FF is not GoT.

[Synrin]

It's a game. It's characters in game. It's also life. Thousands of people die every day, whether it is a pleasant or not so pleasant death. GoT is REALISTIC. I read the books, and it is realistic. In the midst of a raging war, would you expect all the people to survive? I am surprised certain individuals haven't been poisoned yet. Such is the horror of war and CALAMITY. In this game, the only horrible death we got served was Haurchefant's. If you are referring to anyone else from the scions, we all got into a sticky situation and they escaped, one way or another. Moe, well, she just disappeared. And let me tell you that Raubhan was lucky he lost only his arm. That's what happens when you pick up a sword and go fight and when you meddle in politics and power games. Get real.

[LineageRazor]

Death is such a joke in stories now.

That would be my complaint, as well, and the Nanamo fiasco is probably the worst offense. Her death was shocking and unexpected, and left the potential for some amazing storytelling during Ul'dah's subsequent political upheaval. Except, no - it was just a cheap cliffhanger to get folks psyched for Heavensward. As much as I've loved the Heavensward story, I was nothing short of insulted by the offhand way everything in Ul'dah was tidily returned to the status quo, complete with Nanamo being given a gentle chiding for her silly naive notions of political reform.

I'm not in favor of the story descending to GoT's hilariously overblown levels of life-is-cheap, where anyone with power over someone else would cheerfully slit their throat for a nickle, but when you do go ahead and plan a shocking twist of this sort, follow through, dammit! This may not be A Song of Ice and Fire, but neither is it X-Men.