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She is. Unlike Alphinaud, who's still the same twerp he's always been, Alisaie is in every way a more interesting and compelling character than the twit that stayed behind in Kugane, precisely because he's a completely useless and worthless character in the grand scheme of things. He hasn't done anything to grow or change. His presence on screen only serves to highlight how worthless he's been since ARR when literally everything we've done could've been done much faster if Alphinaud wasn't constantly going "B-But we mustn't, we must wait! We mustn't do anything just wait around!" Alphinaud has not changed. He's still the same worthless brat we ran into in ARR, and he will forever be the exact same brat we ran into constantly whining, whinging, and moaning. You're free to not like Alisaie, but you can't tell me that a character that isn't constantly wetting himself in fright is worse written then the biggest coward in the series.
Alphinaud is extremely cautious, especially since the last bold decision he made resulted in the near-deaths of the Sultana, the Scions, and Rauhban losing an arm. Alisaie is brash and reckless, for the point of creating contrast between them when they were so close to one another for most of 2.0. Alphinaud doesn't even suffer from the problems Minfillia did, when everything she contributed was off-camera and unrelated to fighting. He's right in the middle of things constantly, coming up with new carbuncles every patch cycle.