Quote Originally Posted by Riastrad View Post
One is celebrated, the other was written straight into the grave. Three expansions worth of writing to remove an integral individual because they couldn't figure her out but managed to do so with another who literally was her secretary.
The difference is expectations.

Popular fiction has conditioned us to expect the leader of an organization like the Scions to be powerful, charismatic, and lead the charge into battle when the time comes. Minfilia not really being any of those things is confusing for everyone expecting cutscene badassery that never comes. Tataru on the other hand is under no such pressure. As the office manager, "does boring stuff off-screen" is exactly what you expect from her character so no one gives it a second thought.