Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171201215836/@comment-27648673-20171205021732

Arkantos95 wrote: Except that's not what she said in this episode. She's using her spite as motivation when she's talking to Blake about why she's doing what she's doing. No, she's not. Her spite is in no way her motivation. She didn't even bring it up until Blake claimed to know Ilia more than Ilia believed she did - the entire time before that, she was talking about the White Fang and justice for the Faunus. She only brought it up because Blake had been trying to persuade Ilia to join her for far too long, and wanted to prove that Blake didn't know her as well as she thought, thus proving the "Yes, I am this violent, but you just never noticed" concept that Blake was trying to refute

She's been a villain for a season's length now (about 12 episodes) and she's never brought up romantic interest or anything other than the discrimination she has faced and the revenge she seeks for it before now, and she only brought it up now to make a point. Old attraction simply isn't what she's focused on, and it's definitely not her motivation. She's not as blind or perceptively narrow as Adam - her entire world doesn't revolve around Blake.