#Bayon

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BAYON TEMPLE - Ancient City of Angkor in CAMBODIA

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(Chapter 102)

Rambled about this before on this post, but I really wish they would explained how the search party is able to see out of their masks, even if it was a single panel of Emma pointing out something like nearly imperceptible eye slits.

(Chapter 147 | Chapter 149 | Chapter 150)

Older, classical masks like those of the elder Bayons (compared to those of Bayon II's wife and children), Yverk, and Geelan's clan incorporate a pair of symmetrical, horizontal, and frequently vacant eye holes among their designs.

In the chapter 90 bonus sketch, this is mentioned as respecting tradition, which I interpret as a holdover from the days of demons hunting humans, and the intention of that incorporation was to play on pareidolia-enhanced fear among humans who, out of habit, would look toward the horizontal pair of eye holes first when gazing upon demons in combat and would frequently be treated to an unflinching, menacing abyss. It's a good subtle tactic to unnerve them before they take in the rest of the mask.

Once the farm system was instituted and demons weren't regularly warring with humans anymore, it became unnecessary and seemed to fall out of style among the general population who weren't banished like the Geelan clan.

I assume this is the main reason the kids don't opt for horizontal eye holes. There's also the issue of demons potentially catching sight of their human eyes, but there has to be some black cloth to work with in the bunker that could have lined the masks if they couldn't get whatever magic Bayon and Yverk use for no other eyes or skin to show through their horizontal mask sockets.

Either way, it's one less thing to make them stand out from the crowd when they're already contending with their comparatively short statures, human hands and feet, and having to wear perfume.

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Angkor, Cambodia

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the idea of dc visiting earth… elix would want to leave asap lmao

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Doodle Painting during visit Cambodia, May 2023

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Bayon, Cambodia, November 2000

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the Art of Axel Lyhrs

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ツウなRemote Temple Tour

３日目。今日から郊外の観光です。   ということで今日は車。 シェムリアップで凄いと思ったのは、ランボルギーニやポルシェも見たけど、何より100台に1台くらいはLexusってくらいたくさん走っており、そんなにこの村は潤ってんだ～！って感じ。 なお、Sopheapの車は左ハンドルの昔のカムリでした。 今日のルートはBanteay Srei → Kbal Spean → Beng Mealea。 Banteay SreiとKbal Speanは何度か行っているけど、Beng Mealeaは今回初めて。 車は8時半頃出発し、9時半にBanteay Sreiに到着。 Banteay Srei バンテアイは砦、スレイは女で、「女の砦」を意味するヒンドゥー教の寺院。赤い砂岩で精巧で深くほられた美しい彫刻が全面に施されている。 967年、ラジェンドラヴァルマン2世（Rajendravarman…

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Angkor Wat — Cambodia

Any trip to the Southeast Asian country of Cambodia should include a visit to Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world. This sprawling, hauntingly beautiful Khmer temple complex, built in the 12th century, is comprised of a series of intricately carved stone temples. The main temple is Angkor Wat, but others to explore include Ta Phrom and Bayon.

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good morning. Welcome to Cambodia. There are many famous ruins in Cambodia, so you should come visit his Cambodia someday. This is he is the largest ruin in Angkor Thom. "It's called Bayon Temple." There are 49 towers.　1 convex tower has a four-faces . Please contact Angkor Wat Taxi Driver if you travel to Cambodia.

We’re waiting for you guy.

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greatest tragedy of this year's pride month was not seeing Leuvis, Bayon, and/or Geelan in the Prith shirt </3

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Juan Bayon Salado - El pequeño canal. Montargis. Francia

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The blatant Yverk erasure, this is so sad 😔😔

(Chapter 131)

M'guy looks so sick, and I love him cropping up at the beginning, during the original promise, and during Geelan's exile I wish he got to be at the forefront more.

Luce will be hard since Shirai's been mum on his height (along with Geelan in his non-degenerated form, Noma, and Nous), and we've never seen him standing at full height. He's always slouching in some way, even when knocked off his palanquin.

(Mystic Code Book Chapter 3 & Chapter 5 Character Profiles | Chapter 66 | Chapter 77 | Chapter 78)

#How do they shrink after regenerating form

Largely plagiarizing myself from this post and this one about some of my gripes with the series and how there's something to be said about the anthropocentric idea of humans being the pinnacle of intelligence demons strive to maintain and the organisms they desire to physically mimic (albeit at a larger scale and not exactly one-to-one), but it's something that I can accept given the target demographic of the series, this not being a series-original sin, and most importantly, the parasitic symbolism of those in the upper echelons of a hierarchical society needing someone beneath them in order to maintain their material comforts and define their sense of self and worth in relation to the world around them to avoid cognitive dissonance and doxastic anxiety.

#Why isn't Bayon 320 cm

Right he looks like he's taller than Leuvis even with his mask's horns in the flashback from roughly 800 years ago.

(Chapter 84)

So maybe he shrank? His mystic code book entry specifically notes his height is from 2045 (assuming they meant January 2046 when Goldy Pond was destroyed).

And I'm assuming his son's height is from 2047 when we're introduced to him.

But then we have the family photograph of the four* generations of House Bayon in chapter 140.

(*The demon on the left is not officially designated as the oldest noble Bayon, but based on them being in this portrait and walking in proximity to Lady Bayon in the same chapter boarding the train for Tifari, I feel like it's a safe bet to say we're seeing four generations here.)

Bayon Sr. has quite a few centimeters on his son, and this has to be relatively recent because his grandchildren are present. We don't know the average span of demon childhood, but Bayon Jr. looks like he was somewhere around the age of his children in 2047 when Geelan was still part of the nobility 700 years ago.

So maybe demon children stay around that size for a few hundred years and that gives Bayon Jr. enough time to gain those ten centimeters on his father, but I also wouldn't be surprised if Shirai was just spitballing these heights after the series ended in a general ballpark since they're so inconsequential to everyone but the most diehard of curatorial fans.

WHY tf is degenerated Geelan 17.7 feet tall. I gotta redo that chart now (and put pretty Geelan's height on as well.) I honestly just...forgot about Yverk.

Eh screw it I'll put all the Goldy bad bitches on it as well. I wanna see how short Luce is