Quote Originally Posted by ToriJ View Post
Does it? I retract my statement then.
You should read Episode Zero where she makes the promise to her mother and decides to become "Lightning". And Lightning Returns totally shows how much her character has developed. We see an angry Lightning, a smiling Lightning, a crying Lightning ... we see a really impressive character that deserves to be seen as what she is and not only her basics of Final Fantasy XIII. And as said, there she was already strong, but only because she already learned it before.