“the kids weren’t the first Maidens, they’re the spiritual successors” Could you clarify what you mean by spiritual successors?
Yeah, sure. Wikipedia defines a spiritual successor as “A spiritual successor, sometimes called a spiritual sequel, is a successor to a work of fiction which does not build upon the storyline established by a previous work as do most traditional prequels or sequels, yet features many of the same elements, themes, and styles as its source material, thereby resulting in it being related or similar "in spirit" to its predecessor.”
Around the time I said that the first Maidens were spiritual successors, some theorists had guessed that Oz’s kids were the first Maidens, a fact that doesn’t match up with the story we heard in Volume 3. As such, I was saying that the Maidens were Oz’s way of re-recreating his children in a way that would let them be “immortal” like himself; four women with magic who could do good for the world, like he wanted his children to do before... well, all the unpleasantness happened.