Board Thread:Theories Discussion/@comment-189.171.21.68-20150317012416/@comment-146.113.67.93-20150317150944

It's an interesting theory, but here are some of my issues with it:

-Eve "eroding" Elluka's mind with her evil intentions implies to some degree that Eve was subsumed by Elluka's magic. This is not the case, as Eve shows up in the SCaP short story.

-Two people's soul's merging or affecting each other in any way isn't something that's actually happened in the series, so we have no real reason to think it's happened now. It's more likely that Eve's soul entered Lukana's body alongside Elluka and the Pierrot novel will feature them fighting for control of it.

-Having evil intentions doesn't really explain why she lied about Margarita. It's not like it benefited her in any way. --In fact, most of the things you describe here make more sense if it was actually Eve and not just "Elluka, but evil". You're assuming that this character has both Eve's evil, her memories and intentions, but somehow isn't Eve but actually Elluka. Wouldn't it make more sense for it to just be Eve?

-Gumilia could have killed Lemy because he is a dangerous, remorseless serial killer. Elluka could have given him a chance to escape with her because he was a child and clearly brainwashed, and when he turned on her she decided she couldn't save him, so told Gumilia to shoot him so he wouldn't hurt anyone. The laughing is a bit odd, yes, but we have a few other instances of Elluka laughing during situations that aren't funny (like at Kaspar's funeral, her sneering when discussing collecting the sins in Chrono Story, etc). Keep in mind that Elluka has been through a LOT and has been alive for a VERY long time. She's kind of off her rocker, and that's somethin a loooot of people comment on.

-Just because something parallels actions that Eve did does not mean Ma is purposefully doing them to parallel what Eve did. Eve's personality thus far appears to be either getting revenge on everyone, trying to find happiness with people who look like Adam and/or find her own freedom to be happy. Not in recreating her past crimes.

-This doesn't actually explain how she heard Hansel and Gretel's voices at all. Recreating past events in the series doesn't suddenly cause something from said event to magically appear.

-There are lots of people in the series who are manipulative without being related to Sloth or Eve. And the nature of the manipulation is different. Ma manipulates people, Eve manipulates perceptions.