[Locke]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Literally half your little sarcastic back and fourth is actually explained.

They removed one of the medals to create desire, which this show explains is supposedly the basis for intelligent life. The desire to survive, desire to achieve, etc. The medals were alive, but lacked any kind of lasting motivation. The desire to be whole would be a constant, infallible drive that would be with them every second of their being.

OOO is far from perfect, but literally the only thing that doesn't add up about it's mythos is the actual creation of the medals which is never actually seen, but that's also supposed to be a bt of a mystery. (all we know is that alchemists created them with a combination of ancient science and dark arts) I have a BUNCH of reservations about OOO, but you're being 100% unfair in your assesment of it's backstory. It's not the writers being lazy, if anything it's the opposite. They tried to put so much in they couldn't fit everything or explain it properly.

The king thing was a few episodes back and was a very different flashback to what we saw before. The purple medals have literally just been introduced the last episode I saw.

To be fair with how utterly bland and uninteresting I found the show before Date, I really wasn't paying much attention. I guess now the show actually has identity and stuff that is actually interesting to watch I am paying attention so I'm bound to be a bit confused.

Still though, a huge part of your explanation rests on 'because magic' which is better known as hand waving.

The writers give too much information and too much information that is poorly thought out. I guess I should be mad that Fourze and Wizard give such little of their backstory but it is actually better for it, because the more we know, the more we have to question and Fourze and Wizard give us just enough to understand without too much to question.