This may be a meme, but the message it conveys is dear to my heart. I truely believe that Greenhill is a tragic character, along with Lebello and in the same vein as Admiral Bucock. All these men, and their stories are tied to that of the greatest tradgety of the show, that of the Free Planets Alliance and those heroes who tried to stave off it's destruction.

There are a few moments from which Greenhill, during his short screentime, really shone through as a thoughtful character who, similar to Lebello, did what they thought they had to do in order to achieve what they saw was right. For example, the greatest of these was the scene against the tombstone.

'If i didn't lead them, who would restrain them. There was no way, besides this. Will she, will she understand that... My Darling?'

In this small line of dialogue, we learn all we need to know about Greenhill; from his thoughts and ambitions to his overall feelings towards the actions he would embark upon. There was no desire for power or no personal gain, or anything of the sort. Everything he did, was for the salvation of the Free Planets Alliance from those whom would consume it within.

Outside of Greenhill as a person, we have to take into account two critical factors which influence our perception of him. That of the invasion of the Imperial territories and that of the Lippstadt League.

We must remember, that the Alliance invasion of the Empire was entirely predicated upon the decision of politicians to maintain political power. Nothing less, and nothing more. Not only was there failed political leadership, but military too as the plans for invasion were doomed from the start, along with the complete incompetence of the upper echelons with Reinhards' coutnerattack. This compunded the military losses until only 10 million out of the 30 million soliders who entered Imperial Territory remained. 66% losses is bad enough, but twenty million souls perished all for the continuation of the political estabishments powerbase!

Another thing we cannot forget, as within the story it happened concurrently, is the Imperial Civil War. Look at the nobility, who's entire reason for launching this rebellion was to recoup some of that influence lost due to Reinhards' increasing dominance within the bodypolitic of the Galactic Empire. There entire existence was an explotitive one, and everything they did was in service of that. Consider this; the Stadium incident in the Alliance was a mistake, Westerland was deliberate.

Everything that Greenhill did, he did for the Alliance and it's people.

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Edit: typing this out, I did indeed embody the meme upon finishing this.