Quote Originally Posted by JeanneOrnitier View Post
And you don't think it's a problem that we don't see that? Because even if it happens, because it's never on-screen Minfilia comes off as never doing anything.

I'm not saying her role wasn't important, I'm saying the portrayal of her role hurt her tremendously.
The portrayal was a problem Realm Reborn has as a whole, there were too many elements and too much information to relay in the timeframes given. It's part of the reason why after Realm Reborn a lot of the content became segment out.

Between the Scions Activities, the primal preparation and fights, the stuff going on in Ul'dah, etc Realm Reborn simply tried to cover a lot of ground extremely quickly. Hell, it wasn't just Minfilia but most of the Scions didn't exactly leave much impression on me till they're later appearance for the same reason. They may have done more than Minfilia, but they were still isolated to a few character quirks and behaviors simply because there wasn't much time to expand on anyone.

On the one hand it was kind of necessary since ARR had to be both a full introduction to the world for people that didn't play 1.0 while kind of being a continuation of 1.0 at the same time but it did come with cutting corners on characterization.