Line #2 Recap/CrossAngeEp3VillkissAwakens


1	!! Tropes in this episode include:
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3	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Previously, Ange had told her mother it was her greatest desire to serve the Misarugi empire and its people to the best of her extent. In the present, Jasmine points out that as a norma, Ange is pretty much fulfilling that dream, [[SlaveMooks just not on the terms she wanted]].
4	* BrutalHonesty: Jill points out that the harsh conditions Ange was currently living through were because of the laws enacted by her own family who never raised a finger to help them, even though their own daughter was a norma herself.
5	* TheDeadHaveNames: When normas die, their gravestones bear the true names their parents gave them, as though they've regained their names in death, as opposed to the [[YouAreNumberSix serial numbers]] they're designated. This plays a part in Ange's [[DrivenToSuicide morbid agreement to pilot Vilkiss]], as she views her death as a chance to be "Angelisse" once more.
6	* EverybodyHasStandards: Although she comes across as cold-hearted, Jill will not stand to hear Ange write off the late Coco as "non-human" just because she's a norma, especially when the former princess caused her death.
7	* MidSuicideRegret: Ange was previously willing to fight a DRAGON once more if it meant she could escape the collective pain in her life. But once she remembers her late mother's last wish for her to survive, she finds herself unwilling to die at the hands of the DRAGON while Vilkiss is within its jaws. Thankfully, its true power activating gives her a second chance to keep surviving.
8	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Zigzagged. When hearing that Coco recently turned 12 years old, Ange briefly reflects on how that makes Coco the closest thing to a little sister, since she was the same age as her kid sister Sylvia. Ange momentarily denies that a norma girl like Coco could ever compare to Sylvia, before a livid Jill invokes this trope by seething how Ange herself is no different than the next norma.
9	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jill often comes across as a generally cold person who keeps her emotions in check. But during her conversation with Ange over the norma soldiers who died because of her desertion, Jill shows a brief instance of anger and disgust towards the ex-princess's overall attitude. For one, her voice has an [[TranquilFury edge]] when she completes Ange's sentence about how Coco was [[NotSoSimilar nothing like Sylvia]] because "[[FantasticRacism she wasn't human]]". Second, she expresses frustration at Ange's [[IRejectYourReality denial]] over being a norma, despite her inability to use mana being glaring proof she's one of them. Lastly and more to the point, she lets her anger loose when she calls out Ange on how her reckless actions caused the needless death of three girls.
10	* OriginalPositionFallacy:
11	** Discussed. Humans exile norma to an island in the middle of nowhere to act as [[SlaveMooks indentured soldiers]] to protect their [[CrapsaccharineWorld pampered utopia]] and [[{{Unperson}} forget them]]. It's the way it's always been. Ange previously considered this entirely appropriate. But as Jill throws back in her face, the reason she's out here being treated as a prisoner [[FantasticRacism for the crime of having no magic]] is because ''she and her people'' made the rules without consideration of how unfair it would be on the receiving end.
12	** Likewise, Ange's own parents are an unsung example of this trope, as they are also guilty of this short-sighted mindset. They didn't help improve the normas' quality of living, even when they knew their own daughter was one. This heavily implies they lacked the empathy and foresight to realize this same terrible lifestyle would befall Ange if she was ever ousted.
13	* SpannerInTheWorks: Had the memory of Queen Sophia's dying last words not reminded Ange of her mission to stay alive, it goes without saying that she wouldn't have [[MidSuicideRegret fought the DRAGON that was about to eat her]].
14	* WartsAndAll: On one hand, Zola wasn't the most moral person in life, as demonstrated with her [[AttemptedRape previous actions]] towards Ange. Even Jasmine says as much during her wake when she admits Zola was a womanizer. But she's also the first to say that in spite of her unsavory traits, Zola ''did'' have redeeming qualities, her intelligence and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold protectiveness]] towards her charges among them.
15	* WhatIsThisFeeling: Ange is conflicted that although it was in self-defense, she actually ''enjoyed'' killing the DRAGON, as it means she truly is as violent as everyone thinks normas are.
16	* WhatTheHellHero: Jill's conversation with Ange culminates with her calling her out on how her trying to leave the battlefield lead to Zola, Miranda and Coco dying untimely deaths, especially because she was still in denial of being a norma.

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