Always My Soul: Author's Note
Dragonfly-rising
After I received a certain review I thought it might be a good idea to put a little add on explaining my concept of the origins of the mikos as a whole just to make it clearer to those that read the story. The idea really is based on the idea of cause and affect. Since the displacement of the original miko soul caused the higher beings to warp the powers of that soul to be a counter balance to what Ferlias was born into the world with it would only stand to reason that after it being reborn so many times and that Ferlias was at times sealed inside the Void the miko power itself would decrease at times creating less powerful mikos and increase at times creating those like Midoriko, think of it like tides coming in against a beach and I'm sure you will get what I mean. I really was not going for the mikos to be anything more than priestesses but I think that it may have been overlooked that a priestess is the representative of gods or goddesses or in this case higher beings which as I understand it are to be taken as such powerful beings. Either way it is more about whether there was a need for such power at any given time and so a miko would only be powerful if their given divinities decided it was time for them to be so. Just look at the fact that Kikyo was a powerful miko and in my story destined to face Ferlias before she died, but Kaede who quiet obviously is a miko in her own right was not half as powerful as her sister.
Here's another thought...ever wonder Who watches over Miroku I mean he is a priest after all. Hmmm maybe there is another story in that...oh back to what I was saying.
My intention was never to make the mikos seem like goddesses. What is expressed in my story is a culmination of ALL the miko's powers since for each incarnation there was a uniqueness to that particular miko's power which when finally combined in Kagome became an all inclusive power. She is not made into a goddess she simply becomes a more pure aspect of the higher beings purpose for her (she is blessed) and so she becomes more enhanced.
Hope that clears it up a bit more and I am more then willing to answer any other thoughts on my story that may not have been clear enough.
Happy reading and Be safe.
Dragonfly-rising
After I received a certain review I thought it might be a good idea to put a little add on explaining my concept of the origins of the mikos as a whole just to make it clearer to those that read the story. The idea really is based on the idea of cause and affect. Since the displacement of the original miko soul caused the higher beings to warp the powers of that soul to be a counter balance to what Ferlias was born into the world with it would only stand to reason that after it being reborn so many times and that Ferlias was at times sealed inside the Void the miko power itself would decrease at times creating less powerful mikos and increase at times creating those like Midoriko, think of it like tides coming in against a beach and I'm sure you will get what I mean. I really was not going for the mikos to be anything more than priestesses but I think that it may have been overlooked that a priestess is the representative of gods or goddesses or in this case higher beings which as I understand it are to be taken as such powerful beings. Either way it is more about whether there was a need for such power at any given time and so a miko would only be powerful if their given divinities decided it was time for them to be so. Just look at the fact that Kikyo was a powerful miko and in my story destined to face Ferlias before she died, but Kaede who quiet obviously is a miko in her own right was not half as powerful as her sister.
Here's another thought...ever wonder Who watches over Miroku I mean he is a priest after all. Hmmm maybe there is another story in that...oh back to what I was saying.
My intention was never to make the mikos seem like goddesses. What is expressed in my story is a culmination of ALL the miko's powers since for each incarnation there was a uniqueness to that particular miko's power which when finally combined in Kagome became an all inclusive power. She is not made into a goddess she simply becomes a more pure aspect of the higher beings purpose for her (she is blessed) and so she becomes more enhanced.
Hope that clears it up a bit more and I am more then willing to answer any other thoughts on my story that may not have been clear enough.
Happy reading and Be safe.