Some more god physiology for ya!
Wrote this basically for easy access to scans and opinion trade.
(also I can't directly tag statements from official profiles, sorry...)
I believe gods should have three keys including body, spirit and nameless form
because it is implied that gods normally
exist without a body.
In-corporeality, AE, duplication and avatar creation should be moved to their spirit forms. And it should written that all previous abilities from body should be present in spirit form.
Additional ability for the spirit form would be
Nigh-Omnipresence. Gods' spirits are omnipresent throughout the concept they are related to (e.g. Suwako's spirit would be omnipresent along earth while Kanako's would be along sky).
Idk if being omnipresent also makes you clairvoyant in this wiki. If not, Aunn scans should just work fine.
I am unsure if
myriad gods not having their spirits as their base form could create a problem.
Tsukumogamis should lose their god physiology
except their nameless form as gods exists
namelessly in tools.
Divine spirits should lose their nameless forms because
losing faith as a myriad god has different consequences than divine spirits. Suwako returns to her nameless form when Kanako,
thanks to her base form being a spirit, is not that troubled by loss of faith. Gods that lose faith don't become a nameless god regardless of their classification,
but rather return to their former existence. Just like how
arahitogami return being a human when losing faith. Same should be the case with
divine spirits.
However I don't think no one besides Kanako should get effected since she is the only god who's classification as a divine spirit is established in lore (aside from Aunn, and that god in CiRL iirc)
I think Aunn and
(likely) Eiki should keep their nameless form despite being divine spirits. The reason being when a nameless god inhabits an object it can become "
alive" after gathering faith (
death = returning to their former existence for a god) meaning they were nameless gods inhabiting statues before they became divine spirits via faith (but in Eiki's case she gained enough faith to be a complete god while Aunn became a youkai).
To be fair Aunn could still be soul of a deceased human that achieved godhood and chose komainu as her concept.
Imo Aunn being a similar case with Eiki makes the most sense. I'd like to know if you have any scans about Aunn's origin.
I'm hesitant to say that Narumi, a former jizo statue, should earn a nameless form as well.
Hina,
a pestilence god,
do not rely on faith like ordinary gods meaning her, and
Joon get their weaknesses removed. One problem is that while Hina is also referred as a misfortune god, Shion is just a poverty god. But I think we can reasonably assume that due to her being
hated by everyone, she doesn't need faith to sustain her existence.
Minorika Aki relies on few peoples faith. Since she and
Shizuha didn't die when human village was removed from history, they should have acausality1. Other gods should likely be comparable to them as well. The entire reason for the ropeway to Moriya Shrine is to
maintain Gensokyo's balance via gathering faith from
humans instead of entirely from youkai.
Every race that is not human, including gods, can breathe fine in anoxic zone. Misumaru describes oxygen as a
curse placed on animals.
Gods are sensitive to faith.
I also support that Ama no Iwato Wake no Mikoto should have boundary related abilities Yukari has (I want Reimu to be absolutely
shredded).
What do you guys think?