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Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...
Posted By: PhiltronDate: 6/20/12 1:47 p.m.

In Response To: Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova... (Godot)

: One interpretation of the Final Screen image is that it is an analogy of the
: player becoming a God, in line with the text.

: Imagine for a moment that the orange/gold background is the original image
: showing a Magnolia in different stages moving from seed, to stem and
: ultimately to a flower. However, the flower can't been seen because of the
: blood splatter caused by the player's ruptured cybernetically enhanced
: hand. Of course the player no longer needs his hand (or body for that
: matter) as he has become a God at the moment of the closure.

: That's my take on it anyway.

: Cheers
: Hamish

I like the idea that there is a flower image that has been covered by the blood stains and then the arm.

I do agree that the progression of images has to do with the player becoming a god. And, I also think that the perseverance that magnolia's symbolically represent is a connection to the phrase "Ne Cede Malis" and the general plot of Infinity.

But, I still say that the visual language of the image is telling us that the blood is thematically linked to the hand, but it is not literally coming from that hand; the blood would have a sketched outline just like the other images if it was.

Right now my rough idea would be this: the magnolia's growth represents the progression of the universe; the blood stains covering up the last magnolia image represent that the final structure of the universe has been overcome, overwritten by bloodshed; and the hand represents the new structure of the universe (the player's) that has found its place within/atop the bloodshed it caused. OR: the blood could represent the destruction of the universe at the last stage, and the hand represents the perseverance and survival of the player through that destruction by becoming a part of it ("fitting into an infinite pattern").

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I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...PerseusSpartacus 6/10/12 10:09 a.m.
     Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Godot 6/10/12 10:54 a.m.
           Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...PerseusSpartacus 6/10/12 2:04 p.m.
                 Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...listener 6/13/12 9:27 a.m.
                       Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...PerseusSpartacus 6/13/12 11:27 a.m.
                       Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Blayne 6/15/12 9:29 p.m.
     Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Philtron 6/13/12 2:59 p.m.
           Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...PerseusSpartacus 6/13/12 3:35 p.m.
                 Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Philtron 6/13/12 8:07 p.m.
                       Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...PerseusSpartacus 6/13/12 9:51 p.m.
                             Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Philtron 6/14/12 7:22 a.m.
                                   Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...PerseusSpartacus 6/14/12 8:54 a.m.
                                         Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...listener 6/14/12 9:36 a.m.
                                               Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Philtron 6/14/12 5:38 p.m.
                                                     Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...listener 6/17/12 6:59 a.m.
                                                           Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...PerseusSpartacus 6/17/12 1:13 p.m.
                                                                 Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Philtron 6/17/12 2:03 p.m.
                                                                       Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...listener 6/17/12 2:56 p.m.
                                                                             Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Philtron 6/17/12 3:55 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...listener 6/18/12 9:21 a.m.
                                                                       Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...PerseusSpartacus 6/17/12 5:48 p.m.
                                                                             Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Philtron 6/18/12 6:30 a.m.
                                                                                   Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Godot 6/18/12 9:51 a.m.
                                                                                         Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Philtron 6/18/12 12:37 p.m.
                                                                                               Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Godot 6/19/12 9:58 a.m.
                                                                                                     Re: I Don't Think We Survived That Nova...Philtron 6/20/12 1:47 p.m.
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