something about how both wei wuxian and jin guangyao repeatedly say they ‘didn’t have a choice’ in their actions. in both cases, it’s not literal impossibility, instead determined by their mindsets and personal conduct…. but while for wei wuxian that means he can’t do something immoral, even if it means losing all his social power, for jin guangyao it means he can’t do anything to lose his social power, even if it means doing something immoral. the other option is still there, but it’s never one they’d pick.
something about how they’re trying to walk the same path but in opposite directions: wei wuxian willingly left the nice, broad road in favour of upholding morals and debts, while jin guangyao is trying to claw onto it and stay there by any means necessary. in both cases, being parted from it so easily is only possible because this nice, broad road — full of people whose social power is unconditional, given at birth, independent of their actions — was never truly theirs to begin with. but despite how it is possible to be forced off due to nothing, as we see with wang lingjiao, the positions of both these characters were ultimately due to actions they took.
(about how no matter the similarity of the paths, no matter the narrowness of the choices, the direction you take is still up to you.)
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strawberry | theme by sage
get the code: static preview / version 2
a sidebar (left or right) theme with sticky buttons for permalink & reblog
— free through the month of april (2023)!
features (more info below the cut):
toggle: tags on click, music player, updates, right or left sidebar
headerbar includes blog icon/home link & search bar | (optional) music player & updates buttons | day/night & tumblr controls buttons
sidebar includes links for home, ask, archive, & up to 5 extras, an uploadable image, and custom description
customizable: blog title, description, colors, body & title fonts, and font size
responsive design, jumpination, scroll to top, 4 corner options, 3 post margin options, phosphor icons
nothing needs to be changed in the code, everything can be changed in the customize panel!
terms:
reblog if using
do not touch the credit
all terms / faq
credits listed in the code / credits page
please consider supporting me ♡
blog name !! important
make sure you fill out the blog name field, this is what will show on the top of all your original posts. to clarify: your blog name is your blog’s url - for example: phantomcodes
music player
this player uses an image link - see my faq if you have questions
uploading your song:
i recommend using google drive to host your mp3 files - below is a brief explanation for how to do this but you can also see the resources provided here by glenthemes and more links on my credits page
to start you need an mp3 audio file, once you have the one you want go to google drive and click: + New ➞ File upload
select your mp3 audio file and click open
open your newly uploaded audio file in google drive and click the three dots on the top right, then click Share and under General Access change it to Anyone with the link can view
copy the sharing link provided, it will look something like this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pBA6KdlLEzoEZPQ6hmaSr9LGLeCQGPxz/view?usp=sharing
go to the following site and paste your sharing url in the first box provided: https://www.joelgrayson.com/drive-download-link-generator
your final product should look something like this: https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1pBA6KdlLEzoEZPQ6hmaSr9LGLeCQGPxz
make sure the music player is toggled on in the theme, paste your audio link in the Song URL field
sidebar
when your browser width gets too small the sidebar will disappear and a sidebarbutton will appear on the header to toggle it!
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Theme 17: Baby's Got a Temper by enbythemes
static preview | code
A super simplistic theme with a slight gradient accent.
features and options:
Multiple colors options
Left or right sidebar
Three custom sidebar links with icons
75px sidebar icon with customizable shape: circle, rounded, square or none
Posts Sizes: 400px / 450px / 500px / 540px
Responsive
NPF support
Light/Dark toggle
Optional dark mode image filter(s) that slightly takes down the brightness
Optional show tags on toggle
Optional rounded corners
notes:
the tumblr customization page is buggy. you may have to toggle the options first. be sure to save and view on your blog before sending me any message about problems
full credits in the code
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Shout Out to my therapist who asked if ISAT was co-op and I said no, and then said "that would be mental illness with friends." To which he replied, "the best kind [of mental illness]"
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theme sixteen: lavender — an attempt at a sidebar grid theme with big posts
previews: static preview, live preview / install: theme garden
features and options:
one or two columns
100px x 100px sidebar image
if you pick the one column option, your post size options are: 400px, 450px, 500px, 540px, 570px. if you pick the two column option, posts will be responsive to your screen size. please do not ask me to change the post sizes on the two column version.
links dropdown with space for up to six custom links and an unlimited number of Tumblr pages
hide or show captions and tags on index page, optional rounded corners
ten body font options, five title font options, font sizes from 12px to 18px, and all colours customizable.
responsive for both desktop and mobile devices
notes:
Tumblr’s customize page is very buggy and when you first install the theme, you have to toggle the toggle options on and off to get them to work properly.
if you’re a gif/graphics maker and you want your images to show up exactly 540px wide, pick the 570px post size option to account for the post padding.
sidebar link icons are from feather icons. if you want to change them, go to this site, find the name of the new icon you want, and enter it in the requisite text field in the customization panel.
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have you watched scavengers reign? it reminded me of your work especially the dubious philosophy of the salmon
my god, of course I have! multiple times even! I can wholeheartedly recommend this beautiful show to any enjoyers of soft specbio; it's like Nausicaa meets Subnautica (subnausicaa??) and though it is a survival horror story, it asks you to question whose senses get to define horror and what survival means from the perspective of an ecosystem. I love it so much. parasitism and mutualism, alien and inborn, life and death and cyclicity, all rendered with palpable love for the living organism and its possibilities. on soviet Vesta, self-other boundary crosses you.
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As a quick addendum to this recent post:
Could the Jedi have done more to help Anakin? Sure. There's myriad more things that could've been done. For example, Mace could've sat Anakin down in the Council Chamber and gone "Skywalker, tell me what's really going on."
But it bears mentioning that the above scenario ⬆️ likely wouldn't yield any results. Because, well, Anakin barely ever opens up about his feelings or fears or past trauma.
He doesn't do it with Yoda, when the latter asks for more tangible information so he can tailor his advice.
He barely ever opened up to Ahsoka.
He barely did so with Obi-Wan.
And by Revenge of the Sith, he's even shutting Padmé out.
(Yes, part of it is due to the secrecy surrounding his marriage, but I've already explained my thoughts on why it's an unfounded fear at that point in time, and it's not the only factor behind his silence as he already didn't open up as far back as Phantom Menace, nor is it his only secret)
The only person he does confide in is Palpatine, who:
keeps enabling Anakin's flaws instead of letting him learn to overcome them,
keeps isolating him from everyone else.
And Palpatine's both the most powerful Sith in history and the leader of the free world, so he's always gonna find a way to worm himself into Anakin's life.
As long as Palpatine's in the picture, no matter what the Jedi or Padmé do, he'll be right around the corner, ready to undo it.
So at some point - short of Palpatine tripping into an empty elevator shaft and falling to his death - the only person who could've gotten Anakin out of that mess... was Anakin himself.
Would it have been difficult? Hell yes.
But as Shmi Skywalker (who let go of her attachment), Padmé Amidala (disciplined and principled), Obi-Wan Kenobi (refused to give in to anger upon losing the love of his life), Ezra Bridger (rejected the Emperor's promise of power and reunification with his loved ones), Luke Skywalker and Quinlan Vos (pulled back from the Dark Side against all odds) have shown us... it wouldn't have been impossible.
"All of my movies are about one thing, which is the fact that the only prison you’re in is the prison of your mind. And if you decide to open the door and get out, you can. There’s nothing stopping you."
- George Lucas, SirusXM, American Voices, 2012
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Theme 14 by @eossa
Updated version of the revamped theme from 2022 - now supports Tumblr's new post format and types.
Please note that unlike the previous version, this one does not support infinite scroll, as it would keep breaking posts.
Please follow the source link or click here to access the previews and code for this theme.
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