The Calling

[Brightamethyst]

Neither Minfilia or Lyse are bad character concepts in and of themselves but when the story does not have time to do something with those characters it can lead to unintended interpretations of who those characters are to the audience.

Agreed. Minfilia comes across as annoying and useless because the game never lets us see her shine. We're told that she's a great administrator, diplomat, etc but we never see any of the day to day stuff she's really good at. We only get called into the office when there are battles to be fought.

Lyse is similar. NPCs are always talking about her leadership but we rarely see it in action. We see her fairly infrequently, and when we do we see her struggle and lose more often than we see her succeed. That makes her seem weak and ineffective to the player.