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vampiremotif · 1 day
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So ^^ first pages of Pietruszko’s and Sansar’s story 💖
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ikamigami · 3 days
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I was wondering for a.. pretty long time.. about Lunar's plot points and I remember thinking how Lunar gaining star powers annoyed me at first. Because not so long before we found out that Sun's magic is very powerful which seemed to be quickly forgotten. And Lunar gaining star powers made them somewhat important.
It annoyed me at first because Lunar was still in sams and I thought that it's annoying that Sun can't have something important to his character without someone else stealing more spotlight from him in his show - cause it's Sun and Moon show, you know..
But later Lunar started their own channel with Earth and things started to be more balanced.. until Solar showed up and stole spotlight from Sun..
Only now I realized that Lunar is a reflection of Sun. It was obvious before cause everyone in the fandom know at this point that Lunar and Eclipse reflect Sun and Moon.. but I didn't realize at first that there's more to these parallels.
Remember how Solar Flare told Eclipse that he's just like Old Moon? I think that it's similar with Lunar and Sun. But let me get it more clear:
Eclipse is like Moon but with Sun's personality - Eclipse has similar experiences to Moon's but they shaped him differently than Moon because he is more similar to Sun personality-wise.
Lunar is like Sun but with Moon's personality - Lunar has similar experiences to Sun's but they shaped them differently than Sun because he is more similar to Moon personality-wise.
And it got me thinking.. what if whatever happen with Lunar has its own reflection in Sun and vice versa cause remember how Lunar was abused by Eclipse just like Sun was abused by Moon and how Lunar snapped and killed Eclipse just like Sun snapped and killed Bloodmoon. And Lunar has star powers which parallels Sun's powerful magic.
We all know that these situations weren't one to one but this realization may help us see another parallels between the two.. even those unexplored yet..
My point is that we see how Lunar feels like a failure and view themselves as a monster - we learned that from their dream. I think that it hints to how Sun feels - something I was talking about almost from the beginning - he feels like a failure (he can't do anything right, he makes things worse and ruins everything) and he believes himself to be monster/evil (it's Sun's fault that everyone died and it's his fault that Old Moon, Eclipse and BM turned out to be like how they are/were). Sun tries his best despite everything and hopefully with Lunar it'll be the same.
The same is with Eclipse and Moon. First Eclipse reflected Old Moon when he was stuck in Sun's head - they both were angry that they were stuck in Sun's head and wanted revenge. Second iteration of Eclipse reflected Old Moon after he separated with Sun - they both were finding themselves stuck in various ways; both cared but weren't able to show it; both wanted to change but were unable to. And now, third iteration of Eclipse reflects New Moon - New Moon tries to be better and really tries to change and we can see that this Eclipse also starts to slowly change.
Of course these aren't one to one either. Because like I said Lunar is more similar to Moon just like Eclipse is to Sun. Hence the differences between Lunar - Sun and Eclipse - Moon despite the similar experiences those pairs share. And that's why I think that it might be harder for Lunar to change due to how similar he is to Moon and I think that it might be easier for Eclipse to change due to how similar he is to Sun. But we'll see cause these are mostly just speculations for now.
I think that it shows us how well written these characters are. Of course there are more parallels between Sun - Lunar and Eclipse - Moon but I just wanted to point out some of parallels to show that we may possibly guess some of the things regarding Sun and Moon and also Lunar and Eclipse.
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xotelaine · 20 hours
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some behind the scenes shots from a “day in the life” interview today ᥫ᭡
lot by @cxseysims
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artist-issues · 23 hours
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I want to say something about clear communication and objective “listening to understand intended meaning.” But ironically I don’t know if I’ll say it with words that make sense.
Here goes.
When someone says something to you verbally, you take the words they said, the tone they used, the timing, the context of your situation, and all the background knowledge you have of that person in and use that to interpret their meaning. If you’re listening to understand their meaning, instead of listening to hear what you were already looking for before they opened their mouths, but that’s a topic for another post.
Same thing with a book or a movie or even a song (that one’s muddier.) You are supposed to take the words they used, the characters they drew, the facial expressions the actors make, the music timed, and the context you’ve been given, to interpret their meaning. And you’re supposed to do it even more considerately and in even better faith than you would a verbal conversation—because the storyteller isn’t having a spur-of-the-moment chat with you. They took a blank page and agonized and labored over what to create on it, and chose what not to create, to bring you a specific piece of material that was very, very intentional. And beautiful, pleasing, useful, relatable.
There’s a higher level of self-sacrifice in how much a storyteller considered you while communicating (or there should be, and used to be, till storytellers got all “artsy” and started saying idiotic things like “art for art’s sake,” and “you only have to create for yourself,” but again, post for another time.) There should be as much self-sacrifice and willingness to listen to understand intended meaning, even if you don’t like that meaning, in the listener.
Now, here’s what I want to say.
All human communicators, whether it’s your mom on the phone with you verbally or an artist with a painting or a writer and their novel, make communication errors. They say something that’s just a little off, not quite perfectly capturing their “intended meaning.” Then the imperfect human listener also makes mistakes in being objective, even when they’re trying to “listen to understand,” and whatever mistakes-in-communication are there become even more confusing.
BUT.
There is one story and one piece of communication that is 100% perfectly said and perfectly communicates in step with the communicator’s intended meaning. It’s the Bible.
Trusting that this is true about the Bible is it’s own topic. I won’t go into that here. But moving forward on the premise that it is true—
—I was taught exegesis in a book called Grasping God’s Word which is difficult to complete but intensely worth it. Because it will actually not only teach you how to “listen to understand intended meaning” from the ONLY place where that’s of life-or-death importance—but the tools it gives you also would apply to trying to “listen to understand the intended meaning” of all communication.
It puts your brain through exercises specifically intended to work out the muscles that hone what you can know for a fact, about the communicator and reality and how much of that needs to be relevant to interpreting their work, and what you can drop. Plus how to drop your prejudices, your preconceived notions, your experiences, anything that could lead to interpretational error.
It’s necessary to learn those things because if there’s a supreme all-powerful Creator who wants to be in a relationship with you, His creation, and has given you a written Word to explain it all, you better understand what He’s really saying, not just “what you think He might be saying.” If it weren’t so urgent and so necessary to learn how to listen to God with the intent to understand, you know what we’d do?
We’d start saying things like, “well, that’s just your interpretation.” And “there’s no right or wrong.” And “that’s true for you, not true for me.” And then suddenly nobody can communicate anything, because we’re not just applying that “it’s unimportant what the Author meant” to God. We’re applying it to all communicators. Suddenly all that matters is you, you, you. How do you interpret it? What makes it meaningful to you? Nevermind what was actually said—how do you feel about it?
And suddenly, fandom culture.
Basically what I’m saying is, if you study Biblical exegesis, you solve your illiteracy problem. After all, He kind of invented words, communication and listening.
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essence-inked · 1 day
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So I’ve been thinking about rational vs. irrational character decisions.
An irrational decision is great when your story is driven by your character’s personal flaws and struggles, and for crafting situations where your audience knows that these decisions are unavoidable because they are perfectly in character. Having your characters be perfectly able to solve their problems if they weren’t, y’know, themselves, is so very hard-hitting, and can be a fantastic part of a narrative.
The downfall with irrational decisions is that it can make situations seem less dire or make your antagonists seem less dangerous. If your characters are falling over themselves and their own personal issues, then it’s hard to show how the external problems in your story pose a serious threat, because you can’t demonstrate how they’re hard to deal with if your characters aren’t making solidly competent attempts in the first place.
Rational decisions are great for stories where most of your problems are external, like your characters trying to build a spaceship or infiltrate the bad guy’s lair. It’s also key to any horror writing, where you need your characters to be competent in order for your danger to be credible; if your audience spends the entire time wondering why your protagonists aren’t doing very obvious things to solve their problems, it’ll be a lot harder to get a properly spooky atmosphere going. But if your characters are only ever making the most optimal, logical choices without ever struggling, they won’t be very compelling, so just like with irrational decision-making, there’s a time and a place for this.
Ideally, you want some combination of both rational and irrational character choices. And maybe even more importantly, whatever choice a character’s making needs to be one that makes sense for them given everything you’ve already shown in the narrative so far. If the decision feels forced or contrived, then it doesn’t matter if it’s rational or not, because it’s not a choice that fits with the rest of the story.
But, yeah, ultimately, both types of character decisions are useful tools, and it’s less about one or the other being right, and more about both of these tools being useful for different types of situations.
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sidecast · 1 year
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dog time AKA the only reason i've been managing not to overwork myself
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zevarcollan · 2 months
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sleepy-bebby · 7 months
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yeehawpim · 4 months
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When I read "once upon a time" as the first sentence in The Book Of Lost Things by John Connolly it blew my mind tbh 😄
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abnormalpsychology · 1 year
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saetheglitternado · 5 months
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jakubrozalski · 5 months
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'Caledonian Forest'
" Written by Titus Ursus, Primus pilus of Legiō IX Hispana, in the third year of Hadrian's reign (* 120 AD). This will probably be the last entry in my diary. Our legion was ambushed in the wild realm called Caledonian Forest and was almost completely annihilated. Half of my first cohort is all that was left of the IX legiō. We were pushed into the marsh and we will probably die here, fighting bravely to the end in the name of Rome and the Emperor. We were attacked by a demonic pack of the barbaric Picts. They looked more like wild beasts than humans. Some of them were dressed in animal furs, painted with strange runic signs... others seemed to be two-legged wild beasts. They tore us apart as if we were made of paper! I saw our legatus and my brothers in arms being eaten alive, I will never forget their screams. The barbarians attacked us unnoticed, quickly and with wild fury, then disappeared in the fog. Mainly at night. Our shields, swords and armor were no use here. The enemy we face seems to be the ancient wrath of some dark gods we have awakened. We should never invade these lands. I hear demonic howls, they're coming! They're coming! "
Scrap of the papyrus written by Centurion Titus Ursus. Found in October 120AD in the Caledonian Forest. Taken to Rome, where it was presented to the emperor and then burned. Two years later, Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a wall on the border of the land called Caledonia, in north Britannia. Coincidence? I don't think so :)) work process: https://jrozalski.com/projects/Ke94zG
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lioness--hart · 9 months
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Sorry, no free space on this one. I want real answers because I believe this question is at the heart of what makes us people. Reblog (please and thank you <3) for larger sample size, etc.
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doesnotloveyou · 5 months
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i'm actually very okay with "there was no other way this could end" endings. if they gotta die, let them die. if they gotta break up or go the wrong way or lose something important, let'em. so long as it completes the story. only thing i dislike more than a forced happy ending is a forced bad ending
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