After having given it some thought, and also considering Chapter 97, I’ve thought a lot about what Enma said in chapter 88.
Of course, back when Phos went onto their revenge spree, most of us were on board with it, especially since the gems have wronged Phos greatly. But I never couldn’t really agree with what Enma said, especially since he considered Phos too pure after they got their gold aloy and agate legs.
And exactly that thinking is why the Moon people can’t pass into Nirvana. They considered Phos, while they were looking monstrous and only were out for blood (inclusions?) the most human that they’ve ever been,
while Adamant considered Phos human enough before (or rather saw Doctor Ayumu in them) that state.
If there is one thing that keeps getting Phos closer and closer to humanity, then it was them reveiving or showing love. When Ventri gave them the agate legs, she also gently petted over their broken face, or when they lost their arms, Antarc got themself into danger to get them new ones. Even receiving Lapis’ head was an act of love from Cairn. After each of those times they developed further and changed more.
But when they got to the moon? They were forced to have the pearl eye, they were forced to wear the lunarian clothes. That is when they stopped developing and were stuck in that Laphos phase.
Through the moon they ended up desiring vengeance, which made them lose sight of who they originally were. So it’s notable, when they got the final and last treasures, Sensei’s eye and Cinnabar’s mercury that they radically changed again. One was due to a promise that was fulfilled and another to give Phos the chance to pray.
But they truly became enlightened through a motherly kiss.
Phos wasn’t human because they wanted vengeance, but because they love. The lunarians are so focused on wanting salvation, that they could never consider love as a way to reach Nirvana. They only hurt and destroy, because that’s the thing that got them onto the moon in the first place.
So in a way, a rock amalgation becoming a divine figure is more human than any human souls that are residing on the moon.
scopOphilic_micromessaging_683 - scopOphilic1997 presents a new micro-messaging series: small, subtle, and often unintentional messages we send and receive verbally and non-verbally.
Wait when you reposted the family tree of ihs i saw that adamant and diamond had a dmall heart between them both, does that mean they might be in a relationship soon in the comics?
They've been making eyes at each other since we came out with our official banner a few years back so yep, it's official lol - RJ
On my ??th inquisition run and I've never tried nightmare mode in this one. So I decided to nightmare the Nightmare 😄 I'm off to try the siege of Adamant.