There are lots of themes regularly present in Caleb's cards and I'm sure Caleb's writing team will cook deliciously as always somehow combining these.
While I was working on a Notion for Caleb's Content Timeline and summarising Yearly Nostalgia something stood out to me and sent me on a whole Investigation Hunt.
No celestial themes will be mentioned here (I'm still a Caleb Fallen Angel / Sun Guardian Angel truther, but this post is not about that this time.)
It all started with me stumbling over MC shooting Sophora flowers at Caleb - it made me curious about the meaning of the flower. And that made me find out just how much everything mentioned so far is connected.
I've screenshot everything I looked up and will be adding them here in chronological order of how I stumbled over the next thing. My mind is kinda blown right now and I'm suuper excited what his myth is going to be in the end! :3
[This was also posted on Reddit. It has a little bit more detail and content here tho.]
There are several ghost trees and all of them are in some way integrated in Caleb's cards! Here is an X-Post about the 5 sacred "ghost" trees and their connections to Caleb.
What if this image with the bridge was never supposed to be about a 6th Love Interest?
Caleb always references birds, cages, the desire for freedom
In the beach banner one ending had a duck floatie. I think he also mentioned swallows somewhere, birds in general and doves.
A friend of mine pointed out the mythological Fenghuang bird, so what if Caleb might be the bird, and MC the white snake? Meaning both would be natural enemies able to destroy each other. (staying in theme here)
Caged Wings is also one of Caleb's daily sets and was added with the Tomorrow's Catch-22!
Another name of this creature is also "Chinese Phoenix"
MC as the White Snake
Yeah I've been thinking that MC might be the white snake. In the legend it is also a female. And that first image might be a sci fi version of MC's nightmare where calebs life energy is being sucked in a jungle by vines
The Nightmare:
My friend also found this while looking up what the meaning of apple tree blossoms were in chinese symbolism!
... they are asscociated with a certain goddess apparently:
Queen Mother of the West
The Queen Mother of the West, known by various local names, is a mother goddess in Chinese religion and mythology, also worshipped later in neighbouring countries. She is attested from ancient times.
She has numerous titles, one being Yaochi Jinmu (瑤池金母, the "Golden Mother of the Jade Pond (瑤池)" (also translated "Turquoise Pond"))
In Chinese salvationist religions, she is believed to be the same being as their main deity, Wusheng Laomu (Chinese: 無生老母; lit. 'birthless old mother', also known as Wujimu (無極母; lit. 'infinite mother'). The title, Wujimu, signifies the absolute principle of reality, or the creational origin of all things.)
After her integration into the Taoist pantheon, she gradually took on associations with other aspects, such as immortality, as well as being the god of stars, directions, profit, and the sun and moon.
The Queen Mother of the West is widely known for serving peaches to her guests, which would then make them immortal. She normally wears a distinctive headdress with the Peaches of Immortality suspended from it.
Her husband also... is King of "Trees/Wood"
Caleb is associated with Trees and Wood a lot.
Peaches
Regarding the peaches of the Queen Mother I looked up if anything peach related was near MC or ever mentioned at all and found this reddit post.
The OP writes:
"I can't stop thinking about Tara messaging us for the new years, it feels important, though what she says seems trivial. Texts in this game are usually important. Both her chinese and Japanese names refers to peaches, and in China, peaches represent immortality which seems like an important connection to MC. She then offers MC the option between peach or chocolate. Again peaches are being brought up. Instead of chosing peach, MC choses chocolate which represents prosperity, luck and good fortune. Does this represent MC's desire to be happy rather than continue her immortal life? Also, Tara is a tarot reader. In tarot peaches represent happiness and the fullfillment of wishes. Could Tara be a key in completing MC's cycle? She is the first person we meet, even before Xavier and we still don't know her evol, tho it undoubtedly is related to her tarot abilities."
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Here are my takes on Caleb, Zayne and Sylus based on the idea that the 3rd myths are ascending their prior myths. (Like they apparently did for Raf and Xav)
CALEB: Fallen Aetherborn - Devourer of Skies
“I’m not here to save the world. I’m what’s left when it ends.”
ZAYNE: The Fatewright - Architect of Ending
“I never believed in destiny. But someone had to write it.”
SYLUS: Endbringer - Eater of Kings
“They made me their monster. So I made myself their god.”
