But that's not a reason to hate him. I mean, it might be a reason to roll your eyes at SE, but it's not a reason to hate a character in a story. Vaan fits into the party as well as anyone and is far more relevant to XII than half of the casts of previous games. At worst, he takes a bit of screen time away from the the other characters, but he is way far from being the story breaker the way fans claim.