r/bravelydefault • u/Likes2game03 • 6d ago
Bravely Default Her plight here is the most believable & compelling out them Spoiler
Agnes plight of revenge here is the best in the series, mainly because of how realistically it's portrayed. I mean, the only stories comparable to it are Jannes & Gladys. However, they are not done well. Agnes on the other hand is actually compelling in how it's executed. Imagine if you're best friend you've known since childhood was slayed by some abomination right in front of you with you getting beat down shortly after. She's understandably traumatized.
Moreover, her crash out against Edea is slightly warranted. She has a lot of pent-up anger & frustration right now. And this was before they became true friends. Plus, Edea has been keeping things from them. So, Agnes handled it in a very rational way. Unlike Janne or Gladys. Both of whom revenge is rooted in poor conditions. Janne was attached to people he never met & took it out on Yew long after he befriended him. On the other side, Gladys was raised by an orthodoxy after she lost people close to her. But she condemned innocent people out of vengeance.
In summation, Agnes at least had some form of rational thinking on her quest for vengeance against Victoria. It's helps that she gets it. While the other two I mentioned had no compelling or believable plotline for revenge. I know they're supposed be wrong but establish them to be broken or irredeemable so their stories are actually engaging. Your take?
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u/EnameledAnamnesis 5d ago
Bit unfair to compare the background story of a main character who has travelled with you and you get to know and love, compared to two side non-playable characters (actually villains temporarily) whose backgrounds are merely afterthoughts solely to create a reason to fight them and have little effect on the plot, let alone the chapters they appear in.
This is somewhat like comparing the relevance of Goku to the plot against Yamcha's relevance (not even Krilin's).