#eolyne

So after the end of the last arc, I was pretty damn heartbroken, because all I’ve wanted since he died, was for Eugeo to somehow be revived in some shape or form... For him to go to the real world with Kirito, and for them to maintain their platonic friendship... 

But of course that didn’t really happen. And I’m so fucking sad because Kirito suffering without Eugeo breaks my damn heart. Seeing him scream and cry over him, wishing he could erase him from his memory because it just hurts so bad is agonising. Not to mention, it’s even worse when you think about the fact that Kirito is the only one who truly knows Eugeo. 

They spent two whole years together - practically inseparable. And all his friends never got to meet Eugeo, so all he can do is tell them about him, and all they can do is try to understand. Hell, even Alice wouldn’t fully know Kirito’s pain. Despite being Eugeo’s childhood friend, she was gone for a long time, and didn’t really even remember her life with Eugeo. She didn’t really feel that connection with him, like Kirito did.

So the thought of Eugeo just being dead and gone is so heart wrenching...

And then I learned about the existence of Eolyne, who seems like he appears in the very next arc, (I haven’t read too deep into it because I don’t want to spoil myself TOO much, I was mainly looking at his character design). And I know I can’t be the only one who has made the parallel that he looks suspiciously like Eugeo. Not only in the fact that he had blonde hair... He also has green eyes, and even has his costume the same colour as what Eugeo would wear. Blue! And why the mask? Unless he was trying to hide his identity from the audience/Kirito for some kind of big reveal?

I love the theory that I’ve heard that it’s possibly a reincarnation of Eugeo, and he just doesn’t have his previous memories, (though I would love for him to regain them because Kirito doesn’t deserve to suffer any more). Because I just live for the idea of Eugeo somehow returning.