Yeah I'm bored enough I'm going to explain them.
First note to make however is that I FORGOT HONG LU IN APOCALYPSE BIRD!!! Also Gregor wasn't forgotten but there were only 2 Gregor sprites on the list ( I Mean I guess Emp was there but I didn't check for him until writing this).
Hong Lu, Sinclair, Heathcliff, Gregor.
I could also make a tenable argument for Ryoshuu I think
Hong Lu, bird symbolism is clear to make a connection, there also serves the connection to Big Bird/Apocalypse Bird's thematic of "Death is salvation from life" with how Hong Luu was pre canto//in the past.
There also serves the fact that like the birds forming AB (Apocalypse Bird is too long to type every time), Hong Lu in the past alienated and actively pushed everybody else out of his life, causing them to fear/hate him while he does it for what is perceived as their protection.
Gregor too has the same theming of death as salvation from living to a certain extent, using the Big Bird EGO gear in the HHH ID, and due to his longing for death as/for freedom from his arm/gift. (See Emp panic type: "-kill... kill me...").
There also is that same parallel with the whole idea of changing into "The beast" and trying to protect others from the beast that is in reality yourself.
Heathcliff, same argument regarding the beast, same general theming of having alienated himself from and villainised himself towards others due to his care for/about their wellbeing. There is again the same idea as Gregor, seeing himself (having seen himself) as a mindless beast.
There could also be the argument made that the BB/AB theme of "Death is salvation from suffering" to apply to Every Catherine and The Erlking's view of death (in this case of the self in the world's most elaborate suicide) being needed to free others from suffering being mirrored by how the birds prepared to ward off the monster only to become it. (such is to say that in an attempt to end suffering, becoming the monster that perpetuates suffering)
Sinclair: Again, bird/egg parallel is easy to make. There is also the fact that A Certain Sinclair has glowing yellow eyes like BB, and the fact that Calw in real life (Hometown of Herman Hesse, namesake of Calw in C3) is located in a/the dark forest.
There is too the same idea of metamorphosis, and of how Apocalypse bird is defined by its own eggs, needing to be broken by others to defeat it, similar to how Sinclair's egg being shattered by Kromer could have/was intended to cause him to fall down the path of the One Who Shall Grip, this too mirrors how he would become the very thing that he hated most and/or wanted to destroy.
Ryoshuu argument is one that I think could work if I wanted to make the argument but it is just about wanting to protect something/someone and causing yourself to become a monster/harm them in the process.
Dante is following their star with blind faith of it leading them because they don't know what else/anything else to do. Blue Star is very VERY religion themed but in a more general sort of Blind Devotion manner than the explicitly Abrahamic sense of Whitenight and most other abnormalities of the sort, meaning it's not the easiest to grasp at considering most if not all of the sinners to some extent were/are blindly following along to their star to some extent.
From what we've seen and what I personally believe, Faust most of all carries these traits of blind devotion due to her knowledge of and seeming association with the Flow and the knowledge of the Gesselschaft/company to get her where she needs to be.
This is the SA Abnormality.
Cuckoo bird men and just... all of C9 quite frankly.
This one really doesn't need much explaining because it really is just all that it is, these are the sinners which have SA themes prominently within their canto.
People who don't want to acknowledge the idea of it being the SA abnormality (Literally stated to "Breed" forcefully with agents in Lob Corp but sure I'm the one who's stretching there right) also say that maybe Gregor could get it for some reason or another.
There's also the fact that they were both forced to bear witness to the horrors more than the others were, and as children.
Hong Lu, Ishmael, Don Quixote, Yi Sang but he only had one sprite on the thingy
Ok so time to talk about Tarot symbolism for one moment.
The Magical Girls + Nihil whom I will headcanon to be NB until I die or they are gendered are all linked to/based on different Arcana of the Tarot. Most notably is the Three of Swords, which is three swords piercing the heart representing grief/suffering (Very subtle PM), the Servant of Wrath and the Hermit mirroring Strength and... The Hermit, and of course, the one that is very directly referenced, the Jester reflecting the Fool.
The Jester themselves is of course reflective of Nihility and stagnancy, acting as a foil/counter to the truth of the four Magical Girls, (which also, we're segueing onto Hong Lu for this abno, and just a note that the Magical Girls' emotions are Love, Joy, Sadness and Anger, and uh
we can see this in the Jester's passives, Worthless Greed, Pointless Hate, Meaningless Despair, Senseless Wrath. The idea that emotions themselves are unneeded in this world or path that they are walking. The Jester also connects to the Fool itself, especially inverted, being stagnancy or blindness/foolishness in life. Subverting the upright meaning of new beginnings the Jester instead is the nihilty that comes from a life long lives, where one walks the same path and becomes to resemble the Jester.
The meaninglessness of emotions of course links back to Hong Lu, especially some of the few lines the jester has:
"Is there a point in agonizing over things you have no idea how to deal with right now?"
The aimless wandering too acts as a foil to Ishmael's story of finding a way to chart her own path. Specifically the curiosity of Ishmael that acts as her compass is subverted by the blindness and uncaring feelings towards the world that are represented in the Jester:
"I’m anxious. But I don’t want to know. I won’t know what’s ahead."
This stagnancy and blindness are especially notable for Don Quxiote due to the Jester's idea of walking the path in circles blindly, which of course mirrors Don Quixote's merry go round. Acting as a foil to the idea that finding the joy or meaning in this cycle or endeavor, in that 'hollow, juvenile dream' the Jester instead reflects Greater Quixote's stance of festering stagnancy and slothfulness.
as for Yi Sang, the same general idea as all above. Losing meaning or sight of where to go in life, blindly following forward without a guide as you tread on a path towards the cliff yet remain stagnant, too far to walk off and fly.
Theres also the fact that R when using Nihil mentions ideal.
"I’m too tired to fly. Then there’s only one path for me to take."
(Wow I wonder which of these is Carmen(<-Me)'s favourite abnormality of this lot oh boy)
Ok so Don is here yes because thematically it fits very nicely with the whole idea of pretending//becoming something you aspire to be, the idea of separation between her and "humanity" being questioned a la Electric Screaming/DADoES) HOWEVER! I also just really REALLY want to hear Middle English in the Nothing There style of speech.
"Fare. TheEE WELL?" style I just think it would be really funny.
Meursault because of the whole idea of separation from humanity due to Meursaults heavy connection to said themes of humanity being an N corp feather and having autism, but also due to Nothing There's concept of observing the agents while they observe it, it watches to learn behaviour to become more "human", and as we've seen Meursault has heavy connection to themes of observation and witnessing.
Gregor because he views himself as a monster hiding within a human shell/body. I could frankly see this argument be made for Outis to the same effect of her not viewing herself as being a proper human but I'm waiting until we get more context on her past and her current self image before I am willing to fully make that argument.
same same argument could be made for Ryoshuu but we're already 90% going to get a Kali ID that comes with Mimicry for her already so I don't need to make the argument. (also with the idea of "What do I know about love how can I recreate something I never had" learning how to be human and have normal human emotions by recreating them)
Mountain of Smiling Bodies
ok so I used to think this abno was really a nothing case but I was rereading lines and suddenly it hit me, the abnormality is the Corporation, or in a more thematic//disconnected sense, it's an abnormality that reflects the blood on your hands, the corpses that pile up before you in your past, that you must move out of the way to look back and reminisce.
Outis mass murderer with PTSD and "The horrors and harms of technology" Yi sang with cPTSD both fit this bill nicely. Again, this could fit many in a more general sense but these two especially.
representative of the lies//false promises and faults of the City in its entirety, the injustice and inbalance present within and without. This is like THE Rodion abnormality.
Greogr has the same reasoning but to a lesser degree.
The war. Break and ruin comes these two. Etc.
also the idea of wanting to be seen for what you are/your qualities in the same manner that the conductor longs for the approval of the audience.
I have many MANY notes from a Netzach project I still haven't finished but suffice it to say that the abnormality is decently fit for these two, and out of spite from it hurting my ears I shan't speak more of it.
all of the Whitenight one's are self explanatory except for Rodion, who is there because of her connection to the Yurodivye and the fact that White Nights is a book by the same author as Crunishmennt.
