The second tegaki we made is of Mana and Nea using Kanaria’s Identity! Tagging this with the spoilers tag just in case.
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The second tegaki we made is of Mana and Nea using Kanaria’s Identity! Tagging this with the spoilers tag just in case.
Road (to) Camelot
Let's talk about Road Camelot.
I don't have a ton to add onto this, however; it occurred to me that the Sun has always been a symbol for God as well, and that the moon only has light because of it. Its light is merely a *reflection* of the Sun. The Sun gives life and is a sign of another day, yet the moon appears even in the daytime whenever the Earl/Mana and Allen/Nea are near. It's kind of similar to how the Earl's sword devours life and how Allen can (in a sense) give it back by freeing human hosts of their Noah memories. They're reflections of each other, but make a complete (moon) picture. While Nea and Mana are clearly Cain and Abel, they really do seem to share parallels with Jesus and Lucifer as well, especially since Nea is like the first fallen one while Adam is the first sinner.
Taking inspiration from Genesis 37, the Sun could be Adam and the stars are the other Noahs, with the butterfly being Katerina and the Moon being the "children" of Katerina and Adam. These synopses of verses about the moon, sun, and stars gave me inspiration for this addition, so feel free to take a look!
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Road (to) Camelot
Let's talk about Road Camelot.
When we're not theorizing we're kinassigning vocaloid songs to fictional characters
Hello, the two of us created another tegaki as the Neapologists we are. This time we used Machigerita's "I Wonder if You'll say You're Sorry." The lyrics appear quite dark, but with our many theories on what Nea means when he says he wishes to kill the Earl, this song was just perfect for him. This time, however, we decided to make an UTAU cover using Namegata Yuzuriha as the vocals. We hope you enjoy the final product.
About the new cover art
If you're not familiar with it yet I'm referring to this cover for volume 28 that has been released recently:
Aside from the obvious parallels between this and the very first volume cover, the star symbol Allen seems to be holding is rather curious
Hey so
Who killed Katerina?
If you are not already familiar with our theory about Katerina being Maria, please read it here. It is also advised that you read this other theory of ours.
About the new cover art
If you're not familiar with it yet I'm referring to this cover for volume 28 that has been released recently:
Aside from the obvious parallels between this and the very first volume cover, the star symbol Allen seems to be holding is rather curious
Do you think tyki and Allen also have a blood connection? This speculation of mine comes from some parts of Sweetcreams theory that he did years ago, pretty much theorizing that past Allen and road are the parents of Tyki and Sheril. Some parts made a lot of sense to me because there was DEFINITELY something romantically going on between past Allen and road Komui's lounge; confirmed it on the down low. "Allen" didn't die right away when he took on Nea's memories.
Hmm it's hard to say. Wisely has memories of all his past lives and did ask Road "so you've looked like that for the past 35 years?" which can leave room for the possibility that she took on that form when she was the only one to escape being killed by Nea, making her appear older once. Cross even recognized her form immediately, and we're pretty much certain Maria is Katerina so he would have probably known and been familiar with Road a lot in that case. It wouldn't surprise me then if she had known Past Allen for several reasons; we've theorized before that Road could have approached Mana and Nea when they were kids and kind of grew up with them, so it wouldn't be weird if she knew Past Allen a little bit or observed him after he took on Nea's memories.
Her protectiveness over Tykki could be explained a bit with that theory, and there is quite a bit to support it (if you know where to find the theory if it's still available or if you remember details, I'd love to read it for myself!). I don't know if I'd go out to say she's their mother, though, (partly because I'm not certain Sheril and Tykki are fully related and because I can't figure out how Road’s inability to age works) but I would say that Road may know more about how Allen (Red) came to possess Nea’s memories than she lets on. It could be why she was attached to him even when they hadn't met and the Earl was just talking about him. I think the Komui Lounge you mean is when Allen says "Besides [Road] has her eye on someone else" (official translation, alternate reading being "she sees someone else in me"). I personally thought this was about Nea, but I'm definitely open to hearing more about and exploring this theory though! It'd be interesting if she wasn't so much a human mother to them, but more like someone who helped them come to be, if we’re going with the notion that Tykki might not be a regular human.
Tykki's (and Joyd's) role in DGM
This is going to be an extremely long one because I think about Tykki way more than is probably healthy. Spoilers included.
So, who the hell is Cross Marian?
Everything under the cut because it includes spoilers from 245!
Stigmatas
(Potential Spoilers for chapters relating to the Ark and up to current chapters)
In the Bible, stigmata(s) were located in numerous places on Jesus’s body; those being: hands/arms, feet, near the heart, shoulders, and head.
We’ve noted before that the mark of a fallen one or even crystal-type users leave a stigmata mark. Lenalee’s are located on her shins--near the feet--and Kanda’s are on his forearms.
Hi hi. This will be less of a theory and more of important observations and comparisons between the characters of D.Gray-man and the stories it's directly inspired by and taking inspiration and ideas from--those being "The Portrait of Dorian Gray"and the Bible (specifically the New Testament).
Here is a brief rundown of Dorian Gray's plot before I get into the details:
"Basil Hallward is a renowned painter who happened to meet the young lord Dorian Gray at an event. Normally, Basil is a very particular and aloof person, finding others boring or not worth his time. But something about Dorian...the very first time he lays eyes on him he is captivated. Yet he says that, more than being interested, he could feel a budding sense of fear. He describes the young man as being exquisitely beautiful, like someone you'd only find in myths and folklore. He I afraid of painting Dorian, since paintings can hold and reveal the painter's feelings and the book describes him as worshipping Dorian. He admits to all of this to his friend Lord Henry Wotton--a cynical person who takes delight in watching people fall into depravity as a believer in a "New Age of Hedonism". Lord Henry laughs off Basil's concerns and instead insists on meeting Dorian, much to Basil's dismay. He knows that the beauty and innocence he finds inspiring will be gone if the two were to meet, yet he arranges it all the same. From there forth, a painting of Dorian is made, one that Dorian grows jealous of after Henry saying nobody will love Dorian after all his youth and innocence is gone. The painting then takes on unusual properties, growing ugly to reflect Dorian's soul as he begins to blackmail and kill while still remaining young and beautiful on the outside. The painting becomes the true nature of his soul."
Right away, it is clear that all of the Noah share similarities to Dorian. Noahs have a peculiar relationship with reflections--when Nea was still slumbering, he could only appear in reflections. The piano room in the Ark is made solely of glass and Allen first saw him in the window panes and mirror in the bathroom at the Order. Then there is this scene above. The broken glass shards show Joyd, who starts to appear a lot more after this. While Tykki is no saint, he is described as being the most human-like of the Noahs and he has a special separation between himself, the host, and his Noah soul (this was even noted by Wisely). After Allen's failed exorcism attempt, Tykki's throat was branded with stigmata scars that resemble Kanda's and Lenalee's as crystal type users. This detail will become extremely important on this blog.
And there is also the scene with Adam and Mana, right after Nea's betrayal and death. This scene plays with the reflections a lot and seems to suggest that Mana was the true nature or soul of the body, until he isn't anymore.
So clearly Nea and Mana take after Dorian the most, since they have a more clear descent into "evil". It is Mana who is like the "portrait of a sorrow", though, along with Nea and even Tykki who bare the same face. And it is Adam--the Noah inside of them who takes on the role of the Earl--who is the ugly. Just as Dorian became ugly like the portrait in the end, Adam represents this with his entire being and even with his new face after destroying Mana's that looks just like Nea's.
Moving on, I think Lord Henry can also be used to represent the Noahs themselves, not their hosts. To be more precise though, I think Joyd is clearly based on him, which makes sense as he's the Noah of Hedonism. Lord Henry is like the devil on the shoulder and is the catalyst for everything, and Joyd definitely seems to have direct ties to Nea and whatever happened on that day 30 years ago. Lord Henry acted like he was Dorian's friend even though he merely just wanted to see what would happen if he were to be corrupted. This is similar to how Cross remarked that the Noah tricked Mana by acting like family, even though they really just wanted the Earl back. He seemed to start listening to them more than Nea, though, making Nea a bit similar to Basil who was also killed by Dorian. For both Dorian and Mana, it was hard to know who was truly on their side, so it was just easier to turn on those that actually had their best wishes at heart (this is indicated around chapter 187 I think? In which the Earl starts to recall memories of Nea and Wisely remarks how Tykki looks just like him).
Speaking of the Campbells, Allen's name comes from the character Alan Campbell in Dorian Gray, who was a scientist in the novel. It seems like the Allen of the past in DGM is someone of this profession as well, and Ven and I are convinced that he was the apprentice Bookman before Lavi, especially with his lines about the Helix of Life. Though that is a theory for another time and I or Ven will make a separate post diving into that. But the important takeaway of this is that Alan dies at his own hand due to Dorian's blackmailing of him and because of guilt he feels at helping him dispose of Basil's body. This is similar to how past Allen takes on Nea's memories, though it is uncertain what became of him. The two of us have many, many theories though, so prepare for that.
I'm thinking that Sybil, Dorian's ex-fiancee who was his first victim could also be Katerina, as she is meant to be Eve, the Earl Adam, and Mana and Nea Cain and Abel. Sybil sacrificed a lot for Dorian, and that was her demise. It was her pure love that killed her. And flashbacks seem to imply that the Earl and Katerina were in love, but something about that led to the Adam she knew disappearing, leaving behind Mana and Nea. However, I'm not too confident in saying that Katerina is the same as Sybil. But perhaps I'll dabble in this thought more in the future.
Since I want to keep this relatively short, consider this the first part of potentially many character analyses. I'll also be coming back to this post a lot when I finally collect all of my thoughts to create a separate post on my personal thoughts on Tykki and Joyd's role in the story.
The Campbell Manor could have been an orphanage, or Caterina at least took care of some kids. This is mostly taken from the fact that Nea mentioned someone called Bennett, and from his phrasing it sounds like he hung around a bunch of children somewhat regularly:
Of course they could just be friends but frankly Nea doesn't seem like the type to wander around and talk to others, and those people were close enough to know about his sickly twin.
This theory could explain the way Nea met some characters like Road, who has always been a "kid" and people who aren't even Noahs like Past Allen or Cross. Allen and Cross did not know each other though, so only one of them could have been there.
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Last tegaki we made to celebrate the 18th anniversary is of Wisely (with a Road doll cameo) using Kairiki Bear’s Mental Chainsaw! It was really fun trying to nail down which song we wanted to use for him, even if making the actual thing was a stressful rollercoaster for us both.