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Title: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: beingthehero on September 15, 2013, 10:36:59 PM: (https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F31.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_maqsyvtjPX1qbzzgco1_1280.png&hash=86e15c632e1407ee06dea9f77fa69942a3ec003f)

I can't be the only one who ever wondered what the hell is going on here. All I can tell is that it looks like the Virgin Mary with blood running down her head, and it seems like those are body parts lining the bottom.
Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: GuyStarwind on September 15, 2013, 11:31:53 PM: It's actually Maiden Astraea in the Valley of Defilement
Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: Ahasverus on September 16, 2013, 11:03:07 AM: It's just a demonization of a classic Mary image. That's all.

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Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on September 16, 2013, 03:35:15 PM: Here's my analysis :P :
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Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: Pfil on September 18, 2013, 03:42:39 AM: This is VERY interesting...
I never saw that. It's disturbing, in a fascinating way.
Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: DoctaMario on September 18, 2013, 03:34:13 PM: Interesting analysis Jorge!

Stained glass window in general fascinate me but the one here is so pixelated I could never really suss out what was going on.
Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: Pfil on September 19, 2013, 12:49:07 PM: They fascinate me too, they are one of the things that contribute the most to a stage's beauty.
Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: Inccubus on September 19, 2013, 10:19:28 PM: And am I the only one who sees the bloody baby Jesus aborted fetus interpretation?
Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: Lelygax on September 19, 2013, 11:08:51 PM: That makes sense if we account that empty space as a censor bar.
Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: Munchy on September 20, 2013, 01:26:42 AM: Never really thought about it before. Looking at it now, it seems like one of those old paintings depicting Hell with a lot of naked/dead people. And a bloody looking Mary because Dracula is just that anti-establishment.

At her feet though, between what looks like demon horns... I know I'm really, really reaching but it looks like ovaries, like one of those old pen and ink drawings from an anatomy class. Maybe an allusion to what caused him to become Dracula in the first place (an innocent woman being killed)?

Iunno. Fun to speculate, though. Looking at the stuff outside what's obviously Mary is kind of like one of those ink blot tests.
Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: GuyStarwind on September 20, 2013, 05:39:41 AM: Quote from: Inccubus on September 19, 2013, 10:19:28 PM
And am I the only one who sees the bloody baby Jesus aborted fetus interpretation?
They have aborted fetus' in The Valley of Defilement which is another sign it's Maiden Astraea.
Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: VEP on September 21, 2013, 07:37:19 AM: now thats an excellent analysis Jorge... :P
Title: Re: Chapel of Dissonance's stained glass
Post by: The Puritan on September 27, 2013, 03:10:23 AM: Awesome. :o Jorge, think you can do one for the mural in Blackmore's boss room in OOE? Might be hard to make out, but maybe it can be done.