Anybody else have a sadness bucket?
Swap belongs to PopcornPr1nce
Dream belongs to Jokublog
Ink belongs to comyet/ myebi
In case you can’t read my handwriting:
Ink: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Dream: Ink what’s happening?! Are you being attacked??
Ink: Huh? Oh… Hey guys… sniff
Dream: Oh no! Ink, are you okay?
Ink: Yeah, sniff, I drank too much blue, that’s all
Swap: I can bring you tacos to make you feel better if you want!
Ink: It’s okay, I’m just going to scream all my feelings into this bucket
Ink: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Ink: (has been crying for 2 hours)
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Big or small, what are three things that made you happy today?
Then send it off to other beloved bloggers - we all need some happiness on our dash <3
The Elden Ring DLC trailer was announced today.
I got dogfood that my dog Henry seems to actually like and will eat (hes a picky eater)
And I got to see and walk my neighbors dog Murphy
(its really hard to take a selfie with him)
Tagging
@imperfectdoors @paradiselxst @smol-angr @chocolateand-legwarmers @empresslillian @sporewhisperer
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Nabatean Slumber
After several shitposts, we have finally returned to the lore/theory posts! Just as the title says, we are going to be looking at Nabatean slumber. How does it work? What even is it? This post will be more of a theory-post.
Let's unpack!
Death
The first time in the game that we see Nabatean slumber, is when Byleth was blasted off a cliff. They slept for 5 years and woke up to a continent at war.
Here is the thing though. Byleth did go into slumber but it was not like the other Nabateans.
You see, unlike regular Nabateans who go into slumber to heal from near-death experiences, Byleth died,
"So you've managed to make it all the way to the end. For once, it seems the stars were wrong. My reading of the stars predicted that, during the war, you would fall to your death. But that was five years ago. Perhaps the prediction was true for you then somehow." - Magic Wielder
The fall killed them. It makes sense, no mortal would survive that. This is further supported by other lines:
"What have you been doing all this time?" - Edelgard
"I was sleeping" and "I was dead" are both equally valid answers. Byleth was dead, in 'eternal slumber', except they're able to wake up from it. Sounds strange, right?
This seems to be a thing related to the Crest of Flames. Sothis was also dead when Nemesis plundered the Holy Tomb, yet we are told she was slumbering.
And Nemesis was dead and brought back to life:
"Nemesis? That Nemesis? Do you really think the ancient King of Liberation has been brought back to life?" - Claude
"An incredible power that we children cannot hope to match dwells within the blood of the progenitor god. Nemesis obtained that blood, so it would not surprise me if that were the case." - Rhea
What about Edelgard? Her case seems to be unique. The Crest of Flames doesn't work the same way when you have another crest already. Crest cancer is too strong.
Near-death
I stated earlier that regular Nabateans go into slumber to recover from near-death experiences. My reasons for this are some lines in game:
Afterward, it broke my heart to see how much you would need to rest just to survive. - Seteth
Flayn, a Nabatean, went into slumber during the war of heroes to survive. It was a near-death experience.
She even has a few lines for Byleth, depending on how they answer:
Under a rock... How similar we are! As it were, I took my rest in a casket made of stone. - Flayn
She slept in a casket made of stone. That does make it sound like she was dead. Why else would you choose to sleep there? It could be symbolic or my theory is wrong and slumber = death for everyone.
But here is another theory: sleeping in a casket is normal for Nabatean slumber. It could be why Rhea did not want to bury Sitri. Not just because of the cold, dark soil, but because her resting in a casket implies she could come back.
Oh. Well, I suppose one's first long slumber is difficult to recall... - Flayn
FIRST long slumber? Huh, sounds like going into slumber is pretty normal for Nabateans. Not that that's a huge shock. Seteth immediately understands when Byleth tells them they slept for 5 years.
But. man, they must really suck at surviving if they keep getting close to death's door!
Who else do we have left?
Relics
Ah, right. The corpses of the slaughtered Nabateans. Is their current state a "slumber"? They're dead, Rhea tells us that quite clearly.
Why do they twitch then? Why do they sap the life-force of their wielders? Why do they glow when activated, similar to Rhea's "truest" form at the end of SS?
Are the relics aware, somehow? Miklan turns into a black beast, and Maurice suffered a similar fate. Was that the relics trying to return to their original state? Why does it happen more frequently to a non-crested person, then? Do they see crested people as fellow Nabateans, and thus don't want to do a take-over? Does it take longer because they need time to come to the realization that this is a human with Nabatean blood? Or was it just an act of revenge?
The game doesn't give us any concrete answers when it comes to the Relics. All of it is left vague and up to interpretation.
So, what are your thoughts on it?
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