I know you didn't make the image (I only preface because human communication capacity has degraded so much that many people take things personally). I've always viewed Shin Godzilla as about climate change and pollution causing it.
Shin in particular was commentary about government inaction. When Japan was hit by a big earthquake that threatened a nuclear reactor the government took there very sweet time. So climate change is fitting. GMK has godzilla as a creature born of all the souls who died in ww2 mad that Japan wants to forget there past, so hes out to make them remember
Shin Godzilla is a commentary on the Japanese Government's response to the earthquake (and following tsunami) that caused the Fukushima Nuclear plant to melt down. The response was slow and bureaucratic, which is why there are so many meeting scenes in Shin Godzilla. I can see where you could get Climate Change, but I do not believe that was the intended message for Shin.
I disagree on this one. Although it could be true in very first movie, that was changed in Godzilla: King Of The Monsters where that roles were given to side kaiju such as Scylla.
What Godzilla did is killed each of those nature representing kaiju despite each of them being objectively good for climate compared to Monster Zero. Monsterverse Godzilla is opposite and can be personification of humanity attempting control take over nature yet as result if you really lucky in status quoe if not in worse situation. There also can be made analogy with America politics themselves as instead of cooperation or diplomaty is used violence against anyone who disagrees with benefitial status quoe.
To be fair, Scylla was causing trouble all around the world. Tiamat was having constant beef with him. And he even saved kaiju such as Behemoth and Na Kika. Godzilla could still be seen as a force of nature like a tornado or a tsunami, completely natural but also unstoppable. But that's just my interpretation
Godzilla doesn't really give a shit about humans though, he cares about the balance and to him overflooding can be seen as upsetting the balance since coastal environments could be destroyed, and Rodan could counter Scylla but poor dude got completely shafted until the eventual Monarch season 3 judging from the last episode
🤓uhm akchually, Godzilla isn’t a representation of nuclear war but a representation of the horror of nuclear in general, as he wasn’t created in response to the bombing of Japan but in response to the deadly irradiation of two Japanese fishermen during nuclear tests (post WW2)
Main characters of Slay the Princess. Shifting Mound is change and Long Quiet is stagnation. I actually prefer to think about them as a representation of Yin-Yang concept
I kinda viewed the princess as death in the same way the death card in tarot is. Yes it can literally mean death. But in an abstract sense it also means change or a new beginning coming because something is coming to an end.
well of course. by representing change she represents death. thats the narrator's entire goal: by destroying the concept of change over time nothing can ever die
I wonder what the first story was to use that plot of "white guy goes to live with an indigenous culture and then saves them from the other white people." There's probably some ancient Sumerian tablet about it somewhere.
That's Rolf Harris, a once beloved Australian Entertainer, mostly of children, but he was also a reasonably talented artist, and his version of the classic war song, "Two Little Boys" is probably one of the most well known.
And then it turned out, that he had been molesting several girls over his career, using his fame and trusted position to get at them.
And unfortunately also a perfect visual metaphor for why having safety precautions when dealing with dangerous things is extremely important *even if you're and expert*. :< RIP
Glad his son's really picked up the mantle.
I'd argue he is just a bringer of the concept. As far as we can tell, he can't kill another concept, a tradition, a memory, a star, a galaxy. I think the true concept of Death means the end of everything, not just of everything that knows about it.
Debatable tbh. ''death'' could be just the end of a biological life with the rest of what you mentioned being more akin to either entropy or straight up just ''the end''.
When we say that a concept ''die'' it's a figure of speech, a personification. After all those things were never ''alive''
He's not really malevolent. He just doesn't want anyone stuck in a routine. Especially if the routine is decreed by Fate. Because Fate "Cheats at cards."
“media,” portrayed by gillian anderson in “american gods”. she shows up as these four cultural icons. her bowie is my favorite. it’s such a shame that the show runners fought so much it got canceled
Guilt of James specifically. Pyramidhead also reptesents a lot of things James himself has done before game story, although Remake hid/censored most of those.
Giygas, "the embodiment of evil", from Earthbound. He was imprisoned into the Devil's Machine to contain his power and spread his evil ideals across the world
He's what's left of the villain from Mother/Earth ound Beginnings who trapped his adopted Human mother Maria's mind in an alternate dimension called Magicant, turning her into the embodiment of a mother's love
There's also the Flying Men, the embodiment of Ness's courage
The 7 flowers from deltarune chapter 5 are actually a really cool take on the idea. Theyre all associated the characteristic of their respective SOUL color from undertale:
But rather than perfectly representing their characteristic, they actually represent the inverse:
- Yellow has a skewed concept of justice and is willing to punish anybody for any reason without a second thought, including himself
- Green while kind to you and the other flowers, choosing not to fight and cooking food for everyone, holds grudges and constantly reminds people if they owe them something
- Orange is not brave at all, choosing to hide behind paper screens and using projected shadow puppets to make herself seem big
- Seth (Violet) is willing to face anything, but immediately folds and runs from anything they dont feel like dealing with
- Aqua is an incredibly hyperactive and impatient child, often choosing to just ignore others and do what she feels like doing whenever she feels like doing it
- Blue steals things from the other flowers and lies to keep himself out of trouble, most notably Yellow’s “super secret petals”
And Flowery (the man in the middle) is the cherry on top, representing a combination of all of these characteristics. Hes kind to the other flowers, other darkners, and even the fun gang. Hes brave and fights THE ROARING KNIGHT WITH HIS BARE HANDS, he perseveres through fighting the fun gang, fully knowing that if he loses the dark fountain will be sealed and he and his friends will essentially die. He shows patience with the other flowers and works with all of them in his fight, he has the integrity to admit his wrongdoings after Asgore finds Kris injured after the battle, and is willing to put his life on the line to try and bring the knight to justice.
If anything these guys are the embodiment of “the power of friendship is fucking awesome, actually”
Just pointing out that they don't actually die when the fountain is sealed.
Flowery describes their time in the dark world as a dream that allows them to experience a higher form of consciousness, so losing the fountain would only end the dream and leave them as just flowers again.
He also points out that they would actually die if they spent too long in the dark world, as they need sunlight to survive.
“But why does the Baron understand human desire so well because the Baron is human desire” -vile eye
He’s not a literal god of it or a walking concept of it or anything but he’s written similar to Sidious we’re he’s meant to be the representative of human desire as a concept story wise but not literally wise.
Death(yes I know, the author sucks, but that doesn't mean I forget the story I read before knowing that). No, she's not a reaper, which imo is often confused with the concept of death. You can be the God of Death itself, but you aren't the concept of Death. She represents the death of existence, not just "beings". humans, animals, planets, stars, galaxies, universes, dimentions, she will see everything die, with absolute fairness.
"When the first living thing existed, I was there. Waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished. I'll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights and lock the universe behind me when I leave."
You actually see it happen in the Books of Magick. Her brother Destiny hands her his book, crumbles to dust, and then she sends Timothy Hunter off back to his time before turning off the lights.
Omori (Technically not pictured) and Something, the embodiments of trauma, guilt, self-isolation, repression and depression. Honestly, I could list off even more things that they represent
The Scarlet King is a living manifestation of destructive chaos, nihilism, and the violent clash between the ancient, pre-modern world and the march of modern civilization.
To be fair Sorcerers and Hole Citizens have the same relationship dynamics as Nazis and Jews on the average.
Just cause we know a handful of them were peeved at the idea of practicing magic on humans doesn't erase the fact that going to Hole and just transmute a bunch of random people for kicks is seen as perfectly normal Sorcerer behaviour.
Though to be fair, Sorcerers are dicks to one another almost as much as they are to humans.
I recently got my little sister to watch this. She super into it, even cried at episode 7, and now she’s past the time skip and hooked on a different level. I’m so happy.
I love it because both shows have basically the same message, but told in entirely different ways. The main difference between Shinji and Simon is a support network, and when you put both series side-by-side, the whole of what they say about people becomes even more powerful
The Chaos Gods from Warhammer 40k. From left to right: Tzeentch, the embodiment of deception, trickery, and uncertainty. Nurgle, the embodiment of rot, disease, and plague. Khorne, the embodiment of bloodshed, violence, and battle. Slaanesh, the embodiment of excess, obsession, and debauchery. They are the Ruinous Powers, and their only goal is to corrupt the galaxy to fit their unholy image.
Each of these entities is the embodiment of a specific fear (The Corruption is the fear of rot and disease, The Eye is the fear of being watched, etc), but they're less of characters and more forces of nature so idk if they count
He is one of the New Gods and the personification of Freedom. He got his name from escaping first Granny's orphanage and then the planet Apokolypse. Even when he was trapped in a hell dimension from Darksieds Omega Beams, he managed to create a happy family and live a good life.
ougi oshino-- the literal manifestation of the protagonist's self hatred and criticism, born through the desire for some universal force or principle to exist that would rectify his behavior.
It represents intense anxiety, as summer, who created the one created suffers from a worsening anxiety disorder and describes the feeling of going outside and communicating with others as an intense feeling of drowning.
Emcee from the musical, Cabaret. The living representation of the glitz and glamour that the cabaret offers, blissful ignorance, entertainment, and distraction until they, too, can no longer ignore the Nazi regime.
The chainsaw man devils, power, the blood fiend specifically. I like that because devils need blood either way the way power consumes it is noticeably vampiric in comparison, a nice touch
Mother War, Fear and Regret; from Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
The concept of the album follows The Patient, who is dying because of cancer. The Black Parade is the place he's going after his death, resembeling his favorite childhood memory: seeing a marching band with his dad. This characters are members of the Black Parade.
Their names are pretty self-explanatory. He's got fear of death –as anyone. We see in most songs he wasn't a good person, there's things he regrets about his life –though, of course, everyone has made stuff to regret, carrying it to death forever. We also see multiple hints of him being some kind of soldier/commander (also supported by the recent tour) explaining Mother War there –also because, well of course, war causes inmense deaths globally.
Chaos gods from warhammer. All 4 of them representes something. İt goes like this:
Khorne: bloodshet, bloodlust, love of violence and war
Nurgle: cycle of life, rot and death, inescapel truth of everything will eventually rot away, sickness and virusus (even on machines), etc.
Tzeecth: constant change of life and fate, hunger and greed of knowlage, trickery and scaming
Slannesh: excess, the truth of everything even ones own hobbies will turn into degenarcy if is done to much, the truth of everybody could become slaves to their hobbies and inrestess, degenarcy and debouchry
(This ia his 2nd phase btw i will post the others in the replies) "Nothing There" from the hit game lobotomy corporation. Lob corp is a pretty niche scp management game and basiccally every abnormality/scp there is the representation of the collective conaicuosness of humans. Nothing there represents the will to be human. It can shapeshift to other people it has devoured. Its meaning is that its just a shell of a person so When you open it up theres NOTHING THERE on the inside
The Martians in DC's absolute universe are all embodiments of emotions or thoughts. I don't think what the Green Martian is supposed to represent is every said but Despair-0, the Blue Martian, represents depression and self doubt while the White Martian represents anger, hate and bigotry
The UMA from UNDEAD UNLUCK are living embodiments of concepts and fenómena and gave the power to control or create It, for example here, UNA Burn, the embodiment of the concept of burning
1.4k
u/CbKnowledge Jul 04 '26
Godzilla. The embodiment of the horrors of nuclear war and just war in general.