Quote Originally Posted by Maero View Post
I too would not want Alphineaud to die, kind of funny how so many hated the guy and now people are saying i hope he don't die, lol
Death is usually just a cheap way to introduce drama when a more demanding method of doing so doesn't come to mind or is beyond the writers abilities. It's still something with "impact" since normally it is not possible to fix, hence it is a perpetual drama. Hence drama fans love it, while all the rest hates it.

Alphinaud is still a rather irritating character. On one side he's supposed to be very intelligent and eloquent, but at the same time, more often than not, he's doing absolutely idiotic things. His crystal braves are the biggest fail of his life and were a blatant problem, where he seemingly dismissed issues that did pop up from the very inception. Then there's the katana he bought with Scions money without even trying to haggle...even though Warrior of Light offered to buy it...He did it to prevent the hassle for the Warrior deeming it a Scions matter, only to depend on the player for a way more troublesome thing to get that money back...To begin with, how stupid one would need to be to even buy something without first asking for a price! The salesman could ninja-raise the price thinking he's rich after that declaration...