Well, if you want a headcanon to hold over for now (hopefully they revisit it with a decent explanation), I took that Gungnir being a naturally destructive force (as seen with berserk mode) combined with it being an activated fragment that got inside Hibiki and how her family was treated left her with a voice whispering "Kill all humans" in the back of her mind for however long that shit lasted. From there she rejected it so hard that she has the opposite problem now and forgot about it altogether.
The parallels to Song Magic are kind of astounding.
Expansion time!
For those who don't know, Ar Tonelico is a post apocalyptic setting where the Will of the Planet is dying and is actively trying to take humanity with it. The surface of the planet is covered in a Fog of Death and the upper atmosphere is covered by the Blast-line (not to mention space is very hostile to humanity anyway).
The last bastions of humanity survive on three great Towers that stretch up into the upper reaches of the atmosphere, some farther than others.
The laws of physics are very different here. You remember how the Planet has a Will? Well so does the Universe, EXO_Pico... It
Sang itself into existence. In this setting there is a language collectively known as Hymmnos that can be Sung, it is the programming language the universe itself runs off of.
There are four building blocks in this universe, essentially, Dynamic and Static D-Waves and Dynamic and Static H-Waves. In order that is what we know as Energy, Matter, Emotions, the Soul. (I think, I'm not
sure about the H-waves).
To give you an idea of how weird this can be, they can use plants to transmit data. I.E. If you're near a plant, you have internet access.
Humans can't do even the most basic of song magics without dozens at the very least, we just don't have the energy or compatibility for it. Reyvateils are an artificial race that is so close to humanity that its hard to see them for being not human. And they're plugged into the Towers, where they send strong emotional feelings through the link and the tower returns that with raw power that is shaped into a reality warping effect based on the Song used/emotion sent.
Hymmnos is not a flat out universal language either, so... *Shrug* Its close though. As long as the Tower has it in its memory banks, then a Reyvateil can speak it. And, again, language(s) of the Universe.
Because its relevant... 3rd Generation Reyvateils are those that have been born from a human/reyvateil coupling. Oh, right, Reyvateil's are also universally female. Anyway, they don't have some of the equipment that fully artificial reyvateils have and thus Song Magic ends up eating away at their soul as well, eventually killing them.
Parallels I saw were... okay, so its likely they sing in the unified language to activate their Gears (parralel to Songs in general). And their superb song. *Looks at 3rd Gens* Yeeeaaahhh...
Hymmnos and the Unified Language is another.
Punching Magic so hard in the face it becomes Science... or SCIENCE! sometimes.
There's a contrast between the Towers and the Moon to be made as well I think, but... Eh, I can't really think of it.
There's probably more, but I'm done with this for now, I think I made my point.
Hell, trim the cast down if possible,
Nanoha Force?
Its a shame they never kill any of the main cast... especially with how many civvies die in this show, I mean yesh.
