Questions, questions and more questions (READ THE OP FOR ANSWERS)

[Zurvan]

See someone here knows the tech

[Rafflesiac]

Synopsis of Hypothesis (解題 - kaidai, lit. abstract)

[Menwearpink]

But nasu tells me that more lines = stronger spell.

Discussions must be the same.

[Altaris]

Synopsis of Hypothesis (解題 - kaidai, lit. abstract)

Too real

[Lily Emilio]

I have a quick question. What exactly IS the Age of the Gods? I get that it was a time in Earth's history when The World followed the Laws of Mystery as opposed to the Laws of Physics, a time when Gods/Divine Spirits and Divine Beasts were able to exist outside of the Far Side of the World, and when magecraft was far stronger and reaching Akasha not an impossibility, but how exactly did the whole all gods are real thing work, and do phantasmal beasts and divine beasts still exist in the World during the Age of Man? Also, was Gilgamesh only chosen by the Mesopotamian gods or all gods?

Gods are not gods unless humans worship them (giving them the classification of "god"). Some 12 titan aliens are just some 12 titan aliens until humans give them names and consider them the Olympus gods. Random golden 9 tailed fox is random golden 9 tailed fox until humans assume her to be Amaterasu/Dainichi Buddha....etc. The base models of them are real but the status of being a god is from human worship. Outside of that they are just real ancient beings living on the planet back then. Like, if you call the T-Rex a god then attribute a bunch of crazy shit to it, you'll have a lizard/dragon-like god, and when tracing back to the Jurassic era to see that dinosaur you'll realize that ohhh this "god" is "real", we found the model for it.

Gil was chosen by the Mesopotamia gods. Gods of other religions have their own doomsday.

This whole AOG and the world having different rules back then isn't like a thing Nasu made up. It was an ideology and theory of ancient Japanese philosophers. Mew posted some stuff about it before.

They even have their own AoG which ended after the first emperor took over lol. The world texture might also be inspired from the ancient myths as well because it was said that Amaterasu together with Susanoo and Tsukuyomi painted the world into what it is (pretty much inspired the gameplay of Okami).

[RoydGolden]

The world texture might also be inspired from the ancient myths as well because it was said that Amaterasu together with Susanoo and Tsukuyomi painted the world into what it is (pretty much inspired the gameplay of Okami).

I wonder if that also inspired the imagery of Hadou Gods painting over the world with their "Law" in the Shinza Bansho franchise.

[castor212]

Okami sucks because i played the ps version

I have big clumcy thumbs

[Mcjon01]

Okami sucks because i played the ps version

I have big clumcy thumbs

The PS version was the more elegant and graceful one, the wii version was awful

[Sandstorm77]

Okami sucks because i played the ps version

I have big clumcy thumbs

Heresy

[SpoonyViking]

Not a question, per se, but could this thread maybe get stickied? Seems appropriate for what's basically the star of the Type-Moon General Discussion forum.

[AnoniMauuss]

Not a question, per se, but could this thread maybe get stickied? Seems appropriate for what's basically the star of the Type-Moon General Discussion forum.

I second this

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No, Waver calls and talks with the real Ayaka upon seeing the one on TV.

So is it safe to assume the Isemis and Reiroukans exists too?

Is it too hopeful to wish for a universe where Aro and Misaya are happy? lmao

EDIT: Maybe not Aro because well... illness. :'(

[Zurvan]

Considering that this thread is always on the first page considering its popularity, there's not really a reason to sticky it?

[Rafflesiac]

Like, if you call the T-Rex a god then attribute a bunch of crazy shit to it, you'll have a lizard/dragon-like god, and when tracing back to the Jurassic era to see that dinosaur you'll realize that ohhh this "god" is "real", we found the model for it.

Godzilla.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Gods are not gods unless humans worship them (giving them the classification of "god"). Some 12 titan aliens are just some 12 titan aliens until humans give them names and consider them the Olympus gods. Random golden 9 tailed fox is random golden 9 tailed fox until humans assume her to be Amaterasu/Dainichi Buddha....etc. The base models of them are real but the status of being a god is from human worship. Outside of that they are just real ancient beings living on the planet back then. Like, if you call the T-Rex a god then attribute a bunch of crazy shit to it, you'll have a lizard/dragon-like god, and when tracing back to the Jurassic era to see that dinosaur you'll realize that ohhh this "god" is "real", we found the model for it.

I see. Are you also saying that all dinosaurs were actually phantasmal beasts or that they were mundane animals that could hypothetically could have become gods due to human worship and attribution?

On an unrelated note, I just watched the Fate Zero Drama CD 3, and in it, Iskandar compared Taiga to an old governor of his who dragged him around everywhere and truly blossomed after his death. I'm not sure who Iskandar was referencing? Do you guys know?

[Iceblade44]

Some like Quertz.

[pinetree]

Quetzalcoatl's Quetzalcoatlus didn't really exist in the past though, it's a Divine Beast much more powerful than the real pterosaurs.

I think Ivan's Mammoth is a better example.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Now I have another question: Did the Age of Gods exist since the beginning of the World, or did it only begin with the rise of human civilization? Was there an age before it, when humans hadn't built a complex civilization with Gods and dabbled extensively in magecraft and where Alaya didn't exist?

[Iceblade44]

The Age before the AoG was the AoG. I think it was mentioned somewhere the one we know was the 2nd.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Oh, good to know. So did the current gods exist in the first Age of Gods, or was the divine landscape different? I assume the First Age of Gods ended or had something to do with Altera's attack on Earth 14,000 years ago. Is that true?

This is all so confusing, but intriguing.

[You]

Oh, good to know. So did the current gods exist in the first Age of Gods, or was the divine landscape different? I assume the First Age of Gods ended or had something to do with Altera's attack on Earth 14,000 years ago. Is that true?

This is all so confusing, but intriguing.

There were different gods
And the older gods eventually became prototypes for some of the gods that we know
It's one of those kind of ambiguous case by case basis's for who is like an original and who isn't.