i pressed send too early, now i have extra thoughts—
shes kind of like azula from avatar if you think about it. We dont see too much of her outside of tormenting paula, so who knows whether she was truly h thoroughly vile, or if she had her moments of kindness too. But all in all, they both grew up watching horrible things happen to their family, and they both grew into a personality that would help them survive. I think alicias a good villainess in that sense, because while what she did is her evil by her own right, it was the unfortunate history that pushed her to do so. I think its harder for us to sympathize with alicia though, because with azula we saw her in different scenarios that isnt just being evil/working for ozai, but we dont get that with alicia. This isnt an analysis to defend alicia or anything, i just find characters archetypes like hers fascinating, i only wish they were explored more in OI/villainess stories . . .
yeah its the circumstances that made her the way she is but its also her who decides to stay the way and ruining others for her own greed. she pretends her greed is fir survival thats her mistake
Like, its not like i DONT hate her, i hope she eats shit, but its also kind of. Like. Sad. It’s a bit saddening. She was a bad person birthed from bad circumstances, and while it doesn’t excuse her actions, it does make me sympathize a little, seeing all her sisters die, and she herself is to be used in the cutthroat poverty. It really is just sad. If she grew up better, maybe she wouldn’t have turned out like this— that sort of sentiment