lonely_hunter (lonely_hunter) wrote in indelible_smile, @ 2009-01-19 17:58:00 |
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Entry tags: | 5d's, signa/signers, speculation, spoilers |
How dead can they be?
Both Japanese and English-language fans are talking as if the Dark Signa are all dead and reanimated, but no one can quite remember where they first heard the idea or whether it’s definitely canon or not. Even after seeing the process of Carly becoming one, I still can’t be sure.
She suffered a fall that normally would have killed her instantly. But her “earthbound god” also seems to react instantly. She experienced a time dilation effect while she was falling; maybe that’s what got the god’s attention, in the few seconds she was still alive. And if we’re positing that these things are powerful enough to bring people back to life, shouldn’t it be even easier just to keep them alive in the first place? Maybe by the time she hit the ground, she was already under the god’s protection.
Maybe they’ve just suffered such great shocks they think they’re dead. Misty didn’t seem too clear about it; in her brief reference to herself on the hospital gurney, she says she doesn’t know how her life was saved. But that implies it was saved. And Misty is a model, and models have people touching them all the time, adjusting their hair and clothes and makeup. Surely someone would notice if there was something wrong with her. And then there’s Kiryuu, who wears a helmet to ride a motorcycle. If he were already dead, why bother with safety equipment?
Certainly the black eyes make them look creepy. (And in Kiryuu’s case, his skin tone made him look sickly even while he was alive.) But again, we have Carly’s case to refer to. Black-eyed Carly speaks with power and confidence. After she achieves her vengeance, both her eyes and her personality return to normal. Maybe the black eyes don’t indicate that they’re dead; maybe they indicate when the spirit of the earthbound god has descended upon them and is working through them.
(Side note: I’d like to attribute the Dark Signa’s costumes to the fashion sense of the earthbound gods, too. But that’s another story. I do think it’s funny that Carly and Kiryuu get the sexy costumes, not Carly and Misty. But I’m glad!)
EDITED JAN 22:
So as if immediately refuting this entry, I hear the latest episode says the Dark Signa are already dead and a defeat means death for them. I know I’m stubborn, but I’m still not convinced.
5D’s is still a branch of YGO, home of two souls in the same body. I remember how they used it in GX, which didn’t even have Millennium Items. In Juudai’s first duel with Darkness, the loser’s soul was to be sealed in a card, and Juudai won. But there were two souls in the other body: Darkness, and the original soul of the body it was possessing, Fubuki. So Darkness was sealed, and that actually freed Fubuki.
If I’m right about that scene with Carly, and the earthbound gods are temporarily possessing people when their eyes turn black, then maybe a defeat just sends the god back to the underworld, not the person. (Even if the person does die, I’m sure we’ll get the obligatory ‘thank you for saving me from being possessed by killing me’ scene first, to spare our heroes the crushing GUILT.)