That controller will feel repercussions for that I’m sure. A simple mistake for sure, but a potential catastrophic one as well.
It’s the pilot’s responsibility to clarify the controller directions. The pilot of EVA would have to be a mindless robot to accept that vector after taking off from the south complex, a vector taking him directly into the path of the north complex and toward terrain higher than his climb rate.
The pilot isn’t a slave of the controller.