No, she didn't get a lot of people killed. Actually her FATHER got a lot of people killed by giving up secrets to the Visitors in order to save after she got caught. He sold out the human race for his family. Robin was just a typical Valley-Girl high school kid caught up in unfathomable circumstances. I don't even think the girl had a drivers license yet. That's part of the appeal of her entire character - that all this crazy sh** is going on around her but she's still a teenager with raging hormones and a crush and she doesn't really "get" what all the adults are doing or talking about when it comes to the aliens.
As for having sex with the young alien Visitor (and getting impregnated).. she was being held captive, scared and easily manipulated. You can plainly see she is a mess of emotions when Diana orders Bryan to go in and do the deed. And the plot device touched on a lot of interesting concepts of the times - teen sex and teen pregnancy (and later, abortion).
(and I'm not even getting into the importance of her "testing" the Red Dust on Bryan which basically sets the stage for humanity to make the planet undesirable to humans)
She's a brilliantly written character which is integral to the advancement of the entire plot.
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