If you’re under the impression you think Relena has no idea what war means. Perhaps that is true as she has never participated in any battle but that doesn’t mean she didn’t get to suffer due to it. Her father and biological parents were assassinated and her country destroyed, twice. She noticed how down in the dumps Heero was when he showed up in Cinq and was hard-pressed not to let the vast number of people down who were placing all their hopes in her, all the while willing to take the brunt of any retaliation Romefeller may plan.
She wasn’t just sitting around, looking pretty. Relena was willingly placing her life in danger by appealing to Romefeller to stop fighting. I won’t argue that it’s crazy to talk of pacifism in the middle of an all-out war but those were her beliefs and that was her decision and I admire her guts for going through with it.
Sure, she had a lot of help but that’s the point of the show. You can’t change the world by yourself. But if people stick together even something as idealistic as pacifism can work.
The problem with White Fang was that Relena would have most likely tried to talk some sense into them because, as I said, she wouldn’t fight. Not when she finally got Romefeller to stop fighting.
Seeing as White Fang had Libra, they could have threatened Earth and made any ridiculous demand they wanted. If she didn’t budge, her words likely wouldn’t have been enough to prevent a few holes being blown into the planet. That would make people lose faith in pacifism, they would all reach for weapons and the whole war would start anew.
Now, suppose Relena did call for her army to fight White Fang. Not only would that go against her entire nature, she would spit in the face of everyone who had put their hopes and trust in her, the whole pacifism thing would be utterly pointless to have been brought up, the idealistic messages of the series would go to heck and seeing as Relena had never participated in a battle and had absolutely zero experience in warfare, the battle itself would’ve ended pretty badly with her at the helm.
Long story short, that would’ve been the worst writing ever.Relena was supposed to represent all that’s good on Earth. She was supposed to remain innocent hence why everyone sort of tacitly agreed to do everything to keep it that way. And it’s not like she hasn’t been through hardships herself. Why do people got to play the ‘comparison game’ when it comes to who has had it worse than who? Grow up. Also tough if you don’t like her character, but that’s the way she was written. Get over it. :)
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