#coincidence of opposites

[noosphe-re]

Hegel's overriding impulse was to comprehend all dimensions of existence as dialectically integrated in one unitary whole. In Hegel's view, all human thought and all reality is pervaded by contradiction, which alone makes possible the development of higher states of consciousness and higher states of being. Each phase of being contains within itself a self-contradiction, and it is this that serves as the motor of its movement to a higher and more complete phase. Through a continuing dialectical process of opposition and synthesis, the world is always in the process of completing itself. Whereas for most of the history of Western philosophy from Aristotle onward, the defining essence of opposites was that they were logically contradictory and mutually exclusive, for Hegel all opposites are logically necessary and mutually implicated elements in a larger truth. Truth is thus radically paradoxical.

Richard Tarnas, The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View

#quote #Richard Tarnas #Tarnas #Hegel #Aristotle #coincidentia oppositorum #coincidence of opposites #union of opposites #truth #philosophy #Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel #Western philosophy #Western Mind #thinking #psychology #mind #paradox

[notemaker]

The angel on the devils shoulder.

#I love their dynamic #They're each other's opposite selves but not quite because they also coincide in many things #its interesting. it might not seem like it at first glance #but there's something wildly interesting in understanding how these two fit despite their diferences #on another note #I inspired myself a bit on the art style from the Gernika #I do love lines that don't quite make sense anatomically #but do in the big picture #one piece #zolu #one piece luffy #one piece zoro #roronoa zoro #zoro #luffy #luffy fanart #monkey d. luffy #straw hat luffy #monkey d luffy #straw hat pirates #op #one piece fanart #my art #art post

[thechosenanubis]

Nina and Eddie seeing the school for the first time parallels.

While the camera shots are taken from different angles, both Nina and Eddie are standing in the same spot

I'm pretty sure this is purely coincidental, but i'm going to indulge my delusional self and say this is actually the first osirian hint. :D

#house of anubis #nina martin #eddie miller #chosirian #nina and eddie are meant to mirror one another and nobody can convince me otherwise #further evidence: their opposite reactions when they got to anubis -> #eddies like: “ i've been here for only 5 seconds and i already hate it :/ ” #while nina's like: ” everything is better than i ever imagined! so cool :D “ #you may think this doesn't stand neither here or there and the evidence is flimsy at best #and you would be right #sadly i can't hear you over my mind going right into delusional mode ~ ✨ #also w h y are they wearing a similar color scheme??? black red and white??? #is this the usual color scheme that americans travelling abroad used to wear in the early 2010s??? i'm so confused by the coincidence... #on an unrelated note #i just noticed that the cab driver immediately leaves eddie alone almost as if he was saying “ u are on ur own mate! good luck!” #while in ninas case the driver is a gentleman and carries her luggage to anubis #i find it both extremely sweet and hilarious

[everyfandomsprincess]

Hold on:

Citrus shipping and Opposite shipping the inverse of each other

#like loud wanna be green ninja #and we’ll meaning but also can be villain robots? #coincidence i think not #ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago masters of spinjitzu #ninjago kai #ninajgo Zane #ninjago morro #ninjago echo #citrusshipping #opposite shipping

[mariocki]

John Levene sets the plot rolling and unleashes untold terrors as an unnamed doctor in a psychiatric institution, in Don Sharp's 1974 chiller Dark Places

#fave spotting #john levene #sergeant benton #dark places #classic doctor who #doctor who #sgt benton #1974 #british cinema #horror film #robert hardy #a pleasant surprise! had zero idea JL would be in this but then he rocks up in the opening scene. and has lines and everything! #I'm inclined to think Don Sharp may have had a hand in casting; he seems to have worked with actors he knew where possible and John #had appeared opposite his scene mate here Robert Hardy in Sharp's previous horror film Psychomania; Chris Lee (who John also gets to act #opposite) had done The Devil Ship Pirates for him as had bit part player Barry Linehan‚ also in this scene‚ while Herbert Lom had starred #in The Human Jungle which Sharp had done an ep or 2 of. i mean it could always all be coincidence but i somehow dont think so #it's a brief but pretty good role for John‚ outside of his usual type casting as military or law enforcement figures

[korperlos]

so, the walls in my place are paper thin and i was just in the middle of recording a new audio when i heard someone quietly "join in" on the other side. it's not the first time this has happened lately and i'm curious whether she's aware that i can definitely hear her (and sometimes the vibrator too) although she's being pretty quiet.

#poor woman went through a breakup lately #you can really hear every single word over here #wasnt pretty #so good for her she's getting some relief i guess #its strange though #because ive no idea who she is with seperate entrances on opposite sides of the building and such #of course it could still be a coincidence #but its happened several times now in the past few weeks and i barely ever hear her being at it otherwise #the strangest way to interact with a stranger #also #its not like i wasnt trying not to be heard #no idea how to feel about this situation tbh

[kyouka-supremacy]

I think a lot about how one of tpn's leading themes was “in another world, you and me could have been friends (we'll fight for that world together)” and how bsd literally went “this magic book has the power to tell me there's literally no universe where you and me could be happy together”

#When I first read it I was like. *giggles* what the fuck #Seriously like? Maybe you could find a world you could be happy together if you just. #stopped killing people and opened a coffee shop together or something idk #Anyways please please give tpn a shot it's so worth it #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd beast #mine #q. #10/09/22 #Edit: For a fun coincidence of events these days I've been talking a lot with my cousin about how bsd's fundamentally nihilistic worldviews #and pessimistic perception of man opposite to tpn's intrinsically socialist message that all humans are inherently good- #is the main reason why I won't ever be able to enjoy bsd as much as I loved and still love tpn. It's sad‚ in a way. I miss tpn.

[yngai]

what i like about ada's report, & i'll get into it more eventually, is that despite it being ada explaining the plot (& her motivations) to you directly, it presents an interesting relationship between ada, a known liar & manipulator, & the audience. while she withholds information from other characters & skirts about on mystery throughout RE4 & separate ways, there is one person to whom she doesn't lie, to whom she does tell the truth, at least a part of it, & that is you, the player. it is a very neat narrative device that wouldn't work as well in a different medium

#* file // : OOC — ( 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐄 . ) #not that anyone's actually fucking read ada's report people still think ada was saving leon out of love #in direct opposition to wesker's orders in the original re4 #i wish this didn't make me mad but it does it's right there in plain english the nikita pose is a misdirection #it's subverting the trope she's part of a bigger conspiracy leon is a necessary piece of her mission #like the subversion of the femme fatale isn't subtle #they either die or are undone upon reveal of their treachery ada survives & lives beyond the logical endpoint of her character #she isn't weakened or completely changed in fact she learns how to manipulate the hero better for their next encounter #she isn't working for the villain both in that she tells you that she's only been pretending to this whole time #& that she works for another organization that's been spying on wesker through ada this whole time #but also the fact that wesker is neither the villain of re4 nor resident evil as a franchise he is another cog in the machine #just another one of umbrella's leftovers #see i know people think ada despises chris because he mistook her for carla one time on the tanker #but i think they've got a lot more in common than either is truly willing to admit should they actually ever speak to each other #i just think it's neat that she gets his line addressed to wesker to use on mr. x (just another one of umbrella's failed experiments) #darkside chronicles & re5 were developed around the same time i'm sure it's a coincidence

[seonghwasblr-moved]

Saw a video of someone who met Wooyoung in Paris and got him to sign their album... why would you just "randomly" walk around with an ateez album, despite how big Paris is? Also he's literally on vacation. Let him be on vacation and get the break he deserves without being followed by fans, damn

#maja talks #is it really just a coincidence to walk around with an ateez album and somehow running into him when you know he's in your city? #like if you run into them just say hi and then leave them alone or smth #as someone who randomly ran into yunho and wooyoung in copenhagen I don't get how you aren't embarrassed to bother them during their freetim #i was in the same store as them and freaked out and attempted to be as far away from them in the store as possible lmao #and then when we got outside we waited for them to leave so we could go without them getting the wrong idea #and we went in the opposite direction than them #like leave them alone when they have freetime!! #I was freaking out so if I can leave them alone while freaking out so can you without freaking out #they were probably freaking out inside #but the point stands #leave them alone and stop being weirdos following them around with their album to get an autograph #wooyoung really looked annoyed in the video too so idk how you can feel okay with yourself

[chemicalarospec]

actually i'm so obsessed with the Julian&Sandy + Kenneth Horne and Stefon + Seth Meyers parallels. the "Straight Man" who can't help but crack a smile interrogating his (heavily coded as) gay friend(s) that calling "whacky" would be putting it very lightly. comedy hasn't changed in 50 years.

And hey. it's still very funny and endearing to me! The tried and true formula is great!

#50 years is an estimate between the two - it's been 10 more years since stefon #coincidently both these 'staight men' go by their real name playing opposite entirely ficticious characters #round the horne #stefon snl #julian and sandy #julian & sandy #I said this #tropes #gay #queer #i mean i felt like it had to be tagged gay bc it's a very 'gay' trope but queer is my catch-all #comedy #they're such PARALLELS that's there's nothing to write about! i can't put them in a fanfiction! #horne wouldn't understand clubbing and meyers wouldn't understand polari but it's the same sketch! them meeting each other is #looking in the mirror!

[pastafossa]

Someone pointed out that Matt getting his new suit from Luke is probably really fucking expensive and how the hell can Matt afford it?? To which I say, I think a certain Italian mobster — cough cough definitely not Ciro cough cough — miiiiiiight have had some involvement

He 100% WOULD make some calls and cough up the cash because like, look, God knows he and Matt do not get along because mob connections ethics literal murder they are two very different people. Pay just for Matt? For MATT? Never! He does this not for his son in law Matt, but instead for Jane, who would be very put out if her husband died because her pigeon of a husband is determined to subsist only on breadcrumbs and thus cannot afford a Good Suit, and he also does this for Matt's mom who is a literal nun and maybe by helping save her son, Ciro will win bonus Catholicism points with Jesus and thus shorten his expected time in purgatory which he has planned for.

#ask response #the red thread #ciro would absolutely make the calls to get the suit #and justify it as a gift to Jane and Maggie and only begrudgingly to Matt #Matt accepts begrudgingly for the same reasons #he also likely takes enjoyment out of making it reflective and red and yellow which Ciro much like Foggy finds ridiculous #Ciro: 'this is the opposite reason for which the suit was made Matthew how will you vanish' #Matt: 'Spoken like a man who couldn't move quietly to save his life' #'I move in the shadows perfectly well Matthew. did you think my title a coincidence?' #Matt: 'and I moved quietly enough to steal Jane's heart despite your best attempts to stop me so I think I know who'd win between us' #Ciro: 'Touche Matthew. I loathe you but touche. What does this have to do with the red and yellow?' #Matt: 'absolutely nothing. I just like reminding you about it.'

[apple-of-my-pie]

Something about how Wolf 359 is primarily character-driven rather than plot driven. Something about how all the villains extol the value of the ‘big picture’, the grand cosmic happenings that are more important than any people’s lives or desires. Something about the contact event mattering because of the way the characters react in the face of it. Something about an immortal alien empire reaching out to mankind for the first time by having a chat with one man alone in a room. Something about how, as aliens judge whether the human race deserves to live and a megacorporation plans world domination, the story is about a group of people stuck on a tin can together and the way they feel about their lives, the world and each other.

#w359 actively refusing the Big Picture on every level fucks so hard #we never see much of goddard’s doings on earth. we never see the rest of that vast intergalactic civilization the dear listeners belong to #because that’s not what matters! what matters is the love and fear and hope and anger and grief and want of this tiny handful of people #small in the great cosmic scale #it’s not a coincidence that all the antagonists will not shut up abt how individual people don’t matter in the grand scheme of things #(and therefore hurting people is justified if you can claim some higher purpose) #and then the story goes yes they do!!! look at them!!! the big picture is not important what’s important are these small petty human beings #that’s what we focus on that’s what we develop that’s what MATTERS #hilbert and kepler and cutter and pryce going ‘individual human lives aren’t worthy of consideration’ #jokes on you bitch the narrative says the opposite #wolf 359 #w359 #bay’s originals

[likedaylighht]

TTPD as a spring album is solidarity for me personally as someone who always experiences the worst periods in my life from like February to May

#I use to joke I had opposite seasonal depression #like girl no that’s just actual depression and it was a coincidence it was always in the spring when bad shit happened

[space-ninja-fashion-show]

North mainly remembers Ballas as how he was as Narmer, and the two are kinda just separate entities in their brain anyway. And their memories from before the Zariman jump are fuzzy and full of holes. And they generally suck at recognising ppl by voice and usually pass off any recognition as having made a mistake

And Higgins just has no first-hand memories of Ballas since he doesn't remember his old life and came to consciousness way after TNW concluded

This is all to say that neither North nor Higgins make any connections about the Warden (besides him feeling annoyingly familiar to North) until they return from Duviri after the first time Kullervo's island has appeared, and Higgins chats with the other frames in the group via transference, which is always a mix of actual words, emotions, and memory bits getting bounced back and forth, and Alden goes "what is this motherfucker doing in Duviri now"

#chatter tag #oc: drifter north #oc: higgins #oc: alden #its specifically alden bc hes the exact opposite to north at being good at recognising ppl #and the most likely to feel certain about this connection instead of passing it off as a coincidence #lanius would be like wow the similarity is uncanny! and kodiak would prod to figure out more #but alden beats them both to it by just going OH THATS THE BITCH

[therevengeoffrankenstein]

the implications....

folie a deux meaning / folie a deux album cover / pete's bear hat(s)

#myevilposts #pete wentz #also the teddy bear rug would be fun to mention in this discussion but these ones are more serious. #the thing with pw is that sometimes he does things that are so devious and strategic and genius and sneaky and poignant #and other times it just seems that way and was actually just him being silly. #this goes both ways btw. #like a lot of mania era stuff i feel was mocked as him being silly but was actually deep and then a lot of older stuff #that people obsess over dissecting was actually Not That Deep on his account at least. #it's kinda not his fault that he's a cartoon character. kinda. but he knows how to lean into it. #pw understands camp better than 99% of users on this website tbh. #fall out boy #also pete and bebe wearing matching bear hats during hiatus. is like exactly what i'm talking about. lol. #the implication being that the bear/becoming a bear represents embracing the madness and becoming one with the grizzly bear #that the human in the bear costume is carrying on the folie cover. #i feel like it's not a coincidence that the guy looks like pete too. it might be but i always figured it was intentional. #the grizzly bear/real life equivalent to the madness of folie a deux as a condition is open to interpretation more #i think. obviously it could represent the co dependence between pete and patrick. but it could also #represent pete's marriage as a whole to the band/his work. #i think it's most noteworthy again that he wore the bear hat matching with bebe DURING HIATUS. #similarly to the stump club shirt i feel like it's pretty clear he was incredibly torn up about the hiatus. #maybe it's that pete had a co dependent relationship with his public image/identity within the scope of fob's fame. #A LOT of black cards calls back to fob / is in response to or commentary of his fame from fob. #because of course it did/was. fob was intrinsic to his celebrityhood. and that celebrityhood obviously was intrinsic to him. #this is not to downplay the other aspects of his identity. the opposite actually. #especially considering that his public image was so skewed and dumbed down and he was rightfully very upset about that #and that is very prevalent/important/vital i think to understanding things like black cards as a whole.

[muu-kun]

Y'all can absolutely give me shit if you want to; however, frankly, I have no regret for who I opted to hard block on this blog just recently. I've also progressed into gratitude towards those that decided to then hard block me in retaliation / solidarity. Muu tried to overlook his hurt and grievances on account of nobody really having his back. I knew the bounds of that threshold had been broken through when he began ruminating again, and yet I still remained unprepared for how drastically different his head space has been these last few weeks now. I'll admit that, honestly, the lack of fear taking place in it these days is a bit chilling to me really.

#; ♡ ; ooc #but please do not mistake any of this as to somehow say I wish for any sort of malicious intent to be targeted towards these muns #i very much so continue to advocate for the opposite #I hope that their personal endeavors remain positive and fulfilling as no matter the trauma responses that were triggered within muu #and never really met with acknowledgement that wasn't coincided with belittlement in a way #his love for them was real and he will continue to channel that into wishing for anything less than blessings for others