[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by AgileSiamang7

Look, we all knew from day one that since they're making a show about fruits, a freaking apple, one of the most recognizable fruits, hasn't been used by anyone yet, it was going to be freaking important. Considering it's a golden apple like the Nordic myths, choosing to associate with only Christianity is your choice (as well as the AEsir subbers, who oddly enough choose not to go the Nordic route despite their group name).

That might be because the Apple of Eden is more ingrained into Western culture than any other Forbidden Fruit, so having that come to mind is quite natural. It's sort of why Crispin Freeman likes talking about why the West has Superheroes and the East has Giant Robot Suits.

Apples have several different symbolisms in Human Culture. The Norse saw them as a source of Youth, eaten by the gods to keep them forever young (like how Lord Overlord remembers the fall of his civilization despite that happening AGES ago). But the Greeks had a particular Golden Apple of Discord, whose existance created one of the greatest wars of the ancient world. Kinda like how the Fruits of Helheim are causing this big Armored Rider war.
And if you don't really like people jumping into the Biblical Symbolism boat, some scholars suggest that the only reason it's considered the Apple of Eden is because Renaissance Artists just borrowed the imagery of an Apple fucking shit up from the Greek Apple of Discord. Genesis never said what type of fruit the Forbidden Fruit was...

Also, Genesis Driver. There HAS to be some reason for that beyond just "Because Fruit Series."