I think it’s possible that Adam’s status as a “bad apple” refers more to him enlightening Eve in a way that caused some sort of detriment. So far they’ve been fucking and sucking a lot, and there’s a whole thing in the story of Eden about how once the humans gained knowledge of their status and sentience, they began to feel shame over their nudity and attempted to find clothing; so it’s possible that for Eve, his “enlightenment” is coming to understand that he is a human being (courtesy of Adams intentional treatment) and he’s begun acting upon his own “wants.” In this story, Adam is the one who offers the fruit of “knowledge” to Eve, and the effects pass down to Eves progenitors and enlighten them to human desires and needs, too. Before this they were all too happy to live and die as, like.
Okay so small aside, the story of Plato’s cave. The cave dwellers watched a shadow puppet show on their cave walls, unaware of where the light was emitted. A small few began to question their place in life and managed to find their way out of the cave.
Guides in this story are tasked with whisking Espers away from their cave; introducing them to higher needs they were denied from recognizing. Eve is introduced to carnal pleasure and love, but hasn’t gained self actualization. (None of the guides have so far.) Eve is coming across more needs and therefore engaging in more sin (lust, greed, and envy so far, alongside maybe a little wrath.) it’s interesting to see the espers be liberated from their below average conditions and come into themselves as people. Can’t wait to see where the story goes after this! I forgot my own analysis and interpretation halfway through writing this and I think it’s obvious
as an atheist, i really do appreciate the symbolism, the story, and the allusion to christianity and the christian faith. they believe that adam and eve were the first two humans, and that eve was tricked by a snake into eating an apple, which created sin. so far, what we’re learning is that their names are obviously adam and eve in the story, but also that adam, in this case, was the “bad apple” that eve bit. so i’m wondering—what caused this? will there be a serpent involved, similar to the christian faith, or will they describe it in a different way? truly amazing. i love when religion is brought up in these stories.