Soul switch
From Ep 70
MATT: As you attune the weapon, there's a brief familiar dark glow on the weapon, and all the three names that exist on the barrel all dissipate. It's now a clean barrel.
Important to note, the names DID NOT DISAPPEAR when Ripley died. This is not me saying that Ripley is not dead. I think she's super dead. She had the most "on-screen" death you can have.
However
Despite Ripley having manifested Orthax (or an Orthax-like-being), we don't actually know that Animus was technically linked to Ripley herself.
Theoretically, it could have been linked to someone else, someone who is still alive, which is why the names didn't disappear upon Ripley's death (if that's a thing they would have done)
My first instinct is that this other person could have been Kynan. Gasp. What a twist. But I think that's incredibly unlikely given that Percy's name was the only one of Vox's on the gun. If anything, it would have been Vax.
Now.... that doesn't mean it COULDN'T be someone else.
Animus meaning
Hostility or ill feeling
Motivation to do something
Also possibly (historically) the rational mind
In latin it is "spirit" or "mind"
The List consumed souls
Craven Edge, which isn't explicitly tied to Orthax but is similar in tone and function, drained/ate life energy and also attempted to devour Grog's soul post-death (despite him being the bonder) in the same way that Animus attempted to devour Percy's soul post-death.
Animus is capable of storing souls
It is theoretically debatable if Orthax is a soul in the same way that mortal souls are souls, and thus if he counts as being "stored" in this way, but it could clearly "hold" Percy's soul while it devoured him, just like we saw Craven Edge do to Grog.
So
The term Animus COULD be a reflection of it's more malicious properties and tones, but it could also refer to it's connection to souls.
I'm wondering if the names are derived from a portion of soul that is placed in to the weapon (animus/list). They essentially trade, the bearer recieves a bit of Smokey soul, and the weapon recieves a bit of their soul (which, again, is how it determines the names).
This could explain (diegetically, non-diegetically the reason is obvious) why Percy manifested a smokey-like thing when contesting Craven Edge, but Grog has never manifested anything even close after they got rid of Craven Edge. His bond with the weapon was broken via Pike's magic, possibly returning the portion of his soul before they hucked Craven Edge in to the pocket dimension.
Percy never broke the bond, they just threw The List in to the lava. In this case, it's possible that the piece of Percy was destroyed along with the rest of Orthax, and thereby, he still carries that Orthax piece where Grog does not.
ALL OF THAT SAID
I feel like Ripley is not the type to bargain her soul. She was not nearly as desperate as Percy. So, I wonder if the soul that she bargained, the soul that empowered Animus, was not Ripley's at all. I wonder if it was someone else's, someone that is still alive and wanted Percy dead. The only ones I can think of that fit that are the generals under the briarwoods...
unless someone got resurrected... daxio did distinctly promise that he would be back... and it is possible that he would mainly be out for Percy given his connection to the briarwoods.
There could also be a secret briarwood. A child or sibling etc.
For such a power couple, it is interesting that they were also DINKs as far as we know....
Theoretically the briarwoods also could have been ressed by the wider Vecna cult, especially after the Siphon didn't close. If the Vecna cult is still monitoring the other side, they would likely know that the briarwoods failed, and thereby know that they are probably dead. We don't know enough about the Vecna ressing to know how much would be needed to bring them back. OR even if Silas even could be brought back. It's possible it's a second chance only sort of thing, no third chances, so could just be delilah...
one of the reasons I'm focusing in on the "animus as soul" part is because souls have been hinted at having wider uses before (the list itself did this), but it has now become somewhat of an inciting incident when we learned Raishan's backstory. The Druid at the Melora *temple* was killed on an altar, and was able to soul-curse Raishan. They used up her soul in the process as fuel.
MATT: As you attune the weapon, there's a brief familiar dark glow on the weapon, and all the three names that exist on the barrel all dissipate. It's now a clean barrel.
Important to note, the names DID NOT DISAPPEAR when Ripley died. This is not me saying that Ripley is not dead. I think she's super dead. She had the most "on-screen" death you can have.
However
Despite Ripley having manifested Orthax (or an Orthax-like-being), we don't actually know that Animus was technically linked to Ripley herself.
Theoretically, it could have been linked to someone else, someone who is still alive, which is why the names didn't disappear upon Ripley's death (if that's a thing they would have done)
My first instinct is that this other person could have been Kynan. Gasp. What a twist. But I think that's incredibly unlikely given that Percy's name was the only one of Vox's on the gun. If anything, it would have been Vax.
Now.... that doesn't mean it COULDN'T be someone else.
Animus meaning
Hostility or ill feeling
Motivation to do something
Also possibly (historically) the rational mind
In latin it is "spirit" or "mind"
The List consumed souls
Craven Edge, which isn't explicitly tied to Orthax but is similar in tone and function, drained/ate life energy and also attempted to devour Grog's soul post-death (despite him being the bonder) in the same way that Animus attempted to devour Percy's soul post-death.
Animus is capable of storing souls
It is theoretically debatable if Orthax is a soul in the same way that mortal souls are souls, and thus if he counts as being "stored" in this way, but it could clearly "hold" Percy's soul while it devoured him, just like we saw Craven Edge do to Grog.
So
The term Animus COULD be a reflection of it's more malicious properties and tones, but it could also refer to it's connection to souls.
I'm wondering if the names are derived from a portion of soul that is placed in to the weapon (animus/list). They essentially trade, the bearer recieves a bit of Smokey soul, and the weapon recieves a bit of their soul (which, again, is how it determines the names).
This could explain (diegetically, non-diegetically the reason is obvious) why Percy manifested a smokey-like thing when contesting Craven Edge, but Grog has never manifested anything even close after they got rid of Craven Edge. His bond with the weapon was broken via Pike's magic, possibly returning the portion of his soul before they hucked Craven Edge in to the pocket dimension.
Percy never broke the bond, they just threw The List in to the lava. In this case, it's possible that the piece of Percy was destroyed along with the rest of Orthax, and thereby, he still carries that Orthax piece where Grog does not.
ALL OF THAT SAID
I feel like Ripley is not the type to bargain her soul. She was not nearly as desperate as Percy. So, I wonder if the soul that she bargained, the soul that empowered Animus, was not Ripley's at all. I wonder if it was someone else's, someone that is still alive and wanted Percy dead. The only ones I can think of that fit that are the generals under the briarwoods...
unless someone got resurrected... daxio did distinctly promise that he would be back... and it is possible that he would mainly be out for Percy given his connection to the briarwoods.
There could also be a secret briarwood. A child or sibling etc.
For such a power couple, it is interesting that they were also DINKs as far as we know....
Theoretically the briarwoods also could have been ressed by the wider Vecna cult, especially after the Siphon didn't close. If the Vecna cult is still monitoring the other side, they would likely know that the briarwoods failed, and thereby know that they are probably dead. We don't know enough about the Vecna ressing to know how much would be needed to bring them back. OR even if Silas even could be brought back. It's possible it's a second chance only sort of thing, no third chances, so could just be delilah...
one of the reasons I'm focusing in on the "animus as soul" part is because souls have been hinted at having wider uses before (the list itself did this), but it has now become somewhat of an inciting incident when we learned Raishan's backstory. The Druid at the Melora *temple* was killed on an altar, and was able to soul-curse Raishan. They used up her soul in the process as fuel.
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