Quote:
Originally Posted by monster
Except they caused their own deaths. If these ideals were that important, they would've remained alive and fight until the bitter end. Instead, they simply destroyed what the AF wanted and let the country be taken over.
|
They know they’re losing, and fighting with bare hands and died wil result in nothing. So, they took the quickest method to be destroyed along with the facilities. I think they’re better dead than live only to be manipulated (with whatever methods) to sign some shady treaty involving using/giving their advanced tech for Federation. And guess what? It works! the EA/AF can’t use ORB’s technology after that great battle until the end of the series. Their suicide is also a form of retaliation-to-the-end which doesn’t violate their neutrality ideals. It’s not perfect, but they did what they could to fulfill the ideals.
Quote:
Originally Posted by monster
As for information, the lack of civil war or uprising in Orb after these ideals have been blatantly disregarded by Athha and Seiran and other ruling families is that information that tells us that these 3 ideals are not that important. By comparison, a US president wouldn't have been able to stop democracy in the USA so easily.
|
Yeah, who knows? That point has never been properly mentioned in the series. IMO If you lay your argument by the absence of certain plot-point, it can also prove that the writing isn’t that good.
Quote:
Originally Posted by monster
By sending these same kids to space to deal with the problems even he couldn't fix? I don't think so.  |
No. He sent those kids to survive first and foremost. Yes, he had hope for them, but survival always the primary goal. There’s nothing wrong with granting youngsters and his own daughter more time to live.