“The Songs Of The Other Side”

“The songs of the other side”

As the Overworld, the Nether have their own culture and believes, but sometimes the two cultures end up influencing each other, being one of the belief the “Corruption by eyes.”

The belief of the “evil” of an individual comes from their eyes, since they are the ones who interact with the “mortal world.”

While Eryn explains it literally (to the point of the idea to destroy the eyes to purify) it has a more philosophic meaning. 

Referring to the ones who only life or are forced to one point of view, are doom to “evil”, since they aren’t able to empathize with others causing conflicts or fights between families, love ones or communities. 

Being the phrase: “Eyes are corrupt by nature, they are evil, they only see the mortal world”

Translates to:

- Eyes are corrupt by nature, they are evil: We are born with a point of view, we only have our own experience to go on, and this experience may blind us to others. 

- They only see the mortal world: We can be very easily influenced by own experience and hurt others / We are individuals, communities, families… We are mortals, and we commit errors, and fail, and we get in conflicts. But it’s okay, since we aren’t perfect, and that’s fine. 

From here became the expression: “Clean your eyes.” As a “Get in my shoes.” 

But as we can see, Eryn and Tommy take it literally… They’re like nine, so it’s fine.

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It took me a hot minute to realize c!Eryn aesthetic is Techwear. (Aesthetic inspired by military, tactical, ninja and cyberpunk clothing) 

Which makes him stand next Tommy “gremlin cottage core” Innit even more funny.

They bully each other