Pokey bandana, c'mon Pokey bandana...

(hi P)

eating him

Close second is Bauhazzo. I love his take on how history and memory intertwine, his calmness, being part of the dynamic duo with Huzzle. How even a god of Memory has his limits.

I WILL go kiss that doorway gramps JUST YOU WAIT

How she has the most traditional godlike temperament, and thematically traditional religious robes to match. The implications of a lonely being having to close the Rift by herself eons ago. King showing her out of loneliness and their closeness. The fact that she's a bone bird. She's so cool man

Can I talk about Ms. Mitty for a second? We don't get a lot about her but it's all fascinating. How seafarers look to her for calm winds. How she's an example of a god's devotion to a mortal. The imagery she's associated with. How in many ways she represents what was and will remain

Very rarely are they referred to as anything else. Is it any wonder that they get along well with the only person who regularly calls them by something of theirs rather than what it's assumed they are (and who's also going through personhood issues)

A letter from a "name" from a job that they landed by mistake. That's them. And because they're good at it that's all they'll ever be. Even King, for everything she's experienced before ascending, says they should take a break before (not if) they get back to being Godpoke

And when Capo makes them an honorary Bizzyboy in HobbyHoo they get even that reduced to G. Capo probably does not intend it that way but in an organization where basic identity is a reward they're reduced to a letter that's not even theirs

Do you think about that? I think about it a lot

Everyone assumes Pokey's the new Godpoke. This becomes their job for the rest of the game. As far as everyone's concerned Godpoke is their name. They don't (or can't) say anything about this.

So here's Pokey. Went to an ascension ceremony in King cosplay and is now travelling around with her dear companion and communication tool by sheer luck

and calls listening to himself chaos. All aspects of their characters you don't really see get touched on when discussing them

BUT WAIT There's more!

Not only do they never stop listening to Capo you can see that their self-worth is generally in the gutter. Al explicitly can't see a life where his work is recognized. Gr folds after his own insult is thrown back at him. Ban doesn't listen to anyone other than authority

Thinking about it upsetting Capo is tantamount to upsetting Inspekta because who else goes in there and gives him updates on everyone? There's a reason one of Capo's many, many parrallels is a literal preacher. The word of God made manifest

Why do you think even after all of that Vib can say he's willing to make clothes for Hector? Because even at Inspekta's worst it wasn't him putting them through all of that. They listen to Capo, and to the end of the game they listen to Capo

(Most of them anyway, not counting Vib who was there in the early years)

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. That's it very much. Capo gives the names. Capo gives the praise. Capo climbs into the van and gets the orders and they just have to Listen. As far as the boys are concerned Capo IS Inspekta since they've never seen nor heard their own god outside of posters and archive footage

You have Purpose. Everyone accepts it. So much so that you aren't called anything else

And everyone appreciates what they've done, and King gives them her blessing, and the people are so nice. It's so hard to say no to all of that

They go to see their idol off, and yeah they get Megapon as a companion and get to help people, but everyone to the end of the game assumes that's what they're going to do forever