Quote Originally Posted by Lunaxia View Post
The opposite is it hasn't borrowed from it at all. There is no link or connection made. It's a lone IRL reference with no FFXIV connection stuck in the middle of the game.

That particular depiction of an angel and devil is derived from Christianity. I'd thought that a given, but pedantry is the theme today apparently.
Angels having white wings and devils having black wings is still an archetype. As is everything else you said (black versus white isn’t even a Christian concept). I would highly suggest you read up on what archetypes are.

Are you joking? Taoism is the name of the religion. It is called a Taoist shirt, even fashioned in a similar style to Taoism robes worn in real life. It's not a Hingan shirt. It's not a Doman shirt. It's a reference to a real life religion being put directly into the game without regard to "lore", which is, supposedly, bad.
Ah, yes, the “Taoist” reference in the Taoist Shirt or Taoist Slops tells me all about living in harmony with the Tao. /s

Using “Taoist” in the description doesn’t make it descritive of a religion. It doesn’t, in any shape or form, talk about the ideology of it. It’s representative of a Chinese style of dress; that says nothing about the actual religion. Again, the Taoist glamour is representative of a Chinese style of dress; not of an actual religion. Closest you can get is saying it represents a part of Chinese culture.

But it's still derived from Western imagery taken from Christianity. That was the image they chose. There's also the matter of the feathery white wings and long robes. It's a Western, Christian-inspired depiction with no relation to the FFXIV canon.
I guess we’re just going to ignore all those Western depictions of the halo behind Jesus’ head as a solid circle of light, not a skinny ring above his head... Funny that Buddha has similar halos depicted behind his head...



My point still stands: glamours don’t represent religions. You saying they do is a reach. I gave you way too much credit in my original response to Iscah.