Startale - Golden eyes - Introduction
What was life like for fallen children before they fell underground? Were they happy? Did they have families? Did they know each other? How did they fall underground?
The eight children live together in a treehouse. The eight children live together in a treehouse. The eight children live together in a treehouse. The eight children live together in a treehouse. The eight children live together in a treehouse. Ethan, with the soul of bravery, Jake, with the soul of justice, Henry, with the soul of kindness, Emma, the soul of patience, Daisy, the soul of integrity, Iris, soul of perseverance, Lilly, soul of compassion and Frisk, with the soul of… Determination? Well, it's not known for sure. After all, she never showed her soul, since she hardly gets into fights. Despite various problems, they live happily in each other's company.
But will it last?
Startale - Golden eyes
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"I hear that goblins believe that the railway engines have a soul, elf," she said softly. "Tell me, what kind of soul have you? Do you run along your own elvish rails? With no time or place for turning?" She looked at the kelda and said, "Granny Aching told me to feed them that was starving and clothe them as is naked and help the pitiful. Well, this elf has come to my turf--starving, naked pitiful--do you see?"
The kelda's eyebrows rose. "Yon creature is an elf! It has nae care for ye! It has nae care for anyone--it disnae even care for other elves!"
"You think then there is no such animal as a good elf?"
"Ye think there is such a thing as a gud elf?"
"No, but I am suggesting that there is a possibility that there might be one."
Terry Prachett, The Shepherd's Crown
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Biology in Evangelion: Angel blood is blue, so why is Tabris’ red? - A theory
To start this off:
This is about the original series + EoE, so any Lore or Explanations added or changed by the rebuilds is not acknowledged.
This heavily relies on my interpretation, which does slightly alter the meanings of certain terms
My knowledge on biology ends at 8th grade so I’m sorry if any of this is painfully wrong / explained very poorly.
I have never had any training when it comes to writing in english so this is all over the place and has many grammar errors
Introduction
The other day I thinking about the difference between lilim / human and the seed of Adam. Specifically their blood. Beings of Adam (angels) have blue blood and beings of Lilith (humans/Lilim) have red blood.
Sooo… why does Kaworu / Tabris have red blood? We know he has red blood because of his eyes (red eyes are when there is no pigment and the light reflects the blood cells), and after unit 1 squishes him and is being cleaned off we see her hand is covered in RED blood. (Like I said earlier this is just about the original series & EoE, but I find it important to note that there is no ignoring the fact that his blood is VERY red in the rebuilds as well)
Tabris is of Adam, shouldn’t his blood be blue? If his blood is red, does that mean he’s less of an Angel? Is he really an Angel at all? I thought about these questions for far too long, and actually got quite frustrated at some points due to what seemed to be inconsistencies, until I realised it all makes sense.
Tabris does not have the biology of an angel, but that doesnt change the fact that he is one. Why is that?
What is an Angel?
Before I get too into it, I want to define what an Angel is in Evangelion. What an angel is, is defined by the characters in the show without knowing the big picture. The definition being the 15 children of Adam are Angels.
In my interpretation an Angel is any and every being directly related to Adam. So Lilith isn’t an angel, and its offspring and clones aren’t either. They are Humans / Lilim. As an example following this logic, Evangelion Unit 1 (clone of Lilith) and all Lilim (offspring of Lilith) are not angels, and Adams children (Sachiel, Ramiel, Sandalphon etc) as well as Unit 0 and Unit 2 (clones of Adam) are.
I am very aware that Lilith is referred to as an Angel (specifically as the second Angel), but that is only because, like I said earlier, the characters that defined what an angel is didn’t really have the big picture in mind, nor did they have much information to go off of. Lilith isn’t of Adam, so it doesn’t make sense for it to be called an Angel. The humans found it after finding Adam, so they just assumed they are the same.
About clones
We know clones inherit the biology of their source body, even if the clone itself isn’t a 1to1 copy. So for example Rei is a clone of a Lilim (Yui), so her blood is red. As seen in her eyes and the bandages covering her many many injuries throughout the series are stained red. There’s no denying it, reis blood is red. This makes sense.
And this isn’t just for Humans / Lilim, it also applies to beings of Adam. We see this with unit 2 (a clone of Adam) in her fight with Zeruel and in EoE when she fights the mass produced Evas that her blood is also the lovely shade of blue associated with angels. (Note: To my knowledge we never see unit 0s blood, but if anyone has some scenes from the original series where we do see her bleed, let me know).
The blue blood is not something unique to Unit 2. We never see Adam bleed, however we do see that his offspring (not clones, but still related) do in fact have blue blood. Unit 1s fight with Sachiel in the second episode shows and confirms this best. This is why angels are “Pattern Blue”. It’s for their blue blood type.
Clone "genetics"
(We get a bit more into my personal interpretations here, but bear with me.)
Everything related to Lilith has red blood and everything related to Adam has blue blood.
…Right? Well, not always.
An example of this not always being completely being true is the same example I used earlier. Unit 2. Unit 2 is also related to Lilith.
Yes, she is a clone of Adam, but her soul is from Asuka’s mom, a Lilim. Unit 2 in my opinion is better described as being related to Lilith because of her soul. Who you are is determined by your soul and not necessarily your body.
So, she is related to Lilith and Adam simultaneously. But is better described as of Lilith despite being biologically of Adam.
So Clones biology is determined by the source BODY and not the biology of the original souls host, despite the souls source being better used to describe who / what the person or being is.
Where am I going with this?
Personally I believe that Kaworu is also clone of a Lilim. Which is why he can pass as human, and looks so similar to Rei. Both having red eyes, pale skin, light hair, a thinner body, and looking rather sickly.
Now, I do not know if this is canon or not, but if it isn’t ever outright stated it’s pretty heavily implied in my opinion.
Tabris says that Rei is “like him”. And he isn’t referring to the fact he’s an Angel, because Rei isn’t an angel. She has Liliths soul. Lilith isn’t an angel. But she also isn’t really Lilith. Yes, she is the Vessel for its soul but they are still referred to as different beings. Just like how Kaworu is the vessel for Adams soul, but Tabris and Adam are seen as seperate beings, seperate Angels even.
So, he must be referring to the fact that they are both clones of Lilim housing the souls of other beings, Lilith and Adam respectively.
Who Tabris is a clone of is a mystery. I personally like the theory that it’s Dr. Katsuragi (Misatos dad) but in the end it’s irrelevant. What’s relevant is that he is a clone of a Lilim. And like i determined earlier, clones inherit their biology from the source of the body, and not the biology of what originally housed their soul.
In conclusion:
Despite his soul being (of) Adam and being an angel, due to the fact that he is a clone of a Lilim, Tabris’ blood is red, and not Blue.
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