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Originally Posted by Dawnstorm
Heh, yesterday I started typing but deleted a post, explaining how these exact decisions had me rolling my eyes at Asuna's narrative treatment, since all her decisions are triggered by Kirito. How it's the my-waifu-pays-attention-only-to-me-and-gets-stuck-in-a-rut-when-I'm-not-around trap. (It involved a statement how she chose the least social, most task oriented guild possible, and so on.)
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I think that's a bit of a spin to put on it. She spent nearly two years in that guild and worked herself up the ranks without Kirito (and was basically at odds with him). She certainly wasn't doing it for his sake, but for her own. And as for her "getting stuck", both of them brought perspectives to each other's lives that they were lacking. The narrative is arguably too protagonist-focused, but I at least didn't see it as so cynical.