One thing I picked up on, most people say Solen and Luana when they speak of "Guardian Gods" or Solstice Warriors who have the potential to become pure light and Ascend, which are decidedly masculine and feminine names, and this traditionally makes sense with the two main characters where Zale is a masculine solstice warrior of the summer/the sun and Valere is a feminine solstice warrior of the winter/moon, but obviously there's Solstice warriors of other genders, like Erlina is a woman and a sun-based Solstice Warrior, and Brugraves is a man and solstice warrior of the moon. At first, I thought it would still be Solen and Luana, like nobody cares about gender, but then I read this dialogue from Romaya?
She says "Solena and Luan" which would suggest that these names change depending on the gender of the solstice warriors that have the potential to ascend. Fascinating detail that can easily go unnoticed.
It's also curious because now I want to know who she's talking about 😂 it could be Erlina and Brugraves, or Moyara (her own sister) and Moraine, since they were partners (they are also apparently the parents of the "Twins" that died fighting the Dweller of Strife). But there's the chance it's also just two unnamed Solstice Warriors that died fighting her also.
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If you could smooch a Sea of Stars character, who would it be?
Imagine asking an omnisexual to pick just one cute character to smooch
Hmm... Valere/Feral Queen, Romaya, and the Puppetmaster are my main picks, with Zale/Narcis King, Garl, and Seraï tied as very close runners-up. I would kiss Resh'an, but a) he's got an evil boyfriend, and b) he probably tastes like old books.
more sea of stars thoughts (less shitposty this time, maybe??)
spoilers for true ending below
First: what the fuck was Romaya doing with Moraine's staff in that one end credits cut scene??? she better not have been trying to pull a Duke thing again but with Moraine (sometime in the future, after he's passed)
Additionally: i absolutely adored pissing Romaya off throughout the entire game. I really hope B'st got to go back and talk with her about whatever he was gonna say after the second fight.
Second: Valere and Zale have to come back for Garl's bday every year, but I'm guessing keeping track of time while on patrol across the various worlds is Difficult, so I like to think that they tracked down Resh'an and asked him to set up a yearly reminder for them. I like to think that Resh'an has a connection to all of the Solstice Warriors (which is how he finds them once they are born), so he can find Valere and Zale wherever they are, and obviously time is His Thing
Third: (and keep in mind im just a Baby in the lore rn, just limited to in-game stuff)- I think that Aephorul made the Catalyst to try and remove his and Resh'an's souls from their bodies. I think the immortality potion has tied their souls to their bodies thus preventing their souls from passing on, and I think Aephorul made the Catalyst to either 1) remove their souls from their bodies and finally die together; or 2) put their souls into new bodies that would not be subject to the curse of immortality in the way that their original ones were
I also think the World Eaters were initially designed with the same end goal of death for Aephorul and Resh'an combined- something that can destroy the very fabric of time would likely be strong enough to break their immortality. However, Dwellers were not strong enough to do so, and there was no guarantee that a world eater would be strong enough either (nor was there anyone Aephorul could use as a test subject), so Aephorul continued to try and make them more and more powerful, and perhaps even experimented on some people to try and mimic immortality to see what would happen
I've also wondered about the pronounciation of Aephorul, because if you read it as "Aye-For-Rule", it (if you squint with your ears) kind of sounds like "All For You", which. fits with this idea of Aephorul doing this initially *for* him and Resh'an.
Fourth: I really want to write a post-canon fic where Garl goes back with Serai and B'st to their world, to help build things back up and restore hope. The dinner at the Golden Pelican and the comment when you send Garl to the hot spring (where he's like. "I gotta tell Serai something important") have inspired a *little* bit of a Garl/Serai shipper in me. I'd also want to include what the Dumbass Immortal Gays are up to, too, because I really love their dynamic, and I'd love to Literally Fucking Kill Them For Good. I really, really want Resh'an to like. Talk with Garl, maybe Valere/Zale, about his failings and his mistakes. He's just a human, still, after all, and he has basically no one else to talk to about his Bad Life Choices
Anyway- Garl goes between homeworld and Serai's world on the Vespertine, but he always makes sure to be in mooncradle on time for his birthday. (side note- I wonder if he made jam from the sap of the willow on the thought that it would like. make zale and valere more powerful?? that seems like a him thing to do)
Fifth (aka assorted plot holes or complaints):
-Why did we never see the Dweller of Strife or the Acolytes again? I thought maybe the idea was that they became the World Eater at the end, but there's not like. a lot of game details pointing to that.
-How did Serai end up in our world anyway? Did she teleport based off of information about the home world (how would she get it? how far can she teleport? how can she teleport away the *top of a fucking mountain*??)? She couldn't have gotten information from Resh'an, since he didn't know about the Great Eagle thing, so maybe she stole info from The Fleshmancer/his subordinates? Maybe this is related to the Queen that Was- maybe the queen worked with the fleshmancer, and Serai took over her house and thus information when the Queen left??
-How did Serai get her powers? Was she an experiment from the Catalyst, or was it something she pursued on her own? Also, *please* tell me the rest of her crew who knew the fuck she actually was, she was so obvious
-I'm assuming the academy is no longer needed, with new guardian gods, no need for new solstice warriors for this realm, but that means Moraine is the only solstice warrior on both home world and serai's world. I feel bad for him cause he very obviously suffered from the loss of so many fellow warriors due to strife (and took it out on brugaves and erlina, unfortunately), so I wonder if he feels lonely about it sometimes
I'm in the final chapter of the game and if I don't figure out how to get this chest all the way back in the Necromancer's Lair, I'm gonna have an aneurysm. I can feel that this is what's gonna stop me from getting 100%.
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So, I don't really have a favorite Sea of Stars character above all others; mostly, it's divided into other categories.
Favorite playable character mechanically: Seraï, by a wide margin. Respectable damage output, Disorient was busted before the update (and is still useful afterward), and she has some of the more handy combos.
Favorite playable character narratively: Also Seraï, because I like to see my blorbos suffer as much as I like to see them experience joy.
Favorite NPC: Romaya, with Gaëtan Piment as the runner-up. I feel like Romaya has so much unrealized potential as a sapphic That Old Man™, and it's delightful to see a villain be both justifiably and comically 200% fuck-ass mad.
Favorite to draw (enjoyability): Valere; what can I say, I like musclegirls. Only got two pictures of her, but hey.
Favorite to draw (frequency): Seraï, yet again, and she's also my favorite to meme; got four pieces involving her, I think.
The warning all robogirls should carry as a badge:
This one is for a rather neat Seraï/Romaya fic (check it out and drop a kudos and comment!):
I should probably try drawing Hortence more often while I'm at it; this one got torn up by my roommate's cats before I could finish it, though:
Crazy that this one is getting close to a year old, but it's also probably my best SoS piece:
Romaya is tied with Seraï in this category as well, but I don't think I could get away with showing off all her art here without getting in trouble with staff bots, lol
But yeah, that's about the extent of it! Might've forgotten a few other categories, but this post is already comprehensive enough, I feel.
