[Spoilers episode 10] Freudian Psychology? Thanatos and Eros

Kosmonaut said:
Well, I also think it makes sense, that's why I suggested it :v It's still only a possible interpretation of what has happened so far.

I mean, to me, by pitting Eros and Thanatos against one another, it's abiding exactly by the life instinct and the death instinct theory. It would explain, also, the 'allure of death' the Accas talk about, since the wish for death (akin to the id), in this freudian theory, is present in every person, however Eros (born from the ego) is a force that balances out our death instincts and keeps them at bay. Thanatos directed towards the Other breeds violence, hatred. Thanatos directed towards the Self breeds self-harm, self-hatred, trauma lingering and other destructive behaviors.

So, in a sense, Thanatos (not the god) is the cause of the eggs' suicide and the 4 girls, fighting, bonding, living, wanting to keep moving forward, are under the influence of Eros. Eros, what keeps Thanatos, the wish for death, at bay. When Momoe is confronted with the death instinct, trauma, she breaks, because the life instinct she had been nurturing isn't effective anymore. The 'allure' of Thanatos could take her away, as the Accas said, and only Eros could bring her back. Kind of a psychic death. The possibility for death of the old self and rebirth anew, for coming out of one's - egg - shell as a full-fledged and balanced person.

I think it's a pretty solid theory or - if nothing is made sure by the end - a good interpretation. It's kind of 'the power of love/friendship against death/hate' but with a psychoanalytic dressing, but we don't know what they're going to do with it yet. There are only two episodes left, time is running out for any resolution.