The Truth Behind Willow: Discussion

Tinalles · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:20 am Post subject:

Well, Beluosus wanted Earthsong's job back when it was first created. Since then he has:

1) Suffered some kind of calamity which led the other planets to believe he had been destroyed;

2) Presumably lost his own children as part of aforesaid calamity;

3) Brought his core umpteen bazillion miles through space to Earthsong;

4) and waged war on ES and her visiting children for thousands of years.

On top of that, he just ain't looking too good these days.

So, maybe he still wants ES's job; but he very well may have other goals now instead.
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Tamir · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1628 Location: Israel

I'm loving the forum activity brought on by the reveal. ^_^ Keep up the speccing!

Question for the Tinman - did you already know? Wink

Nem · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 2112 Location: England

Tamir · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1628 Location: Israel

Right now, I'm not so sure that wouldn't kill Earthsong herself. o_0

Tinu. · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:25 am Post subject:

Asa · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:20 pm Post subject:

Probably considering how to infect Willow, and thus infecting Earthsong's core, thus infecting Earthsong and taking over. At this point, he doesn't want her job, since that requires responsibility and compassion. Now he wants the power he could potentially drain from all of those soulstone bearers. He may be even more shortsighted, and simply want to drain Earthsong and take over her planet-body.

At this point, haven't you learned that simpler is probably better? When Bel said he failed, he meant he thought he failed to infect her soulstone. Remember, he's had experience in that (Nanashi). Then he realized Willow was Earthsong's Eve, and has a new Brilliant Plan (TM).
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Tinalles · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject:

Tamir · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1628 Location: Israel

I figured as much. ^_^

Nem · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 2112 Location: England

Tamir · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1628 Location: Israel

Maybe once the Eve has had children, the element is spread among them and losing the Eve doesn't hurt the planet so much? I dunno. And one doesn't need to worry about Eves getting eaten, they're rather powerful.

Nem · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 2112 Location: England

90% of any conflict is decided a long time before anything happens, even among animals. I could probably kill every single member of Haven's Guard with very little trouble and I've got no powers, as such, whatsoever. Willow might be powerful in a standup fight, provided she actually has access to her powers, but unless she's immune to being shot in the back, crushed, poisoned, etc, she'd be a massive liability.
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YatesOfYore · Site Admin Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 854

*cough* Eves are immortal.

I'VE SAID TOO MUCH! *flees*

(And yes, Tinman, being my editor, has known for some time now. You may all commence throwing rotten fruit at him.)
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crazedartist · Joined: 28 Jun 2009 Posts: 39

Ooh, immortal! Like... non-aging or non-killable? (sounds like both)

Tyris · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:32 pm Post subject:

Asa · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:41 pm Post subject:

Hmm, that would be what 'not mortal' - rephrased as 'immune to mortality' - means.

There are myths supporting both distinctions. One has a nymphs falling in love with a mortal man, and asking her father to grant him immortality. However, she forgot to ask for eternal youth as well, and the mortal grew older and older, eventually withering away to a grasshopper (this being the origin of the grasshopper). The nymph's sister also fell in love with a mortal man, and grew wise from her sister's folly. She asked for eternal youth, but set no limits on it, and her father put the mortal to eternal sleep - eternally preserved, and eternally young.

So if this what my story to warp, I'd have the Eves be un-killable, un-dying, and un-aging. If they had to age, it'd probably be extremely slowly. Almost imperceptibly. In this situation they'd probably not be un-dying, in that they would be able to die of old age... eventually.

Rechaana: I seem to remember the powers being related to the soulstone material.
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