Talk:Gyokuen Ren/@comment-31359333-20170221100834/@comment-31377579-20170303171557

YES!!! SOMEBODY FINALLY GETS IT!!! You know, its really annoying to go on forums and read annoying comments that diss Gyokuen and trash talk on her. I agree with all the points that you've mentioned. Most fans can't seem to appreciate how well-written Gyokuen is as a character. You know a character is well-written, when the debate on the character is heated. It is however, grossly unfair to shit-talk on Gyokuen, because she was clearly a victim of circumstance, as much as Hakutoku, Hakuren, Hakuyuu, Hakuryuu and Hakuei. If Hakuren and Hakuyuu said that Gyokuen was responsible for their deaths, its because they were human and had no way of knowing that their mother was being manipulated by a fanatic, like Arba. A good character has to multi-faceted and feel real. Gyokuen is written as an anti-villain character, in my opinion, because she is shown to be responsible for many of the events in the series, but isn't actually in control. The Gyokuen in Hakuryuu's memories might have been Arba acting, but its precisely because she's (Arba) an excellent actress (as lampshaded by Sin) that she was able to present herself as the kind of person Gyokuen truly was, before she was possessed. The proof is in the fact that Arba was able to present herself as Hakuei, after Hakuryuu committed matricide, without knowing the truth. Arba, at this point was still intent on resurrecting Il-Illah, and therefore possessed Hakuei after realising that she couldn't use Gyokuen anymore. Its sad, because Arba cruelly releases Gyokuen from her control, moments before Hakuryuu beheads her in coldblood. Gyokuen's facial expression shortly before her death is the proof in the pudding. Here, she looks genuinely confused. When you discard all the bias towards Gyokuen and the silly habit to hate her as a character without understanding every aspect of who she was; then you'll realise in hindsight that it was truly pitiful that the last thing Gyokuen saw was the resentful, hate-filled eyes of her beloved son; about to kill her, for reasons she couldn't comprehend.