If you could kill off one of the scions...

[Tenkuu]

I don't like giving Minfillia a free pass when it comes to combat. The leaders of both Gridania and Limsa are both very powerful in their own right and Uldah has Raubahn. Also Alphinaud has shown he can hold his own if needed.

As a leader of a group based on fighting the primal threat she needs to have some capability of fighting herself since we can't always be there to save her. What if she get attacked by an assassin or gets kidnapped again? Dangerous things can happen to a leader and they need to be prepared as much as possible. Not saying she needs to be as powerful as the other Scions but she needs something. It also would help players respect her a little more. There's a reason the other leaders are looked more highly upon than her by the playerbase.

Funny you should bring that up, I actually have close to zero respect for Merlwyb and Nanamo, and Raubahn is, sadly, just following orders and otherwise leading the Flames more than anything else. Nanamo, as shown in her Tales from the Calamity, is whiny, bratty and generally speaking unable to see the big picture. This even affected her 2.55 decision. People like Raubahn and Thancred have both been very patient with her because they see her potential to be a real leader, but other than that, she's not exactly remarkable in any way. Merlwyb on the other hand has loose morals and could even be called a hypocrite, the only thing she really has going for her is that she's brave, but if it came down to trusting her, I don't really think that many people would. Kan-E-Senna is the only leader I truly respect because it is obvious that she is not only poised and respectful to all, but also strong-minded and speaking from the heart. She is a truly honest and kind woman, and the most capable of the three leaders.

As for Minfilia, there is no free pass involved here: she has no combat ability, period. Nanamo can't fight, Merlwyb's fighting abilities are obviously limited to her guns, and even Kan-E-Senna likely would not do good in a fight though she is a more than capable healer. Raubahn can fight but it's not his job to do so. Similarly, Minfilia knows what her job is, and she accomplishes it to perfection. She manages the Scions, doing what she can instead of worrying about what she can't do. The argument you're making is practically the equivalent of if you asked Thancred to be a Black Mage: it simply is not in their skillset for either of them. They both know what they're good at and they work hard on those things that their expertise is in. Also, Minfilia is not supposed to ever be fully on her own. Both the Waking Sands and Rising Stones have guards, and on outings Thancred pretty much appoints himself her personal guard.

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Your employees think you are boring and worthless but in reality if you weren't doing the tedious work of oiling the cogs and making sure they were running smooth the whole thing would collapse.

Exactly. Being a leader may look like just sitting on your ass doing nothing to others, but without a leader, everything would fall into chaos. The leader coordinates every task so that they can fit together properly and resources can be used efficiently. It isn't work that you would want to be doing either. The Scions are already under a lot of stress, as evidenced by Thancred's emotional breakdown in 2.0, and they're not even doing half the work that Minfilia is. They could not be handling anymore than they currently have on their plates, and Minfilia knows this, so she only assigns them missions relevant to their current tasks and responsibilities.

You very well that wast Alphinau's full fault, even if he think it was ortherside. Yes he had control over the Crystal Braves but Minfilia was the leader. If Alphinau couldnt see what was happening, it was her resposability to let it happened and didnt see anything. I know, she had full trust on him, but thats not how a leader acts I think, you need to always check what orthers are doing, just in case there is flaw.

Except that it's already been explained to you before, by myself and others, that Minfilia is just a name on a piece of paper as far as the Braves are concerned. She has absolutely no responsibility or control over them, that's Alphinaud's job. You might even recall Alphinaud saying himself that he would be the one to handle them so as not to put more undue pressure on Minfilia. So no, the Braves were never Minfilia's responsibility, they were entirely Alphinaud's. Not that anyone is saying he is fully at fault for their betrayal, but he was still the one responsible for them.