Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24032889-20180824180130/@comment-26018514-20180919190135

RaijinRising wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote:

Most of Ilia's "development"... is as though her own power of choice is diminished and/or doesn't matter, her hard choices never really had any consequences yet, and as she betrayed both sides equally it's hard to say exactly where her loyalties lie... so it is rather hard to call it "development". I don't understand how or why she would do a double-double cross (if that's the right word, idk) on the Belladonnas and go back to the White Fang at this point. While she might have some small things to hash out about what exactly she does/doesn't agree with Blake on, I sincerely doubt her loyalty is in question.

And in any case, we're not talking about her as a "token queer" so I appreciate that. It's not so much that I suspect a betrayal, as I question her motivations... Aside from "I'm a lesbian and loved Blake", she's betrayed just about every motivation she has at the moment, can you really consider a character characterized if you don't know what they'll do or why they'd do it?

She's almost a plot device like Ruby more than a character(only moreso) I'd say such poor characterization can also be a hallmark of "token" characters, so again while I can see the point for calling her such, I don't 100% agree with the viewpoint.