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Originally Posted by Renall
Some things are more important to a person with a conscience, such as not allowing oneself to kill a bunch of people. If one is prioritizing a reunion with one person over the lives of a dozen, one is evil.
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Then let's get into that by applying each of the various Shannon/Beatrice confrontations in the stories:
1) Shannon is in love with George, deeply and completely. Let's say George wants to kill the family en masse in order to recreate the Ushiromiyas in his own image, with Shannon as his wife.
2) We already know that, given Shannon's disposition, she deeply loves George, and would do anything etc etc. Up to, and possibly including, murder in order to stay with him. People do all kinds of crazy, stupid stuff in order to stand by the ones they love. Aiding and abetting, etc.
3) Yasu-Beatrice realizes whats going on, somehow is impeded from taking action in the lead up to the conference itself. Maybe the Shannon personality would be exerting complete dominance in anticipation of George's proposal and finally being with him?
4) In Episode 2, we see various confrontations between Shannon and Beato, where they start being friendly with one another, and then eventually their relationship becomes adversarial
due to Shannon's affection for George. Therefore, if Yasu-Beato is indeed also Shannon, and also the author of the Message bottles, then
this detail is not coincidental. Regardless of the given motivation, and the actual motivation
their relationship clearly becomes adversarial.
5) Beatrice kills Shannon directly in Episode 2. And then kills George. Personally. As it was with Kannon. Unlike the deaths in the chapel and elsewhere where it was simply implied (not including Battler's death), that means the author specifically intended to have Beato be personally responsible for those deaths.
6) If Yasu-Beato is the author, then those scenes are a message, including the death of Kannon, that she intended to overcome those personalities. And may very well have succeeded in doing so.
The main point being this: Regardless of whether or not the Kanon or Shannon personalities condoned mass murder to support their love interest, Yasu-Beatrice was indicating in the stories that she intended to bring an end to them with her own hands during those two nights on Rokkenjimma.
Why Beatrice intended to kill off Shannon and Kannon from the beginning, I don't really know. But if we assume it's because Shannon was herself an accomplice, or Kannon was, then it would only be logical to also assume it was due to being opposed to their plots.