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Wanted to post this because I like Allena (Allen x Lenalee) a lot and because I also miss Lenalee.....

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Yes. This is a Simp post.....

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On surface, these two separate scenes, Lenalee's flashback of Allen during her battle against the Level 3 Akuma, and Allen's Farewell to Lenalee before he escapes from the Order, may seem unconnected/irrelevant with another. But I brought these two scenes up because I actually think they are more connected than people think. Recently it occurred to me just how similar these two seemingly unconnected scenes actually are.

I'm going to write an essay about these two scenes that I hope you enjoy reading so please, bear with me.

**I think Lenalee had a very profound, even unnoticed effect and influence on Allen, particularly in regards to his ideals and beliefs**

So. We know that Allen and Lenalee hold more or less the same ideals and beliefs.

They both want power. Not to be powerful but to use it to protect others. They both hate to be powerless and weak and while they may have mixed feelings towards their Innocences. They still embrace it because it's the one thing that gives them power to protect others.

However. In terms of their beliefs. There is one difference between them

Allen wants to use his powers to save everyone. He wants to use the power that his Innocence gives him to save everyone that he can save. He is even willing to sacrifice himself for that if he needs to. His main objective is to save everyone, Human or even Akuma or Noah, no matter what.

While Lenalee also more or less wants to do the same. The difference between her and Allen is that Lenalee puts a lot more importance into the people she cares about and are dear to her over other random people. She uses her powers to save people, but her loved ones and people she cares about take priority. She mostly wants her powers because she wants to use it to protect those she cares about. If she has to choose between a loved one and a random person, she would choose her loved one without a doubt.

I think that's the difference between them. Allen wants to protect everyone he can while Lenalee prefers to make sure her loved ones are safe first and other people come after.

However. I believe people can influence other people. Especially if they are close with another. Friends, family, even lovers can influence each other in many ways and I believe Lenalee influenced and had an effect on Allen in regards to this. Particularly in regards to the Order, a place that is important to both Allen and Lenalee.

The Order I believe is a place that both Allen and Lenalee have mixed feelings on

Lenalee loves the Order because it's the place where Komui, her beloved brother is. She loves it because it's the place where the people she cares about, aka her world are, this is her home. Because the people she loves and cares about are there.

I believe Allen also holds similar feelings towards the Order. Allen is someone who had to spend most of his life alone, on his own, without a place to belong. The only thing close to a sense of belonging for him was Mana, his adoptive father, whom he eventually lost. I think for that reason, Allen also liked the Order because like Lenalee, it was also a home for him. A place to belong. A place where people who care about him and love him are. A place where everyone are there to welcome him back with open arms whenever he comes to that place.

I think for these reasons, both Allen and Lenalee have attachments to the Order.

However. The ironic thing is. That they both also have valid reasons to despise the Order.

For Lenalee, the Order took her in when she was a kid and she had no say in that, the Order deprived her of a normal life and childhood. It tortured her and traumatized her. She hated that place when she first came there and wanted to escape but failed everytime.

She has valid reasons to hate the Order because it deprived her of a normal life and childhood. Something she wanted but could never have.

But she doesn't. Because like I said, her brother and all the people she loves and cares about are also at the Order. People she swore to protect. And because of that she doesn't hate the place. Even love it

I think Allen also has experienced something similar. Think about it.

Allen liked the Order as well because it was his home. It was a place for him to belong. Where there were people who cared about him and loved him

But unfortunately, all of that vanished with the Alma arc. What used to be his home ends up branding him a traitor, accusing him of helping the enemy, considering him an enemy all because he ends up having a Noah inside of him, and imprisoning him inside a jail. The place no longer considering him a friend but an enemy. And even after he escaped, the Order goes out of its way to consider him an enemy that needs to be found and taken care of

When looked at it that way. Allen also has every right to grow to hate the Order for that. He has the right to feel betrayed. To hold a grudge at the Order for that and hate that place

But does he feel that ? No. I don't think so

And why ? That's the interesting part and what it all is about.

In the Lenalee flashback (Pictures 1 and 2), when Allen asks Lenalee why does she care about him and the others so much. Lenalee answers that it's because for her, her loved ones, her friends and her comrades at the Order are her world and when one of them dies. A piece of her world also dies with them

Showing that in spite of everything, Lenalee likes the Order and for her, it's her home because it's the place where the people she cares about are

And I believe this had an effect on Allen and I like to believe that deep down, Allen found himself agreeing with or at the very least, empathising with Lenalee over it.

And I think this shows during Allen's farewell to Lenalee. (Pictures 3, 4 and 5)

Before leaving through the Gate, Allen hugs Lenalee and tells her this:

"The Order is where my heart is. Because of all the wonderful goofballs like you"

I think this shows that Lenalee had a very strong influence and effect on Allen. So much that Allen ended up adopting her mindset in regards to the Order. Because if you pay attention, what Allen told her here is very similar to what Lenalee told him during the flashback. Showing that in regards to the Order, Allen also grew to feel about the Order how Lenalee feels.