Board Thread:Series Discussion/@comment-71.200.48.223-20150223062605/@comment-68.224.91.76-20150719170741

72.171.16.183 wrote: Well you raise a valid appoint about betrayal but inaho showed in that one ep that he believed the enemy of my enemy philosopy at least until slaine pointed the guns at him. And while it was possible that the earth forces would kill him but it was known that saazalbum would kill the princess. I would rather take my chances for the earth forces. If I was slaine i would have grabbed some civvy clothes in that first town and then later ditch the plane and pretended to be a refugee. It would not be hard to find the only flying earth battleship.

In episode 12 she was from behind on the right side near the scapula no vital organs there. The head shot was a graze since she spun instead of her head snapping back. Over course I could just be too detail oriented. Also another fact is remeber the martians are like the goa'uld from stargate god complexes, warmongering and only found the technology from the ancient civilzation they didn't create anything new. If their is one thing I know I would not put my faith in those crazies.

Other than his possesive, and idiotic personality the other thing i don't like about him is the fact that he is a wasted character. I agree that he had the potential to be a really good character but alas the fact is he wasn't and only made me think please get rid of this guy. How is he possessive? It's not like he's doing this so that he can get with the princess. He's doing everything he can in order to fulfill her dream. Do you honestly think that peace can be achieved with just pretty words and ideals? One way or another, you will need to bloody your hands in order to achieve a greater goal. Slaine knows full well that from the beginning of Season 2 that what he is doing is the exact opposite of what Asseylum would want. He's never shown any indication that he's deluded into thinking that the Princess would approve of his methods, or even praise or love him. Slaine never entertained the idea he and the Princess could be together after all he's done; once he achieved his goal, his fate does not matter to him. What mattered to him was the Princess's happiness, and believed that he can achieve her dream by subjugating earth. He believed that she would eventually find happiness even if she disapproved of the methods that were taken to obtain this peace. Slaine believed that Asseylum would be a just ruler, and if she ordered his execution/arrest in the aftermath, it wouldn't matter to him. Stupid is not a good word to describe Slaine; naive would fit that more. What you have to remember is that he's just a 16 year old teenager at the time. He was really sharp for his age, and what he lacks in scientific knowledge(Inaho has this in spades) he makes up for in emotional intelligence and his ability to manipulate others into his own favor. The manipulation talent is something that Inaho does not have; the only reason he was able to do and get away with the things he did was witholding information from others or asking for help. Slaine's only real lapse in judgement was saving Saazbaum during the attack on UFE headquarters. However, one also has to consider that helping Inaho and the Earth forces last time didn't work out so well. It's easy to say he should have trusted Inaho or he should have trusted Cruhteo sooner, but we the audience always know more than what the characters know. Slaine can only rely on what information he had, which is more realistic. Whichever he chose, Slaine knew things wouldn't end well for him. Sorry for the long response, but I have a lot of bottled up feelings concerning Aldnoah. :)