Talk:Ilia Amitola/@comment-33389681-20200107032913/@comment-4010415-20200107050247

Unlike Adam, Ilia showed hesitation and uncertainty in the path she was following. The whole reason she told Blake to leave Menagerie was because she knew that if Blake stayed, something bad would happen to her. When Blake faced her in Volume 4 and in the Blake Character Short, Ilia showed herself to be completely unwilling to attack Blake and instead kept running away and creating diversions to prevent Blake from following her. It wasn't until the Albains convinced her that they absolutely had to stop Ghira, followed by Ilia getting mad at Blake for claiming to know her so well, that Ilia finally fought Blake.

As far as fans forgiving her, we saw a lot more of her hesitation and uncertainty than Blake did, and we also saw the Albains convincing her that it is the right thing to do, making it feel like she had gone down that path due to manipulation. Even in the Adam Character Short, during the mission in the SDC facility, Ilia looks like something is bothering her while Adam fights. She certainly wasn't onboard with his more violent actions.