Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171201215836/@comment-27648673-20171203091236

BenRG wrote: In my view, Ilia has made her choice, driven by jealousy, alienation and self-deceit. Except:

- Ilia's never shown signs of being driven by jealousy. Is/was she jealous? Yes. Does that drive or motivate her to do what she does? No. She's motivated by discrimination and racial abuse. That is what she focuses on and fights for.

- Alienation is perfectly understandable given her past and can probably be applied to most Faunus - even Adam, though he has strayed from that mindset and gone to a more narrow, personal drive.

- None of Ilia's ideologies are necessarily false - she just approaches them in a way that's unconventional and radical. She's right that there are still plenty of humans who hate Faunus. She's right that there are plenty of humans who stand by and let the Faunus endure hate. She is entirely right when she says that Faunus are still mistreated and discriminated against. None of her  ideas or situations are untrue.