Yes, it was a cult of personality. He was seen as a messiah and father of the nation. Ask those who can speak honestly - many loved him and were willing to die for him.
In my research I've not encountered any notions of him being a messiah. Just that he was orator getting people in a broken nation hyped up.
You constantly replace "sacrifice" with "favor," intentionally or not. Their meanings are different.
I do not.
I replace "Sacrifice" with "Give up everything"
Since it better encompasses what is being said. Sacrifice doesn't necessarily mean everything, just that something is given up.
I see you're quick to sacrifice a man
I didn't make any of these up. Go tell nature and the people who made these rules up this.
so let's flip the roles: he's a prominent top German officer from the early '30s, and his wife is Jewish. What does true love look like – sending her to a concentration camp
Concentration camps were not a thing in the early 30's.
Early in the Nazi parties reign, Jews were simply segregated into ghettos. It wasn't until later that concentration camps were set up.
Also in this scenario, the outcomes are exactly the same.
The man can try to put themselves and their partner at risk to hide them (Or defect to another nation, which many people did. It would be easier for him than the average joe given his station as a high ranking officer)
Or the woman can decide she wants to sacrifice her freedom to protect her husband (And potential children)
Both decisions can be made out of love and loyalty to one another.
You cannot betray what you never swore allegiance to.
You "Swore allegiance" to Lae'zel when you initiated romance with her. Your whole "We are in love" shtick is you having an allegience to her.
It is Lae'zel you betrayed. As SHE is someone who does value the Githyanki society.
In your US vs China example it'd be more like:
You are a US citizen. You are in a relationship with someone who is from China. Your partner still likes China and values their country of origin and the peoples that reside there.
You as a US citizen then do something that then provides a massive negative impact to all of China.
Have you betrayed your partner who has a strong allegience to China? (The answer is "Yes")
I never complained that Lae'zel betrayed me.
"I was left with a really bad aftertaste after sparing the Emperor. The Githyanki gave me no help in getting this far, and Lae'zel - despite 100 approval and a completed romance arc - threatening me with death yet again was just too much."
You quite literally are complaining that "Despite 100 approval and a completed romance arc" she was threatening you (AKA betraying the "Loyalty of love" as you went on to talk about)
a complete lack of basic reasoning.
I mean, you yourself seem to heavily rely on this concept... Being unable to grasp many basic concepts like, how you massively betrayed a character or how integral societal values are to characters.
A narcissist eagerly throws labels around, driven by self-imagined moral superiority, while in reality relying on shaky reasoning.
Uhh... No? That's not what a narcissist does.
Also, I'm not "Eagerly throwing labels around" I'd really rather not, however, you show a distinct lack of empathy and care about others and entirely focus on your own point of view, even going so far as to think a relationship where someone doesn't defer their entire belief system to whatever YOU personally want is somehow "Toxic".
It would likely be beneficial for you to discuss such things with an actual psychologist or therapist, as these are not normal lines of reasoning, it is indicative of extreme narcissim.
