Hello! Firstly, thank you!
On this, I have one or two thoughts. I really feel like Horus has already been affected by the mirror. I was re-reading back through earlier chapters, he's already been inside the mirror once. I really don't think that he would just go in and come out completely unaffected.
I think there's some truth to what Hathor was saying. When she gave him the mirror, it was clear to Horus that this wasn't just for nothing. she had intentions with it, even if at the time they had no idea what.
When Isis asked Thoth for help, he advised her to go to the Sun God.
the mirror itself is still a mystery to me despite all the info we've been given, because shes clearly watching something in here. in chapter 13 we learn that Horus tells Isis about the mirror. Isis asked if the mirror is cursed and Horus replied:
if we take this into account, the mirror being what horus needs, what does he actually need. I know we all think its seth. that he feels its seth but what if it isn't. but also, if this is Ra's intention that Horus have this mirror, then it could also be setting him up for sabotage. We know right now the other gods want Horus to ascend. his love for seth is holding him back, and it might be why in the end he broke the mirror.
after the first challenge, we see hathor again
this makes me curious, what would she get in trouble for? whatever their plan is, it def seems to add that horus is going to fall in love with hathor and it feels like it just needed to be activated if that makes sense. except--
Hathor says shes the only one who can 'win over mother' as long as horus becomes hers. it changes the panel to show Sekhmet here and I wonder if they are both aiming to try and win Ra over something. but then seth shows up
it zooms back in on Hathor's side, and we also show Horus picking up the mirror while all this is happening. I think Hathor was already doing to show her reflection to horus but seth got in the way and his face is what showed and what a face it was lmao
the issue tho, is that horus already loves him. when he goes into the mirror is where i believe Sekhmet is taking over. letting him see Nephthys. when horus first assaulted seth, he did so under the mirrors influence, i wonder if part of Horus is still in the mirror, or sekhmet can really just control his lust because he looked into the mirror already. because looked like a mindless beast, and then again in the bath where his eyes changed. it was like he was a whole different person.
same thing that I feel about his crash out. horus has always been calm, its so rare to see him actually lash out like that, i dont think hes ever. it felt like it wasn't him, not fully. all i saw was osiris. my theories are either, someone is able to control him whether its the mirror itself, or a 3rd party. they want him to ascend, so them having a fall out like this is almost to ensure they dont get back together and horus stays on track with his destiny,
my other theory is kind of reaching, but what if Osiris can somehow get through Horus? Horus IS his son, how do we know Osiris doesn't have influence over him, even not known to horus? it just strikes me as weird that he hasnt tried to punish horus yet. and I get that Osiris probably hasnt had a chance to, but that scene in the bathtub was the first time we saw Osiris (even if it was just in seths head) but it had to mean something.