#quest for truth

[poligraf]

What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion. Is there any sense then, you ask, in putting it? I answer, the man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.

— Albert Einstein

#quote #quotes #life quotes #wisdom #albert einstein #einstein #meaning #existance #human life #organic life #religion #meaninglessness #life #question #nature #human nature #humanity #truth #quest for truth

[joncronshawauthor]

Guild of Assassins: A Tale of Vengeance and Secrets – Available Now!

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#assassin&039;s guild #blood oath #dark fantasy fiction #Dawn of Assassins #enigmatic society #ethical quandary #exclusive novels on Ream #Guild of Assassins novel #labyrinth of choices.assassin fantasy #moral dilemmas #new fantasy releases #novel about retribution #quest for truth #Ream #revenge story #sculptor protagonist #secret societies #shadowy realm #Soren&039;s journey #suspenseful fiction #thriller novel #vengeance and justice

[immaculatasknight]

An inflection point in history

#Germany #farmers #revolution #oligarchy #quest for truth #corruption #genocide #South Africa #ICJ #Zionism #justice #Larouche #protests

[comebackali]

HE BURNS LIKE THE SUN INSIDE!! I WOULD BEAR YOUR BURDENS FOR YOU IF I COULD!!

#jude giving me psychic damage #a critical hit #anakin skywalker #otp: more intimate than lovers #obikin #star wars #jedi quest #sw novels #jedi quest the moment of truth #the moment of truth #allie reads jedi quest #wizard #pt

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

#and in her quest for truth... alya has set a dragon loose upon a ballet studio #tho Kagami's anger is a bit selfish and that's okay too #she knows Alya and Marinette were like. trying to do the Right Thing and Help #but she sort of. hm. doesn't care abt Felix? LMAO #she's like. i care not for this delicate snowflake. #marinette come back to fencing against the rules so i can hold hands w/ u #the rituals. the rituals!! of holding another girl's hand!! helping them up off the floor! #you dont GET IT FELIX #the RITUALS have been COMPROMISED!! #birds of a feather #feralnette au #my art

[bogslob]

“”I’ll bring you another ball soon,” Annabeth promised faintly. “Would you like that?”

“The monster whimpered. I didn’t need to speak dog to know Cerberus was still waiting for the ball.

“Good dog. I’ll come visit you soon. I—I promise.” Annabeth turned to us. “Let’s go.””

“ I pretended not to see Annabeth wipe a tear from her cheek as she listened to the mournful keening of Cerberus in the distance, longing for his new friend.”

They have my whole heart

#someone get annabeth a puppy #wish she had come back in another quest to play with him again #annabeth an cerberus supremacy #percy jackson #the lightning thief #rick riordan #pjo tv show #pjo series #annabeth chase #percy jackon and the olympians #we find out the truth sort of #annabeth does obedience school #cerberus

[another-goblin]

Spoilers for 4.2

I'm glad to see all the archons praising Furina.

It's funny though that nobody has anything to say about Neuvillette though. Everybody's ignoring the dragon in the room. Some guy who's basically an equivalent of a Hydro archon, and who has the intention and probably the power to judge the hell out of them. He's not in a hurry though, so there is nothing to worry about. Somehow I doubt the game will continue for another several centuries so we are unlikely to see these trials. It would be amusing though.

#genshin impact #my stuff #genshin spoilers #genshin 4.2 #4.2 spoilers #furina #venti #zhongli #raiden #nahida #neuvillette #also I'm curious how do they know the truth about what happened #I haven't played Furina's quest yet #did they make the truth public? #or we probably just told them

[1driedpersimmon]

Kaiien doodles, he’s been left behind while everyone is on the first :(( (…for now hehe))

#ff #ffxiv #Kaiien #Sesame #Tataru #Y’mhitra #I changed the lore just a lil because I have plans… hehehe #but yeah rn Kaiien is so so so lonely :(( the poor man #I gave him a makeover tho so he’s ready for shb any time…. heh #truth be told I’m actually finishing up the summoner quests so it’s taking me a bit heh

[rathologic]

p1's usage of the Bound as "volunteers who risk their lives to complete the story events you missed" helps a lot with the robustness of dialogue referring to quests the player may not have completed, but it does come off hysterically in haruspex route with his adherents all being kids. artemy sleeps through day 11 and eight-year-old murky perishes of tragic blood loss from killing the foreman for him

#p1 spoilers #the randomization of infected Bound gives full open endedness to how those tasks were really completed but I just love the idea of any kid #taking that quest on. it would be most appropriate for grace if anyone (talks to the dead to get the murder truth -> dies of exertion) #I can aaaaalmost imagine khan sniping oyun across the town with his newly delivered 5 rifles

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Had a Facebook marketplace adventure today with @crowtoed to pick up an 1855-80s(?) era ship's compass for a shockingly good price.

#hiking adventures #my cat dexter #terror adjacent #the order of photos implies the compass took us on a magic quest to find pączki #which isn't too far from the truth #so the manufacturer of the compass split from its parent company in 1855 #that is the earliest it could be from #haven't done much digging beyond that

[brookheimer]

roman roy + “waste sonata” by sharon olds

#i know this will get no notes bc no one cares ab random poem parallels but like. y’all #read this fucking excerpt . it is so painfully roman it hurts #like it is honest to god my roman manifesto. this is roman #succession #roman roy #logan roy #sharon olds #succession spoilers #i need someone to go insane over this with me it’s been driving me fucking mad #‘his love the goal of a quest’ “he was the god of love and i was a shit’ ‘whatever was inside [me] was not good it was white stink bad #manna’ ‘i was demonic but at least i breathed out from the sour dazed scum within my fathers truth’ #‘well it’s fun talking about this’ ‘i have learned to get some pleasure from speaking of pain’ #like?!?!?!?!() #literature #poetry #long post #100 #casey shut the fuck up about roman roy

[stardustdiiving]

How evil is arlecchino and what is she cooking

As of 4.2, I’m really curious what they’re planning with Arlecchino as a character, especially as a villain/antagonist/morally dubious character, and how far/which direction they may go with that

Intuitively my impression is we’ll see her do something way more “villainous” than she presents herself as being for majority of Fontaine’s AQ in front of us right—(which isn’t a surprise given that, you know, Arlecchino nor the House of Hearth have never been presented as 110% ethical LOL) but I find myself not being in complete agreement with most analysis or speculation threads I see about Arlecchino’s morality and the like, level of sinister people seem to ascribe to her.

Idk how to put it, especially in regards to her children I do agree they are not a wholesome found family, that Arlecchino is not above pulling strings or using them for her own ulterior motives, but I kind of hesitate on the idea she only cares about the Hearth children as a means to the end/things she can control and there’s nothing else going on with her characterization wise there. I’m not saying that impression seems remotely unreasonable or unfounded, but just that it feels there’s something intentionally missing in how we are supposed to conceptualize her as a person

My main reasoning for this hunch is the fact they have not elaborated on Arlecchino and the previous Knave—who Arlecchino is stated to have taken over the position from by force. The extra tidbits I think about are that 1) Arlecchino was previously an orphan in the Hearth 2) the previous Knave is described as way, way crueler to the children of than Heart than Arlecchino was from when she took control of the House

Often, people’s major indicators that the House of the Hearth is kind of super fucked up are the NPCs we meet in world quests who are part of it and clearly suffering. But one thing I haven’t ever seen people mention w this that i think is a very interesting detail is, in The Very Special Fortune Slip Inazuma worldquest, where we stop this House of Hearth guy (Efim Snezhevich) from manufacturing tension between Watasumi/the Shogunate to restart the war with his other Hearth subordinates, at the end of the quest we get this dialogue that reveals he had been acting under the previous Knave’s directives:

It’s also mentioned he’s employing this plan in an attempt to “rebuild the prestige of the Knave” following Signora’s death, iirc? Now, see, the dialogue itself says that this is “assuming our captive is telling the truth” so who knows what’s really going on, but I find this a really odd/interesting thing to highlight. I’m a bit fuzzy on other world quests with Hearth members, and am not saying none of them were acting and subsequently being treated poorly by our Arlecchino, but like, this gives me a lot of questions especially when paired with implications this previous Knave seemed to be way worse

Like, what drove Arlecchino to take over? How unexpected and controversial was this within the House? Assuming the above information is all true it definitely says something this guy went rogue and acted on what the previous Knave would want and didn’t think our Arlecchino would greenlight it, which does feel consistent with the previous Knave being described as basically worse & crueler than our Arlecchino. It also makes me question how much house of hearth things we’ve seen outside the main story are the work of our Arlecchino or if there’s a bigger divide of loyalty. Heck, I could be wrong but it doesn’t even seem like we know if the previous Knave is dead or not

This isn’t me saying Arlecchino couldn’t possibly be treating hearth children worse than she wants us to know, especially ones who aren’t her “favorites” the way the fontaine trio seem to be, but I really don’t feel sure about making a solid conclusion of her exact level of malice the way ppl r generally understanding it rn when it feels there’s going to be more about her. Just the idea of she, as a Hearth child, clashed with the previous leader who was known for being cruel, overtook their position and took on less harsh methods of leading that made at least some members with more power/possible closer proximity to the previous Knave go rogue and try to commit atrocities in the previous Knave’s name…I feel this leaves a lot of room to suggest there’s more going on with how Arlecchino is as a person

I don’t mind if she’s just very evil and deceptive bc if she totally had me fall for thinking she was less evil than she actually was that’s fun tbh. But I feel people suggest that’s all her character could be with no degree of like, “sympatheticness” or deep grey morality and that if her character did go there it would be automatically poor writing and genshin walking back on making a truly evil woman when IDK. I feel you can claim at this point they have left it open ended and it’s never been completely confirmed she’s pure evil. Also sometimes I just get a hunch and feel cautiously confident in Genshin executing certain characters well. Not all characters, just certain ones. Especially given Fontaine’s character writing being very good and a character like Lyney feeling very solid to me when any development with Arlecchino would likely involve him and his siblings as well, I honestly feel open to the idea of Arlecchino being satisfyingly written to be both villainous/morally dubious but “sympathetic/likable as a person” in ways outside of just her ruthlessness if that makes sense

If I’m wrong/they drop the ball with it more than I anticipate I’ll eat my hat but I am pretty excited about her character and which way they decide to go with it. I will say the only potential impression I have of where they’ll go with her has been wondering if it will go in a “cycles of abuse” direction—I’d be surprised if they ever elaborated on Arlecchino’s character especially in how she feels about things and her also growing up as an exploited child of the hearth wasn’t relevant

#arlecchino #see my track record with said hunch with when I feel I should let genshin cook has been #for months truthing my vision of xiao’s speififc brand of internalized dehumanization induced suicidal ideation #and how genshin will one day he will get another quest of sorts thst develops his character towards #the idea he’s allowed to live and enjoy people’s company and this will likely #also come with following through on yaksha lore and when they do this they will do him SO well and it will be peak genshin quest #all of this Months before the existence of perilous trails was even rumored #and then I was soo stubborn xiao would show up in 2023 lantern rite w more character introspection to follow up PT #and also from the first fontsine teaser I was in the trenches for furina bc I felt so confident #the main storyline would handle her very well & if genshin went anywhere near the direction of her #not being a ‘true archon’ & ppl were Wrong if they thought genshin woudlnt take her seriously #and HAHA. WWOOWOOWOWOEOEOOEOEE #I have also been sent into hysteria multiple times bc genshin keeps canonizing my exact ideas of my favorite character dynamics #and often exceeding my expectations that I thought were jsut wishful thinking #yes I predicted exactly how xiao would interact w Venti & zhongli on screen yes I predicted #the exact nature of hat radish friendship no I was wiped out on the floor #by nahida enrolling wanderer in college & calling him hat guy & zhongli saving xiao’s life #& xiao having hardcore social anxiety from zhongven flirting with each other st the dinner table #this sounds so conceited. see I often don’t know What genshin is cooking but k feel sure in knowing when soemthing is going to be #a shitshow or mediocre or when we need to let them cook. even if it takes 6+ months #TRUST ME <— guy who has been waiting on genshin to cook for several characters for multiple years and is still sure I will get my food #am I crazy. yes. am I also often right when I have hunches on when genshin is going to suck and when it’s going to be good esp character #writing wise. often yes #one day I will annihilate genshined impact with my bare hands #genshin #fern.txt #fandomferns

[nacrelysis]

wanderer as nahida's right-hand is perfect. they both have a history of abandonment, neglect, and exploitation, plus for similar reasons.

nahida was imprisoned in the sanctuary of surasthana for centuries, left to wither as a failed god her people chased the shadow of a 'better' ideal: greater lord rukkhadevata.

wanderer was abandoned by his mother in shakkei pavilion because he was the failed prototype for her ideal ruler of eternity: a puppet who could execute the lightning's will without regret, whom she intended to create after having makoto die in her arms.

the people involved in wanderer and nahida's pasts - both, in a sense, have convinced themselves that their actions were for the greater good. the sages don't even see nahida is a god, much less a human - to them, all she is is the reminder of what sumeru once had and never could again.

raiden ei abandoned kunikuzushi because she saw him cry, and, knowing he could never be the shogun she needed, left him to his own devices. it's been stated in canon that ei believed she was setting kunikuzushi free. and maybe she was, during those dark days after inazuma's first archon died. but, perhaps, what drove kunikuzushi to assign her actions as 'abandonment' was the fact that he was, in a sense, a lesser god. that he was created for reasons he didn't know. the first thing kunikuzushi did upon creation was cry - in the same way that a baby's first instinct is to cry, because their first impulse is to seek help. from this perspective, the thing kunikuzushi needed the most was guidance and acceptance from his creator (because he knew he was created by someone), while the thing ei thought he needed the most was solitude. miscommunication in the delivery room, am i right.

raiden ei's motives were not the same as the sages - you could argue that she really did believe she was doing it for kuni's benefit. i think she did. but what stands is that both these acts feature a theme of abandonment and neglect. they were carried out by people in the aftermath of grief, executed as neglect upon the people they were done to. and these acts catalyzed nahida and wanderer's development into the characters they are now.

they are not the same as the other archons.

venti's arc is focused around mending the wounds of the past, though it could be implied that he is re-assessing what "freedom" means for his nation. zhongli stepped back as yanwang dijun to allow liyue to move forward on its own while he could re-integrate as one of their common folk. ei is brought forward to re-evaluate her decisions as inazuma's absentee god.

good or bad, they all have experience with being a god.

nahida doesn't. she was intentionally kept from fulfilling her duties as archon for hundreds of years. anything she learns now, once free, is the first time she's learning it as kusanali.

wanderer can't. he tried. he took the electro gnosis and tried to transplant it into his own body - but, at the moment as we know it, gods technically can't be artificially created. the closest dottore could get was a mimicry.

so you have this unique circumstance, where nahida and wanderer both have no idea of what being a god really entails. but they don't need to know what being a god is like, do they? they just need to know how to be an archon: how to protect, how to decide, how to execute.

nahida is very forgiving. in my opinion, she's too forgiving (only because i hate the sages and would've called cps on them if i could). she sees the best in humanity. she works to engage with her people. she tries to listen to their hopes and dreams while moving towards a collective vision for the nation.

wanderer is cynical. he's been betrayed three times, in his words, and been taken advantage of far more than thrice. wanderer has seen the worst of humanity, and he continues to carry this critical eye. he's not afraid to do what nahida can't do (go undercover + beat up people) and he's not afraid to confront people when their motives stray towards the worse.

wanderer can demonstrate the things that define the worst of humans, while nahida can show wanderer the things that make humanity worth preserving. wanderer can execute orders with precision and make decisions on the fly (ha), but nahida is here to level his head and point out clues, motives, or implications that perhaps were not considered before.

and, isn't it a fitting conclusion to the sumeru archon quests? two former puppets, both alike in dignity, in sumeru where we lay our scene. together, they can reconcile the pains of their past - and together, they can build a better, kinder future together...the kind that both must have, at their worst, dreamed of living.

#genshin #genshin impact #genshin analysis #genshin impact analysis #nahida analysis #wanderer analysis #nahida #wanderer #genshin impact spoilers #genshin spoilers #sumeru #sumeru archon quest #the morn a thousand roses brings #all senses clear all existence void #akasha pulses the kalpa flame rises #truth amongst the pages of purana #i have no idea where the shakespeare came from #call it a premonition of fontaine #genshin meta #genshin meta analysis

[comebackali]

just ending with some casual wedding vows nbd

#otp: more intimate than lovers #obikin #star wars #pt #jedi quest #jedi quest the moment of truth #allie reads jedi quest #the moment of truth #sw novels #wizard

[pratchettquotes]

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

#polly perks #wazzer #monstrous regiment #discworld #terry pratchett #truth #seeker #enlightenment #quest #philosophy #learning #preference #good company #bad company #friend groups #infinitely to be preferred

[cassettedec]

and when I say ians's father "correcting" his name when his grandpa called him by his chosen one was transcoded then what.

#transmasc ian truthing hours i could write an essay on this #ian grimm #sarian #mythic quest #lore dec