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To present a villain without a fight is a really poor plot device.

They could have at least fight her before being killed by Barth.
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Not necessarily a fight, but some sort of climax. For example, Final Fantasy IX spoiler Queen Brahne died during her hunt for power and turned against Kuja., or Final Fantasy VI spoilerGeneral Leo in Final Fantasy VI also died when he turned against the main villain, because of what his conscious told him to do. Although, General Leo was more of an opposition than a villain, since unlike the Emperor and particularly Kefka, he had a conscious.. Both of these weren't fights per se, but rather some climax where you see the character's defining qualities, well, led to their death.

And Jihl just didn't do that. Her anxiety didn't seem like a defining quality: Honestly, based on her first impressions, she seemed like the type of villain that stays cool and calm no matter what's in her way. She just wasn't developed well, and is taken away from the story before there's any climax.
I agree with you on this, but the examples you gave are my exact examples of what Jihl is. I always felt
Leo's death
was ridiculously anti-climactic, but that's just me. I think (SPOILER)Jihl should have been the Barthandelus character, who overthrows the old man and reveals herself as the main fal-cie. Not the obvious opposite, "Well of course Disley is the bad guy," crap.