Talk:One-Eyed King/@comment-27247962-20160724122610/@comment-25047329-20160724184008

I think the legend was created for several reasons. Eto and Arima hoped someone could take up the mantle, but the figure also became a sign of hope for ghouls. Eto said that Aogiri was ran by the OEK and that got loyal followers who really believed he was there and could be someone who could make a difference. Her enemies believed there was a OEK which sent them on a wild goose chase for years (Furuta, who do you think is the OEK? Where are you going?????). They worried and searched for an enemy they couldn't find because he partially didn't exist yet, and partially because Arima was temporarily holding the title.

The issue with the child is the issue we generally have when talking about hybrids: we don't know if they can reproduce. For their offspring to be King, they would also need to be a One-Eye which is incredibly rare and idk if Eto being one makes it more likely that it'll pass on. If they can reproduce, they're probably more likely to have half-humans I reckon. But because Eto is half ghoul it's also unknown if she'd just obsorb the cells.

TL;DR stories hold a lot of power, and being a writer, Eto knows that quite well. There was no "real" OEK until Kaneki accepted, but the mere idea provided fear and hope. Having a child candidate for the OEK would take a lot of trial and error, probably more than it's worth. There would likely exist other complications not directly related to conception.