[Limbus company AU]Opposite red and blue
I'm still designing, and to clarify my thoughts, I'm sharing my brainstorming session. It may contain a lot of subjective ideas;
if you think it's unreasonable, just take it as a joke (after all, it's just a fan creation, isn't it?).
The concept of red and blue camps in this is opposite to the original tadc(The setting of N Crop Abel and the Evil Big Tops in the "red camp" is still half-finished.
I will improve this setting after Episode 10 of Limbus company is released)
As for why this arrangement is necessary? In addition to being highly bound of the Mark of Cain to the Blue Team camp, is also closely related to the myth of Cain and Abel.
In Genesis Chapter 4 it is recorded:
Two brothers, Abel and Cain, offered sacrifices to God at the same time. God chose Abel and his sacrifice over Cain. So Cain became furious and killed his brother in the field
Why did God reject Cain? Is it really because of God’s omniscience that he noticed Cain’s disbelief in God? Many people subconsciously speculate on the reason why God did not choose him by reasoning that “Cain killed his brother, so he is a bad person.”
But in fact, the clue that Cain did not believe in God came from the fact that he "did not offer the firstfruits to God." For farmers at that time, offering the first fruits was a way of acknowledging God as the source of all supply and was a form of piety.
But it is obvious that Cain did not do that. His attitude of worship was "I have, so I give it to you" rather than "What you gave me, I return to you." He worshiped on his own terms, not God's terms. This is a manifestation of "self"
The theme of Limbus company is [EGO](the part of self）
Caine of this AU was created by Kinger after losing Queenie and got a response from a certain star when he embarked on the path of researching distortion,So he is a "child from the star".
What about Abel? what can be revealed is that he is the product of Scratch alienated wish when he embarked on a journey to the Outskirt to contact the stars.
In the background of Limbus company, science and technology are developing rapidly but the social environment is extremely high-pressure. People are driven by their survival instincts to survive. This makes human emotions generally tend to be numb and empty, and gradually lose the meaning of existence. This is "disease of the mind".Solving this diseases has become a topic studied by many idealists.
Therefore, Caine and Abel of this AU have something in common, which is to "explore ways in which human beings can continue to independently."
[Leading sinners and allowing them to advance independently on the path of atonement]-That's why I put Caine as the guide, not as one of the Sinners
Abel's path is "slaughter all the blood and flesh that retains the only possibility", trying to find the most ideal one among all possibilities, and then cutting off and merging all other branches - this way people have a reason to move forward.(Corresponding to the sacrifice Abel offered in worship to God in the myth, which was a carefully selected, firstlings birth of flock)
And Caine's path is "the result of EGO" The positioning of Pomni is "the person who presides over worship", while the positioning of the other five sinners is the five growth processes of "sacrifice"(Corresponding to the sacrifice Cain offered when worshiping God in the myth, he planted and harvested the fruits with his own hands)
Similar but completely different individuals have handed over completely different answers on the road of exploration.
In order to seek "self-fruits", Caine, who does not understand human beings, may be more extreme at first, and may even catalytic others by forcibly uncovering the scars of sinners. But during the adventure, Kane will learn, gain insights, and even gradually develop his own "self"
However, Caine's birth "self" of him as an inhuman intellectual body is a dangerous signal, because it is part of the city taboo.
Then Caine, who is a taboo, will definitely be abandoned by the city and will definitely not be "chosen by God"
So the question goes back to the original question of "Why does this AU want to exchange the concept of camp?"
In mythology, although Cain is a universal villain, his actions have a strong critical spirit and the concept of human equality - humans should have their own ideas and should be equal to the so-called "gods".
I dedicated "what I thought was most appropriate to God". This was "my" goodwill and not succumbing to God's arrogance.
Unlike the original, Caine in Limbus company AU is on the same front as the Sinners, but in the early stage, because he doesn’t understand human beings, he can easily conflict with them because of his concepts.
Of course, this does not mean that Abel belongs to the "evil" side, but he is defined as a villain because of his different paths and different positions.
Would Caine kill Abel like Cain in mythology?
I won't reveal the answer yet, but we can explore where this "patricide tragedy" in mythology comes from.
Cain's anger may stemmed from a "desire not to be confined within the framework of divine authority." But he made a major fallacy:
—He still hadn't escaped the cage constructed by God. Subconsciously, he viewed Abel as a defender of divine rules and thus vented his anger on him, without delving into the essence of God's authority itself.
Whether it's the Cain of worship or the Cain of Parricide, he consistently adhered to "I think," never considering "why?" (Like Caine in TADC, he loved humanity, wanted human happiness, and wanted humans to enjoy his adventures. But he always used "what he thought was the best adventure" as his standard, never considering why humans didn't like it.)
This self-perception is as primal as a child's longing for milk and a mother's embrace, but lacks rationality and thought. So this kind of self without a source is ultimately just empty words; it lacks an anchor to guide its direction and is destined for destruction.
Similarly, Caine in this AU, after the birth of his self, will also be bewildered by this inexplicable self, and then, under the multiple pressures of the inconsistency between self and body and the city rejection, will gradually spiral out of control…Of course, this is based on the consequences if Caine continues to follow the path taken by Cain in mythology.
Therefore, I conceived another possibility:If Cain (Caine) breaks free from the framework of God, what kind of path will he take—and this AU is a story that expands upon this concept.
To be honest, I've always wanted to write stories about love and hope, stories that can bring happiness, even though these seem to have absolutely nothing to do with the background of TADC and PJM.(: 3)
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