24-12-2024, 08:18 AM
They are indeed hard to judge and appear to fall somewhat in between various traditions.
The crossbowman is a good example. Crossbow Sagittarius does only appear in a certain lineage, but he lacks an important feature common (and likely essential) to that tradition. All others (as far as I recall) are taking aim while our guy is casually walking around. One of them is even shooting right at us, apparently breaking the 4th wall.
More generally, the question we struggle with is this: which of the oddities and deviations were introduced by the VM artist, and which ones were taken from his source? For example, I think the Aries and bulls unusual eating habits stem from a misinterpretation or reinterpretation of background elements. But had this realignment already happened in the source they copied from, or was it original to the VM?
The crossbowman is a good example. Crossbow Sagittarius does only appear in a certain lineage, but he lacks an important feature common (and likely essential) to that tradition. All others (as far as I recall) are taking aim while our guy is casually walking around. One of them is even shooting right at us, apparently breaking the 4th wall.
More generally, the question we struggle with is this: which of the oddities and deviations were introduced by the VM artist, and which ones were taken from his source? For example, I think the Aries and bulls unusual eating habits stem from a misinterpretation or reinterpretation of background elements. But had this realignment already happened in the source they copied from, or was it original to the VM?