Dammit. Even though I've used that idea in 'fic, I kind of didn't want the "Jugdral Wars predated Archanea" thing to be true, because it's so counter-intuitive.
So... is that birthmark on Alm's arm a symbol of holy blood, as in real Holy Blood?
Also, if Falchion and Aura are dragonstone-powered, can they mess with the user's mind? I've suspected that there was something deeply screwy about Aura, and now I'm really intrigued.
Gotoh is better than Dumbledore in a way in that he really strikes me as a representation of a cold, distant "god" rather than someone who, y'know, actually has personal emotional investment in his charge
I like that interpretation, 'cept the old guy kind of spoils the distance with that whole "hope for humanity" thing. If he'd just kept it as something like, "Good job, kid, but don't let it go to your head. Now hand Tiki over and leave me alone," then his reticence and lack of trust would make a lot more sense. Otherwise, I do prefer the idea of Gotoh as a distant sort of deity-figure, albeit one who perhaps finds it interesting to experiment with these inferior beings... a little social engineering here and there.
I also wonder how precisely Marth managed to impress Gotoh so much, given that Gotoh's value system isn't... human. Gotoh's not human. Gotoh disdains humans and thinks they're stupid animals. So, what wins him over-- what gives the old guy the hope that this little revolution is going to be any different than the last time the humans failed him?
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Date: 2010-05-04 04:05 am (UTC)So... is that birthmark on Alm's arm a symbol of holy blood, as in real Holy Blood?
Also, if Falchion and Aura are dragonstone-powered, can they mess with the user's mind? I've suspected that there was something deeply screwy about Aura, and now I'm really intrigued.
Gotoh is better than Dumbledore in a way in that he really strikes me as a representation of a cold, distant "god" rather than someone who, y'know, actually has personal emotional investment in his charge
I like that interpretation, 'cept the old guy kind of spoils the distance with that whole "hope for humanity" thing. If he'd just kept it as something like, "Good job, kid, but don't let it go to your head. Now hand Tiki over and leave me alone," then his reticence and lack of trust would make a lot more sense. Otherwise, I do prefer the idea of Gotoh as a distant sort of deity-figure, albeit one who perhaps finds it interesting to experiment with these inferior beings... a little social engineering here and there.
I also wonder how precisely Marth managed to impress Gotoh so much, given that Gotoh's value system isn't... human. Gotoh's not human. Gotoh disdains humans and thinks they're stupid animals. So, what wins him over-- what gives the old guy the hope that this little revolution is going to be any different than the last time the humans failed him?