This is so late—almost two years—so I don’t know if it will be read. But Yasmine does say that Adriel did start a church during Ariela’s time. Something called an inverted church. That is why Ariela decided to kill him. So humanity didn’t betray him without any cause. It is also possible he had the demons possess his followers then as now.
However, your theory that the wraith demons may be trying to escape their realm and might have a pact with Adriel is interesting. I think that is plausible and likely. I don’t think Reya is good as we are supposed to believe.
Thank you for your work on this show—even if we now know it won’t get renewed or picked up. 😢 I just finished watching the two seasons—I didn’t know about it at all before that since I didn’t have Netflix and was in any case not keeping up with shows for the past few years. I have been feeling a sense of loss after I finished and your essays help just for the passion they show towards the show and characters I love.
I completely missed Adriel's inverted church on first viewing when I wrote this - I think that definitely adds more to the good/evil dynamics the series explored. Especially since we only have the Church's perspective on what exactly his group was up to.
Me and so many others still feel the loss of the show pretty hard too, especially now that we're coming up on two years since it was cancelled. I'm glad my essays have been helping! More will be on the way in 2025, and I also have an ongoing fanfic I've been writing since August 2023, "Mechanomica," that builds off an alternate ending to season 1 if you're interested.
I will definitely read the fic. I hope you would not mind if I continue reading your essays and leaving comments if I have them. I will keep an eye on your future essays too.
This is so late—almost two years—so I don’t know if it will be read. But Yasmine does say that Adriel did start a church during Ariela’s time. Something called an inverted church. That is why Ariela decided to kill him. So humanity didn’t betray him without any cause. It is also possible he had the demons possess his followers then as now.
However, your theory that the wraith demons may be trying to escape their realm and might have a pact with Adriel is interesting. I think that is plausible and likely. I don’t think Reya is good as we are supposed to believe.
Thank you for your work on this show—even if we now know it won’t get renewed or picked up. 😢 I just finished watching the two seasons—I didn’t know about it at all before that since I didn’t have Netflix and was in any case not keeping up with shows for the past few years. I have been feeling a sense of loss after I finished and your essays help just for the passion they show towards the show and characters I love.
I completely missed Adriel's inverted church on first viewing when I wrote this - I think that definitely adds more to the good/evil dynamics the series explored. Especially since we only have the Church's perspective on what exactly his group was up to.
Me and so many others still feel the loss of the show pretty hard too, especially now that we're coming up on two years since it was cancelled. I'm glad my essays have been helping! More will be on the way in 2025, and I also have an ongoing fanfic I've been writing since August 2023, "Mechanomica," that builds off an alternate ending to season 1 if you're interested.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/49297201/chapters/124395436
Thanks for reading and for leaving such a thoughtful comment!
I will definitely read the fic. I hope you would not mind if I continue reading your essays and leaving comments if I have them. I will keep an eye on your future essays too.