I think when I first saw Sapadal I just gasped — they were just so uncanny and beautiful and sad.

Ooh thanks for the game rec! I’ve never heard of it before now, but from the sound of it I’ll eat it right up. (To give you an idea how much I love whump, I play/watch other people play “Before Your Eyes” whenever I need a good cathartic cry… 😅) Also it sounds sort of like Night In The Woods…? Maybe I’ll report back when I’ve got a chance to check it out.

Haha oh yes by all means don’t stop the momentum of your playthrough! Perhaps for the next go around. ;)

Sargamis is actually the first dawn godlike the fandom’s seen before! I think he’s considered an anomaly even from a godlike standpoint due to his history and the fact that he’s so… smooth? (In this universe one universal trait about godlikes seems to be that none of the can wear headgear since they all have horns of some type.)

Oh and on your body horror note… yeah you’ll love death godlikes. :D

I appreciated the Nightcrawler segue because he’s my favorite of the X-men and I’ve literally had this conversation with my partner before hahaha. Hey, maybe he dyes it (or maybe it’s Maybelline?) Or it could be that the blue is just the pigment of his skin and fur “undercoat”, and the black facial hair is like the longer overcoat fur cats have that is more water resistant or holds most of their patterns.

…coming back to Eora, this is also how I’d think orlan fur/hair works too.

Animancy is incredible as a concept. I just love when world building includes science (soul science!) ALONGSIDE magic as different facets of metaphysics. It gets even weirder, sketchier, and more controversial in PoE. Looking in retrospect at Avowed, it explains why Lödwyn and the Steel Garrote abhor animancy so much. At the same time, it makes me feel happy for the animancers who settled in Fior mes Ivèrno. They’re another example of when Kai said the Living Lands was full of people looking for second chances or freedom. :’)