#functional mulitplicity

[system-of-a-feather]

Full Integration, Final Fusion, Functional Multiplicitly, and General "Spirituality"

(Disclaimer: this is a very long post)

Heyyo, this is a bit of a hodgepodge of connected topics that I was thinking on this morning. For those that don't know, after like three months of being a really solid fused whole, we really decided that we needed to redivide back into our core parts to recenter, rebalance, and reorganize ourselves since our fused whole was loosing sight / vision of the "plot". We don't consider this "splitting" because we are still in - what we like to call "full integration" - and we don't really engage in much dissociation when we do this as the means of how we do this largely stems from the way we perceive, engage with, and view the concept of "self" and "identity." Our system highly values the mastery and art of a very fluid and ever changing sense of identity and self. This morning - thank you Chunn brain for batting our collective brain from the usual urge to get out of bed and get started with our day to give us time to really sit with our inner selves - we spent about an hour and a half and a small half hour nap just laying there thinking among ourselves and I wanted to share a few.

I think at the moment I am still mostly a fused whole and I had considered trying to go to Ray or Lin for them to write this, but it didn't feel right to go to Ray brain and Lin brain directly told me "Dude, this thought line started with Riku-dominant fused brain, trying to have someone else write it would be a disservice to the reflection. Let Riku or Riku-dominant fused brain do it, it's their thought." and you know, fair point. I think I'll use this post as a temporary "bye few thoughts" and love letter to our parts as a fused whole before leaving it to the individual specialists to do their things.

So introduction to this post aside, hello and temporary soon to be farewell before I choose to temporarily redivide into my main parts. Today is May 15, 2024 and I'm gonna document this a bit for when I come back whenever that is and kind of see if my fused-whole perspective and nature changes - mostly for myself. Online I go by Feathers, irl I just go by our chosen name.

I'm a (mostly, technically non-denominational independent, but most of my views and perspectives come from and align closely with) Zen Buddhist. I'm nonbinary vaguely transmasc (not really though?) intersex individual with the pronouns of they/them. I am extremely pro-endo and if I honestly felt like sticking around longer, I was thinking about writing a much more nuanced essay on tulpa-terminology discourse with my current reflections as a fused whole and as a pretty avid Buddhist but, unforunately, unless one of my parts still shares the same insight AND interest, that essay will have to wait for me to potentially be back (hey, Riku or Chunn might still want to who knows). I dunno what else to say, I love bird, Bleach, walking, driving, listening to music, video games, writing, art? I dunno man, I'm just me.

Documentation aside anyways, I gotta figure out where I want to start. I think I will actually piss my high-school English teachers off and start with the LAST thing in the title card. I might loose a lot of close minded white anti-endos here, but hey, if you are that close minded, then its your loss cause I'm just talking about late-stage recovery as a person with diagnosed DID that is considered polyfragmented. It's a fun conversation to have with other people with DID aiming for recovery so, if you're hell bent on hating people talking about plurality form a non-DID lens enough to disregard cool information, that's your loss. (Thank you XIV brain, crediting that to you for part of our goal today)

Buddhism, Spirituality, Plurality and Our Perspective of Full Integration

According to Buddhism, and one of the largest concepts and principles of Buddhism that we believe the most in and actively work to practice and cultivate the mindset of - is that the concept of "I" and the concept of a singular, distinct, and separate self from the world and others simply does not exist - only the experience and illusion of experience exists. I was talking about it with @quoigenicfromhell in DMs since they were interested in talking shop about Buddhism.

To save myself a whole effort of rewriting a discussion on how one can hold together the clear sensation of existing and being an individual with the idea and Buddhist understanding that the "self" does not exist, I'm going to copy a little bit of what I wrote in response to them. If it doesn't make sense cause its in a bit of Buddhist jargon, then oh well, I'm lazy, it's written for an audience that has done some reading and looking into Buddhist thought so RIP yall srry not srry (Thank you Chunn brain lol)

Honestly the development and understanding of holding those two things together (the non-self and non-existence with the clear experience of self and existence) is largely a lot of exploration on the understanding and respect for the experience without applying too much value or regard to said experience. Its kind of a hard thing to understand just based off of words alone and like all things Buddhism, its one of those sorts of things you really gotta sit on and explore in your own mental space, but like

The experience of self and personhood and existence is a denied concept in Buddhist thought, but its not a bad or incorrect thing, the experience of self and existence is kind of considered an inherent expression of life and the world and while its important to be cognicent that it is an illusion that can cause suffering and muddy an individuals ability to see Things As They Are, the experience and illusion of self is additionally an entirely natural thing to experience and is an important part of being able to, well, be

I kinda of personally perceive it kind of similarly to say a part in a system. Innately the part is not (at least in my experiences of systemhood) a literal entire separate being and thats an important thing to acknowledge for a number of reasons (life organization and direction, system accountability, etc) but its would also be incredibly foolish to completely ignore that the part operates, experiences themselves, and lives in the world (both inner and outer) as if they were an individual of their own

In the same sense that a part in a system can be seen both as an individual and a part of a whole / collective depending on what perspective and demands the moment needs. An individual can be seen both as the individual expression of a self informed by the arguably incorrect illusion of isolation OR as a part of the whole worlds expression depending on what serves the moment the best. I largely kind of see myself as part of a system that is the world much like I see my parts as part of a system that is "me". While the self may be an illusion, its not an experience that can be denied and it is an innate expression that in its own right can prove to be a great teacher So you deny the concept of a self but respect and revere the experience and innate natural expression of self

With that context in mind, while we do not believe in the concept of self and find that trying to seek out a concrete idea of a singular person and singular self in society is a source of extreme suffering, stress, and displeasure, we DEEPLY revere and honor the expression of self. As we see it, in a complete ideal and impossible the world would be in perfect harmony if we let the world express itself as it naturally does. We find that the experiences of self - in whatever form they take - are inherent and natural expressions of the world as a whole and to try to shape oneself to fit a specific image - may that be societally imposed or internally / personally imposed or a sense of envy or any sort of clinging or desire to a specific version / image of self - is a disrespect to the innate beauty found in the natural expression and a means of adding disharmony into the world.

As a result, our system and whole aims deeply, above almost all else to exist simply as we naturally would in any moment time to time. If we find that something we are doing with our sense of self is drawn and influenced too much on a "I should" or "I want" or "I wish" or "I hope" then we tend to pause, self reflect, and ask if we are actually existing in our natural state, or are we trying to fight against our natural state of self to fit into a self-imposed idea of what we "should be".

As a result of that, our system deeply values our flexibility, fluidity, and ability to change any aspect of ourselves, any opinion we hold, any identity label we consider, and our overall presentation in all ways and forms to a very high level. The desire to be consistent and predictable serves us little in simply practicing on "being" and finding the true and simply-run life that we want. That then results in why our system so casually flips around in system size, fusions, redivisions, how we refer to ourselves, etc. We find very little value in committing to labels and concepts and do whatever is natural for us.

Additionally, another large aspect of Buddhism our system deeply reveres and appreciates is the acknowledgement that there are "Buddhas" - or in less Jargon terms, potential for everything both internal and external to be teachers and guides into finding a sense of peace and simplicity in the world - and that it is deeply important to cultivating peace, happiness, and insight to actively always be seeking out the "Buddha" in everything and everyone. It's important to reflect, engage with, and talk with those "Buddhas" as they are the best and number one way to gain the insight that brings happiness and peace into life and removes excessive suffering and stress.

As many Buddhists agree (at least of the Mahayanan branches), everyone is inherently a Buddha because the world and everything is a Buddha. The only issue people have is that they can not connect, hear, and see clearly enough to be in that state due to a large number of human conditions - one large one being the aforementioned illusion of self.

Having lived my life as someone with DID and having gone through a lot of trauma therapy, self reflection, communication and coordination with my parts, and all that to the point we have reached functional multiplicity over a year plus ago and been able to hold a fully fused state for over three months, I feel like its a given to say that of ALL things in the world, the "Buddha nature" of my parts have been the best and most insightful teachers I've ever had. We revere each other's strengths and specialties greatly as each of us have taught the other great strengths, great understandings, great insights, and great appreciations that have collectively brought us so much peace and happiness. It's not to say any part is "enlightened" because each part is also deeply flawed and struggling in their own realms, but it is largely by working and talking and supporting one another and ACTIVELY looking to one another for insight and lessons about the world and our existence that we are able to reach a uniquely peaceful space.

For us, its an incredibly important practice - both for self care and in the art / spirituality of Buddhism - to regularly talk and engage with these specialized and uniquely-wise (and uniquely stupid - thank you XIV) parts of ourselves to gain deeper insight and overall understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.

In the same sense, it is why - despite being completely capable of operating as a fully fused whole - we regularly choose to INTENTIONALLY redivide into our parts. And no, its not us "splitting again" or even really throwing up any real level of dissociation / dissociative barriers. If anything, we usually do this through meditation and mindfulness.

It's a Buddhist practice, its not a mental disorder and its not stemming from the same mechanism's DID stems from. It might operate *based* on the foundation our history with DID stems from, but at this point in our healing, the way our system operates at functional multiplicity that is intentionally chosen to be that way AFTER reaching "final fusion" has a number of differences from how it operated before we reached general full integration.

Again, for those more familiar with the tulpa-terminology discussion, you might be able to see where I would have a long post delving into a highly nuanced and more middle-ground perspective of that syscourse from the paragraph above this one, but I'm gonna leave that cause I already know this post is long and it would detract from the purpose.

At this point, my system is mostly an "intentionally created one" to Western label standards. We personally do not see any significance or binary in plural VS singular people beyond it being a label some people identify with and not. Plural VS Singular is a false binary perpetuated in white, western, and european society and while I respect that perspective and view in a space that is primarily filled with white, western, and/or european individuals, I am going to firmly state that and expect you to give me that same respect. (and if you refuse to give me that same respect, then you are close minded and being very white / western lmao <- thank you XIV, again)

And so the other related but slightly different topic away from the more philosophical, esoteric, mysticism sounding topic of Buddhism...

Full Integration, Final Fusion, and Functional Multiplicitly

At this point, what we used to call "Wishiwashi Recovery" we kind of have taken to just calling "full integration" generally as a means of really breaking apart the suggested categorical and boxed binary of "final fusion" and "functional multiplicity" as our own experience and discussion with other systems at and near full integration have made us realize that the difference between functional multiplicity and final fusion is FAR more a spectrum than it is two seperate categories. Some systems stick to one end, some to the others, but the largest difference is in external and internal expression of the parts and less any fundamental or biological / clinical difference; at least not in terms of integration. (Note: Integration =/= Fusion; Integration is the general connectivity and accessibility of parts with less / limited / no dissociation)

It's a false binary to say Final Fusion or Functional Multiplicity and its why a lot of the "ones bad and ones good" syscourse is dumb. They're two heads of the same Doduo and they should be kissing. (JOKING, thank you Riku-Aya brain)

With that said, our system, as we've made clear, regularly and freely practices sliding and flying all over that spectrum as just how we like to engage with ourselves. We change between the two as we see fit and having spent probably like 9~ months in functional multiplicity and 3~ months in final fusion I wanted to share some pros and cons of both sides.

I would also like to put a disclaimer that this isn't meant to be "positives and why this side sucks" as much as it is the differences in life style according to our opinion and our experience. Both final fusion and functional multiplicity are absolutely WONDERFUL things overall and we love both states. If we got "stuck" in either, we would still be immensely happy. The purpose of this part is just to share certain differences in how we experience the two different ends. The Cons in these case are only "cons" relative to the "alternative" and not "to not ever reaching either"

Functional Multiplicity Pros:

A lot more clear and direct communication between parts internally that allows for a SHIT ton of internal banter, productive conversation about complex topic and perspectives from unique and diverse perspectives; the communication is a lot more intentional and a lot more in focus so its easier to properly sit and attend to the complex differences and sometimes conflicting directions

It's honestly just a lot of fun, not gonna lie. A lot more dramatic and extravagant expression + brain friends in a more overt sense

Easier to let certain parts of the brain take "breaks" - it's not the same as it is with not-fully-integrated DID but compared to Full Fusion, certain parts of the brain can "tune out" easier than not

More palatable to DID / OSDD spaces online

Easier to focus and use a wide variety of skills, interests, hobbies, and thinking patterns by simply just having a specialist part take their look at it

Generally easier to target specific boxes to look into as you process all the newly accessible memories and information from being highly / fully integrated

Final Fusion Pros:

Quick and a lot more inherent understanding of all parts on a general gut level without necessarily needing to fully think about everything and listen to every opinion and perspective; there is a lot more of an inherent understanding, trust, and awareness of the collective whole which makes decision making and seeing whats good for the system as a whole a lot easier

It's honestly way more calming, relaxing, and solid feeling. There is a unique sense of confidence, understanding, and trust within yourself and you have a HUGE arsenal of skills and interests that come from the combined parts that you've lived as

You are a lot more present and aware of your life and you actually get to live YOUR life and have all parts of yourself be engaged in life; no part feels really left behind or is caught off guard from having their brain partially turned off. The awareness is really present and engagement is so much more complete.

More palatable in real life and non-DID/OSDD spaces

Easier to simultaneously use skills from multiple parts at once; very much a jack of all trades all at once situation

Generally easier to integrate multiple complex and otherwise seemingly detatched boxes of memory and the past as you process all the newly accessible memories and information from being highly / fully integrated

Functional Multiplicity Cons:

Takes more intention, focus, and often time to get the same level of full understanding of the whole system when making decisions. It can be slow and it requires a lot more internal engagement which can make it harder to be fully present in life

Sometimes you can get what I call "lite" amnesia where a part was not paying attention and doesn't fully process what was going on / what is going on and so sometimes you get poor attention-driven "amnesia". It's small and easily recovered by simply going "hold up wait" and thinking back or asking another part

Harder to use skills from different parts at the same time; albeit definitely still possible and only "harder" relative to final fusion

Generally harder / requires intentional discussion between parts to integrate multiple complex boxes as you process all the newly accessible memories and information from being highly / fully integrated

Final Fusion Cons:

Less direct and overt bantering and discussion between parts (still present by the way, just less frequent and less overt). It can be a little less fun (still is fun cause they are sill there) and it can be a bit harder to fully see the extent of a more extreme perspective

It can be tiring and overwhelming to be aware and present so much for so long if you were accustomed to the breaks DID / OSDD tends to give parts

Easier to forget to use a lot of the skills and hobbies that may have been more niche to less-dominant and less-prominent parts; you don't "loose" the skills, you just aren't accustomed to using them as much so you can just kinda forget to use them

Harder to focus on a targetted recovered memory / information that you want to process and can sometimes be a bit overwhelming trying to connect a number of things at once

And this is all just to say that both are absolutely astonishing and great places to mentally be. The main point is that - for us - sometimes one state works better for us in the moment and another state works better for us later and that's completely cool cause - as aforementioned - the difference between plural vs singular is not a binary one for us anyways.

Anyways, I don't know how to wrap this up so I'mma just post it

Ideally today we will focus on cultivating our independent parts and return to Functional Multiplicity end of the spectrum so I guess tata for now

-Feathers

EDIT and PS: Anyone is allowed to add their thoughts to this so long it is in good faith.

[historicalfightingguide]

Recently there’s been a few useful resources posted in the  HEMA Grapplers facebook group, both of a similar yet somewhat different nature. One was a list of all the various grips and techniques one can see pop up in historical grappling and a note in which specific sources/systems they were present, and another a work of comparison where each technique that has mulitple systems/sources showing it has them presented one next to each other, with the author also using judo and sumo for comparison.

Found here and here.

Ringen discussiongroup! as well as  Scholars of Fiore dei Liberi are potentially useful facebook groups when it comes to historical grappling forms.

For anyone who hasn’t yet seen the following links:

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Some advice on how to start studying the sources generally can be found in these older posts

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Remember to check out  A Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts Gym as it may help with your own club/gym/dojo/school culture and approach.Check out their curriculum too.

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Fear is the Mind Killer: How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience by   Kajetan Sadowski   may be relevant as well.

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“How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills”  by Rob Gray  as well as this post that goes over the basics of his constraints lead, ecological approach.

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Another useful book to check out is  The Theory and Practice of Historical European Martial Arts (while about HEMA, a lot of it is applicable to other historical martial arts clubs dealing with research and recreation of old fighting systems).

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Trauma informed coaching and why it matters

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Look at the previous posts in relation to running and cardio to learn how that relates to historical fencing.

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Why having a systematic approach to training can be beneficial

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Why we may not want one attack 10 000 times, nor 10 000 attacks done once, but a third option.

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How consent and opting in function and why it matters.

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More on tactics in fencing

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Open vs closed skills

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The three primary factors to safety within historical fencing

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Worth checking out are this blogs tags on pedagogy and teaching for other related useful posts.

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And if you train any weapon based form of historical fencing check out the ‘HEMA game archive’ where you can find a plethora of different drills, focused sparring and game options to use for effective, useful and fun training.

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Check out the cool hemabookshelf facsimile project.

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For more on how to use youtube content for learning historical fencing I suggest checking out these older posts on the concept of video study of sparring and tournament footage.

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Consider getting some patches of this sort or these cool rashguards to show support for good causes or a t-shirt like to send a good message while at training.

[isnt-it-pretty]

I don’t think cyno is weak but he really has something about him which just makes me want to take care and protect him and make other characters do the same in my fics! For example Tighnari is often depicted as the cute, soft, “weaker” partner but with him I don’t get the urge, in the contrary I think he’s perfectly capable of taking care of himself… cyno on the other hand… not so much (sorry baby)

Physically, Cyno can win almost any fight. But he's also the guy who took down 300 people in four days instead of dealing with his grief for somebody he cared about, so like, jury's still out on whether he takes care of himself. He definitely gives off the vibes of somebody who does the bare minimum to keep himself functioning and nothing more.

Personally, I headcanon Cyno as somebody who is usually very in tune with his physical limits but can and will run himself into the ground if he deems it necessary. His emotional limits are more difficult to see.

To him, the end is always worth whatever the cost is to himself. He'd never sacrifice the few for the good of the many, but he would absolutely sacrifice himself for it. He is his lowest priority, which would definitely put him at odds with Tighnari who just wants Cyno to take care of himself, I mean really, how hard is it not to rush into battle to save somebody who would leave him to die in a heartbeat?

All this is to say that I 100% agree that Cyno needs people to help care for him. Come on Nahida and Alhaitham; you two are in charge of the Akademiya now. Mandatory day off (preferably mulitple.)

This is why I love hurt!cyno fics. I have read so many and will continue to do so. Sickfic? Injuries? Ptsd and depression? (Whoops my headcanons are showing) Catch me reading that shit all night.

I feel like I'm waiting for Hurt!Cyno fics like a draughted land waits for rain.

This is also why you'll see my lurking and tagging TighCyno. I just find the works specified with that dynamic tend to have more Hurt!Cyno, whereas the main tag for those two tends to focus on Hurt!Tighnari.

[lipshits-continuous]

Rings: Definiton and Examples

Informally, a ring is a set that has a notion of addition, substraction, and mulitplication but not (neseccarily) division.

More formally, A ring is a set R, together with two binary operations (usually denoted + and •) called addition and multiplication that respect the following

(R,+) is an abelian group (clarification below)

Multiplicative identity: ∃1∈R such that 1•r=r•1=r ∀r∈R (not necessarily the number 1, it is simply a suggestive notation)

Associativity: ∀a,b,c∈R a•(b•c)=(a•b)•c

Distributivity: ∀a,b,c∈R:

a•(b+c)=a•b+a•c

(b+c)•a=b•a+c•a

Notes:

Multiplication need not be commutative, i.e. a•b≠b•a. If we do have commutativity, we call R a commutative ring.

The fact that our operations are binary operations implies we have closure, i.e if two elements are in R, so are their sum and their product

Our notion of subtraction comes from the existence of an additive inverse from the fact (R,+) in an Abelian group (see below)

Definition of an abelian group:

An abelian group is a set G together with a binary operation (usually denoted •) that satisfy the usual definition of a group along with a commutative property, that is

Associativity: ∀a,b,c∈G a•(b•c)=(a•b)•c

Idenitity: ∃e∈G such that e•g=g•e=g ∀e∈G

Existence of an inverse: ∀a∈G ∃b∈G such that a•b=b•a=e (usually denoted a^(-1))

Commutativity: ∀a,b∈G a•b=b•a (this makes the group abelian)

Examples:

I'll start by giving the quintessential example of a ring: the integers with the usual addition and multiplication. Both addition and multiplication are commutative and associative, i.e. a+b=b+a, a+(b+c)=(a+b)+c, a•b=b•a, a•(b•c)=(a•b)•c. So this makes (ℤ,+,•) a commutative ring. The additive identity is 0 and the multiplicative identity is 1. The additive inverse of an integer a is (-a), i.e. a+(-a)=(-a)+a=0. We also have distributivity: a•(b+c)=a•b+a•c. Note we only need to check left distributivity since commutativty implies right distributivity. We don't have a notion of division here since numbers like 1/2 aren't in the set of integers so generally we can't divide to integers.

Now I'll give a much more abstract example. Let V be a finite dimensional real vector space and consider the set of linear maps from V to V (the set of endomorphisms on V): End(V):={f: V -> V | f is a linear map}.

Let u,v∈V, a,b∈ℝ and f,g,h∈End(V), then define addition as follows

End(V) is closed under this addition, i.e. f+g is a linear map on V:

where I have used the fact that f and g are both linear.

Now define a multiplication as follows:

This is function composition and End(V) is closed under this operation too, i.e. f(g(v)) is a linear map on V:

Again I have used the fact that both f and g are linear.

The addition is associative and commutative since vector addition is associative and commutative. Here the additive identity is the zero map: 0(v):=0. i.e.

Note: We don't have to check 0+f since addition is commutative.

Then the additive inverse is defined (-f)(v):=-(f(v)), i.e.

Function composition is associative:

The identity of function composition is the identity map: 1(v):=v, i.e.

Lastly, we have distributivity:

Where again I have used the fact that f is a linear map.

Hence End(V) along with addition and function composition forms a ring.

Note: from the proof of distributivity it's clear we don't have commutativity since funciton composition is not commutative.

[khposting]

there was a time that i believed kh1 was a better game than kh2, but that kh2 was the better kingdom hearts game. i later thought that kh2 was the better kingdom hearts game and a better gane overall than kh1. but now i've matured, and i've seen the truth. in reality, attempting to discern which of the two games is "better" than the other is ultimately fruitless, as the two games set out to accomplish vastly different goals. kh2 is more concerned with telling an epic story and having stylish, fast-paced, engaging combat. kh1 seeks to tell a relatively simple story, and instead of making you feel like an ultra-instinct combat god, it primarily wants to transport you to these disney worlds and truly immerse you in them. the idea of putting you, the player, into these worlds is core to the design philosophy of kh1 - evident both in how the worlds themselves function and how the game is fundamentally played.

in kh1, there is a huge emphasis on interacting with the worlds, whether to progress the story or for secrets/optional items. this level of interaction with your environment is just not present in kh2 - the game rarely, if ever, asks you to do so much as solve a puzzle or do some basic platforming. this also extends to the structures of the worlds: kh1's worlds are much more open-ended with many different interconnected rooms and pathways, while kh2's worlds are mostly very linear, focusing more heavily on making arenas for combat encounters. this comparison is most clearly on display when comparing both games' versions of halloween town. in kh1, almost every single room has multiple ways to reach it, as well as mulitple other rooms that you can reach from it. kh2's halloween town, however, is essentially s single long hallway from one end of the world to the other with only a couple of rooms off of that path (which, themselves, don't lead anywhere else). this design philosophy of getting from point A to point B with little resistance can often lead to the worlds feeling like you're walking from one cutscene/scripted battle to the next, whereas in kh1, there's a greater emphasis on exploration, and you end up coming across the story as you explore. kh1s lack of a map also means that if you want to be able to effectively navigate the worlds, you need to pay attention to howthe different rooms connect to each other and how the world is structured, further immersing you in the world.

the other big design philosophy difference that i see between kh1 and 2 is each game's camera. now, i'm not going to sugarcoat it: i really, really hate how the camera in kh1 controls. it just... feels wrong. that said, however, i think how it is used by the game does a lot for what the game strives to do and be. this point pretty much comes directly from Regular Pat's KH Hot Takes Tournament video, which probably does a better job explaining this than I do, and I highly recommend watching the video for some new perspective on the series. essentially, the biggest difference between the two games' cameras, besides how they control, is where they are in relation to sora. in kh2, the camera is more zoomed out and higher above sora, allowing the player to more easily see what is behind and above sora. while most wouldn't bat an eye at this, as a wider camera angle is so common in action games, thinking about it for a bit can lead to a bit of break in immersion. we, the player, are able to see things sora is incapable of seeing, and make sora react to them (one of luxord's games even requires you to do this). in contrast, kh1's camera is more pulled in and close to the ground, only allowing you to see what is in front if sora and a bit to either side - essentially, you can see what sora sees plus a little bit more peripheral vision. the person in Regular Pat's video described it as if you use the left stick to control sora's body and the right stick to control his eyes. the way the camera puts you in sora's perspective causes the scale of many things in the game to be much more imposing and threatening - most notably bosses like cerberus and maleficent dragon. the way these bosses tower over you can make them feel that much more threatening, and as a result, that much more satisfying to beat.

personally, i don't think any of the differences presented here are a matter of better or worse between the two games. they're simply different. i prefer kh2 because its story and focus on combat are more engaging to me than the immersive experience of kh1. but at the same time, there is a dreamlike quality to kh1 that i simply cannot deny, and i can absolutely see why one might prefer that game to 2. the games seek to achieve such different goals that i don't think it's a matter of which game is better or worse, but which game works more for you in particular.

[humansingularity]

The Function of the Police

This excerpt from Farrell Dobbs’s Teamster Rebellion is something I have saved in mulitple places for easy access. Much of this is standard fare for revolutionary socialists in our views of police. But Dobbs isn’t just trashing cops for fun. The fisrt two sentences of the second paragraph contain a clue as to the material limitations that police departments have when fulfilling their primary…

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Private equity's healthcare playbook is terrifying

I was really struck by a biting insight on the state of US healthcare in a recent episode of the excellent Arm and a Leg podcast: America funds healthcare like a restaurant (dependent on optional "Sunday brunches" AKA elective procedure)...

https://armandalegshow.com/episode/the-severe-very-weird-recession-in-health-care-and-what-it-means-to-our-wallets/

But we really need healthcare that's funded like a fire-department (lots of reserve capacity to cope with rare, but catastrophic problems).

Where did the reserve capacity in US healthcare go? Into the pockets of private equity, an "investment" system that loads up useful, functioning real-economy businesses with debt, extracts all their value, and then leaves them to fail.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/04/a-mind-forever-voyaging/#prop-bets

The private equity playbook is slippery and hard to get your head around because it combines out-and-out fraud with incredibly dull financial minutiae. It's like the Softbank/Uber/Doordash grift.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/05/18/code-is-speech/#schadenpizza

First, you have to overcome the scheme's stultifying complexity, and then you find yourself questioning your own comprehension because once you cut through the performative dullness of the scheme, it seems like a naked fraud. Could all these billions REALLY just be fraud?

Yup.

Today's must-read long-read is Heather Perlberg's pitiless biopsy of the role of private equity in destroying the US health-care system, a metastatic cancer that has left it weak and unable to cope.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-05-20/private-equity-is-ruining-health-care-covid-is-making-it-worse

Here's how the con works. The American Medical Association prohibits non-doctors from profiting from medicine, so PE maintains the pretense that what it owns is a practice's "nonclinical" assets - administration, supplies, support staff, etc.

Externally, PE companies swear they're not involved in medical decisions. But when PE barons like Matt Jameson (BlueMountain Capital) pitch doctors behind closed doors, they say things like "It’s not going to be something where clinical is completely not touched."

Here's what that looks like: Doctors are pressured to advise patients to get more lucrative procedures. They see more patients/day. Patients are sent home with open wounds and come back the next day for stitches so they generate two bills.

Doctors are replaced with "physicians' assistants" - the pretence is that they're under a docs' supervision, even when the doc is in another city. These non-docs miss deadly skin cancers (when my daughter went to a PE-owned ER for a broken collarbone, she never saw a doc).

Docs are nickel-and-dimed on both procedures and administration: "A doctor at Advanced Dermatology says that waiting for corporate approvals means his office is routinely left without enough gauze, antiseptic solution, and toilet paper."

PE management is supposed to create economies of scale by merging mulitple practices and hospitals. In practice, these are actually diseconomies of scale: every lab, hospital and doctor's office in my neighborhood is owned by one PE group.

They've merged all the privacy and conset docs. Here's how that works: when you go to any medical facility, you get a "consent" form that covers everything any of the practices nationwide do. Getting blood drawn? You have to give blanket consent to all of it.

Literally. They asked me to consent to being involuntarily sedated, put in restraint, having surgery performed without my further consent, having the procedures videoed, and having those videos used "for any purpose."

And the privacy policy? You get a mag-strip to sign on.

"What's this?"

"It says you've read the privacy policy."

"Where's the privacy policy?"

Sighs, prints a doc, hands me a sheet. It has one sentence: I HAVE READ THE PRIVACY POLICY.

"This is the privacy policy"

The one administrative task PE excels at is negotiating higher rates with insurers.

But even with those higher rates, the practices lose money. But that's a feature, not a bug.

The practices lose money because they're heavily indebted, because PE companies take out huge loans against the practice's future incomes, and pay their investors giant special dividends out of the debt. When the practices default, they're sold to other PE companies.

Those companies take out even more debt, leaving the practices even more desperate, cutting more corners. Advanced Dermatology, a giant, PE-backed dermatology chain, had a pathological pathologist, Matt Leavitt, who gobbled meth while misdiagnosing medical conditions.

Dermatologists are hard hit by the crisis. They're prime targets for PE looting (apart from skin cancer, dermatology is almost all "Sunday brunch" medicine - elective, inessential, and thus not allowed to operate during lockdown).

So they're debt-loaded and shuttered, with payments to make. That's why Dr.Greg Morganroth, CEO of California Skin Institute, gave a webinar telling docs that they should consider themselves "essential" during the crisis and keep administering botox to boomers.

Eventually, it's crumble, just like all the other PE success stories, from Sears to Toys R Us. As U Connecticut prof Dr Jane Grant-Kels said, "There’s a limit to how much money you can make when you’re sticking knives into human skin for profit.”

And when it does, the US health system will be where the US restaurant system is: totally dependent on Sunday brunches that cannot resume for years to come, and circling the drain waiting for them to come back.

[tcxastough]

i'll be your mr. handy any day. because i have multiple hands. and i'm useless in combat. and i'll do the dishes. and i'm only programmed to say like a handful of things.

【🔧】— “Wait so… are you an actual Mr. Handy… or are y’ some kinda mutant? How d’ you got multiple hands? Are they fully functional? Are they mechanical or biological? Did’ja fall into a vat of FEV ‘r sumthin’? Also, multiple hands, but not mulitple arms? D’ y’ just got more than one hand on each arm ‘r sumthin? Do y’ got hands fer feet like onn’a them primates? Or wait, is this onna them metaphors?” She seems to be way too focused on the multiple hands bit than the rest of your flirt.

[krita-foundation]

Hiya! Do you know how to select multiple layers on the newest Krita? I used to use the 3.0 vers and was able to select mulitple layers by selecting the "select opaque" when you right click on a layer. On the newest vers. I cant seem to do the same thing.

Yes, that is because it now uses Select Opaque(Replace) in that section, and you’d want layer->select opaque->Select Opaque(Add).

This is also because we made this function easier to get to in 4.2: You can now use ctrl+click the layer thumbnail for Select Opaque(Replace), ctrl+shift+click for Select Opaque (Add) and ctrl+alt+click for Select Opaque(Subtract).

In short, you can now press ctrl+shift+click on the layer thumbnails to do what you want.

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[reena-jenkins]

Title: Children of the Force

Author: HLine

Reader: reena_jenkins

Coverartist: reena_jenkins

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Rebellion Era

Pairings: Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndula, CC-10/994 | Grey/Janus Kasmir, Ezra Bridger & Kanan Jarrus

Warnings: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, on-screen panic attack, description of suicide (incl. children), mind control & brainwashing, child endangerment & discussion of child soldiers, Discussion of Genocide, descriptions of physical abuse, Descriptions of gore, non-graphic descriptions of sexual abuse, discussion of functional alcoholism, on-screen non-major character death, Nightmares, Order 66, PTSD flashbacks, Dark side users doing Dark Side things, Whump, Hurt/Comfort, (heavy on the hurt & light on the comfort), Dismemberment, Loss of Limbs, it's not really Star Wars if nobody loses a limb, on-screen decapitation, Shit gets worse before it gets better. Shit gets So Much Worse, Padmé Amidala Lives, Ahsoka Tano Lives, Luminara Unduli Lives, Shoulder touching, Reassuring shoulder pats, Force Bond (Star Wars), Master & Padawan Relationship(s), Space Dad Kanan Jarrus, Sharing positive emotions through the Force, Child psychologists, Luminara Unduli Is Bad Ass, emotional devastation, Cameo appearances from MARA JADE and KYLE KATARN and DHARA LEONIS and GALEN MAREK, Happy Ending

Length: 35:01:25

Author's Summary: Anakin didn't fall, but Order 66 still happened. Now there are only remnants of the Jedi Order remain, seemingly paralyzed by grief and fear - leaving many vulnerable to the Dark Side and the Sith.

Kanan Jarrus very carefully doesn't pay any attention to this; he has his team, and that's all he needs. He left the Jedi behind a long time ago. But the Force won't let its children go so easily, especially not so many still need his help.

Download Link: You can download this podfic as mulitple mp3s (one per chapter) at the AO3. This podfic will be available as a podbook/m4b shortly. 

[rainbow-fairylandsystem]

30 Days of DID - Day 3

What are your thoughts on integration? Do you wish to integrate?


Well, I think it’s first important to acknowledge the difference between ‘integration’ and ‘fusion’, right? To my understanding, integration is breaking down the amnesia walls between parts and working towards functioning as one unit. Fusion, on the other hand, is parts fusing together through therapy and healing, therefore reducing the number of parts in a system. This all to my own understanding, of course.

My thoughts on integration is that its necessary, but it scares the shit out of me. In order for me to lead the life I want, integration is necessary. If I want to be able to work full time and possibly run my own business, I can’t have 12 year old trauma holders running around in my body that I’m unable to communicate with. I’m also of the belief that if there is trauma I’m unaware of and have not dealt with, I’ll continue to be in immense physical pain every day. My chronic pain is severe and my weekly treatment is very expensive, but its also been proven to me that at least a quarter of that pain is caused by my C-PTSD and DID. The more I heal in therapy, the less daily pain I’m in. However, the memories I’ve already uncovered are extremely upsetting, so I’m not exactly excited to see what else I’m not remembering.

My thoughts on fusion is that I’m not really that concerned with it. I’ve decided that I’d like towards functional mulitplicity, and both my system and my therapist are fine with that. My therapist said that alters might fuse on their own as healing and time progresses, which is fine. It’s just not something I’m working towards.

[paceywittergayboatman]

Queer coding lets talk about it

I'm gonna start super basic

Queersubtext is the queerness that for whatever reason can't be present in the text directly so its hidden

When ever we talk about queercoding its important that we understand the difference between lesbian and gay men and bisexuals

Alot of lesbian and gay characters have compulsory heterosexuality in other word in the context of subtext, there performing heterosexuality. This is shown in number of ways:

1.having alot of sex with the opposite sex to to look straight or even saying or being girls overly sexual with boys in way that doesn't feel quite right

Logan huntzberger from Gilmore girls is an example of having sex to maintain heterosexual status

Jen lindley from dawson creek seek out sexual attention from men

They often can show discomfort in the beginning of of a heterosexual relationship, or someone else impies there atracted to someone.

Rory Gilmore is an example of this in season one before she date dean he scares her mulitple times by tapping her

But when we look at heterosexuality as an performance queercoding makes more sense

Jess from Gilmore Girls makes out with rory to perform heterosexuality so people dont know hes gay

One more thing that i think is important is is that character happy with a the opposite sex vs the same sex

Quinn Fabray from glee isnt happy being around men but wants to be around other women

However sometimes characters are just gay sherlock Holmes in bbcs sherlock never denies anyone saying hes gay and hes knows that Jim is gay

Bisexual function differently. First of all if character is coded as bi they will deny being gay because within the basic definition of gay there not.

However, they often show attraction to both sexes John Watson from BBCs Sherlock and Rachel berry from glee are both coded as bi.

The use of bi colors is important but not always necessary but often bi characters show attraction to both sexes

The very important distinction between bi and lesbian and gay characters is that lesbian and gay characters do not show initial attraction to the opposite sex .

Another important distinction is the difference between lesbians wanting validation from men vs wanting to date them.

Vanya Hargreeves in TUA doesnt like Leonard romantically is just the first person to validate her feelings

There is more because this topic is very big ill do part two

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