All right, so... with all of the previous story, I could justify that my character was caught up in things much bigger than herself and far beyond her control--figuratively pulled from place to place doing the things that needed to be done, first by being the right person at the right time, and later by being the only one capable enough to do it. I could accept the lack of agency she had, even if I didn't always like it. The threads of fate, and all that jazz.

However, being coerced into helping a teenager Kennar has known for all of an afternoon ascend to the throne of a nation she knows eff-all about is something she would have little trouble saying "no" to. We (as players) are even given a dialog option about not wanting to get involved, but it's completely negated by G'raha saying, "Come on. Come oooOOOnnnnn!" True, he does give us an out, but I'll eat my hat if anything works out that way.

As for the other justifications:

"But that's the way they do things in Tural!"
So? Find someone else. If G'raha and Krile want to help, more power to them. Kennar will cheer them on from the stands.

"But if the bad guy wins, he will invade Eorzea!"
So? Isn't that why the Scions spent so much time establishing the Eorzean Alliance? They need to handle their own shit sometime. If they can't muster a defense against a foreign military that has to cross a vast, mostly uncharted sea, then that's their problem.


From a narrative standpoint, I want to see my character actually do something, rather than go along for the ride. I think it would have been awesome if the WoL would have started the new story, instead of being pulled into it. It would be easy to send letters to the Scions saying, "I'm traveling to the Neu Wirlde to see what's up. If you want to come with, meet me in Limsa in a month." I wanted us to go with no goals aside from seeing what's there--adventuring in the purest sense. Then we can meet new characters and get caught up in new stories. But now it looks like we're going to be stuck in a *shudder* tournament arc.

There at least better be a lot of fanservice in the beach episode...