Two points about From games:
1. Elden Ring and most From games really have to be viewed through the lens of Japanese people trying to make sense of western Pagan and Christian cosmology, but through the lens of eastern traditions like Buddhism and Shinto
2. Miyazaki IS Patches
1. Elden Ring and most From games really have to be viewed through the lens of Japanese people trying to make sense of western Pagan and Christian cosmology, but through the lens of eastern traditions like Buddhism and Shinto
2. Miyazaki IS Patches
Genuinely try and think about what the implications of Christianity sound like to a complete outsider that already has a chip on their shoulder about religion? Marika is a God that is also several "beings" at once. She is also a servant of God, and also a mortal that has "risen"
How can God be a mortal? How can they be several persons at once? How can they serve a higher power if they ARE the higher power?
If Bloodborne was Miyazaki's ode to not understanding Lovecraft, then Elden Ring is his ode to not understanding the Bible.
If Bloodborne was Miyazaki's ode to not understanding Lovecraft, then Elden Ring is his ode to not understanding the Bible.
So try and play along, mix and match cosmologies and you can get a fun canvas.
What if Buddhism is right about existence being pain, but within a Christian framework? What if Atheistic materialist Reason itself is dependant on higher beings deciding what Reason is?
What if Buddhism is right about existence being pain, but within a Christian framework? What if Atheistic materialist Reason itself is dependant on higher beings deciding what Reason is?
Miyazaki, like Patches, hates "clerics", but also realizes that usurping God only creates more problems than it solves because humanity itself is tainted by its own nature
Humanity is trapped, stuck in this condition
Is there a way out?
This is what each of his games is about.
Humanity is trapped, stuck in this condition
Is there a way out?
This is what each of his games is about.
Miyazaki, like Judge Holden, realizes that "Man is made for games" and that in effect we "game-ify" meaning itself. Which in turn traps us in a game of our own devising.
And, like Patches, he knows the game is rigged from the start.
So what do we do? What can we do?
And, like Patches, he knows the game is rigged from the start.
So what do we do? What can we do?
The only game that gives a real answer is Sekiro.
Wolf ultimately abandons everything.
Immortality, nationalism, family, even freedom; these are all false idols.
The path forward is to RESIST the world, and serve something greater than yourself.
The true divine is a child.
Wolf ultimately abandons everything.
Immortality, nationalism, family, even freedom; these are all false idols.
The path forward is to RESIST the world, and serve something greater than yourself.
The true divine is a child.
Blood Meridian and The Road and Berserk all follow this same theme. Even in a world where HELL is real, but salvation isn't, what is a man to do so that he does not break?
Resist.
Light the fire for the next generation
Never give up.
Never go hollow.
A fine Dark Soul to you.
Resist.
Light the fire for the next generation
Never give up.
Never go hollow.
A fine Dark Soul to you.
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PS. Melina is the Holy Spirit (an aspect of Marika) which is why she gets set on FIRE.
ELDEN RING IS JAPANESE MEN GOING "WHAT IF THE TRINITY HAD A CIVIL WAR AMONGST ITSELF"
I SHOULD REALLY HAVE SAID THAT EARLIER IT SUMS IT UP MUCH BETTER
@AFScast USE THIS
OK THANK YOU BYEEEE
ELDEN RING IS JAPANESE MEN GOING "WHAT IF THE TRINITY HAD A CIVIL WAR AMONGST ITSELF"
I SHOULD REALLY HAVE SAID THAT EARLIER IT SUMS IT UP MUCH BETTER
@AFScast USE THIS
OK THANK YOU BYEEEE
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