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[megami-tsuki.livejournal.com]

Ne, why do you suppose Nina is so scared of the Japanese...Like when Suzaku comes to the school she all like 'Eek an 11..." and she's all scared more that the others during the hostage ep...they never show or explain the reason.

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[haiiro.livejournal.com]

Good ol'fashioned racism. Thinkg about Nina...she's a Britannian, so anything she would have ever learned about "Elevens" would have been tainted to the whole Britannian way of thinking. Furthermore, what with the resistance, the Japanese are made out to all be terrorists on the news, since that's all Britannian as well.

Simply put, the girl was likely raised to think the way she does.

[jdiam.livejournal.com]

In episode 8, they hint at something having happened to her in the past. When their train passes through a tunnel and Nina panics, Milly comments on the security in Kawaguchiko(?) and tells her that they "won't leave her behind this time". I believe it has something -- not everything, but something -- to do with that.

[angel-katsumi.livejournal.com]

I think that Nina is afraid of being shooted by one of them just because she's a Britannian! o_O

[honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com]

Perhaps... something happened in the past when she was left behind and stumbled into something bad? Like rape or something. That could leave a traumatic scar on her. and that might explain that obsession she had with Euphie.

I think I heard a similar theory on this before. And Nina did appear as if she could be a victim. Well... my thoughts.

[shiroukotori.livejournal.com]

Nina is a Brittanian, she's been raised with an Imperialist and racist doctrine her whole life. Not every one can be a racist bully, her expression of racism is just in her fear. She's terrified of what she doesn't know or understand, especially since the idea that 11's are DIFFERENT is the reigning philosophy amongst Britanians. I always thought that Milly and the rest of the student council were ODDLY tolerant of Suzaku considering. Nina would definitely be afraid of a regular Japanese person...but Suzaku was accused of murdering a noble, people that should be completely protected at all times. Its not surprising that she freaks out.

I do think though that Geass does a great job of using the tolerant members of the student council to highlight the debilitating effect of extreme racism that Nina embodies.

In response to the idea that something terrible happened to her with the Japanese...I get the feeling that she's always been a bit delicate of constitution. I don't think it could have been worse than getting mugged though, I don't see her re-entering regular life and school if it had been truly traumatic.