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Coupled that with the fact that her growth ONLY HAPPENED IN ONE EXPANSION while WoL's like... what? 4 expansions? 5 if we include ARR? And WoL and the Scions certainly encountered alot of significant, devastating, and traumatic push backs to make their character growth feel natural unlike the handwavey flaws and push backs that WL encountered. THEY LITERALLY HANDWAVED THE EUGENICS OF THE MAMOOL IN HER ARC.That will never be not funny and thats only one of the many problems they handwavely solved LOL.
Her arc was rather simple though. She needed to be more confident. That was resolved pretty early on. The rest of the Dawnservant arc is about everyone else realizing she's the most awesome person in the entire world who can end racism in a single afternoon, beat anyone in combat and solve all problems with friendship and understanding...

Then every ounce of that is tossed out in the second half and we're off to kill her brother. He killed 50 people. Peace is NOT an option. He MUST die and maybe Sphene too depending on her level of involvement. Even though we spent 60 hours being lectured on peace, Wuk Lamat isn't actually peaceful. She just doesn't harm people she's not mad at. But if you do make her angry, she's perfectly willing to put an axe through your skull.

Making peace is something we do with those we're fighting with. It's not really making peace when you're unbothered with the other person's actions. What she was doing in the beginning was more charming people than making peace. But when she actually lost something that matters to her, making peace wasn't even a consideration. Just like respecting culture extends as far as respecting an alternate taco recipe, but not something that seems sacrilegious like using souls to heal oneself. If someone's culture elicits a disgust response, then it's okay to insist they change the way they've done things for centuries after being around them for like an hour.

The issue wasn't Wuk's short simple arc or the amount of time they spent on it. The issue is that Wuk only functions as a leader because the entire universe warps around her to make that the case. And it's very noticeable to anyone with an adult brain which makes DT feel like it's a story made for itty bitty babies.