Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130119213241/@comment-91.96.207.99-20150614100458

Those are truly heretical thoughts! Do you even praise the sun, bro?

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Maybe I wasn't too clear on that. Humanity doesn't have to run wild, it just can. We don't know the exact triggers for it to mutate, only the one witnessed in Oolacile. Who says our Bearer of the Curse won't be caught and has to suffer the same fate?

Yeah, I don't think the "humans" in the ancient past could be legitimately called "humans". In my opinion, humans came to be when those beings fused with the Dark Soul (= humanity) or were fused by the Pygmy, whatever happened. They can't have their whole beginnings in the Dark Soul, though, as it wouldn't explain why we're seeing hollows in the opening cutscene, where they are clearly there BEFORE the Pygmy picks up the Dark Soul. Hell, he's a hollow himself at that point. The modern humans reverting back to that state is proof to me that the Dark Soul, or humanity, does not create a whole new being, it just changes it, and apparently, only temporary. This would, interestingly, also totally hit the atmosphere of the story... New stuff is born from the flame, but in the end, it returns to ashes again... Just to be born again later. No progress made... Only temporary new shapes. That's basically what DS2 is about.

Gwyn's actions are debatable, of course. The outcomes were kinda bad, but I mean, what could he know? It's not like he could look into the future and precisely evaluate all of his actions. He could look into the past, though, mainly Oolacile. I wouldn't risk something like that if I had a chance to continue my cycle that has worked pretty well. Well, that's me, at least. To each his/her own.

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