Talk:Ilia Amitola/@comment-2601:584:4400:1199:88AF:A1B8:8E66:5743-20171211023148/@comment-25936766-20171211130611

@Arkaine: Basically what the anon said.

If it was never revealed Ilia is gay for Blake, then nothing changes, and the emotional impact of ALL their scenes from V5E1 to V5E8 is completely preserved.

Things like "sowing the seeds for becoming good"? Or stuff like "feeling betrayed by Blake"? Or "siding with Adam because his methods give results"? Also preserved completely if she wasn't gay for Blake, if she was simply a close, dear FRIEND.

So Ilia being gay serves no purpose, it's completely unnecesary because it doesn't change anything. All the dilemma between Blake and Ilia in V5 works just as well if they were just friends.

If anything, Ilia being gay only undermines her character, because it makes it feel that instead of being a Well-Intentioned Extremist who doesn't want to fight Blake but feels she has to do it anyway, she's just a petty Green-Eyed Monster who does the things she does at least partially because "You didn't notice me Senpai".