GODHAND PASTIMES:
Conrad: selling cocaine to children
Femto: shoveling millet into his mouth while sobbing
Slan: googling "lesbians (real)"
Ubik: stacking nose demons
Void: *twirling phone cord like teenage girl* hiiii skull knightt (you can hear a faint "kill yourself" from the other end of the line)
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Ubik, Slan and Conrad of the Godhand from Kentaro Miura's Berserk, each pictured with the novel that inspired their name:
Ubik by Philip K. Dick, 1969
Slan by A.E. van Vogt, 1946
This Immortal (first published serialized as "...And Call Me Conrad") by Roger Zelazny, 1966
Void and Femto are not named for sci-fi novels. The artwork of each character is directly from Miura's Berserk.
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So a bit of symbolism I have never seen anyone comment on is what fingers each of the 5 Godhand of Berserk represents.
From left to right, we first have Conrad.
Starting with the Pinky, there is Conrad. The littlefinger unlike the rest has little symbolism behind it.
He is the forgotten member, the one with a very mundane name, who never really does anything to stand out, and who's demonic form is that of a giant bedbug.
Next, the Ring Finger is Ubik.
The ring finger is the mystical finger, the one given higher signifigance than the rest of a mytholical scale, and fittingly, he is the most blantly open and frequent about making use of his magical powers to compensate for his less than impressive body.
The middle finger is Slan, the one who is the embodiment of everything evil and disguisting about sex in all it's forms.
The middle finger is, fittingly enough, the finger of vulgarity, with the raised finger along with a fist used, having become a go to insult due to it's visual similaity to an erect human dick.
The index finger is represented by Femto, the evil messiah of an artifical, false god.
As the index finger he points the way, showing the path for those around him to follow, wheter if be conquest, or helping him destroy his former, closest friends in the worst manner possible.
But despite appearances, he is not in charge.
Symbolizing the thumb, is Void, the real leader behind the Godhand, the leader who the rest intentionally or othervise follows.
They are all under his thumb so to speak.
He is also the most vocal about the groups misson to enforce the "Flow of casuality", or in other words, putting his thumb of the scales of destiny.
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