Okay, so lesser moons orbiting larger moons would be super hard, and the imagery doesn’t show any rotation between Ignis and Luna, so my early rendition of moon phases is a lil out the window. It was fun but I’d rather find something that lines up with how the world works.
It’s almost (or is with natural laws) impossible for two satellites to maintain the same orbit, as even on opposite sides of the planetary body they affect each other and break perfect orbit. But they’re only ever depicted as side by side, except in early/late night where one hasn’t risen or the other has set, so they’re not on separate orbits or different distances, or else they would not both always be visible. And given the amount of things flow can affect and gain light cocoons etc, and what is known about the moons, and that I’ve read one or two things about the moons changing phases somewhat, I think orbiting together is more realistic for Palia.
But the mention of the moons changing phases could indicate the waxing/waning as a longer term plot thing (or just updated images that changed the phases, who knows), so messing with big world mechanics has Implications.
So there are three potentials for my silly werewolf oc that runs around in my head like a hamster in a ball:
1. The fun one, where phases happen and are able to be timed but unavoidable acts of nature. Typical werewolf shit, loss of agency and ties in with the lil schedule routines the NPCs have in general like. Yeah it’s silly and classic.
2. The “less fun but hinging on more canon answers” one, where Sunny doesn’t transform until the game gives me moon phases or plot happens. This is basically one to avoid a retcon and would hinge on future content to flesh out lore that could tie in. Is it necessary? No not at all. Am I persnickety and do I enjoy working within confines? Yes. But the result would be meh.
3. The “vibe-altering but canon-hopeful” one where transformations may be dependent on phases in the hopes of incorporating that, but mostly come from strong emotions so they can happen at any time and eventually at will.
