#From an inter-personal point of view at least

[3mmetotter]

Bakugou and Midoriya's Relationship Pre-main-cannon Analysis

Ok so I keep reading posts where people seem to think Bakugou has hard-core bullied Izuku for 10 straight years and Im here to squash that. So a kinda analysis of their relationship though the years based off what we know and all major shifts that I think happen based off cannon. As well as some inferred just based off how kids act at certain ages.

Relationship Timeline Guestimation:

This is my best guess on a timeline towards each other.

I would say the biggest guess in this is when the passive bullying actually started. Im guessing end of elementary and start of junior high just based off how kids usually are at that age (friendships shift, preteens try to be cool, purberty starts, ect.)

The biggest theme to their whole relationship is miscommunication so I labeled the timeline based off what an outside POV might label their relationship.

Preschool

Activity regular friends without Katsuki being a massive jerk. Before quirks and then Katsuki gets a big head ect. Most of that is covered extensively in flashbacks in the manga so Im gona gloss over this era.

Elementary

There's not a lot thats been shown directly at this time beyond what we've been shown in the manga (ie Izuku being nicknamed deku). So slightly inferred just based off their personalities and overall age.

Theyre actively friends but Katsuki gets worst and worst through the years and more distant. Though they actually have interations. Plus both these boys are so stubborn that I think theyed stay friendsish through elementary.

So we know they interacted and were around each other:

They were both friends at this point or at least like playmates and I think would continue through a lot of elementary especially early elementary.

Cause its not like Katsuki was popular with most people unsurprisingly:

Even if Katsuki really didnt want it, I think Izuku was one of the only friends that actively showed he cared about him. Even if he really didn't want it.

But with Katsukis insecurities and his kinda warped view of Izuku their friendship was pretty off and on again. Basically at this point in their relationship they both think the other is a slightly jerky friend but still actively care for each other. They get on each others nerves but still consider the other a friend. Also cause theyre in elementary, kids usually just play with whoever is closest and available. Since they lived in the same neiborhood and both have no sibling they would probably be first available for each other, inspite of feelings or insecurities.

Eventually though Katsukis insecurities would win out. (Which to note those really only ever come up when comparisons can come into play or when Katsuki could be precieved as needing help). And Katsuki has the same self awareness emotionally as a cat whos head is stuck in a bag. So he projects those insecurities hard onto Izuku, instead of actual self reflection.

To sum up elementary:

Early Middle School

Turning point from my guess is when Izuku tries to stand up to Katsuki and I think this is where they officially end any friendship and the bullying towards Izuku officially starts. I interpret this scene as either later elementary school or early middle school based off the lankyness of everybody:

So middle of middle school and note that Izuku isnt as actively freaked out by Katsuki approaching. So Katsuki after whenever he beat-up Izuku essentially reaffirm to himself that Izuku cant be a threat, and that he is still the best. Thus calm Katsuki at the start of Middle School. Still a jerk whenever he sees Izuku but doesnt seem to feel the need to actually seek him out. Mostly just dismissive belittling.

Plus no full on Baku-rage directed at Izuku:

Of course as anything hero related starts to come up and Izuku ends up doing his normal thing. Katsuki, like always, gets triggered cause Izuku hits every insecuritie he has.

Turning point happens when Katsuki feels threatened by Izuku again:

Thus Baku-rage is officially engaged! And series starts!

#bakudeku #bakugou katsuki #izuku midoriya #mha #mha bakugou #my hero academia #character study #timeline #deku #great explosion murder god dynamight #bkdk #bnha #bnha spoilers #school briefs #boku no hero academia #team-up missions #kacchan #dkbk #izuku #katsuki #childhoodfrenamies #childhood friends #bnha bakugou #bnha midoriya #bnha fanfiction #bnha fic #mha deku #bakudeku relationship #bakugou x midoriya #bnha meta

[missizzy]

Perc'ahlia Week Day Two Fic

The funeral of Lady Vex'ahlia de Rolo was probably the biggest event Whitestone had seen in years. Officially it wasn't really bigger than the funerals held for other Chamber members and such, except they had to extend the viewing of her body to a full week, because so many people came to pay their respects. (Also to give those who managed the tombs time to figure out how they were going to inter the bear with her.) But it sort of extended itself into the days before, with people canceling other events and holding personal wakes with their friends to commemorate her or just be there for each other, and it seemed every last inhabitant of Whitestone attended at least one of the day's official events.

After she (and Trinket) were at last laid to rest beside her husband, and the final song to the Dawnfather had been sung, much of the crowd still lingered in and around the castle. Its entrance hall and much of the ground floor remained open, and they had even hung all the paintings of the lady and her family in the hall for her mourners to see.

Noone had seen her two surviving children once the services had ended; word was they'd retreated upstairs. Some scanned for the surviving members of Vox Machina; about them, there was only word that the two gnomes had gone into the city.

As well as all the people of Whitestone, the various events had also been heavily attended by ravens. Some of those who had come from outside Whitestone had shown their confusion about it, and even more at the nonchalance of the city's inhabitants. But by now, even those people had gotten used to them, and nobody was looking at them much. Nobody noticed if one of them seemed to fly a little apart from the others, or looked at everything and everyone with sharper, more knowing eyes than the other birds did.

Keyleth still didn't take the form of a raven that often, and usually only when there were multiple other birds around. She never attempted to talk to any of them, either. It was just that she'd started feeling it as a weird comfort ever since that time when Vax had been captured and tortured and had been unable to send his ravens to her.

There weren't that many places in the hall for the ravens to perch, but Whitestone's inhabitants often welcomed them on their shoulders, so long as they were wearing something thick enough. There were plenty of Pale Guard about still in their pauldrons, and Keyleth landed on one of them, a certain young human man named Flanders, and settled down as he joined another half-elf Pale Guard-Manora, she thought her name was, and another human in front of the portraits. Manora was identifying the various people depicted for her companion's benefit. When she pointed to the painting of Vax, commissioned by Vex shortly after his death, Keyleth looked away. She'd never liked that picture of him.

"And that, of course, is Vesper," she continued. "I think this painting was done when she became Guardian after Cassandra finally stepped down."

"Wonder if she's ever going to step down," said Flanders. "The way she's going she could very well die still holding the Woven Stone, and then who gets it? I assume it's not gonna be her eldest-did he even show up today?"

"He came," said Manora. "I don't know for how long, but I spotted him with the other grandkids. But I'm pretty sure it's going to be Klarus over there." She gestured over to where Danny's Tiefling grandson was speaking to a whole knot of people near the castle entrance.

"A Tiefling?" the strange man asked. "And the townspeople won't object?"

"You're behind the times, Harold," she informed him. "What trouble these people might have given Tieflings when the first of them was born into the de Rolo family was gone by the time she died, having already gone down in history for putting in all the lights we're viewing these pictures by right now, and I've heard she even oversaw the first installations of them in Emon."

"That's right," said Flanders. "My grandmother said to me once that when she was a little girl, before Lord Percival de Rolo died, he and his youngest went to every house in Whitestone to put a light in."

That was actually an exaggeration; they'd had help. In fact, Keyleth couldn't help but feel a little sad Pike's involvement was apparently being forgotten.

But Flanders was continuing, "She told some other tales about Gwendolyn de Rolo, too. Everything from how she designed Rexxentrum's skyport to how she told off the High Warden of Syngorn and completely got away with it."

"I've heard about that one, too," said Manora. "Probably one of her mother's proudest days."

"What, really?" asked a surprised Harold. "I always thought she had better manners than that."

Even in her raven form, Keyleth felt herself shake with the supressed laughter. Manora didn't try to suppress it. Flanders took it differently, though, frowning and saying, "Do you have any idea how they still treat Tieflings in Syngorn? Lord de Rolo is even on record as having said he'd always disliked going there, first for how they treated his wife, and then later for how they were treating his various Tiefling descendants. And I think the twins always refused to go there at all after Leona ended up having two Tiefling children."

"They did," said Manora, "and their parents withstood considerable pressure to make them relent on it. I believe they even hounded poor Lady de Rolo about it at her husband's funeral."

It had been even worse than that. Keyleth had stayed with Vex for a couple of weeks after Percy's death, and she vividly remembered how the two elves who had accompanied Syldor had harassed both Vex and the twins the entire time they'd been there. Syldor hadn't joined them, but he hadn't stopped them either. Finally she'd gotten them both alone and she might have made a couple of threats that had endangered the diplomatic relations between Syngorn and the Ashari, and possibly also just about everyone north of them on the continent. Honestly, Keyleth was glad these people apparently hadn't heard about any of that.

Remembering those painful days, on top of her grief over now having lost Vex as well, was almost too much for Keyleth. She found herself retreating into the raven brain, tuning out the trio of young people for a little while, even tucking her head under her wings and muffling some still sorrowful chirps.

When she finally poked her head back out, Flanders, Manora, and Harold had joined a pair of half-Orcs in front of the most famous painting of Leona and Wolfe, done shortly after they'd turned fifty. They were talking a little quickly, and she didn't try to catch much of what they went over, but it sounded like the general common accounts of their exploits. These days probably more people knew about Leona and Wolfe than knew about their parents.

One of the two half-Orcs, whom Keyleth believed might have been called Leyla, turned out to have a mother who had fought alongside the twins in her youth, and even been friends with Wolfe's second wife. She could tell her mother's tales of what Leona had said to her soldiers before they'd ridden to face the Iron Authority, of the nights they all spent trying to keep warm in the Cliffkeeps, of how they had reacted when they'd received the news of their father's death.

"Is is true," Flanders asked her, "that after they both were killed in their final battle, there was a note found, addressed to their mother and signed by both of them, that asked that she only try to bring one of them back if they other was still alive, that if they fell together, she let them go?"

"I think so," said Leyla. "Mom didn't like to talk about it, though. Everyone who served under Leona and Wolfe were devastated when they were killed. The people they led loved them so much."

Vex hadn't wanted to talk about it much either. That had probably been an even more painful time for her than Percy's death had, especially since Gwen's health had been failing, making it clear she, too, was near her natural end. Keyleth remembered two days before the funeral, finding Vex sitting in the Widow's Garden, staring at the plants she and Percy had spent decades curating, and when Keyleth had sat down beside her, she'd just fallen against her and remained silent for a while.

And then, when she'd finally spoken, she'd said, "Percy was never entirely happy with the path the two of them took, especially with Leona wielding guns the way he used to. He accepted their choices, and he understood why they made them, but it never stopped causing him grief. What would he think now, Keyleth? Would he think we failed as parents?"

Keyleth had assured her he wouldn't, of course, and she genuinely didn't think he would. But her attempts to console Vex hadn't gone very well that day. It had in fact been Danny, who had found her mother shortly after she had, who had brought a smile to her face with his extended stories about his siblings, the reminders that they had not been just warriors.

Danny, whom this little group were now standing in front of. The painting of him had been done when he'd been in his forties, and had really started committing himself to the care and tending of the Parchwood, though Keyleth believed that he drew his power from the city as much as the woodlands. There were parts of the depiction of him that reminded Keyleth all too much of his namesake, but she knew that the way he and his surroundings were drawn was also done to be reminiscent of certain artistic depictions of she herself.

It was not a surprise, either, when her own name came up in relation to his: "Keyleth the Tempest herself mentored him. Although you know, she was lovers with Lady de Rolo's brother, the one who died young and had his nephew named for him. It's creepy if you think about it."

Well, it had been weird at first. That was maybe when and why Danny had really committed to the nickname. Since then, he'd been Danny, and Vax had been Vax, and Keyleth hadn't had any trouble with that anymore.

Manora's comment hadn't bothered her; she was long past being troubled by such chatter. Flanders, on the other hand, angrily snapped, ""Don't talk about either of them that way! She taught him how to protect this city, and it's thanks to what else she taught him he's going to be around to do it even after we're all dead."

That wasn't true, of course. Keyleth knew how to protect lands from elemental rifts, but Whitestone was threatened by different phenomena, and she'd mostly just helped Danny in figuring out how to deal with those. And getting up to the level of druid where his aging was slowed he had completely done himself. She was grateful he'd done it, though. He'd already lived enough of his lifespan first he wouldn't last nearly as long as her, but any friends she could keep for longer were good, especially one from the two she had now both lost.

So she minded less when the other half-Orc (Claude? She wasn't sure), said, "I thought that was Lady de Rolo herself who taught him how to guard the land. She took all five of her children out with the Grey Hunt at least briefly, although only the twins really stuck with it."

"She might have," said Manora. "Sometimes it feels like she had a hand in all the ways Whitestone has grown and prospered and been a place of accomplishments during the past century or so. She had to have monetarily, at least, and this was a woman who never stopped visiting people who were suffering loss or hardship, at much as she could practically manage, whose advice so often made up the Chamber's mind, who presided over every event in the city, became the face of it abroad after her husband's death."

She turned as she spoke to a portrait of Vex, one done about a decade or so after Percy's death. She had really started to show her age then, but this was a painter that made the lines on her face and the greying of her hair increase her feeling of dignity and wisdom. Trinket had been painted with her in this one, and the warmth with which her hand caressed him was easy for the viewer to interpret as symbolizing her kindness to all who had been under her care.

Keyleth had now been on Flanders' shoulder long enough her wings had started to itch, and so she alighted, chirping in response when first he and then his companions called out a farewell to her. Up she went, over the heads of the crowd, meandering her way towards the castle entrance and fresher, cooler air.

As main hall fell behind her, Keyleth briefly looked back. For a moment, she could see all of them there, Vex and Percy and their children, all of them young and strong again, making the world feel like it never stood a chance against them.

Then she turned and flew out into the city they had made together, now starting to stretch in size enough to completely fill her view, and dove down to find Scanlan and Pike, wherever they had gotten to in its bustling streets.

#critical role #vox machina #perc'ahlia week #keyleth #de rolo family

[studio-cultist]

My essay of the silent protagonist.

For the longest time, silent protagonists as an archetype we’re my most despised kind of characters. The main reasons are that I consume games as a form of art, specifically in the story telling kind and so I want well rounded or at the very least likeable characters who are distinct from each other and because of the nature of the silent protagonists as a vessel for the player to project themselves onto, they inherently made the immersion of a story weaker as we can all agree that a stone faced empty shell for a main character is not exactly Shakespeare.

And I am not exactly immersed by being a character with no personality beyond “hero�� especially one that doesn’t talk as I Infact have the ability to speak aswell as have a much more human sense of morality where heroic attributes are not all present always and like everyone am capable of bastardry

It didn’t help that famous examples of the archetype such as link from the Zelda series or crono of chrono trigger are all heroic badass chick magnets.

I used to find it very patronising that a game dev would portray the player in such a way and to an extent I still do, I may enjoy escapism as much as the next guy but not enough to enjoy such a masturbatory fantasy where you get to play a flawless character with legendary status.

Perhaps I was just not enjoying the escapism or perhaps I wanted a story that had its main character a fleshed out character or at the very least be an archetype that fucking talks!

Or maybe I just didn’t get the point of a silent protagonist…

When playing through the half life games, I finally began to understand why the silent protagonist works especially when playing through half life 2.

The main character you play as was Gordon freeman who was a theoretical physicist of an Area 51 like science facility called black mesa, and in the second game he finds himself stuck in a conflict against a fascist inter dimensional alien empire.

Despite being a silent protag however I grew to love dr freeman and I considered him my favourite character in the half life series(despite him not having a personality at all)

The silent protagonist finally made sense to me when I stopped trying to project myself into gordon freeman and instead began to mold him in my head of what I imagined gordon freeman to be like as a person.

Because of the style of gameplay in half life 2 I kept feeling tired throughout much of my time playing which made me realise and wonder if “is this what Gordon is feeling?” Having to constantly be on the run fighting aliens and combine soldiers without any rest? This tiredness I felt from playing through half life ended up creating an image of Gordon freeman who was a tired and cynical man with a defeatist attitude who thinks his struggle is worthless and yet still chooses to move on because taking the cowards way out to lay down and rot wasn’t something gordon wanted.

The fact that gameplay alone built this idea of gordon in my head astonished me and I realised how instead of treating silent protagonists as a shallow form of power fantasy, I could instead immerse myself in the role of the protagonist and simply build that idea of their identity in my head of who they are.

This is all probably elementary level shit to all of you who have already realised this yourselves but this recent revelation has forever changed my views on games and how I have consumed their story telling for so long.

Cave story is my favourite game but because of this misguided idea of silent protagonists I have always held the main character quote with disdain because he was a silent protagonist. For the longest time it was the doctor who was my favourite character because of how he Elicited extreme emotions out of me however now that I finally understood silent protagonists, I looked back on the first time I played cave story and how quote as the silent protagonists made me feel as I experienced the story through his eyes and the kind of character he was in my head.

In my first run I got the bad ending and I remember all the emotions I felt before, feelings of hopelessness and defeat. For many of you who played cave story, your version of quote probably got the normal ending where quote is able to save the day however mine wasn’t, my quote was a hero who failed and the fact that the silent protagonist archetype gave me an intimate feeling of how that felt made me realise how important quote was to me when I first played cave story.

It’s because of this that I now consider quote my favourite fictional character of all time.

Not because he’s an interesting character with an identity but because as a silent protagonist I got to create my own version of the character and have such a personal connection to the game I’m obsessed over.

#paragraph #essay writing #video games #silent protagonist #gaming #storytelling #cave story #half life #doukutsu monogatari #gordon freeman #cave story quote

[communistkenobi]

These intra- and inter-group variations [for political party affiliation] suggest that group membership is not in itself the major determinant of ideology in the individual. It would appear, rather, that different individuals support a political group for different reasons, and that we must understand why an individual chooses to support one group rather than another. It would be incorrect, or at least inadequate, to say that an individual is prejudiced because he is an Anti-New Deal Democrat [or traditional Republican, or etc].

one thing I appreciate about this book is that it’s constantly reminding the reader that political groups are not internally homogenous and only imperfectly correlate with things like bigotry (or anti-bigotry). There’s definitely a correlation, to be sure, and they make it clear that the more left wing a person is, the less likely they are on average to be ethnocentric (ie, tend towards sets of bigoted beliefs). One of the authors’ starting premises is that fascists believe all groups are internally homogenous and that’s part of their justification for their hostility towards groups they aren’t a part of. And like on the one hand, believing that certain racial or sexual minorities are all alike is a different class of error than believing that people in a certain political group are all alike - a lot of prejudice against minorities is based in intrinsic components of their identities (like being gay, or being black) that don’t really change. Belonging to a specific political group is an active choice one is choosing to engage in, and therefore judging them based on that choice is different.

On the other hand, I think this book is making a good point in that people aren’t bigots because of their politics - political views provide a framework for understanding the world, but bigotry is, as previously argued in this book, anti-rational; it doesn’t flow from experience or knowledge of the world. Bigotry is commonly described as “an irrational passion.” So like it isn’t that someone was a blank slate and then turned racist because they registered as a Republican. There is a multi-directional relationship going on between individual beliefs and political affiliation. And like also, just on a basic level, I’ve met communists with bigoted beliefs, and I’ve met conservatives with surprisingly progressive beliefs. Group affiliation is meaningful when judging the contents of a person’s beliefs, but it’s not adequate. “Necessary but insufficient” is maybe a good way of describing it.

Also, they made this point earlier, but like a lot of people don’t have fully formed coherent visions of the world. At the risk of over-generalising, I don’t think people are inherently predisposed to doing that. You can have various narratives and frameworks that make sense to you, but like I think people who have comprehensive political beliefs are in the minority. People can be noncommittal about a lot of things, politics included. So the fact that people may have preferences for political affiliation that don’t fully comport with their belief system is maybe not that surprising.

But then, the question remains - if some component of individual belief comes prior to political (or religious, or economic, or cultural) affiliation, then where does that belief come from? Are there just certain people predisposed to being bad people? In attempting to get out of essentialising human groups, are we now just reconstructing a new essential category to place the bad people into? Because if that’s the case then we are now faced with the same problem with a different group of people. Maybe that group of people deserve the label of bad a lot more, but that doesn’t get us out of large scale societal questions about what should be done about “the bad people”, which is uh maybe problematic lol

#the authoritarian personality

[niuttuc]

About my Planeswalker-sona !

I have two actually, who are like twins and were both born on Eldraine (the set where I first began to play!). They were raised as knights at first but then they ignited their spark (idk how yet) and had a lot of experiences that made them change a lot.

One is a mardu-artifact wielding gruff sellsword man. He is trying to form an inter-planar mercenary force that could be hired to diverse ends, even tho it would most likely be violence. He isn't the most morally straight person, and isn't afraid to perform such violence in exchange for whatever currency or favor he can muster, but he can't help be a little white aligned and won't stoop to really evil deeds if he can help it or if he notices it. He won't call it "honor" but more like, preserving his reputation in avoiding to harm defenseless people and the like. He is short tempered, a bit ill mannered, and doesn't care about politeness most of the time but *will* respect a good warrior or other people in his line of work. He would be hard pressed to *truly hate* someone but can hold grudges for a good while. His powers are to store copies of artifacts (mostly equipments) he has seen in a remote access bag-of-holding-like demi-plane and bring them out whenever he wants like a powered down Gate of Babylon thing from Fate. His prefered style of battle is wielding a colossus hammer and a brass knuckle and going wild on his ennemies!

The other is his evil-twin, idk if they were born from the same mother or not but they look a lot like each other. Basically personnality wise he's a little evil gremlin that enjoys being chaotic and fucking with people. He's a bit like Ashiok in that regard, but while seeming a bit less "aloof" I'd say? He's still mostly doing stuff for his own enjoyment tho. He is simic aligned, and his thing is to be able to dominate weak animals and constructs, a bit like Lukka, but without a "two ways" link of the sort, because he can only impose his will upon really weak beings. But then, his greatest joy is to pump them up to great heights with green spells to surprise people and bring chaos to wherever he is, which annoys his brother a lot. People mistake them a lot and since this one is very elusive they tend to find the mardu one and bring their grievances to him even tho he hasn't done anything. For some reason, he seems to be able to dominate weak infected monsters without spreading the oil or getting infected himself (to his knowledge at least), which is his lattest "fun discovery": indeed, killing with poison is way easier than with damage... He's taking advantage of the current situation to keep an infected myr with him at the moment, but how long will that last?...

That's it ! They don't have names yet because I'm very bad at naming and I don't want to feel like, cringe lol. But I love that in the lore we're supposed to *be* planeswalkers when we duel ! So they are both the pilots of my two favorite decks : a Syr Gwyn equip/knights commander deck, and a pauper simic infect deck.

I want to keep evolving them as I keep evolving as a player too. Maybe I will give them names, new adventures, write more... or at some point retire them, if I change a lot? In any case, I like them a lot!

Interesting, not quite as mirrored as the beginning got me to assume, but still two folks that are quite different. You say they were "raised as knights", what's that to mean? Where they already adult knights on Eldraine before sparking or just educated in view of them becoming knights? Was this their parents' expectations or their own? What castle's knighthood did they have/were they aiming after?

#mtg #fanwalkers #other people's characters #The Unnamed Ones

[seroqueldreamer]

I don't understand all the Alador and Darius shipping posts cropping up now. Like, let's look at it from a realistic point of view, Alador is now separated from Odalia, meaning they're not divorced. Not to mention, he's a victim of domestic abuse and work place abuse.

He needs time to recover and get to a better place mentally. To put it very bluntly, Alador has been damaged by someone else and needs to recover.

By making these posts, abt Darius to come and get his man, it's insensitive. I'm aware of the fact it's fictional, but everything else in terms of inter/intra-personal relationships is remarkably realistic. I think we should treat fanon like canon.

Also, please don't come here and yell at me like I'm stupid or say my opinion is wrong. It's an opinion. Everyone has and is entitled to one, even if it's wrong to you. You don't have to agree with it, but the least you can do is start a civil debate with me. Otherwise, I'll block you.

#the owl house #alador blight #darius the owl house

[bomnun]

I recall someone saying Jinho didn’t like Dawn for reasons I do not remember (and that annoys me!) . Tbh, as a Uni since 2017, I felt like Dawn did not really want to be in the group and was grabbing onto Hyuna’s fame, now that we know what we know

putting my response beneath a read more bc i feel like it's going to be pretty long, and also i don't want anyone to use this as ´, like, a serious reason to dislike any part of this because it's complicated and as we're not any of the 11 people directly involved we really only know a fraction of what really happened.

i've heard that about jinho and dawn as well,, and i can't really begin to guess if that's true or not. all that's sure is that they weren't as close as dawn was with, like, hui, kino or yanan. iirc the "evidence" people use is a vlive from dec 2016 where dawn says "being together as 10 is the most important" and jinho says "he's lying", but that could just be them joking around.

plus a video a few days before dawn officially leaves the group where jinho says their formation looks neater now because they're an odd number and looks around... 🤷🤷 (this one i actually managed to find) could just be him taking the piss at the absolute mess then too, or spoiling that the official announcement is coming two days later. who knows.

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interesting. as i...was not a uni back then i didn't catch that, but sort of realized retroactively that, maybe he didn't want to be there lmao. basing this mainly on the fact that in his 2019 solo debut documentary he talks about feeling empty even though he "should" have been happy after debuting and doing well, and how he prioir to that was the least interested/motivated trainee and couldn't make himself keep up with how hard everyone else was working.

i cannnot find thissss again (but i k now this happened so if someone has the link or knows which show at least... please tell me) but in like one of his first official schedules after leaving cube he and h.yuna were on a radio show together and he made some slightly pointed comment about how he's "much more comfortable with ´just hyuna than ever with that group" too .

those things make me wonder if he'd have left the group eventually scandal or not. i don't reaaaally want to speculate/guess too much on their inter-personal relationships because it makes me feel uncomofrtable and feels invasive and... what do we know anyway, but, idk, i really get hints that he wouldn't have stayed until now even without the controversies.

#ask #anoymous #it's a topic we could discuss more for sure ! #send me another ask or a message if you want #i was not present in 2018 so this is very patchy

[cure-icy-writes]

I’m jumping off of the Dress Up Darling post, and I think the wish fulfillment (at least in my eyes) us a two fold thing. That it can be read as the freedom to express your sexuality without drawing awkward attention to yourself or being degraded for it (I know some high school teachers of mine that would have flipped at Marin and how dresses+acts because of the belief she’s presenting temptation for guys to fall into), but also freedom of expressing interests in general, even if people would view the interest as something weird to have. It’s not just the popular girl liking anime, but enjoying it so much she wants to express her love via dressing as characters she loves. You’re the cosplay expert out of the two of us, so correct me if I’m wrong, but from what I’ve seen, cosplay still tends to get judged from an outside perspective because it gets viewed as weird. Because Marin and Wakana’s relationship is initially formed on the basis of cosplay, she doesn’t have to without her interests from him, and thus they can grow closer with one another. There really isn’t a fear of judgement, or at least a strong one. Marin can freely express herself, both in terms of her sexuality and interests

This is based off of my own experiences (school uniform standards can be whack) as well as my own journey with my sexuality and my physical presentation (which tends to lean more into body image issues than sexuality), but I thought I’d throw in my two cents

god i had such a hard time getting into cosplay initially because of the stigma. men are so so creepy and weird about it, and then there's this niche circle of male nerd hatred directed towards women not only being a part of 'their' fandom spaces, but having a voice and expressing their sexuality. I really just wanted some way to motivate myself to sew new things, and since I didn't have much fashion sense of my own at the time, I leaned towards cosplay as a potential way to do this. I was self conscious about the entire process, and school didn't make it any better. Sure, I got some small amount of admiration for my sewing skills, but I dreaded to actually explain what I was making.

And honestly, the fact that Marin wanted to cosplay a love interest in an 18+ game? Despite having very little sewing knowledge? Oh, she'd get ripped to shreds and passed around 4chan for SURE. But she's just... really passionate. About the character arc of a 'tumblr problematic,' sexy female character. And a lot of people can't understand why, can't see past the idea of sexiness as inherently objectifying and/or tempting. They can't comprehend female sexuality outside of the heterosexual male gaze looking down in disdain.

idk, you see a lot of sexy cosplays out there. And it's hard to tell how much of that is genuine self-expression and how much is motivated by the crummy world we live in. But those get a lot more attention, positive and negative, to the point where it feels out of proportion. There's this assumption that if you're into cosplay, you just put on your wig and pushup bra and instagram filters and that's all there is to it. But that's not it. There's so much work that goes into it, that goes largely ignored, and people still want to see it as an object, content to consume, rather than real people who learn.

I tried so many new things that i wouldn't have had a chance for otherwise. Explored aspects of myself, of stories. Heh, I even learned to walk in heels for cosplay-- bad idea, doing that the week before the con. Would not recommend, at all. I researched the inspirations behind each character when choosing materials and construction, I recreated concept art, and I got more comfortable with my body the way it was.

I try not to get too deep into the mainstream cosplay culture-- the idea of canon compliance as the pinnacle to be aspired to, and all the recycled beauty standards. Because at the end of the day, it's a personal journey of self discovery, yknow?

Marin and Wakana are a really interesting pair of characters, I think, because of how much they play with the idea of beautiful girl/ordinary guy. Marin has good looks and social standing, but she wants someone who will respect her for the messy, impatient, nerdy person she is, and she doesn't want to settle for anything less. Meanwhile Wakana is deeply focused and knowledgeable when it comes to clothing and dolls, but socially oblivious and deeply self-conscious about his interests despite wanting to make a career out of them. They are described as living in different worlds, but honestly? Despite being "the girl who has everything," Marin still feels isolated from her peers who don't get the intensity of her desires or her need to be understood.

Normally, they would have no reason at all to talk. But I hope this allows both of them to be confident and appreciated for their talents and desires.

#oops i went on a ramble #anyways yeah the fanservice is kinda excessive but if the characterization game is staying strong #i think i'm gonna keep watching

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My review for Rocket’s arc in Young Justice Phantoms

Transcript under the cut

Hello!

This video will be a review of season 4, episodes 18-21 of Young Justice so there will be spoilers.

Okay  so I liked the arc decently well enough. There were parts that I really  enjoyed and parts that I found lacking. Which is how I feel about all  of the other arcs. Each one had things that I liked and didn’t like. Now  with this one, it’s Rocket’s arc and my main issue with it is that it  just didn’t focus that much on Rocket. I feel like we didn’t learn that  much about her as a character. I mean we kind of did with her  interactions with her son and such but we didn’t get anything at all  about her backstory.

Now in the comics, that being Milestone  Comics, Rocket - real name Raquel Ervin - actually becomes a hero by  talking a guy named Augustus Freeman into becoming a hero - this being  Icon. They actually met when Raquel broke into his house and tried to  rob him. Then she saw that he had superpowers and thought he would make a  great hero. She demanded to be his sidekick and she designed their costumes! But none of this is  mentioned in Young Justice so there is the possibility that this isn’t  her backstory on the show. Still, I would have liked to have seen some  backstory for her, whether it’s the same as in the comics or not.

In  the other arcs, we did get to learn new things about the focus characters, or  at least saw some of their backstory. With the first arc, we got to learn more about M’gann’s relationship with her family and that really added to her character. Way back in season one she mentions that she always wanted an Earth sister and implies that she didn’t get along with her sisters on Mars. And in her arc we got to meet one of those sisters and their interactions with each other really added a layer to M’gann’s character. In Artemis’s arc we see great interactions with her sister Jade and even flashbacks that add some context to some of their interactions in season 1. In Kaldur’s arc, there was an episode where he talks to his parents about the past and we learn more about his backstory which explains his personality pretty well. Zatanna’s arc is a little lacking in this area, the same with Rocket’s. We did get some flashbacks of her childhood but that was from her father’s perspective, not her own but it did still give us insight into her character a little bit. Now I do think Zatanna’s arc suffers from not focusing on her so much as it focuses on Klarion and Vandal Savage. I feel like Rocket’s arc suffers similarly by focusing a little too much on the Zod family.

I did like the parts in episode 19 when Lor-Zod was explaining his backstory and it was inter-cut with Saturn Girl and Chameleon Boy telling the same story but from their perspectives. Like from Lor’s point of view, he is in the right for wanting to rescue his parents while the Legion thought he was evil for that because his parents are criminals. It was really cool to see differing viewpoints of the same events. I thought it was an interesting way of handling a lot of exposition.

Now I did actually like Lor-Zod to be honest. Didn’t really care for General Zod but I never really like him in any adaptation. He’s just not a character that I enjoy. Lor-Zod’s determination to get his parents out of the Phantom Zone was kind of  sweet though. Like yeah I know they’re villains and have done awful things but  still it was sweet. Even if it is kind of far removed from the comics. Lor in the comics actually fights against his parents and gets raised by Superman and Lois as a Kent. Maybe that could still happen in Young Justice? Time travel is possible so maybe Superman could travel in time and then take baby Lor away... uhm although that would be kidnapping... hmm so maybe not... Anyway. I found the song they sang in the Phantom Zone kind of cringy. I know that’s a small thing but when they started singing I was like, “Really? Y’all are doing this?” I get that it was supposed to be brainwashing Conner into being loyal to Zod but still. I felt like it lasted too long. I know it wasn’t very long but I feel like a couple of verses could have been cut and that little extra time could have been given to, I don’t know, Rocket.

I just feel like she didn’t get enough screen time for it being her arc.

A  big point of contention in the show’s fandom is how she handled her son  Amistad’s Autism and then how her feelings about that were mirrored to  her feelings about Orion. Now I don’t have Autism or claustrophobia so I  can’t really speak on how accurately either of those were portrayed.  I’ve seen people saying that Amistad was written relatively accurately  as an Autistic characters and I’ve seen people say that it wasn’t  actually great representation. I think it’s important to note that  people with Autism aren’t a monolith and each person is different. I saw  a lot of people saying that him eating the cookie in a specific way and  being sensitive to strong smells and not liking disruptions to his  routine were things that many Autistic people can relate to. Some were  more upset about how Raquel handled Amistad than how Amistad was  portrayed. I saw people say that it was accurate that parents of  Autistic children would be frustrated and I saw people say that Raquel  shouldn’t have been so dismissive of Amistad’s needs. I personally didn’t like that  scene at the beginning of episode 18 where she’s pretending to look for  his wool hat. Like she looks under the couch and stuff and keeps saying  “no hat” over and over which felt condescending. I get it was to show her frustration  and stress but still I kind of wish that part was left out. Even Amistad’s facial  expression during that scene showed that it was upsetting him. But you  can argue that this is just a character flaw for Raquel and that all  good characters should have some type of flaw, which is fair; characters should have flaws, even heroes. But still I  can understand why many fans didn’t like this aspect of her character or how the show handled it.

This  sort of plays into her judgement of Orion as well. So I understand her  calling him a monster after he becomes unstable and hits those two  larvae children. I get that and I don’t blame her for having  apprehensions about negotiating peace with him. The problem that I have  with her judgement of Orion is how she felt about him after learning his  biological father is Darkseid. I mean, she has several teammates who  have evil relatives. She’s friends with Artemis, isn’t she? And  Artemis’s dad is a villain and Raquel never seemed to judge her for  that. Granted, Sportsmaster isn’t quite on the level of evil as Darkseid  but you get my point. It just felt kind of out of character for her to judge someone for having an evil family member.

Though I will say, it was good that she acknowledged that they got off on the wrong foot and apologized. It was at the beginning of episode 20 and while it wasn’t actually Orion but Ma’alefa’ak, it was good that she realized they needed to make amends. She didn’t know it wasn’t actually Orion of course but it was still a nice gesture that showed Rocket’s maturity.

Okay, yeah Orion could be a jerk and stand-offish but really the only bad thing he did was hit the two larvae. And, yeah that was bad; he shouldn’t have done that but still. I feel like Rocket was a little too judgemental of him. Like when she got mad at him during the meeting for saying their off-topic conversation was of little importance. He was definitely a jerk in the way that he worded it but he was right. Them sidetracking the peace negotiation with talks of romance and birthdays was kind of... unprofessional. I think Orion was right to call them out for that. I get Bear wanting to extend his condolences about Superboy’s death but the conversation should have ended there.

The only really important thing we got from that off-topic conversation was that Forager was thinking of staying on New Genesis. But to be honest, I don’t really care much about that. Okay, a little bit of a tangent: I had some issues with season three and one of those issues was that I just didn’t care that much about the new characters. I didn’t care at all about Brion, or Helga, or Forager. I just didn’t care about them! The only new character that I even kind of cared about was Halo. And speaking of them, I don’t like that the writers had Rocket use the wrong pronouns for Halo. Okay, I know Violet said that they didn’t mind she/her pronouns but they did very clearly state that they preferred they/them pronouns. Now they only said this to Harper Row but I would have assumed that they could tell the whole team. I can understand the New Genesis gods not knowing and calling Halo “she” by mistake but I feel like Rocket should have referred to them with ya’know “them.” But I’m going to blame the writers for this.

Going back to Forager though, since I didn’t care that much about him in season three, I didn’t really care about the romance either. It was kind of cute. Them reading Shakespeare made me think of Jason Spisak’s YouTube videos of Wally Reading the Classics, which did warm my heart a little bit. (I’ll link on of them down below.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftf-sMzRuBY For context, Jason Spisak is the voice actor for Forager and Wally West so I liked the little reference to him as Wally quoting Shakespeare. He voices another character doesn’t he?....

OH! Razer! He also voices Razer. That’s something else  that happens. Boy do I have some  feelings about Razer. I LOVED seeing him again. Was not expecting it in the slightest. So Razer is a character who had only ever appeared in Green Lantern: the Animated Series. This was a show that aired when Young Justice seasons one and two were airing on Cartoon Network and were both canceled at the same time. Which is a real shame because Green Lantern: the Animated Series was actually a really good show. I’m not even a big fan of the Green Lanterns but I did still really enjoy that show. And now one of its main characters has appeared in Young Justice. Could this mean a revival for Green Lantern? Maybe? I could only hope. It deserves a season two.

Speaking of Green Lanterns, it was sad that Tomar Re died. And it was extra sad that he was killed by a Kryptonian considering he tried to save Krypton. I do love some irony. But he shouldn’t feel guilty about not saving Krypton because really what could he have done to stop a sun from dying? Oh and it was interesting to learn that he knew Superman’s biological father and uncle. So we have confirmation that Zor-El existed on Earth-16 so maybe his daughter Kara does too. It would be cool to see Supergirl show up at some point.

My only issue with that would be that there are already soooo, so many characters in Young Justice. It felt crowded back in season two and it’s only gotten worse. I think that’s one of the reasons why some of the arcs and story lines don’t follow their focus character all that much: because there are too many characters vying for lines and screen time.

Maybe if there were less characters, we could have gotten to see more of Rocket.

I  hope she’s featured strongly in the next arc, which I know will be  Nightwing’s, but that’s set up as being about finding Conner and Rocket  can definitely help with that since she now has some key knowledge about  the Phantom Zone projector getting destroyed and all. She did see Bioship’s lasers destroy the projector, even if she doesn’t know what it was. So maybe we’ll see a lot of  her in the last arc. I’m looking forward to it!

Let me know what your thoughts were! Did you love this arc? Hate it? Feel indifferent to it? Should there have been more of Rocket? Do you think they handled Amistad’s Autism well? Or not? Let me know! I’m always interested in what other people thought.

Bye!

#young justice #young justice phantoms #young justice animated #young justice cartoon #raquel ervin #lor-zod #general zod #dc comics #youtube

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Rhaenyra Targaryen is Empress Matilda. Prove me wrong.

I wouldn't know, firstly i haven't read fire and blood. Second Matilda lived from 1102 to 1167 and I wasn't there.

I can only trust you on this

Really tho, anon I'm not emotionally invested enough in house of the dragon to research characters nor in british history. I know that martin inspired asoiaf to the wars of the roses so it's not impossible that he also got inspired by previous british history.

My personal opinion rhaenyra and on the house of the dragon tho is that it's too fast and it really doesn't create a connection with the audience. I'm sure book!rhaenyra (like book!deamon) is much more an active character but in the series she's just there. She gets the throne but it doesn't even feel earned (not that monarchy is but...). We don't see why people are opposed to it(don't just say it's because she's a woman, you can do this argument irl but in a world where women have been knowinglyriding dragons and conquering lands i need a more thoughtful reason), nor if she ever does anything to get the trust of her subject (ie margery) nor if she has different political views on social issues (daenerys about slaves). Nor we see her worry ever about interal conflicts, not her own like, she doesn't question herself ever. But also the kingdom internal conflicts she's never interested, (she suggests they should use dragons, she gets shut off and we never know why it's a bad idea) I mean there's a sort of civil war going on, one in which valeryon gets almost killed, what is that for?

It's definitely a writing overlook, but it's clear that the story isn't character driven. Things happen to people and it feels like they tried to check specific plot points instead of writing a story.

I appreciate the hightowers because they have climed the political ladder and they're (just a little) more active than the rest of the characters. Larys Strong too. Sure he killed his family but at least he's doing something.

For what i know the writing took a lot of agency from deamon. Like killing wife #1 was also a political move to have the valley. Instead they wrapped him in the strongest arrow-proof plot armor and left him to wander around like an angsty teen half of his screen time.

Now that we're a step from war i hope we'll get to see some politics, someone having opinions on the future of the kingdom. I just need for these people to want and do something. Please be active.

#rhaenyra targaryen #asks #alicent hightower #daemon targaryen #larys strong #house of the dragon #hotd

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Psych 372 Blog #1, 2, 3, 4

Entry #1 

As I have made my way through a few weeks of the course, it has opened my eyes to how the different theories reflect my own personal experiences. As someone who has been raised in a W.E.I.R.D. environment, it is all I have been accustomed to throughout my life. Having not traveled much outside of North America, I found it very interesting to know that only 16% of countries fit under this description. With this, taking up almost all psychology participants creates biases when studying culture. With this, I do not feel very globalized at all. The media I consume is mainly all North American outlets, and hearing other global perspectives is always new to me. This was highlighted when I traveled to Europe last May, the cultural variation was something I had not been accustomed to before. For example, while I was in France, people were happy to help translate certain things/help with directions. However, while I was in Germany people were much less likely to respond and would even walk away when I tried interacting with them. Although they are neighboring countries, the willingness to help translate varied in my personal experience. Another aspect of culture that reflects my personal experience is the idea of an increase in interconnectedness. As someone who stays in touch with my distant family members, we can stay in touch through social media, texting, etc. Also, the ability to find like-minded people, who share similar interests as you are easier with the increase of inter-connectedness online. 

Entry #2 

In my second entry, I wanted to discuss the idea of Individualism vs. Collectivism and the shift toward a more individualistic culture. There are experiences where we see more collective aspects, as many traditional values require collective goals/in-group ideals. However, as we noted, the increased stress of a capitalist society creates a more individualistic approach to ideals (such as money). I am currently experiencing this as I have matured through adulthood, as I have realized that making sure I am financially independent/stable is of utmost importance. Further, as I have moved away from home, I have understood my personal identity better and realized my own distinct traits. I also wanted to discuss some of the viewpoints I have on aspects of life, and how these had been stressed in my household. I believe a lot of them have resonated with me/have stuck with me. These may include basic things such as interests, manners, manners, and mannerisms. I would say I have similar worldview points as my parents, and although they didn’t push their political opinions on me to force me to think a certain way, they still guided me in a direction that they believed was right. 

Entry #3 

In my household, cultural ideals were not necessarily stressed as important as I grew up. These were things that just became engrained in my social/personal life as I was raised and were more of a subconscious engraining over time. However, these subconscious acts are caused by social conventions. The way I act has much to do with my family, who made sure I grew up with manners and social skills. I believe this is emphasized in the similarities I see between myself and my dad. We are often told how similar our mannerisms are, and how we react to certain situations. We are also into many of the same things, attributed to how I was raised. So, this is attributed to a lot of transmitted culture that was passed down to me, and how I view things. How I interact with settings is also attributed to the culture I was raised in, which is reflected in similar opinions regarding our interests- which are also very similar. Overall, I believe many social conventions that were created in my household have rubbed off on me since I came to university. 

Entry #4 

When looking at my family’s history, my parents always talked about the importance of having a family dinner at least once a week. They both grew up in large households, making it hard to find time for each other. The implementation of a family meal once a week held them accountable for making time for each other, which they have since passed on to our family. I see this as a type of tradition or something that means something more than just eating together. It has been a way for us to be accountable to spend time with each other as we have gotten older. Also, every Sunday we would sit down in the afternoons to watch the football games that were being played, and this is something that has since been implemented into my life in university. No matter how busy I may be, I always find time to spend a few hours watching football with my friends on Sunday afternoons. Also, every year since I can remember we would attend Mass on Christmas Eve and Easter Weekend. Although I do not attend Church regularly like I used to, we still make time every year to attend those masses. Although this takes place during the semester, I have since driven home to attend it with my family on Easter Weekend, because it is a tradition that is important to us. 

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Fideism (from the Latin "fides" or "faith") is the view that religious belief depends on faith or revelation, rather than reason, intellect or natural theology. In this respect it is in direct opposition to the doctrine of Deism. More accurately it objects to evidentialism, the notion that no belief should be held unless it is supported by evidence. As a result, it holds that theology may include logical contradictions without apology. It may or may not also involve active disparagement of the claims of reason.

Fideism teaches that rational or scientific arguments for the existence of God (see the section on Philosophy of Religion) are fallacious and irrelevant, and have nothing to do with the truth of Christian theology because Christian theology teaches that people are saved by faith in the Christian God (i.e. trust in the empirically unprovable) and if the Christian God's existence can be proven, either empirically or logically, then to that extent faith becomes unnecessary or irrelevant. Therefore, if Christian theology is true, no immediate proof of the Christian God's existence is possible.

Support for Fideism

Support for fideism is most commonly associated, inter alia, with four major philosophers: Blaise Pascal, Søren Kierkegaard, William James, and Ludwig Wittgenstein:

Tertullian (160 - 235), a Roman early Christian, is often credited with early fideist tendencies by virtue of his statement "the Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed, because it is absurd", although it is likely that he was engaging in ironic overstatement here, and his main point was that if a person in whom you have trust tells you about a miraculous event he witnessed, you can allow yourself to consider that he may be saying the truth despite the fact that the event is very unlikely.

Pascal's formulation commonly known as Pascal's Wager is a type of fideism in which he invites atheists to see faith in God as a cost-free choice that carries a potential reward. It can be stated as follows: If we believe in God, then if he exists we will receive an infinite reward in heaven, while if he does not then we have lost little or nothing. Conversely, if we do not believe in God, then if he exists we will receive an infinite punishment in hell, while if he does not then we will have gained little or nothing. "Either receiving an infinite reward in heaven or losing little or nothing" is clearly preferable to "either receiving an infinite punishment in hell or gaining little or nothing", so it is rational to believe in God, even if there is no evidence that he exists.

Johann Georg Hamann (1730 - 1788), considered to be the father of modern irrationalism, built on the work of David Hume to argue that everything people do is ultimately based on faith. He maintained that without faith in the existence of an external world (for it can never be proven), human affairs could not continue, so all reasoning actually comes from this faith and it is fundamental to the human condition.

Kierkegaard's Christian Existentialism probed into the problem of faith in general, particularly focusing on the story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac, and the incarnation of Christ. He ultimately affirmed that to believe in God made flesh was to believe in the "absolute paradox", since it implies that an eternal, perfect being would become a simple human. Reason cannot possibly comprehend such a phenomenon, so one can only believe in it by taking a "leap of faith".

James established a set of conditions under which, he argued, it is reasonable to believe in the absence of proof. He termed this a "genuine option", which he concluded must be "live", "forced" and "momentous". Unlike Pascal, James claimed that religious belief may not be more rational than Atheism or Agnosticism, but it is at least not less rational. He further argued that when it comes to religion we cannot avoid taking sides and incurring risks, and it is not enough to just avoid error.

Wittgenstein formulated his own Wittgensteinian Fideism which holds that religion is a self-contained, and primarily expressive, enterprise, governed by its own internal logic or “grammar”. He pointed out that religion is logically cut off from other aspects of life; that religious discourse is essentially self-referential and does not allow us to talk about reality; that religious beliefs can be understood only by religious believers; and that religion cannot be criticized.

Presuppositional Apologists hold that all human thought must begin with the proposition that the revelation contained in the Bible is axiomatic (self-evident and not to be proved or demonstrated) or one would not be able to make sense of any human experience. They further claim that all people actually believe in God, whether they admit or deny it.

Criticism of Fideism

Fideism has received criticism not just from atheists, but also from theologians who argue that fideism is not a proper way to worship God.

As sin:

The French Scholastic Peter Abelard, the Medieval Muslim philosopher Al-Ghazali and the Deist Lord Herbert of Cherbury have all argued that if one does not attempt to understand what one believes, one is not really believing: “blind faith” is not true faith at all.

As dangerous:

Individuals who unquestioningly obey irrational personal beliefs can be dangerous, and destructive or disruptive belief systems (e.g. cults, violent religious extremism) may result.

As relativism:

Relativism is the situation where two opposing positions are both true. If faith is the only way to know the truth of God, how are we to know which God to have faith in? Thus, the major monotheistic religions become on par with obscure fringe religions, as neither can be advocated or disputed.

As unreasonable:

We have effectively used reason in our daily lives to solve problems and to progressively increase our knowledge, and there is no evidence that a religious faith that rejects reason would also serve us while seeking truth. In addition, fideism does not help in situations in which our reason is not sufficient to find the truth (e.g. when trying to answer a particularly difficult mathematical question).

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Book Review: ‘Ascendance of a Bookworm’ #12

Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 Volume 5 by Miya Kazuki My rating: 2 of 5 stars ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM v12 is dramatic and entertaining, but whose culmination is somewhat anticlimactic and decidedly inconclusive. The myriad court shenanigans and inter-duchy factionalism in the lead up to the current volume drive much of novel's events. However, grudgingly few of these resonant theatrics are truly resolved, and readers are left to wonder if the author just gave up on writing a compelling narrative or simply schemed too much for their own good. Whatever the pressures, travails, and ideals hitched to composing a meandering, multi-part story, the current volume brings extraordinary focus to the succession battle for the archducal seat. Notably, Wilfried does something incredibly stupid (to nobody's surprise), if at the behest of external actors (to fewer people's surprise). The inner court is in a pinch as for the punishment, and the debate as to the boy's worthiness for his father's post is again the topic of conversation. (Nobody seems keen to voice the obvious. Honestly, the archduchy is Lady Rozemyne's for the taking at this point.) Speaking of, Rozemyne finally snares the last ingredient for her jureve and successfully berates Ferdinand into preparing the strange concoction meant to relieve the girl of her Devouring disease. Rozemyne is freshly obsessed with becoming a "normal girl"; she desperately wants to possess the energy to do all of the crazy things she has in mind to accomplish. This includes but is not limited to her hilariously titled Operation Grimm (a plot to snipe fairy tales and indigenous stories from regional kids, then collect them into a series of books). The sideways twist that sends ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM v12 toward irresolution concerns an attack on the royal palace. The fast-paced action, scintillating uncertainty, and compelling self-sacrifice in a critical moment of need will push readers to the edge of their seats. And yet, the author doesn't do much with all of the action, uncertainty, and spectacle. Time skips. External narration. More time skips. The story collapses on itself a mere 25 pages after the drama begins. Or, more truthfully, the book just ends. The poorly staged attack on the palace leaves Aub Ehrenfest and Ferdinand querying who knew what and when, and which among the royal children were the attack's true targets. The event also shifts into view the wily extent to which varying factions will go to destabilize the archducal throne. Except, little comes of it. At least, nothing that readers will find in ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM v12 (221 pages) or the plethora of short stories and backmatter (157 pages). Readers receive little word on Justus' fact-finding missions. Hear nothing of Ferdinand's trap-setting for those still running from the law. Perceive little on whether the Aub himself had a personal reaction to the night's traumatic end. There's zero resolution. The author tries to weave a raw and deliberate vagueness into the future story of Rozemyne as she invariably prepares to attend the Royal Academy. Yet in doing so, the author also leaves readers in the dark concerning every fragment of every political mess left shattered in the girl's wake. The novel wraps up with varying tales of genuine heartbreak and pious curiosity, but such interludes serve as but a passing antidote to the more virulent infection of inaccessible long-form storytelling.

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#ascendance of a bookworm #miya kazuki #light novel #review #honzuki no gekokujou #本好きの下剋上 #2 fo 5 stars #you shiina #goodreads #j novel club #lady rozemyne #voice the obvious #operation grimm #zero resolution #weak climax #attack on the royal palace

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5/1/2022: Relationship

I cannot tell if I am doing the right thing. I feel very muddled. I am not sure how much of this has anything to do with my relationship(if one could call it that) with f3 and how much  of it is just me- forever struggling with something. I feel like I have lived instinctually for a few months - about 4 months at least. I have tried it out and I must now pause, step back and * think, really think * - about what it is that am really doing.

One thing is for sure - there is no point in regrets. It has happened and nothing can change it. In some ways I feel relieved that it has. Why? First lets look through what has happened - how did it add to your life and how did it take away from it?

Pros: 1) there were moments when I was just restless with longing and biological urges. I wanted to get it out of my system. Now I know there is no underlying suppressed/ subconscious horniness directing my choices. 2) to know what it felt like to share this intimacy and closeness- to experience this alternative to that of an individualistic existence before I made a choice. To walk on the metaphorical grass on the other side without having to make assumptions about which side might be greener. I kept telling myself I did not need a partner and I had never seeked it so I therefore must never feel a void in its absence. How can you, after all, feel the absence of something you’ve never had? But this was such a theoretical way of viewing things - an almost denial of natural imperatives. It is untrue after all that I did not  seek this. Maybe not to the same degree or in the same way as others did, but I definitely did talk to guys online, have crushes and secretly craved some amount of attention and romance. I can at least now honestly admit to this and say that I have tasted some part of it. Any choices that make would not be purely speculative and theoretical. 3)I think I have come to understand interpersonal / inter-gender dynamics and the complexities of relationships/friendships romance - a little bit more. I am at less danger of  interpreting tiny gestures of passing flirtations as actual sign of interest. I understand that some things are just superficial fun, there are others chasing novelty and then people just needing companionship and friendship. It is however important to have all the cards on the table. In the sense that there should not be any deception involved. If someone is committed and engages in some workplace flirtation - the involved people shd know that said person is committed - no one shd be misled.  4)I think I have grown in terms of being more flexible - to allow and make space for the needs of another person. To not be so rigid with my boundaries that I can’t be considerate towards another human. The trick is to have healthy boundaries - where you are not a doormat but are also not bulldozing over the feelings of the other person. This is something that I am still learning but at least I know i need to do some work in this area. 5)Realizing I am a flawed and needy human- and not some perfect, self sufficient goddess. That I can be emotional, demanding. That I may act impulsively and make mistakes (and grow form them!). Seeing this in myself allows me to be forgiving towards similar behavior in others. Recognizing my emotional and temperamental side. 6)F3 specifically has made me more open to experiences. Because of him I went out with ekta and bunch and had that party at niraj. Multiple outings to eat. Buying the iPhone. Going to adirondacks (which was great and exciting). I have had some fun and interesting events thanks to him. 7)He is so loving most of the times. The kisses, the hugs and petting. Making paneer impromptu. Bringing that chocolate milkshake to give me protein. Dropping me to the airport. The amazing day we had after my Step 3. That cute way he delivered master falafel to my home. What a darling-ly affectionate person can he be! I honestly felt like I was wilting away without warmth and love before he came into my life.  8)It is nice to have a go to person to talk to, hug and fuck. Someone who knows you and whom you know at a deeper level than others. 9)Funny and entertaining to be with - generally not bored by him 10)Perceptive of my moods usually and tried his best to understand and make space for them 11)Intelligent - has a lot of interests and is passionate about his work. Although he procrastinates he generally speaking does have goals and wants to do something of value with his life instead of just whiling away time  12)No addictions - alcohol or drugs 

Cons: 1)Chaos. He is disorganized and so am I and we somehow compound it.  2)Lack of commitment creating feels of insecurity. He refuses to even call this dating although it very clearly is because neither of us are seeing other people. This means that every time he talks about another woman I instantly feel like what we have is threatened. 3) I especially don’t enjoy the teasing involving other women. Nor the fact that when I am making an effort for once to look good he is admiring some other lady. Can this not  happen- for once?!! 4)Having to hide this aspect of my life from pretty much everyone creating a downward spiral of lies and deception/ lack of authenticity leading to unrest and inner turmoil. 5)I have had some very real mental, career and health losses during this 4 month period. Delay in booking flight tickets or planning my SF trip. Not writing that essay. Submitting only 1 case to CHEST. Delay in posters. Chaos around step 3. Losing track of teeth brushing/exercising and showering trifecta. all those EKG learning and research plans. I don’t think I can blame him exclusively for these things(except the weird behavior he showed near my Step 3 - I do think he was insensitive and self-serving to hang out with VM then). But he was more of a catalyst and I was the impulsive agent. I got distracted by him and our affair. I think this is a very routine occurrence. When you are starting a relationship, it is going to take up a huge portion of your time and other things might suffer or take a backseat. I don’t think this is necessarily a comment on the strength or quality of the relationship. It is basically what happens with any new “project���. If you think back to what Lakshmi said about when she was talking to her husband and how it affected her step 2ck score - this just is something very commonplace. I guess what bothers me is that I am not getting a husband out of this! All this pain and loss for a fling? But this is more than a fling for sure- there is more love and attachment than a fling. Maybe this is thee price I have to pay for the above cons. This is the price to go through and grow through and know what a relationship entails (something that could have happened when I was 21 and it did not so now it is just happening now - and I will emerge wiser). 5)Of course the religious difference is there. This has been mentioned ad nauseum and is the one very concrete and massive hurdle in our association. 6)Age difference. I don’t think this will be a big issue a couple of years down the line. It is not a big age difference - 3 years - and I look small and young and he is very hairy and age appropriate looking. But i do think the chaos and commenting on other women is a part of this youthful male behavior. 7)I feel afraid that if i don’t hang out with him, he will hangout with someone else and forget me. That he will quickly move on. Or that once we wean and he starts seeing someone else - I would no longer be as important to him. Then this other person will become his priority and I love being his top person. I feel like we are best friends and we won’t have this depth of friendship once he has someone else. This thought is upsetting to me. Maybe it is irrational. People seem such crucial and integral parts of our lives for the brief moments that they are part of it but then we drift apart and move on and suddenly they are not a part of our lives anymore.

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Encanto Headcanons

I have now seen the film now, unlike the last couple of headcanons I posted.

1. It took the Madrigals and the village a year to rebuild their house, during which they stayed in two empty houses. [the houses being empty because two different sets of elderly people had unfortunately died. It was a fact they didn’t like to dwell on as they lay in the beds] It was a tight squeeze and tensions ran high at several points during their stay. At least back in the casita they did have their own rooms and their own space. That had all gone.

2. Alma chose to stay with Pepa and her family. Even though they had talked she still felt a little awkward around Mirabel - realising how much she had unintentionally made her feel terrible - and thought that giving her and other two granddaughters space would help. It did not. Mirabel just thought she was ‘avoiding’ her and got annoyed about it. It was Bruno who brought this to his mothers attention and - to give her credit - she was over to the other house like a shot when she realised she was seemingly repeating past events again.

3. Luisa was a bit up and down over the year as well. At least ten years of burdening herself and not being honest about how she feels with herself had taken it’s toll and she was soon back to her old habit of trying to help everybody again. She kept forgetting she didn’t have her full strength and would just automatically go to lift something and end up injuring herself. The first time it was an accident and quickly smoothed over. The second time she was told to be careful, the third time she was told it more forcefully [but still kindly] by her mamá and papá, by the tenth time her papá decided it was time to sit down and have a proper talk with her. 

Luisa at first tried to play off like everything was fine, but her papá could tell something wasn’t right. While everything had been going on with the casita and Mirabel and...everything it hadn’t been the right time to ask her, but now. He asked her - somewhat out the blue - to name three good qualities about herself that didn’t relate to her gift. 

Luisa struggled. The first one she wanted to say was ‘I’m strong.’ That obviously went out the window. The second one she wanted to say was ‘I can help people’ but she felt that related to closely to her strength, so didn’t say that. Ten seconds of her struggling later and she started crying. Agustin was round there comforting her like he was the Flash or something. 

Her reassured her that she could talk any time she liked and that she didn’t need to keep all her emotions kept up inside her. It was then that Luisa realised she’d been supressing her emotions for so long that now she was trying to express them it was a bit like opening floodgates instead of a tap. When she told her dad this, he laughed and said he’d take opening floodgates over her drowning any day.

They hugged and cried.

4. Talking of Agustín - he took a long time to forgive Alma for her treatment of her other two granddaughters during the whole ‘casita’ incident. Her not seeming to show Luisa any sympathy whatsoever really riled him up and he still finds it difficult to talk about the incident a year on. He did understand that marrying into the Madrigal family would mean any children he had would have these ‘gifts’ [in theory] but he hadn’t quite realised how difficult that would be for them [the children] to deal with. 

The really annoying thing - for him at least - is that he remembers how nice Alma used to be until the whole ‘preserving the miracle’ thing became her main  thought [He will admit however, that this change happened after Bruno left and he seriously thinks it was part of her coping strategy for dealing with it]  and a lot of his anger during the ‘casita’ incident was him not being able to believe that the same women who welcomed him into her family with open arms was now essentially implying - via refusing to discuss it properly - that her granddaughters gift fading was something really bad. 

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