) ) I thought this ep was titled Impmon Takes A Stand, not Impmon's Last Stand.
Oops...I'll check that out.
Checked. It is "Impmon's Last Stand"...though your title would make more sense.
Takato asks Calumon if he is necessary for digivolving. The answer seems to be no. At least not for digivolving to Champions. A few episodes ago, the Tamers were able to use only the digivolving card to make their Digimon become champions.
Also, Calumon seems to be clueless about his role in digivolving. But some episodes suggested he knew. ("This should help" and "Crystal Matrix activate").
Well, I thought that's what the title read when it flashed on screen. Guess I wasn't paying close enough attention.
The weird kid reminded me of Pinnochio. I'm guessing he'll probably turn out to be a Digimon.
I had thought Devas was an Indian name, but couldn't remember until the Sensei told of the Asuras & the Devas. (Basically each was worshipped by two different groups who didn't like each other so the others 'gods' become their 'devils'.)
Before I begin, I need to confess that I don’t remember much about Senei’s speech about the Devas and the Asuras, but the whole good/bad approach still deserves a comment. As I mentioned in episode 14, (“Grow Man Grow”) the Devas started out as a part of the mythology Aryan immigrants brought from Iran to India. Now, other another group of that society stayed in Iran and they kept their own form of that myth, which eventually tuned into a religion called Zoroastrianism. What does all that have to do with anything? Well, the Indian branch, which eventually became Hinduism, did characterize the Devas as good, whereas the Zoroastrians saw them as devils. Sound familiar? The problem is the Asuras (originally “ahuras”): the Indians never really saw them as “bad,” just capricious. Worse, the Zoroastrians didn’t have ANY ahuras: the only “good” was the single god Ahura Mazda (the god of cars ^___^). But, as you hopefully will say, that doesn’t count because you said this whole Zoroastrian thing didn’t happen until later. What about the early guys who stayed in Iran? Well, that’s an even bigger problem. See, they ALSO believed that the daevas were good, and they said that the ahuras were equally good! So where did this whole good/bad disagreement happen? I guess some guys in India COULD have changed their minds like the Iranians, but the only reason they did that was because of the teachings of Zoroaster, and it’s a historical fact that Zoroastrianism didn’t set up shop in India, so there couldn't have been bad blood between the two. So did the creators just make this story up, or can some scholar of pre-Hindu Indian religion give us a more in-depth answer?
So did the creators just make this story up
Not necesarily. The writers could have heard just enough of the myth to suit their needs & didn't bother doing anymore research.
I'll try to avoid making a joke about Zoroasted Chicken.
Not necesarily. The writers could have heard just enough of the myth to suit their needs & didn't bother doing anymore research.
That's the general idea I was trying to express. ("So, guys, I heard this story once about this thing called the Easter Bunny that would leave these eggs places. My idea is to make the bunny an anchient warrior monk who left little relics that grant wishes. His arch-nemesis will be another thing I heard about called a "Tooth Fairy" or something")
Wasn't the Easter Bunny vs Tooth Fairy the intended plot of season 5? ;-)
That's the general idea I was trying to express.
Guess I just misinterpreted "So did the creators just make this story up?" as 'Did the creators just pull everything outta their *Ahem*?'
Another thing to consider is that the original Japanese version might not have called them Devas, that could have been a problem caused by the translators. (Kind of like a Gamera movie I watched years ago where the word star was used to mean planet.)
Good point, especially concidering all the stuff about the Chinese Zodiac that's thrown in there as well. Maybe the "Devas" were originaly based on Chinese myth and some too-creative-for-his-own-good translator decided to change it? It would definately explain a few other questions I have about this whole thing (like why Mr. Japanese Senei is into Indian myths)