Minfilia...Where do I begin?

On topic, she is attractive in a shallow way. Blonde hair, amplified assets, tiny waist, revealing clothing. I'd give her more credit for her looks if SE had made any effort to make her beautiful without automatically cashing in on every trope in the book to do so.

If we're talking personality, she's an exposition character. Not to give them an excuse for making her flat and non-dynamic, but the point of her is to push us through the plot, explain things, and give us something to do. She's bland, but at least I understand why.

Regarding her being "revived," I would have been happy if they had killed her simply because it would have been unexpected and they would have dodged a cliche. However, the moment I saw her run off the screen in a cliffhanger ending I knew she was coming back - it was only a matter of when. Unless they literally die on screen, like two white-haired elezen I can think of, they're going to be back. Honestly, I would have liked it if they had killed off all of the people they implied were dead at the end of 2.55 and "ownership" of the Scions passed entirely to Alphinaud who, while working through his issues of failure and inadequacy was forced to git gud. Would have been much more interesting than, "the scions are coming back, you get one per patch, please look forward to it." Very predictable.

If she comes back a bamf, I would still kinda feel meh about it, because it's another stereotype. Personally, I would like it if she (1) came back and (2) had some deep revelations about herself while she was away and then (3) acknowledged her weaknesses and personal failings, (4) was penitent about taking the Warrior of Light completely for-granted and (5) resolved to try to have a more active leadership position and depend on you as her crutch less.

Like that'll ever happen.