Hathaway went so far as to murder a ally that saved him, the idiot should be in a damm cell not trusted with a Mobilesuit. Personal I would preferred to let the current Fed leadership have him.
Really. Haffaway, the ability to continue operations on earth(why?) The mass production Earth focused MS, terrorist allies with the Super MS we collected for them, and saving Elle(and Chan I suppose) were our rewards for that mission. Compared to rita, the Phenex for londo bell, maybe capturing Jona, and probably something else cool. Pheonix hunt was better all around.
I have a hell of a lot more sympathy for Jona and his situation then I do for Hathaway and his deal. Jona cares about other people, Hathaway has only ever really cared about himself.
I have sympathy for neither. Jona cares about people in a selfish and broken way. As long as Rita Lives, even if her life is shit, even if she's a fucking test subject, so long as Jona "Saves her" in any capacity where she's alive and with him, he's satisfied. The dudes sipping coolaid harder than luke, who himself has seriously messed up views from how warped his perspective is.
Haffaway is worse that he's a bit of a self centered brat with a chip on his shoulder, an unrealistic interpretation of his own skills as a pilot, and a complete inability to leverage his newtype abilities to actually read the battle, but it's sufficiently mollified by his general teenage indifference meaning he isn't actively betraying anyone or multiple people he cares about in the name of his own Vainglorious perception of playing the hero.
There both shits, but Jona is a backstabbing dog on top of being a shit. I wouldn't have saved haffaway, no matter how shit the situation on earth turned as a result, but I'm actively aiming for Jona to Rot in a Cell or be broken by the weight of his actions and convinced to testify.
Haffaway can at least earn a " congrats on learning common sense" by giving team Cascadia enough space that saving him has little chance of becoming Cybele's problem, but I'll pass on any vote that gives Jona a chance to redeem himself. If he'll manipulate and trick his oldest, closest friends, there's no way I'm trusting him with a spork near Cybele, let alone a psychoframe bearing MS.
Oh shut up Haman we know that actually giving a shit about your fellow pilots actually makes a Newtype stronger. Also it's thinking like that, that leads to people concluding things like Dropping Colonies on the Earth was necessary for the "Greater Good" or the Newtypes need to be controlled before they cause a disaster idea that is driving the Federation leadership at the moment. Haman may not care over about the people that died because of her but Cybele does care and if she loses that then she will have lost some of her humanity.
I think Haman might actually be deliberately triggering Cybele so she "Won't Hesitate" Like Lutetia warned her not to. It's a very asshole brand of mentoring, but well, -shrug-Haman.
