ptoss1 said:
The 14th called the Earl a puppet of destruction... but all he wants is to destroy the world... so how are they not the same? Why can't he just let the Earl destroy the world if their goals are the same?
I don't get the whole Alma/Yu thingy. How is Alma the girl Yu has been searching for? If Alma was the girl, why did Yu keep on seeing the girl's ghost in his past?
When did the 14th say he wanted to destroy the world?He said he would be the one to destroy "everything" which could have many meanings to it, and "the one to destroy everything" doesn't necessarily mean that he chooses to do it. It could be possible that the future decision he will make, will cause "everything" to be destroyed, unintentionally.
I know for a fact though, that the 14th wanted to destroy the Earl so that he could be the new millennium Earl himself. What he wants to do in becoming the Earl, we don't know yet.
Since Allen could see Alma's soul with his eye, there is one thing that I thought of first: the person that had Alma's body cried over the girl's death, and was tricked by the Earl to call her name to bring her back. Thus, the girl became an akuma and killed the original Alma, and took his body.
The second possible reason is that Alma was created by the Order, the same way Yu was, meaning Alma's past life was the girl. However this one, doesn't explain why Allen can see the soul.
The ghost that Yu sees is just an illusion from his memories embedded within his brain, from his past life.