Euegeo’s death in canon doesn’t make any sense.
Eugeo dying in canon doesn’t make any sense and he shouldn’t have died, in this essay I will----- ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
Okay so in canon Eugeo really shouldn’t have died. Because before the battle, Quinella swore on her fluctlight that she’d spare Kirito, Eugeo and Alice- and not bring harm to them. Cardinal was going to give Quinella her life
But only in exchange to spare the lives of Kirito, Eugeo and Alice. At first Quinella was going to refuse, asking what she would gain in return. Cardinal returned fire saying she would shear off half of her life, telling her that much of a load would strain her dwindling memory capacity. So Quinella, begrudgingly accepted and was going to swear on the Goddess Stacia
However, Cardinal knew that wasn’t going to work. Because the Goddess didn’t really exist - the System however did. And in order for this pact to work, Cardinal knew she had to get Quinella to swear on her fluctlight.
She swore upon her Fluctlight and all the data stored there, that she would let them go unharmed.
Her swearing on her fluctlight should have made it so that the Underworld System recognize that she broke her own deal, and should have restored Eugeo’s life and fluctlight - but the System didn’t.
But it should have, because Quinella had control of the System, and her word should have been inputted into the System - and she should have been purged by the system the moment she fatally wounded Eugeo.
Her life should have started being drained from her and should have gone to Eugeo and saved him. But the creators just love tormenting Kirito, so they threw all logic out the window and just let Eugeo die to further inflict agony onto Kirito. They just cannot give him a fucking break, can they? Seriously this made no fucking sense, this entire set up is just like when Kirito and Kayaba made a deal. There’s even parrelals to the whole Kirito Vs Kayaba fight. With Alice jumping in front of Kirito to protect him - and Eugeo being the one to be grievously wounded.
During Kirito’s fight with Kayaba he swore to Kirito that if Kirito died, then he would make sure Asuna wouldn’t be able to. So when Asuna jumped in front of Kirito to protect him and “died” Kayaba made certain she didn’t - because he wasn’t supposed to allow her to die.
You see the parallels right?!
Cardinal’s deal with Quinella should have been the same scenario. It should have played out the same way as it did with Kayaba and Kirito’s fight and when Asuna “died” - except with Eugeo this time.
When Eugeo “died” he should have come back.
Eugeo should have come back. Asuna came back!!!
SO EUGEO SHOULD HAVE TO! KIRITO SHOULD HAVE BEEN REUNITED WITH EUGEO JUST LIKE HE REUNITED WITH ASUNA!!!
Hell I wouldn’t have minded if him and Kirito were both in a comatose state for a while - as their Fluctlights healed. If they brought Eugeo back after Kirito’s fluctlight was damaged that would have been fine with me.
So then it’s not like Kirito would know Eugeo’s alive still, so the scene where Kirito is broken up while the war was going on- still could have worked - with Eugeo’s fluctlight linking with Kirito’s - while they were both Comatose.
Then Kirito could have woke up, not knowing Eugeo was still alive - because like maybe change the dialogue a bit where Kirito doesn’t even ask Eugeo if he was alive during that sequence. Because like, logically Kirito would just think that this is just Eugeo’s spirit or perhaps even a manifestation of his own mind trying to urge him onward.
Or maybe the fragment of Eugeo’s fluctlight didn’t even realize that Eugeo wasn’t dead.
Because when Eugeo placed this piece of his Fluctlight into The Blue Rose Sword - Eugeo died. So maybe like this piece of Eugeo’s Fluctlight was triggered to awaken when the other part of his Fluctlight linked in with Kirito. Or something along those lines -and since this piece of Eugeo’s Fluctlight believe himself to be dead, he would have told Kirito the same.
so Kirito still could have believed Eugeo was gone.
So when the time came that Kirito was struggling, during the fight against that one guy whose name I can’t remember, Eugeo would wake up -shortly after Kirito- as well and come charging into the battle to help Kirito.
Kirito could still have looked over and seen Eugeo by his side-
And be in shock for a few moments, thinking that this must be Eugeo’s spirit...
But then Kirito would realize that Eugeo is indeed alive, when Eugeo turns to face him -and smiles confidently at him. He would realize that Eugeo and he could still fight side by side, and that he hadn’t failed Eugeo.
So Kirito would still say his name, while tears rolled down his face
- and they could have fought side by side just like they did in the episode
- but with Eugeo alive instead of in a spiritual form.
As for the Blue Rose Sword still being broken, they could have attributed that to Eugeo being comatose as well. His damaged Fluctlight would have been slowly repairing itself -
so in theory his sword could have stayed broken until he woke up - because Eugeo put a piece of his Fluctlight into the sword - then it wouldn’t have repaired itself until he was awake and his fluctlight was fully functional again, like Kirito’s.
And then Kirito could have asked Eugeo how he was alive and then they would tear up and have a heartfelt reunion! {{I know a lot of you will be like: Well wouldn’t Kirito’s Fluctlight sense Eugeo’s Fluctlight if they were in the same room, lying in the same bed or sitting in two wheel chairs next to one another? Well I highly doubt that.
Considering both of their Fluctlights are so damaged as to render them Comatose, I believe that Kirito’s Fluctlight would only sense the faintest trace hints of Eugeo’s and seeing as Kirito is at his lowest in despair he might just think that he’s so desperate that he’s tricking his own Fluctlight into believing Eugeo is there with him.
That or he believes that he’s only sensing Eugeo because he’s near the Blue Rose Sword. But with how damaged their Fluctlights are, Kirito would not really sense Eugeo’s presence.
And now you might say, well wouldn’t Alice tell Kirito that Eugeo was alive and okay? Well yeah I believe she would, but you have to remember that Kirito is at his lowest, he’s sunk so deep down that he’s emotionally shut off.
Considering the fact that Eugeo died in Kirito’s arms and became light fractals - and how Kirito is in such agony and despair... I doubt that telling him Eugeo is alive would bring about the positive reaction from Kirito’s Fluctlight as they expect it to. From Kirito’s point of view, by all logic, there shouldn’t be any way Eugeo is alive. in Kirito's perspective, Eugeo died in his arms and vanished into light fractals. There was no way Eugeo would have survive in his point of view.
So to Kirito it would be like they're trying to implant a false hope in his Fluctlight, even if it wasn’t actually false hope- and they would probably not try to talk about Eugeo in front of Kirito after Kirito's Fluctlight reacts so negatively to them saying such a thing.
Kirito's Fluctlight is definitely in a state of desolation and guilt and regret. This is obvious by the scene where Kirito is begging not to see any more of his memories, and breaking down entirely when Eugeo's death flashes through his mind.
I doubt he'd be inclined to believe much when his Fluctlight is in this condition.
A lot of people who are depressed can sink into a state of being inconsolable. Where they can't believe in anything remotely hopeful or positive anymore because they've been drowned so deeply in such sorrow it's all they can feel.
So honestly I believe that Kirito really wouldn't react as positive as they hoped he would. So they just don't press it, and instead take care of Kirito and Eugeo both and just let them be as close as possible, in hopes Kirito's Fluctlight would recognize that Eugeo wasn't dead. }}
So in conclusion, Eugeo’s death was bullshit and there still could have been angst without the need to kill off one of -if not the greatest- SAO character in the entire series. And I will forever be salty about it.
