I'm sorry I've been absent for so long! I'll try to be more diligent from now on.
I may be missing the context, but doesn't this:
Amon is abandoned by his family to die in the middle of nowhere, is miraculously rescued and promised greatness, only for that to be taken away from him, he contemplates murdering his baby brother to get it all back, but ultimately gives up all personal ambition and does everything for his younger brother...
sound an awful lot like Rishid's story?
If these were any other writers, I'd assume that they forgot about card levels and chose Benten since the card is based on a goddess they're probably much more familiar with (since dakini is a concept from Tibetan Buddhism and they fail at anything involving other cultures). And honestly, given a choice between the two, I'd choose Benten to associate Asuka with. But they're the GX writers, so they get no benefit of the doubt.
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Date: 2010-11-29 11:40 am (UTC)I may be missing the context, but doesn't this:
Amon is abandoned by his family to die in the middle of nowhere, is miraculously rescued and promised greatness, only for that to be taken away from him, he contemplates murdering his baby brother to get it all back, but ultimately gives up all personal ambition and does everything for his younger brother...
sound an awful lot like Rishid's story?
If these were any other writers, I'd assume that they forgot about card levels and chose Benten since the card is based on a goddess they're probably much more familiar with (since dakini is a concept from Tibetan Buddhism and they fail at anything involving other cultures). And honestly, given a choice between the two, I'd choose Benten to associate Asuka with. But they're the GX writers, so they get no benefit of the doubt.