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Red Angel Theories- Post Here

While there are all sorts of fun and deep-cut guesses, when I go with my gut and base it on how they seem to hand out surprises that in the end aren't *that* surprising, my mind goes to Michael Burnham.

Though the theory above about Amanda is compelling, and would fit with the tone of this season.
 
What's the matter with the Red Angel Suit I'm wearing?
Can't you tell that your uniform's too blue?
Maybe I should buy some over-designed collars?
Welcome back to the age of jive.
Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey?
You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of credits.
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new show funny,
but it's still Star Trek to me

Fuller he worked on the series concept,
Changing the Klingons for no reason,
Said that there'd be no round nacelles,
Fans could feel their stomachs a-queasin'.

A brand new Trek can give you a heart attack-TACK-TACK-TACK-TACK-TACK,
You oughtta know by now...
 
Fuller he worked on the series concept,
Changing the Klingons for no reason,
Said that there'd be no round nacelles,
Fans could feel their stomachs a-queasin'.

A brand new Trek can give you a heart attack-TACK-TACK-TACK-TACK-TACK,
You oughtta know by now...
Is that all you get for your money?
:techman:
 
The show has introduced us to "angels" since the beginning, in the forms of Michael (Burnham) and Gabriel (Lorca). And arguably Airiam (Ariel). A post above brings up the Control/Uraei connection, which leads me to think more of the Archangel Uriel, although that's a very tenuous connection reliant on a novel.

I went through the Wikipedia list of Angels to see if I recognize any other names. There's a Daniel, which makes me think of Daniels, but even though he's a time traveller from the future, he's an Enterprise character and the name is coincidence.

There's no angel named Amanda or Zora. Paul is a famous Saint, of course, although he was named after a real world mycologist. Sylvia (Silvia) was a Roman goddess, and a version of her was the mother of Romulus and Remus, but this is diving too deeply into unintended etymology.

I think the clues for an angel connection lie with the three main crew: Michael, Gabriel, and Airiam, and no one else. This implies that a version of the Red Angel may have been in the making since Fuller, although it's more likely he was just being poetic and the Red Angel is a retroactive connection.

Michael is a woman and the main character and has been discussed. She would have a vested interest in saving herself, and have of course been a witness to much of the "Angelic" activity.

Gabriel Lorca is a tougher pill to swallow. He's not a woman (although the Escape Artist explicitly showed the ability to hide one's body shape in an exosuit), and his mirror 'verse version was shown to be disintegrated. It would be a bit of a mind twist for the Prime Lorca to be the Angel this whole time (and would require explanation), and even moreso for the Mirror Lorca to have that position (back to life a la Culber?).

Airiam appears to be an upcoming antagonist, and possibly "infected" by the Red Angel or the Red Angel's opponent. She was my main choice a couple weeks ago, but I think she's more of a Red Herring, after this week and the preview. She might be *a* Red Angel (if there are multiples and it's a group), but not *the* Red Angel (if it's one person).
Nothing on Christopher Pike?
 
The Red Angel is Ilia. She represents V'Ger, who'll reach out to Spock again, 15 years later...

... no it's not. But it randomly popped into my head just now.
 
I have a question, why does the Red Angel need to be seen? What purpose does this serve?
I think there is a purpose. We just don't know what it is right now. It's revealed itself to be noticed and to be associated with good interventions. It's planting that idea that Spock and friends need to follow it to save the galaxy. If it remained unseen, it would be hard to do its bidding!

I'm guessing that later in the season, the RA makes a big ask, purportedly to save the galaxy, and it'll need to be a be known entity to do that.
 
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