Something that almost kills me inside is that Vander is right when he gives Vi that speech about “whatever happens, it’s on you”.
He’s telling Vi that her siblings look up to her and will follow her lead whatever happens. And if she messes up, it could have consequences and end up hurting or even killing one of them. It’s on her to make sure that that doesn’t happen.
From a leadership standpoint, it makes sense. You can’t be reckless with your team’s lives. You’re the one planning missions and leading the team and if anything goes wrong, it’s on you.
And some people criticise Vander for saying this sort of thing to an adolescent. Well, I don’t think he’s trying to put pressure on her (not on purpose, at least). He’s trying to teach her to be a responsible leader. She’s already the leader of her small group and she’d just led her team on a topside heist that had gone wrong. And not only that, she’s becoming more independent and is already pushing back against him. How long would it be before she stops listening to him completely? He has to teach her these kinds of lessons while he still can.
So, his advice to Vi wasn’t bad. The tragedy is really that he was never able to expand on that lesson because he died soon after. And the trauma of his, Mylo and Claggor’s deaths caused Vi to internalise his advice the wrong way.
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