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“What exactly being harmonized with two skies a the same time does to a...”
So if the Sky is gonna drain them of flame...why do the other Flame types want to Harmonize again? (Or is this another case of Mafia sorta-brain-washing itself to think it's good?)
honestly speaking, for the same reason someone might abuse substances... For The High..... okay maybe not JUST For The High, but i’m sure that’s part of it too
Word Of Scarlet effects of a harmonization bond:
a feeling of Rightness, a sense of balance and, ofc, Harmony, as well as the sensation of being ‘made whole’
which!! isn’t to say that individuals feel ‘incomplete’ without a harmony bond. they don’t. they just feel ‘more complete’ when bonded.
since harmonization usually can’t occur without rapport between two people, it helps strengthen relationships, platonic or otherwise
flame exchange goes both ways! the bond itself occupies a huge chunk of flames Permanently (which is where the drain comes into play), but the sky is still capable of transferring it back and forth
induces higher flame production to just barely offset the drain
it just makes you feel Good, tbh
is it actually Good? is it??
who thought it would be a good idea to link life energy together?? which fool did it first
because the flame exchange CAN go both ways, mafia skies can use the bond to buff up their elements for Battle purposes
otherwise, the sky uses that stored flame themselves. for battle purposes.
thanks to the harmony aspect, helps Keep Elements In Line. not mind control, but some lowkey intense compulsion of the sort that might make you want to sacrifice yourself for your sky.
you’d be hardpressed to find properly harmonized guardians actively defying their Sky.
mafia skies basically inadvertently construct their own mini-hiveminds
they’re all Okay with this
mostly emphasizes the rapport aspect of a harmony bond
honestly, kakishima does not exemplify the harmony bond as much as the mafia does
whatever they DO talk about, it’s partly a remnant of the giotto’s teachings. they don’t need it for battle, they have no need for guardians and sky leaders, it’s just A Thing that would be Neat if it Happened.
which is partly why there’s so little stuff taught about it. the BOND is considered pretty neat, but most everyone also thinks the skies themselves are kinda weird. (except the ones who ARE bonded, of course.)
kakishima is bigger on Resonance bonds, since they don’t require a Sky. all major clans have resonance fields which helps with internal unity and works as a clan-specific alarm-system. and stuff.
allows the sky arcobaleno to transfer their own life force to the rest of the arcobaleno
harmonization as a concept was originally made to aid in the flame collection process to power the trinisette stones, which in turn feed flames into the earth, etc etc keep the lightbulb burning
originally only the arcobaleno were ever harmonized
somewhere along the way, someone realized (.......Somehow) that it would be a Great way to Fight, because humans are like that
no major effects on the vongola or mare rings
all of this is veeery lore-specific. iib’s particular lore is that Heaven and Earth used to be The Only Two Flames, Earth split into earth, glacier, forest, etc etc etc, while Heaven split into sky, storm, cloud, etc. (because, again, Humans Are Just Damn Crazy Like That.) harmonization ‘brings them back together’, so to speak, which is where the feeling of ‘Rightness’ and ‘Wholeness’ comes from. Earth flame harmonization feels a bit different though.
