#tpn demonjesus

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Isabella says there's more than one "promise"? How the hell is that supposed to work? Or is this a mis translation?

Sorry, I am a bit slow at answering asks right now! I will get there though!

Hmmm, are you sure you don't mean Mujika? She says this, while I don't remember Isabella ever saying that...

To answer your questions, I will reference my theory on Bible parallels in TPN. You can look for it among my posts or Theory Directory if you want to know more.

The important point though is that from what we learn there was a miraculous "saviour" to demons who could take away their hunger for humans by simply offering their blood. This seems to be a direct reference to Jesus' last supper, and the visuals confirm it:

Note one important element that doesn't show up well in the way that my mobile app tumblr formatted those pics, but Luke 22:20 has Jesus say:

In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you."

Now please note that:

The meaning of the passage (and the whole new Testament) is that Jesus is spilling his blood to save humans, and the humans that follow him enter a NEW PROMISE with him, which replaces the OLD PROMISE made between God and man in the old testament.

Within the Old testament, this original PROMISE was made between Abraham, who was called "father of nations" and God, and was the basis of the jewish religion, and included a Promised land. The jews entered this Promised land in Exodus of the Bible, fleeing from the egyptians.

However the reason that God sent his son Jesus was that the jews have strayed off the path of the original promise, and God wanted Jesus to forge a new promise with them, while dying a martyr's death for their sins. Although later he would be resurrected...

This new promise, or New Testament has lead to the establishment of Christianity, which was heavily persecuted before it started to spread and became one of the biggest religions in the world.

So could we draw an analogy with what we have in TPN?

Well, the title itself seems to be a combination of the PROMISED LAND from the Bible and NEVERLAND from Peter Pan. That's already suspicious, since in general a title is chosen to REPRESENT THE OVERALL meaning of a work... funny coincidence, right?

Anyway, which other facts align?

Cuvitidala that was a holy site to the demons of the old lays abandoned and in ruin. Note that in the vision Emma sees about the original Promise when she meets demon!God, you can see it being used by the demons for worship... This seems to be a direct reference for jews straying from the original path laid out by God in the Old Testament

The demon!saviour who looked very similar to Mujika died a martyr and her followers were heavily prosecuted and killed, just like it was the case for early christians, who had to practice their religion in hiding (often underground), just like Son-ju and Mujika. Son-ju even calls themselves heathens, which is what early Christian were considered.

The demon!saviour is turned out to have survived after all... or have they? Is Mujika really the original demon!Jesus? We know that demon!Jesus is over 700 years old, have travelled a lot, and wore her hair differently (loose, not in braids). We also have these panels that imply that the Gracefield kids are the first humans Mujika sees (since she says she THINKS they are humans... it should be pretty obvious to any demon who has seen humans):

It seems very unlikely to me that an over 700 years old, well travelled demon has NEVER seen a human, not even on the market... Mujika on the other hand lives in hiding and in isolation from demon society... what if she has done so since birth? Because she is the daughter of demon!Jesus?! That would make more sense in my opinion...

You know what's also suspicious and unexplained? This panel of flashbacks:

Why does Leuvis' death flashback feature Mujika so vividly? What's the connection? How did Mujika and Son-ju manage to escape notice of the powerful regent families and the king? Did they have someone in a position of power helping them? OH wasn't Leuvis an ARCHDUKE and super important ?!

But why would Leuvis help them? Hmmm doesn't Leuvis and Son-ju have such similar masks? But why does Leuvis focus on Mujika? She is his LAST memory... perhaps his most precious one...?

Could Mujika be the child of demon!Jesus and Leuvis? We don't know enough about demon reproduction, our only piece of info is that Luce has a father, and that we saw a demon baby in the demon!Jesus panels. However just imagine the ANGST

Would Shirai pass this golden opportunity of angst? After all, the only Goldy Pond demon that Emma personally killed was Leuvis. So how would Emma feel if it turned out she killed Mujika's father? Or how would Mujika feel that the person she considered her friend has killed her father? Hmm, maybe there is no relation, but curiosly Leuvis' pet Parvus is the exact same colours as Mujika's hair... could it be a memento for Leuvis....? SUCH ANGST MATERIAL

Sorry, I got sidetracked. To answer your question:

I think there is actually a New Promise for those who follow demon!Jesus, and drink her blood, that was always intended to happen by demon!God but had so far only very few followers.

We know both Son-ju and Mujika has this blood, one way or another, and they can both pass it to other demons, as it was explained by Norman that all the followers could spread this blood.

I think if the Emma is St. Paul analogy is right, she will play a big role in spreading that promise.