06-25-2025, 07:38 PM
Raf is definitely the one who always fucks it up lmao Even as a full blown Sea God he still tries to fuck shit up (i.e. stops Romirro from sinking and becoming Whalefall City TWICE)
His ancestors were right, he really is disrespectful lol
I think you're right in that at its core, the issue is that Raf doesn't want to have his life dictated like that, not at the cost of MC's life. The problem is that on the other side of the conflict isn't his own freedom, but his people. And that makes that choice so much more painful, because one way or another he's always losing, and he's always responsible for an immeasurable loss.
I think no matter what he remembers when he awakens, two things are always known to him: he's the last Sea God of Lemuria, and he has a bond with MC.
The first info is always there for him because Lemurians are a community, and they sure as hell never leave Raf alone. There's always someone around him ensuring he knows of the Tome's prophecies and his responsibilities.
The second is contingent to Raf meeting MC and recognizing that they have a bond. When he wakes up from his deep slumber he might not know he has one, but once he crosses path with MC he 100% knows it's her. And at that point it's a matter of 2+2: he's the Sea God, she's bonded to him = she's the Sea God's bride, his one and only follower.
One thing that I noticed by replaying one of Raf's...text messages? I believe? Is that he says something along the lines of "It's important for Lemurians to have a perfect memory" and I tried to contextualize it with Raf actively NOT remembering the entirety of his life, but I think that's precisely the point. For a species that lives so long, recording and remembering the past becomes paramount, lest you end up trapping yourself in a loop of repeated mistakes where you never remember the experiences and solutions you found.
In Romirro the people had to be "awakened" to their Lemurian memories, because it had been so long that most had forgotten who they were. For Raf it's especially important (possibly why it's part of his official ceremony of ascension) because his memories carry the responsibility as a god toward his people, so it's necessary for him to acquire his lost memories so as to fully be.
His ancestors were right, he really is disrespectful lol
I think you're right in that at its core, the issue is that Raf doesn't want to have his life dictated like that, not at the cost of MC's life. The problem is that on the other side of the conflict isn't his own freedom, but his people. And that makes that choice so much more painful, because one way or another he's always losing, and he's always responsible for an immeasurable loss.
I think no matter what he remembers when he awakens, two things are always known to him: he's the last Sea God of Lemuria, and he has a bond with MC.
The first info is always there for him because Lemurians are a community, and they sure as hell never leave Raf alone. There's always someone around him ensuring he knows of the Tome's prophecies and his responsibilities.
The second is contingent to Raf meeting MC and recognizing that they have a bond. When he wakes up from his deep slumber he might not know he has one, but once he crosses path with MC he 100% knows it's her. And at that point it's a matter of 2+2: he's the Sea God, she's bonded to him = she's the Sea God's bride, his one and only follower.
One thing that I noticed by replaying one of Raf's...text messages? I believe? Is that he says something along the lines of "It's important for Lemurians to have a perfect memory" and I tried to contextualize it with Raf actively NOT remembering the entirety of his life, but I think that's precisely the point. For a species that lives so long, recording and remembering the past becomes paramount, lest you end up trapping yourself in a loop of repeated mistakes where you never remember the experiences and solutions you found.
In Romirro the people had to be "awakened" to their Lemurian memories, because it had been so long that most had forgotten who they were. For Raf it's especially important (possibly why it's part of his official ceremony of ascension) because his memories carry the responsibility as a god toward his people, so it's necessary for him to acquire his lost memories so as to fully be.
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