copied from vgcats: [ QUOTE ] Found this funny. "In regards to your latest strip, I just thought I'd put another spin on this spooky mystery. Stop me if you've heard this one already. The gyroids are based on haniwa, which are clay dolls that the ancient Japanese used to mark dead people's tombs way back in oh, let's say…
yes I have a postcard with these little clay thingies on. I don't think it is seen as sacrilidge, same as us digging up ancient burial sites from the egyptian, inuit and celt peoples. We are just having an explore! Interesting thing in animal crossing just as you can dig things up, you can also bury things - with very…
The spirits of the dead are mostly benevolent in Shintoism, I think. The way they were drawn in the VGCats strip they reminded me of the Cactuars from Final Fantasy...