Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4

Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4

JadeRobin Jun 14, 2013 @ 5:57am
Philosofly and the Persona references
So, everything about Philosofly is a Persona reference. But there is one I just don't understand. I love the persona games, and this gap in my knowledge has been bothering me. Let's start with what I do understand.

It's a butterfly with a mask, that's a philemon reference from Persona 2, who often appears as a butterfly and wears a mask in human form. Also, the mask itself is how a persona is described in the games.

The moveset:
Dance Crazy- P1- one of Mark's demon contact abilities
Let's Positive Thinking- P2- Maya's famous engrish line
Innocent Punishment- P2- a combination of Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment, the subtitles for the two Persona 2 games
Revelations- P1- the official english title for the first persona was Revelations: Persona
Pursue Your True Self- P4- "Pursuing My True Self" is the opening theme to Persona 4
Memento Mori- P3- a famous latin quote, that was all over Persona 3

Soshi's Dilemna- I have no idea, I tried finding the answer and found a poem that seems to be the correct answer. Does anyone know where and what this means in a persona game. I never finished the first persona, so I assume it's there.

I dreamt I was a butterfly.
I couldn't tell if I was dreaming.
But when I woke,
I was I and not a butterfly.
Was I dreaming that I was the butterfly,
Or was the butterfly dreaming that it was me?
Even if there's a difference between the butterfly and I,
The distinction isn't absolute.
And there is no relationship of cause and effect.

--Soshi
Last edited by JadeRobin; Jun 14, 2013 @ 6:02am
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rwb36  [developer] Jun 14, 2013 @ 6:56am 
Opening of Persona 1 (original version, not the PSP remake):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBoe21629vM
JadeRobin Jun 14, 2013 @ 8:25am 
Originally posted by rwb36:
Opening of Persona 1 (original version, not the PSP remake):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBoe21629vM

Ah, thank you Mr.Boyd. I love the persona series and seeing a monster dedicated entirely to persona references brought out my inner fanboy.
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