Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-26397825-20171028154114/@comment-5430952-20171029061038

KingFubuki92 wrote:1. There's not much more he could have done. Blake's testimony was supposed to help, but then she was cut off.

2. Except unlike the blank mooks, Ilia has every right to believe it, considering the people she was surrounded by as a child. And we have no idea how much of Adam's real behavior, like working with Salem's forces or the direct effects of Beacon, she is actually aware of. Keep in mind that she is the Token Good Teammate/Lighter Shade of Black. Also need to keep in mind that it seemed she didn't want to do this, as she did bother to warn Blake and try and dissuade her, making this more of a last resort. Miles even said in the V4 commentary Miles: Something that's fun with Ilia is that and that we'll continue to explore is, up to this point a lot of our White Fang members have been very clearly on one side of (Kerry: Um hm) the spectrum and here we have somebody from the White Fang that, has some internal conflict, um about y'know, who they're fighting and, how they're gonna do it like she, you see her struggling all the way up to this point about whether or not she wants to actually attack Blake. ' so she isn't as bad as the other members.

3. And it isn't the WF that are hypocritical, its just Adam's sector. Sienna's forces hated humans too, and only betrayed her after Adam managed to convince them. Again, Adam's Agenda, and one he didn't start off with willingly.

4. Remember Blake said they were Adam's idea. Do you really expect anything from Adam to not be messed up?

5. Adam's cause. We have no idea how much of the White Fang are aware Adam is working with Humans. For all we know, the ones with Adam at the the Fall of Beacon were told "Let's show these humans what a real monster is like up close and personal".

Sorry but seeing some of the comments on the video page about losing sympathy for Ilia, it's ticking me off that people tend to ignore/overlook the underlying factors. Pretty much this. ^

Also, as Blake said in the trailer, "If Adam gets his way and Haven falls, it'll make things a lot worse for the Faunus." That had to have been spoken to Ilia. And the sad thing is, Sienna Khan would've agreed with Blake on this. Maybe if Ilia had met Sienna in person, she'd know that Adam is definitely not following her example. Hopefully Ilia realizes what a fool she's being, before it's too late.