I was thinking about Ajani and Elspeth and was like "what does he see in her" and then I was like "duh, he's empathic; he sees the good in her she doesn't think exists."
And now I'm like "Awwwwww, he can see the good in her she doesn't think exists."
I didn't care all that much about Ajani at first. And then I saw the way he cares for Elspeth, and the leader he is to his people, and now he's one of my favorite characters. It's amazing, it's like whoever is writing the flavor text for his stuff is... uh... well, clearly not the same person writing the flavor text for Jace, for one thing. What a remarkable contrast.
@Nekoneko:
I feel like her ongoing trauma would be a lot more... I dunno, a lot more something... if we had more material exploring it. Like, if there had been a book for Scars of Mirrodin, that would've helped. Too bad there definitely wasn't one.
The idea of her nightmares being infected with oil doesn't reeeally make any sense though...