>>77043
The European fantasy settings are suspicious. "The Magic Flute" was part of a genre called magic opera. All of these franchises could be called magic opera.

The old city of Baiae is very interesting. They would build experimental structures, host parties in them, and ask everyone how the architecture made them feel. Roman concrete let them play around with shapes like never before. Video games are digital Baiae rooms. Each space is carefully crated to bring out a certain set of emotions. It all comes together as an emotional composition.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5i25lc
Somewhere in this doc they mention the experimental architecture, and asking party guests how it made them feel.
0:10 Baiae was the most exclusive place in the empire
9:50 water nymphs grotto (cave of the nymphs)in Emperor Claudius's manor

https://youtube.com/watch?v=16vbQFsMmIs [Embed]
6:48 Mithras Cult temples and rituals
8:10 Mithraism was used to climb the social ladder
18:15 fantastic architecture designed to impress, looks like a JRPG

>>77058
>Maybe the whole "Scottish Pokemon trainer" meme is a cryptic reference to Scottish-rite freemasonry.