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The Unholy Consult / Re: [TUC Spoilers] - Cnaïur/Ajokli theory
« on: April 02, 2018, 01:42:18 pm »
Hi Walter! I'm torn about Ajokli. Part of me just thinks he's different in degree and not kind. Yatwer can see sranc but not mog. Ajokli can't see mog but he knows that he's missing something so he gets a man to deliver a report. Ajokli knows something is casting a shadow and uses it to his advantage.
All of that makes me think different in degree and not kind, however...
The way Yatwer/Yatwerians regard 'hungers' as special and deplorable is really odd. Yatwer doesn't seem to refer to any other god as a hunger and no hungers are gods (although there is a part where a ciphrang is referred to as a godling).
Makes me wonder if that is the horizon demarcation in the Outside. Above the line are the gods and the 'heavens,' below the line are the hungers/demons and the 'hells.' I have to put bunny ears on that because I'm not sure that heaven is categorically different than hell in the sense that the gods are consuming their pets in both places.
I get the vibe that hungers are displeasing to gods because of the manner and substance they eat. Perhaps Yatwer looks down on Ajokli because what he considers food (wicked souls) are filth to her. Ajokli may be looking to supplant Yatwer and co because he eats filth, yes, but only because that's what they leave him and he would consume all.
I almost get a class war vibe off Ajokli, like he is the underclass, the unrecognized god, almost another Yatwer but for souls in the Outside. Ajokli wants to overthrow the order not just for food but also for resentment of his place.
I found this thing that makes me think Bakker's worldview can be traced back to...I've got to look it up
All of that makes me think different in degree and not kind, however...
The way Yatwer/Yatwerians regard 'hungers' as special and deplorable is really odd. Yatwer doesn't seem to refer to any other god as a hunger and no hungers are gods (although there is a part where a ciphrang is referred to as a godling).
Makes me wonder if that is the horizon demarcation in the Outside. Above the line are the gods and the 'heavens,' below the line are the hungers/demons and the 'hells.' I have to put bunny ears on that because I'm not sure that heaven is categorically different than hell in the sense that the gods are consuming their pets in both places.
I get the vibe that hungers are displeasing to gods because of the manner and substance they eat. Perhaps Yatwer looks down on Ajokli because what he considers food (wicked souls) are filth to her. Ajokli may be looking to supplant Yatwer and co because he eats filth, yes, but only because that's what they leave him and he would consume all.
I almost get a class war vibe off Ajokli, like he is the underclass, the unrecognized god, almost another Yatwer but for souls in the Outside. Ajokli wants to overthrow the order not just for food but also for resentment of his place.
I found this thing that makes me think Bakker's worldview can be traced back to...I've got to look it up