Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20140612134000/@comment-6192846-20140904214128

Octofan wrote: The only argument I see in that with some merit is that it was a design choice to not spoil the reveal, handwaved by it being Gallerian's perception of her, but I'm certain there is more to it than that. You and I have had this conversation several times before and have both contributed to the notable inconsistency in the PV/lyrics for these portrayal of events. I can definitely see this being made as only a hand wave, though I agree, I feel it should be more in-depth than that.

My thoughts go back to the playlist listings. in DoE, we saw the Princess seemingly die. In SoE, we are shown that perception was wrong and it was actually the servant that died (hence "truth").

In JoC, we see Gallerian wake up, encounter Hellish in the underworld, refuse her offer, and go to Hell. In Muzzle, we see Gallerian confronted by Nemesis, refuse her offer, and get (seemingly) shot in the head as a result.

Based on that, you could argue Gallerian (who is already established in the song and beforehand to be delusional to some extent) imagined the whole thing, either because of the Doll, the Spoon, his mind, or something else.

I'd say we simply limit everything to each character's perspective. Nemesis see things as they truly are, while Gallerian sees only illusions (and we just preface it as "Perceiving her as the Master of the.... yadda yadda yadda).

If say, an event like my previous example (Hellish is Demon of Wrath using Nemesis' body) turns out to be the case, we wouldn't be changing much except a few links and terms. We'll be doing something similar regarding the Eve situation in Gift with all the other Miku's, so it's not something entirely untried by us.