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Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant
Quite simply, I can imagine a reasonably peaceful Wing universe even if Relena was killed off early, as she wasn't truly pivotal to the peace.
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This is quite true. None of her political actions led to the peace. And none of her speeches were likely to change people's minds (and if they did, then they were simpletons to begin with).
Arguably, the only significant thing that Relena managed to do was to bring about the downfall of Duke Dermail.
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Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant
Back on topic, just to prove Lacus is more powerful than Relena... Whould anyone in Wing attempt to make a dummy Relena in order to cash in on her popularity?
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I would say that someone would try to make a dummy. There's a few reasons:
1. Duke Dermail and Marimeia already tried to use Relena as figureheads. It's not much of a stretch to use a dummy instead.
2. Relena seems to be fairly popular with the masses – perhaps more out of tradition than out of respect for her.
3. The villains in Wing are idiots. They'd do just about anything.
Of course, anyone trying to cash in on Relena's popularity with a dummy will also fail miserably:
1. Relena is a politician, so her political views should be fairly well known. Any deviation from that view would be treated treated suspiciously.
2. Relena only has one message: Peace through disarmament. Everybody already knows what she will say, so it wouldn't make much difference whether it's a dummy or not. This message is also incapable of being used to leverage more power.
3. She is an ineffectual leader. In spite of her high position, people are quite likely to just ignore what Relena says: Noins' Sanc Kingdom troops certainly paid no heed to the principle of "total pacifism", and the World Government barely noticed it when Marimeia kidnapped her.
4. There's no need to. Anyone who can put together a small army can simply take over Brussels, and the World Government will roll over on command. The usurper can even bask in the knowledge that there aren't even any Gundams left to stop him.