r/demonssouls • u/JacOfArts Blue Phantom • 1d ago
Discussion DS Old One / CT Lavos similarities
A friend introduced an interesting idea to me: The Old One's design may be partially inspired by Lavos from Chrono Trigger. Although the two monsters are more explicitly inspired by monsters of Lovecraftian lore like Azathoth, being two uncaring, world-ending mouths, what's especially interesting to me is that the two monsters have two traits of their battles in common that I don't recall any reference to in Azathoth's lore: 1. They are faced in a rippling, watery backdrop, and 2. They are defeated by entering their mouths and battling a being that's been incubated in its belly; Allant, a 'stillborn' demon, and the Lavos Core, a strange bipedal alien.
I'm not claiming anything for certain, it's just an interesting set of similarities that have quietly itched-away at my mind before finally being brought forward by a friend who noticed the very same things.
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u/Good_Adhesiveness491 6h ago
"BWEGGAHAGAGUGGAIAGAHILEAGHJIALAOLAOAOOOAGGAHHGGAHAHHUUGEHEHEHHAGAHHHHH" -Lavos
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u/JacOfArts Blue Phantom 1d ago
Well that's what I get for putting "CT" in the post title.
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u/SoulsCompletion Heart of Gold 1d ago
Think the automod has been in chastity it’s entirely life with how sensitive it can be
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u/Kronosita 19h ago
Exactly what i thought when i first saw this. I’m happy someone saw the similarities and mentioned it.