Bland NPCs. How will they save a doomed plot?

[Majidah]

According to this the writer of FFXIV, Yaeko Sato, is also responsible for FFVIII, FFXII and Vagrant Story.

Which leaves one question out in the open... did he suffer a stroke before FFXIV?
How do you go from writing ashe and balthier to blonde lady from the market wards?

The Quasi-FFXII story has potential... and I realize it's unfinished...
But if someone was baking a cake and they used cement mix instead of flour... you don't have to wait until it's done baking to know its not gonna turn out right

^ This.

IMO the dalamud should utterly destroy the circle of knowing, the PCs should kill at least one of the judges and Cid needs to be seriously reworked.

Its the only salvation I see for the plot. Also the blonde chick needs to die. Somehow.

We could be in the middle of a quest and suddenly she suffers from a heart attack. I don't care.
Maybe she gets pregnant and has to take a 6 months leave, putting Naja Salaheem in charge of the situation.