Jeysie wrote:The matter of sparks always reminded me a little of the Minbari's beliefs on Babylon 5: They believe that the universe is sentient, and that part of its sentience is invested into each individual being's soul. Whenever a being dies, all of its collective memories and feelings are "absorbed" into the collective soul, and then split and reborn; in this manner the universe searches for meaning and attempts to understand itself.
The Chopnel wrote:I've never seen Babylon 5, so I don't know how similar those Minbari beliefs are with TFs sparks, but what I find interesting is that as far as I know, Larry DiTillio worked on both BW and Babylon 5.
I wonder if that similarity is coincidence, or if the guy borrowed some ideas from one show to another.
The Minbari do not believe in deities. The core of Minbari religious belief is that of the soul. A soul is defined by them as a non-localized phenomenon, meaning that a person's soul does not originate from within, but from the outside by a hidden source (the universe). To them, the universe is a conscious entity engaged in a search for meaning. It breaks itself apart and invests itself in every form of life. Thus, every being is a projection of a part of the universal soul. They believe that all sentients have immortal souls.
However, there is more than one "universal soul" since breaking itself apart and only meeting identical versions of itself would be pointless and redundant. There are Soul Forms, one for each race. The soul form in Minbari differ from those in Drazi, Centauri, and Humans. Having been civilized longer than most races, the Minbari hold their soul form to be more elevated, evolved, and precious than those around them.
When a Minbari dies, his soul merges with the souls of other dead Minbari. These souls form a "pool" from which new Minbari are formed. As an individual advances the state of his soul, he is also advancing the Minbari race, since the next Minbari to receive that soul will have a more advanced one. To remove a soul from this "pool" would be to diminish the whole race of Minbari.
Giga Prime wrote:As for the Matrix, I think it's only a conduit to Primus' power and if the Matrix no longer existed then sparks would simply return to Primus directly.
Sledge wrote:I agree with you, right up until you start talking about Primus. Sorry, but no such character.
The Chopnel wrote:Sledge wrote:I agree with you, right up until you start talking about Primus. Sorry, but no such character.
This is now completely unofficial, pure 100% my self-created idea, but I once created an explanation for "Primus", which could work in cartoon universe too.
Basically, it goes something like this: "Primus" was a name of the star Cybertron once orbited. Transformers used to collect that solar energy to energize their homeworld. Then the planet got thrown off orbit for whatever reason, maybe the star exploded, or maybe the war did it. Then, after quite long time, the TFs had forgotten about the star, but the name "Primus" lived on as a mythical god who gave them life.
So, it wouldn't contradict the quint origin, and would just make "Primus the god" as a myth. Basically, cybertronian version of "sun god".
this is in no way anything to be taken too seriously, just something I thought up for fun.
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