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[otto-apocalypse]

Basically, Otto is the main antagonist of HI3. I said antagonist, because while a villain actively wants ill for the main characters, he doesn't want that. He was born in the XV century in Austria, and was the most frail and sickly kid, fifth born of House Apocalypse. He then mets Kallen Kaslana, who instead compliments him and believes in him, and from then on he idolizes her. When they were teenagers, they witness Kallen'a father die to save them, and since the oath of the Kaslana family states to protect the weaks, Otto is then terrified that Kallen will also die the same way. It's then that he unlocks Void Archives, trying to sacrifice his live to resurrect Kallen's father, but she stops him.

Ten years pass and Otto is willing to do anything, even less… ehtic things, to protect her. He also SINGLEHANDEDLY CURER THE PLAGUE. In the XV century. Then she finds out he's doing questionable things and that th Church of Schicksal, founded by the three noble familie Apocalypse, Schariach and Kaslana, is also very sus, nd she flees. In the East she meets Yae Sakura, and they fall in love. But Sakura become sort of a Herrscher (powerful emissaries of Honkai, the main threat of the world) and Kallen has to kill her. She then returns, and sends a letter of excuses to Otto (who never received it) stating that she was wrong to criticize him for what he did for her, when she did the same for Yae. Once back, Schicksal sends her to death, Otto tries everything to stop it, asking her in marriage as last resort (he's always been in love with her, but never confessed because he knew she didn't feel the same, and only wanted her happy). But she refuses, saying that she doesn't want to live if it means being someone else's puppet. So Otto, as the very last resort, asks for help his older sister Risa, who with their newphew was aiming at gaining power over Shicksal. She help, by releasing Honkai beasts during Kallen's death sentence. She tries to protect the people, and ends up dying.

Otto kinda loses it for a while, goes around opening orphanages and taking care of kids, helps the rebellion take Schicksal back from Risa (who was doing even worse experiments), and ends up travelling to the East, to seach for that Immortal who defeated even Kallen, the strongest valkyrie, hoping to find a way to revive Kallen. He mets Sushang, stuff happens, this is the untranslated, unfinished Seven Swords visual novel (where he gets called Raksha and has an outfit similar to HSR) Thanks to VA, he's pretty much immortal himself, but can't revive the dead

For 500 years he protects the world from Honkai. Valkyries exist thanks to him. If humanity managed to fight off Honkai it's thanks to him. All the technologies that allows Valkyries to fight are thanks to him. In the fifties he tries to clone Kallen, and has the clones fight each other, and one refuses to kill another. This clone is Theresa Apocalypse, which he adopts as his grandaughter, and the other is Amber (his secretary). At the same time, the First Eruption happens, and Welt Joyce is the Herrscher of Reason. This is the plot of the Anti-Entropy visual novel. In summary Welt Joyce (welt is literally the german word for "world") is on the side of humanity, but Void Archives does some tricks, and Otto ends up killing Joachim Nokianvirtanen's father, who inherits the core of the Herrscher of Reason from the dying Welt Joyce, thus becoming Welt Yang (Yang is from his mother). Yes, our Welt Yang.

Fast forward in the '90s, the Second Eruption happens, with the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin. They fight, yadda yadda, stuff happens, Welt dies but then resurrects, and not without difficulty humanity manages to kill Sirin. Otto keeps the cores of the Herrchers, because he tries to find a way to make Herrshcers on the side of humanity. At this point, his plan is still to be able to capture the power of the future Herrscher of Death and use it to resurrect Kallen. But an encounter with the Will of Honkai, suggest that this is not the way.

Meanwhile a few years earlier, a descendant of the House Kaslana, Siegfried, has met Cecilia Schariac, they end up together and have a kid, Kiana. Cecilia ends up sacrificing herself to save all Siberia from Herrshcer of the Void, and while she was conscious of this, it was literally her choice, Otto made Theresa, her great friend, think that he killed her with a nuke. Otto tries to find a way to control HoV powers with clones of Kiana, and one of these clones succedes. Little Kiana, of roughly 10 years, decides this clone in a tube must be saved, so her and her father sneak into Schicksal to steal it. Things go horribly wrong, and Kiana gets left behind, almost dead. Otto saves her, and since she doesn't remember anything, gives her the name Bianka Ataegina, aka Durandal. Meanwhile Siegfriend is with Kiana clone, and he gives her the name Kiana, grows her for a while and then leaves to avoid her Sirin personality to emerge. She then goes to school to become a Valkyrie and meets Mei and Bronya. When Sirin ends up awakaning, Otto kidnaps her to Schicksal flying HQ (had she awoken at the school, it would've been a massacre).

She fights, and Himeko's sacrifice awakens Kiana's humanity. She hides away for a while and other stuff happens to other characters. Meanwhile Otto has discovered, also thanks to Su from Previous Era and Durandal, what he has to do to resurrect Kallen. You see, he witnessed many, many parallel universes, and Kallen ALWAYS dies (this is a nod to GGZ).

But to enact his plan he needs HoV powers, and Kiana won't help him willingly. So he devises a plan: in Kolosten, the old Schicksal HQ, he calls everyone. He sends a threat: he's going to reverse time, everyone who's currently in Kolosten will be safe, but everyone else outside will simply cease to exist as time gets reverted back to when kallen was alive. He taunts them all to come and stop him. This is actually a bait, and also his plan B. If the girls couldn't stop him, they'd have no hope against Honkai and future dangers, so 500 more years would be needed. His main plan is to trick Durandal and Kiana to kill him using theyr powers, so he could trascend existence itself.

All the "traps" he devised were actually personalized to each girl and her power, a sort of training. They fight, he gets killed, and manages to reach the Imaginary Tree. There, at the cost of his existence, CREATES new braches of possiiliy to let Kallen live.

His morally grey character has the best writing I've ever seen. His love for Kallen is something so… wonderful, it doesn't fit into romantic nor sexual, he doesn't want her for himself, heck, he doesn't even get to meet her once she finally has a new chance at life. He just wants her happy and safe.

#otto apocalypse #honkai impact 3rd #honkai star rail #luocha #hi3 #hsr #honkai impact

[astrophileblogs07]

Astro observations pt.12 💙

🫐 Saggitarius (esp mercury) literally know lyrics of any song by heart?!! Idk, its like once they hear the song and boom! They remember the lyrics so accurately!

🫐Pluto 10H biggest turn on: Power Authority, Influence!!! ( I remember when a veryyyy powerful person was standing infront of me and i just couldn't take my eyes off him 😂🙈)

🫐 Virgos are not as clean and neat freak as the stereotype. Infact they are very messy indeed (me being a Virgo, i like literally bump into each and every person at my school 😭😭)

🫐 8th house Synastry is one of those aspects where you both meet at every point of time. Like you can't really be "out" of each other's lives, you'll eventually meet at some point of time and esp if it is the moon, the other person (most prolly the house) won't let you forget that they're there. They'll always do something or say something to catch your attention in some way or the other.

☞︎I have a mutual 8th Synastry with a guy..his moon in my 8th and my moon in his. Damn, i just wanna say that person has been appearing in my life for like no reason? How do i explain this? I mean one way or the other, we both cross paths but always land up in trouble if we just talk (even if it just a "hi" lol 😂) And yesss, the jealousy, the possessiveness, the intensity when you're in the same room...its all true!

🫐Dev gana nakshatras really have such a good intuition and gut feelings. Intuition comes to them very easily as compared to Manushya Gana or Rakshas Gana nakshatras (click here for Gana post)

🫐 Pls Save your Ashwini friends 🤧🤧🥺🥺 they're the bestest friend you'll everrrr have 🥺💗💗

🫐 I learned a thing about transits today: when a planet, for eg. Saturn in your natal is in a deliberate house (6, 8, 12) so when you have your Saturn Transit (Sadesathi) it will only effect you (mentally, physically and emotionally)but not your surrounding ppl. But on the other hand if it is in a "uccha bhava" or a good house (anyother than the mentioned) in the natal, then during your transit, it will effect you and the ppl surrounding you and the respective house it is transiting.

🫐 Not an astro observation but During any transit (no planet or transit is malefic tho) you should always be just, humble and fair. Most importantly you should do charity most at that time.

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[aspoonofsugar]

Blake's Jungle Book

The Jungle Book is Blake's secondary allusion, which is used to describe our Cat Girl's political plotline, her relationship with the White Fang and her interactions in Menagerie (her personal Jungle).

A POLITICAL FAIRY TALE

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a metaphor for the author's moral and political beliefs. Unluckily, these ideals are not that good, as Kipling is the author of The White Man's Burden, a famous racist poem. In short, Kipling believed it was the duty of the white man to colonize and educate the "savages" (ugh).

This philosophy appears in The Jungle Book, as well (luckily not as much and together with better themes). Now, RWBY counters this by turning Kipling's premise upside down.

Kipling's works often present the English Colonialism as positive and helpful

Blake's Jungle Book shows a discriminated minority fighting for freedom, conquering violence and helping the world

So, RWBY's Jungle Book becomes an answer to the original tale. It refuses its racism, but keeps intact the vibrating characters and the powerful themes of freedom and self-discovery.

SUMMARY AND KEY ELEMENTS

The Jungle Book is not a novel, but rather an anthology of short stories that often have animals as protagonists. Among these, Mowgli's fables are the most famous and the focus of this meta.

So, here comes a summary of Mowgli's coming of age journey, which is told in several separated tales.

One night, a couple of wolves (in some versions Rama, the father, and Raksha, the mother) find a human cub and adopt him. They call him Mowgli (frog) because he is hairless. Still, the tiger Shere Khan wants to kill the baby. The matter is discussed at the pack's meeting, where Akela (the leader of the wolves), Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther all defend the child. In the end, Mowgli is accepted into the group thanks to Bagheera offering a bull for him.

Mowgli grows like a wolf of the pack and lives several adventures under the mentorship of Bagheera, Baloo and later on Kaa the python. He follows the Law of the Jungle and feels part of the pack (the free people). Meanwhile, though, Akela grows weaker and Shere Khan spreads his influence among the younger wolves. He convinces them to antagonize Akela and Mowgli. One night, Akela fails to kill the prey, which means the other wolves can kill him. Shere Khan wants to use this chance to seize the position of leader and have Mowgli die. However, Mowgli steals a pot of fire (the so called red flower) to use against the tiger, has him run away and saves Akela. Still, the pack is left with no leader and Mowgli himself feels betrayed by the other wolves siding with Shere Khan. So, he leaves the jungle and goes to live with the humans.

In the human village he is adopted by a woman called Messua and starts herding the buffalos. One day, he is reached by one of his wolf brothers who warns him Shere Khan is coming to kill him. Mowgli decides to attack first and has the buffalos run over the tiger, who is stomped to death. A human hunter sees this and enters a fight with Mowgli over the tiger's skin. The hunter turns the other villagers against the boy, who is forced to leave. He goes back to the jungle, where he is now considered a king, as a result of him killing Shere Khan.

However, the humans think of Mowgli as a demon now and lash out against Messua. They have the woman and her husband tied up to be executed. Mowgli frees them and then decides to destroy the village. He asks for the elephants' help and has them stomp over all the fields. In this way, the humans are forced to relocate and the village gets engulfed by the animals and the vegetation.

Some time later, a new wolf pack is born, but they are soon threatened by the red dogs, who are very aggressive and kill everyone in their path. Mowgli decides to fight together with the wolves and asks for Kaa's advice. The python helps Mowgli lead the dogs where the bees live. The insects emerge from their nest and kill half of the group, while the other half is defeated by the wolves. In this fight, Akela finally dies and tells Mowgli to go live with the humans.

Years later in spring, Mowgli follows Akela's advice and goes to another human village, where he finds Messua again. He goes to live with her and says goodbye to the jungle. Bagheera kills a bull just like the one he offered for Mowgli's safety in the beginning. This is the panther's goodbye and he, Baloo and Kaa all bless Mowgli, as he leaves.

Mowgli's story deals with themes key to Blake's arc.

1- Freedom

Your hopes have become my burden. I will find my own liberation…

Mowgli's pack is called the free people and Blake's White Fang fights for the faunus's freedom. Not only that, but the jungle animals call each other's brothers and sisters, just like the faunus in Menagerie do.

Bagheera went on, "Open your eyes, Little Brother"

Ghira: It's your brothers and sisters.

So, both Kipling's animals and Blake's faunus explore freedom. On the one hand the jungle animals follow the Law of the Jungle and are noble and free because of it. On the other hand the faunus must decide if giving up their own morality is a price they want to pay for their liberation.

Does being free mean you chain someone else up? Or is there another path to freedom?

2- The animal/human dychotomy

Past Blake: It’s simple, really. You could just be human, or just a cat, if you wanted. Really, it’s up to you. Blake: Why would I do that? Past Blake: Like I said, it’s simple, much simpler than trying to be a bridge between Humans and Faunus. Why struggle with that responsibility?

Mowgli and Blake are both animal and human. This in itself is a double-edged sword. On the one hand they find friends and allies both among the faunus/animals and among the humans. On the other hand they sometimes feel they don't belong anywhere. This conflict is explored by them moving freely between the 2 worlds.

Mowgli goes back and forth between the jungle and the human village:

He grows in the jungle, but leaves after the fight with Shere Khan

He lives in the human village for a while, but things do not work out and he goes back to the jungle after killing the tiger

He becomes an adult in the jungle, where he grows powerful enough to lead his pack against the red dogs

He finally chooses to start a new life among humans

Blake goes back and forth between Menagerie/the White Fang and Remnant/team RWBY:

She grows with the White Fang (her pack), but chooses to leave it after Sienna Khan (Shere Khan) becomes the new leader

She lives at Beacon (the human village), where she hides among humans and tries to conform. Still, things don't work out and Adam and the White Fang (the jungle) catch up to her

She goes back to Menagerie (the jungle) and grows strong enough to lead her people (the wolves) against the White Fang (the red dogs)

She finally leaves Menagerie and the White Fang (the jungle) and starts a new life with her team (humans)

So, Blake's story can really be told through The Jungle Book. Let's see to what extent and how the faunus of Menagerie fit the jungle chatacters.

Before we start, though, here are some metas by @blue-cheeseinmyoffwhites, which explore the Jungle Book allusion:

Ilia as Mowgli

Kali as Raksha

Ghira as Bagheera

I am going to reference several ideas present in these posts, so a big thank you to the OP's contributions!

BAGHEERA VS SHERE KHAN

The Jungle Book starts with a disagreement between Mowgli's parental figures and Shere Khan. They fight over the future of the newfound human cub. Should he live or should he die?

This same conflict is present in RWBY, as well. It is just that here the ideological clash is not about a single human child, but rather on the human race, as a whole. Should faunus try to live peacefully with humans or should they fight them violently?

Two leaders come to opposite answers to this question.

On the one hand there is Ghira (together with his wife Kali):

Kali and Ghira allude to all of Mowgli's parental figures, who are:

Raksha - the mother wolf who finds and adopts Mowgli

Akela - the leader of the wolf pack

Baloo - the bear who teaches the little cubs the Law of the Jungle

Bagheera - the black panther who used to live with humans

Kali is loosely based on Raksha in the sense that she alludes to the Goddess Kali, who is worshipped in some areas (like Bengal) as Raksha Kali (Kali the protector). She is also Blake's proud mama wolf (even if she is a cat :P) and is ready to do anything for her daughter's sake.

Ghira instead shares traits with all 3 of Mowgli's fathers. He is the leader of the White Fang, just like Akela is the head of the pack. He transmits his ideals of peace and equality to Blake, just like Baloo teaches Mowgli the Law of the Jungle. Finally, he is the chieftain of Menagerie, just like Bagheera used to live in the raja's menagerie. This is also why the black panther knows more about humans than the other people of the jungle. Similarly, Gheera wants to co-exist with the human race.

On the other hand there is Sienna Khan:

Sienna obviously alludes to the tiger Shere Khan. She is a tiger faunus, who despises humans, just like Kipling's character. Moreover, her personality is on some level similar to Shere Khan's:

Sienna: I'm starting to doubt either of you fully comprehend what it is that I want. I want humanity to fear the Faunus, to know that we demand respect! I do not want to start a war with the humans that we cannot win!

Here, Sienna basically says she is not gonna start a fight she is gonna lose. This personality trait is confirmed by her semblance Grudge, which lets her grow stronger and faster when facing a weakened enemy. In short, she symbolically grows more aggressive and powerful against an opponent already on their last leg. This is similar to the tiger, as Shere Khan is famous for fighting mostly when he has the advantage.

What's important is that Ghira and Sienna's rivalry mirrors Bagheera/Akela and Shere Khan's. On the one hand Bagheera and Shere Khan are opposites ideologically. The panther respects humans, while the tiger hates them. On the other hand Akela and Shere Khan are political enemies, as they fight over the control of the wolf pack. Similarly, Ghira and Sienna embody opposite ideals and disagree on how to lead the White Fang.

In the end, the 2 characters' stories mirror those of their literary counter-parts.

Bagheera and Akela remain close to Mowgli, who keeps following their teachings. In particular, Akela loses control over the wolves, but he is saved by Mowgli who grows into a leader of his own.

Shere Khan briefly becomes the leader of the wolves, but is defeated twice. First politically, as Mowgli humiliates him in front of the wolves. Secondly physically, as he follows Mowgli to kill him, but ends up dead instead.

Likewise, Ghira gives up the leadership of the White Fang and retires. Still, he gets his daughter back and Blake becomes his political heir. Sienna instead influences the younger generation (Adam, Blake and Ilia), but is killed by Adam, who steps up as her ideological successor. Her death even combines both of Shere Khan's defeats:

Mowgli wins against the tiger by using fire, which the people of the jungle call red flower. Adam is the red flower (cursed red rose) who steals Sienna's support and organizes a coup (political death).

Mowgli kills the tiger by having the oxens run over him. Adam is the bull who stomps Sienna to death and kills her (physical death).

Ghira and Sienna leave behind two opposite political legacies, which are picked up by respectively Blake and Adam. So, the panther and tiger's ideological conflict goes on with the cat and the bull's antagonism.

BLAKE VS ADAM

Blake and Adam's conflict ties with The Jungle Book in 3 different ways:

Blake is Mowgli and Adam is Shere Khan - They fight for survival

In The Jungle Book 2016 movie Shere Khan is blind from one eye. The tiger is said to have lost it to humans and their red flower (fire). This is very similar to Adam's backstory. He was abused by humans and lost an eye to them. As a result, he gets corrupted by a metaphorical red flower (the cursed rose), which turns him into a selfish beast. Both the tiger and Adam are blinded by their hate and are defeated because of this.

Not only that, but Adam's personality is really similar to Kipling's Shere Khan (way more than Sienna's). Both are bullies, which turn a wound (Shere Khan's injured leg and Adam's lost eye) into an excuse to hurt others. Both are short sighted and short lived leaders. Shere Khan's status as chief ends immediately because of Mowgli and Adam's command is lost because of Blake. Finally, both follow Mowgli and Blake to murder them, but are killed instead. The way Adam dies even alludes to the 2 ways Mowgli wins against the tiger:

Adam loses because of his anger blinding him, just like a crazy bull. Mowgli uses the oxens' fear and anger to lead them over Shere Khan.

Adam is defeated by Blake and Yang's combined efforts. In particular, Yang is the fire that helps Blake win against her personal Shere Khan.

So, Adam and Blake's conflict really mirrors Shere Khan and Mowgli's, with Blake gaining two big victories against the tiger/bull. The first political (at Haven) and the second physical (at Argus).

Blake is Bagheera and Adam is Shere Khan - They fight over Mowgli

Blake and Adam inherit Ghira and Sienna's philosophies. Not only that, but they make these ideals more radical:

Ghira: She's learned a lesson that evaded me until I was much older: That there is strength in forgiveness.

Adam: We're better than humans. We have everything humans have and more. Humans shouldn't just fear the Faunus, they should serve the Faunus.

Ghira admits that Blake has already surpassed him in terms of inner strength, idealism and ability to forgive. Adam claims that Sienna is not extreme enough in her grudge against humans. Humans should not only fear the faunus, but also serve them.

Blake mobilitates the faunus for peace and love, while Adam invites them to war and hate. So, what was a political disagreement for Ghira and Sienna becomes a full out fight for Blake and Adam. Once again, we have a black cat and a red beast fighting over how to deal with humanity. Symbolically this conflict becomes about one simple soul:

Ilia can be seen as based on Mowgli, especially when it comes to her backstory and chameleon traits:

Blake: Why… why'd you join the White Fang? Ilia: Same reason as you. Blake: But… Ilia: But why fight when I pass for Human?

As Blake highlights, Ilia could pass up as human. In a sense, she is "hairless", just like Mowgli who is jokingly called by his friends "little frog". So, Ilia could easily blend in and this is at the center of her background:

Ilia: We lived in Mantle with the other Faunus working the mines. But my parents wanted something better for me. They managed to enroll me in an Atlas prep school. Imagine that - a little Faunus girl from Mantle going to the city of dreams. I felt like a princess. But I had to follow a set of rules. No bringing friends home, no talking about my parents…and absolutely, under no circumstances, was I allowed to change colors. No one could know I was a Faunus.

Ilia tries to integrate in Atlas (a human village) and perfectly follows her parents' rules (the Law of the Jungle). Still, things eventually do not work out and Ilia leaves Atlas disgusted and heartbroken:

Ilia: I lost control. Every inch of me turned blue as I wept. And suddenly all the girls that I'd laughed and played with… were scared of me. Blake: I'm sorry. Ilia: Don't be. I broke their teeth.

This story parallels and partly inverts Mowgli's. Just like the human cub, she finds herself adopted by people different from her. She feels part of the pack, but a sudden tragedy makes her realize this isn't the case. She is betrayed and leaves to go back to her people. She joins the White Fang, but finds a violent and controlling reality.

So, Ilia herself is the Mowgli Blake and Adam are symbolically fighting for. After all, she is a foil of both.

Just like Blake, Ilia is a young girl who finds herself in a toxic cult. She is confused and manipulated and can't really build up the strength to leave. Her arc also partly inverts Blake's. She starts by hiding her faunus heritage and goes on by joining a violent movement. Blake is initially a terrorist and later on covers her faunus trait. They conceal parts of themselves, both in the White Fang and among humans. Their goal is to be accepted for who they are.

Just like Adam, she is a faunus exploited by Atlas, who grows resentful towards humans because of the Kingdom's racism. They are also parallels when it comes to Blake, as they both fall in love with her. Despite their past feelings, they are also ready to hurt her. In particular, Adam comes up with the plan to kill Blake's family and Ilia takes part in it out of desperation.

In short, Ilia walks a fine line between Blake and Adam and can either turn a new leaf or spiral more:

Blake: That's what worries me about Ilia. She's not like Adam, not yet at least, but I don't know how long that will last.

Luckily, a happy ending awaits our chameleon Mowgli. The conflict between Bagheera and Shere Khan over her destiny is won by the panther and Ilia is happily adopted by the wolf pack:

She finds a sister in Blake and new parents in the Belladonnas. This fits Mowgli's story. Even if he buries his wolf parents in their cave (just like Ilia's die in a cave in), he finds happiness and an adoptive mother in Messua (and Ilia joins Ghira and Kali).

Blake and Adam are two Mowglis - They fight over the Jungle

Mowgli is a character with a duality to him. On the one hand he is honorable, loyal to his people and he refuses to kill humans, even if they treat him poorly. On the other hand he is proud, angers easily and he destroys a village for revenge. He is both respected and feared by his peers:

Blake: We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect… out of fear.

Blake and Adam embody these 2 different sides of Mowgli.

Blake is the Mowgli who fights for her family, her wolf one (Ghira and Kali) and her human one (team RWBY). She is mistreated by both the wolf pack (White Fang) and the human village (society). Still, she doesn't give up on either:

Blake: We're not going to destroy the White Fang. We're going to take it back.

Yang: But you never gave up on them (people). Even when they hurt you. You never give up. You know what matters to you.

Adam is the Mowgli out for revenge, who doesn't forgive either the faunus (the wolves) nor the humans (the villagers). He wants to be on top and relishes his enemies' pain.

Allusion-wise, this difference plays out in the aftermath of Sienna's death, which parallels that of Shere Khan's final defeat. As a matter of fact the tiger's demise marks the beginning of Mowgli's conflict with the humans. This happens because an arrogant hunter wants to take credit for the kill, so he convinces the other villagers Mowgli is a demon.

Well, Adam comes up with a similar lie:

Adam: Give our former leader a proper burial. All who were here tonight will claim that Sienna was murdered by a human Huntsman.

He uses Sienna's death to spread hate towards the humans and the Huntsmen. Not only that, but he manipulates the people of Menagerie into believing the Belladonnas are liars and enemies of the faunus:

Ilia: The Belladonnas are the worse kind of Faunus! They want us to work with the same people that are trying to hold us down! If you truly, truly want to help your people… now is the time to support Adam, not the Belladonnas!

The result of Adam's scheme, though, is that Blake unites the Menagerie faunus (the jungle) by her side.

At the same time, Adam takes up Sienna's mantle as High Leader by killing her. This is how Mowgli gains the other animals' respect after showing them the tiger's skin. By this point, the wolf boy has the jungle antagonize the humans, just like Adam plans a full out attack on Haven.

Both Blake and Adam become the leaders of the jungle and have it advance against their enemy, like Mowgli does. It is just that Blake becomes an inspiration out of love and trust, while Adam grows into a king through hate and violence. So, their collision becomes a clash between 2 opposite ideas of jungle (faunus).

TWO RED FLOWERS

Mowgli's duality is nothing, but humanity's double nature. He can be both a god and a demon. Similarly, people can be both heroes and monsters. This juxtaposition is well conveyed through the red flower aka fire.

On the one hand the red flower gives light and warmth:

Blake uses fire to symbolically draw Ilia into the light and force her to show her "true colors".

On the other hand fire destroys and burns:

Blake: Humans didn't do this. We did this: Faunus. We did this to ourselves.

Blake chooses light and a loving rose who is hopeful and idealistic:

Adam chooses destruction and a spiteful rose who consumes and burns:

Blake and Adam's different ideologies are well conveyed through their two war songs:

This time The ways of the past we'll get over We'll climb Enlighten a new state of mind And now I'll stand with you shoulder to shoulder Out of the ashes a new flame ignite Rise up from shadows and into the light We'll stand undivided Our futures aligned A new brotherhood This time

I'm here I'm your savior I'll be lionized I am the path to reclamation This world will have no peace til our dream's realized No mercy no compassion our fate's justified Time to turn the table on who's tyrannized

Blake sings together with others. This is a recurring motif with her musical themes. After all, she sings alongside Adam, Sun, Ghira and Yang. When it comes to "This Time", though, the use of "We" shows how much Blake's community means to her. She thinks of the faunus as her brothers and sisters ("A new brotherhood") and considers them as equals ("I'll stand with you shoulder to shoulder"). She sees her pack as a political movement made of free people, ready to fight as one.

Adam sings to others instead. He presents himself as a savior and a hero, some kind of chosen one. By doing so he shows he doesn't consider the people he is supposed to fight for as equals. Everyone is below him. This feeling gets clearly exasperated with time.

He starts his own short with this:

Adam: Now - it's time we got what we deserved.

And he ends it this way:

Adam: It's time I got what I deserved.

He goes from "We" (community/brotherhood) to "I" (individual/savior).

Basically, Blake wants equality ("It's time to save our fate and walk beside the human race"), while Adam wants a new hierarchy ("Time to turn the table on who's tyrannized"):

Blake: I never wanted this! I wanted equality! I wanted peace! Adam: What you want is impossible!

Blake thinks true freedom is realized when everyone is free and equal. Adam instead believes freedom is simply imprisoning someone else.

These two mentalities tie with the idea of fighting, which is found in both Blake and Adam's rhetoric:

No way to avoid the warfare No way to escape this strife Hear now-listen to me This time retreat Spells our final defeat We must win our life

Lead them to salvation and regain our lives Behold your flaccid leaders Too weak to take the prize Replace them with a warrior It's time we mobilize

It is interesting because Blake and Ghira are seen as pacifists and even criticized for this. Adam and Sienna instead present themselves as fighters who are not scared to spill blood. And yet, the Belladonnas are the ones asking their people to fight:

Ghira: To do this, I think the answer is clear, we must go to Haven and protect it at all costs!

Adam and the White Fang instead claim they will fight in the faunus' place:

Ilia: He (Adam) will bring about the future that you deserve. And if you are unwilling to fight, know that the White Fang will do it for you!

This is addressed in Blake's speech in Menagerie:

Blake: So why are we letting Adam do it for us?! By doing nothing and staying silent, we let others speak and act in our place. And if we're not proud of the choices they make, then we have no one to blame but ourselves. This is the message that Adam Taurus will bring to the world if no one stops him. But we can stop him! (...) I understand that to ask you to leave your homes and protect Haven Academy is asking you to put your lives at risk. But that's what's at stake.

To give up one's agency to another is the opposite of freedom. Blake wants her people to be active and to choose their destiny. Adam instead is happy with them being passive, so that he can choose in their stead. Blake inspires the faunus to take their lives in their own hands, while Adam convinces them they do not really need to. Blake truly wants people to be free. Adam instead wants people to be his subjects.

These are Blake and Adam's opposite political manifestos, which are conveyed through two different flags.

Blake's flag mixes the old White Fang's symbol with a new yellow one, as there is continuity between Blake's movement and Ghira's. At the same time, white and especially yellow are two colors linked to light:

Blake symbolically brings Adam into the light and shows his real self to the world.

Adam's flag uses a red symbol, which appears more threatening. Red is linked to blood, as his movement is way more blood-thirsty than the original White Fang:

Adam at Beacon is surrounded by destruction and red flames.

So, Blake and Adam's emblems represent the two different sides of the "red flower". One is a flame which burns gold and sheds light. The other is a flame which burns red and spills blood.

THE RED DOGS

The White Fang's red symbol brings to mind the Red Dogs. They are an aggressive group of dogs, which antagonize Mowgli's wolf pack in the second part of the story. This allusion is hinted at also by the Albain Brothers:

They are literally two red dogs and serve as Adam's most trusted allies.

In general, the short story Red Dogs describes Blake's conflict with Adam very well.

First of all, the war with the Red Dogs is in the second part of Mowgli's story and it marks a reconciliation between Mowgli and the wolf pack. Similarly, Blake and Adam's fight happens after Sienna's death and it ends with Blake mending her relationship with the faunus liberation movement.

Secondly, this story just perfectly fits Blake's plot-wise.

It opens with the arrival of a stranger. He is a lonely wolf (Won-Tolla), who has lost his family and a limb to the Red Dogs. He wants to fight the dogs for revenge, but advises the wolves to leave.

He loosely resembles a certain firecracker:

I am the golden one Who burns just like the sun Next time we meet is your disaster I'll bring the punishment Your song will be lament Revenge, my happy ever after

Luckily, Yang doesn't lose her loved ones to Adam (at least not permanently), but she still gets her arm cut and swears revenge.

Mowgli refuses to leave and urges the pack to fight. He says he is no part of the pack anymore, but that he will join the wolves for this battle. This is similar to Blake's speech to the faunus. She doesn't have to help the humans. Still, she is willing to and invites the other faunus to do the same. They shouldn't run away, but fight with pride:

Now is the time you must fight for your lives The battle is on you're already inside Don't turn back now There's nowhere to hide Nowhere to build a new world Nowhere to start anew Here. Now. Is all that we've got Ready or not There's a war to be fought Only one way through

Still, the real similarities between Kipling's story and Blake's struggle are found in her final confrontation with Adam:

Mowgli defeats the Red Dogs thanks to a well-thought plan, while Blake wins against Adam thanks to her bravery. Still, the two fights follow similar patterns.

Both Mowgli and Blake face their opponents in a forest and lead them to a rocky area above a river:

In The Jungle Book, this is where the murderous bees have their nest. Mowgli runs quickly past them and jumps in the river, where he is helped by Kaa. The dogs are instead killed by the insects and fall in the stream, which leads the survivors to the wolf pack, ready to finish them off.

In RWBY, this bridge over a river is where the bees (Blake + Yang) kill Adam:

Symbolically, bumblebee even falls into the water to show that it is in fact the bees' river.

There are also other similarities. For example, Mowgli cuts the leader of the dogs' tail and uses it to provoke the group and bait them towards the bees. Blake and Yang instead try to take away Adam's sword:

And Yang uses it to lead Adam to where Blake ambushes him.

Finally, Mowgli and the Won-Tolla kill the head of the pack together:

Sure, Won-Tolla dies, while Yang survives. Still, in both situations the emphasis is on the necessity to even the score:

You may have taken the lead but I'll even the score You won the battle you won't win the war Not now and Nevermore

Both the wolf and our golden beauty are able to pay their "blood debt" and find peace.

Kipling's story ends with Akela's death. The wolf is one of Mowgli's parental figures and his passing marks the end of the book and the beginning of Mowgli's new life. After all, he is the one who advises the boy to go back to the humans.

Similarly, Adam's death represents a new beginning for Blake, as it grants her freedom.

FREEDOM IS FINALLY HERE

Nevermore Will I be afraid Nor will I run away It's behind me Freedom is finally here

Throughout her arc, Blake grows close to several faunus, who offer different takes on freedom. It is thanks to them that our cat girl finds "her own liberation".

Initially, Blake wishes for everyone to be free and equal and yet she herself is a prisoner of her own shadows:

Blake: I joined the Academy because I knew that Huntsmen and Huntresses were regarded as the most noble warriors in the world. Always fighting for good. But I never really thought past that. When I leave the Academy, what will I - how can I undo so many years of hate?

She feels obligated to solve all of the faunus' problems on her own. Basically, she is ready to free others at the cost of chaining herself.

Adam is her opposite. He wants no limitations nor boundaries and is willing to enslave others to succeed. He starts with Blake herself:

Adam: What, do you want me to just abandon our cause? Like your parents? Blake: No! I'm not saying that! I… I don't know.

He traps her in an abusive relationship with no way out.

To escape Blake needs the help of a free spirit:

Sun alludes to the bandar-log (monkey people). They don't follow any rules, they often change their mind and they're unpredictable. This description fits our Monkey Boy to a tee. Sun is air-headed and does what he wants with no regards for rules. He is a stowaway who runs from the police and happily steals some food for him and Blake. This is similar to how Kipling's monkeys act.

It is just that in The Jungle Book these characters are framed as negative. They kidnap Mowgli and are eaten by Kaa the python. In RWBY instead, Sun is one of Blake's most trusted allies and the two of them defeat a giant snake together:

More importantly, Sun teaches Blake about freedom:

You're free to do the things you want But listen, so am I I've made my choice And now I'm making mine

Blake is free to make her own choices, but her friends are free to make theirs. She is free to leave, but Sun is free to follow her and to help her.

This mentality eventually gets through to Blake and even helps her save Ilia:

Blake: I'm going to try and help her the way you helped me. You showed me that sometimes you need to be there for a friend even when they don't want you to be. I was drowning in guilt and fear, I tried to push you away, but you didn't give up on me. And I can't give up on Ilia. It's about time I saved my friends for once.

Ilia is really the opposite of Sun. If Sun is free and believes everyone's free, then Ilia is trapped and steals others' freedom away:

Ilia says to a tied up Blake: We all have to make sacrifices for the greater good, no matter how much it hurts. (...) I was always jealous of the way you looked at him (Adam). I wanted you to look at me that way. But we can't always get what we want!

She represents the part of Blake who is a prisoner of the past. This is why Blake eventually frees her in two different ways:

Ilia: I still don't feel like I deserve the freedom you and your family granted me.

Ilia is given both physical freedom (she isn't arrested) and mental freedom (she joins a new liberation movement).

Going back to Sun, he helps Blake free herself and others. This may be why she decides to make the new symbol of the White Fang yellow (Sun's color):

Still, Sun's mentality is not perfect:

And his teammates already had plenty to hold over his head. He wondered when they were going to get over it. So what if Sun had gone off to do his own thing for a while? That was just the kind of guy he was; he had to go where he was needed. The gang had been back together for weeks now, but it still hadn’t blown over. Scarlet was acting bossier than usual, and Sage had been giving Sun the silent treatment. At least Neptune always had his back, but something seemed to be off with him, too, no matter how much he insisted that everything was fine.

Sun's refusal to apply any kind of obligations to both himself and others is healing for Blake, but it doesn't work for long term relationships. If you share a bond with someone, you have responsibilities toward them, like they do toward you. Sun has instead the tendency to run away from these kinds of duties. He is incredibly generous with Blake, but he also leaves his team with no warning.

His relationship with Blake is summarized by this line:

Blake: Be careful. Sun: No promises.

Sun isn't gonna ask Blake to make any promises. She can come and go as she pleases, but Sun himself can and will do the same:

Sun: I go where I'm needed!

This is very similar to how the bandar-log act. They do not follow the Law of the Jungle, which means they are not bounded by it. Still, this also means they can't build strong relationships with the other animals. Mowgli and his friends instead do follow the Law, which makes them truly free.

Sun is a great friend to Blake, but our cat girl's freedom isn't found in the absence of obligations. It lies instead in the choice to share a vow with a person ready to reciprocate it.

I made a vow I'm not alone Not dying now we're protecting our own

BY THE BULL THAT BOUGHT ME

Mowgli's story starts and ends with a bull. Bagheera offers the wolf pack a bull for them to accept Mowgli. This means the boy is forever in debt until another bull is sacrificed. This is why when Mowgli chooses to live with humans, Bagheera kills another bull. The panther is paying the debt, so that his friend can leave the jungle and be free.

Blake's arc starts and ends with Adam, a bull faunus. She is introduced at Adam's side and with time he becomes the main obstacle between Blake and her new life. In particular, Adam reproaches Blake for breaking her promise to him:

Adam: You know, she made a promise to me once. That she'd always be at my side. Heh, and look how well she's kept it.

Like Mowgli, Blake has still a debt to pay, which is addressed and solved in Bumbleby's fight against Adam:

Yang: Did she make that promise to you? Or to the person you were pretending to be?

Yang doesn't dismiss Blake's vow to Adam, but points out it isn't valid because Adam tricked Blake and did not reciprocate her promise. In other words, the relationship between Adam and Blake is unbalanced, which makes it unhealthy.

Blake and Yang's bond is different:

Blake: She's not protecting me, Adam. And I'm not protecting her. We're protecting each other.

It is a pact of mutual trust and love.

The metaphor is very clear. Blake's promise to Adam represents their romantic bond, which needs to be cut, so that our cat girl can start a new relationship with Yang. Bumbleby vs Adam being a chemical wedding just makes this symbolism stronger.

Blake disowns her vow with Adam and takes a new one with Yang:

Blake: I have people who actually care about me, and I promised I'd never leave them again. So I'm not dying now.

Just like Mowgli pays his debt to the jungle with the death of a bull, Blake is fred by her previous vow thanks to Adam's death. In this way, Mowgli can join the other humans in spring and Blake can start her new love story with Yang in Mistral (the Kingdom of spring):

Blake: I… I am not going to break my promise, I swear.

After Adam's fall, Blake affirms her promise to Yang once again. This is Blake's wedding vows to her golden beauty.

The end result is that Blake finds freedom and a new life full of gold and light by integrating with Yang (humanity):

At the same time, she is and will always be a faunus (a child of the jungle) and is not going to betray the spirit and ideals of her people:

Blake: A simple life wouldn’t be my life! My family, my friends, my culture. I belong to them, just as much as they belong to me. To give that all away wouldn’t be simplicity, it would be betrayal.

Just like Mowgli isn't forgetting the Law of the Jungle.

In conclusion, Blake's Jungle Book is a tale of freedom, both political and personal. Blake realizes she can't be free by imprisoning others, but also that she herself needs to be unchained to truly help people. She decides her own path as a bridge between humans and faunus and this choice itself is freedom.

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[shanti-ashant-hai]

signs i am turning into my dad:

*sneeze that sounds like an earthquake* "matarani raksha karo"

gets up from the sofa and groans

makes the weirdest puns

gym freak

*slurps chai loudly*

doesn't understand technology

complains about aaj kal ke bacche

*walks into an empty room with the fan still on* "hey ram electricity itna kaun kharch karta hai"

*sleeps while watching tv* *brother changes the channel* "EY wapas laga mai tv dekh rahi thi"

*sits on the sofa like this*

*while driving* "didi google maps dekh lo-" "bhak, google mujhse jyada jaanta hai kya?"

*roams around the house with hands behind my back*

casually asked my brother yesterday "shubhu tum kis section me ho?" (he's been in the same section in school for three years now)

*power walks anytime we're going out with family *

can't live without atleast 4 cups of chai in a day

#le my mom: bilkul apne baap par gayi hai #this is what she means #shitposts #desiblr #desi memes #desi shit posting #desi culture #desi girls #shanti ki ashanti suno

[vaidehi-raghunatha]

It feels so weird to think that Ram, inspite of leading the life of a mere vanvaasi, was somehow able to save his wife Sita from the atrocities of the evil rakshas king Ravana but when he became the all powerful ruler of Koshala, he wasn't able to save Sita from the bitterness of the society, it speaks volumes about how society has always been fucking toxic and will forever be that way.

#L samaaj

#sita #love #ram #lord rama #valmiki ramayan #ramayana #rama #ram x sita #sita x ram #ravana #ram leela #prem

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Thorns of War ~ Aemond Targaryen X Stark! OC

MASTERLIST

Chapter One

The braiding of her chestnut hair was the cause of severe annoyance to the young Stark girl, who wanted nothing more than to be running wild with her brothers playing with their wolf pups that were recently gifted to the children in a ceremonial presentation that dated back generations. 

The Free Folk from beyond the wall would present the children of the Warden of The North with Direwolf pups on their fifth name day as a show of good will between the neighbouring peoples, the northern lord of Winterfell served as the pillar that stood between the Free folk and the Targaryen rulers of Westeros after all, they liked to remain on their good side. Rheyanna still remembers the ceremony that awarded her the wolf who slept at her feet this very moment. She stood before a group of three Wildlings, two men and a woman. While she didn’t remember the features of the men, her memory not finding any reason to retain such information, she didn’t think that she would ever forget the woman who held the then tiny bundle of fluff in her arms. She had striking red hair, a richer colour than that of her own mothers auburn locks, like the woman had her own personal fire surrounding her shoulders, battling off the cold, she also held this look in her eyes, shocking green eyes, the colour of wildfire. Rheyanna knew better than to share her instincts about the woman to her family, but if she didn’t know any better, she would have thought she was gifted her canine by one of the old gods themselves. The fluffy coat of snow-white fur was streaked with deep grey patches in random strokes along the wolf pup, and this became more apparent when the wildling woman set the pup on her feet and she began to march forward on her four paws, staring down the child she was being presented to. Direwolves are different than dragons in that way. Both are fearsome beasts in their own right that could bring about the death of a man before he even had time to unsheathe his dagger, but a dragon was a prideful creature, that bonded with a rider, but once that bond was severed it would bond with the next worthy contender, this is how the Targaryen warriors maintained the power of the dragons. A direwolf however, bonded with their human in an instance of connecting souls, the beast and its master became one forever, and this connection was one that not even death could supplant, legend has it that the old gods created the direwolf for the first humans, as extensions of their beings to protect them in the world the gods had given them.

In the instance that Rheyanna stared her pup in the eye she could read every thought in the pups eyes, judging Rheyanna’s character and in an instance the two souls felt their connection being sewn by invisible strings that knotted together to solidify their souls as one, and the direwolf trotted to the young child, where she lay down at her feet, and the hall of Winterfell erupted in cheers and applause, the young mistress had her wolf, her extension of her very being.

And now, four years later, it was springtime in the north, and the Lady Rheyanna, now nine years old, was preparing to leave the comfort of her family home for the first time. She was to be presented to the court of Kings Landing and meet The King, as well as her intended the prince. She tried her best not to fidget in her seat as her maid Arenna finished braiding her hair for the long journey south with her father and oldest brother. “There we are,” Arenna mumbled, she was a woman of six and thirty who had been serving the Stark family since Rheyanna’s mother married and brought the woman with her to Winterfell, Rheyanna was practically raised by the woman. “Beautiful braids to suit a future princess.”

Rheyanna was still a child, and her nerves sometimes had a habit of getting the better of her, her wary energy would have been well concealed had it not been for Raksha sitting at her feet, sensing her masters unease the wolf let out a deep whine, mirroring her worry for leaving the only place the two had ever called home. Rheyanna raised her eyes to meet her reflection in the mirror she was sitting in front of, she looked older than she was, her hair tamed back in the sophisticated style that was popular in the north at the moment, she was wearing lighter dresses than usual and she would be shivering had it not been for the hearth roaring in the corner of her chambers, the only thing that remained constant in her features were her eyes, strong, resilient grey eyes that met those of Arenna, who seemed to tear up in the reflection before she moved her gaze to the Stark cloak that laid on the bed. “Come now Rheya, it’s almost time to meet your father.” The Stark girl finally broke her nervous silence when she stood and turned to face the woman who was fastening her cloak over her shoulders, “The Prince, do you think he will be kind like father?” Rheyanna was wise for her age, and she knew her impending marriage was one of convenience, a union to solidify an alliance between the crown and its northern territories, she also knew that marriage among families of her rank weren’t always kind, she was aware of the stories of how some men treated their wives as less than, she was even at her tender age willing to fulfil her duty to her family and her king, she just hoped she wouldn’t be miserable while doing so. Arenna paused for a moment before kneeling before her Lady, a kind and warm look in her eyes, “Prince Aemond Targaryen was raised by a dutiful king and a most kind and gentle queen, he will make a wonderful husband to you little one, dragons are extremely protective of their treasure, and you Rheyanna are the diamond of the north. I have no doubt he will love and protect you, the same way you will, because-.” Rheyanna felt her nerves soothe into the background as she giggled “Because the wolf protects her pack, I know.”

The sun was at its peak in the sky when Rheyanna emerged from the halls of Winterfell into the noon sunlight, Raksha leaving her side for the first time that day to greet her elder brother, Cregan’s wolf, a great beast with black pelt named Akela. The two wrestled in the snow as Rheyanna walked past to greet her father, mother and brothers, all standing at the carriage that would cart her away from her homeland and into unfamiliar territory for however long, Rheya didn’t know. “There she is. You were almost so late we were going to leave without you.” Cregan was fourteen and loved to rag on his sister at every given opportunity, like he wouldn’t throw himself in in front of any conceivable danger to protect her. “You can’t leave without me I’m the reason we’re going.” Goodbyes were hurried as it was in fact Rheyanna who held the party from leaving so they were behind schedule, but a tearful goodbye was exchanged between Rheya and her mother as well as her other brother Benjen, as Rheyanna stepped into the carriage to ride with Raksha as protection on the road, and with the cold winds soothing her cheeks as she gazed at her home getting smaller and smaller in the distance, Rheya settled into her seat and Raksha laid her head on her masters lap, the excitement and nerves teamed with the lull of the carriage lured them both into their dreams.

It was ten days later when the carriage began its slow climb to the red keep, the windows of the carriage carrying the future princess had been locked tight for three days, and now she was accompanied by a guard, a young Karstark knight her father knew, who alongside Raksha acted as Rheyanna’s protection as they passed through the streets. Rheya was exhausted and lethargic from the travel but the news that they were approaching the red keep made her perk up as her nerves kicked up ten-fold. What if something went wrong? What if something went right? She didn’t have time to freak herself out any more before the carriage came to a stop and the doors were opened. She was immediately hit with the heat of the climate, being used to the cold temperatures she had grown up in all her life she felt her head spin as she took her father’s hand as he led her down into the morning air. She was quickly followed by Raksha who took up her dutiful position on Rheyanna’s other side. The red keep was huge, and far grander than she could ever have imagined, where Winterfell was large in length it didn’t raise too far from the ground, but this place seemed to reach to the heavens. At the soft urging of her father’s guiding hand Rheyanna began to climb the steps to the doors leading to her future, she allowed herself a moment to feel fear, feel uncertain, to be worried that she wasn’t ready for this, that her years of studying and training for this moment might not have been enough, but when she reached the last step and stood on solid ground, level with the doors that stood between her and the rest of her life, she let every plaguing doubt shrivel up and die on the steps of the palace. She was ready for this, she had to be. With one last look at her father, who nodded with a tightening grip on her hand, his silent promise not to let her fall, and a glance at Raksha, who seemed to implore with her kind, wild eyes that no harm would befall the young girl, Rheyanna stepped forward and the doors opened.

I just wanted to pop a little AN in here to state that this is going to be a story that diverges off of the GOT/ASOIAF canon for obvious reasons, to make an entertaining story. Anyone who would like to be tagged just let me know and you can be notified of future chapters. ~ Aoife

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[culturecalypsosblog]

Ma Kali & Kali Mantra: Meaning, Significance, and Benefits 🪷🪬🧿

Goddess Kali is the divine protector of the earth who is also known as Kalika in Hinduism. But due to the goddess' destructive power, Kali is also known as the Dark Mother. As per mythology, the word Kali comes from the Sanskrit word Kala, which means time. Goddess Kali, therefore, represents time, change, power, creation, preservation and destruction. The word Kali also means “the black one”, the feminine noun of the Sanskrit adjective Kala. As per spiritual texts, Goddess Kali is considered a fierce form of Durga/Parvati and the consort of Lord Shiva. Besides being a destructor of bad powers of the universe, Kali ma is also a great giver to those who do good deeds and worship her with utmost devotion. Hence pleasing Kali ma allows the native a lot of compassion and blessings.

As per mythology, Kali maa is the first of the 10 Mahavidyas or manifestations of the Great Goddess. She is usually portrayed in a form where she dances or stands on her consort God Shiva, who lies calm and prostrated beneath her. Kali Maa is worshipped throughout the country but majorly in the seas of Bengal, Assam, Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, along with Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Over the centuries, the Goddess Kali has taken many forms to protect the Dharma and religion and destroy the one who commits sins. Astrologers say that Maa Kalika is the most awakened goddess in Hinduism and has walked the earth in four forms – Dakshina Kali, Shamshan Kali, Mother Kali and Mahakali. All these forms have served different purposes, right from Raksha Slaughter to the healing of the earth and its natives.

Kali Mantra

Story behind the destructive form of Maa Kali

There was a notorious asura named Daruk who had pleased Brahma and thus was rewarded a boon. The boon allowed the asura to cause grief to the Gods and Brahmins. If this wasn't enough, Daruk also started setting his kingdom in heaven. Seeing this, all the Gods reached out to Brahma and Vishnu, where they were told only a lady can kill the evil Daruk.

Hearing this, all the Devtas donned a female form and went to fight Daaruk, only to get defeated by him. Post the failure, the Gods reached the Kailash mountain to share the ordeal with Lord Shiva. After listening to the Gods, Lord Shiva looked at Maa Parvati and said, "hey Kalyani I pray to destroy the evil Daruk and save the world." Listening to this, a part of Mother Parvati entered Lord Shiva.

That part of Bhagwati Mata entered the body of Lord Shiva and due to the poison in the throat of Shiva, Bhagwati Mata turned into a black Goddess. Lord Shiva felt that part inside of him and opened his third eye and appeared as Goddess Kali in a fierce form.

Just like Shiva, Maa Kali had a third eye and a lunar line. The throat had a sign of Karla poison, and she carries a trident. Seeing the fierce form of Mother Kali, Gods and Siddhas started fleeing. With the mere hum of Maa Kali, all the Asura army including Daruk was burnt to ashes. Yet, the fierceness of Kali wasn't over. The mother’s anger began to burn the whole world. To save the world from the wrath, Shiva took the form of a child and appeared in front of Kali.

When mother Kali saw that child Shirupi, she became fascinated by that form. She embraced Shiva and started feeding him with her breasts. Soon, Maa Kali became unconscious due to Shivji drinking the wrath of mother Kali. In order to bring the Goddess into consciousness, Shivji performed Shiva Tandava. When mother Kali came back to her senses, she saw Shiva dancing and joined him, due to which she was also called Yogini.

The two forms of Goddess Kali

In Hinduism, Goddess Kali is mainly portrayed and worshipped in two forms. The first is the four-armed form, and the second is the 10-armed form, which is also known as Mahakali. Both these forms have different meanings attached to them.

Four-armed form

The Indian art portrays the four-armed Kali in black or blue colour. The eyes of Kali are red in colour which depicts rage. Her hair is shown dishevelled, small fangs sometimes protrude out of her mouth and her tongue is lolling. The Goddess wears a skirt made of human arms and a garland which is made of human heads. The four-arm form of kali stands on the calm and prostate Shiva. All her four hands hold a different thing, mainly a sword, a Trishul (trident), a severed head, and a bowl or skull-cup (kapala) catching the blood of the severed head.

In her left hands, Kali holds a sword and a human head. Here, the sword signifies divine knowledge, meanwhile the human head signifies the human ego, which must be slain by divine knowledge in order to attain moksha.

The right hands of Maa Kali holds the Abhaya (fearlessness) and Varada (blessing) mudras, which means her devotees will always be saved as she will guide them during and after life.

The Goddess also dons a garland consisting of human heads, variously enumerated at 108 or 51, which is why she is known as the mother of all the mantras in astrology.

The ten-armed form

The ten-armed form of Kali is her Maha Kali form. In her Maha Kali form, she is depicted as shining like a blue stone. Maha Kali has as many as ten faces, ten feet and three eyes for each head. All her ten hands carry various components, each of which represents the power of one of the Devas or Hindu Gods. This power is depicted in the form of the weapons that Maha Kali carries. The implication is that Mahakali is responsible for the powers that these deities possess and the implication is in line with the interpretation that Mahakali is identical to Brahman.

At times, people also tend to worship the “ek mukhi” or one-headed idol of Maha Kali displayed with ten arms, signifying the same concept.

The power tools of Kali are the Kundalini Shakti (the power of spiritual electricity); the Kriya Shakti, the power to creatively affect the universe; and Iccha Shakti, the power of will that personally compels our physical movements and actions, while in the universe it causes the galaxies to rush away from one another into the cosmic night. The chanting of various mantras helps the native have these energies for themselves.

How to chant the Kali mantras

Goddess Kali represents the colour black, and hence darkness appeals to her. This is how you should chant the Kaali Mantras.

Although Kaali Mantra can be chanted in the morning, hours after sunset are more feasible to recite these mantras.

It is best that you chant the Kaali Mantra on a new moon day (Amavasya). Wear the colour Red during the Maa Kali mantra recitation or Puja as Red is the colour that appeases the Goddess.

Also, if you plan to keep an idol or picture of Goddess Kali while reciting the mantra, you must make sure to keep it on a red cloth.

When reciting the Mantras, offer red flowers, fruits and sweets to Maa Kali. Always sit facing the East or North direction when reciting the Kali mantras.

As soon as you begin the recital, you will feel a certain vibration filling your being with strength and confidence.

Any Kali mantra you pick up, it is advised that you chant the Kaali mantra for 40 days to gain all its benefits.

For better benefits, don't eat non-vegetarian food or avoid eating onion and garlic as well.

Important Kaali Mantra

1. Kali Beej Mantra

Kreem is the Ekakshari beej mantra associated with Goddess Kali. As such, the beej mantra doesn't have a specific meaning, but it represents the vibrations that aid the spiritual and mental state of the mind. Chanting the Kali beej mantra connects the native with the energies of Goddess Kali. These transformational energies help the native in fighting evil forces around and within him. It is said that chanting the Kali beej mantra with utmost devotion grants different things - right from devotional to material - to the native depending upon the quality of his or her mind.

The Kali Beej mantra is:

|| ॐ क्रीं काली ||

Om Krim Kali

Meaning- K stands for full knowledge,

R means she is auspicious,

I mean she bestows booms, and

M means that she gives freedom.

‘Salutation to the Supreme.’

Benefits of chanting the Kali Beej mantra

As per astrologers, the Kali beej mantra chanting protects one from all the evil forces.

Also, chanting the Kali beej mantra with full devotion fulfils all your desires and brings positivity to the environment you reside.

The mantra is also recited to uplift the confidence of the native.

Best time to recite the Kali beej mantra After sunset

Number of times to chant this mantra 108 daily for 40 days

Who can recite the Kali beej mantra? Anyone

Chant this mantra facing East or North direction

2. Kali Mantra

Although Goddess Kali looks frightening, she always tends to listen to her devotees' prayers as she is very fond of them. The prayers are better communicated to the Goddess if the devotee chants the Kali Mantra when praying to Goddess Kali. The Kali mantra mentioned below is said to heal the native of his worries and brings him closer to God. The Kali mantra is simple and transforms the devotee to Pure consciousness to help him make better decisions in life.

The Kali Mantra is:

|| ॐ क्रीं कालिकायै नमः ||

Om Kring Kalikaye Namah

Meaning- This mantra is a sound representation of the Mother.

Benefits of chanting the Kali mantra

As mentioned above, the Kali mantra helps in transforming the devotee into pure consciousness, meaning the chanting helps in making his mind clutter-free.

The chanting of this Kali mantra rewards the native with utmost wisdom and knowledge.

The mantra relives one of all sorts of emotional pain. If you are having a hard time controlling your emotions, this mantra is very useful for you.

The mantra is said to bring the native unmatched courage.

Best time to recite the Kali mantra After sunset

Number of times to chant this mantra 108 daily for 40 days

Who can recite the Kali mantra? Anyone

Chant this mantra facing East or North direction

3. Maha Kali mantra

The Maha Kali mantra is not used much due to its purgative nature. However, the one who properly knows how to use the mantra can benefit from the unmatched courage and strength the mantra recitation promises to deliver. Maha Kali is the great divine form of Maa Kali and bestows the natives with the power to accept things around him and change accordingly. If you chant this mantra on a regular basis, you will end up feeling a thrust of positive vibrations around you, which will prompt you to make things happen for you.

The Maha Kali mantra is:

|| ॐ श्री महा कलिकायै नमः ||

Om Sri Maha Kalikayai Namah

Meaning - I bow my head to the Divine dark goddess Mother, Kali or I salute the Divine Mother, Kali.

Benefits of chanting the Maha Kali mantra

One must appease the Divine Mother by chanting this mantra in her honour in order to obtain her grace.

The Maha Kali mantra acts like a shield that saves anyone against the tough times ahead of him.

Reciting the Maha Kali mantra brings stability to the life, and helps the native better decide what is right and what is wrong for him.

Best time to recite the Maha Kali mantra After sunset

Number of times to chant this mantra 108 daily for 40 days

Who can recite the Maha Kali mantra? Anyone

Chant this mantra facing East or North direction

4. Kalika-Yei Mantra

Some problems in our life are just way too complex. The complexity is such that they keep us on our toes, barring us from enjoying and living life as it is meant to be. The Kalika-Yei mantra is for such problems. The mantra is especially useful for students and working professionals who constantly are under the stress of life, finding it hard to manage their personal and professional goals. The mantra also aids problems, doesn't matter how big.

The Kalika-Yei Mantra is:

|| ॐ कलिं कालिका-य़ेइ नमः ||

Om Klim Kalika-Yei Namaha

Meaning - Hail to the Goddess Kali, bless us with a conscious and insightful mind. Make us intelligent and wise.

Benefits of chanting the Kalika-Yei mantra

As mentioned above, the Kalika-Yei mantra is believed to bring relief from all kinds of problems, no matter how complex it is.

The mantra chanting is really useful for students and working professionals and helps them do better in life.

The mantra is protective of your life. It saves you from the danger of bad eye/buri nazar and hence keeps your progress intact.

Best time to recite the Kalika-Yei mantra After sunset

Number of times to chant this mantra 108 daily for 40 days

Who can recite the Kalika-Yei mantra? Anyone

Chant this mantra facing East or North direction

5. Kali Gayatri Mantra

The Kali Gayatri mantra is one of the most useful mantras if you seek quick success in life. For the natives struggling at growing in their careers, the Kali Gayatri mantra comes to the rescue as its vibrations fill the native with positive energies. The mantra provides success, well-being and happiness to the native.

The Kali Gayatri mantra is:

|| ॐ महा काल्यै

छ विद्महे स्मसन वासिन्यै

छ धीमहि तन्नो काली प्रचोदयात ||

Om Maha Kalyai

Cha Vidmahe Smasana Vasinyai

Cha Dhimahi Tanno Kali Prachodayat

Meaning - Om Great Goddess Kali, the One and only one, who resides in the Ocean of Life and in the Cremation Grounds that dissolve the world. We focus our energies on you, may you grant us boons and blessings.

Benefits of chanting the Kali Gayatri mantra

As the native chants the kali Gayatri mantra, his mind becomes divinely transformed and passes from the gross state of worldly affairs into Kali’s subtle light of pure consciousness.

The Kali Gayatri mantra helps the native in accomplishing tasks successfully.

The mantra recitation is said to free the native from all fears of life to help him take the needed step.

Best time to recite the Kali Gayatri mantra After sunset

Number of times to chant this mantra 9 times daily for 40 days

Who can recite the Kali Gayatri mantra? Anyone

Chant this mantra facing East or North direction

6. Dakshina Kali Dhyan Mantra

Dhyan is a state of mind which helps you connect with the divine in numerous ways. Also called the Karpuradi Stotra, the regular chanting of the Dhyan mantra aids the native to connect with the energies of Maa Kali, which are fearfulness, courage, boldness, valour and more. However, to have the best of this mantra, the native needs to chant the Dakshina Kali Dhyan mantra regularly and with the correct pronunciation.

The Dakshina Kali Dhyan mantra is:

|| ॐ ह्रीं ह्रीं ह्रुं ह्रुं क्रीं क्रीं क्रीं दक्षिणकालिके क्रीं क्रीं क्रीं ह्रुं ह्रुं ह्रीं ह्रीं ||

Om Hreem Hreem Hrum Hrum Kreem Kreem Kreem Dakshina Kalike Kreem Kreem Kreem Hrum Hrum Hreem Hreem

Meaning - Salutations to the Goddess who is the preserver of earth and saves the universe from all kinds of troubles.

Benefits of chanting Dakshina Kali Dhyan mantra

Recitation of this mantra releases you from the binding web of adult pretence.

Dakshina Kali Dhyan mantra energises you with positive energy so that you can achieve your goal no matter how tough.

The chanting of the Dakshina Kali Dhyan mantra brings peace, happiness, and satisfaction to the native.

Best time to recite the Dakshina Kali Dhyan mantra After sunset

Number of times to chant this mantra 9 times daily for 40 days

Who can recite the Dakshina Kali Dhyan mantra? Anyone

Chant this mantra facing East or North direction

7. Kali Chants

Apart from Kali mantras, there are also some Kali Chants a native can chant to seek the blessing of Goddess Kali.

The Dakshina Kali Dhyan mantra is:

ॐ काली, काली! ॐ काली, काली!

नमोस्तुते, नमोस्तुते, नमो!

नमोस्तुते, नमोस्तुते, नमो ||

Om Kali, Kali! Om Kali, Kali

Namostute, namostute, namo

Namostute, namostute, namo

आनंद मां आनंद मां कलि

आनंद मां आनंद मां कलि

आनंद मां आनंद मां कलि

ॐ काली माँ ||

Ananda Maa Ananda Maa Kali

Ananda Maa Ananda Maa Kali

Ananda Maa Ananda Maa Kali

Om Kali Maa

Overall benefits of Chanting the Kali mantras

The Kali mantras are one of the most powerful mantras in astrology and thus hold the capability to protect you from the hexes.

The Kali mantra chanting resonates with vibrations that calm you down and help you in attaining peace.

Reciting the Kali mantra awakens the inner consciousness of the person, and thus brings stability to his or her life.

Chanting the Kali mantra helps you maintain cordial and harmonious relations with your family and loved ones.

If you chant the Kali mantra regularly and with full devotion, the Goddess shall bring an end to all your sufferings.

Chanting the mantra on a regular basis safeguards the native from the disasters that may bestow upon his health, wealth and happiness.

The regular chanting of the Kali mantra gives you strength thereby making you more powerful than the problems you face.

The chanting of the Maa Kali mantra helps in making your life more radiant. You shall feel the positive vibes if you chant these mantras on a regular basis.

The mantras aid the native's financial position and help in removing all debts.

In terms of love life too, reciting the Kali mantra can help in resolving issues surrounding your love life and can help you in achieving success all the way.

It provides success, happiness, progress, and well-being.

The chanting of the mantra, and the vibrations that release from it, help in uplifting your health.

The Kali mantras ward away the bad eye and any evil that attempts to stop your growth in life.

The Mantras help you to find a good match for matrimonial purposes. Chanting of Kali Mantra ensures any delay in marriage is resolved.

The chanting of Goddess Kali Mantra brings stability to life. You can decide what is good for your life. You always end up with good decisions.

I hope you enjoyed this blog more to follow shortly,

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So whomst is Void Archives?

This is how Void Archives (VA) actually looks. And before you ask, yes, it is a semi-transparent golden cube. It's the 1st Divine Key - a piece of Previous Era technology, made using the Herrscher of Reason Core. It can recreate anything, as long as it understands the concept. In doing so, it can mimic the other Divine Keys as well. However, these mimicries are much weaker. Void Archives is an artificial intelligence and was intended to contain knowledge and information from the Previous Era from 50 000 years ago.

This is the "Library", a place that hosts the knowledge and where each book is a separate archive of information from the Previous Era. It can only be accessed via medium, as it's a virtual reality space, or if VA willingly invites someone's consciousness in. Which is another of its abilities - to allow someone to transfer their mind to another body or vessel.

This is also Void Archives during post-hi3 APHO chapters in the game and Alien Space manga, after it stole appropriated Otto's Soulium avatar body, when the latter died. It customized the hairstyle and outfit. Aside from wearing a glove on the right hand, it also covered the face with a mask. But these latter modifications were temporary (reasons: spoiler).

Then we have these fake ass blond dudes.

Otto Apokalpse, the bishop of Schicksal in Houkai Gakuen 2 (or Guns Girl Z). And from where it all begun.

Otto Apocalypse, the evil Overseer of Schicksal in Honkai Impact 3.

Otto Apocalypse from visual novel Seven Swords, who is called "Raksha" by the locals. Also carries a coffin. Also befriended Sushang.

Otto Apocalypse in Honkai Star Rail, admits using the name "Luocha" (AKA "Raksha") only within Xianzhou Luofu.

Back to our problematic cube—

In APHO chapters, Welt easily recognized that the person in front of him was not Otto, even if VA attempted to pretend to be him.

And this is where real Void Archives with its opinion towards Otto comes out. Its' voice is loud and is saturated with unadulterated resentment.

In Alien Space manga, which is the preface to Star Rail, Void Archives and Welt travel to another universe, where they currently reside.

You also can see Void Archives in Welt's splash art as well— And it does look like a parting theme.

Which brings another mention of VA within the Star Rail.

Where to? I will make Headcanon post 'bout what the danger cube is up to later and until hoyo will provide us with leaks or info what VA is doing, that would remain the canon to my blog.

Later in Star Rail companion quest, Welt has flashbacks from when VA abducts takes him on a new adventure (insert spoilers of APHO and Alien Space manga here), and also along with a voice line recognizes that Luocha is actually Otto, not Void Archives.

Void Archives may be in possession of a soulium avatar, crafted in the image of Otto, but ultimately they are not the same people. Void Archives exists since Previous Era for 50 000 years, and Otto (in HI3 universe) managed to hit 500 years thanks to VA powers and knowledge. Nor Void Archives is Luocha. If you see a man who looks like he never used a brush in his entire life - that is Void Archives. Luocha is Otto Apocalypse. And it was also directly pointed by Jing Yuan as well, who said that his real name is a mouthful.

#[ maaaaaaaaaaaaan i have a lot to say bout danger cube but it will be posted in doses‚ cause i dont want ppl to think im rabid bout VA ] #[ even tho i am and i have a few ppl suffering my word floods‚ we will keep it civil :') ] #[ and im also kind of tired of ppl claiming VA is either Otto adjacent or Ottocha ] #[ this cube hates them both equally ] #[ if you think you're the biggest Otto hater‚ then i have bad news for you ] #Ⓐ : relevant ( void archives ) #Ⓐ : introspection ( void archives ) #Ⓐ : visuals ( void archives )

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Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (March 1, 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. The daughter of Kenyan politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, she was born in Mexico City, where her father was teaching, and was raised in Kenya from the age of one. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Daytime Emmy Award, four NAACP Image Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. She attended college in the US, earning a BFA in Film and Theatre from Hampshire College. She began her career in Hollywood as a production assistant. In 2008, she made her acting debut with the short film East River and returned to Kenya to star in the television series Shuga. She wrote, produced, and directed the documentary In My Genes. She then pursued an MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama. She had her first feature film role as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave, for which she received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is the first Mexican actress to win an Academy Award. She made her Broadway debut as a teenage orphan in the play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She went on to perform a motion capture role as Maz Kanata in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and a lead voice role as Raksha in The Jungle Book. Her career progressed with her role as Nakia in Black Panther and her starring role in the US. She supports historic preservation. She is vocal about preventing sexual harassment and working for women's and animal rights. She was named the most beautiful woman by People. She wrote a children's book named Sulwe, which became a number-one New York Times Best-Seller. She narrated the docu-series Serengeti, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Narrator. She was named one of Africa's "50 Most Powerful Women" by Forbes. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #womenhistorymonth https://www.instagram.com/p/CpP0R4WLXja/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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RWBY Ghira's Allusion

Ghira Belladonna is the father of Blake and the former high leader of the faunus rights group, the White Fang. He is an important part of the faunus storyline, so I did some research on his character and factors surrounding him to find out why his allusion serves in the narrative of RWBY the way it does, and what I discovered is that what he represents far exceeds his fairy tale counterpart. Let me explain.

Ghira's base allusion is Bagheera, the black panther from the Jungle Book. In the story, Bagheera takes in the man cub Mowgli and becomes his mentor & protector. He can be interpreted as a father-figure for Mowgli, similar to how Ghira, the black panther faunus, is the father of Blake, the black cat faunus (& Kali, based on Raksha the Mother Wolf, is her mom).

Ghira's design also takes some cues, with his panther claws being the most evident. He bears boots with fuzzy claw designs, akin to paws. He also wears a giant furry coat with a panther-face shaped shoulder plate. When fighting, he occasionally goes on all fours like a panther.

Now, usually this is where Ghira's analysis would end, but I did more research and found some very interesting information that could be factors to Ghira's character. So we know that the faunus storyline is supposed to represent the history of racism & oppression in the real world. One well known part of the fight for equality was the reign of the Black Panthers. The Black Panthers were a political organization founded in 1966 to challenge police brutality against the African American community. It was a revolutionary group that ultimately changed the fundamentals of race in civil rights. This group could very much parallel the ideals of the original White Fang Organization in RWBY, which was started by Ghira, a black panther.

The Black Panther Party influenced the creation of the first black mainstream superhero, Black Panther. Which brings me to my next point; Ghira's semblance. it has yet to be revealed to how Ghira's semblance works, but I believe I have a theory.

So we have seen Ghira's aura twice, being hit by a fireball (Volume 5) and then a bullet (Adam Character Short). The effect of his aura activating was different from the usual aura breaking or cracking, meaning whatever he did was a part of his semblance. After these instances, he is shown to not have taken any major damage. So this might mean that it could be a body shield power right? Well, sort of. As seen in the Belladonna home invasion, he doesn't take damage from the fireball, but gets stabbed by Fennec. And although he wasn't wounded by the bullet, he still felt the pain.

Going back to the superhero, I believe Ghira's semblance works similar to T'Challa's Black Panther suit. He can absorb kinetic energy casted onto him, but instead if storing and redistributing it, he just negates it altogether (opposite to Adam). The energy that is released from the suit is purple, which is Ghira's aura color.

So in conclusion, Ghira Belladonna represents the ideal of racial equality, which takes the form of the black panther.

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Updates on the Wolf-Inspired Warframe now officially named Voruna! The skulls are past pets she’s had. She will not have a passive, but each skull gives a different passive depending on which power you choose and it can be changed in-mission. The names of the skulls will be the 2nd-5th place winners of the name contest so Raksha, Lycath, Ulfra, and Dynara. Her signature weapons will be an axe and a sniper which are gonna be from a new survival type mission on Lua where you’ll be able to use your Necramech!

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