like he saw her as the reason why Minfilia was dead or a constant reminder of that fact. When you're grieving and in denial, you tend to make these kinds of wrong assumptions.

It was especially difficult in his case because, if I remember right, there was the possibility of Minfilia coming back in Ryne's body. But in the end, he made his peace with Minfilia's choice to let Ryne live her life and he chose to encourage her to live for herself as well. It's a big reason why he's like a father to her and Minfilia a mother.

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Originally Posted by Petite

So true. I thought Thancred's arc was handled very well, especially in ShB. From a heart of gold playboy, he turns into Ryne's father figure and through it manages to overcome his grief over Minfilia and accept her choice and sacrifice.

He should have been the one to defeat Ran'jit and pay the ultimate price. By that sacrifice, he could have been reunited with his true love Minfilia in the aetherial sea.

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Seconded. After all is said and done, if I must choose between characters that are kept around as little more than background tools to use only occasionally while undergoing no further development or having them regularly taking their leave of the story once their part to play in it is over, then I shall have to go with the latter.