Poor excuses

[queenursula]

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[openexit]

mte

[lurkerbytrade]

:(

[air_and_angels]

So Ilana could be vengeful instead of compassionate, and so she could make the same kind of mistake Ben has been making all his life?

[drbat]

Besides killing Keamy, when has he been motivated by vengeance?

[air_and_angels]

That's not what I meant - it might sound pedantic, but look at the construction of the sentence. 'Vengeful' and 'making the same mistakes as Ben' are in separate clauses. They're related but distinct ideas.
In terms of 'same mistakes,' I mean killing people for bad reasons (whether morally bad or simply unwise). Killing Ben would be unwise because he can still be very helpful, particularly if he now regrets what he did before and is strongly motivated to make amends.
But to follow your train of thought, don't you think both his attempts to kill Locke (the second successful) had an element of revenge on Locke for usurping Ben's position as The Special Bunny?

[drbat]

I think the first time, Ben saw him as a threat to his power.

The second time had something to do with Locke mentioning Eloise Hawking, since Ben had convinced him to not kill himself beforehand.