so, for those who might not know, the basis of plato's philosophy is that what we perceive as reality isnt whats Actually real. the real world is the world of ideas, physically unreachable from ours.
an idea is essentially a very general concept of something, and everything in our world tries to imitate ideas, which is how we get physical objects. for example, physical objects would be Specific kinds of tree, or individual ones, while the idea would just be A Tree. ideas are eternal, perfect, undefined and unchanging, which is why physical objects fail in their imitation of them- theyre too individually distinct.
and, you know how misteln is canonically described as an Idea? yeah! shes, or rather she was, the idea of a schariac.
i say she was, because [at least in my opinion] misteln's character arc is actually about ceasing to be an idea: because look. right after her "birth", she really Was the model of a schariac- selfless, kind, and always trying her best to save everyone [even if, due to unique nature of her existence, she wass unable to do so]. she didnt even have a first name; "schariac" was all there was to her.
but she met alexandra, and was given a name; she joined the world serpent, and was given another. she developed herself as a new person, and during this period she didnt actually associate herself with her last name, instead going only by "hare". and undeniably, she became. Really Weird. just a deeply bizarre person. but thats the point: shes a PERSON, even if she can never quite understand humanity. but shes still an individual, with her own history, her own personality and mannerisms and views on life. and especially after moon arc, when shes no longer bound to her duty as a part of world serpent, id say it wouldnt be accurate to call her an Idea in the truest sense of the world, not anymore.
When I went through the story chapter (Chapter 33) and I reached the part that will not be named:
My heart dropped. Physically, I felt that thing sink. The voice acting in this game is absolutely nothing to scoff at, we been knew this but.
This was legendary.
I can’t remember the last time I had heard such a guttural, heart-wrenching piece of dialogue.
And what made it so much more impactful to me was the disparity between that line and everything else she’s said so far. THIS struck me, this hit me and it’s burned its way into my memory and I have no intention of forgetting it.