-Just an Elizabeth rant, nothing special really-
Character wise:
For me personally, Elizabeth is an interesting character. At first when I watched Episode 1 of Season 1 I was like "oh another crybaby useless heroine what a surprise, she'll probably do nothing more than going Meliodas-sama all the time" but she gained my respect when she protected that kid (ahem) during the Baste Dungeon Arc, and she didn't even pass out until she took the bell from Ruin. To go to such lengths while not being powerful...I was truly in awe of her courage and her resolve. From then on, I started to really, really like her. She was second only to Meliodas at that time and I always looked forward to more of her moments. And then one finally came. Her awakening as the Apostle of the Goddesses during Hendy's fight. She peaked my interest right then. "What is that on her eye OMG and why does she have that?!" was what I thought. I was honestly disappointed that Season 1 gave no explanation, but I thought that Season 2 might give one.
Watching Season 2 she had very little defining moments...and again no explanation for her eye. The thing I did note was that Elizabeth had the symbol of Goddesses from Nerobasta. I did make the connection, as such she might be a reincarnation of a goddess because reincarnation had already been revealed to be a thing in the series with Liz (if I want to talk about her as Elizabeth, then I have to admit that she impressed me a lot as well, Elizabeth does have that charm which draws people towards her) and Ellie. Still I never expected the truth to be so...heartbreaking? Harsh?
I couldn't wait for another season so I immediately started the manga since the very beginning (having been told of some changes in the anime as such). When I got past the point of the anime story, I should have seen that coming, but I didn't really (cos I'm also stupid), but Elizabeth appeared as a goddess. Her ideals, her efforts for peace really moved me, as they did way back, so I felt really horrible when Ludo took advantage of Elizabeth's naivete in the field of pacifism, I mean it being her first time negotiating with little experience would of course fail horribly (judging from her demeanor and Ludo's praise that was some of the very first times she actually tried to negotiate otherwise she would just...kill?). I think Elizabeth really is the best when she's her pacifist nature. Even though with that being said I do not think her smirking at the DK and being called "Bloody Ellie" was bullshit (I admit it could have been done a lot better). In fact it does make sense to me. Overall, I love Elizabeth's character, seeing her grow from a timid girl going around in a heavy rusty armor to becoming an unofficial captain of the Seven Deadly Sins... she has to be equal to Meliodas in my character ranking (at the 3rd place).
Oh and, I'm a firm believer that the Supreme Deity loved her daughter as any mother would. Why? Because every goddess out there fanboys/fangirls the Supreme Deity a bit too much (unlike the Demon King whom has no ally left) meaning she is a wonderful ruler, it wouldn't be surprising if she was a wonderful mother as well. If the SD was in the Horn of Cernunnos, I think she would still be alive and just found another vessel because she was laughing like a maniac when Meliodas destroyed the Horn, no way she would if her dead end was coming. I personally really want to know more about her relationship with Elizabeth, since I've always looked forward to mother-daughter relationships (other than my ships of course lol).
Power wise:
At first I wasn't very convinced of Elizabeth's power. But the thing that did convince me was when she told Ludo to "STEP DOWN". I was like "oh she's very confident in what she can do even though the Indura are way stronger than the five Commandments she just threatened earlier...so perhaps her being strong isn't a joke". I still think her feat against the Indura is the most impressive she has done so far, not even humiliating the DK holds a candle. With her 8 wings she used for her "Let There Be Light" because of course a non-serious Indura Derieri trashed a Ludo who wasn't using his Grace (I don't see how he would be able to handle both the Indura with Flash though) but Elizabeth made the both Indura Derieri and Monspeet serious while not having a Grace either. I recognize Elizabeth wouldn't have been able to do anything while she used her power of 4 AA level wings so she went serious mode, which is far above the AA level (except maybe The One Mael). While against the DK she didn't even need to use her seriously full power, because it's understandable that the DK wasn't at his full strength so around that time Elizabeth was indeed stronger in her base.
When Mael called Elizabeth a warrior on the same level as Ludoshel and Meliodas, I wasn't really surprised. I already knew by Sariel's statement of how strong her Ark is (which apparently doesn't show mercy to high level demons which includes Meliodas) so I guess with that information alone I can say that Sariel/Tarmiel had seen/heard rumours of Elizabeth fighting against top level/fodder demon(s) which earned her the nickname of "Bloody Ellie". If she would have only been a support, they could never have made such statements.
So I want to know how as "Bloody Ellie" she managed to make Meliodas feel a world of pain while he made Mael retreat (I still think The One Mael is the strongest goddess). The only problem I have right now with Elizabeth is that she doesn't fight much. I mean I don't really mind Meliodas protecting her because I love it for my ship but she should show more moments because her fans are gritting their teeth (Mael is no better, like seriously what the heck is wrong with the Goddess Clan?! First Nerobasta bailed out then Tarmiel then Mael and now Elizabeth refuses to fight along with the SD refusing to ever even show her face!).
I love how her light magic is designed differently from the others. Like when she made the Holy War Pact with Ludo we could clearly see the sharp and straight light of Ludo but with Elizabeth it was more fiery and seemed like pure white blazing flames. Imo Supreme Deity also has the same design as Elizabeth's light magic because it seemed that way in Chapter 249.
I do think many incidents which happened against her was because she is in a human body, which is weaker than that of a goddess. It was implied in two different situations, one by Elizabeth herself in Chapter 233 and one by Meliodas in Chapter 310. So I forgive her for every screw up she had as a human.
Overall I'll say I find Elizabeth's Arkslaps impressive and I wanted to see her form the light blade she used against the Demon King and Supreme Deity once more even one time. I'm sure she can be deadly when she actually wants to fight but doesn't because she's restricted in action.
