Ashe is the main character, since the story revolves around her. Vaan is just there to...oh nevermind, he was a stupid as rat exterminator whose main motivation was dealt with less than 1/4 of the way through the game (stupid petty revenge). Then again, aside from Balthier, the game didn't feel special at all, and I only beat it once. I tried playing it again twice, but the game is boring. Still...FFX-2 NEEDS to be done at some point. I'm sure it crossed their minds, but they were like, "If we watch this, we might die from girly cliches and godawful cheery pop music." XII doesn't have near as much stupidity going on (though they made the most of it). Still, I wish Vaan had traded placed with the Eternal Sonata girl and jumped off a cliff.