Uranus ♅ Troposphere ♅ Stratosphere
Thermosphere ♅ Exosphere ♅ Outer Space

Naming the Shrine

If it weren't for the fact that all Wicked musical fans would automatically think of Elphaba upon reading the title "Defying Gravity", I would have named this web shrine that.

I could have gone for gone for something that dealt with Haruka's element, planet, powers, hobbies... but I really didn't want to fall into the typical. Still, Haruka's first image song "I Want to Become the Wind" (風にりなたい - Kaze ni Naritai) did come to mind often. I didn't want to go with that either, however. Nevertheless, it was a theme to consider.

Since I like obtaining information and often use websites to store said information, another correlation to such a theme came to mind. I read Jonathon Livingston Seagull during my early adolescence. The theme of the book really seemed to tie my love for information, Haruka's enlightenment and understanding herself upon becoming a soldier, the freedom associated with flight and various other concepts.

I finally decided on "Transcendence." It fit well with the defying gravity concept and certain aspects of Haruka's character. In turn, the various sections follow that idea by starting from the core, entering the atmosphere and eventually transcending upon reaching outer space. In turn gravity has been defied and now the heavens and beyond await.