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[Commentary by KANJII! >D]
Okay, so I've been doing some thinking. This is my theory on Knife's 'power'.
Knife's ancestors were soldiers. Whether they were drafted or they volunteered doesn't really matter. They were probably filled with thoughts of heroism and glory and fame gained from fighting for their country and people on the battlefield when they'd never been in battle, let alone kill someone.
So, they'd go out and battle and find out that killing people was actually pretty tough. So they probably didn't kill their enemies, but all's fair in love and war [or whatever that saying is, I don't remember or care] so as soon as they showed their opponents pity, they'd get stabbed or shot or head chopped off or whatever. They'd get killed by someone they tried to spare.
Knife's ancestors also aren't the type to care about others more than themselves. Well, maybe they did the whole give-food-to-random-hobos, but they wouldn't do the kill-self-to-save-hobos thing. Or get-self-killed-by-enemy-because-you-don't-want-to-kill-them, in this case. They wanted to survive, but their personalities and consciences wouldn't allow themselves to kill people for their own sake.
And so they developed their alter-egos. The alter-egos were violent, sadistical, and bloodthirsty. Their thoughts mainly consisted of 'Screw righteousness, I want to see blood and carnage' and so they go on a...killing spree. However, the only way to awaken these alter-egos is to spill blood first. Well, cutting people is easy, and it doesn't rest too heavily on the conscience. As soon as the alter-egos sense blood, they awaken and take control, and so the murder starts.
This was considered a 'power' back in Knife's ancestors' time, because it unlocked people who were willing to fight, willing to kill. Most people aren't crazy psychopath killers and don't want to murder. They would be hesitant in battle, try to decide whether they should kill or not, which would cost them dearly. So they hid behind their masks, their alter-egos, allowing them to do the killing.
However, this also had a negative effect at the same time. After the alter-egos went to sleep again, the shock, guilt, and horror would be doubled. First, they would think, Oh god, I've just killed a lot of people, and then they'd think And I was happy and ecstatic while spilling others' blood. As a result, most of Knife's ancestors probably suicided early in their life.
Still, this power became genetic and was handed down from generation to generation, and so Knife has it as well.
It's not really the best of powers, and now, in this world, time, and place, where there really isn't much need for fighting, Knife's alter-ego is more of a weakness than a power.
And, well, that's my theory. Most likely won't be right, but it was interesting coming up with it.
- Kanjii
<center>The Alter-Egos</center>
Meh, tired, don't feel like organizing. So this might be confusing to anyone who reads it.
Well, so I'm done with that theory and I still feel like writing. More accurately, I feel like writing about the alter-egos.
What I'd really like to know about them is more of what they're like. Are they 'solid', in the sense that they are almost like seperate people? Do they have personalities aside from the 'I like to kill things' attitude? Do they have likes and dislikes? Different names? Memories?
Using Knife as an example. Do Knife and her alter-ego have different souls, or are they one?
I'm guessing that if Knife dies, so does her alter-ego. Or does her alter-ego wander off in search of someone else? Maybe her alter-ego isn't really an alter-ego, maybe it's a kind of twisted guardian angel that follows Knife's family tree, posessing generation after generation.
Eh. I wouldn't know.
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