#bc theyre both concepts that draw a lot from religion

[luwupercal]

OK so I'm trying to learn about AoS and I just found out there's like a cult of good people who get destroyed by skaven but before that it says they believed their founder was Daemon that "set aside it's heinous ways to seek purity."

Can you imagine? Paarthurnax daemon

every day i wonder more what the actual fuck daemons even are. wdym it set its ways aside, like what does that imply about daemons?? about the daemonic mind?? i'm so deeply confused

#ask #alzraed #i dont think daemons can be like super equiv to peepaw Partysnax #just bc tes dragons are explicitly on the Person side of the divide #rather than the Force of nature/Not a person side #or the weird inbetween 40k daemons are in #but i do think comparing them is interesting #(''what do you think it would look like if we mixed among us and naruto'' aside) #bc theyre both concepts that draw a lot from religion #and from concepts that at least in christianity (im not sure other religions but if yk pls lmk) are very closely tied #ICYMI elder scroll dragons are functionally Akatosh's Angels #abridging a bunch of lore here. it's sick #not to say a nice thing about mickey kinkbride but alduin fucks as a concept #Dragon Lucifer #i think its interesting to compare the difference between concepts derived from the idea of a fallen angel #vs derived from the general idea of demons #bc the aftereffect is super different #gameplay aside the narrative of skyrim treats the dragons way more respectfully than 40k treats daemons #and obviously the tones are very different #but it's still a very fun thing to think about #it also says a lot about how 40k vs elder scrolls treat their gods #i think tes having an actual concept of good and loving authority is actually to its detriment #compared to 40k #bc in 40k when the gods do fucked up shit its a feature not a bug #but in elder scrolls Akatosh is kinda just straight up a war criminal #but hes on the humans' side so i guess hes good #theres just not really enough questioning of the cyrodiilic empire in elder scrolls #i have the same criticism twrds 40k and the imperium of man but its different #because in 40k the imperium is called into question by its very concept #like it's a dystopia on purpose