Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171216025048/@comment-34633327-20171217162744

Arkantos95 wrote: So much joy for this episode, and so much disappointment.

Disappointment:

1) Ilia survived.

2) Ilia was completely forgiven by everyone for absolutely being willing to kill both Ghira and Kali, something she would've done if Blake and Sun hadn't shown up and, you know, actually stabbing Sun.

3) Ilia wasn't arrested for the multiple felonies she committed, including but not limited to: home invasion, 2 counts of attempted murder, 3 counts of assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, and terrorism.

4) Based on the look she gave Blake and Sun while they were interacting, Ilia still has feelings for Blake, so now we have to deal with an actual love triangle. Hoo-fucking-ray. .... You really don't like her. In fact, your disdain for Ilia I'd say rivals PhantomLinks disdain for Velvet. But just to refute some points:

2) The point they were making is that she wasn't willing to kill them. During the fight she was looking at all the carnage they were causing, seeing just how messed up the Albains actually were, and suffering from a mental breakdown over Blake making her admit she doesn't know what to do anymore. Ghira saved her life because he believes in forgiveness, hence why he led a more pacifistic version of the White Fang, and she returned the favor by shocking Corsac before he could charge them. And she wouldn't have killed them if Blake and Sun didn't show up. Look at where she was when Blake found her. She was perched in a completely seperate room from the two. She was waiting the situation out, she wasn't getting anymore involved than she had too.

And Sun isn't really known to hold a grudge (If he was, he'd be super pissed at Blake slapping him upside the head repeatedly), and I don't think him being pissed at the girl Blake just publicly forgave would win him any points with her.

3) Okay, to be blunt, some of those charges are bullshit.

3.1) She never attacked Ghira or Kali herself, so the attempted murder charge is more like "Accesory to Attempted Murder". According to Wikipedia, the US requirements of Attempted Murder Charge:  "A conviction for attempted murder requires a demonstration of an intent to murder, meaning that the perpetrator either tried to murder and failed (e.g. attempted to shoot the victim and missed or shot the victim and the victim survived) or took a substantial step towards committing a murder (e.g. purchasing a gun or other deadly weapon and writing about his intent to kill)." Ilia did neither.

3.2) The assault with a deadly weapon charge kinda loses its meaning when everyone in this world has a deadly weapon, and there are schools that train people to fight with said deadly weapons. I actually don't think there is a weapon in this series that isn't deadly. So it would more simply be "Assault".

3.3) The Kidnapping Charge falls apart when you consider what she did was lure Blake to a location where she then attempted to have Blake sent back to Adam, only for Sun to come in and set her free. The definition of Kidnapping is variable, but the general idea is: "The crime of unlawfully seizing and carrying away a person by force or Fraud, or seizing and detaining a person against his or her will with an intent to carry that person away at a later time. The law of kidnapping is difficult to define with precision because it varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction." It was Trifa who detained her, and it was Trifa and her associate that attempted to send her to Adam, but failed.

3.4) Not to mention that as Chieftain of Menagerie, along with the fact the Police Force seems to answer directly to him, Ghira has all the right to pardon Ilia of any crimes she may have committed if she seems genuinely repentent (which she does), is kept under a watchful eye ala parole, and due to the extenuating circumstances regarding their situation (Her being an old friend of Blake's, affectively brainwashed by a cult, and the need for warriors to protect Haven). Also, considering the fact the only crimes we have seen her commit were stabbing Sun (Which he forgave), and fighting Blake (which boils down to Assault), it isn't out of reach to believe she was pardoned.

4.) And we haven't had to deal with Love Triangles before? Remember White Knight vs. Iceberg? That was resolved pretty easily. It's not the end of the world.