That Amaterasu is somehow under the control of the cult or the person using the cult is an idea to keep in mind. However, I agree with focusing on incarnating new gods into old positions as a theory. Because while it doesn't only speak to gods but everyone brought here as a whole. After all, shinki can become gods and vice-versa.
Both of you have been around longer than I have. Do either of you know anything about what status a shinki turned god has in terms of power and status? Does their shrine on the Near Shore come out of nowhere, or was it always there but in attendance of another? Because it's possible part of the cult's problem was they weren't able to incarnate new gods consistently. If some were ending up as shinki instead of the gods they wanted, that would be a problem too.
[Ginia pauses and taps her phone against her hand as she considers what she knows and has seen about the cult.]
Though perhaps that isn't right either. They have two sets of dolls after all. Though perhaps making dolls based on shinki was something that spun off as a result?
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Both of you have been around longer than I have. Do either of you know anything about what status a shinki turned god has in terms of power and status? Does their shrine on the Near Shore come out of nowhere, or was it always there but in attendance of another? Because it's possible part of the cult's problem was they weren't able to incarnate new gods consistently. If some were ending up as shinki instead of the gods they wanted, that would be a problem too.
[Ginia pauses and taps her phone against her hand as she considers what she knows and has seen about the cult.]
Though perhaps that isn't right either. They have two sets of dolls after all. Though perhaps making dolls based on shinki was something that spun off as a result?