Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20130929130231/@comment-6192846-20140608115511

Octofan wrote: I definitely think the experimentation line is supposed to refer to Seth--although technically riots and desruction are less specific actions to be attributed to one person, I think it is probably referring to Pale. I can't say it's safe to say it on their articles, but it's something to look out for. After all if Kiril has their same genes, it would make sense that they too have his condition. Agreed.

Octofan wrote: It does seem like Project 'Ma's purpose, in this context, was in part to get rid of all the HERs, yes. Makes sense with all the populace losing hope in the project as the years go by with HERs on the rise.

Do you suppose it was a secondary or primary goal next to cleansing the Sin? For all we know, the Sin could have been considered the source of the rampant HER in the first place (Radiation anyone? <u<) and that's how that's connected, with HERs being the "Dark Legacy" or something like that. Or else it was a secret agenda of the higher-ups. Keep in mind that the line from our latest translation is:

"Indeed, I could not escape the fate of a ghoul child. The person who had my same appearance was spreading malice in this country. The mass outbreak of HER― Was it not a sign of its destruction?"

Makes it sound a lot less like an everyone thing. The translation could be wrong but something to note. Either way, I'm curious if all the OSS albums up til this point are just telling us the public reason for Project Ma. Perhaps Maria's prophesy was bogus and they were actually trying to eradicate HERs via the project?

The other option I can think of was that they believed (or is that) Sin is connected to HER and therefore other things as well.

Octofan wrote: I also wanted to discuss the line: Because the creator so decided, I.R. was born. (Especially since the preceding lines state IR was born to make the world more interesting.) Is it reasonable to assume this is referring to Sickle, and that from there we can conclude Sickle introduced HER (or at least Irina's HER) to heat things up?

We already have Sickle called the "creator" by mothy, if I'm not mistaken, in his summary for Heavenly Yard, and in that short story Sickle similarly seems not to mind the Seven Deadly Sins' presence because they add "spice" to everything. Sickle you ass I was thinking that too. The only other option I could think of is that Irina was an artificial human/ghoul child as well and that someone else created her for his/her amusement. But I agree, considering mothy's habit to leave hints for future releases, I wouldn't be surprised.

But since Sickle's also confirmed himself to be a mere observer, not involved in the world of humans beyond what he set up, I have a hard time imagining he said "Meh... bored... LET'S HER IT UP!!!"

Octofan wrote: ...So basically Sickle is a bored kid playing The Sims. Hey, when you're god, you got nothing better to do than create worlds to satiate your curiosity and boredom. XD I get the feeling arguing with Levia all day wasn't his cup of tea. :P