thinking about how the revamp adding the White skulls kinda implies Gabriel's defining colour isn't actually gold, but white. cuz v1, v2, and gabby, all have gold colour on them in some way.
and gabriel summons weapons of pure light, which is the same bright gold/yellow as v1 already has.
gold arm theory: light itself.
not gabriels arm, maybe not even one of his swords, but the ability to use light itself.
for the ability to teleport !!!!??
that would add some improvement to navigation for the Encores, because of how they currently require extremely difficult Precicision platforming when Ultrakill doesn't quite line up with that.
And every other arm we've gained has actually been movement related!
Knuckleblaster: v2 originally used it for putting distance between herself and enemies, crowd control, used it to escape 1-4. and whiplash is whiplash.
plus: teleportation is already an established thing not only for angels, but For machines to do. terminals teleporting weapons. the limits of the nocturnal system "are not known". V1 is already established to store its weapons in its wings. how? we just kinda accept it. light itself and machine teleportation capabilities have been intertwined the whole time right under our noses. hooooly shit
v1 learning how to use light itself just like the angels do because, after all, they all bleed the same blood. and manifesting an arm of its own. perhaps a representation of v1 developing more personal autonomy cuz yknow... free will and allat is a huge theme,.... ohhh my gawd