Minfillia Speculation

[CyrilLucifer]

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But that's the thing. With characters like the WoDs from FFIII or Catiua from TO, you're not supposed to hate them. You're supposed to pity them for all their decisions and eventually forgive them. The WoDs were fine in my book, Catiua, however, is one of the worst characters I've ever encountered in any narrative.

I'm all for the Zodiark/Hydaelyn relationship to be less black and white, and I'm definitely on the side of "it would be a lot more interesting if Hydaelyn isn't the bestest best greatest of all great goods," but I don't think turning Minfilia evil would really be as satisfying as you think. The narrative would likely paint it more as a tragedy and she would get even more attention than she already does. So in essence, you'd end up even more annoyed.

Regarding Altima in XII.
Keep in mind the whole "Scions of Light" and "Scions of Darkness" titles. Altima was considered evil because she challenged the Gods - and lost. Recall, who were you challenging at the end of FFXII? A God, but a God who wished to free humanity from the other Gods, so he was not entirely unlike Altima, in goal of rebelling against the Gods at least.

Now, when you place it with FFT, she was probably definitely in opposition to humanity, but, uh, her being light and evil doesn't really have anything to do with Minfilia. It has more to do with Elidibus, since he intentionally invokes light in his appearance. Elidibus and Venat have way too many similarities for it to be coincidental, and I'd certainly argue that Venat was definitely not in the wrong.