I mean, the God of Abraham may also be one or several gods Naru has met. El Shaddai was, historically, tied up with a number of figures: He was one of the chief gods of the Caananite faith, was tied with Ptah of Egypt and a couple big players in Hellenic faiths. Religions leaked... constantly. There were probably both multiple gods contributing to one chimeric legend and some of them were probably working side jobs under other names. And sometimes gods might jack some other god's lore and name for ready made streetcred.
See, this kind of thing is why people often leave the God of Abraham out of their urban fantasy settings. You can do a lot of different things with Zeus or Odin and nobody has firm opinions on how they work anymore that will get them upset at you.
That doesn't necessarily mean that she didn't get her power from the Silver Crystal, just that if she did then the Silver Crystal paradoxed itself into existence.
I am not. I'm aware of the virtues of writing (she says in writing), but...actually my last post was already all of what I would comfortably describe as my knowledge of the subject. So two quick things, and then I will do my best to drop it.
We know of at least one spell - Mend - that's explicitly dependent on the user's knowledge of human biology. It would hardly be surprising if there are other's that depend on scientific knowledge* as well.
Sure, but there could equally well be other spells where a precise understanding of just what you're trying to accomplish in scientific terms makes it harder, for all we know. Say, luck spells. It's easy to naively say "I want to give luck," but hard do parse out what that actually means in practice in terms that you could give a spell clear, unambiguous directions to accomplish.
Yes, this is a magitech heavy setting, but it's also an old magic setting, and that means "we've always known this" is valid in a way that you might not give it credit for with your brain in "science" gear. That's what I mean by "baggage". Religion is still a sophisticated body of knowledge about how the world works and what to do to cause or avoid certain outcomes, and as far as I know it doesn't get less so if it's not written down.
Crossover with 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya' confirmed.
Aside from the nitpick that we might plausibly be able to hold our own against Cologne now... Well, I bet she still could kick Sailor Moon's ass on good dice rolls, I imagine, so that's actually true enough.
Using smt as a Route for anything involving Religion is about as smart as using supernatural for anything ReligionGo the SMT route. He's not here right now cause he's busy asserting his dominance in parallel universes.
So, the Desert Apostles are currently active, but the full roster of Heartcatch Pretty Cures may not be yet. Looking at the wiki, Yuri had been fighting the Desert Apostles before the start of the series, but she had effectively retired after a fight where her fairy companion died saving her life and part of her transformation artifact broke. It's possible that while we are meeting "teens with attitude" today, the actual confrontation will be the Senshi alone mediating a turf war between two malicious factions. And by "mediating", I of course mean "exterminating".
Still untested though.
Naru doesn't know if her wonderful creation does what she wants it to yet.
Tinfoil hats?
I don't think this is a cosmere crossover, so aluminum probably won't get us too far. Which is probably for the best because the cosmology is messy enough as it is.
