The way Square Enix depicts our characters...are we helpless, or are we heroes?

[SilvertearRen]

Betelgeuzah, Abariel, your discussions aren't exactly helping the thread. You guys seem to be going around the actual issue here: The depiction of your character in cutscenes.

We're not talking about the idea of the storylines being separated from the game world, or part of it; that is something that has no real bearing on how your character gets depicted. The real decision-maker in how your character is shown, lies with both the cinematic director and the storywriter, but it is mostly the cinematic director that's responsible for the execution.

That said, you guys should consider instead of arguing with each other and "missing" each other's points, the concept of properly treating the players' characters with the respect equal to how Square-Enix treats most of their central characters in their Final Fantasy stories.

I don't need to explain more than that, as this is purely a depiction issue. Like I described in the original post, I'm interested in seeing my character actually defend herself from attack, and actually be shown as a competent warrior against her adversaries - in cutscenes, mind you. Not standing about like a cowardly gawper and getting her tail "saved" by a bunch of NPCs, as has been the norm in FFXI and XIV.