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Why light?
4 years ago
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So a theme that my sona has, that a few people already know about, is it has an affiliation with light.
My poi balls in VR emit golden light, I have some animations that bring down a pillar of gold light to a specific spot, my eyes glow slightly with it, and I have some artwork too done by Meesh where I have a ball of light in my hand.
Rikkors, according to their lore, come from a place that has magic. It’s not uncommon by any stretch when it comes to people's fursonas to have that, for example, dragons, unicorns, etc etc. These mythical creatures are magical in nature. Some Rikkors (in their lore) also go to magic schools to learn magic, hence why a lot of rikkors wear robes. I also have a robe I put on occasionally depending on my mood and fashion choices!
I took advantage of this knowledge and asked myself, if I could have ONE power, ONE power at all, what would it be?
Some people want multiple powers or have their sonas have insane levels of power akin to a dragon ball Z character but no, not me. If I could have one, it would be to heal and protect. Not to destroy or do anything harmful.
Light is used this way as a common trope from movies, video games, animes etc, and whenever I played MMOs whilst growing up, I would always be a healer. I like playing support. That’s what I themed it after. Golden, holy light which is just used to heal.
I do realize that there is a certain amount of cringe with this, but hey this is all fantasy anyway so why not? There is also the idea and stereotypes associated with it, IE, macos are insecure, people who pick cat sonas use it as an excuse to be assholes (like cats (NOTE: I like cats ^^ )) or foxes are all bottoms or something… pretty harmful stereotypes honestly and I don't agree with them. When it comes to light, there is an air of arrogance, like someone who sees himself as a good person when in actuality they are a narcissist and they think they can’t do anything wrong, a holier than thou mentality.
I am well aware of my flaws, I am far from perfect and I make mistakes all the time but this is nothing but a tool. I always liked how world of warcraft interpreted their version of the light, which is to say you just have to believe enough in your cause and the light will answer, even if you are a genocidal maniac. Or how final fantasy xiv does it, white magic drains the world around the white mage and using it too much is dangerous and harmful to the environment and lets not forget warhammer 40k. The emperor is portrayed to his subjects as a literal god and his custodes when they teleport come from “golden light” to save the day but my god… the imperium and the emperor are as far from being good or holy as I can imagine anything GOOD could possibly be.
So that’s just a quick thought. Something symbolic of being “good” is only as meaningful as it’s wielder. I’ve known too many people who either look at it as a stereotype or they fulfill it. How you interpret it is up to you.
Do you give them a chance, or not? Either way, I won't hold it against you.
My poi balls in VR emit golden light, I have some animations that bring down a pillar of gold light to a specific spot, my eyes glow slightly with it, and I have some artwork too done by Meesh where I have a ball of light in my hand.
Rikkors, according to their lore, come from a place that has magic. It’s not uncommon by any stretch when it comes to people's fursonas to have that, for example, dragons, unicorns, etc etc. These mythical creatures are magical in nature. Some Rikkors (in their lore) also go to magic schools to learn magic, hence why a lot of rikkors wear robes. I also have a robe I put on occasionally depending on my mood and fashion choices!
I took advantage of this knowledge and asked myself, if I could have ONE power, ONE power at all, what would it be?
Some people want multiple powers or have their sonas have insane levels of power akin to a dragon ball Z character but no, not me. If I could have one, it would be to heal and protect. Not to destroy or do anything harmful.
Light is used this way as a common trope from movies, video games, animes etc, and whenever I played MMOs whilst growing up, I would always be a healer. I like playing support. That’s what I themed it after. Golden, holy light which is just used to heal.
I do realize that there is a certain amount of cringe with this, but hey this is all fantasy anyway so why not? There is also the idea and stereotypes associated with it, IE, macos are insecure, people who pick cat sonas use it as an excuse to be assholes (like cats (NOTE: I like cats ^^ )) or foxes are all bottoms or something… pretty harmful stereotypes honestly and I don't agree with them. When it comes to light, there is an air of arrogance, like someone who sees himself as a good person when in actuality they are a narcissist and they think they can’t do anything wrong, a holier than thou mentality.
I am well aware of my flaws, I am far from perfect and I make mistakes all the time but this is nothing but a tool. I always liked how world of warcraft interpreted their version of the light, which is to say you just have to believe enough in your cause and the light will answer, even if you are a genocidal maniac. Or how final fantasy xiv does it, white magic drains the world around the white mage and using it too much is dangerous and harmful to the environment and lets not forget warhammer 40k. The emperor is portrayed to his subjects as a literal god and his custodes when they teleport come from “golden light” to save the day but my god… the imperium and the emperor are as far from being good or holy as I can imagine anything GOOD could possibly be.
So that’s just a quick thought. Something symbolic of being “good” is only as meaningful as it’s wielder. I’ve known too many people who either look at it as a stereotype or they fulfill it. How you interpret it is up to you.
Do you give them a chance, or not? Either way, I won't hold it against you.
I do hope to finish this at somepoint as a lot of it is in draft, I have spoken to Genju on what sort of things I can do since she is the sole creator and she was even happy to create my custom rikkor with this whole tinkering thing :D