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For me trying to make Raphatalia a bundle of purity and goodness by not making her kill or seriously hurt her tormentor seems far too hamfisted to me. It just doesn't feel realistic with how a person would act in this situation. I mean he tortured her, he tortured her best friend to the point where she slowly got sicker and died, he tortured her other friend Keel, he's clearly an unrepentant asshole who tried to attack her and the others at first opportunity, he was going to hurt Melty, his ruler to be. I mean christ this isn't a person you can sternly wag your finger at and tell them not to do it again. Sometimes a person just needs to be put down. Doing things in the show to prevent Raphatalia from being "tainted" in the eyes of viewers really gives the Suspension of Disbelief a hit for me.
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