#kingdom-principles

[thepersonalwords]

When we overemphasise miracles we underplay kingdom principles.

Sunday Adelaja

[linkahavocz99]

Korok seed hunting is brutal work but I do it for the fame. The glory. So you can point and say “so glad I’m doing something with my life instead of that”. I do it for yall. I got all 900 in botw and am at 681 in totk. You’re welcome.

[rorah]

Dimitriverse here. And I'll use it as pretext to talk about Hopes. 'In this essay I will ☝️...'/j I must be one of the few - if not, the only one- (who's not on board with the anti-church propaganda |Just in case: I grew up in an atheist house| and not a Byleth hater either) who actually liked hopes because it supports and enhances houses narrative view (contrary to the common belief that it's the opposite).

Hopes shows a constant comparison between both games. And we know that this universe plays a lot with the parallels between different characters, and relationships. Both similarities and contrasts. Hopes is a contrast, seen from Shez's perspective.

It is established from the beginning that they only see the superficial positive qualities of the leaders, just like general tone presented of this game.

Here I'm going to focus mostly on AM's goal and its contrast in AG.

In AM Dimitri achieves redemption and benevolence through forgiveness and acceptance. These lessons he learns from Byleth - the teacher/ the guide/ the enlightened one (the class enlightened one is mea to alude that who have more knowledge and greater understanding of something, who also aludes to the original aspect of the game. Nirvana. The JP Byleth class) in an indirect way. Byleth in turn gets it from the goddess herself but also their life lessons/experience from GM, and the people surrounding them. WC is an important and crucial stage in Byleth's development, as is the interaction they have with the diverse students they tutor.

The role of Byleth goes beyond a mundane "self-insertion" of the player. Byleth is meant to be a bridge between that goddess and humans: the path to Nirvana.

Both forgiveness and acceptance are mentioned in the game but can go unnoticed due to the level of subtlety they are mentioned, but they are core elements in Buddhism such as compassion and wisdom that serve as a path to inner peace and freedom (specially for the leaders who rule over big factions of people), and breaks the chain/cycle of suffering, anger, revenge, resentment, among others.

And that reminds me of Arval's constant words: "the cycle of this world". What does Arval mean? The cycle of this world… said by an Agarthan "deity", whose only role in the game has been to generate constant conflicts between the inhabitants of Fodlan and beyond perhaps? so that they kill each other. I don't know Joe, something here smells weird -wink wink- (Not to mention it also emphasizes the qualities achieved through Nirvana)

It's Important to understand the importance of Forgiveness and everything involved in the act. Understanding forgiveness, as a spiritual practice, goes beyond simply letting go of resentment. It involves cultivating mindfulness and compassion towards oneself and others. Since the game has heavily references and basis from Buddhism you can grasp it from there (more than Christianity, I'm sure different faits have somewhat different or similar approach to some concepts). But need to mention the act is also applied from a physiological and neurological perspective (in case you're not much of a "fait" person like me. I still like the Buddhism take tho, from a philosophical standpoint💖).

Anyway, Dimitri AM manages to learn those lessons and is not just "to learn to live for himself", which is also important, but it is only possible to achieve it through the through the acts already mentioned: forgiveness, acceptance, compassion, etc. Acts that acts that are practiced externally towards others but which are mostly an act towards oneself. Compared to Dimitri AG where the path chosen is revenge.

Misfortune always dogs the steps of one who gives way to the desire for revenge.

Does he get the answers he thinks he wanted? Yes Did it satisfy him? A Dimitri fan knows it didn't. Can Dimitri's friends help him? No, because they're in a similar situation or under similar believes, and this game displayed it.

Sopilers: No, they won't get anything from getting revenge and certainly doesn't help to move on. Much less Dimitri, who's mental health has only been addressed at the end of a couple of supports. Is Shez a bad person? No! but they help no one and just goes along with whatever the leader says. Is Arval/Epimenides a bad entity? This is where I think, the original concept of the game is applied, the one mentioning. There's no good or bad, only a matter of perspective. But of course, that's something arguable and extense that deserves its own analysis.

At the end of all 3 routes, the war continues (despite having finished off Thales in AG) because the cycle continues. The cycle of anger, of suffering, of revenge, of prejudice, etc. And in my opinion, I think that's beautiful (the comparison, I mean). Thanks for coming to my Ted talk

[quotelr]

Celebrating people is a form of love

Sunday Adelaja

[sammywolfgirl]

is the twin dragons and carrow au I love how the dragons just see a 8-12 year old just break into the castle with no fear and at and just decides that the child is both of theirs now

YEAH- they j

This kid breaks into the castle and they just both decide she gets a blessing.

Getting the approval of the dragons via breaking ad entering and being the specialist little cookie

[ellynneversweet]

Charter sendings: are largely automatons

Also Charter sendings, seeing Mogget: fuck you in particular

[isdalinarhot]

scrolling through stormlight ao3 sorted by kudos as someone who fucking hates Kadolin is so disheartening

[irlkomaedanagito]

i should NOT post fics while high off my gourd bc in both the begining AND end note i went "this fic is part of a series, im gonna make the series page now so anyone interested can subscribe to it. dont forget to do that if u wanted to btw :)"

guess what i didnt make. lol lmao even

[obstinaterixatrix]

this was pretty funny

[allykakamatsu]

KH X GI Out of Context, Part 2 Electric Boogaloo

[teamteambby2]

Thank you, Wintersheildsunspace. Couldn't have done it without you.

[kiwibirdlafayette]

💀 💀 Trick or treat 💀 💀

*jolts awake with a start* SHOOT

HAPPY LATE HALLOWEEN I HAVE ARISEN chases you down I have a treat for you ��✨I've dug out a little worldbuilding tidbit from sparkly starbornes AU never before seen by any other eyes, hope ya enjoy <3

[twistedtummies2]

Have you ever thought up KH OCs?

Actually, no. Because I really haven't seen a reason to make one so far. XD

HOWEVER, what I HAVE thought up is a KH fanfic. And I don't mean a short kink-based story, though I've written a few of those, nonono, it's a long-running project...which I'm still trying to find time to continue. 'XD So, I can't remember if the story is here on Tumblr, but I began work on a project called "Kingdom Hearts: The Uncertainty Principle." Ostensibly, it's a crossover between KH and the animated series "Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure," but it's intended to go to all sorts of other worlds and involve a bunch of other characters I've always wanted to see in KH games. The plan was to split the single story into multiple "Books," with me writing a whole book out and then uploading it chapter-by-chapter before starting the next. I finished Book I literally years ago...BUT UNFORTUNATELY, when I got started on Book II, I found it wasn't really working properly, and I had to go back to the drawing board. This, plus a TON of life stuff and constant backlogs on my commissions, has resulted in the story being...I think four years on hiatus, simply because I haven't had a chance to do anything with Book II, let alone the ones meant to follow. The sad part is that Books III to the end of the saga are already set up and I THINK still work, just looking at my plans. So Book II is really the stumbling block. If I can just find time to figure out how to make the plan work better, and then - more importantly, honestly - find time to WORK ON IT, I will continue "The Uncertainty Principle." Till then, God only knows when it will get done. I certainly hope to finish it someday. :P

[quotelr]

The doctrine of waiting for confirmation is one of the greatest time killers

Sunday Adelaja

[wormdramafever]

The podcast Gaming In the Wild included Goodbye Volcano High among their Games of the Year 2023 (episode 191)!!!

From their episode nº 191.

They talk about GVH at 0:41 and 1:12!!

Visit their main site for other listening options.

It's GOTY season, and what better way to kick things off than with special guest and friend of the show Brad Gallaway, co-host of the So... Videogames Podcast. We went long and had a great conversation about everything from big hitters like Zelda, Starfield, and Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 to indie gems like Lamplighter's League, DREDGE, Birth, and many more. And as always, many thanks to all the show’s patrons! If you'd like to join them in supporting the podcast on Patreon, you can do so from $1 per month at http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild. Patrons get access to a catalogue of bonus episodes, and an invite to the show’s lovely Discord community. You can also come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find all the links at http://gaminginthewild.com.

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[sammywolfgirl]

I GOT SHADOW MILK BUT THE GAME CRASHED AND I DIDNT GET TO SEE THE PULL ANIMATION THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!

That fucking clown pranked me!