That's a very good point.Soulless-Shadow wrote:Seeing as we know the otherworld is influenced by thought, I think it's safe to assume that if Alessa thinks the crest will do something, then it will do whatever the hell she thinks it will do. Hence why it didn't work in SH3. Heather didn't believe in it (she actually called it "junk" if I remember correctly).
I guess I may as well quote what it says in the guidebook under the Seal of Metatron. It says:
"What Alessa was actually creating was the Seal of Metatron. Its name is derived from the name of an angel of release in the Kabbalistic system. Bound by the cult's spell and living in an endless nightmare in agony, Alessa's wish was for a complete death. Since she was unable to die in a normal fashion while under the influence of the power of the malevolent deity, Alessa intended to "annihilate" herself by the power of the Seal of Metatron with the nightmare world at hand. At the moment Cheryl and Alessa united, she gained the power to escape from the cult's spell; at the same time, the technique that brought about the descent of the cult's god succeeded and the malevolent deity resumed its maturation process. This time, Alessa was engaged in a struggle, a race between the malevolent god's maturation and the seal's completion. If the seal were to be completed, Harry, Cybil, Dahlia and the others would all be annihilated along with Alessa. However, as it is questionable whether the Seal of Metatron actually has this sort of power, there is also the possibility that Alessa, using knowledge she acquired when she was very young, freed herself from the effects of the malevolent god's power through autosuggestion and was attempting to realize her own death."
So the guidebook suggest that Seal doesn't have that sort of power. But as for whether it would have actually worked, it leaves that question open... maybe it would work simply because Alessa believes in it. The guidebook also suggests that god is manifested simply because the cult believes in it, so it's not a stretch to say that the seal could have worked too.