Rayman's true origins
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:59 am
Hello everyone!
I wanted to bring up an arguable question as to Rayman’s origins. The trailer of Rayman Origins and other texts state that Rayman was created by the nymphs or more specifically, Betilla the fairy. But I’ve been thinking that from a logical point of view it may actually be possible that Rayman had no true creator…
You see, what we gather from the trailer is that the nymphs conjured the moonbeams of the summer whatever, and combined it with the amount of lums they’d gathered, in order to ‘create’ Rayman. The nymphs undoubtedly played the crucial part in bringing Rayman into existence, however that does not necessarily mean that they are the origin of Rayman.
The thing is, Rayman was ‘created’, or perhaps a better term would be ‘made up of’ moonbeams and illumination. Because Betilla was responsible for bringing these elements together we immediately assume that she is his creator and even his mother. Though the actual fact is that Rayman’s origins, his existence, and the most crucial and vital reason for why he exists are the moonbeams and the lums.
The nymphs simply played a part in this, they were needed only to bring these elements together so that Rayman would become from them, and this should also explain that Rayman has no parents, since he was not born from Betilla, he inherits no traits from her and the above lecture.
So those I my thoughts…
A point against this is that “oh, so you’re saying that you can’t be the creator of drawings since it’s the graphite that made them.” When you draw, you know exactly what you’re going to draw, you know the plot you’re drawing, and so on. The graphite has the potential of creating an infinite amount of different drawings, but your mind is what puts those drawings the way they are, the moonbeams and lums could only form that being of light one way and nothing else, they were solely responsible themselves for Rayman’s creation, Betilla could not use her mind into Rayman’s creation, she just helped therefore I believe it is not comparable.
You could also say “eeerrrrr, it’s same thing but on a larger scale!!!” But the ‘scale’ is very much different. And just think about it practically, it’s not a metaphor, clever phrases aren’t always true, the lums and moonbeams are a massive difference in greatness compared to a simple pencil, or even the materials to make Frankenstein’s monster. Almost as if they are their own creators and must be harnessed in order to bring forth their potential.
Rayman may have been ‘destined’ to preserve the balance, but no-one could have known what he’d turn out to be like. Of course, one could say, “ahhh, Frankenstein never knew how his monster would be but he’s still its creator.”
Yes, well in that way Betilla did ‘create’ Rayman, but the more suited thing to say would be that she is responsible for the moonbeams and lums to form Rayman, evidently resulting in the conclusion that Rayman is not connected to Betilla or the nymphs.
Just an opinion that I wanted to share, criticize all your want
I wanted to bring up an arguable question as to Rayman’s origins. The trailer of Rayman Origins and other texts state that Rayman was created by the nymphs or more specifically, Betilla the fairy. But I’ve been thinking that from a logical point of view it may actually be possible that Rayman had no true creator…
You see, what we gather from the trailer is that the nymphs conjured the moonbeams of the summer whatever, and combined it with the amount of lums they’d gathered, in order to ‘create’ Rayman. The nymphs undoubtedly played the crucial part in bringing Rayman into existence, however that does not necessarily mean that they are the origin of Rayman.
The thing is, Rayman was ‘created’, or perhaps a better term would be ‘made up of’ moonbeams and illumination. Because Betilla was responsible for bringing these elements together we immediately assume that she is his creator and even his mother. Though the actual fact is that Rayman’s origins, his existence, and the most crucial and vital reason for why he exists are the moonbeams and the lums.
The nymphs simply played a part in this, they were needed only to bring these elements together so that Rayman would become from them, and this should also explain that Rayman has no parents, since he was not born from Betilla, he inherits no traits from her and the above lecture.
So those I my thoughts…
A point against this is that “oh, so you’re saying that you can’t be the creator of drawings since it’s the graphite that made them.” When you draw, you know exactly what you’re going to draw, you know the plot you’re drawing, and so on. The graphite has the potential of creating an infinite amount of different drawings, but your mind is what puts those drawings the way they are, the moonbeams and lums could only form that being of light one way and nothing else, they were solely responsible themselves for Rayman’s creation, Betilla could not use her mind into Rayman’s creation, she just helped therefore I believe it is not comparable.
You could also say “eeerrrrr, it’s same thing but on a larger scale!!!” But the ‘scale’ is very much different. And just think about it practically, it’s not a metaphor, clever phrases aren’t always true, the lums and moonbeams are a massive difference in greatness compared to a simple pencil, or even the materials to make Frankenstein’s monster. Almost as if they are their own creators and must be harnessed in order to bring forth their potential.
Rayman may have been ‘destined’ to preserve the balance, but no-one could have known what he’d turn out to be like. Of course, one could say, “ahhh, Frankenstein never knew how his monster would be but he’s still its creator.”
Yes, well in that way Betilla did ‘create’ Rayman, but the more suited thing to say would be that she is responsible for the moonbeams and lums to form Rayman, evidently resulting in the conclusion that Rayman is not connected to Betilla or the nymphs.
Just an opinion that I wanted to share, criticize all your want