So I've been thinking, how exactly do the apostles' and the arbiters' powers work?
Aglaecwif mentioned that Jake was a potential inheritor of order but ended up being a failure. Does that mean that despite only being the spawn of authority he could have somehow got power's trait as well but failed to fulfill the conditions and is now blocked off from that, or that when being infected he could have somehow become a spawn of both but didn't?
And why has the MC, who possesses both the body and memory trait, yet to display any of evolution's powers, even in his arbiter form in the one bad end (36 or 37 I think)? Is it because his memory trait isn't completely pure? or has he shown evolution's powers but we just haven't noticed since we don't know what they are? On that note, does anyone have any thoughts on what the arbiters' powers are/can do?
Or if that's not it, maybe, as Aglaecwif was talking about "completely inheriting both traits of the 1st and the 2nd", maybe, paradoxically, both traits need to be at 100%?
Last thing, do we have any proof that MC's memory trait isn't at 50%? The wiki says there's 1% of unknown, but I'm not sure if that was ever confirmed besides Syla saying she took in some bad stuff, which might not even affect MC as far as we know, since most bodily changes aren't genetic and/or won't affect offspring. So I was wondering if WeirdWorld confirmed it in one of his streams or something, since you'd think MC would have displayed something that would prove his memory trait inferior (though if he did, we would probably all miss it. Like it could be so minuscule considering the wiki says 1%, something like the color of his abilities mostly being purplish black relating him to darkness).
There's a lot to tackle here so I'll just give the thinking behind it. To start off, WW confirmed that MC's split is 50/49/1. We know his dad isn't the problem with his mixture so that's 50% of the 3rd/Body. 49% would thus be of Memory since Syla is the previous 4th Spawn. Whatever tainted her equals 1% for MC. In WW words, that 1% "is a lot of shit", so feel free to speculate on what that could mean.
To get to Jake. He ruined his Authority trait because of his mindset. If he already starts off ruined, then there's no way to get Power trait or eventually Order. Powers are determined by genetics but your mindset also plays a part in this. Which is why Aglaecwif said that a weak mind can ruin potential. So, if we're to believe Ella, Jake had the potential to either unlock Power trait on evolution along the way or outright unlock Order itself. But, because he was too weak, mentally, it all crumbled. We don't know enough about the circumstances to say anything further.
As for MC and the Origin. The reason is pretty much explained in game by Syla and the Eye. MC didn't properly use his Memory trait and it wasn't developed enough. If he kept going the way he was going, he would've ended up like Jake with his Memory trait. Something Syla alludes to because he was leaning too much into the Body trait. Eventually his Memory trait was going to be flawed or lost altogether. So when Level 2 MC got shot straight to beyond Level 5 without advancing his Memory trait, it created flaws.
That's why you'll notice the Origin MC still used his tentacles for memories. While it did boost MC to beyond Level 5, it was essentially just Level 2 MC with no cap on power. It did have the ability to sync itself to the higher plane, but most of its abilities were the same as Level 2 MC. Even Level 3 MC memory usage was more advanced than what it showed. Which is why we never get to see the Evolution trait being put to full use. It was missing pieces, according to itself, and the Memory trait wasn't advanced enough to use the original trait of Evolution.
That's the general sentiment around this currently, at least from my own perspective. You'll have to ask other people for their views on it, if you want a different answer.
TLDR:
Jake ruined his Authority trait so he naturally wouldn't be able to use it together with Power Trait for Order. Regardless of the method he would use to unlock those two abilities.
MC was too weak at Level 2 with his memory trait for the Origin to properly unlock all of its power. Same with Jake, without the Memory trait being developed enough, Evolution can't be used properly. Among the other things it was missing.
MC's 1% is unknown and is a bunch of stuff, according to WW. However, he got lucky that it didn't affect him more, according to Syla and the Truth Monster in the 9th's dream. Whatever it is, it's probably not too important or won't play a big role. It's 1% against 50% of Body and 49% of Memory after all.