Faelight Sun/Moon analysis
As every ship, this one also had to meet its fate of being analysed through lenses of sun and moon. As you can probably assume - Flins here is the moon, while Illuga is the sun. Though in their terms i would rather refer to them as moon and sun light.
First thing - lets look at their designs (though this is the part i dread the most). Illuga very noticeably has a much lighter palette. His theme seems to be yellow, alongside his signature pet Aedon, being coated in said color. Some of the details on his clothes seem to be glowing a little bit?
And I think his color palette with browns, reds and off-yellows resembles the sun at dawn the best.
And during his burst, he literally bursts with light. He reaches up high in the sky (like the sun) and shoots light from his lamp - showcasing his wish to become the hope for people around him. While fighting (in game) he moves very quickly, smashing and thrashing at his enemies. Quick action and energy is heavily associated with the sun.
Flins on the other hand, during his elemental burst bows down, becomes one with the shadows for a moment, and then comes back to normal. Just like the moon he goes through a few phases. I don’t think i need to mention his color design?
And his fighting style resembles a dance - he is very precise, calculated, but he also is holding back (with one arm tucked behind his back), never showing his true extent of power, till the critical moment. Mystery, darkness, restraint were usually associated with the moon.
Well, with that done - lets get to the interesting part.
I started noticing the parallels while reading their character stories and listening to the voicelines.
The Lighthouse is portrayed as a place where Illuga rests. He plays cards with Flins, he is being taken care of, he listens to his stories.
Symbolically the Lighthouse is where Illuga settles to be in just one place for a moment. Just like the sun, he rests, he meets with his moon at dawn. Even his „Good Afternoon” voiceline is about taking rest. He is, just like the sun, bright and open. He doesn’t hide much from his character - everything we don’t know (like who were his parents, why he can digest mandragora) he also doesn’t know. He is a man of action, a person that works and works and works to achieve his goals. Action, work, battle, war were also things heavily associated with the sun.
While Flins, in many of his character stories, mentions Illuga, and i won’t omit this fact here. His character is shown through the Young Master, just like the moon needs the sun to shine. Well of course, other lightkeepers also play a role in this, but i guess thats why Flins joined them. Also, just like the moon, he deceives. He is a mystery, that doesn’t show all of his colors. The big ball lighting up the night sky was always a mystery to humanity - with it’s dark side remaining a mystery to very recent times. He is observant and perceptive, his very reason to join the Lightkeepers was to observe humanity. At a moment of crisis, he chose eternal slumber. He took rest, instead of action - things associated heavily with the moon. Worth mentioning is also the fact that the moon was associated with rebirth, something that Flins did, choosing a new identity and foregoing his past.
Also well, the pretty obvious thing is that Flins uses a moonwheel, while Illuga has a geo vision - one that is associated with the sun (coming from the theories that Zhongli/Morax was called „Heaven’s star” by Zibai).
So to conclude - i am pretty new to writing posts that include analysing characters, this is very much done for fun and my own pleasure more than anything. I am well-aware that there are some things that i’ve probably missed, but my sleep-deprived brain is too tired to think properly for now.
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