Talk:Hexenbiest & Zauberbiest/@comment-27523265-20180709083855

So I had an odd thought. it doesn't necessarily pan out, but ther is perhaps some evidence to support it. if we look at hexenbiests as essentially channeling a supernatural energry akin to what is seen with zerstorer and the staff, we could potentially look at them as being little more than a special brand of wessen capable of functioning as batteries. they generate and store magical power already present in the universe as some of the spell books described. the spell books describe hexenbiest disdain for human attempts to power spells through blood, but they also acknowledge it works and say that the hexenbiest bodies are "the greatest conduits." Given this, i wonder if it is appropriate to look at the glowing eyes of some hexenbiests as the true woge while the decay is a secondary effect. i think it is possible that the usual decay we see is an instance of the bodies straining and breaking down under the strain of housing and directing so much power. Diana is the main reason i suspect this, because even as a fetus she was able to access her power and as a girl was able to perform the glowing eye woge. As an adult, we briefly see her do this again. I recognize that we only saw her for a moment, but in numerous episode she does the limited woge, suggesting she is mature enough with her powers to draw on them fully at will. Given that she is a sort of tailor made, ideal specimen of a hexenbiest, i suspect that the lack of woge could be attributed to her body being better conditioned to withstand the strain. the other reason i suggest this idea is because the decay look is something that is biologically improbable. there is a lot of variation between each characters woge that would be unlikely even in a magical species, and wesen powers are very much tied to bloodlines. the rotting just isn't something with real evolutionary basis, but it is a natural a much varried form of decomposition.

Here is where i jump outside of the show for a moment and remind you of the really bad teen movie "The Covenant" where the witch dudes had plenty of power but their bodies broke down from using it.

As for Juliette, just to tie up loose ends as best as i am able, I would offer that the sudden influx of power was enough to bring on similar decay in her body as she wasn't biologically suited to holding the power.