Dave wrote:If I recall correctly, Tina sees and interprets auras - which is not necessarily the same thing as reading the presence or absence of a soul. It was pretty clear to Tina that the GGs aren't human (due to their lack of auras), and Tina also referred to Jin as having an "empty core", but I don't see this as definitive proof that the GGs are actually soul-less.nerf-dweller wrote:I think it pretty definitive the GGs don't have. The resident soul reader extraordinaire Tina can't read the GGs. Remember Bud first meeting Tina in search of her morning coffee? (Too tire to lok up link.)
I'm with these guys on the soul argument. Auras could very well be more of a reflection of the electromagnetic field generated by the human body that is impacted by the emotional state of the individual (due to the chemicals in the body that are associated with said emotional state). Granted, I know nothing about the science behind what I just said, but it would make perfect sense to me that auras are entirely different from and not dependent upon the existence of a soul.Mark N wrote:I have wondered about the need of the priests to torture and terrorize the girls if the soul was not a point in the creation. I think that the process of burning the girls alive was a way to keep the soul trapped in the ashes until the mixture can be reanimated. In that case the souls are their own, damage and all. The lack of aura may just be a part of not being an actual biological being.
That said, the argument regarding whether or not the presense of Demons indicates the presense of a soul is and interesting one. I feel like it's also worth exploring what other aspects of the girls may have resulted in the presense or lack thereof of Demons. For example, I seem to remember that Jin killed herself before the chimera was formed...though I also feel like I can't be remembering that correctly since I thought she was immortal before that chimera incident (I don't have time to look up the comic showing she killed herself...but I seem to remember that was part of what made Bud angry...and I don't have time to check the wiki page to see when the Calendar Machine made her immortal). But in any event, if she "died" before the whole chimera-making-process, then maybe that's part of the reason that she could have Demons and we don't see any for Bud or Brandi.
I would also like to point out that I'm exhausted, so I'm not responsible for the coherency or lack thereof of this post.