#and it's also part of why i think she's chill w the yanlei

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thinking about this. the fact a man tried to kill her and she ensured he'd have a proper burial by digging the grave herself. thinking about how despite their attempts to kill her she still has to convince herself her violence is justified (and i think it's a nice detail that to do so the comparison she draws is with noxus, because she never feels bad about the violence she perpetrates against noxians). thinking about how the brotherhood has already been doing fucked up things in general, not just what they do to her personally, and the fact she still can't see it as black and white and there's a conscious effort to reassure herself what she did was necessary. something something the clash of being so deeply compassionate towards her people she takes it upon herself to bury respectfully a man who'd see her dead coexisting with an enormous capacity for violence that is utterly remorseless when directed at noxus.

editing this to include this other tidbit because. i like that the old lady refers to her family despite irelia's renown not being tied to them. i like that (not just in this part but the story as a whole) they show irelia is so approachable when it comes to her own people and i like that the respect/love people have for her is also shown through smaller things like the 'any friend of yours is a friend of ours'.

and going back to what i was discussing in the first part, the fact she's. so compassionate. she cares so much for her people. even the ones who resent and hate her. she'd be completely justified to not give this man anything after he tried to kill her for not being what the brotherhood wanted her to be, but instead she gives him respect and compassion and says he deserved better than what he had in life. i always say she isn't wholly good and heroic (and she isn't) but i also think stuff like that highlight how good she can also be