<a href="https://possiblyfunny.tumblr.com/" style="text-decoration:underline;">possiblyfunny</a>:
<p>Hello again fellas :) It's about that time again. Just a heads up, I don't think this is going to be super long like all of my other yap sessions. This is just me rambling about that one riddle that Carrion made. <i>(And dang are they good at what they do-)</i></p><p>So, imma just be upfront and say it—I'm bad at riddles and I'm stumped. I've been thinking about it, trying to pick it apart little by little whenever I've had some quiet/free time and I've got nothing. <i>WELL- </i>actually saying I have nothing would be a <i>lie.</i> I don't have anything concrete, but I do have a feeling. It makes me feel a feeling that I can't really put into words. Like, I <i><b>THINK</b></i> that I get what it's trying to say, but I'm not sure. It's the mental equivalent of having really bad eyesight and squinting to read a sign across the street, thinking you know what it says but not being sure because it's too blurry.<i> (If that makes any sense at all-)</i></p><p><i>However! </i>I can tell you guys about the vibes I get from it and what I've got so far! <i>(I'm probably reading this riddle all wrong, but here goes-)</i></p><p>Now, it's probably just my brain being weird, but I get like... <i>Religious</i> vibes from this stuff. Like- Murder<i>(Slaughtered)</i>, Betrayal<i>(Poisoned)</i>, and Sanctification<i>(Enshrined)</i> are all things that happened in the <i>Bible</i> I think. I also kinda get Book of the Dead vibes from it a little bit. Okay, lemme explain this.</p><p>For that <i>"Remember the thirds, all that went wrong" </i>part of it just really made me think of the Egyptian Soul. Now, I'm not the most experienced or well-versed in this subject, but I will try my best to explain it in a way that makes sense. The Egyptian Soul is made up of three parts: the Ka <i>(the life force/essence separated from the body at death)</i>, the Ba <i>(the personality of the departed)</i>, and the Akh <i>(the Immortal Spirit, reserved only for the few that were deserving of Maat Kheru)</i>. Maa/Maat Kheru is a phrase meaning "True of voice" or "Justified." It is involved in ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs, according to which the souls of the dead had to be judged morally righteous. Once the soul had passed the test, the Weighing of the Heart<i> (which was deeply rooted in the Egyptian belief in immortality)</i>, they were judged to be Maat Kheru and were allowed into the afterlife. The phrase Maat Kheru was often used to denote a person who had died and become a god, and the Akh being the "transfigured spirit that survived death and mingled with gods." <i>(God, I hope that all makes sense-)</i> As for what went wrong: <i>what didn't? </i>Everything has gone bad for this man. He's been out of control since the moment he was born. He's not living—just alive. <i>(On top of that, I'm pretty sure Arceus messed with this man's soul so, that too I guess-)</i></p><p>Anywho, <i>uhhhh...</i> this got long. <i>Whoops- </i>This entire thing could very much be me being too focused on the fact that at one point in the last Starry said that Fire could be seen as a Jesus Figure and be the source of heavy-handed metaphors, but I digress. Those are my thoughts for now. Hopefully, there's something good in there.</p><p><i><strike><small>(Okay, I don't like to do this, but am I allowed to ask for a hint? Like, I'm usually against anything my brain considers a "freebie" but I am well and truly stuck on this. Hints have been allowed for other mysteries, but you didn't say if I could get hints for this one, so I just figured I'd ask. Alright, that's all. Have a good day/night y'all! :])</small></strike></i></p>
Referring to This Riddle
{Since it’s my riddle, I don’t mind clearing things up a little.}
{While I’m certainly a fan of the esoteric, I think you’ve gotten a little too narrow in trying to unravel it ^^}
{It’s not a riddle with a specific answer, but rather serves as a sort of clue in the larger picture of things. I think to unwrap it properly, you just need to step back- Fire might be the focal point of the image, but as you pointed out in your previous analysis, there are others there too- both people, and objects.}
{All that to be said, your hint.}
{The riddle is for the victims, not their executioner.}