Wanting to leave Gondolin wasn't all that unreasonable, it's her behavior afterwards that leads me to my rather negative assessment of her personality. She takes advantage of her rank to force her escort to break their orders and take her on dangerous roads to a place she's been specifically forbidden, (by her king not just her big brother!) to go. I call that willful and selfish, the act of woman who's always gotten her own way and never had to face any consequences.
Eol is different. She can't wind him around her little finger, he sets firm bounds and expects them to be kept. It's not at all surprising that she should respect him for that, and even come to love him. The life he offers, deep in the woods free to hunt and wander as she pleases, holds considerable appeal for her. And Tolkien says she married Eol willingly and was happy with him for many years.
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