I'll have to admit that I can't give an exact answer, but I'll try and give a partial interpretation.
One of the themes of Ergo Proxy is the concept of fate. If we are fated to do something, is there a point in struggling to change something which ultimately can't be changed? After all, what use is there in doing something when everything has been planned out for you? So this is one question which the characters, specifically Re-L and Vincent, have to face. Near the end, this question is presented to each of them, and then we get to see how they face it.
Both Re-L and Vincent question if fate is something that can't be changed. Perhaps, they ask, we are fated in certain ways, but this fate isn't solid; there's room to stray from the path. While things may have been planned for them, both chose not accept the rigid concept of fate, but decided to create their own Fates. In this sense, fate isn't perfectly planned out; rather, Fate is something you have to create for yourself. It's something that you have to put work into. In other words, it is something that you make. This new Fate is created by you, not given to you by anyone.
So when we see Vincent reject the Proxy Plan, he decides that he will be guided, but not by blind, thoughtless, indifferent fate. Instead, he will create, choose, and care about himself as a newly created person. While this doesn't exactly get rid of the concept of fate (Maybe this was intended too?) it puts Re-L and Vincent's outlook in a new context.
We can now say: If I am not guided by unknown rules (fate), I will now have to create who I am, since I alone an responsible for the type of person I choose to be.
Air-Dragon
Otaku Eternal | Posted 09/20/09 | Reply
Finally some answers! Thank you so much! I can be so dense to the obvious sometimes.
Pleiades Rising
Otaku Idol (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 10/14/08 | Reply
I'll have to admit that I can't give an exact answer, but I'll try and give a partial interpretation.
One of the themes of Ergo Proxy is the concept of fate. If we are fated to do something, is there a point in struggling to change something which ultimately can't be changed? After all, what use is there in doing something when everything has been planned out for you? So this is one question which the characters, specifically Re-L and Vincent, have to face. Near the end, this question is presented to each of them, and then we get to see how they face it.
Both Re-L and Vincent question if fate is something that can't be changed. Perhaps, they ask, we are fated in certain ways, but this fate isn't solid; there's room to stray from the path. While things may have been planned for them, both chose not accept the rigid concept of fate, but decided to create their own Fates. In this sense, fate isn't perfectly planned out; rather, Fate is something you have to create for yourself. It's something that you have to put work into. In other words, it is something that you make. This new Fate is created by you, not given to you by anyone.
So when we see Vincent reject the Proxy Plan, he decides that he will be guided, but not by blind, thoughtless, indifferent fate. Instead, he will create, choose, and care about himself as a newly created person. While this doesn't exactly get rid of the concept of fate (Maybe this was intended too?) it puts Re-L and Vincent's outlook in a new context.
We can now say: If I am not guided by unknown rules (fate), I will now have to create who I am, since I alone an responsible for the type of person I choose to be.