Talk:The Archangel/@comment-24461380-20150528092430/@comment-1988716-20150529104234

Re: Weapons) That covers it from a genetic perspective. From an interpretative perspective, The Archangel is the fear of religious dogma, yes? Heavily influenced by Abrahamic deities too. Historically, Abrahamic gods haven't been interpreted as interfering so directly with the world; they're usually said to use proxies. They might command a human to do this or that, they might use nature itself to wipe out a population, stuff like that (you're not going to see popular interpretations of God punching populations to death with his bare hands). In other words, the gods that humanity fears do not attack directly, they remove themselves from the equation by using things-- using weapons.

Archangel is "fear of religion," fear of religion is fear of a god that generally uses weapons, ergo Archangel can use weapons and it would make sense thematically.

Let me know if that explanation needs more clarification.