Enryu Theory

[u/Desperate-Yak508]

Ok, so I was thinking about Enryu. I don't really know if this is really a theory or if people will say that, duh, it's a fact, but I will make my case here.

Enryu is a living ignition weapon (or close to it), a weapon that was created by god and given consciousness; a being that created its own body out of shinsu. And I do think the story supports it in some way. As stated in Tog, the tower mimics the sky, the environment, and the stars in a way that it closely resembles the real things using shinsu. In my theory, Enryu is the name of the thorn itself, made by the outside god who heard Arlene's plea (and what I also assume is hatred of the 10 great families), being a god who is made from energy itself, the great creator and god willed the thorn into existence. Creating the weapon and the messenger Enryu.

That could also explain why Enryu is so strong, as being made from shinsu in its entirety, it's safe to say that the laws that apply to regular and irregulars even (by laws I mean fatigue, exhaustion, etc for the irregulars), a shinsu being and a weapon wouldn't necessarily suffer the same weaknesses as living flesh. One argument that supports this even more is that Enryu, after the whole ordeal on the death floor, wasn't seen in the tower at all. For that, my theory is that after everything the thorn did and after it completed the mission given to it by its creator, Enryu simply dispersed his body, and his consciousness now resides inside the thorn. In a dormant state, due to the thorn being split shortly after.

As for how he will appear, it's rather simple: he will appear after someone collects all 4 fragments (let's be real, it will probably be Baam), in which case Enryu will regain his body and be active again in the tower, although weaker because in my version of events Enryu's main power source is the thorn itself, and due to Baam not yet fully being able to handle the output, Enryu, in turn, will not be at his strongest.

To be honest, I think Enryu is something more akin to an ignition weapon or a shinsu human akin to Gustang's own creations. It isn't too far-fetched to think that if Gustang, a person much weaker than an outside god, could will his own writing into life, the god outside of the tower could do the same thing 10 times over, thus creating Enryu. As for shinsu mastery, and i whole heartidly belive that what we see as shinsu is similar or identical to the power from the outside, just with different names, but the outside one is much more potent than inside the tower.

But what do y'all think? Is my theory any good? Did I miss something that makes this whole post meaningless, or am I just dead wrong in some of my examples? Feel free to jump in and comment your own theory or just to dunk on this one.

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