I may have sent this before, but may I give the thought of Star Luminary for hong lu's waw? I'm not super certain on it for 'em, but I feel like with how his canto refers to a sundering there'll be a case that he can't go home anymore.
as a bonus, it fits our last waw reciever to a T.
Well, for one, it's not Sundered, it's Surrendered, which to me moreso implies that Hong Lu will have no choice but to be surrendered back to his home or otherwise have no agency in what's happening, which fits what his position in the Family is implied to be, that being one lacking agency.
Either way, let's take a look at Star Luminary.
I believe we're dealing with two major themes here - the themes of perception affecting the essence of things and the themes of wishing to go back to something that no longer exists. We're also dealing with a minor motif of fortune telling.
Let's get the fortune telling motif out of the way. This motif is primarily within the E.G.O gifts associated with the Abnormality, that being Tomorrow's Fortune, the crystal ball directly given by it, and Oracle, a small blue star surrounded by cosmic clouds, which while Not directly tied to Star Luminary just yet, has enough pointers implying they might be connected. This motif could also be seen through the Abnormality being described to be saying things as if they knew what the players was thinking.
The two major themes are exemplified in the different choices you can make with the Abnormality in its MD Event.
The choice to deny the marbles being stars results in an exploration of the first theme. Regardless of whether you succeed the skill check or not, the core of what Star Luminary says is the same - stars are what you percieve them as, what they are in your mind. If you see them as marbles, then that's how you see them and that's what they are to you. There's a sort of subtle duality to this idea, as in both results the orbs are essentially both marbles and stars at the same time.
The second choice, the one to agree that they are stars, lets us explore the second theme. Similarly to the previous one, regardless of whether you succeed the skill check or not, Star Luminary admits to wishing to go back to the blue star. A failure of the skill check will result in the Abnormality admitting that it can no longer go back, that the only thing it can do is try to become a star itself. A success on the other hand gives an interesting bit of text from the player's perspective - "You have no idea where it may be, and you certainly aren't from it, but you feel the urge to go back to it." The Blue Star isn't necessarily a 'home', but something that compels people to 'come back to it' anyway.
So, with all of that laid out... Yeah. Yeah I can definitely see Hong Lu fitting an E.G.O from this Abnormality.
The motif of duality is already a constant for Hong Lu, and the idea of perception affecting the essence of things fits very well with the "Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true. Real become not-real when the unreal's real." motif of DOTRC that I believe is likely to play a big role in Hong Lu's Canto.
I could also see the second theme applying to Hong Lu, though not in the straightforward manner you imply it to. As is tradition of me at this point to connect everything to them, I believe this motif could apply to Baoyu's feelings about Daiyu. Daiyu is Baoyu's 'Blue Star' that he can't go back to, due to what is essentially their death. And, in the case of Two in One, just like Star Luminary can only try to become a star itself by emitting a similar glow, Baoyu can only carry Daiyu with him through bearing their visage.
Hell, even the minor motif of fortune telling works with him, and not just because his chosen emoji is a Crystal Ball. Hong Lu has this minor tendency to act as if he already knows what's going to happen. There's of course the TKT bit where he seems disappointed that things went according to plan, calling the world "as familiar and changeless as ever" in response. But it actually goes back much further. All the way back in Canto 2, Hong Lu seems to already be aware of the Sinners' exact destination for the Canto, even though the following conversation between Vergilius and Outis shows no Sinners were actually informed about that until after he makes a comment.
do you have any name ideas/predictions for hong lu's possible waws? (specifically thinking about spider of marriage, wandering mind, and star luminary)
im personally a star luminary believer cause it fits really well with sinclair too but yeah would love to hear your ideas if youve thought of any
personally for spider of marriage i was thinking of 'union', and 'dichotomy' or 'fated eye' for star luminary
Sure, let's see what I can come up with.
For Spider of Marriage, I'm thinking something along the lines of "Web Arrangement". The Web part is meant to reference both a literal spider's web, but also the metaphorical web of marriage that the pair is caught up in. Arrangement is, of course, meant to refer to an arranged marriage, as the MD event makes it pretty clear that the pair's situation is not one they entered of their own free will.
Alternately, I could see the name for this E.G.O being some sort of reference to Pride and Prejudice, just like the gift it gives in MD. Unfortunately, I know nothing about that book so I can't really share any specific ideas beyond that.
For Wandering Mind, I'd go with a straightforward "Out-of-body Experience". The Abnormality itself appears to be based on that concept, it being a reflection of a mind that wandered away from its body. Plus, both of its gifts are named in reference to conditions where a person perceives a physical sensation despite no actual physical stimuli being present, which I think fits well thematically.
For Star Luminary, I'd go with something along the lines of "Vision of a Star". We know that related Abnormalities have a tendency towards E.G.O names with similar structures, so I wanted the name to parallel Blue Star's Sound of a Star E.G.O. Additionally, I chose "Vision" specifically because the word is often used to describe precognition, aka visions of the future, something referenced by the Abno's MD gift.
✅ "smasg on every blue star abberation & blue star itself you know the hole feels good. aslo i saw an art of blue star wearingh thigh highs one time and lets just say. mine peanits."
