*Screaming, crying, throwing myself on the floor* Oh God episode 8- ‘I am the ram.’ 😭 I love the comparison to the story of Abraham & Isaac and I just- *clenches fist* this part made me so emotional! What Tera was willing to do, Emmanuel’s despair and realization! The horror on his face! Ahhhh
Also- as a Mizrak/Olrox shipper- God, the pain of that scene. Olrox going from trying to deny he loves him, only to swoop in and save him, and show that bit of vulnerability, confessing he doesn’t want him to die, even frickin’ crying- only to have Mizrak emotionally wound him and storm off. And now he has to contend with the reality that he is falling for someone and it may end in a manner similar to last time. 🥺 Ahhhh I need more of these two! I need them to work things out!
Biblical scholar Helen Kenik teaches that “Emmanuel” (God-with-us) is in fact the most ancient name for Divinity in the Bible. To say that God is “God-With-Us” is to deconstruct the hierarchical notion that God is above us looking down on us and judging us.
I'm pretty sure Emmanuel got sold a faulty Forge machine
When Olrox is with Mizrak, he tells him that there are demons who you can barter with and laugh in their faces. Being a man of God, Emmanuel probably wouldn't have sought a powerful demon, but instead went with a lesser one, a demon that ended up being Hell's equivalent of a greasy car salesman. *slaps roof of Forge machine* "This bad boy can pump out so many monsters." Anyway, Flyeyes from the original series establishes that the Night Creatures can recall their past lives but don't try to rebel against Isaac. Because Emmanuel is using a secondhand Forge machine, his Night Creatures are able to remember their past lives AND regain autonomy. Not only did the guy trade his soul, but Emmanuel traded his soul for a shitty machine that makes disobedient monsters.