Talk:Pandora/@comment-99.232.106.176-20201018010652

Pandora The Witch of Vainglory (Pride/Vanity)

I like to dabble in the idea of Pandora being the nexus point for Satella becoming the Witch of Envy among her laundry list of activities. If we analyze her abilities and dial into some of the elements of the story, it seems to elude to some interesting possibilities.

1.) Pandora can rewrite certain phenomena in her favor as many times as she wants, as long as the conditions are in her favor. [this sounds familiar...]

2+) She can negate her death, bury people into the ground instantly, erase a person's presence without leaving any trace of their actions behind, and change people's memories. [-ground burial, Envy has it in some form or another.]

Using her abilities I think she may have played a part in the following;

1.) Pandora is responsible for Petelgeuse/Betelgeuse going mad. He was a perfectly sane, but shrewd gentleman prior to having being driven mad. This is supported by Beatrice and Emilia's accounts of him prior to Pandora's actions. This does illustrate she has the ability to fracture a persons psyche and possibly imposed this on Satella.

2.) Envy =/= Pride This comparison is interesting because if we examine The Witch of Envy's known abilities/authorities and Pandora's, they're oddly similar. Their abilities almost mirror eachother.

a) Envy has the following; Immortality, her shadows consume the conciousness of ANYTHING it comes into contact with, Moving people between realms, and time manipulation

3.) When Satella was sealed the Flugel/Sage specifically gave Shaula the credit... many wonder why? I think he was very aware a possiblity existed of him being erased from existence and also by boasting Shaula was that powerful it certainly would deter any radicalists from trying to free Satella. Additionally Shaula is a Maebeast and thus uneffected by Pandora's manipulations and would certainly remember her master regardless if the world hadn't.

4.) The Flugel/Sage possessed the key to Od Laguna in Elior Forest and specifically left it with Emilia. Od Laguna is also the home of the Hall of Memories; when someone dies the soul is returned to Od Laguna and recycled anew whilst their memories are recorded in the Books of the Dead. I suspect the Flugel/Sage was using Od Laguna and its knowledge to try and save Satella.

Long and short, I think it's possible the Flugel/Sage of the past was romantically involved with Satella. Perhaps at some point Pandora desired the Flugel but he only had eyes for Satella in the same way Subaru deifies Emilia. Pandora being who she is likely manipulated circumstances in a similar manner to how she did Betelgeuse and subsequently birthed Satella's alter ego. Pandora is certainly a danger and her abilities seem to in sync with Satella's to just be a coincidence...