Post by the1truesushiboy on Apr 2, 2011 20:36:02 GMT -5
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Well, it quite well exemplifies the nature of the universe in which the story takes place, in regards to the spiritual and physical realms, the beings that inhabit them, and their interrelationships. I borrow a lot from Norse mythology, but have constructed a system based around allowing for very nearly all religions to be at least partially true. Basically, this Death is a psychopomp, rather than the one who actually causes death; the one who severs the last ties to the physical world and guides you to the spiritual. Neil Gaiman's depiction of Death inspired part of the character, namely the fact that it is a female entity. It just doesn't make sense to me why an entity embodying an instant, the very instant after life ends, would look like something that only occurs long after itself (i.e. decomposition with the typical skeletal figure) and why it would look so terrifying. Wouldn't it want as little resistance as possible? I think a young female would be far more easily trusted far more readily. And aside from that, in my story, spiritual entities (gods and what not) have innate genders. While my Death could have been male, I think a female would be far better suited for the role she plays overall, anyway. Now, the reason she and Axiom fall in love is because of the nature of his immortality. He is "locked" in a sense. A state only possible through Umbra's interfering in his death, due to Umbra's nature of "manifested nonexistence" in the first place. He's a sort of Gordian knot of existence. Anyway, Death was never able to have a relationship for several reasons; firstly her job made her extremely secluded from her kin in the spiritual realm and a relationship with a living person would only seem to last for a second to her, given she's existed forever and no matter how immortal anybody was, it wasn't guaranteed eternal immortality and would end anyway, leaving an infinity of loneliness in her future. With Axiom's unique immortality, she took an interest in him and over hundreds of years, they fell in love, got married, got a house (magic floating castle), had a kid, etc. but she's still death in present day... Only NOW she has taken an apprentice under her wing so she can retire. This tale shows how even eternal beings can change and that gods have whims like humans do. In my story, they're much more human than one might think, at least in their thought and behavior. Anyway, I'm still unenlightened as to why you'd be so upset with the concept.So bring me out of the dark and into the sun.
Well, it quite well exemplifies the nature of the universe in which the story takes place, in regards to the spiritual and physical realms, the beings that inhabit them, and their interrelationships. I borrow a lot from Norse mythology, but have constructed a system based around allowing for very nearly all religions to be at least partially true. Basically, this Death is a psychopomp, rather than the one who actually causes death; the one who severs the last ties to the physical world and guides you to the spiritual. Neil Gaiman's depiction of Death inspired part of the character, namely the fact that it is a female entity. It just doesn't make sense to me why an entity embodying an instant, the very instant after life ends, would look like something that only occurs long after itself (i.e. decomposition with the typical skeletal figure) and why it would look so terrifying. Wouldn't it want as little resistance as possible? I think a young female would be far more easily trusted far more readily. And aside from that, in my story, spiritual entities (gods and what not) have innate genders. While my Death could have been male, I think a female would be far better suited for the role she plays overall, anyway. Now, the reason she and Axiom fall in love is because of the nature of his immortality. He is "locked" in a sense. A state only possible through Umbra's interfering in his death, due to Umbra's nature of "manifested nonexistence" in the first place. He's a sort of Gordian knot of existence. Anyway, Death was never able to have a relationship for several reasons; firstly her job made her extremely secluded from her kin in the spiritual realm and a relationship with a living person would only seem to last for a second to her, given she's existed forever and no matter how immortal anybody was, it wasn't guaranteed eternal immortality and would end anyway, leaving an infinity of loneliness in her future. With Axiom's unique immortality, she took an interest in him and over hundreds of years, they fell in love, got married, got a house (magic floating castle), had a kid, etc. but she's still death in present day... Only NOW she has taken an apprentice under her wing so she can retire. This tale shows how even eternal beings can change and that gods have whims like humans do. In my story, they're much more human than one might think, at least in their thought and behavior. Anyway, I'm still unenlightened as to why you'd be so upset with the concept.So bring me out of the dark and into the sun.