SocialistWombat [he/him] to games • 1 year agoWhy Do You Always Kill Gods in JRPGs?external-linkmessage-square15 fedilinkarrow-up150file-textcross-posted to: videos
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minus-squareAntoine_St_Hexubeary [none/use name]hexbear20·edit-21 year agoEvery JRPG boss battle is a reenactment of the most glorious moment in Japanese history (the expulsion of the Christian missionaries in 1622.) Take a look at the concept art for Kefka's outfit and tell me it doesn't look like slightly camped-up 17th-century Papal regalia. link
minus-squareAlesson1 [comrade/them]hexbear14·1 year agoI mean technically the Christian’s were aligned with peasants too, Japan cracked down on Christianity for the same reasons it suppressed buddhism link
Every JRPG boss battle is a reenactment of the most glorious moment in Japanese history (the expulsion of the Christian missionaries in 1622.)
Take a look at the concept art for Kefka's outfit and tell me it doesn't look like slightly camped-up 17th-century Papal regalia.
I mean technically the Christian’s were aligned with peasants too, Japan cracked down on Christianity for the same reasons it suppressed buddhism
Huh.