My impression is that the Zerg and the Protoss are impure, due to the manipulations of Amon, and neither race can become true Xel Naga. Narud himself declares in his mission "The only purpose of the Swarm was to assimilate the Protoss and create the Hybrid". Kerrigan, once purged and reformed on Zerus, becomes a representative of the two races needed to ascend, and neither a Swarm based Zerg, nor as a Protoss.
The primal zerg have purity of essence, because they possess the power of great change. To quote Zeratul "They hunt, they kill, they evolve". Primal zerg naturally evolved to where they are, and kerrigan becomes like them.
Terrans, as cited in the original SC1 manual, are noted by the Overmind to possess psionic power, and he wished to assimilate this in order to battle the Protoss psionic abilities. In this way, the Terrans are the ones pure of form, because they NATURALLY became powerful psionics, expressed in individuals such as Kerrigan, Nova, and Tosh.
The entire discussion really revolves around the theme of natural vs unnatural. Evolution is a slow, ugly, painful, misshapened process... but the result is rather effective. To artificially design a "perfect" lifeform requires the presumption that one knows what "Perfect" is, which requires one to be allseing and all knowing, the height of arrogance.
Why wouldn't we? In one of the shrines, the purity of form simply refers to the necessary psionic power to house the consciousness of a Xel Naga. Prior to any infestation, Kerrigan was already an incredibly powerful psionic.
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My impression is that the Zerg and the Protoss are impure, due to the manipulations of Amon, and neither race can become true Xel Naga. Narud himself declares in his mission "The only purpose of the Swarm was to assimilate the Protoss and create the Hybrid". Kerrigan, once purged and reformed on Zerus, becomes a representative of the two races needed to ascend, and neither a Swarm based Zerg, nor as a Protoss.
The primal zerg have purity of essence, because they possess the power of great change. To quote Zeratul "They hunt, they kill, they evolve". Primal zerg naturally evolved to where they are, and kerrigan becomes like them.
Terrans, as cited in the original SC1 manual, are noted by the Overmind to possess psionic power, and he wished to assimilate this in order to battle the Protoss psionic abilities. In this way, the Terrans are the ones pure of form, because they NATURALLY became powerful psionics, expressed in individuals such as Kerrigan, Nova, and Tosh.
The entire discussion really revolves around the theme of natural vs unnatural. Evolution is a slow, ugly, painful, misshapened process... but the result is rather effective. To artificially design a "perfect" lifeform requires the presumption that one knows what "Perfect" is, which requires one to be allseing and all knowing, the height of arrogance.
@Nebuli2: Go
Why wouldn't we? In one of the shrines, the purity of form simply refers to the necessary psionic power to house the consciousness of a Xel Naga. Prior to any infestation, Kerrigan was already an incredibly powerful psionic.