Way to miss the stab I mad about how being too critical of hubris is a form of hubris. Ah, well. Subtlety was never my strong suit.

Cid kinda strikes me as a petulant manchild, at least where Garlemald is concerned. More in general, the idealism of our protagonists comes across as stubborn and baseless, like they can never admit that the villains have even the tiniest bit of a point even when it's obvious to we, the audience. Fact of the matter is, we've had two FFXII's worth of MSQ volume and still haven't seen much progress breaking through the Empire's painfully thin veneer of generic evil. Clock's ticking.