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razielimPopping in to quickly archive some thoughts after relistening to Defiance. (Also, I quit tumblr. I'm going to be going through withdrawal for a while.) Anyway, the good stuff:
Okay, funny thing about the Defiance showdown where they're Shakespearean actor-ing at each other in the moments before Raziel rips out Kain's heart - not only did Kain not know where the Heart of Darkness had been all this time, which was a huge oversight on his part/impressive deception on Mortanius's part, but Kain also... didn't know? didn't plan for? overlooked? was distracted from? ...the lack of a temporal distortion.
There AREN'T two Reavers in that time and place - there is ONE wraith blade Soul Reaver attached to Raziel's soul, yes, BUT. Kain holds the sword that is still the BLOOD Reaver, the one he ripped out of Raziel's body before it could absorb Raziel's soul.
Meanwhile, the imbued second Soul Reaver that COULD have derailed the course of history as it was currently written lies either really close but not nearly close enough, somewhere within the very same cathedral in which they're yelling at each other, OR young!Kain has already only just retrieved it and carried it many miles away to the pillars or to Willendorf (or perhaps even 50 years into the past.)
Without the temporal distortion of TWO Soul Reavers in close proximity, Kain literally CANNOT convince Raziel to not rip his heart out bc in THIS time stream, it IS inevitable.
Outmaneuvered by the Elder God and his convenient little portal even as he recognized the so-called "Oracle" as likely deceitful. WHY Kain didn't notice that there was only one sword present... I don't know. Interesting. Because in SR2 Kain definitely demonstrated awareness of how paradoxes work. It seems he's put too much faith in Raziel's "free will," which, I don't know if it needs to be pointed out to Kain, isn't without serious limits.
Moebius for his part, when Raziel next encounters him, also maintains the lie, that Raziel actually had a choice in that moment, and actively CHOSE to kill Kain. Raziel didn't. That moment was predestined and inescapable. Only one Reaver present.
To what end? At first I thought Moebius just hated Kain so much that it gratified him to believe that Raziel had a choice and CHOSE to kill Kain. Then I remembered who the hell I was thinking about. Moebius, liar extraordinaire. But why? Why bother, if Kain's already dead? I suppose to keep Raziel on his course. Like he's going to play one last - ahhhhhh! Yea. With MOaebius's goad ringing in his head, Raziel will now hurry to play "his" card - revive Janos Austin so that with Vorador's impending execution, the vampires don't go extinct. This of course, is in actuality the next step in the Hylden's plans. Not that Moebius has any loyalty to the Hylden, but they're useful enough.
Okay, funny thing about the Defiance showdown where they're Shakespearean actor-ing at each other in the moments before Raziel rips out Kain's heart - not only did Kain not know where the Heart of Darkness had been all this time, which was a huge oversight on his part/impressive deception on Mortanius's part, but Kain also... didn't know? didn't plan for? overlooked? was distracted from? ...the lack of a temporal distortion.
There AREN'T two Reavers in that time and place - there is ONE wraith blade Soul Reaver attached to Raziel's soul, yes, BUT. Kain holds the sword that is still the BLOOD Reaver, the one he ripped out of Raziel's body before it could absorb Raziel's soul.
Meanwhile, the imbued second Soul Reaver that COULD have derailed the course of history as it was currently written lies either really close but not nearly close enough, somewhere within the very same cathedral in which they're yelling at each other, OR young!Kain has already only just retrieved it and carried it many miles away to the pillars or to Willendorf (or perhaps even 50 years into the past.)
Without the temporal distortion of TWO Soul Reavers in close proximity, Kain literally CANNOT convince Raziel to not rip his heart out bc in THIS time stream, it IS inevitable.
Outmaneuvered by the Elder God and his convenient little portal even as he recognized the so-called "Oracle" as likely deceitful. WHY Kain didn't notice that there was only one sword present... I don't know. Interesting. Because in SR2 Kain definitely demonstrated awareness of how paradoxes work. It seems he's put too much faith in Raziel's "free will," which, I don't know if it needs to be pointed out to Kain, isn't without serious limits.
Moebius for his part, when Raziel next encounters him, also maintains the lie, that Raziel actually had a choice in that moment, and actively CHOSE to kill Kain. Raziel didn't. That moment was predestined and inescapable. Only one Reaver present.
To what end? At first I thought Moebius just hated Kain so much that it gratified him to believe that Raziel had a choice and CHOSE to kill Kain. Then I remembered who the hell I was thinking about. Moebius, liar extraordinaire. But why? Why bother, if Kain's already dead? I suppose to keep Raziel on his course. Like he's going to play one last - ahhhhhh! Yea. With MOaebius's goad ringing in his head, Raziel will now hurry to play "his" card - revive Janos Austin so that with Vorador's impending execution, the vampires don't go extinct. This of course, is in actuality the next step in the Hylden's plans. Not that Moebius has any loyalty to the Hylden, but they're useful enough.
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Date: 2024-03-07 06:13 (UTC)Argh, this is always hard. Good luck.
And, not familiar with the fandom, but yay meta :)
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Date: 2024-03-13 22:33 (UTC)