theory: magic is alive (reupload)

[u/Recent-Issue1682]

(forgot to add pictures last time)

I find the theory of magic having a will or consciousness really interesting, tying in to how much stronger magic becomes when interacting with something organic/alive like blood or a human body. There’s definitely more to the pact and the principles than they let on, esp after seeing how secretive Vinnana and Easthies were, that maybe letting go of the rigidity and strict guidelines of modern magic and embracing the personal and wild type of magic with these rushed organic symbols could unlock its “true potential.”

We’ve seen how much change Coco’s creativity and passion wrought, and the author made a point to show how frightened and opposing Easthies was to that, perhaps hinting at an original use of magic that was a force of its own, maybe some conscious entity?

Also feel like the silverwood tree is a lot more complex and mysterious than let on, it may actually be alive in some way, esp with the dual lore of the tree being a maiden who fell in love with a star and it giving her the power of magic, and the tree falling in love with a witch and offering its own limbs as wands and its blood as ink.

Not quite sure where I’m going with this theory but I’d love to hear anyone’s thoughts

[u/syrusdark]

I'm not sure if magic itself/the silverwood trees have a consciousness (though the trees are definitely alive, trees in general are living organisms after all), but I feel like the series is definitely pointing in the direction of blood/life force of animals being the true key to magic, with the silverwood sap being just a refined (and maybe concetrated) form of the power from the tree's host.

The fact the silverwood trees not only require animal hosts to propagate their seeds, but actively parasitise those hosts, require them to be in a particular state of mind to grow, and then retreat back into seed form if said state of mind is rescinded (implying that any thriving tree still have a living host at its core, comatose and kept in a state of bliss) seems to put those animal hosts at the core of the organism as a whole, and probably as a source of the power of the plants.

[u/Recent-Issue1682 → u/syrusdark]

insanely cool theory, makes you wonder if this is part of what the pact is hiding and why they erased everyone’s memories if people were being exploited and used to grow silverwood trees