No, that video wasn't informative at all. Moving on...
One thing I noticed is that it doesn't matter that it's a sword, at least, it doesn't matter in the way that I thought it would matter.
I thought, "Why a rapier? My short stature wouldn't have an advantageous reach: why not a spear? I don't like direct stabby-slashy confrontation: why not an archery set? I don't like combat at all: why not something defensive like an invisibility cloak, or a shield? Sure, I wanted a sword, but I wanted a Japanese samurai sword."
From this experience, I conjecture that finding one's otherworldly weapon can be like finding one's otherworldly tribal-era animal identity. It's you and yours, but the form can be surprising.
It can also... not matter. My sword has ranged attacks. I don't "psi blast" combatively without my sword. My sword also creates protective bubbles and warps, so that's a defensive function that doesn't suit the symbolic form. That's archery and shielding together, and I don't know how or why that is.
The form that it takes, if it means anything, means something else that I haven't figured out yet.
So, significant difference between the default world and otherworld: form doesn't always determine function.
I noticed that there's a certain kind of anger that arises in me, that seems to correlate to the sword's blade lengthening. There's another kind of anger that correlates to the sword's color darkening. Other times, I feel like I won't get carried away with any sort of anger, and my sword turns into something that looks like silver or ivory. (It doesn't turn into a flower, or anything like that.) Since I put my heart back, my sword has taken on the appearance of a gold hilt with a red gemstone: definitely not my style, but there's a rightness in that form right now.
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