Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-1962215-20130125132819/@comment-82.211.199.21-20130610231052

I do think Diva qualifies as a villain, albeit a tragic one, in the sense that she's more powerful than any other chiropteran and she manages to strike the most fatal blows to protagonist (the killings of Joel and Riku). That said, she does have one of the most tragic backstories in the anime, esp. when you learn in the last episodes that all she wanted was to be loved. It's sad to watch how she's surrounded by chevaliers who supposedly love her, and some of the really do, but none of them ever picked up on this.(Nathan did, but did he ever do anything about it?)

I believe her backstory makes her cruel acts understandable, but not excusable, I did feel sorry for her all the way through the anime, but I also understands Saya's desire to kill her. Some might argue, what if Saya just had loved her? then she would have turned out differently. The problem is that right after Saya discovered that she even existed, she watched Diva kill the man she considered a father and who had always been kind to her(Saya). Years later, when she reunites with Diva, Diva is in the process of sucking her little brother dry. And then there's the rape. There is no way Saya could have loved or joined Diva, no matter how much they both would've benefitted from it. I feel both the twins were victims of fate/their heritage.