originally posted in:The Ashen Conflux
I really like reading your posts btw. I would like to offer my thoughts on some of the axioms you have presented.
Axiom I. I believe that, as you have mentioned, although you do not necessarily need to kill using a sword or other blade that when you do it represents a more "powerful" result for the killer. This is a result of the direct connection between the killer and the "killee". This begs the question of whether or not anyone has killed Oryx using a sword? I mean by actually swinging the sword as the death blow, not by using an energy projection of some kind to finish him. I would interested to know/see as it would not surprise me if there was an increase in damage for the sword (past the 320 cap) or in the light level of the Guardian who made the death blow, as this would fit into the Axiom as it has been described, imo.
In relation to your axiom V. I believe that when something/someone from the physical realm enters the Ascendant realm that they are more of a projection of themselves. If our understanding of the throne worlds is correct and they are a "mental" projection of the "Gods" then this makes the realm(s) realities of thought. Pardon my reference but this makes them almost like "The Matrix". So when guardians cross over they are projecting their thought(s) of themselves into the Throne World which would come with the same limitations as they are used to having in the physical world, as they are not capable of "freeing their minds" in the Ascendant Realm(s).
Just some thoughts, let me know what you think.
I am a hunter by trade but definitely have thoughts of understanding more about the world rather than just exploring it.
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Interesting idea about the our presence in the ascendant realms being mental, but if that is the case, where are our physical bodies? Why are Hive gods who have lost their physical bodies able to come back as physical beings when they are merely mental projections? Perhaps physical objects are somehow converted to mental ones.
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Perhaps there is a transfer of sorts that occurs during the "importation" of us into the Ascendant Realm through the Hive portals. As we know it is possible for us to get to the Ascendant Realm in other ways, without a physical body, like Toland has.