#luxerion

like in a lot of asian countries, japan’s intertwinement with catholicism in particular has often been a deeply political and bitter one. a faith used as an insidious proxy to make inroads in the name of mercantilism and european colonialism...a less expensive alternative to outright violence, and often a precursor to it. japan at one time made it illegal to be a christian, a crime punishable by death, after it closed its country to outsiders during the times of the shogunate. the persistent taint - questioning the true underlying intentions of religious hegemony - spring up occasionally in final fantasy. and when it appears, catholic aesthetic motifs are explicitly invoked even if the corrupt religious institution in the game that wears those catholic motifs is really more representative of shinto, buddhist, and/or greek pantheonic concepts.

Lightning Returns Sidequests