Board Thread:Theories Discussion/@comment-12376798-20140815224619

I have my own opinion of Nemesis's relation to MA and Gallerian. It may seem kind of illogical, but I've thought on this for a while, and it makes sense to me. If you know something I don't, feel free to point out something I've overlooked, gotten wrong, or didn't appear to know. Personally, I don't feel that “Nemesis” is the biological daughter of Gallerian or MA.



I think her relation is purely perceptive/metaphorical.

 
 * 1) First of all, who is Nemesis?

Well, it's theorized by some people that “Eight, the Sniper” in Five, the Pierrot is Gumilia. I'm one of those people. Why? Think of it like this. MA is presumably not existing yet, due to Julia being Irina. So who is Seven the Magician? The one and only other notable magician still alive by this point in the song. Elluka. Chronologically speaking, Five happens around the time Gift of Princess Sandman does, making it right after the Story of Evil on the timeline. At this point in time, it's very likely Gumilia is still Elluka's apprentice, and still following her around. The appearance of a Gumi character and a Magician that is more than likely Elluka makes all signs point to Eight being Gumilia. So, that would make the Sniper in The Last Revolver... also Gumilia. Gallerian is the one that ordered her to kill her lover in the Last Revolver, as is revealed in Muzzle of Nemesis.

2. Okay, Butler, how does this make “Nemesis” the daughter of Gallerian and MA?



Metaphorically, that's how. MA, or Elluka, as Gumilia would remember, raised her and taught her how to be a human and how to use magic. There's a close friendship between the mentor and apprentice, and this could be interpreted as mother and daughter. Not biologically, but mentally and emotionally. She also “raised” Gumilia and Michaela in an “abandoned house in the forest” which just so happens to be the house of Adam and Eve. What did the “abandoned house in the forest” look like in Muzzle of Nemesis? Exactly. She raised her on her own.

On the other hand, Gallerian took no part in “raising” Gumilia/Nemesis. However, he's her 'father' in terms of making her 'reborn' into who she is now: the Master of the Hellish Yard. Hypothetically speaking, since Gallerian gave her the orders to shoot her lover, she probably (and more than likely) hates him for making her do that. Hatred so strong, it turns into Wrath, and strong enough to keep her from dying when she shot herself in The Last Revolver. Her “rebirth” into the Master of the Hellish Yard, or Nemesis. His actions caused her reincarnation into this world as the MotHY, therefore he is her 'father' just about as much as the Clockwork Doll is Allen's/Irregular's 'mother'.

3. So if she was Gumilia, and is now the Master of the Hellish Yard, why is she called Nemesis?



Because she doesn't know she's the MotHY. She just knows she shot herself, and hey, she didn't die. A Nemesis is a mortal enemy, as mostly everyone knows, so she probably sees herself as the Nemesis of the man that made her feel so much pain. Her whole identity as Nemesis centers around getting vengeance or retribution on Gallerian, and she's nominally his nemesis, as her new name implies.

4. So why does she ask MA about how she ever fell in love with a man like him?



<p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom:0in;">This was the puzzling part, for me, until a friend of mine suggested the solution: Gumilia, like Michaela, is a forest spirit who doesn't understand human relationships and bonds. She followed MA around, and saw her with Gallerian. A lot. Let's think about Michaela's view of Kyle's love for her. She mistook it as friendship for a long time, didn't she? It could very well be the opposite in Gumilia's eyes. She saw those two together all the time, because they teamed up, and assumed that MA was in love with him.

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<p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom:0in;">'''Please keep in mind this is merely a theory by me, and we won't know for sure until the album is released, and then maybe we'll have to wait a little longer. This is just something I pieced together in my mind, since I seriously doubt MA or Gallerian had a child together. Elluka and Irina both have never expressed any sort of interest in having children. Ever. And Gallerian is too caught up in the fact his wife and daughter were sent to a watery grave to sleep with and impregnate that irritating woman that is so callous about his loss and keeps making snarky comments. This is just my opinion. Shoot it through with canonical logic if you will.''' <ac_metadata title="Metaphorically Speaking..."> </ac_metadata>