I'm thinking less of the one character than an overall combination of implications...I'm going to be vague and allusive 'cause I'm sure my full Thoughts On Yaoi will definitely be too spoilery, though I'm warning off oyceter from this bit anyway since I can't remember where volume 8 ends: I agree with the interpretation that the male Claymores' sex drives sent them over the edge, which is itself problematic for me: sexuality is dangerous and must be controlled? men can't control or are particularly bad at controlling their sex drives? women are more suited for Claymoredom because they're less physically sexual and/or better able to control themselves? Yes, Awakened!Priscilla went full on Evil Madonna/Whore (and nobody outcrazies Ophelia!), but all of the female Awakened Ones display exaggerated secondary sexual attributes and attitudes lacking in their un-Awakened counterparts. And the act of Awakening itself is described like an overwhelming full-body orgasm, a sensual overload on the extreme edge of physical pain/pleasure. Pleasure = sex = loss of control = INEVITABLE DESCENT TO EEEBIL?

Now the Iiiiiinteresting parts of this come in in seeing how much of this series is about (insert equation above here), and how much of it is in a weird way about women taking control of their bodies and physical sexuality, dancing on that Awakened razor edge between gaining power and losing themselves.

I love you so hard, Ladies With Swords series~!

"Glittering Cloud (Plague of Locusts)" by Imogen Heap has become my Unofficial Totally Official Claymore song, and if somebody awesome doesn't do a great anime vid from it I'll make the world suffer with a sucky version by me.