Why doesn't everyone hate the warrior of light?

[Cilia]

This is probably the thing that most bugs me about G'raha Tia in the Crystal Tower storyline. (Yes, I'm talking about him again, but hear me out.)

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Yay for happy endings?

Your personal obsession with G'raha aside, valid point, but that's going a bit deeper than XIV seems to do.

... unless you look at the DRK 30-50 storyline, which actually gets a bit psychological. People like G'raha don't consciously hate us, but beneath the mask of civility and humbleness they probably despise us for being an untouchable idol everyone looks up to, who can do anything they can do better and then some.

"Some vagabond blew into town 3 months ago, and not only is s/he now taking on imperial elites but s/he's also the protegé of the infamous Geva? How in the world is that possible?! I've been a guard here in Gridania my whole life, but I can't do either of those things..."

Again, though, even if they subconsciously hate our guts we pull everyone out of the fire time and again, so they consciously accept us because of how useful we are. Sentimentality aside, nobody really cares for us except as a weapon to point at whatever problem they have, something our Shadow gladly points out.