Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
On the Scions
-Hard to say. The question isn't "Do they care about us?", because they clearly do. I never said otherwise, and if someone thinks I did it's likely an inference made in error. The question is which is more important to the Scions: us as a person, or us as the Warrior of Light? There is a difference... and, going by Minfilia's pre-"sacrifice" dialogue, it's the latter. Very rarely do they ask if we're OK psychologically despite the repeated traumatic fights and incidents we go through (in fact, the "fight" bit is in the job description according to some), and while Minfilia does always greet us warmly and refer to us as her friend, she is still taking advantage of our kindness and generosity to further the Scions' aim (protecting Eorzea). We may be a Scion as well, but we're an individual with thoughts and feelings and desires, not just a tool to be thrown at whatever primal crops up. (Any difference in the Warrior of Light's attitude towards this depending on region can probably be chalked up to the Eastern collectivist societal tendencies vs. Western individualist societal tendencies.)
Given that the Scions have a noted inability to notice if people are pushing themselves too far, I think this would ultimately come down to "If they ask us to go kill another God, would they take no for an answer?"

I mean, not "No" probably. I'd like to think we'd phrase it better, but I'm poor when it comes to social skills.

And yes, regardless of their feelings, they'd take "no" because they have very little recourse BUT to rely on our magnanimity when it comes down to it, the same way for the most part they don't have much choice but to rely on us to do the god slaying. Only other times I've heard of Primals being taken down involved the deaths and tempering of WAVES of people. Even if they do care about us more as a person, they still need to use us as a weapon.