ANOTHER BUNCH OF SPOILERS!!! (PRE-WESTERLAND)
Sherlyn Lim (sherlynl@hotmail.com)
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 03:26:15 PDT
>Michael Mikulis wrote:
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> > Westerland:
> > Allowing Westerland to be nuked, saved lives since less people died in
>the war.> >
Erm, I haven't quite read that far (although I do follow the scripts and
translations on the Internet) but how do you figure that allowing Westerland
to be _nuked_ saved lives?
> > The real reason the massacre was allowed to happen is that Oberstein
>wanted it to happen. Oberstein stated his goal quite succintly in episode
>8, he hated the nobles. Allowing the nobles to destroy Westerland did more
>than merely defeat the nobles, it completely ruined them.
> >
Good point. Talking about which, could anyone confirm why does Oberstein
hate the nobles so much? (since the anime obviously deviates from the manga,
and I'm not going to get the anime til X-mas...)
Pre-Westerland spoiler -- although if you are following this thread, you
probably know all about this already. :)
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>From the manga, Oberstein was one of the commanders under the admiral who'd
managed to lose the "undefeatable" Iserlorn fortress to the Alliance. The
Empire troops returned to Odin in shame and I was under the impression that
Oberstein was going to be scapegoat.
Reinhard stepped in and got him relatively scot-free. Was this the reason
for his distaste for the nobles? And why he followed Reinhard?
>Totally agreed. One should also note that Reinhard's decision of not to
>intervene the Westerland Massacre is an indirect cause of Kircheis' death,
>which almost destroy Reinhard mentally. Since then, he changed a lot in
>nature. My opinion is that he felt guilty about his ignorance and spite.
>In order to compensate, he 'tried' so hard to be a desirable Emperor.
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Hm, this sounds like the argument that Kircheis, even in death, acted as
Reinhard's conscience. Which I agree with -- I just wish he didn't have to
die.
Sherlyn
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