The Grievous Miracle and the High Wills - A Deconstruction of Villainy

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  @IronForce-ff2qx · 3 years ago (edited)

  For me, High Wills can be summarized by the quote<br><br> “Does a God become corrupt when his worshippers do?” <br><br>Because the people of Custodia didn’t asked for a merciful God who would reward them for their good deeds, they wanted a wrathful God who would keep them faithful through punishment and fear.

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• TR

  @Trustic555 · 2 years ago

  Blasphemous 2 Lore - &quot;Somehow the Miracle returned&quot;.

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• RE

  @remymabboux6480 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I was under the impression that the High Wills and The Miracle were two separate things. I saw The Miracle as more of a force, something that can make incredible things happen, but lacks focus, direction, or will (or at least a foggy, semi-conscience).<br><br>On the other hand, I saw the High Wills as more of a cosmic parasite, a being capable of directing The Miracle and its power, but the power is not its own. The origin of the High Wills was from the collective belief of people who tried to attach a sort of logic (or &quot;will&quot;) to the random acts of The Miracle. Humans often seek to find patterns or logic in random events. That is why the High Will keeps causing contradictory events, as it confuses the population, heightens faith, and increases its own power.<br><br>I dont know if this is canon, or even accurate, but thats how I interpreted it.

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• BF

  @bfranciscop · 3 years ago

  &quot;The land of cistodia&quot; Considering the spanish inspirations of the game, and how in ancient carvings from latin, the U is carved as V because it&apos;s easier to chip stone at angles, I&apos;m confident in saying that the land&apos;s name is &quot;Custodia&quot; pronounces &apos;koos-TOH-deea&apos; and which is basically the spanish word for custody or guardianship. The name custody actually fits very well with the themes of the game.

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  @TreseanDaise-bj2dt · 3 years ago

  Developer&apos;s should be reaching out to you because you do a incredible job of hyping up a game, weather it be new or old.

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• HA

  @Hairo-rv9kl · 3 years ago (edited)

  If I remember correctly, the description of Blasphemous 2 calls the being seen at the end of the first game a &quot;miracle child&quot; so my guess is that without the High Wills, The Miracle <b>somehow</b> is now free and has taken physical form.

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  @MourningLightMountain · 3 years ago

  I heard a fan theory somewhere that there is a greater force, a higher being than the High Wills. The creator of the Procession and possibly the Miracle, if the Miracle is a separate entity from the High Wills. And the reason that the High Wills weep tears of gold is because gazing upon this true, mighty being hurts their eyes as they are mere pretenders to the godhood.<br>Completely unfounded, and purely based on the fact that the High Wills weep gold, but a fun theory/hypothesis nonetheless

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• AR

  @Arthurs-Ideas · 3 years ago

  I always find stories about gods who are a reflection of men, warts and all, to be interesting to contrast with gods as an ideal to strive for. The High Wills, in making something that could kill them, created a paradox in their own godhood: they made a rock so big they couldn’t lift it. If a god makes a rock so big they can’t lift it, then are they actually omnipotent—and thus, are they actually a god? Are omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience axiomatic to godhood in these stories?

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• BI

  @Bilboswaggins2077 · 3 years ago

  good video but FYI the miracle is NOT the creation of the High Wills. The Wills say that the miracle is just as old as the procession around them which is older than anything. This is also evident by the fact that the Miracle is still very much at work in Blasphemous II (from what we know). All the creations of the High Wills like the Mea Culpa disappeared after the Penitent One and Crisanta destroyed them, but the Miracle is still active

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• JE

  @jeremiahperdue5518 · 1 year ago

  One of my favorite little thematic bits here is how, by the bearing the &quot;weight&quot; of all of the guilt of custodia, the penitent one is light enough to walk on the mountain of ash. It&apos;s quite fun

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• YO

  @yosefyonin6824 · 3 years ago

  this video missed a very critical point - that the Miracle is an independent power seprate from the High Wills. so even though it is controlled by the High Wills, it still does things on it&apos;s own.<br>which explains how the Penitent One was able was able to kill the High Wills - it was utterly impossible to defeat their gaurdian without the Miracle&apos;s help. so in the end, the Miracle too wanted to end the punishment and the suffering

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• TA

  @tahaelhour690 · 3 years ago

  This reminds me of &quot;the idea of evil&quot;, the god in the berserk universe. It&apos;s created deep in the astral realm by the wishes of humanity to understand why they suffer so much, &nbsp; the answer was &quot;because there is evil&quot;. So the IOE keeps manipulating the world behind the scenes to cause people suffering but also gives purpose to their suffering.

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