Insect Wars: Dark Zone or Light Universe?
As to the Norse connection, it could be there. I suspect, however, its largely unconscious. Odin, Thor and that lot are
fairly well known, and as a kid, I grew up with a bunch of norse fairy tales. Also note that Lexx is a Canadian *german* co-production, at least in the first three seasons and there was definite influence from the German designers, who presumably, would have had my germanic mythological referents close at hand. We do know that the german designers influenced the course of lexx through their drawings, so there may have been verbal percolation.
On the other hand, there’s evidence that some of the elements, particularly the robot head, preceded the involvement of the Germans. The introduction of the rolling cluster lizard was late though, and Thodin or aspects of Thodin may have been within the right time period.
As for the reference to Kai possessing the memories of other Brunnen G, he never makes any such claim. Or at least not that I recall. If you’re thinking of a specific example quote it.
The only reference to holding memories of any who were Brunnen G were the predecessors in Supernova, who said ‘we hold many memories, including some who lived on Brunnis.’ The original Brunnis.
I’ve always taken this to mean that the Divine Order preceded the abandonment of Brunnis. I assumed that HDS killed scouting parties looking for a new world, or traders or diplomats or whatnot, from Brunnis.
I do not believe these memories were passed on and deposited by the original Insect. The Insect did not seem to leave its memories behind in the Predecessors. They have no idea what the Gigashadow is, or what it will mean to them. When Kai interrogates the ghost of HDS within himself, the ghost has no clue, and Kai is unable to access those memories. If the Insect had left memories behind of its kills, the game would be up. The predecessors would know, because at least one or more of them would have memories of originally being an insect.
My best guess is that HDS and the Divine Order emerged while the Brunnen G were still in the Dark Zone, was active when they crossed over into the Light Universe, and
expanded slowly or quickly over the next 10 millenia. How long does it take, anyway, to conquer 20,000 worlds?
Of course, there is the comment by 790 in Rated: Lexx that the Divine Order had begun its expansion and that Brunnis 2 was the first big target. This would imply that the Divine Order is much younger than Brunnis 2,
and this creates a quandary in assessing the info from Supernova.
My best guesses is that the Divine Order underwent periodic waves of expansion, rather than continuous. Or that for many thousands of years, it built slowly and at
the time of Kai’s death, was ready to move up orders of magnitude.