
Originally Posted by
Cilia
1. My character could have taken on the Brass Blades that arrested me!
-Maybe, but it wouldn't have helped prove your innocence. You'd simply be leaving more corpses in your wake, and giving the Monetarists more reason to apprehend you was the last thing you needed. Their numbers were too great to take them all on anyway; the entire city's law enforcement was out for you, not just the four Brass Blades that came in with Teledji. And, again, that's assuming you would be holding yourself together well enough to actually do anything, much less fight.
b]2. I still had my weapon, or wouldn't have given it up![/b]
-From the moment you trigger "The Parting Glass" until you've disembarked at Black Brush Station, you're unarmed. I didn't consider the lack of a weapon all that jarring; no matter how benevolent, would you allow a highly dangerous and armed individual to privately speak with a head of state? That's like sending a French general to go meet with the President alone while the former is toting an M-16, or something to that effect. That wouldn't happen in a hundred years.
3. There weren't enough Brass Blades or Crystal Braves to stop me!
-The entire city's law enforcement was out to get you. The entire city. While yes, we've downed an upwards of seven primals at this point and countless other foes besides, that doesn't make you an invincible combatant. Not by a long shot. With a city full of both Brass Blades and Crystal Braves out for you, their sheer numbers would be enough to bring you down. They wouldn't need to ring an alarm bell because the standing forces of both armies in Ul'dah had been told to hunt us down if we escaped. And, again, you were unarmed during the escape. Where's the plot hole?
4. I wouldn't have fallen for such a cheap trick!
-Well... neither would I. I wouldn't have even taken that vial in the first place; what use do I have for it? I could make one of my own in-game with a little mudstone. I could leave it with Momodi and pick it up later, since she's the one who sent me on that errand. I could leave it with Severian and have him analyze the residue inside. I connected the dots fast enough in reality to tell Nanamo her wine was poisoned. There are any number of things I could have done - from fighting a dozen Primals to wasting time shooting hoops in the Gold Saucer - but from the storyline's perspective our PC was rushed and didn't think it was important, so we took the vial with us. End. Of. Story.
5. I could have stayed for a trial and proved my innocence!
-Ah, no. With Nanamo dead and Raubahn imprisoned (under lawful charges of murder, however sympathetic he might have been), the law can now be bought and sold in Ul'dah. The only people that could testify to your innocence (Laurentius and Ilberd) are known traitors as well, and it's highly unlikely you'd get honest testimony out of them. Assuming there's a jury the Monetarists / Lolorito could probably bribe enough of them to get an outcome favorable to them. They also probably have the judges / magistrates / whatever in their pocket. So good luck with that one.
Honestly, the only bit of writing I have a problem with is where Laurentius insists you take the vial. I immediately get suspicious when people insist I do things. Aside from that though I didn't feel like any of the writing was particularly flawed, and instead of being outraged at how my PC was made... you know... Hyuran (or Roegadyn, or Lalafellian, or Miqo'te, or Elezen) came out feeling more like this in the end.