Crane wrote:
About Xara being Good and Evil, Xara is a soldier. and a soldier never thinks about "good or evil". A soldier obeys the orders without question. That is very clear when she talks to the Commander about "the punishment". Commander`s job is to think, Royal Guards` job is to protect the Commander.
Well that's kind of why I don't like the cannon path Xara. She unquestionably follows orders without questioning those orders or those that give her those orders.
Morland gave her orders to go after and get Morphus. She did. Without thinking or investigating if Morphus' grievances were just. If she had she might have realized that Morland was double crossing the very people Xara swore to protect as Royal Guard. She eludes to this mistake in one of non cannon paths btw.
When have we in human history heard the excuse. “I was only carrying out my orders as a solider.” We heard it in the 1940s and 1950s the Nuremberg Crimes Against Humanity Trial” following WWII.
Since then every Soldiers Oath includes the like that Conscience should superseded a direct order in certain situations.
Then there is fact that basically her training in the other realm was tantamount to torture. Then she basically has sword thrust through her and her eyes ripped out. And all her commanding officer thinks about (not the care of the solider btw which every good Commander does) is inflicting more torture (the dream implant) upon her for her failure take down Morland after she's wounded?!?
Basically Xara's home is a hell hole of cruelty and what the heck is she still fighting for it?
She's been on Earth among Earthlings for a year maybe more. She's seen loving and caring relationships right before her. Surely after a year of seeing how other civilizations live. She'd be questioning her peoples ways?
Instead in the cannon path we get a Xara that's basically a Terminator. A single minded machine that will carry out her orders. An if any of Xara's Angels falls .. Oh well that's just collateral damage.
Without giving away too much. .. for those that haven't played it yet.
But Miranda had very good reason to yell at her in the gym.
Elsa had a very good reason to distrust her.
For indeed Xara canon path considered them as expendable. In her single minded determined effort to bring back Morland. Nor was Xara willing to fill them in on what they were really up against.
The cannon Xara.. lets face it is pretty darn dangerous and dark to her men (Xara's Angels.)
An her civilization. Basically one of cruelty, feudalism Roman like. With the Royal Guard once concerned for one thing obeying the Monarch/Emperor without question. To maintain the status quo. Or else our Dream Masters will punish you for the rest of your life.
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