Quote Originally Posted by Eidolon View Post
Obtaining power without actually doing anything (Compare her journey to our character's journey) would just be another black mark against her in my book.
The problem you have with Minfilia is that her Life Journey is not the focus of ARR/HW, ours is.

If it helps, think of her as 'M' and yourself with the last name of 'Bond'. The story revolves around the hero, every time.

Minfilia is the leader of an organization that has more people involved than the hero-types like us. You can get a small flavor of that during leveling if you visit the back room and talk with everyone there between levels 20 and 30+. You can get some of her back-story while leveling in your 40s.