#non demonium

[yuuyo123]

the things i’d do to have a room in the non-demonium aesthetic 😍😍😍 it scratches the right part of my brain

(orange? what orange?)

[wyfy-meltdown]

I think the phone scene in Non-Demonium is so perfectly done in a really horrible way ("horrible" as in "wow that fucks me up" btw)

When Amane's mother first collapses, Amane doesn't know what to do: her faith is shaken and she wants to treat her like how she did the cat, but because of doing that, the cat was presumably killed and Amane was severely punished. So she hesitantly begins to pray. And she prays until she feels light on her eyelids, which causes her to open her eyes. But it isn't holy light from her mother being healed. It is her mother holding out a phone for her, with the number for medical services typed out.

Amane's mother knew she was sick. When she collapsed, although struggling, she was clearly able to type out the number and then hold it out for Amane to take (which would've taken more effort than pressing it herself). And why? Because Amane's mother knows that if she dials that number, she's going to be punished or even expelled from the cult. What's the story that leads to the best outcome for her? Getting her child, who has already gotten in trouble for violating the medical doctrine specifically –meaning that even if Amane did it and claimed her mom told her too, she wouldn't be believed and her mom would get off scott free– to do it would guarantee medical help while also making sure she herself didn't have to suffer consequences.

But that doesn't work because she's already broken Amane. She herself taught Amane, PAINFULLY, that any violation was to be punished violently. Not only that, but a large part of ensuring she followed the doctrines was telling her that it was the only reason she was alive. By telling Amane to phone the hospital, she's telling Amane that her life doesn't matter: that Amane's birth was meaningless, and that all the suffering she endured was for no reason.

So Amane punishes her. In the exact ways she had punished Amane. And Amane does not see any reason to stop following her schedule, or to be upset about it, or to tell someone what happened, because that is what she was taught. Her data comes from "a few days after the incident", meaning it was a few days before she started to doubt or before anyone else knew.

[starlykree]

giving my Miis peak music

[allmysillynotions]

A lot of us growing up in hardcore religious spaces (in our experience) really really used to think that being mindful of others and not inconveniencing them and sincere politeness was a universal expectation; this made getting Beaten With a Stick (among other things) all the more confusing lol

[heatabnormals]

"I AM HEAVEN'S MANDATE, TO A BRIGHT FUTURE" | Non-Demonium

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[unowers]

karma

[nagitoblog]

I listened to non demonium so much i could hear the instrumental when i was washing my hands..

[v39c07]