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Oh and Firefly.

On a sidenote: Firefly should qualify as following the Path of Beauty in my opinion. Perhaps that's a theory for another time. Because Eastern culture takes great association with Fireflies and ephemeral beauty. She is a girl who fights for the meaning of her existence, to reshape the meaning of her ending as well. To die a weapon or a normal girl. That is very existentialist of her... And don't get me started about the similarities and meaning behind the metamorphosis of a firefly larvae...

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The Philosophy of The Beauty [HSR]

This might as well be a post about Argenti as well, either or I'm copy pasting my youtube comment in some video that I spent 2 hours making sob. Here's the youtube video if anyone else is interested, do give it a watch my fellow Knights.

https://youtu.be/nGoob8KIo5I?si=VLWkUYKPHko9Fjab

I'm sending this here because I showed this to a friend and she told me to make a tumblr account and blog it lmaooo ANYWAYS.

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Due to the subjective nature of beauty, it's possible for it to be all-encompassing and it can even interact with many different paths, though some require a bit more thought(Pay attention to the number at the end of some sentences in the later paragraphs). One such phrase I always think about is the phrase "Ephemeral Beauty". I believe that the definition of beauty, on top of itself, is also that it's inherently a fleeting concept. You can't tell me that a person just randomly thought that the words "Ephemeral" and "Beauty" suddenly go hand in hand. It's because there's a natural reason for that, it's a concept that has been thought of many times by many different cultures around the world.

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The likes of Greek Philosophers like Plato and Epicurus held beliefs on its transient nature. Plato viewed true beauty as an unchanging and perfect state of reality, however what we experience is merely a passing scent of it, a reflection of something timeless that we can never grasp in a changing world (1). Then we have Buddhism that teaches that everything is subject to "Anicca" or Impermanence (2). Where beauty lies within the moment, and to cling onto it will bring pain as it opposes the fundamental rules of reality. Then we have "Mono no Aware" which is part of Japanese culture, you get the idea.

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Argenti is a character who follows the standard "Holier than thou" Knight in shining armour trope. He is a confident symbol of hope, a man who has triumphed over countless trials, and when needed a beacon of hope for people (3). His journey as a traveller as well represents the very brevity of his own path, a passing ray of light that dispells all darkness, but never to stay in one place (4).

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To acknowledge the beauty is to acknowledge that it's fleeting. And I'm sure the Knights of Beauty know this well. I read a comment where someone believes that The Beauty is the anti-thesis of Nihility, but it feels like they're actually both sides of the same coin. By believing in the eventual end and farewell of beautiful moments you are lightly treading the Nihility. And not only that, acknowledgement of it's eventual passing would imply that we are also ready to get sent into the darkness once more, to fight our battles in life until we can temporarily find solace once more in another beautiful moment, and then be sent back into the hell that some may consider is life (5). Even the universe may echo this very idea, In a closed room it's easier to create darkness because to create light we must expend energy to light up a light bulb, and on a much larger scale all stars will eventually burn out leaving everything in darkness. It is inherently tiring and difficult to shine, to radiate positivity. Doesn't Argenti do the same? Isn't that what every Knight of Beauty face? Trials and hardships, then happiness and sentiments. Over and over again, when will their journey end? (6)

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Back to the talk about being two sides, Beauty is quite literally the philosophy of Existentialism where we create meaning, and an "existence" in an indifferent and harsh universe, the fact that we have to create personal meaning reflects back to Beauty being subjective to everyone's own accord. But wait, we have another contender here, put on your party hats because The Elation has arrived. Three philosophies which are often intertwined with each other are Nihilism, Existentialism, and Absurdism. The first two we've talked of, but the last is where The Elation fits well. So now you can say it's a 3 sided uh coin? Sounds like a curio Herta would have. (7)

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I'm surprised you haven't pointed out or had a topic about how HI3 already has underlying themes of Beauty. Probably because you went for a more historical approach huh? But yeah we have the people like Welt who "wants to protect all that is beautiful", then Kiana continues to carry that flag, even the song "Moon halo" speaks of "May all beauty be blessed", and I guess "Da Capo" talks about longing and transience of cherished moments.

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I have a feeling I may have waffled off or I could've been more concise. But the general point I'd like to add is how important it is to understand that Beauty is inherently a fleeting concept, yet a powerful one that can create hope against harsh disadvantages.

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I've always wondered why I end up looking back with rose tinted glasses, even though it probably wasn't so rosy. That's probably because my memories captured a moment in time thus a moment of true beauty as well as it exaggerated details.

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(1): It's tempting to say that the enemy of Beauty might be the Remembrance (preposterous coming from a March 7th fan like me, she literally calls herself beautiful <3). But I think they complement one another, even Fuli has a soft spot for beautiful moments it just sounds like they're a fan of The Beauty, similar to my anecdote about reminiscence. Or maybe I'm a bit biased here because I'm writing a small fanfic of two separated lovers, one who follows The Beauty and the other who is a memokeeper...

(2) Then maybe Permanence and the Abundance are the enemy of beauty? I'm not sure I don't think I'm well versed to comment here.

(3) Such a trait befitting of the Harmony(and Order I guess...) Harmony and Beauty seem to be two peas in a pod.

(4) I'm not sure if I should've mashed this with 2 but the urge to protect others is also befitting of the preservation.

(5) Well we already talked about the Nihility and it's fine nuance with the Beauty.

(6) Perhaps it's only limited to the knights, but to venture forth as if you were the MC of a typical Chivalric Romance story sounds very Trailblazy. Even in the path of Trailblaze nothing lasts and you gotta keep moving and facing struggles to reach your next "Beautiful destination". Perhaps in another universe we play a game set in the HSRverse but as a Knight of Beauty.

(7) We talked about the Elation here.

(8) After some more thinking I believe The Beauty can also intertwine with the Erudition with the aforementioned perspective that Plato held. His idea of beauty also dabbled in it being a universal and perfect truth. And as we know, especially from Dr Ratio, scholars really really do love pursuing truth.

(9?) I swear I felt like I felt a twinge of the Hunt or maybe I'm tripping. I'll have to think back again.

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This is REALLY copy and paste from my original comment, I might be making strange mistakes or inconsistent words oh well. Thanks for reading.

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