History Fridge / SoulEater

** He was immortal because he had the Grand Witch's Eye.

* If Free is the series' only example of 'real' immortality (Giriko now being out of the picture, and Shinigami and co. still in question), how then did he manage to become one of/the last of his kind? Unless the immortality refers to their physical bodies and not their souls, and they had a similar weakness to Kishin-Arachne; attack the werewolf's soul directly if the body would only regenerate.

** It wasn't Soul being a Death Scythe that allowed Maka and him to fly. It was the combination of that and Maka's special skilss/traits - soul wavelength control and grigori-type - i.e angel wings - soul. It may be that any individual soul-related ability of a meister or Weapon would also be enhanced by the latter becoming a Death Scythe.

** I always figure that Black Blood was made up of a metal that turns black when exposed to oxygen or something. Everytime I see the black blood, I think of it being metal.

* So, when you become a death scythe, you can learn to fly, right? How can Kilik do this with a pair if gloves?!

** Well, she could've been counting on moving to [[spoiler: Arachne's]] body, but...maybe she was thinking about [[FridgeHorror having another child on whom she could experiment]]. Considering how she had no qualms about [[spoiler: killing the one she already has]], I wouldn't put it past her.

*** Well, when Maka coughed up some black blood and later asked Medusa about it (not knowing the truth about her at the time), she just {{Hand Wave}}d it as being normal, saying that blood changes color and darkens over time ([[CaptainObvious which is true, medically speaking]], but [[CaptainObvious not in this case]]). If she could pull off a lie like that, then it's possible that the black blood really ''is'' a very dark shade of red/brown, which might explain it.

* The idea of Medusa alone with a maddened, pliable Stein -- in the stolen body of a ''little girl'', no less -- raises some truly frightening possibilties for FridgeHorror. It's all a question of what is or isn't [[EvenEvilHasStandards beyond her.]]

* Is this troper the only one who yells "THIS. IS. SPAARRRRTTTAAAA!!!" whenever someone in the anime says the word 'madness'?

* The idea of Medusa alone with a maddened, pliable Stein -- in the stolen body of a ''little girl'', no less -- raises some truly frightening possibilties for FridgeHorror.

* Noah has a worm motif and draws his power from a magic tome... because he's a ''[[IncrediblyLamePun bookworm]]''!

* Don't know if there's any spoilers here, but this is [[strike:either]] both FridgeBrilliance and FridgeHorror: Remember when Medusa wanted Crona to [[NeverSayDie "defeat"]] the little black dragon rather than "kill" it? What if she wasn't saying it euphemistically; she could have intended that Crona simply debilitate it to the point where it couldn't fight back. There's still the question of whether or not Crona ''did'' kill the dragon, but...[[NightmareFuel what if s/he didn't actually kill it?]]

* Don't know if there's any spoilers here, but this is [[strike:either]] both FridgeBrilliance and FridgeHorror: Remember when Medusa wanted Crona to [[NeverSayDie "defeat"]] the little black dragon rather than "kill" it? What if she wasn't saying it euphemistically; she could have intended that Crona simply debilitate it to the point where it couldn't fight back. There's still the question of whether or not zhe ''did'' kill the dragon, but...[[NightmareFuel what if s/he didn't actually kill it?]]

* Don't know if there's any spoilers here, but this is [[strike: either]] both FridgeBrilliance and FridgeHorror: Remember when Medusa wanted Crona to [[NeverSayDie "defeat"]] the little black dragon rather than "kill" it? What if she wasn't saying it euphemistically; she could have intended that Crona simply debilitate it to the point where it couldn't fight back. There's still the question of whether or not zhe ''did'' kill the dragon, but...[[NightmareFuel what if s/he didn't actually kill it?]]

** Well, it might just be that the black blood is not really ''black'', but really just an extremely dark shade of red. That might explain it.

* Ignoring the proper consequences of black blood for Rule of Cute? Ragnarok's appearance and the number of times we've seen Crona bleed when in a less-unstable frame of mind would indicate that whatever Medusa did it made her child's blood black ''permanently'' (and yet, on a semi-related note, Crona still attempts - and briefly succeeds - to function in a world which is not trying to kill hir (?)).

* Okay, I'm surprised no one's asked this one yet: Chrona has been seen blushing several times in the anime. His (or her) blood [[CatchPhrase is black]]. It could be justified by way of the RuleOfCute (a face flushing black would just look weird and not nearly as adorable), but it's kind of been a bit of a MindScrew for me, almost as much as [[AmbiguousGender determining Chrona's gender]] or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS how the hell you spell his/her name anyway]]. [[WildMassGuessing Or]], maybe not ''all'' of his blood is black, and there's still just enough red blood for him to actually blush...or...wait, [[YourHeadAsplode NOOOO!!!!!!!!]]

** Somewhat related; Spirit's participation, as effectively he's keeping both in line. His soul wavelength control means he and Stein can keep Medusa in place, while he also makes clear (and it's shown throughout in their interactions) that it's his job to keep an eye on and "control [the] crazy kid" Stein. The fight shows something of how plenty of the meisters and weapons now operate, on a line between reason and caution, mindless recklessness and violence (now all of the main pairs are doing it one way or another). And Spirit acts as though this is par the course for him and Stein, which is rather disturbing.

** So what Medusa thinks is 'freedom' actually isn't, because she's ([[FridgeLogic somehow]]) gearing anarchy towards her own goals?

** To further elaborate, Stein's use of the Soul Threads allowed Medusa to keep from moving, and kept him from being sent flying in her direction when he was on top of one of her Vector Plates. In other words, it kept him 'grounded' and prevented her from advancing in the fight. On the other hand, Medusa's use of Vector Plates enabled her to move in any direction the arrow pointed, and had the same effect on Stein. When she spoke of the "stasis" that came with being ruled by a God, and the "advancement" of being 'free,' Stein might have noticed the irony of how their powers worked; Stein's powers were keeping the enemy from advancing and him from being thrown in her path, while Medusa's powers sent whoever fell under the vector flying in the direction she pleased. Might I ask...[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic What Do You Mean It's Not Symbolic?]]

** To further elaborate, Stein's use of the Soul Threads allowed Medusa to keep from moving, and kept him from being sent flying in her direction when he was on top of one of her Vector Plates. In other words, it kept him 'grounded' and prevented her from advancing in the fight. On the other hand, Medusa's use of Vector Plates enabled her to move in any direction the arrow pointed, and had the same effect on Stein. When she spoke of the "stasis" that came with being ruled by a God, and the "advancement" of being 'free,' Stein might have noticed the irony of how their powers worked; Stein's powers were keeping the enemy from advancing and him from being thrown in her path, while Medusa's powers sent whoever fell under the vector flying in the direction she pleased. Might I ask...{{What Do You Mean It's Not Symbolic?}}

* During the fight between Medusa and Stein, there was what appeared to be some amazing use of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic symbolism]] that went along with their dialogue. While they were fighting, Medusa was trying to talk Stein into joining her, calling the ethics by which he ran "a world of stasis," and telling him that with her, he could "move forward." (Terrible paraphrasing, I know). If you look carefully at their methods of attack, Stein used [[KiAttacks Soul Thread Sutures]] to hold Medusa in place, while Medusa used her Vector Plates to send either Stein or herself in the direction the plate pointed. Coincidence?

* In the very first scene of the anime, we see a soul collected through a brutal murder, thus establishing how evil creatures acquire human souls. Therefore, it is logical to assume that all of the innocent souls we see throughout the show were collected in a similar manner. This means that every time we see an evil creature in possession of a large number of human souls, we're seeing indirect evidence of ''mass murder.'' When that one thief Lupin is seen jumping out of a window carrying a gigantic sack of souls, one can only imagine the scene of carnage and horror he's leaving in his wake. He must have killed ''hundreds'' to get a haul that big. Same thing for Al Capone's gang's feast. The Soul Eater universe must be a horrifying place to live for regular, everyday people.

** Just realized one about character naming. In ''{{Sanjuro}}'', the nameless samurai claims his family name is Tsubaki (a change from ''{{Yojimbo}}'' in which he claimed it was Kuwabatake). Watching ''{{Sanjuro}}'', I was thinking "the first time I heard that name was in ''SoulEater''- then it hit me, Tsubaki is a [[LivingWeapon Japanese sword]], making the name quite appropriate, and likely deliberate since the series has a character named [[ToshiroMifune Mifune]].