New Scans: "AVATAR SKEITH!!!"

sirk · Post by **sirk** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:10 pm

Reminds me of a reptile/human hybrid. Whatever, his head looks dorky. xP

Brian4120 · Post by **Brian4120** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:01 pm

Shiro Karasu wrote:Ooooh Magus looks much cooler in GU than it did in Mutation ^_^

I agree, he looks cool ^_^

*DATA BUG* · Post by ***DATA BUG*** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:17 am

wel i bet that all of the phases are gona look really cool in this game no matter wut

Duo602 · Post by **Duo602** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:28 pm

*DATA BUG* wrote:wel i bet that all of the phases are gona look really cool in this game no matter wut

Like I wrote in another topic earlier, if you want to see some of the avatars (sadly there are only two at the moment) link up to this site. And yeah these avatars are going to be BAD ASS!

http://dothackers.net/guavatar.php

Brian4120 · Post by **Brian4120** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:33 pm

Yeah... sometimes i was like WTF IM FIGHTING A GIANT FLOWER THING???

Xu Yuan · Post by **Xu Yuan** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:01 am

Though in the original's it was all about symbolism. Though symbolism still is defenitely a main part of .hack, the phases, were more symbolism... then not? (That made no sense...)

Alright let's put it this way...

Skeith: Terror of Death It may have something to do with his design, but I'm as of yet unable to figure out the symbolism behind him.the only thing that rings a bell, is the Twilight Crucifix. Someone on the forums said, the Crucifix, may have been a representation of Jesus's Crucifix, (to die and be reborn, to die upon the cross, to come back, and save the immortal souls of all...) Or in Aura's case, To die and be reborn, to die upon a cross, and to be reborn to save the world, (the contradiction here is Kite killed Aura, so Aura could not have died, when seperated.) [/spoiler

Innis: Mirage of Deceit, I always believed that the wall form of Innis, is to represent, dungeon walls and such, to hide the affliction that truly occured once Skeith was defeated. (Epitaph does say that Innis, saved the wave.)

Magus: The Propogation, A dragonfly, who's "leaves" fall to the ground, he has an attack called death and rebirth, he grows back the leaves invariably, and only with a certain amount of leaves can he use death and rebirth. Upon his defeat, the server graphics begin to falter.

Fidchell: The Prophet, The vague form of Fidchell has a wheel on it, perhaps symbolizing the Wheel of Time.

Gorre: The Machinator, Two cruel looking masks (No support here.)

Macha: The Temptress, A cruel looking flower fox girl (Flower's smell good? Alluring? That's all I got.)

Tarvos: The Avenger, A worm spiked through the head, at least that's what it looks like to me.

Corbinek: The Rebirth, A seed, then a leaf, in my opinion the last form is Morganna, fused with Corbinek, as a last resort, as Morganna can be viewed as the "Pure Heart" of The World. (Please tell me if any info. contradicts this.)

Dengar · Post by **Dengar** » Mon May 08, 2006 3:13 am

About Macha, actually, in Japanese folklore, fox spirits were able seductresses. Also, Skeith always reminded me of some kind of grim reaper.

*DATA BUG* · Post by ***DATA BUG*** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:17 am

ya he even look's more ike the grim reaper now in //GU

sirk · Post by **sirk** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:53 pm

Xu Yuan wrote:Though in the original's it was all about symbolism. Though symbolism still is defenitely a main part of .hack, the phases, were more symbolism... then not? (That made no sense...)

Alright let's put it this way...

Skeith: Terror of Death It may have something to do with his design, but I'm as of yet unable to figure out the symbolism behind him.the only thing that rings a bell, is the Twilight Crucifix. Someone on the forums said, the Crucifix, may have been a representation of Jesus's Crucifix, (to die and be reborn, to die upon the cross, to come back, and save the immortal souls of all...) Or in Aura's case, To die and be reborn, to die upon a cross, and to be reborn to save the world, (the contradiction here is Kite killed Aura, so Aura could not have died, when seperated.) [/spoiler

Innis: Mirage of Deceit, I always believed that the wall form of Innis, is to represent, dungeon walls and such, to hide the affliction that truly occured once Skeith was defeated. (Epitaph does say that Innis, saved the wave.)

Magus: The Propogation, A dragonfly, who's "leaves" fall to the ground, he has an attack called death and rebirth, he grows back the leaves invariably, and only with a certain amount of leaves can he use death and rebirth. Upon his defeat, the server graphics begin to falter.

Fidchell: The Prophet, The vague form of Fidchell has a wheel on it, perhaps symbolizing the Wheel of Time.

Gorre: The Machinator, Two cruel looking masks (No support here.)

Macha: The Temptress, A cruel looking flower fox girl (Flower's smell good? Alluring? That's all I got.)

Tarvos: The Avenger, A worm spiked through the head, at least that's what it looks like to me.

Corbinek: The Rebirth, A seed, then a leaf, in my opinion the last form is Morganna, fused with Corbinek, as a last resort, as Morganna can be viewed as the "Pure Heart" of The World. (Please tell me if any info. contradicts this.)

IMO, part of the phase designs is just arbitrary designs taht would look cool, while still incorporating the symbolism.

Skeith: Humanoid to reflect the grim reaper perhaps, or what the grim reaper is thought to look like. Instead of a scythe, Skeith wields a staff/wand that is crucifix in design, the crucifix as a means to DD soemone and relates to his humanoid form.

Innis: I've thought of the patterns he bears as a sort of camoflague, the deciet being to hide in this case, and hiding behind a wall at that.

Magus: More of a tree branch to me, with leaves dropping off. The leaves representing seeds of plants or whatnot that then reproduce (but in Magus' case, explode).

Fidchell: Much like the paper fortune cookie game that kids play, it's up to chance, or fate in its case since it can control what attack it wants to use on your party.

Gorre: The machiantor, the schemer. The faces are of two who plan to cause mischief together.

Macha: Being a female is an easy cue for a temptress. Females are seen as the more seductive type and as such was used. Flowers are also symbolized for their attractiveness towards humans, animals, etc.

Tarvos: Revenge. The pain of another avenged by the pain of the offender symbolized by a being being impaled on a stick.

Corbenik: Seed. Rebirth. Easy enough.

This is all IMO of course.

Brian4120 · Post by **Brian4120** » Tue May 09, 2006 10:14 am

I agree with your ideas of symbolism. They sound good

Xu Yuan · Post by **Xu Yuan** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:08 am

Much more contact tehn mine, well done!

Tsugasa-kun · Post by **Tsugasa-kun** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:31 pm

Magus's new form still holds the head with the holes within it, and the leaves lie on his back, but what surprises me the most is the more human like form, since the Phases now take human hosts. Magus actually looks somewhat like a super hero, his design is very interesting, but regardless of which, our next update will inform us more probably on more character info

marthwmaster · Post by **marthwmaster** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:56 pm

Maybe the reason they look so different is because they're simply avatars, and not the original phases. I think so far we'd be able to recognize which avatar is which by their passing resemblance to their phase counterparts. Or it could be that the data of the ∞8 mingles with that of the phases in a way that changes their appearance slightly.