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I definitely agree I think salt is important I just don't know what kind and how big a role it may play later in the story.

I definitely think the weather could be altered, and I wonder if it's simply thatno other Master has thought to try and alter the weather before...?

I do think Hades would take some pity or show favor towards MC as it is mentioned in Asterion's death flashback that he was in Hades guard and it seemed Hades disagreed with Asterion's punishment... So he might see MC's interference with the other Gods' plans as a good thing...

I do think that one happy ending to this whole story would be a jump forward into the future where both Asterion and MC have died and gone to the Underworld together and live in the Asphodel meadows.

Rezerkity1 year ago(+1)

I found it interesting that Asterion was taken despite the votes in his trial being in his favour. Hades himself said that Asterion had already died, and been judged in Hades, and that the trial was a farce with no jurisdiction over the underworld. Asterion is feared by many of the gods due to his mastery over the Threadcutter, a labrys enchanted by Zeus' ichorous blood (the black stuff dripping from the axe head in the basement), which can kill immortal beings.

I think the Threadcutter will be a central plot point, as Asterion was mentioned to have mastered it, which makes the gods afraid. Interestingly, it might be one of Asterion's only ways out too, since he, himself, is an immortal being. However since it burns any mortal who touches it, Asterion might once more need to die in a rather 'unworthy' way.

As for a happy ending, that's actually something I'm writing currently, a fan fiction. It takes place in Asphodel, Asterion and MC sitting side by side at the river Lethe, weaving flower crowns for each other, having a soft argument about drinking from the river. But it would also mean forgetting his friends and the joys he had in life, as well as his suffering.

Prq1 year ago

I don't remember the threadcutter... Or the other Gods' being afraid of him. Which chapter was that in?

Rezerkity1 year ago(+2)

Oh, it's not in any chapter specifically as far as I know, I can't recall what was done exactly to get the stone tablets and god transcripts from the trial. I actually ended up looking in the files while doing it for ease of access due to how ingame they seem to be random.

My notes say it was Apollo's trial that mentions Asterion mastering the Threadcutter. It got that name from cutting the threads of the Fates, ones they would not touch, which left people immortal. He was trained to use it by Laomedon, who carried his father Tithonus to the labyrinth where Asterion resided and begged him to use the axe to end his father's life. Tithonus' father was given immortality, but not eternal youth, so he turned into a frail old man, undying, but unable to live.

The fear of the gods was not expressly stated, that much I am simply interpreting from the tablets.

chapomon1 year ago(+1)

Two sided axe head oozing mysterious fluids kept in the basement is a Chekhov's Gun just waiting to be swung. My hypothesis on the Threadcutter is that the Gods do not even want to speak about it because they fear it; it has the power to undermine their power or maybe even kill them. That's why Asterion has never been punished for having used it that one time to undermine Zeus' curse, to punish him for it would mean to acknowledge the Threadcutter's existence and power. I just don't know what its role will be. I doubt Asterion and the MC are going to go on a killing spree. I also don't think it'll be used on Asterion to free him and send him back to the Underworld. Important questions to also ask is how did it end up in the realm in the first place and if it was kept there because the gods fear it, why keep it where the person who used it is being imprisoned in?

Rezerkity1 year ago

Now that you mention it, it's certainly strange that the Threadcutter's blade was placed with Asterion. Presuming the handle had no significance of course. It was last seen, as far as we are aware, by Asterion's beheaded corpse once Theseus had shown mercy. It was in close proximity to Hestia's shrine, too. Perhaps it was a gift from her? Although, I'm yet to figure out Hera's 'gift'. Every other god which supported Asterion left something behind, or was implied to. Poseidon's escape orb, the shrine to Hermes, etc. Perhaps Hera, using her influence, had it left behind for Asterion? It could also simply be a plot point we don't have the details for, after all, the novel is unfinished.

Prq1 year ago(+1)

I'm so excited for the VN to be done, not only so I can finish the story (and hopefully have a good resolution for Asterion AND MC), but also because I want to be able to go back through it to piece together the whole story...

Rezerkity1 year ago(+3)

While I do enjoy the idea of having the full story, I'm also enjoying being part of the community as it grows and has portions of that story revealed. Not everything lasts forever, but we can enjoy it while it does - the main theme itself can be a metaphor for this!

But, that aside, there's lots of questions to ask, and I hope we get answers to many, and some are left mysteries. Minotaur Hotel is quite rich for fan-fiction potential. I really liked reading through the stone tablets, too.

Prq1 year ago(+1)

Admittedly I want ALL the answers, but I know that's not reasonable and I know that the creators aren't going to do that anyways.

At the end of this I want the big questions to be answered, either directly or with enough clues we can piece together the answer ourselves, and to have just a few unanswered questions that we know enough broad information a out that this community can try to form some hypothesis on what might have happened...

I do want a real concrete ending for Asterion and MC and I want it to be as happy and ending as is possible for them.

Rezerkity1 year ago(+1)

The things I want answers for are why Athena seems to have such a grudge against Asterion, why the Threadcutter was placed into the realm with Asterion, as well as why Aphrodite and Hephaestus did not vote on the trial. There's a few more too, such as how Asterion was stolen away from Hades despite the court being in favour of him staying. Another thing I would find very interesting is discovering more peacock feathers, which contain glimpses into the past. How amazing would it be if a peacock feather from one of P's ancestors had witnessed something vital to the story?

And yes, a satisfying ending is something everybody wants. Though, this is a heavily Greek inspired tale, so I fear for the worst. Memories can grow fonder when there's no more to be made, but as long as there's memories to be made, unfinished strings, there will be much more of Asterion to see. I think I mentioned it previously, that MC and Asterion reaching Asphodel together would be a wonderful happily ever after. Although, Luke and Kota are unlikely to go there, judging by what little we know of the afterlife and how you get assigned to a relevant place.

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