A lot of people say that Vaan and Penelo forget their motivations, I don't think so they just stop repeating them, lets face it if they harped on about the reasons why they were on this journey too much nearly all of you would have something to say about it.

I do agree however that they seem like backseat characters when we start getting further into the story. It's kinda like it veers off course and focuses on storylines and events that relate to the other characters. I just kept Vaan in my party because I'd had him for so long at the start I couldn't imagine the party without him.

This said I haven't even finished the game yet so I'm just commenting on what I've seen so far, although I'm sure I have very little right to.