User blog comment:Kronika X Cetrion/PG Proposal: Nausicaa/@comment-39032584-20190830232153

I absolutely love this movie, just like most of the rest of Studio Ghibli's filmography! However, I'm still undecided on whether Nausicaa qualifies for Pure Good. For the most part, she fits the category to a T, but that one part where she lost her temper and assaulted several Tolmekian soldiers, possibly killing them, complicates it for me. Granted, they had just killed her father, so I do sympathize with her, but I have to give serious pause to the idea of a PG character giving into anger and possibly using lethal force, even if her reason is sympathetic and she has horrified with herself afterwards.

Otherwise though, yes, she is very kind, caring, and constantly advocates for peaceful resolution and understanding the Ohmu, rather than fighting them. Outside of that one scene, she's practically a pacifist, a fantastic role model, and would get an easy yes from me. For now though, I'll play it safe and wait to let other people weigh in with their opinions so I can make a more informed decision. I think it'll come down to whether she actually killed the solidiers or not, the problem being I don't think it explicitly confirms it one way or another; if she only incapacitated or knocked them out, I'd be comfortable giving a yes, but if she actually killed them, I'll have to go with an unfortunate no, though I wouldn't be happy about it since that's the only thing making me pause to begin with.