Talk:Arche Eeb Rile Furt/@comment-31820190-20180614160716/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180614233734

I think that people just get caught in the false dicotomy of it has to be Arche's or Ainz's fault. No, there's Jircniv, her father, her mother, Fluder, and Hekkeran all way in the lead if we're looking for who to blame for her death.

Ultimately, Jircniv is the most responsible. He knew about Ainz Ooal Gown for months and didn't do the one thing any reasonable, sane person would have done on finding out that someone had tried to frame him for attacking a village protected by an extremely powerful and deadly magician: Send an envoy to clarify that the Empire was definitely not involved and had nothing but friendly intentions towards Ainz. Instead he's got to play his little game of espionage non-stop until he's finally confronted by the total futility of his actions.

The same with the massacre on the Katze Plains, the quagoa, and the Holy Kingdom. Each of these rulers had a choice to avoid having their people slaughtered, none of them decided to make that a high priority. Pe Riyuro had the rawest deal (cause his people were just not seen as valuable enough), but even for him, it was a very straightforward choice. He had the evidence in front of him to know the right decision, and he made the wrong one (hat tip for next time, when the enemy has already sealed you in an alternate dimension using powers beyond your comprehension, don't go disbelieving that they can exterminate you like maggots if you choose to fight them with just your claws and teeth).

Nor is any of that something about which a reasonable person could accuse Ainz of hypocrisy. Ainz is constantly on the lookout for people more powerful than himself and making every effort he can think of to avoid making enemies unnecessarily. Of course, he understands that he who attempts to please all will please none. He has to make choices, such as "save the dwarves" or "coddle the quagoa", and he makes them. He doesn't invariably make the choices that are universally regarded as best, because there is no such consensus. But he doesn't ignore information that indicates that there might be a powerful entity which he should approach with caution rather than arrogance.