An attempt

An attempt

Some time ago, I've read a theory that The Hanged Man card (from the lunar arcana and not only) is the card hoyo use to symbolize Dottore, Deshret, and Hroptatyr. Ever since then I've been a bit obsessed over this card.

Enter a Lord of the Mysteries song. About 50% of the reason why it was enough to make me go read a 1300+ chapter long novel is the presence of The Hanged Man in the list of characters there. As it turned out this character doesn't in fact represent The Hanged Man card, even the author of LotM assigns a different card to him in one of the QnAs.

There is, however, a character who does. A character so controversial that he's impossible not to hate until you learn the whole story, at which point he becomes impossible not to admire. A character that gave PTSD to everyone he interacted with, including the readers. A character who used cruel, inhumane means to reach his goals. A character who, in the end, loves the world. I won't say his name, since this post exists in part as an attempt to lure some of the Dottore fans to LotM fandom (I believe this connection is surprisingly well suited).

I keep trying to imagine what Dottore would think if he could experience the reality of the LotM world, how he would react to the actions and convictions of some of the characters there. How the world would change him, and how he would change the world. And most of all, I really would love to see a conversation between The Hanged Man of Genshin and The Hanged Man of LotM.

Anyways, I wanted to express my love for these two fandoms in one post for some time haha

Praise the Heretic of the False Moon, the Madman, the Virtuous Doctor

And also

Praise the Fool

u/sukanasuke_ — 5 hours ago

[V8] Rereading is harder than I thought it would be

I've started rereading LotM but every time Klein gets his funny intrusive thoughts or reacts strongly to weird stuff like a normal human he is or mentions his siblings I just. Start crying. And it didn't even get to the point where the nighthawks appear. I'm not mentally prepared to see Dunn. I never expected rereading would be this hard...

u/sukanasuke_ — 3 days ago

[V8] it really is a memetic virus

Trying to listen to a signal analysis lecture for a test

Hear "Welch estimator"

My brain goes on a trip of the whole plot of V1, getting nostalgia over the simple Tingen times, and then also to that time Klein restored the city where Welch's dad lived with a wish

Signal analysis? What signal analysis? Head empty, only Antigonus family notebook and Klein left in there. How am I supposed to study like this?

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u/sukanasuke_ — 9 days ago

[LotM general] reading LotM made me drop Genshin and HSR

I stopped playing first cause I didn't have time between reading and life. Afterwards, after experiencing the story in LotM, I just can't make myself go back anymore. My main reason for playing hoyo games have always been their stories. To be precise, lore in Genshin, main plot in HSR. But now even the HSR plot feels more like an acid trip with focuses that can be predicted based on who hoyo are going to sell next. And Genshin is just, never even getting close to the full potential that could have been realized with its lore.

Perhaps that's for the better haha. I got to experience peak and now have higher standards, thank you CF

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u/sukanasuke_ — 13 days ago

[COI V7] end of volume feelings, thoughts, impressions

>!Aucuses is dead. !<

>!Lilith is corrupted. !<

>!The barrier is more fragile than ever.!<

>!The Moon and Earth pathways are going to become more dangerous than ever. I'm scared for Emlyn.!<

>!Lumian's best hope is intermittent lucidity. Those fleeting moments of having a bit of fun? Gone. Probably forever.!<

>!Jenna is a bunch of soul fragments. I don't want to imagine the reaction of her brother when he finds out. Or Franca's reaction.!<

>!Klein will probably have to rush merging with Celestial Worthy even more than he's already rushing it. Leave behind even more pieces of his humanity. !<

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I just. My feelings are a mess after this volume. I feel both anxious and drained. I would continue reading but at this point I haven't slept for the past 28 hours.

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The only thing still keeping me somewhat grounded is the scene from the end of LotM, >!where Klein high fives his niece. At the very least the world won't be destroyed, and Klein won't have to lose himself completely. I don't want to imagine what's going to happen to Lumian and his team though...!<

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u/sukanasuke_ — 14 days ago

I've been reading LotM recently and had an idea to give our moon god an honorific name

The Heretic carrying the fate of rejection,

The Doctor seeking to cure human limits,

The Creator of the false moon and Destroyer of the false destiny.

How does it sound?

Any ideas how to make it better?

I didn't really play through 6.6 yet so I might be missing some stuff. I'm still not mentally prepared for it haha...

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u/sukanasuke_ — 28 days ago