While the intention was simply to note the differences from the characterization and motivation of the original source material, rather than evoke a discussion on "canon" I see that I failed in getting that through. I apologize.
(As an aside, Alan Moore once noted, in the interviews for A Blazing World, I think, that there seemed to be some sort of platonic ideal for each character. Not quite sure what he meant by that, however.)
The only real "canon" issue I brought up was the issue about the temple and this was only to contradict the concordance. As noted, it is a Buddhist temple in all incarnations. It has always been a Buddhist temple since its introduction. It is simply that Doug notes that architecturally it is Shinto but with a Buddhist name. Presumably this means that there's a Torii somewhere.
Hild's motivation, given the previous poster's information, now makes perfect sense . . . for a given value of sense. That Hild would torment and taunt the goddesses simply as a way of getting closer to her daughter is in keeping with both her personality (and Urd's personality, come to that) and her nature as Daimaikaicho.
This, however, leads into my one . . . not complaint, but rather disappointment with this series. As mentioned, this series was influenced by the In Nomine RPG. Though I have not played that game, it is clear from the various resources I've researched that its precepts are basically rooted in the manichaean/zoroastian dualism. Perhaps one of the things that I enjoyed about AMG in all its forms is that it sidestepped that dualism, that concept of good vs. evil. Its villains . . . well, other than the ones that wanted to eat them or destroy the world, that is, had motivations that were not evil by their nature. Selfish, boorish, possibly mean-spirited --but not evil, really(Aoshima is probably the best example here). This eschewing of simple duality is one of the best parts of AMG. Though it is of course within the author's perview to use what elements they wish for their story, it's still a shame.
As for Mara, one wonders whether she is going to be a "demon", which is, though connotated with devil, is properly synymous with "genius"; a devil; or a jotun(though properly jotuns lived in jotunheim not the underworld). And does she live in Hell, Helheimr, or perhaps even Sheol?
As for Belldandy, it never seemed to me that she had a particular law that she wanted to lay down other than "wouldn't it be nice if everyone was nice." And even then, the bar for nice was pretty low. So long as nobody was trying to a)hit on Keiichi, b)eat her angel, c)destroy the world, she seemed pretty okay about everything. Even the frequent destruction of the temple was fine by her.
Hope this cleared things up.
-murmur
(As an aside, Alan Moore once noted, in the interviews for A Blazing World, I think, that there seemed to be some sort of platonic ideal for each character. Not quite sure what he meant by that, however.)
The only real "canon" issue I brought up was the issue about the temple and this was only to contradict the concordance. As noted, it is a Buddhist temple in all incarnations. It has always been a Buddhist temple since its introduction. It is simply that Doug notes that architecturally it is Shinto but with a Buddhist name. Presumably this means that there's a Torii somewhere.
Hild's motivation, given the previous poster's information, now makes perfect sense . . . for a given value of sense. That Hild would torment and taunt the goddesses simply as a way of getting closer to her daughter is in keeping with both her personality (and Urd's personality, come to that) and her nature as Daimaikaicho.
This, however, leads into my one . . . not complaint, but rather disappointment with this series. As mentioned, this series was influenced by the In Nomine RPG. Though I have not played that game, it is clear from the various resources I've researched that its precepts are basically rooted in the manichaean/zoroastian dualism. Perhaps one of the things that I enjoyed about AMG in all its forms is that it sidestepped that dualism, that concept of good vs. evil. Its villains . . . well, other than the ones that wanted to eat them or destroy the world, that is, had motivations that were not evil by their nature. Selfish, boorish, possibly mean-spirited --but not evil, really(Aoshima is probably the best example here). This eschewing of simple duality is one of the best parts of AMG. Though it is of course within the author's perview to use what elements they wish for their story, it's still a shame.
As for Mara, one wonders whether she is going to be a "demon", which is, though connotated with devil, is properly synymous with "genius"; a devil; or a jotun(though properly jotuns lived in jotunheim not the underworld). And does she live in Hell, Helheimr, or perhaps even Sheol?
As for Belldandy, it never seemed to me that she had a particular law that she wanted to lay down other than "wouldn't it be nice if everyone was nice." And even then, the bar for nice was pretty low. So long as nobody was trying to a)hit on Keiichi, b)eat her angel, c)destroy the world, she seemed pretty okay about everything. Even the frequent destruction of the temple was fine by her.
Hope this cleared things up.
-murmur