#sophia xenogears

[linnaealyn]

[tsunael]

A dream. I was dreaming... Or perhaps it was a memory from the distant past. A dream. A memory: the words I was unable to convey that day-- that time... A dream of a woman named [Ourania]... And the lives of countless other women... All but dreams.

[criticalspell]

Would eternity even be long enough?

[thematicconversion]

A Christmas present for a friend, which I procrastinated pretty seriously on :p

[hrodvitnon]

More thoughts on anomaly Dagon and Ultras

Ultras are capable of bringign people back to life-it's kind of a Thing. Also, in at least one continuity, they have a non-interference clause unless absolutely necessary due to how strong they are-which could explain a lack of appearance in Abelraxasverse. (They're also probably trying to make sure certain villains don't get as far as they do, or are operating very far in the background.)

(I like to think this guy was actually just studying Earth and the Hollow Earth when they found Dagon dying from the MUTO parasire babied and panicked, trying to help him.

Perhaps Spacium (the element that Ultras use) mixes really oddly with the Hollow Earth's innate energy and Titan Biology, resulting in weird Soul Shenanigans. (It might be more interesting for Dagon's soul being brought back wholly to be a genuine accident resulting from the mixing of two similar-yet-very-different energies. The Spacium energy lingered in his bones long after he died-and when Kiryu was activated, it Resonated.)

(Regardless of how he came back, however, Dagon still deeply appreciates that someone was there with him in his final moments. And even though their initial attempts to help didn't work the way they probably expected, it measn that Dagon is able to know his son and his grandchildren.)

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I said I had thoughts earlier, and here they are.

Reminder that reincarnation is a part of the AbraxasVerse; Mothra constantly dies and is reborn, and Serizawa is reincarnated as Manda, only the difference is that Mothra retains her past life's memories while Manda (and everyone else) does not. When you die, your soul is brought in by an entity called the Mother Dark, who helps ease the soul into their current situation since they probably still cling to the memory of their material body, comforts them, and eventually these souls are "breathed" into a new material body to live a new life, having at some point forgotten the memories their past life (though some might linger as dreams). Let's say that the Mother Dark is the AbraxasVerse equivalent of Sophia in Gnosticism, who is responsible for why humans (and in this case Titans) have souls. (Bagan might be the Demiurge equivalent, like Deus in Xenogears.)

What the Ultra does for Dagon might be similar to what San did for Vivienne, albeit for different reasons, which is to say yank them out of the natural cycle before the Mother Dark can have them – which now gives me the funny mental image of the Mother Dark getting ready to greet Dagon only to see the Ultra futzing with his soul and She's like "yo, what the fuck?" She's not exactly pleased at this interruption in the process but might be willing to hear out the Ultra if only because he was there for Dagon. (She can't really do anything when Vivienne is being revived and transformed because, well, the Mother Dark doesn't exist in our physical space and Vivienne wasn't dead long enough for her soul to leave her body.)

So what I'm thinking, since the Ultras are apparently so powerful and can bring people back to life outside the reincarnation cycle (with an OK by the Mother Dark), is that maybe the Ultras are "emanations" like the Mother Dark; just as Sophia and her fellow Aeons are emanations of the Monad, also known as the Absolute, and source of the Pleroma and its divine light (Pleroma being sort of like Nirvana). This might, to me at least, explain why an AbraxasVerse Ultra would be able to do stuff like this.

[tofu-in-style]

Also, just some musing.

syn Sophia isn't a Nintendo studio, it's independent from it. But Girls Mode et al are published as a Nintendo IP. My guess is that Nintendo didn't want to risk loss (?) by producing another GM game, so syn Sophia looked to Marvelous for backing, and so we have Fashion Dreamer, which isn't GM by name, but it is their game. Whether it is meant to be GM5, idk lol.

Reminds me a bit of Xenogears, which was from SquareSoft (long before merging with Enix). However, the original planners went on to Namco, became Monolith Soft, and created Xenosaga. And then Xenoblade under Nintendo publishing. Not that they are all connected, but the subsequent names became considered spiritual successors.

I think it's the same deal. Fashion Dreamer is like how Xenogears went on to Xenosaga and Xenoblade--same team, different IP, under a different publisher, and spiritual successor to Style Savvy.

Edit: I don't think I'm 100% correct about the Xeno games, but I think that's the barebones.

[otadose]

[video-games-aesthetics]

Xenogears’s famous portrait.

[dicesms]

Happy 22nd Birthday Xenogears! I still remember playing the game for the first time and the spoilers hitting my head like a punch to the face. 🧡 Zoomies + Redraw Comparison: https://www.instagram.com/p/CGlAlG-DiJ3/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

[rollypoliesonarock]

I'm not too happy with the face, but it's also late so being tired probably has to do with it. Doesn't help that my overly sketchy messy style doesn't translate well with no lines

I actually did finish the bottom, and then messed with it to make it look like I didn't

[spoonybird]

dont stop me from shitposting

[linnaealyn]

artblock ❝sketches❞. Abel was the cure.

[sephinova]

‘‘Elly, it’s like everyone says! You must be a reincarnation of Sophia!’‘

[citan-uzuki]

XenoSeries Mascots Ranked

1. Riki

What can I say about Riki that has not already been said? He is a charming and funny character who cares deeply about his family, and has the best Heart-to-Heart in the game where he offers to adopt Shulk. Future Connected even went on to establish that he has adopted children in the past in spite of the massive debt it brings him. A 10/10 wholesome dad.

2. Tora

This may be a controversial opinion, but I enjoyed Tora a lot. I think his desire to become a driver and his role in creating Poppi was interesting, even if it did have some questionable moments. It also helps that, being a Switch game, Monolithsoft was able to give him more expressive animations. I cannot help but find his big, watery eyes cute. 8/10.

3. Tatsu

Unlike Riki and Tora, Tatsu is not a party member and serves as little more than comic relief. While the running gag about being eaten did get stale, I did enjoy this character nonetheless. 6/10.

4. Bunnie

Who? Bunnie is neither playable nor in the Xenosaga trilogy much at all. I would forget Bunnies existence entirely if not for being on the cover of Xenosaga Freaks. 2/10.

5. Chu-Chu

Why does this horny rat creature exist? While Chu-Chu is a playable character within Xenogears, unlike the other party members, Chu-Chu is not the slightest bit interesting. Her comic relief consists entirely of creepily hitting on Fei, and she actively detracts form the story whenever she has a speaking role. I cannot help but feel like her screentime should have gone to other party members who needed it such as Rico or Maria. Chu-Chu is the worst character in the Xeno Series and is a crime against Sophia herself. 0/10.

[ouella]

Dreams... A life of a woman named Sophia, and the lives of countless other women... all but dreams. Now that I am awake, those countless numbers of long, heartrending dreams are almost impossible to remember at all. 

In those dreams, I loved one man... no matter the day, no matter the era. That did not change, only his name...

Happy 22nd Birthday, Xenogears!

[trick-starr]

List 10 songs you’re currently obsessed with and then tag 10 people

Thanks @radroller for tagging me!! in no particular order:

1) absolutely - Ra Ra Riot

2) Lucky Star (Kyuranger OP) - Tomohiro Hatano

3) Put Your Arms Around Me (Skydancers Remix) - The Sophia Lorenians

4) Surfing on a Sine Wave - Fearofdark

5) Nujabes feat Shing02 - Luv (Sic) part 1

6) i-RabBits - STARLINER

7) Hopes and Dreams - Undertale OST

8) sakanaction - kikitakatta dance music, LIQUIDROOM ni

9) Daiki Ise - ToQger OP

10) Beneath the Mask - Persona 5 OST

I tag: @westmansion, @xenogears-official, @bakuryo, @highintensitypan, @blarfshnorgull, @hi-skitty, @patrensangou, @snapplefacts, @eurek-a, @psisomething

(you don’t have to do it if you don’t wanna, and if anyone else wants to do this, you can go ahead and say I tagged you)