The Greeks believed that the gods had human emotions, flaws, and forms.  They are not only deceitful, but often tricked as well.  I guess by definition, it is like that in my temple of prayer as well.  Perhaps it makes them more relatable, more understandable.  Perhaps that helps in beginning to understand the skill of recognizing the context that someone else's action is going through as different than your own.

My last post was about Kuromi...a special case among the rest of the Sanrio crew in terms of being more than a one-sided character.  She's flawed...not in the way that, for example, Wish Me Mell is "flawed" by being shy, but more in that she has been through hardship and come out the other side.  Her messaging can sometimes be...presented a little shallowly, in terms of "I'm cool, and bad".  But I personally believe there's more to it.  The English lyrics to "Greedy Greedy" talk about "Let's break the rules" and "I do what I want, say what, I rule!" but I think the Japanese version has (as expected) a different tone.  "Transform into the best version of yourself", "Watashi wa watashi yo".  You can feel that instead of simply "breaking the rules for its own sake", Kuromi wants to find her own strength after being tossed away.  "I want to love myself more and more".

And I think regardless of whether she's "right" or not, I think that is a relatable feeling.  The sense of empowerment that comes from realizing that "me" is important, and worth asserting.

When you leave an offering in Tunic, it's received, but as a "false delusion".  Perhaps, a reminder of glory once sought.  The inner sanctum, there, too, contains a god that is...perhaps, flawed in a way, or tricked, or at the very least, trapped.  It is only through a special kind of connection that you can aid each other.

I'm not entirely sure, at the moment, what form my "prayers" take in the temple.  At the end of Actraiser, the angel brings you to visit the shrine at Northwall and you see that there are no people there.  "People may be most happy when not in need of help from their master, or when they have forgotten him?"

I don't think it's a bad thing if the temple is not some thing that I maintain on the daily, or something like that.  It's not really that kind of, religion, so to speak.  It's different, I think.  I mean, it's an inner sanctum after all.