random af ideas sortof? (metamorphosis related)
ok so, since Kieran is based off a butterfly (simply no particular butterfly though) and the universe the story I've been working on ideas + lore for is called Metamorphosis (fancy word for change, ig? since the whole story with cerebrum + valdis and others is all about inevitable change + reincarnation and consumption idk) i was thinking i could also base the rest of metamorphosis's gods after insects?? with wings in particular maybe. but idk how many insects exist with wings and it'd be cool if the insects go through the lil butterfly thing where they go through metamorphosis.. but im uneducated and assume only moths and butterflies go through that
also i have the idea that Kieran's personality was much more positive until they unintentionally created The Aetherfold and got abandoned and outcasted by the other gods. However Kieran's original personality is fractured when they where prematurely reincarnated and became Cerebrum and Valdis. Bc Kieran mostly had good traits (i do wanna try giving them flaws bc i struggle with giving ocs with mostly good traits flaws..) Kieran was basically well-liked amongst the other gods till they ''ruined'' everything.
I say ruined in quotes because none of the gods, including Kieran knew The Aetherfold after consuming (and recycling) Metamorphosis would lead to basically a infinite life cycle. pretty much.. Also, Kieran didn't know their abilities (havent developed why they wouldnt, but i have a thought that the gods took turns creating a world and people to inhabit it. simply it wasnt Kieran's turn yet so Kieran did not use their powers.)
Kieran unknowingly ig is also the god of death and rebirth?? Since all the other gods only created, Metamorphosis needed a god of death basically for the most part. Something to destroy life but give way to new life technically? idk, the explanation may be a lil weird because The Aetherfold doesn't create new life, it recycles old life and gives it new bodies. (People particularly) and it's imperfect too, the past is not suddenly erased during the universe's ''rebirths'' so ruins still exist. Just no ''new''/reincarnated people will remember what in the world they meant due to being stripped of memory.
uhh, brain's going blank again.. OH WAIT i forgot to mention.
The other gods never get rebirthed because like in my other universe (Quidvispirat, completely unrelated to Metamorphosis but same rule applies in Metamorphosis pretty much) when gods die they have no ''afterlives''. Kieran's reincarnations technically not even a afterlife, just a result of letting themself get consumed and die by The Aetherfold then end up getting prematurely recycled due to The Aether.. Also it's still not developed yet, but the other gods died basicaly bc they ended up fighting eachother. (I tbh think that Kieran probably was the one that kept everyone together ironically?? bc Kieran was observant of the others emotions/things in general, a playful and confident person -maybe even charmastic unintentionally bc of it??- and empathetic) i havent developed why they basically went to war though soo.. But they don't exist anymore bc they didn't die in the manner Kieran did..
I think that's all. congrats if u read any of this.. yes I will say congrats every time because no one really is probably fond of reading paragraphs esp paragraphs like this since I sometimes don't refine how I type.. it depends on how i feel ngl amd i dont feel like typing in a normal manner or whatever you call it.. Rn idc about being uhh?? idk the word but i dont feel like being the word so theres alot of imperfections im not fixing and some grammar mistakes i dont feel like correcting!! yippie