Ok, so I've been trying to figure out the whole artifact pulling and how it relates to Elvan's reluctance to pull Nystali's. Based on the lore we've been running, it's obvious that Kin don't necessarily die when the artifacts are pulled, they just suffer to some extent. And then I was thinking, well there was also the whole... the more harmonious the relationship the less injury (and more guilty crown-esque) the artifact removal causes. Which I still like, in the sense that I picture Tali's parents drawing Syn and Saevir from each other and fighting off the Spawn that attacked without really hurting each other. Kind of an in-the-moment thing where their hearts were of perfect accord.
But that all kind of means like... why is Elvan so against taking her artifact, right? Like, it might just hurt for a little while and then be fine.
Again, stealing from Guilty Crown here, maybe if the artifact breaks before the Kin dies... that would kill the Kin? So maybe part of the issue is Elvan doesn't want to be like, using her artifact and then it breaks and he's basically killed her? That plus whatever pain he'd still cause her when he pulled the artifact, even if they were pretty "harmonious" or whatever. And also, I guess he doesn't "totally" believe her, right? So he might be worried she has some really lame artifact that he'd put her through injury for for nothing or something? I dunno. What were your thoughts on Elvan's psyche?
NOW. The only reason I bring this up, mostly, is because I was thinking like... if that persistent reluctance ends up being so integral to their relationship that probably is really what ends up killing Tali when he pulls the artifact in the end, right? They create this perfect storm of magical and visceral release of her artifact that destroys her. It also makes an artifact powerful enough that there's really no likelihood of it breaking.
Just... in the vein of over-protectiveness being the ultimate undoing. And. Stuff? Or maybe I was chasing the wrong direction/motivation here? I just wasn't sure. SO.
Long story short, what is Elvan actually scared of? I feel like Tali needs to know (at least to a point) if they've kind of argued about it before. I assume it might drive a lot of her feelings on the issue. Whether she's sympathetic to him or not and that kind of thing.