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Snow would be an annoying guy to have to marry, but him trying to be the hero all the time would be even more detrimental as a partner in battle. Luckily for her things turned out alright. Didn't hope try to kill one of his own partners? And whine a whole lot? Fang is a good partner, at least by comparison. Although I heard her voice acting is dull in the Japanese version. I feel sorry for them in that regard.Not that I'm tearing into FF13. It was a fine game, I suppose.
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Hope's character arc is misinterpreted as him whining all the time. It's not true. The kid, and keep in mind he is thirteen years old in FF13, is forced into this mass genocide by the government that keeps him safe just because he was on vacation at the wrong time. To top it off, his mother dies because Snow is a major screw up and when trying to show off, Hope's mom died protecting Snow's ass. From Hope's perspective, all he saw was Snow drop his mother to her death. Combine this with the fact that he's now on a ticking clock due to getting mixed up in the l'Cie business, he has no idea what to do. The life he knew is shattered. The government wants him dead for things that were beyond his control, and the guy responsible for the death of his 'anchor' if you will is walking around acting like everything is fine. Hope used Snow's death as motivation to keep it together mentally, he used it to get strong enough, to overcome his fears and his doubts about everything. It's when he finally realizes, thanks both to Lightning and Snow, that he was using Snow as a means to run away from reality (just like every one of the main characters in 13, it's one of the central conflicts) does he 'man up' and face his problems head on. 

He's not whining. He's a kid coping.