Quote Originally Posted by Tanis_Ebonhart View Post
When people say that Lyse didn't do anything I wonder if they have amnesia or selective memory. Saying she did nothing is wrong entirely.
Lyse had two major problems.

1 - She was set up to fail. Much of SB's story was about losing and having to go back and play catch up. That meant most of her victories happened off-screen while her failures were front and center. We're told she's a good commander but we rarely see evidence of it, leading to people thinking she's useless (see also, Minfilia.)

2 - She didn't live up to the 3.5 hype. Papalymo's death was intended set Lyse free to be her own person, but that entire plot point ended up falling flat. Making a new character in Lyse rather than just having Yda leave the Scions to help the resistance still baffles me to this day.