Vilette's the kind of character who I feel deserves a peaceful retirement; especially in the context of Final Fantasy 14.
She's already been through so much -- watched the moon fall from the sky, lived through an apocalypse, had her dreams shattered one by one, experienced the horrors of war before adulthood -- and only now, as an adult, and free of her frozen wasteland of a home, things are finally turning on the up and up for her.
The character is defined by how hard she works and struggles to find herself, and because of that, I think the most satisfying conclusion for her arcs is to ultimately achieve that.
Were the setting/story-I-wished-to-tell more grim and nihilist; sure, I'd kill her off to prove a point -- but as it stands, in the magical world of Hydaelyn, Vilette deserves to end her story as a scarred, yet ultimately wisened woman; living quietly with the man of her dreams, running a fencing guild on work days, and tending to her orchard on her off days.
She's already been through so much -- watched the moon fall from the sky, lived through an apocalypse, had her dreams shattered one by one, experienced the horrors of war before adulthood -- and only now, as an adult, and free of her frozen wasteland of a home, things are finally turning on the up and up for her.
The character is defined by how hard she works and struggles to find herself, and because of that, I think the most satisfying conclusion for her arcs is to ultimately achieve that.
Were the setting/story-I-wished-to-tell more grim and nihilist; sure, I'd kill her off to prove a point -- but as it stands, in the magical world of Hydaelyn, Vilette deserves to end her story as a scarred, yet ultimately wisened woman; living quietly with the man of her dreams, running a fencing guild on work days, and tending to her orchard on her off days.
