Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180327004110/@comment-35118849-20180409031604

I think Alonon is in a similar position to that of Najimi Ajimu in Medaka Box. Ajimu, at one point in the series, believed that she was living in a manga. She thought everything was a pointless game. From the reader's perspective she made a lot of meta references. From an in-universe perspective, people thought she was crazy. I'm not necessarily saying Alonon realizes/believes he's in a video game. However, he has seen something that has made him realize that the struggles that matter to other people - territory, money, even suffering, war, and death- have been made meaningless. All the people he sees are just tallies in some bigger picture or contest, over which they have no control or choice, so it is tough to care.

I think someone or something did give Alonon and Varia some sort of "destiny". There's just no special reason as to why they were picked. That's what depresses Alonon. There is no morality or purpose behind the status. Alonon was looking for purpose outside himself and was disappointed by whatever he found. I think part of the meaning of his character is to show Simon or possibly Carina that purpose must come from within.

Responding to Leto's post, an ant can't make moral choices. Most human beings think that they are capable of making moral choices. This is an important distinction that underlies things like the legal system, government, religion, etc. I think Alonon now believes, for whatever reason, human beings are so limited and/or insignificant that they are either incapable, or near incapable, of making moral choices too. Is a choice that you are predetermined to make really a choice?