Quote Originally Posted by tokinokanatae View Post
This will probably get some people annoyed at me--I love G'raha to death, one of my fave characters in the game, but my perspective on him is not the same as a lot of other people's--but I think this makes perfect sense with what hints we get in canon: G'raha doesn't like being the Crystal Exarch.

I actually appreciate the depiction of someone that dislikes almost everything about the role in which he finds himself. Instead of tired lessons about "learning to appreciate the things you have, home is where you have to live for the sake of other people," the reward is to set aside the unrewarding and have the freedom to finally do what you really desire. I agree that there were some characterization bumps along the way, but overall I'm happy with where G'raha ended up in the narrative.
Exactly. He was sent to the First to stop the Rejoining and did what was necessary for that but it's not what he wanted. He didn't want to put himself to sleep in the Crystal Tower in the first place either but he saw he had to. And he didn't just instantly go shy when he returned to the Source. He showed that side in ShB when we were alone with him. He fidgeted outside our door bringing us sandwiches. His shy admiration of us came through loud and clear when we sat together in Kholusia. He could just let that out more openly when he didn't have the weight of two worlds weighing on his shoulders. And he does call upon that side of himself when it's needed, as we saw in Thavnair.