Now , that I remember your ovum theory from Patton's Playlist about influencing the "birth" of the twins, what if similar thing happened with Janus and Virgil? Because as proclaimed, Anxiety and Causion revolves around Self-preservation and is itself a part of it. Since Janus is represented as the Embodiment of Self-care (and Deceit -||-) Maybe in someway he did influenced the birth of Virgil/Paranoia and before it was like...a mere function that existed by itself before bringing it alive too?
Thatās a very good point!
As I said in my Virgilās playlist analysis, Janus is the embodiment of self-preservation and self-preservation is aĀ āset of behaviors that ensures the survival of any living creatureā. It could very well be that, among this set of behaviors, some became more important than others, to the point ofĀ ācreatingā a new side responsible for these functions only.
And yes, I actually like the idea that Janus influenced Virgilās birth, somehow. Because he is self-preservation, but he doesnāt protect Thomas from physical threats: he defends him from mental and social threats.
So, since other people (and humans in general) have the tendency to lie, Janus couldāve focused more on the lying/deceiving part of his function - thus influencing the birth of a new side, specialised in theĀ physical protection, theĀ āsurvival instinctā. Still part of self-preservation, stillĀ āborn from himā, but with a different purpose.
But why creating a whole new side for physical protection? Probably because of Thomas himself. His anxious natureĀ āpretendedā a specific side to fill that role. So Virgil was born to be both Thomasā āphysical protectorā and the alarm designed to scare him if there was something wrong.