At This Point, I Think We Can Just Go With Our Own Interpretations Of The Story Because Of How Loose

At this point, I think we can just go with our own interpretations of the story because of how loose it is. In the end, it's the music that truly matters. I would love a more coherent story, of course, but I'm not going to lose sleep over this anymore. I'm satisfied with just enjoying the music and concerts now. Although, it is still sad that I will never see Terzo having any influence. At least we got quite a few Meliora songs on the tour set list. Maybe Papa V Perpetua looked up to Terzo and wants to subtly carry on his legacy?

I think a retcon with four brothers is a bad plot decision, and here's why.

1. In the Meliora era, Nihil was introduced as the father of the other Papas, and that's important for many reasons. Tobias himself repeatedly emphasized that Terzo and Secondo had a common father but different mothers, and presented this as an essential characteristic. Nihil he referred to as "the bigger fish in the sea." Terzo once even promised that sooner or later we would see his father - and so it turned out.

2. The subject of Meliora is a world without God. Tobias described it as a pre-apocalyptic world. It ends with the end of civilization when God returns and punishes humanity for its complacency. The last song of the era, "Bible," tells how the people of Babylon forgot about God and he unleashed the world in his wrath. The next album, Prequelle, is a logical extension of this - it's about the return of God, who brings punishment (plague) upon mankind. Considering this, metaphorically Nihil is the very God-father who comes to "close the party".

3. By coming on stage, Nihil is saying that a new Middle Ages is coming. His return symbolizes the rolling back of political systems to more archaic ideas and ways of government (I guess I don't need to tell what from real life that looks like). Modernization is replaced by conservatism. Democracy is replaced by more rigid and authoritarian forms of rule. The older generation here symbolizes conservative ideas, while the younger generation symbolizes aspirations for the future.

4. Terzo's image is largely based on the image of Lucifer, there are many references to that. Lucifer was thrown out of heaven by God, his father. It makes sense that Terzo is also cast down by his father, Nihil.

The Meliora - Prequel system worked fine until they needed to change key elements for some reason. I hope TF scraps this idea, because obviously it offers a bad alternative to a good story.

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leonid22

5 months ago

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leonid22

5 months ago

terzo and his canonical kid......

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leonid22

4 months ago

Babies, no need to argue over the correct version of Terzo.

He is feminine:

He is masculine:

He is so poor he can only afford a paper bag:

He is rich and only travels in a limo:

He is the hero of the people:

He is a self-centered manipulator:

He is a womanizer:

don’t know who to credit for this.

He’s not even straight:

x (14.04)

He’s confident:

He’s silly:

See… there is a Terzo for every occasion, every characterization, he can be anything.

He’s free and one day he just woke up and decided the only label he was willingly to identify in was “menace”.

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leonid22

1 month ago

LOL. LMAO even.

COPIA IS BIG MAD LOL.

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leonid22

5 months ago

Oh my God. They are making it so hard for me to let go of the Terzo resurrection theory.

Art by Jonny Bush.

The story behind this illustration:

Jonah tried to run away from God in the opposite direction of Nineveh and headed by boat to Tarshish. God sent a great storm upon the ship and the men decided Jonah was to blame so they threw him overboard. As soon as they tossed Jonah in the water, the storm stopped. God sent a big fish, some call it a whale, to swallow Jonah and to save him from drowning. While in the belly of the big fish (whale), Jonah prayed to God for help, repented, and praised God. For three days Jonah sat in the belly of the fish. Then, God had the big fish throw up Jonah onto the shores of Nineveh. Jonah preached to Nineveh and warned them to repent before the city is destroyed in 40 days. The people believed Jonah, turned from their wickedness, and God had mercy on them.

Source.

A detail: He’s wrapped in bandages, and he’s freeing himself from them.

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leonid22

2 months ago

Damn! You artists are fast!

satanized ⛧

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leonid22

3 months ago

Maybe to take our minds off the tour for a little bit, we can look back at the Year Zero music video and theorize? Like, WHO IS THE BOY SUPPOSED TO BE?! Is he supposed to be the Antichrist, Secondo as a child, making his segments flashbacks? It's driving me crazy.

People talking about content drought in Ghost fandom like

oh noooo a DROUGHT after we just got…….. A full movie, a new album within the last five years, new tour announcement, new PAPA ALIVE ANNOUNCEMENT, new Lugz merch deal, new banners and pics of Papa II almost monthly

you know what what is? Audacity and greed

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leonid22

5 months ago

Do you guys think Kevin Kaufmann could have foreseen the impact he'd have? Did he know when he became a stagehand for Ghost that he would be dubbed "Jesus", become part of the show (Nihil trying to choke him) and eventually be in the movie and having to actually "act" as a character of sort? But the character is just himself?

He literally exists in the lore now, was he aware that that was a thing that could happen when he took the job? Did Tobias know?

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leonid22

3 months ago

Please... Please tell me you have more examples. Just so I don't feel insane about still clinging to this theory for dear life.

Terzo resurrection truthers I just noticed something I haven’t seen anybody mention

So in chapter 3 when the three of them are embalmed their arms are down at their sides. Here specifically is multiple shots of Terzo with his arms at his sides.

When walking through the Veneration of Relics, both Primo and Secondo’s cadavers are still in this position. Terzo’s is not (I couldn’t find images showing enough of the first two on Google so I screenshot this Tiktok).

And I don’t think I heard it back when this video was made, but people were saying his coffin and ONLY his coffin was scratched. The guy with claws on his gloves who has moved since being set in place for eternity.

My man is trying to escape but playing it cool when people are around to not get caught 😭

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leonid22

2 months ago

Time to break him in like a new pair of shoes!

That poor fucking ex-christian papa does NOT know what he's in for. There's just no way. Especially after the ankle scene in the Satanized music video 😭

Frater, talking like a video game loading screen tip: yeah so as papa one of your duties is to boost morale. You can do this by supervising orgies or some sort of sacrifice. :)

Papa V, stopping dead in his tracks and turning his entire body towards Copia: Excuse Me.

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