Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20140111153519/@comment-6192846-20140606031553

Ah, giving it a second look: the phrase 彼も自分の気持ちに素直になれたのね would be best translated as "he too was up front about his feelings" which comes after her saying "Thanks to the "love charm".

Based on that phrasing, it's Prim twisting the idea that these are Arth's feelings and downplaying the power of the Venom Sword imo. I'd say it's like what happened with Gast, making him act impulsively on his feelings.

According to the Fanbook, the old lady descendant thing is a rumor. I think it's just a shout out that the EFEC novel filled in. I find it hard to believe I.R. would let her bodies live on after finding a new one (assuming the old woman wasn't the new one).

I think the rumored connection was either because that's the identity Abyss I.R. made known or because she and her previous persona, AB-CIR, were so similar.

I think this well explains what was the deal with Arkatoir. Prim never considered him a threat because he was just the illegitimate son of the King's mistress and she quickly ignored him once Ney became the more pressing matter. She already killed all the legitimate heirs to set up Kyle as the next king.

Am I the only one extremely impressed with how Prim had her rivalry with Anne, went to Marlon, charmed the Marlon king (who must not be named), got married, and had Kyle all by the time she was only 17? 17!

And her revenge plan, eight years in the making, was to screw a guy she wasn't even crazy about and have a baby with him just to get back at her best friend for something she did! If she's not insane, then "committed" is the word for her.

(That's not even going into her expectations for Kyle to be a king that made Marlon a glorious Kingdom that surpassed Anne and Lucifenia)

We also get an explanation for why she was working with Duke Sfarz and why Mikina would be the replacement; the Freesis Foundation's information network was likely equal to or better than Sfarz's.