Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160216033644/@comment-14909251-20160425162104

Sentry 616 wrote: As for what would happen if they somehow did merge, it would be A: a weird fusion of their minds creating an entirely new persona, or B: two distinct personas with only one body to control. In the case of the latter, I could see Pyrrha trying to compromise on use of the body, but there would inevitably be tension. I suggested that it would be more like one consciouscness being in control, while the other consciousness is gone. That is, Pyrrha would be truly "gone" in the sense of no longer being aware or conscious. However, Amber would be vested with some of her abilities, fighting style, and memories. What I think of as an example would be how it works in The Host by Stephanie Meyer where the Souls, parasitic aliens, take over the mind of a subject and, while having their own memories, also retain the memories of their host and some personality elements. In the story, sometimes the host struggles and that is what happens with the main character who is able to keep her consciousness in tact. A somewhat similar example would be in the series Angel with Illyria, only it wouldn't be nefarious as it was in that case.