#i'm sure i'm gonna read this tmrw & wonder Wtf

[seraphias]

not me having high thoughts abt my favorite complicated guild ....

okay, but ... if the oracion seis children were meant to 'seal' zero away & prevent him from taking over master brain, i can't imagine this being a permanent solution. WHAT IF brain would be cruel & crazy enough to eventually sacrifice them in the future ( as they carry said link ) in hopes of ridding himself from zero. what if the tethers were more deep than that. eventually zero's essence passed into them. which would explain why he required exceptionally strong mages to harbor him. not just strong, but mentally vulnerable ones. ones who lacked true purpose. ( for anime watchers, another reason he might not have wanted ultear is because she was too focused on her turmoil with her mother. she had her own agenda. she wouldn't provide the kind of loyalty he sought easily & maybe he knew that. )

also, i can't imagine being linked to that psychopath had many positive effects on their psyche. i'm so sure their link with him may have weakened them even more mentally — making them more susceptible for manipulation. like — c'mon ?! why would someone wish to fade into the sky, run from everything, or sleep forever if they didn't have a deep rooted death wish or a need to escape their existence. now i imagine master brain's goal was to inspire them to basically die & abandon what gave them reason to live ( ie: a brother, a sister, a mother, a friend )

& !! cobra / erik was possibly the most difficult to manipulate because his wish involved a friend — a connection to his humanity. an actual reason to live. he was definitely a problem for brain. this could also explain who brain was so quick to strike him down & betray him.

anyway, tldr; master brain is a terrible human being & i hope everyone knows that.