I wasn't caught up with WA and on the forums yet when the artwork for
Angel's ring was revealed. Was there much talk about what it means? I notice three things about it. I thoughts about two of them.
1. There are wings on it. I have no insight into why.
2. The phrase "de vita in mortem" or "de vita ad mortem" in inscribed on it. It means "from life to death". That likely refers to an inseparable bond, such as a vow. However, it's also mentioned in St. Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theologica". Ordinarily, I might dismiss this as pure coincidence, but KC used biblical names (
Michael Cross, Angel,
Saul, Lizza/Elizabeth,
Pegs/Margaret), so it's not
completely impossible. The relevant section of the Summa relates to charitable acts being "deadened" by mortal sin. A reference to
Scratch putting Angel out of his misery - but only because he royally pissed her off? BTW, has it occurred to anyone that Scratch's name might derive from "Old Scratch", a nickname for Satan in folk tales?
3. The pattern is Borromean rings. From Wikipedia: "In mathematics, the Borromean rings consist of three topological circles which are linked and form a Brunnian link (i.e., removing any ring results in two unlinked rings). In other words, no two of the three rings are linked with each other as a Hopf link, but nonetheless all three are linked." I suspect that Angel, Scratch, and
Durai are representatives of three families linked like that.
I'm guessing some or most of that was discussed in previous threads. Did I offer anything new at all, though?
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