Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11565898-20170508222419/@comment-27794543-20170510083423

This is an open thread. You and everyone else is free to comment or not. While I disagree with the opinion that Raven is the that innocent, I respect people's right to their own opinions. However, I also feel it perfectly fine for people to disagree and explain why they disagree. It's your choice not to continue to comment, but I hope you'll respect my choice to continuing to participate in this thread.

Back to the start of your comment, I disagree that disability and/or pain gives people more 'rights' to innocence or morality. I've worked with multiple people with disability – in my previous office, two people were blind, two more were legally blind (one of whom was also hard of hearing), another person was also hard of hearing, and one person lacked arms. This isn't even counting the people with less noticeable disabilities like my co-worker with Crohn's disease. Accommodations are made for people with disabilities, BUT disability does not give them innocence or morality.

Also, legal innocence is not the same thing "goodness" or "virtue". Would Raven be guilty of murder if she killed Murphy when he had a gun and an active threat against her? No, she wouldn't be. However, after the battle, when Murphy is unarmed, injured, and posing no active threat to her? Yeah, she'd legally guilty of murder. Revenge is not innocence.

And completely besides the point, but since you mentioned it... the education page is joke. From the speculation of Lincoln having a magical art gene to the speculation about Mount Weather. Language changes over time. The English we speak today would be considered bad grammar a hundred years ago. The Ark and Mount Weather were two isolated groups, so their English evolved separately over 97 years. For the convenience of the audience, Arkers speak today's English (but if the show was realistic, they wouldn't). People in Mount Weather speak slightly differently. Stating they have bad education is just speculation.