#and the conflict between the proxians and the valeans basically comes down to 'fuck you for going into our sacred forbidden temple'

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the way replaying golden sun after playing both the first two games will make u suddenly remember that the outcome of this entire apocalypse hinges on a religious dispute between two villages

#like Dont Forget that the valeans view the wise one as a specifically religious figure and primarily listen to what it says because of that #it literally speaks through the clergy of the town #and the conflict between the proxians and the valeans basically comes down to 'fuck you for going into our sacred forbidden temple' #and 'give back our religious artifacts that we have been divinely ordained to protect' #im actually obsessed with the depiction of religion in these games........ #other examples include the great gabomba who is in fact a real entity #but has to communicate with his worshipers via a device that can be manipulated by a human #or how the laliverans borderline worship sheba even though she's more or less just a normal girl (her origins notwithstanding) #then you also have your sort of confucian or buddhist figures too who like run temples and are very monastic and altruistic #and are like kiiiind of depicted as the closest to being 'true' philosophers or a 'true' religious belief like they're very tuned in #also how mia is like. half town doctor half town priestess because again to the residents of that region the lighthouse is a religious site #also like how the lemurians are basically implied to be very science driven atheists but still held back by traditionalism #these games are so good........................ remaster when....... #gs