I’m not entirely sure which character you’re referring to here, since the implication on show is that bodily fluids from gods can impart power and so it’s been referred to a couple of time in different case.

Pretty much this exactly. He’s the Beast because the lengths he went to (removing his shade and therefore his humanity) to stop the pain of experiencing repeated abuse, to escape his abuser.

And I would argue that his actions AS the Beast are really the actions of a hurt, frightened child who never matured into an…