Oh boy what a topic to stumble into! I'm not a member here really, but I've been browsing some other FE communities since Reddit is a tad....oppressive I feel.
Anyways, um kinda agree and disagree. Like it's unfair to tell someone to get over their grief. People who experience trauma cope with it in different ways. And as we see with Rhea, she handles it in a pretty unhealthy way.
Does that make her unsympathetic? Im not sure. Shes had a thousand+ years I suppose to heal, or at least channel her grief towards a more productive catalyst. Her want to hit the rewind button to the good ol days being her driving force behind all actions is selfish and is most of the reason Fodlan is in the troublesome situation that it is.
But at the exact same time, can you fairly blame her for not moving on? While fixating on what happened and never truly letting go isnt necessarily healthy or ideal, we see very real people wrestle with this every day. And Rhea is TRYING at least to push her idea of what peace is. While we can discuss the ramifications of her actions, or whether or not they're actually good, the good intent was there. Despite her being one really bad day away from what we see her become in CF.
So i dont necessarily think the argument is, can we forgive Rhea or not. But rather I'd say, is someone this compromised and unstable someone who should have been in a position of power for as long as they did? She admits herself she was never qualified to.
Rheas really tragic to me. I like her alot, yet dont really excuse her actions or say I could abide by them.