Yeah, I hate them Stormcloaks so bad I have multiple Stormcloak characters.

I've already made it abundantly clear why I don't like the Stormcloaks and it has nothing to do with the Empire. The only reason I don't hate the Nords living under the Empire is because they don't go around waving a "We're true Nords lolnotreally" banner.

I'm not saying she's a bad person - beyond that she is willing to ignore Nordic law when it suits her purpose - or that she's some maniacal finger twirling imperial saboteur. I'm just saying she's a puppet - cause she is.

She seems to have no emotional attachment to the Empire, she just considers Ulfric a murderer and is particularly sensitive about that because she loved Torygg. Whether or not it's factually accurate, it's highly understandable. She's also the only Imperial jarl who's willing to pledge allegiance to Ulfric despite the aforementioned husband-killing, so I seriously doubt she's any kind of Imperial ideologue.