Soukou no Strain

[Kraco]

Stupid? He's probably the best Strain pilot, from what we can tell a decent tactician, can control a capital ship alone... If he's stupid, then the standards for smart people would be pretty high indeed.

I think what happened with him was a mix of his own surprise, guilt and above all a hefty dose of telepathy by Emily. Anybody can tell he's not really a mentally stable person right now, and wasn't ever after his encounter with Emily. But yes, he probably has quite a weak will.

I think his character is far better than most crazed villains out there.

[shinta|hikari]

Stupid also has a variety of meanings. It doesnt necessarily mean that he is incapable. What I meant was that he couldnt even analyze the situation well and resorted to a stupid decision to save the aliens at the expense of everything (even his sister). He is also weak-willed because of that.

I hate weak willed characters. Crazy characters are OK though, but I think Mao is better.

[Kraco]

I guess it's a matter of opinion and preferences. I don't most of the time like weak-willed characters, either, in fact I hate them quite often. However, I don't dislike them when they are special cases, like in this series. Despite being weak-willed enough to succumb to Emily's brain-washing, he hasn't been weak-willed at all in his quest for revenge and freedom for the Emily clones. If you really think about all the detestable weak characters out there, most of them are quite different from Ralph, who is more like a man possessed.

[oyabun]

i guess we won't know until ralph explains his motives more clearly, because all we can see is him killing everybody.

[shinta|hikari]

He is possessed, and the reason for that is because he is weak willed. Being possessed is in fact a refelction of a weak will, because the will itself is something you decide on, or choose yourself, because you rationally believe it is right.

Ralph just acts like a raving lunatic. There is no sign of any conscious decision on his part. He is just acting in reaction to the trauma he received from the incident.

I think he was mentally damaged from that, so I guess the issue of him being weak willed NOW is no longer relevant.

[oyabun]

so I guess the issue of him being weak willed NOW is no longer relevant.

you evil you..

[shinta|hikari]

you evil you..

What??
please limit your posts to something RELEVANT to the thread.

[Kraco]

Our conceptions of a raving lunatic differ some 180 degrees, I think. From what I have seen, he has been deadly cold and most of the time totally unemotional during the show. I believe he planned himself how to steal Emily from such a central system of Union, he fought so extremely succesfully against other strains, he retrieved Emily from the space station, streered the space ship into a collision course... It doesn't sound like a raving lunatic to me. It sounds like a man ready to do anything for his goal. Despite having some apparently lethal disease (he's being pretty sickly every now and then). I have no doubt he received some trauma from the incident, but he can still think clearly. He's crazy, no doubt, but thinking far more clearly than many of the sane people in this series (or in general). It's just twisted clearness of vision.