[Sh Ranger]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

And though not much is known about Emi, nothing indicates if she's a paragon of virtue, due to her naivety. Because many people equate kindness with naivety, to my dismay, which may have people encourage others to hate and mistreat others so they grow out from being 'naive'. People should use the term naive more to describe what Emi (someone they likely wouldn't consider compassionate) did here, than just about virtuous heroes for showing kindness, though people also often equate victims as being good.

Yeah, naivety is in the lack of deduction. Of course showing kindness to others is generally a good thing as the world really would suck if everybody was mean to each other. The exceptions should be determined using critical thinking, to judge whether a person is being honest or having malicious intent. Emi had no reason to trust Niwa and was given many reasons to doubt him, but she still made the most terrible judgment based on a misplaced romance. Cynics will probably use this to insist that romance is bad and naive, but that is not the case. The absence or rejection of logic is the problem. Logic can keep you alive and romance can give you a reason to live, so it's important to use both together to make better decisions. To quote the song: Love is an open door.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Though then again, usually medias like this will have the good guys always win, and even though the bad guys may have some occasions where they got the last laugh, it won't last forever. So by this, failure is generally the only option for villains, what'd not count as a failure with deserving consequences for Shita and Jeebh anyway (not counting if they beg for last chance) if Gavv obviously will triumph?

Villains can still progress a long-term goal, as long as they manage to salvage something from the plot of the week. Like Nyelve with his experiments, he's productive regardless of the outcome and shows initiative, instead of asking siblings for help all the time. Jeep and Theta assure that they will bring a haul of Hitopresses, they fail and they never have the foresight to bring anything else as compensation for their losses. A serious determined villain on their last chance would usually bet something big like their life or powers, but Jeep and Theta aren't risking anything, only repeating the same shallow, "we'll win this time for sure!", which sounds less credible each time. They're unprofessional and self-entitled due to familial connections, treating their job like it's some kind of game they can reset and now they're getting the punishment.