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Kayle Fled the Battle

Ravenhale·2/20/2019, 11:16:25 PM·2 votes·1,240 views

Reading the short bios of both and I had to scratch my head over this. She watches her father die in Morgana's arms and retreats to Targon. There's no mention of her being unable to deal with Morgana. Was Morgana's question about their father being wrong in taking them away truly that incapacitating?

Quite a bit of talk on the boards about being unable to relate with Kayle's character, but I have to disagree. We all have issues where we become uncertain about our course of action.

Sure, Morgana is rather straight forward by comparison. She's daddy's little girl, whom is angry with an errant mother that chose duty over family. Kayle idolizes her mother, which is a difficult thing to deal with as a single parent. And there's no way you would ever tear that away from her, when that's all she has of her mother. Well... short of hating her mother and then you would just end up the bad guy. Am I getting to real at this point?

Anyways, I feel much worse about how Kayle ends up than Morgana. What does Kayle find at Targon? I think it quite unlikely for her to find her mother, so... that could be harsh. Clearly she has been clinging to that. I think I would conclude Kayle is much more "broken" than Morgana is in regards to personality. Rather tragic.

3 Comments

mrmeddyman2/21/2019, 12:08:38 AM4 votes

It's overly simplistic thinking to think that a character that is relatable or more likeable is automatically a better character. If that's the only metric you use to define the worth of a character than of course Morgana will win every time because she is empathetic while Kayle isn't.

Another way of looking at it is that Kayle is trying to live up to an ideal bigger than herself at great cost, while Morgana is selfishly running away because it's easier to live a life that you dedicate to yourself (happy family, freedom, personal joys) than it is to live an existence of sacrifice where you at least attempt to add something back to the world.

Reminds me of a quote that Dr. Fate says to a dictatorial Superman in Injustice 2

"Justice is blind, not heartless."

Kayle is caught between the transition from blind justice to heartless justice. Holding on to her own humanity while trying to serve humanity is her greatest trial.

Lady Sylum2/21/2019, 12:09:27 AM1 votes

I had that feeling too. I see Kayle over zealous "purpose in life" is actually a veiled way for her to feel closer to her mother . She can't afford to pause I think about the big picture. Her way _has _ to be the right be right one and her cause _has _ to be just . Because if not that would mean her mother didn't just leave her family for a 'higher calling" she straight up abandoned them and that would mean Kayle killed countless of people , including her own father, and attacked her twin for.....nothing.

Honestly, if Kayle really paused and thought about the _real_feeling behind her motives, if she allowed herself to be "human", it would shatter her.