Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-121.54.32.103-20130408082624/@comment-6192846-20130430133454

That's an interesting theory but it does have some flaws. For one, there is no implication of a character's soul possibly inhabiting the Clockworker's Doll. You can make the argument for Waiter and maybe the Master of the Graeyard or GEAR, but the Master of the Court doesn't appear to hold any soul but her own, if the awakened vessels even had souls. The second flaw, is that you claim it is a "big possibility" but cite no reasoning for why you suspect that. It sounds like a shot in the dark to me.

I also don't see why both vessels need to have different reasons for not awakening. I may be wrong, but it seems more rationale that they would not awaken for the same reasons, not different ones. We know that the Demon of Lust had left the vessel and hasn't been noted to have returned. We also know that Elluka took the scissors, leaving a fake pair for Kayo while the Demon of Envy possessed her. I think it's self-evident that the only signifigant similarity the two vessels shares (appearing to have their Demons absent from them) would imply that to be the reason.

The only matter on contention with this theory is that the specifics on this switch-aroo is not made clear. Was Elluka possessed but the body switch left the Demon in Lukana's body with Kayo or did the Demon simply choose to jump to Kayo after the switch took place? Was Elluka even aware she was possessed and that Kayo was then possessed? Was she already Ma at that point and somehow never noticed? Did she even care because she planned on being the replacement for the awakened vessel anyway?

I find it hard to believe, if Ma wanted all the vessels to awaken, that she would have allowed Gallerian to collect all the vessels and never notice their Demonns were absent. Still, the details are too hazy in my opinion to make reliable speculations on that subject.