i think. everyone should stop reading my most popular fics that aren't really that good and start reading the ones with 18 kudos that are significantly better

One thing I’m really curious about is how the creators themselves view the story in light of certain people being removed from the series.

Warning: I’m going to talk about those-who-shall-not-be-named (Wilbur and Forever)

Because here’s the thing. The whole reason these people have been removed from the series is to reduce their reach to hurt both the collective audience and their peer creators, and with that comes a decision to cut them from the narrative completely so that they don’t gain even a little of that notoriety and power back through association.

And so if they choose to completely retcon them out- as a lot of the community has chosen to do- I totally get that. In a lot of ways it’s the right choice- story and history be damned. At the end of the day nothing in a silly Minecraft story is important as real people’s lives, and I think (hope) all of the creators and writers left on QSMP seem to agree with that.

But… I also recognize that they have- to differing degrees- been part of HUGE parts of the QSMP story, both overall and in different characters lives, and unless we all collectively erase like 60% of the series so far, they will continue to be there in the history.

Like, on the lesser impact side, you have Wilbur, one of the original train-riding islanders, an original member of the Death Family, originally the only father of Talullah. He may been so absent that it became a running joke on the server, but if you cut every mention of him completely, Tallulah’s story and growth over the past year disintegrate underneath her. Tallulah was very specifically an only child of a single father, dealing with the constant feeling of loneliness in his absence, growing disillusioned with the world as he broke his promises and never came back for her, but also growing closer to her family as she learned what constant care and nurturing actually looks like through Phil. I’m all for her being fully adopted by Death Family now and taking more and more traits from Phil and Missa, but that new identity as part of their family is the conclusion of her story, not the beginning. While Missa is away a lot of time, he’s not absent in a way that’s fair or fitting to impose her story on to him.

Really the only choice is to disregard everything from the beginning and basically retcon her story entirely, or take the story as it is and let Wilbur be there. Although now the story has still changed a little with his removal because now he’s a deadbeat who made empty promises and couldn’t bring himself to do more than play house for a couple weeks and be possessive and toxic when he came back one time when she was missing- which feels like a pretty honest interpretation given what we know now.

But then there’s Forever. One of the Favela Five, a major face in and winner of the long series election arc, the face and President of both the islanders and Federation, one of the main characters in the Happy Pills/Eggs Missing arc, and one of the original parents of Richarlyson. He isn’t just a part of the QSMP history, he’s heavily intertwined with most of the server story between the early days and the Purgatory arc. Even interpersonally, he was deeply involved with Badboyhalo, Cellbit, Pac and to an extent Philza, and that’s just who I remember off the top of my head.

Where as Wilbur is only able to be found in the details in the little house he built for his daughter and the memories of the family she built, Forever’s influence is everywhere you look in the old parts of the server- his face on the Federation building, his projects littered around the spawn and his base and the Favela, the Favela it self built next to a man-made ocean he carved out of the landscape (if I remember correctly). I don’t want to overstate this and imply that he’s the most important character of the server or something because he’s definitely not, but it is true that as president he was deeply involved in and invested in the stories happening around him and removing him completely from history takes a lot of that history with him.

And choosing whether or not to remove his character is even harder than Wilbur’s because his character on the server was genuinely a good person. He was caring, charismatic, ambitious and visionary, he was both a leader and friend to a lot of the characters (and creators really), and in the end his character simply died trying to do what was right for his family.

I don’t know, I don’t really want their stories to stay relevant to the QSMP. Maybe I’m overthinking their relevance. Maybe the creators will continue to just ignore it. Maybe when we get the writers back and they’re properly paid for their work they’ll have the creative energy needed to rework their histories in a satisfying way without them- that’s what I hope at least.

In a way this post is kind of just a little thought experiment- a little moment of reflection on history if you will, just a moment before we’re faced with the changing tides of this server again.

even before the transphobia came to light— jkr’s writing can be sooo cruel towards woman & girls for as much as she used to be celebrated as a ‘feminist’

like ginny is introduced as ron’s kid sister who has this big girlish crush on harry. this is mostly just very embarrassing for both of them. it’s fine, they’re middle schoolers.

then ginny has to be the damsel in distress for the second book finale which means she has to be vulnerable, she has to be manipulated (by voldemort’s diary), she has to do bad things (while possessed), and most of all, she has to be helpless and she has to be saved. this is some harrowing shit for an 11 year old to go through, but we don’t get much about it from her perspective bc it’s mostly there so harry and ron can be heroic and strengthen their friendship. ginny is still in the role of damsel by the end of this book.

a couple books later jkr decides to start setting up romances, so harry has a crush on cho chang bc she’s good at sports (which is cute). unfortunately for him, cho is dating harry’s cool seventeen year old crush friend & competitor, cedric digory, so harry is just crushing away, and cho doesn’t have much to do except for politely turn him down. ginny isn’t really important this book, irc i think she goes to magic prom with neville. ron and hermione have their own issues, but this book is mostly set up (both relationship wise & in the greater voldemort plot).

then in the fifth book, their relationship comes to fruition bc cedric died so now cho is single. she’s drawn to harry bc he was friends with cedric & he was there when cedric died , and she hopes that they can process their grief together. unfortunately, harry is having a lot of difficulty processing his grief, so he reacts badly when cho cries or wants to talk about cedric bc it reminds harry of his own feelings he’s trying to avoid. this would be fine on it’s own, except the fandom didn’t recognize harry as an unreliable narrator and began characterizing her as being “whiny” and “weak” and “annoying”. and it would seem like a fandom issue & not jkr’s misogyny, hermione even stands up for cho (although much of that grace is lost when cho/her friend narc to umbridge). meanwhile, ginny is getting cooler and cooler— joining the quidditch team, joining dumbledor’s army, dating boys to let us know she’s moved on from her childhood crush  on harry, and most importantly, joining harry & co at the climactic fight against voldemort, as a hero this time rather than a damsel. why is this a bad thing? it’s not, we love to see a girlboss winning.  but they way jkr writes romance puts these girls in opposition to each other.

in the sixth book, harry realizes he has feelings for ginny, and she is everything cho is not. actually, cho is what ginny used to be, and vice versa. to make sure we know ginny is no longer the vulnerable, emotional, “weak” girl harry saved in the second book, jkr gives these traits to cho instead, as she’s incredibly emotionally vulnerable after losing her first boyfriend, and was hoping that harry would be there for her when he couldn’t.  in dating cho, harry realizes that the reality of being in a relationship with someone is very different from crushing on them from afar, and while cho may be pretty & nice & good at quidditch, she isn’t someone he wants to date (again, mostly because they have incompatible ways of dealing with grief). which is fine, they’re kids, they’re still learning about themselves and other people.  except the fandom/jkr didn’t really delve into that complexity, and it was almost always reduced to saying that cho was “wrong” for harry and ginny is “the right one”.  she does this, proving one love interest is “right” by showing another as “wrong”, in an even shallower way with hermione, ron and lavender brown.  it’s exponentially worse because cho, and lavender in the first five movies, are non-white characters. 

harry starts to catch feelings for ginny, which has significantly more depth than his crush on cho because he’s known her for so long, but he still admires things like her skill at quidditch (lol), and how cool and popular she is, as well as her strong will and sense of humor.  but in order to be valid as a love interest according to jkr, ginny has to shed the traits that characterized her as a damsel in distress in the second book, ironically, a role that is often filled by the love interest.  this is actually kind of subversive, but not necessarily in a good way– rather than rejecting patriarchal lens of reducing women to “damsels”, jkr simply pushes this lens onto cho, (not with a rescue plot, but with character traits), saying that damselization is bad, not because it’s bad to objectify women, but because some women are badass and cool and “don’t need to be saved” and the ones who are weak and emotional and do need to be saved are worthy of derision. this pushes the burden away from the male gaze that sees women as damsels and onto women and girls who must reject “damselish” or “feminine” traits.  harry realizes his feelings when he sees how different ginny is now from the girl who had a huge crush on him, the girl he had to save from an evil snake, the girl who was sensitive and helpless, because she isn’t those things anymore.  but cho, from harry’s perspective, is. harry avoids her like he avoided ginny in the first few books bc their emotionality makes him uncomfortable. to be fair, harry doesn’t hate cho for these traits anymore than he did ginny early in the series, but the fandom certainly did (i use past tense bc the fandom now is… idek) and i believe jkr does too. 

by the end of the series, harry has cool, tough, funny, pretty, quidditch star, ginny weasley, and to be honest he really doesn’t share a lot of vulnerability with her.  even when he’s worried about being possessed by voldemort, he doesn’t think to ask ginny what that was like when it happened to her, because he “forgot”.  in the last book, harry even breaks up with her for several months “to protect her” rather than taking her on a dangerous camping trip with ron and hermione. this is reasonable enough, and i think it’s good that the series ends with the same trio it started with, but it does deny harry and ginny’s relationship opportunity to develop because they only really see each other at the very beginning and the very end of the last book.  so ironically, a lot of people don’t like harry and ginny as a couple (especially in the movies) because jkr was so sparse with vulnerability in their relationship.  both girls, both relationships, suffer from this “sensitive” vs “resilient”, or more shallowly, as it tends to be perceived, “weak” vs “strong” contrast between cho and ginny.  but ultimately, ginny is rewarded for shedding her girlish emotional sensitivity while cho is punished, not just for her own but for ginny’s as well, because she’s taking over ginny’s role as “emotionally sensitive girl” so ginny can rise to the “cool girl” pedestal now that someone else is being looked down upon for having feelings.

One thing I dislike about the SDRA2 fandom is the way they treat Yoruko, most people just call her Sora’s girlfriend and leave it at that, and rarely acknowledging her flaws like when she told Yuki to stop crying over Shinji’s death.

I don’t think it is a problem specific to this fandom. I see problems like this, of reducing a character to one-single personality trait and/or backpack for a ship, in every fandom I have ever been in. There is always, unfortunately, at least one character that gets hit with that stick. It sucks but it is unfortunately common.

I imagine that this kind of discussion might have been a matter of timing, as I imagine it would have happened around chapter 4 release and translation.

Another factor that might impact this, is the matter of, when comparing to everyone else plot, Yoruko being the civilian type of character who is minor-ly connected to the situation at hand. That is: Not a Void, Not a victim/murderer who unleashes a subplot, not getting possessed, not amnesiac, not doing crypit actions. I feel that this contributes to, in a way, calling less attention when there are more bombastic/attention-calling scenarios happening.

That said, yeah, there is more of Yoruko than all of this one-note-ness.

(sweating as I answer this quest due to not having the time to rewatch everything)

(Edit: extra sweat over me taking a very long while to answer this due to rewatching chapter 4)

Anyway, back to the subject in question. Flaw discussion ahead 

Yeah that you mentioned was fucked up.

I think it usually ends being shrouded due to Chapter 4 having so much things going on already that a small detail like this ends up lost in the sea of bombastic revelations, personality switches, the *grimace* jokes, the anxious and general hopeless tone of the chapter.

My usual interpretation is that this is more Yoruko losing it due to the sheer stress of the chapter. Syobai himself points out in the elevator that everyone is at their limit. I do think it is a manifestation of one of her flaws.

It is also very sad that due to the narrative structure + trial’s twist (Yuki thinks he killed Shinji), Yuki doesn’t get the proper space to mourn Shinji. It gets even sadder in that, due to everything else going on, (Sora trying to not lose it since she acted in a way that either SHE is the killer or made Nikei is the killer + the grappling with what the hell had happened to her body moving unnaturally + what the hell had happened with emotions seemingly being artificially entered in her body; Nikei beneficiates from Yuki losing it; Yoruko having the gnawing suspicion that Sora may have something to do with the murder), no one gives him space to mourn or talk about his mourning.

And then in chapter 5, everything gets worst due to the whole personality insertion and again we aren’t able to dwell on that.

Anyway, sorry, probably not the ask’s point. Going back to the topic.

Disclaimer: I love Yoruko to bits. Flaw discussion ahead.

That said, I would personally ascribe Yoruko’s flaws as something else. That phrase seems to have been said in the heat of the moment, instead of something consistent that happens.

If I had to point a flaw, I would say that it would be her tendency to kind of……glue / lash into people. This happens with Minako, in that Yoruko practically changed her entire life to be around her, gaining a talent in a business she previously had no interest, and then it somewhat happens with Sora, in that as the killing game stakes rise, she glues herself harder to Sora and mostly agrees with her. While, through the game, she learns to call out Sora when she thinks she is wrong (end 4, first part 5), I would say it is a tendency Yoruko has and a flaw.

We can see how this affects her life, in that it destroys her relationship with Minako, due to her admiration blinding her for what was happening around her, and in that it causes her conflict with other people in the killing game for defaulting to side with Sora (who is not always right, as in chapter 5) or talking back against people who either stress herself or Sora.

Related to that flaw, she gets defensive fast, be it as a tsundere characteristic, as lashing like that, or talking rudely to people when she is stressed. Which can and does hurt people feelings. I do think that due to Sora’s personality aka the person who most talks with Yoruko, Sora is able to…… bounce out of it / not be bothered by it, but it would be highly more frustrating and could hurt people feelings.

This…… err…… I am not sure how to phrase it, extreme admiration (?) (in the general sense of Yoruko’s tendency to glueing/lashing herself to a person) blinds her through the game to Sora’s flaws, and so causes Yoruko to not question Sora.

Her tsundere tendencies also impact negatively Yoruko, in that it doesn’t allow her to be more……explicit in what she meant when she fought with Sora in 4, and thus it causes a bigger fight with her that only is resolved mid chapter.

To be clear, I think Yoruko’s fight was valid due to it being both her snapping under all of KG paranoia much like the other characters + Sora’s flaws themselves, in that she was cryptic right after the trial where she revealed she had a role in the murder, and in the way she procrastinated resolving things with Yoruko.

In conclusion, I would say that Yoruko’s flaws would be: her tendency to the hyper admiration of certain people, which leads her to blinding herself to her surroundings and how people are being affected by it; her tendency of not being clear of what is bothering her (as an offshoot of her tsundereness), which causes misunderstandings; and of being defensive/lashing out when under pressure.

TROS spat in the face of every single abused child who was looking to this fairytale for hope. The sequel trilogy wasn’t about a farm boy looking for adventure or even an abused child falling to villainy, it was about three abused children from the different class systems all rising out of trauma and dysfunction. This was our fairytale, our story, and JJ Abrams perverted it into abuse apologist propaganda in a pathetically desperate attempt to appease the most hateful groups of fans who never understood or appreciated the story to begin with (which is why the story had to be butchered in order to appease them).

1.) Rey

Rey’s parents selling her for profit into slavery was portrayed as a good, loving thing. Child trafficking was literally portrayed as excusable, and even loving, in this children’s film. Just let that sink in for a second.

What is the message there? If your parents did something horrible that caused you years of trauma and torment, you should just not lose faith in them because they may have had a good reason (even if you have no evidence of that). Maybe a space wizard who has been dead for decades forced them to traffic you. This scene makes me want to vomit. This is how a children’s fairytale portrayed parents who sell their children into trafficking:

There is no excuse for this. Rey’s parentage was solved. Her identity crisis was over. This wasn’t needed except to force this abuse apologist message. Oh, and of course to feed the sexist fanboys a bit of eugenics to make them stop whining about how a woman could possibly be important and powerful.

TLJ was about Rey discovering her identity and letting go of her unhealthy, irrational dependency on parents who she never knew, who sold her to an abuser and left her to half-starve alone in a desert. TROS decided to give her a new identity crisis out of literally nowhere just so they could erase all that “You are not your parents, even if your parents don’t love you and/or aren’t special, you are still special and still deserving of love. You can find belonging ahead of you.” stuff with dynastic “Actually, your blood family does entirely define your identity and you should always assume they’re right even when all evidence points otherwise, just ignore your own trauma and blame it on a dead space wizard.”

The whole Rey Palpatine thing left a very bad taste in my mouth. Not just because it’s fucking stupid and something Reddit would write, but because Rey was horrible in TROS. She acted like she was possessed by Palpatine, she stabbed Ben (who she cares for and always had compassion for) to kill while he was distracted. She suddenly acted like she didn’t care about anyone around her. She just overall acted unrecognizable from the warm, loving, empathetic woman we saw in TFA and TLJ. The message here is clearly that because she has this “bad blood”, Rey can’t have an identity for herself. The only thing that saves her is taking on the identity of the good guys, she never finds her own. All the traits she’s had up until now don’t matter, who she actually is doesn’t matter. All that matters is what man’s blood runs through her veins. All Rey is is someone’s granddaughter, because if she wasn’t, then she’d really be nobody.

And thus, JJ Abrams decided that “Anyone can be special, even nobodies. Your worth is not defined by your class or your background.” was a stupid message and instead it should be pure eugenic “You’re only special if you have important people blood/name. Your identity is entirely your (male) family, not your own. No silly woman could have power of her own!”

Rey taking on the name of Skywalker is an utterly shallow attempt to fix the fact that they took every bit of Rey’s real identity from her, took half her soul (Ben is her dyad, two that are one), and then left her alone on a desert planet as if to say that her “true self” is the abused child she once was and that she can’t actually escape that. The moral of this fairytale was “You don’t need friends or love, as long as you have a glow stick (material possessions) and a super duper special name that makes you important (which you weren’t before, you were nobody).”

Not to mention that Rey basically named herself after Luke, no one else she knew actually used that name. And Luke didn’t do anything to deserve that, he rejected her at every single opportunity and only did the bare minimum to help her after being berated into it. Han was her surrogate father and the first person to offer her a life outside of Jakku. Leia was her loving mentor and pseudo-mother. Ben was the love of her life who has always been there for her when she needed someone to confide it, someone to see her true self and tell her she wasn’t alone. Luke was nothing but some cranky old guy who made her feel awful about herself and never accepted her (not to mention telling her she was inherently dangerous and also trying to murder her soulmate when he was a child which the real Rey was furious about).

2.) Finn

Finn’s character has not been given much in terms of development. For the most part, he’s been reduced to “Rey’s friend” and then “Finn’s friend”, with a little moment in there where he got to be with Rose and have his own identity but TROS of course decided to reward racist bullies and cut out Rose instead of giving the rest of the fans a satisfying story.

In TROS though, the one thing that Finn actually did that was heroic by himself, his character defining moment of turning from The First Order, was credited to the force and described like it wasn’t a choice at all. Which brings up a lot of questions and, as Han would say, “That’s not how the force works!”. It was so entirely unneeded to take that from Finn, but they gave up all of Rose’s potential screentime to do it.

There’s also the moment when Poe, our alleged hero, so hilariously (i.e callously) compares himself being a criminal to Rey being a scavenger and Finn being a stormtrooper. Completely ignoring the fact that they had no choice in that, as if their trauma doesn’t matter at all. It’s a small moment, but it was very insensitive and highlights how much the writers Did Not Care or even understand their main characters’ experiences.

3.) Ben

I don’t even know where to start with Ben Solo. His ending was the one that broke me as a person, I had so many hysterical sobbing fits over it that my loved ones were actually getting tired of it and it genuinely put me in a really bad place with my depression that I’m only just not getting out of.

Ben Solo’s story in TFA and TLJ was abuse victim’s epic, it was the story of a boy who was tortured and groomed from the time he was in his mother’s womb. A man who never knew a life without abuse. Ben Solo was described as a pure beam of light in his mother’s womb who was ensnared and tainted by a predatory force bigger and stronger than himself that he could not escape.

The feeling of being tainted and corrupted is common in abuse victims, and the fact that TROS told every single abused child out there “Yes, you really are tainted and corrupted. You do deserve to die before experiencing more than a moment of happiness and safety.” is something that I’ve yet to get over. It still infuriates me, it still breaks my heart. Ben’s entire arc up until this point has been about how he is still worthy of love.

And no, this isn’t me woobifying; it’s in the text of the films and the canon novels that Ben worked for his redemption, that he earned it. Ben fought Snoke from the time he was a child, but Ben was only a child and Snoke was too powerful, too relentless in his cruelty for him to withstand. The one and only person in the entire galaxy who had the training and the knowledge to protect Ben was his uncle, who chose to try to murder him in his sleep instead of protecting him. Ben was left with nowhere to turn except to his abuser. And even then, we see him struggle every single day to try and force himself to be this evil person that he never was. Ben was light itself who was convinced he was darkness through abuse and manipulation.

Then, when Ben found the first person who he could feel and connect with through the force, even though Snoke and Luke had abused and betrayed him - Ben still took the chance to reach out to Rey and be vulnerable with her. While interrogating an enemy, he took off his mask and revealed himself (something we only see him to for his father and when Snoke forces him to maliciously). In the middle of a war, under the thumb of the monster who has tortured him since forever, Ben was able hold Rey’s hand and tell her she wasn’t alone. He was still able to be kind. And because of that kindness, that connection, Ben found the courage to finally destroy his abuser and free himself.

Ben freed himself, and he did it out of compassion for and a need to protect Rey, not out of wrath or vengeance. If Ben were truly a creature of wrath, he would have killed Snoke before, but it was only when he had to see and hear and feel his soulmate be tortured by his own abuser that he found that courage. And yes, he did take Snoke’s place at first because that was the only way he knew how to protect himself. In his experience, people without power get hurt and that’s it. But even then, Ben was able to muster yet more strength to shed the armor that was Kylo Ren and stand with Rey unarmored against the very thing that has abused and tortured him since before he was born.

That took so much bravery and love and selflessness for Ben to stand there as himself, ready to fight his abuse and trauma head-on as Ben Solo. For him to admit he was hurt for the first time in the series. For him to crawl up a cliff with a badly broken leg out of love. For him to willingly give his very life force out of pure love. All of these things are incredible for Ben to have been able to do after all he had been through, these are more than deserving of reward. But TROS punished Ben for doing everything right, they proved that abusers always win in the end. Ben was going to survive until the last few edits. Everything we see was literally leading up to him surviving. This was Ben’s redemption, this was supposed to be him fighting for his new beginning and taking his first steps into the happiness and safety he earned, and should have had as a child, not a pointless struggle before succumbing to death:

But TROS told us, told traumatized and neurodivergent children who saw themselves in Ben, that it wasn’t good enough. That love isn’t good enough. That doing the right thing deserves to be punished. That children tainted by violence and abuse and darkness don’t deserve love and healing even when they earn redemption, even when they do everything in their power to do the right thing and be brave. The hopelessness of that is what broke me as a person. That is not what Star Wars is about. Star Wars is about redemption and love and hope; TROS was about cruelty covered up with a thin sheet of materialism and confused, poor storytelling.

Runeterra Retcons 4: Varus

Unlike the other Champions I’ve covered, Varus’s history is surprisingly straightforward. He was released all the way back in 2012 and, as far as I can recall, was the first Champion to ever receive any sort of major promotional material in the form of a short comic. He’s very straight-forward in both concept and design: a man willing to sell his soul, his very humanity, for revenge on the people who took everything from him. Given that this was before Kalista was added to the game, Varus had little choice but take matters into his own hands by bargaining with a vaguely-defined Eldritch being who would give him the power he needed in exchanged for taking over his body.

Original lore here

Varus’s lore is a very traditional revenge story, albeit with a slightly interesting twist in that he is the maker of his own tragedy. Varus opted to place his duty over the well-being of family and, in the process, was unable to even TRY to protect them while his village was being reduced to burning rubble. Out of grief and rage Varus turned to bargaining with the very entity he fought so hard to keep confined now that he no longer has anything to lose.

I and many others liked Varus’s story, and to be honest, Riot could have honestly just kept him more-or-less the same when they updated him post-retcon. Just remove the mention of the League and maybe better-define what the black flames were, and you’d be good. In fact, Riot technically did the former, as his second lore is basically identical save for removing any mention of the League of Legends.

Now, it’s at this point that things start to get a little more complicated. Now, if you want a more comprehensive breakdown of the Darkin and their history, I advise you go check out the part centered around Aatrox and his long and convoluted history, but tldr: the Darkin were a race of beings of whom only five remained, and it was later confirmed with Rhaast that they’re specifically a race of living weapons with the ability to possess whoever wields them. Now, while Varus was specifically possessed by an ominous black flame called Pallas, many drew parallels between him and the other Darkin characters, especially since Varus’s also seemed to be alive.

Given that the flames were never really elaborated on or given a proper origin story, Riot decided that it would probably be best to just go ahead and retcon Varus into being a Darkin as well, and nobody had any real qualms with this. It was a common fan theory for years, so why not? Just change the story a bit so that the flames were actually just a Darkin bow all along and boom, you’ve pretty-much done all you needed to properly fit Varus into the new post-reboot Runeterra.

Well, apparently Riot did not feel this way, as it was with Varus’s 2017 retcon that they decided to finally give fans a proper origin story for who and what the Darkin were. That origin story goes a little something like this.

Alright, so Varus is now an alien. They decided to make Varus himself the Darkin, rather than the man who would later claim the bow. OK, that’s fine. I mean, the whole alien thing is kinda weird and still very vaguely explained, but again, my full thoughts on the history of the Darkin as a whole can be seen in the Aatrox analysis. What I think is most important here is that Riot made an attempt, however sloppy, to explain who and what the Darkin were and finally give context to why Aatrox and Rhaast are such big threats to the world.

Now, it’s the next change that got a lot of controversy around it. Rather than just change the name of the Ionian guard who let Varus possess him, the guy who lost his family to the Noxian invasion, Riot decided to replace him with a pair of entirely new characters: Valmar and Kai, a duo of gay Ionian hunters.

Now, I’m just gonna get this out of the way: I’ve got no real qualms about gay relationships in media. Hell, we have a few LGBT Champions in the game already, and even some in the broader expanse of the world. My main gripe comes from the introduction of Valmar and Kai themselves, and how they’re just sort of these… Nothing characters. I mean, in the first lore, we knew who Varus was. We may not have known him well, but we could at least get a general sense of his character: he was proud of his skill, committed to the duty given to him even at the risk of his family, but ultimately succumbed to grief and rage when his decision caused him to lose everything he held dear. Varus was a good man warped by the loss of his home and loved ones, and that made him a fairly compelling character.

Valmar and Kai are… Two gay hunters. That’s it. That’s literally all we know about them from the bio alone. I mean, yes, Riot released a comic to further expand on these characters, but if your answer to the questions raised in your story are “go and read this extra supplementary material for context,” that’s… A problem.

On the topic of supplementary material, Riot also released a music video about Varus. It’s… OK. I personally don’t care much for the song but the visuals alone are really well-done. It’s supposed to detail the conflict between Valmar, Kai and Varus, but most of the context behind it is explained in the comic and short story.

Honestly, Varus’s retcon is kind of baffling. I mean, he didn’t receive a visual rework, his kit remained pretty-much the same as it’s always been, and he doesn’t even have any new voice lines in-game to indicate that he’s three different guys all stuck in one body. In fact, people who play him in-game without reading the lore probably wouldn’t ever be able to guess as much. Riot went to so much effort promoting Varus’s lore update with a music video, a new bio, a new color story, and a three-part comic, but they really haven’t changed anything about him in the game itself. They put more effort into him than they do for most ACTUAL Champion VGU’s. So… Why?

Admittedly, this is where I’m going to delve a bit into conspiracy theory territory, but I genuinely believe this is a case of Riot trying to push League’s first openly queer relationship. Seriously, Valmar and Kai are the first time a character in League has been confirmed gay IN THE LORE ITSELF and not just through a random tweet. Now, the word “pandering” gets thrown around a lot these days, and I don’t really like to use it, but it really does feel like Valmar and Kai were added JUST to have a confirmed gay couple in the lore.

The fact that they’re not even acknowledged IN THE GAME ITSELF really makes the whole thing feel like an attempt to just appeal to the LGBT crowd, though I’ve seen plenty of people in that community react… Less than positively to the portrayal. I mean, two gay guys are literally trying to hold back a corruptive, even influence with the power of love. I don’t wanna delve too much into the political side of things here, but that’s honestly about as cliché and stereotypical as you can get. Fans in general were extremely displeased that the man they knew as Varus, this genuinely tragic figure from the original lore, was replaced by two guys who’s only defining character trait is how much they apparently love each other.

Apparently, these complaints came through loud and clear, as Riot would update Varus one final time after deciding to retcon the whole alien plotline. So, let’s have a look at how his current, canon bio handles him.

Alright, well… Riot heard the complaints, but whether or not they fixed him is another matter. It seems like they tried to give Varus back his original origin story, basically making the archer we new from his first bio Shuriman. The problem is that there’s significantly less context for him now; we don’t know anything about his family, we don’t know why the temple he’s guarding is so important, and the story never even explicitly states that his family died!

I guess it’s implied because the Ascended acknowledged his “sacrifice,” though him being rewarded by becoming a demigod doesn’t quite have the same impact as exchanging his life and soul for a shot at revenge. On top of that, Varus seems pretty quick to give up on the whole “sacred duty” thing, despite the story claiming that being the thing he “he held above all else.” It all feels like a botched effort to mix his original bio with the new Ascended lore that Riot tied in with the Darkin.

Then, of course, there’s Valmar and Kai, who are… Still just gay hunters. They haven’t been expanded on at all. They helped drive the Noxians off from their home, Kai was apparently wounded, and Valmar decides that dipping his lover in an ominous pool of evil to save his life is a bad idea. Seriously, the bio states that they “inadvertently” freed Varus, but there was nothing accidental about it! There was no bargain, they weren’t tricked, it was literally just one guy making a stupid decision that got him fused with his lover and an ancient evil being.

Also, can we address the fact that Varus still wants to avenge the destruction of his race? Who does he want to avenge? The other Ascended? The Ascended who literally warred with each other for centuries? The same Ascended that HE FOUGHT AGAINST during the civil war for control of Shurima? Did Riot just… Forget that he’s not an alien anymore in that brief paragraph? They stated earlier that he was a cruel, merciless killer who just went to slaughter whoever he was told to slaughter, so for some reason I don’t feel like he’d care all that much about his “race” being felled. Oh, and there’s also still the unnamed warrior queen, who I THINK is meant to be a precious Aspect of the Sun? It’s never really stated in the bio itself.

Alright, enough ranting. Varus’s current lore suffers from one major fault: it is trying way too hard to tell several stories all at once. It tells the story of Varus as a human, Varus as an Ascended, Varus as a Darkin, the “story” of Valmar and Kai, and how they got fused with Varus. The writers tried way too hard to cram everything into a single bio and, as a result, nothing is elaborated on. Nothing is really explained, we don’t get to know the characters who are involved in the gestalt entities now known as Varus, and reason for his current existence AS a gestalt entity are just kinda silly, if we’re being honest.

So, how can we fix this? I admit: this was a tough one. There were a lot of different directions I could go when rewriting Varus’s lore, but I decided to take the Kayn approach, where the human host in the focus of the bio. Originally, I did have a whole bio written out for Varus and how he became an Ascendant, but I ultimately realized that I was going to run into the same issue Riot did: trying to cram way too much into a single character overview. So, instead, I chose to focus in more on the story of Valmar and Kai, and how the Darkin Bow was freed after ages of confinement. Without any further ado, please enjoy.

For years, the Darkin Bow has remained confined within the Ionian city of Pallas. The bow’s true nature has long been lost to time, though legends say it holds the spirit of an ancient god from a vast desert land. Others claim that the bow itself is something much older and viler than history itself dares to remember. Whatever the truth may be, the people have Pallas have guarded the bow for generations, choosing only their most skilled warriors from the task. Among them, none seemed better-suited for the task than Kai and Valmar.

Kai and Valmar were inseparable since they were children. Kai, a prodigy marksman, was known for his sense of humor and fierce resolve. Though infamous for his pranks, Kai would never hesitate to step in and defend someone in need, no matter how poorly the odds stood in his favor. By contrast, Valmar had trained in the ways of swordsmanship since he was old enough to grip a blade. Diligent and studious, Valmar was what many considered a model samurai in the making, yet he was also unendingly curious about the world and the many wonders it held.

At a glance, Kai and Valmar seemed near-total opposites, yet the two formed an unbreakable bond from the day they met. Kai would often accompany Valmar to explore the surrounding wilderness, only for Valmar to shelter Kai whenever one of his pranks went awry. As each boy matured, mastering the bow and blade respectively, their bond became something deeper than simple friendship. Valmar was a part of Kai, and Kai a part of Valmar. Neither was complete without the other, and so it came as little surprise that when Valmar was chosen to guard the Temple of the Bow, Kai soon followed.

Together, Valmar and Kai drove off many would-be thieves seeking to claim the cursed weapon’s power as their own. The two fought as one, each arrow from Kai’s bow in perfect sync with every swing of Valmar’s blade. Eventually, they came to be known as the Locust and Mantis, for the whirring of Kai’s arrows and the elegance of Valmar’s blade. It was believed that none could stand up to their combined might… Until the Noxians came.

From their post at the temple, Valmar and Kai watched in horror as the invaders stormed their home, setting fires and killing anyone who dared to stand in their way. For the first time, two warriors found themselves at odds; Kai wished to help defend the people of Pallas, but Valmar insisted on protecting the temple. In the end, neither had much choice in the matter, for the Noxians soon had them cornered on the temple steps.

Valmar and Kai fought for hours, their combined might slowly waning against the invaders’ onslaught. Kai’s strength was the first to give out, yet before death could reach him, Valmar stepped in the way to shield his partner from the blow of a Noxian axe. Kai watched in horror as Valmar fell to the ground, lifeless. Enraged, Kai fired all the arrows he had left before taking up Valmar’s sword, slaying the Noxian forces assaulting the temple. Even still, he knew it would not be long before more came, seeking to claim the forbidden bow.

In that moment, Kai heard a voice calling to him from within the temple. It promised him vengeance and the strength to fight back. Driven by rage and grief, the wounded archer let the voice guide him inside, just as more Noxian invaders began their ascent up the temple’s stairs. It was there, in the darkness, that Kai at last set eyes upon the cursed weapon he and Valmar spent years protecting: a bow thrumming with unearthly power. Kai hesitated for only a moment before grasping the bow, letting its power wash over him.

Kai’s mind was filled with images and thoughts not his own: a vast desert empire, a man made a god, betrayal, war, and finally, imprisonment. These were the memories of Varus, an Ascended being who devoted his life to serving Shurima, only to be abandoned in his time of need. His bitterness and hatred had summoned the Darkin Bow, granting Varus the opportunity to seek revenge on those who had wronged him. In the end, Varus was sealed within the bow, becoming one with it… And now, he would become one with Kai as well.

As Varus’s memories filled Kai’s mind, the Darkin’s power corrupted his body. Varus prepared to usurp Kai’s form entirely, but to his surprise, the Ionian’s drive for vengeance matched his own. Kai was prepared to give anything to avenge Valmar, his fallen half, yet he would do so with his own hands rather than entrust the task to a fallen god.

Even as their minds fought, the archers’ new, fused body moved on pure instinct. One by one, the Noxian forces in Pallas were felled by crimson arrows born of pure malice. Seeing the corpses of his kinsmen and the ruins of his home only fueled Kai’s rage, which in-turn empowered the Darkin in his grasp. Finally, the two archers came to an agreement as the Noxians fled: Varus would lend Kai his strength, in exchange for the Ionian’s body once Kai’s vengeance was complete.

Now on borrowed time, Kai has but one objective: to find and kill everyone he holds responsible for the destruction of his home and the death of his partner. To Varus, however, the destruction of Noxus is but the first step toward a much larger goal: revenge against the gods who betrayed him, and the world that sealed him away…

So, that’s my take on Varus’s lore. Now, the first thing you’ll probably notice is that I only have one of the lovers being possessed. Frankly, I felt that this was probably the best direction to go with; Riot still hasn’t updated Varus in any meaningful way to include Valmar and Kai in any of his voice lines, and something tells me that, being owned by a certain Chinese company, they probably never will. Given the circumstances, I figured it was probably best to give him a backstory more befitting of his in-game voice lines, which still portray Varus as a man on borrowed time who’s giving what little he has left in pursuit of vengeance.

Even so, I decided to try my hand at fleshing out Valmar and Kai. The first thing I did was change them from random hunters to trained soldiers tasked with guarding the temple. This not only harkens back to Varus’s original lore, but it also gives them more of a reason to stand their ground against the Noxian invaders. I also wanted to flesh out their personalities a little more, because I’ll be completely honest: I legitimately couldn’t remember which one was which even after skimming back through the comic. I forgot that Kai was the one who was injured in the original story, not Valmar, but quite frankly it matters so little given how poorly their characters are fleshed out.

Now, as for Varus himself… Well, like I said: I did have a whole bio written out for him that ties into the new Darkin lore I introduced in my Aatrox analysis, but I decided to focus the story more on Valmar and Kai and only have that backstory briefly alluded to. A tad disappointing, I know, but hey, it’s still more than what we learned about Rhaast from Kayn’s bio.

So, that was Varus, the Arrow of Retribution, otherwise known as Riot’s botched attempt at LGBT representation. He’s a far cry from what he started out as, and yet, hilariously, he’s really not on account of them still not updating anything about him in-game. In that respect, the Varus you play as in League isn’t really even the same character(s) presented in the lore. While I still firmly believe that his backstory never needed to be changed so drastically in the first place, I least wanted to present the potential that this direction held, and how badly the opportunity was squandered.

Oh well. At least the music video still looks nice.

Black Clover as a Deconstruction of the Shonen Heroes Journey

(Readmore break isn’t working for me. Will try to fix later. Press J to skip.)

So, most people have noticed this pattern in Black Clover...

...and, to be fair, so did I, when I first started watching. 

I saw the first five or six episodes, went, ‘tHiS iS wIzArD nArUtO,’ then didn’t watch any more for months, until I finally got bored enough to watch the rest for laughs. 

And then, of course, I got blown away by the genuine bonds of affection and respect between the characters.

(also, I eventually got used to Asta’s yelling, so that helped).

But, until you put in the time investment, you don’t put the dots together that Black Clover is actually a deconstruction of the Shonen Manga Heroes Journey. 

You can see pieces of it in Patri and the Cult of Personality he that built in the Eye of the Midnight Sun. 

Though, admittedly, it’s less obvious in Fana, Rhya, and Vetto, who are all blinded by grief to the point where they’ve all but lost any compassion they originally possessed. 

Indeed, the entire point of them in the first arc is that they’ve been traumatized enough to invert their personalities completely.

No, this extreme devotion to a single figurehead was best demonstrated in the three main humans in the Eye of the Midnight Sun: Sally, Valtos, and Rades. 

The three of them demonstrated fanatical loyalty to Patri: Valtos because he saved him, Sally because he allows her to pursue her passions, and Rades I’m pretty sure it was just because Patri gave him the opportunity to use his magic freely. 

This ‘cult of personality’ tactic, of course, is one very often employed by Shonen Protagonists, because it’s much easier than showing the character development necessary to turn an enemy into a genuine ally. 

And, while I was committed to seeing the show through unless it got really stupid, there was also a sense. of, ‘oh, now the darkness starts’ when Patri sacrificed his three human followers to further his own plans. That this cold-blooded sacrifice was a part of the plan all along. 

Honestly, I think the first place I truly started to have faith in Tabata’s writing was when Rades resurrected himself, Valtos, and Sally. The pieces had all been there from the start. We all knew that his magic was zombie magic. 

But It was also patently obvious that those three were sacrificed to demonstrate Patri’s assholeish nature to the audience, and reduce the number of characters, making the logistics of the upcoming fights simpler. So, while I wasn’t happy about the gratuitous death, I had accepted it.

But then Rades said, ‘no, I am the hero of my own story, and my story is about revenge,’ and I cannot tell you how wide I smiled. It wasn’t just Rades saying that, it was Tabata saying that he values his side characters, even the minor 1st arc villains. 

Then there’s the Zogratis siblings, the fact that they’re siblings, in the truest sense of the word. They fight together, they rule together, they’re more than capable of executing a multi-pronged attack which must have required extensive planning and teamwork. Even Zenon, the coldest of the three, goes to check on Dante, and saves him from the Black Bulls. 

Though we’ve yet to get the full picture, they even seem to have good relationships with their devils. Zenon’s a brick wall, of course, but Dante and Lucifero clearly talk to each other, and Megicula and Vanica openly express affection for one another. From what we’ve seen so far, the Zogratis siblings seem to, at the bare minimum, respect each other and the devils that they host. 

They’re still blood knights who would cause the apocalypse for the sake of finding strong opponents, yeah, but wanting ‘to fight strong opponents and help my friends’ has been the primary motive of many an anime protagonist. It just usually gets tempered by common sense and/or compassion.

So, with the major villains at least, they exemplify many of the virtues often given to anime protagonists. Not to say that they don’t have flaws, but their flaws are not those of the typical villain.

In contrast, many of the Heroes in Black Clover possess attributes normally seen in villains. 

Consider the Black Bulls: Asta, the Freak of Nature; Noelle the Unfavorite Noble Child; Magna, the Thug; Luck, the Blood Knight; Gauche, the Sexual Deviant; Vanessa, the Drunk; Finral, the Womanizer; Grey, the Shapeshifter; Charmy, the Glutton; Gordon, the Creepy Guy; Zora, the Avenger; Henry the Vampire. 

(Also Nacht, the Summoner, though the jury’s still out on him)

Asta’s comrades are all people who easily could have been villains, whether through their powers, their personalities, or simply their trauma.

But they weren’t. And this is at least partly due to another aspect of the series that I admire. 

Everyone is special.

[ID: Emmet from the Lego Move next to a quote reading, “You don’t have to be the bad guy. You are the most TALENTED, most INTERESTING, and most EXTRAORDINARY person in the universe. AND YOU ARE CAPABLE OF AMAZING THINGS. because you are the Special. And so am I. And so is everyone. The prophecy is made up, but it’s also true. It’s about all of us. Right now, it’s about you. And you can still change everything.” end ID]

That is to say, the villains aren’t the only ones to have aspects attributed to the typical shonen protagonist. And neither is Asta, as it turns out. He gets determination, resilience, and compassion, of course, but he’s far from the only one. 

In fact, his journey is made far easier by the ‘compassionate protagonists’ who came before him.

Starting as far back as we can in the timeline, we’re left with the Clover Nobles and their xenocide against the elves. Evil, tragic, and it should have never happened. Not to mention, it allowed the Nobles to hoard resources in the form of stolen mana, which they then passed on to their descendants. 

But, even after the worst had happened, Nero and Lumiere’s sacrifices eventually led to Zagred’s downfall. (And to the survival of one of Licht and Tetia’s children.)

Then, centuries later, came Zara Ideale. A man who worked tirelessly as the first commoner wizard cop, only to be killed by his elitist comrades in the purple orcas.

This could have led his son, Zora Ideale, down a dark path, but instead he devoted his life to protecting the citizens of the kingdom from the same corrupt magic knights that got his father killed.  

And that’s without even mentioning how when Julius Novachrono became Wizard King, he reformed the merit recognition system to mitigate the amount of harm the noble magic knights could do to their commoner comrades’ careers, to prevent what happened to Zara from happening to others. In the present day, multiple magic knight captains (Yami and Jack) are commoners, as are many of the magic knights in general. 

Not to mention Yami, in particular, formed a squad out of outcasts, to provide the support system that he never had as a young man. 

And all of this happened before the main character has even started on his heroes journey.

I could say a lot more words about how this demonstrates Tabata’s recognition of the fact that many of the problems with the Homestuck Quadrant Kingdoms are systemic, and that they won’t be solved with only a few good people working against them, which is why Asta still has a lot to do in his own quest to be Wizard King. 

...but really, what I wanted to do was say that, after reading the 267 leaks, it doesn’t surprise me one bit that AMD may be a better person than previously implied by the manga.

(heck, they did the same thing with Zora, when he was introduced).

Even though AMD seems motivated by a need for vengeance, is undeniably prone to fits of blackout rage, appears altogether too interested in possessing Asta’s body, and these are, indeed, traits that fit more with the aesthetic of a villain... I’m pretty sure AMD’s got the traumatic backstory of a true anime protagonist.

As I’ve said before, simply having an aspect typically attributed to a hero does not automatically mean AMD will be a fully heroic character. But, as was mentioned before, he also has a lot of common villainous traits.

And in Black Clover, a character with a villain archetype will more often than not side with and/or join the Black Bulls. 

day 14

This chapter was such a cathartic experience for me that I wrote book report for it. I have little else to offer at your altar of magic aside from my undying gratitude for your continued hard work and utter awe of your literary prowess. Please enjoy my attempt at articulating the emotions you have managed to evoke in me with this chapter. Thank you once again! 💜 Jan

Set to Self Destruct: An analysis of Sora’s Day 14 of “The Gentlemen”

Every genre brings with it a set of expectations that shapes the kinds of stories it can tell and the themes it can explore. “The Gentlemen” is entirely shot from one specific location, with its participants prohibited from leaving the premises of the villa (with the allowance only for Y/N and the fan favorite winner of that week to leave for a one night date). This restriction creates a scenario where 1) at first the occupants fall into an unspoken, almost idyllic community and 2) inevitably the conflicts that arise as a consequence of a Utopian society. With the added pressures of a competition, an environment that fosters moments of high emotional tension, physical and emotional intimacy, and 8 very different personalities, it feels as if the show was doomed for dissonance right from the start. It should be no surprise that the rather straightforward, raunchy reality show devolves so quickly into a “bottle episode” filled to the brim with an emotionally charged battle of whose tongue is the sharpest. On the surface, “The Gentlemen” is a story about a single female protagonist judging the sexual abilities of seven random men but this premise and the setting with which the story plays out on, serves to explore the deeper ideas of one’s role in the balance of social harmony verses the human tendency towards self destruction. 

The setting of a story can be a powerful tool in expressing a character’s journey. “Bottle episodes” have often been used for dramatic effect in visual storytelling, with the limited setting and cast allowing for a slower pace and deeper exploration of character traits and motives. Having the entirety of “The Gentlemen” be one long drawn out “bottle episode” allows for the audience to experience a slow-burn like intensity of those personalities. It takes the fundamental process of how a group stuck in a certain location together for an extended period of time inadvertently falls into certain social constructs in order to reach an equilibrium of cohesion. The roles which each occupant of the villa naturally fell into set a precedent for many of the events that followed on the show, most obvious being Y/N as the “queen bee” (the one who holds the most power in the group), Seokjin as the designated “counselor” (the one who is expected to help his fellow competitors when an emotional issue arises), and Yoongi as the “mediator” (the one who is the voice of reason and rationale when tensions run high). And yet it is revealed that there is a price for that harmony, for even roles that are not as explicit begin to weigh heavy as the days wane on. The cohesion of these roles were meant to serve as cogs that fit together to uphold a sense of teamwork in an otherwise tension filled living quarters. But people are not cogs and emotions are not gears to be compartmentalized into neat roles to serve the higher purpose of the show. And as occupants spend more time with one another, natural biases, feelings of jealousy, possessiveness, envy, and pride start to surface under the umbrella of selfish acts, we begin to see that fine balance corrode the fragile peace. 

The road to self destruction has begun in earnest.   

It all comes to a head at the 2 week mark of the show’s timeline. At this point, tensions have been running high: from revelation of Namjoon’s and Seokjin’s romantic feelings for Y/N, to Jimin and Hoseok’s long running rivalry, to Y/N, Jimin, and Taehyung creating a polyamorous relationship in secret, to Jungkook feeling like the odd man out. The pressures of the show were eventually bound to break someone’s resolve and we see that personified in Jungkook in this episode. After speaking with Seokjin about his warring feelings towards certain members of the group and his desires to act on his frustrations regarding the restrictive parameters of the show, Jungkook was able to unload some of the pent up tension he had been carrying around for the last few days. The audience is then lulled into a false sense of security that the equilibrium of the group has been restored when in actuality, it was a red herring that something drastic was about to unfold. At first glance, the guidance that Seokjin offers Jungkook feels like a band-aid on a bleeding artery when in actuality it was more akin to Seokjin inadvertently stepping on a landmine he believes he has already defused. And his misstep triggers the entire villa to fall victim to the explosion. 

In the climatic scene of the episode, Jungkook’s pent up emotions rears its ugly head in the form of harsh words, tactless criticism, irreparably broken trust, and even fists thrown. His actions turn from verbal assaults to physical ones and the damage seems to fissure out towards the entire group. The destruction is absolute; no one is left unscathed. Why is this scene so effective? Its power is not from the dramatic way Jungkook punches Jimin for calling him out on his childish behavior or the out of character way Hoseok tries to break up the fight only to be elbowed in the face by Jimin nor is it in the heartbreaking way those that are left behind in the villa are tasked with the self imposed responsibility to pick up the literal pieces of their tenuous friendship. It is in the fact that the audience understands the self destructive actions of the characters and perhaps to some degree relate to it on a very human level. We understand that Seokjin wanted to talk through the problems with the group because he didn’t want to shoulder all of the burden himself anymore. We understand that Hoseok acts the way he does because he uses it as a defense mechanism to protect himself. We understand why Sejin did not step in earlier when he was asked to by Yoongi and why Yoongi is bitter about it as a direct result of Sejin’s choice to abstain from deescalating the fight before it got out of control. We understand that Jimin and Jungkook clashed with each other so viscerally because they see themselves in each other and it’s a jagged pill to swallow when presented with a mirror of all of the ugly sides of ourselves we think we do such a great job of hiding. Perhaps exaggerated for a more dramatic effect, but at the core of these interactions, we see the flaws that we carry as human beings and are forced to face the unpleasant feelings that it elicits in each of us. We understand because we can empathize with their struggles. 

How does a community attempt to repair itself when its very foundation is practically razed to the ground? Perhaps there is an argument to be made about a complete dismantling of a previous establishment. The audience can view this inevitable clash as a “controlled burn”. In terms of forest management, a “controlled burn” is a fire set intentionally for purposes of farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. These “controlled burning” is conducted during the cooler months to reduce fuel buildup and decrease the likelihood of serious hotter fires. In the same way fires are a part of a forest’s life cycle, the clash that occurred on day 14 might serve as a way for the characters to start fresh, with hopes of emotional maturity and foresight for rebuilding relationships moving forward in the competition. 

The damage done during day 14 of “The Gentlemen” may arguably be irreversible, perhaps even amplified by the uncertain nature of the show, but challenges were inevitable with a setting like this one. And yet, there are seeds of hope scattered among the debris. In John Yorke’s “Into the Woods: a five act journey into story” he writes “…story matches psychological theory: characters are taken on a journey to acknowledge and assimilate the traumas in their past… By confronting and coming to terms with the cause of their traumas they can finally move on.” Day 14 revealed a lot of stances, opinions, and confessions that were previously kept secret due to the need to preserve the harmonious nature of the greater good, “the community”. But human nature does not allow for peace to reign for long; it yearns balance. Thus dissonance created discourse. Yet from strife there is revelation. From the ashes of fiery emotions, there is a chance at peace anew: either reestablish order or embrace the chaos. Yet most likely it’ll come down to a melding of the two in order to find the balance a community craves whilst also giving into the character’s more baser human desire for self ruin. 

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jan i literally can’t stop crying thank you so much. there’s no way for me to put into words the feeling of someone caring so much about the story and even about one particular chapter that they’ve written such an articulate and profound ESSAY on it like,,,, i have no idea what i’ve done to deserve this, because writing this story is just this little passion project that i’m fostering with my brainstorming group and with the readers. it feels like a collaborative effort and so i never really saw it as anything more than just the fun gimmick of an interactive fic in a crazy situation. 

you see things in my story that even i don’t see, make it sound beautiful when i worried it was awkward, and i can’t thank you enough for that. and when you brought up Into the Woods i LOST it, i adore that book and hearing someone quote a masterwork like that when referring to my fanfiction? it’s so absurd but so special all at once. 

i’ve never really considered becoming an actual author because the pressure of money and income relying on it seems scary to me (even commissions stress me out) so i’m eternally grateful to you for always making me feel like this is something professional. getting a glimpse into that life by you writing an analysis on d14 is just.... i really can’t describe how special it is. 

every week i aim to make each chapter better than the last, and we have a very different landscape in the house on day 15 after our controlled (perhaps not so controlled) burn. i’ll patiently await your thoughts then, but i just want to say that you inspire me to work harder each week ;;-;

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Why are tests inaccurate?

Premise

The main goal of this article is to point out the major flaws of online MBTI tests. Our purpose isn’t to mindlessly criticize well-known sources and websites, but rather to help newcomers develop a critical approach as a way to better type themselves. Following our blog’s mantra, we’ll try to clarify common misconceptions about MBTI which may confuse and mislead users: going to the root of the subject rather than having a superficial approach, as always.

One last, fundamental reminder: a person can’t be described using a single type, everyone is unique. We like to think that you are not your type: it’s the type that represents you, but you’re your own person and this cannot be fully reduced to four letters in an acronym. At the same time though, typology may be helpful as a tool to grow and gain a deeper understanding of your own cognitive processes. Mistypes are frequent and are largely due to online tests, and we hope to give a little more awareness with this article.

Tests approach the subject using stereotypes 

A novice, as a user who doesn’t know what MBTI is, surely needs a clear and straightforward source to understand the basics of the topic. Tests try to do it, but they tend to convey the subject in a way that’s simplistic and often stereotyped.

First of all, there’s a strong focus on behaviour rather than cognition. Maybe you sometimes like to party hard, but you’re still an introvert, or maybe you like reading and you are still an extrovert. Maybe you like abstractions or philosophy and you’re still a sensor, or you like sports even if you are an intuitive.

What are the roots of this approach, the ‘whys’? Tests try to do something really difficult: finding the more generic and appropriate way to type a vast amount of people, each one with their own experiences. Here, different socio-demographic factors come into play, like age, sex, education or religion, or even sociological aspects like life-style, values or interests. These are all aspects that can influence one’s personality, but they are not related to type in any way - maybe they can be related to type development, but they have no impact on what function a person possesses.

We know that functions are a more complex way to see MBTI, and while dichotomies are more suitable for a novice, a too casual approach may lead to mistypes, because cognitive functions tell us how even a slight change in a single letter can modify the entire stack. So, approaching MBTI with a dichotomous and broad (sometimes stereotyped) approach may lead, for example, an INFJ to be typed as an INFP or vice-versa, since there’s uncertainty on the J/P dichotomy. 

Moreover, questions are sometimes too generic and fall outside the MBTI spectrum and thus become unreliable. Even a dichotomous approach is based on a continuum, a spectrum, rather than on a binary vision. Because there are only sixteen types and 7 billions of people, reducing a single type to some generic and stereotyped statements adds only more confusion.

 User friendliness may be misleading

There’s a common misconception unconsciously brought by some MBTI online tests regarding how the subject is seen as a mere quiz, something like a game. MBTI charms us mods also because it allows us to type fictional characters, sure, and MBTI memes are funny and there’s an amazing community we gladly support. Not everything needs to be turned in a 10 pages essay.

However, if online tests aim to provide a source for self-typing, an excessive user-friendliness and a dichotomous approach, with generic questions and sometimes even stereotypes may convey an altered vision of the subject. This happens because tests generally don’t do a great job of discerning between behavior and cognition: behavior is what you do and partially how you do it, cognition is another part of how you do it but, most importantly, why you do it and how you gain and process the information you need to decide whether you’ll do something, and how. It’s ok to take the test lightly, as a quiz or a game, however MBTI has also much, much more to tell and tests should always aim to be accurate.

Misconceptions may also arise after taking the test, as many of them provide a brief description of a type and sometimes even nicknames. While this may help a novice to better understand their own type at first, those short profiles, even if correct, may lead someone to think that MBTI is based on stereotypes and labels.

If you are an MBTI enthusiast like us mods, you probably know some common stereotypes surrounding the topic: IxFP are scatter-brained artists, ExTJ are textbook movie villains, xNTP are quirky scientists/nerds and so on.

So, generic questions (sometimes too generic) as a way to provide a broad set of answers, paired with simple descriptions may spiral excessively in a misleading and stereotyped view of one’s own type.

Sometimes, you are the problem

We may seem against online tests, as we stated how they may lead people to an incorrect and stereotyped view of their type. Truth is, we’re well aware how hard it is to find a universal set of question to help people during a self-typing process. What we’re pointing out are some side effects, rather than invalidating tests as a whole.

Now let’s set aside tests and focus on self-typing alone. Due to biases, you are your own enemy while typing yourself. People see themselves in a subjective way, everyone has a unique view of the world and their own self.

Even if a hypothetical perfect test will be discovered, there’ll always be people mistyping themselves. Why? First, we think that a common attitude is to answer based on what seems right rather than on what one really thinks. There isn’t a better or a worse type, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, so be sure to answer to tests honestly and after reflecting upon yourself if need be. 

A common bias may also arise after taking the test. Let’s say you are an INFJ and a test says you are an ISTJ (this is what happened to me -INFJ mod- when I took the test for the first time). One may fall into a confirmation bias where they read their type description finding some relatable traits, thus thinking this is their real type -even if it’s not the case. 

Users are often driven by naivety, because as a novice you don’t know what MBTI is and how it works, so you trust tests. 

As you can see, self-typing is a process -it requires awareness and a deeper understanding of the subject. Tests may be a good starting point, but be careful as they may be misleading due to stereotypes, a behavior-driven approach and your own biases.

For discussion’s sake, we took the test a bunch of times from different sites. This is what happened:

ENFP mod typed as:

INFP 

ENFP 

ENTP - INTP - ENTJ 

ISTP 

INFP - ENFP - ENTP

ENTP

ENTJ 

ENTJ

INFJ mod typed as:

INFJ 

INFJ 

INFJ-INTJ-ENFJ 

INFJ 

ENFJ-INFJ-INTJ

INFJ

INFJ 

INFJ 

As you can see, you may be lucky and get your type right (even if chances exist that the E/I dichotomy will be off - this happened a lot to our friends) or, you can be not so lucky and get various different results, some of which are completely different from your actual type. This is why we recommend trying to study the subject a bit more, so you can truly understand what all is about!

Also, tests confirm that ENFP are manic pixie with high chaotic energy while INFJ are far too serious snowflakes :P

Mediator (INFP) Character

Negotiator - What Are Its own Benefits?

As an arbitrator, you must make certain that your task is actually to promote a possible dispute between pair of or more gatherings. To assist produce the procedure hassle-free working, you need to additionally make certain that you may help other events within a compromise. This article is going to discuss the high qualities of an excellent mediator and also several of the advantages that you can manage having one.

The best important advantage of being a negotiator is that you come to supply a mediating company. The significance of being an arbitrator has been obtaining a lot more popular since many people carry out certainly not have the adventure of being actually a negotiator. An arbitrator is actually generally entrusted to provide an option that would certainly attend to a particular complication between both gatherings. Because the negotiator is intended to stand for each parties, there are no worry in communicating the message of both events. The negotiator can have different abilities like public speaking, being actually an innovator, or even presenting compassion for the victim or even the various other gathering.

An additional benefit of being a conciliator is that you are counted on to possess experience in mediation. Many people assume that experience is certainly not required yet it is important. Along with the expertise of just how to handle troubles, you can easily offer insight or even referrals to both gatherings as well as let them understand one of the most ideal way to move toward a certain issue.

The value of being a good moderator concerns the need of trust in the arbitrator. Most individuals usually tend to count on others without even recognizing that they are trusted. For that reason, you must possess strong interaction skill-sets. You must have the ability to connect in a correct fashion, without sounding pompous or even making it resemble you are actually demanding. If you have a strong command of the foreign language, you may aid share the ideal notification and make sure that the 2 gatherings recognize exactly how to come close to the concern in a suitable fashion.

The absolute most significant perk of being actually an arbitrator is that you get to work as a 3rd party. This is actually a conveniences that you must consider considering that it can help you conquer many interaction issues that you may run into later on. Folks often tend to interact and also make the communication network just when the individual that the interaction was actually planned for is actually not present. For instance, if you are presenting a presentation, you might call an individual that can easily listen closely to your discussion to ensure that she or he may offer feedback and also remarks.

The need for count on is also significant given that the conciliator is counted on to work as the "gatekeeper" of the interaction network. The moderator is the one that needs to decide whether the communication has actually gone well or otherwise. If the communication went well, the moderator will choose whether the celebrations need to have to observe one another once more or not. If the communication was certainly not going well, the arbitrator will certainly store all of them responsible and also assist them settle the problem.

You are going to also reach play the duty of the "non-attached individual". Because the mediator is actually certainly not straight associated with the conflict, she or he is actually commonly seen as someone who is merely checking out. Consequently, the moderator is actually phoned call to function as a neutral event in solving conflicts.

The importance of being a negotiator involves the qualities of a really good arbitrator and also the perks that you can easily exist having one. Now, you recognize what a negotiator is actually and also exactly how to become one.

What is actually the Function of the Negotiator in the Case of Separation?

A divorce is actually a complicated and also nerve-racking issue that calls for suitable and also meaningful conversation, but it needs to be taken seriously with the aid of a mediator. Separation usually suggests many modifications taking place in the lives of the moms and dads as well as kids. It might likewise mean a separation from the husband or wife that had been along with them for a very long time. All these are incredibly complicated to approve and also to take care of. Additionally, the little ones might be in the middle of emotion dropped without their parents. This is why it is important to look for the support of a really good moderator who will definitely resolve so as to get to a decent and efficient option to the trouble.

At the moment of breakup, a lot of married couples attempt to keep their youngsters after the divorce by using house after breakup insurance policy that is commonly discussed by the partners of the relationship or even by using healthcare service providers to care for the youngsters. Both the property after a breakup and the property after separation insurance is favorable if dealt with appropriately. But the fault for this is actually that the little ones might find yourself residing in bad circumstances and also at risk of being actually mistreated or even neglected. This is actually why it is crucial to take the youngsters and the various other companions very seriously and to care for all of them. In such scenarios, it is far better to go through the residence after a separation and also the house after breakup insurance coverage in order to get what you definitely prefer and to avoid squandering your cash in a needless remedy. If the children are involved in the discussions between the celebrations at that point it is recommended to experience the mediation process also.

After house after the separation, it is vital to also steer clear of any type of strong-arm tactic in the property after divorce specifically using control systems like violence as well as emotional control. The instance of separation may also trigger clinical depression in the children if the parents carry out certainly not treat them equally. This is why it is essential to approach an arbitrator in such situations. The moderator will definitely offer his advise on just how to create the moms and dads accept a service on the manner of reciprocal appreciation and also modesty. This may assist both gatherings in solving the situation in a positive method to ensure they can progress on the manner of shared regard as well as decency.

What is actually the Part of the Arbitrator when it comes to Breakup?

What is actually the job of conciliator when it comes to divorce? If your spouse is informing you that the kid is actually dealing with an additional moms and dad as well as this other parent is well paid, and also it is achievable to obtain the home after separation? This could be an incredibly psychological instant for you and also your ex-spouse. It is actually consistently best to speak to a negotiator that is certified and also an expert. If you carry out not understand just how to tackle getting a moderator or if you wish to discover more regarding just how to perform this then the following will definitely offer you some excellent recommendations on exactly how to cope with this circumstance.

In a separation there are actually 3 primary elements to take a look at, one is actually the child is coping with yet another moms and dad, the second aspect is actually the department of the property and also the third is actually the principle of electrical power distribution. If the little one is actually coping with one more moms and dad, the conciliator is going to sit down along with the parents to figure out a way to get the little one back along with its birth parents. The kids can keep in the exact same residence, or they may move and cope with their parents. There is also the trouble of property. Right now the arbitration may certainly not allow the events to agree on precisely what residential or commercial property is certainly not theirs. They may set a split of your house as well as other possessions.

The principle of energy distribution is actually probably the most vital trait to pick when your companion is actually mentioning that they don't prefer the little one back. If they manage to gain wardship of the youngster, they are actually visiting end up getting the same amount of funds and also expenses as you did. If they do certainly not have that conveniences, at that point you have to be sure that you receive your reasonable reveal of the cash. A single thing that is visiting formulate the division of electrical power is that receives little one help settlements. You and your ex lover will have to haggle the amount of money you will certainly spend to make certain that both of you are actually receiving the same quantity. But once that has actually been agreed upon it is actually most ideal to take care of your ex in order that they are not tempted to rip off on you. That's the function of moderator when it comes to breakup.

What is actually the Duty of Mediator on Youngster in Breakup?

When our team refer to mediation on little ones in breakup, we can easily never picture that needs to discover the role of moderator on children in divorce. Throughout a separation, children are a very essential part of every family, as well as if children are reduced from their parents, it will be actually a primary reduction for the kids as well as they will certainly likewise be a great loss to the entire family members. The mediation in between the 2 sides is actually thought about to be one of the best feasible methods when it concerns reviving the great relationships between the separating events. There are actually lots of factors in order to why you need to have to find out the job of arbitrator on youngsters in divorce. These main reasons are actually essentially all related to the health as well as well being of the kids, and also it is a necessary consideration in a case when the little ones are actually regarded.

An additional explanation is actually that when both sides have reached out to a concession, and also when they remain to communicate along with one another and achieve a good understanding, there will be actually an excellent end result of the arbitration on kids in breakup. Some of the many things that are taken into consideration to be among the crucial traits to discover through arbitrators on little ones in separation is actually the job of adolescence. It is just in the course of teenage years that youngsters start to come to be individual and begin to experience various circumstances that might be unsafe to all of them. This is likewise the age where the youngsters know how to manage the various conflicts that are actually experienced through them in a typical technique, and this is also the age where they begin to establish a school kid in the course of divorce. This will definitely be a critical procedure if both the parents are actually financially powerful sufficient to sustain the learning of their little ones in the course of separation.

Yet another cause concerning why one needs to have to find out the job of conciliator on kids in separation is actually that in the course of the procedure of arbitration, moms and dads should always always remember that they need to be totally detached from their kids. It is very important that while the method of mediation is taking place, moms and dads must certainly not make their children knowledgeable about the explanations for breakup, or else they could experience uncomfortable in the course of the arbitration. They must consider that in the course of arbitration, they should simply be actually concentrating on the process and also the problems entailed, as well as they should avoid coming from the courtroom procedures and also care for the kids's' concerns during the arbitration process.

What's the Job of Negotiator in Parental Plan?

In any sort of situation including breakup, which one will be actually the most practical to the person requiring the relevant information? Which one will assist the individual securing the guidance? Most individuals will opt for the initial concern yet you might be right. As well as a good question will definitely obtain the person the response you are actually looking for. You can't merely inquire what is actually the role of negotiator in the parental strategy?

There is a very significant explanation that this holds true as well as our company will certainly discuss it as well as our task as a conciliator so as to make sure that all gatherings will recognize what each people may do as well as what the other person requires to complete if you want to possess a healthy and balanced relationship. Think about it momentarily. Which one do you think will assist you more? The response is actually each of all of them working together in consistency. Think about it and also choose.

There is a very crucial factor to look at which is that the process of moderating in any circumstance is a two-way process where you as a mediator necessity to carry the two gatherings together to ensure that they recognize the rapport as well as each other's necessities. If both of you don't know what each other requirements at that point no amount of mediation may assist. We as negotiators understand what needs to be carried out as well as we may assist all of them obtain that target. What's the duty of the moderator in the adult program? This is actually something that needs to have to become accurately comprehended due to the fact that it will definitely lead you in the procedure of mediating as well as help you en route to effectiveness.

What is actually the Part of Arbitrator in Retirement Pension Plan?

What's the job of arbitrator in a retired life pension account? door Scheidings Center will exist at every step of your lifestyle throughout your life cycle. He is actually the one who is going to be actually sitting at your side to deliver you the opinions and also tips relating to exactly how to become satisfied as well as exactly how to accomplish success in your company or socializing. He is not there to determine you, however he will definitely be providing you suggestions on just how to advance and exactly how to take care of all the important things that appear.

When you are ready to go up in your occupation or even the organization, your arbitrator will be sitting with you as well as will offer you a heads up on the problems that could surface or even your move to a greater position within the association or business. You are actually certainly not supposed to ask your arbitrator excessive inquiries that might break the ice. He will simply inform you to sit as well as presume prior to you make a move up the step ladder of your job. He will make certain that you perform not slide and drop on your method to attaining results. To steer clear of any kind of future conditions, it is constantly great to work with a reputable moderator who will certainly listen to you and also help you through giving you unprejudiced guidance.

So what's the duty of negotiator in a retirement life pension account? Our experts have actually spoken about the fact that he will certainly benefit your firm. But what else should you find out about your negotiator?

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George Scialabba, The Dialectic of Love and Authority, 20 The Baffler (October 2015)

If irony alerts had been invented before 1977, they might have saved Christopher Lasch a lot of grief. The title of his controversial book Haven in a Heartless World: The Family Besieged misled many of his critics. Lasch was widely taken to mean that a haven is what the family used to be before it was besieged by feminism and sexual liberation. Feminists retorted that this was a nostalgic fiction: the traditional family had never been any such idyll, especially for women. Lasch could only be an apologist for patriarchy, misappropriating psychoanalytic theory in a reactionary effort to restore male authority. Reviewing Lasch’s final, posthumous collection, Women and the Common Life, the usually astute Ellen Willis took him to task for his “fail[ure] to take patriarchy seriously” and his “adamant denial of any redeeming social value in modern liberalism.” No doubt this had the long-suffering Lasch growling in his grave.

Haven in a Heartless World is a densely argued book, and Lasch himself was not certain what his arguments implied, practically. (He died in his prime, at sixty-one, before he could spell out the programmatic implications of his far-reaching critique of modernity.) But far from idealizing the nuclear family, Lasch portrayed it as a doomed adaptation to industrial development. The transition from household production to mass production inaugurated a new world—a heartless world, to which the ideology of the family as a domestic sanctuary, a haven, was one response. The premodern, preindustrial family was besieged (and vanquished) by market forces; the modern family is besieged by the “helping” (which has turned out to mean “controlling”) professions. The latter development—the subordination of the family to the authority of a therapeutic ideology and an impersonal bureaucracy—is the story told in Haven in a Heartless World and its successors, the very well-known Culture of Narcissism and the not very well-known The Minimal Self.

Lasch makes extensive use of psychoanalytic theory, whose intellectual reputation stands pretty low nowadays. But it’s not necessary to enroll in the church of High Freudianism in order to find Lasch’s account plausible. Belief in ego, superego, and id is optional; the essential thing is to recognize that our minds have a deep structure—an unconscious—formed very early and subsequently difficult to access. The unconscious is the mold of our character, which is our usual pattern of action and reaction. In Lasch’s formulation:

As the chief agency of “socialization,” the family reproduces cultural patterns in the individual. It not only imparts ethical norms, providing the child with his first instruction in the prevailing social rules, it profoundly shapes his character, in ways of which he is not even aware. . . . The union of love and discipline in the same persons, the mother and father, creates a highly charged environment in which the child learns lessons he will never get over—not necessarily the explicit lessons his parents wish him to master. He develops an unconscious predisposition to act in certain ways and to re-create in later life, in his relations with lovers and authorities, his earliest experiences. Parents first embody love and power, and each of their actions conveys to the child, quite independently of their overt intentions, the injunctions and constraints by means of which society attempts to organize experience. If reproducing culture were simply a matter of formal instruction and discipline, it could be left to the schools. But it also requires that culture be embedded in personality. Socialization makes the individual want to do what he has to do; and the family is the agency to which society entrusts this complex and delicate task.

Different personalities are adaptive in different societies; what one “has to do” varies according to the prevailing relations of authority. And since families are the means by which societies form personalities, the family’s structure and dynamics alter in response to social change. Changes in economic and political life, like the rise of capitalism and the nation-state, “reverberate in the individual’s inner being.”

On Good Authority

For better and worse, modern parents are far more sensitive to outside influences than their premodern predecessors. Arranged marriages are now all but unknown in developed societies, corporal punishment is virtually obsolete, and the sexual double standard is under heavy fire. Meanwhile, each child’s respect for diversity and, of course, self-esteem is diligently cultivated. And all these changes are enforced or encouraged by an array of professionals and agencies. All good; but this anxious, busy solicitude comes at a price: authority is no longer localized in a self-sufficient household that controls its own subsistence and work rhythms. According to Lasch, this displacement of authority from the child’s immediate environment to far-removed, abstract entities—the state, the corporation, the medical and educational bureaucracies—makes it harder for the child to achieve emotional independence. Love is necessary but not sufficient; “love without authority,” Lasch wrote, “does not make a conscience.”

Why? Psychoanalytic theory offers a speculative but intricate and coherent explanation. Because the human brain is more complex and slower to mature than any other mammal’s, the human infant is uniquely helpless at birth, unable to distinguish between itself and the rest of the world. It cannot distinguish between the source of its needs (its own body) and the source of their satisfaction (mainly its mother), which gives rise to a feeling of omnipotence. When some of those needs eventually go unmet, the infant becomes aware of its separation from the rest of the world, and in particular from its parents, which gives rise to helplessness and rage. Gradually it dawns on the infant that the source of its gratifications and the source of its frustrations are the same: the parents. This recognition is bewildering and intolerable; it cannot be coped with, only repressed.

The return of the repressed, either as symptom or as fantasy, is inescapable: this is the psychoanalytic equivalent of the law of gravity or the conservation of energy. And precisely because the infant is so helpless, its fantasies—of undifferentiated union with its parents, of annihilating them, or of being annihilated by them—are, by way of compensation, outsized. If the infant is to live with these conflicting impulses and the ambivalence they generate, it must scale them down, reduce them to life-sized, manageable proportions.

Throughout human history until industrialization—that is, until seven or eight generations ago—children had the everyday experience of watching their parents at work, where they were seen to make mistakes and also to possess useful skills that they were willing to teach. This reduced the idealized or demonized parents of the child’s fantasies to life size. Even more important, the regular experience of love and punishment from the same source taught a vital lesson: that those with the ultimate authority over the child could be trusted, and that their disapproval did not threaten the child’s very existence. This fundamental, gradually accumulating emotional security enabled the child to slough off archaic fantasies and grow up. When the ultimate authority in a child’s life is no longer localized in a pair of adult humans but rather is invested in abstractions like a company or a social-welfare bureaucracy, those fantasies persist. The child’s ambivalence toward authority has no focus and so can’t be put to rest. Later in life, still plagued by these unconscious specters, the adult develops what Lasch identified as the neurotic personality trait of our time: narcissism.

“Narcissism” has an everyday and a psychoanalytic meaning. A story in the September 4 New York Times illustrates the everyday meaning: “The political rise of Donald J. Trump has drawn attention to one personality trait in particular: narcissism. Although narcissism does not lend itself to a precise definition, most psychologists agree that it comprises self-centeredness, boastfulness, feelings of entitlement and a need for admiration.” Trump is certainly a narcissist in this sense, but the psychoanalytic sense is different: a weak, beleaguered self rather than an overbearing, assertive one. A disciple of Lasch’s (i.e., me) has described the narcissistic personality in these terms:

wary of intimate, permanent relationships, which entail dependence and thus may trigger infantile rage; beset by feelings of inner emptiness and unease . . . ; preoccupied with personal “growth” and the consumption of novel sensations; prone to alternating self-images of grandiosity and abjection; liable to feel toward everyone in authority the same combination of rage and terror that the infant feels for whoever it depends on; unable to identify emotionally with past and future generations and therefore unable to accept the prospect of aging, decay, and death.

At least in Lasch’s time, the clinical literature was rife with descriptions of symptoms like these, replacing the obsessional and hysterical neuroses of Freud’s time as the most common forms of psychological distress.

Human Scale

The discerning reader will have noticed that the foregoing account of emotional development is almost entirely sex-neutral. Roles and functions are not assigned by gender. There is no sexual division of labor, no Oedipus complex, no penis envy. “The emotional underpinnings of the formation of conscience are universal,” Lasch emphasized. “The crucial experiences are those of fear of separation, of dependence and helplessness—the infant’s discovery that he lives in a world that is not completely secure and dependable.”

This is not a single-mindedly Freudian account. For all his reliance on psychoanalytic categories, Lasch said clearly that “what is crucial in my view . . . is not the division of sex roles inside the family, in terms of which parent provides authority or love, but the division of labor in society, which has relieved the family of all [economic, educational and authoritative] functions.” Lasch may or may not have been a feminist, depending on whether one’s standard is John Stuart Mill or Andrea Dworkin. But he fully acknowledged the justice of women’s claims for economic and sexual equality. He was unruffled by the (then distant) prospect of gay marriage. His only consistent policy proposal was that the contemporary notion of career be redefined to make parenting and professional success fully compatible—to “make it possible for both men and women to work more flexible hours, shorter hours and, when possible—through technological advances like personal computers and fax machines—to work at home.” This is not an antifeminist agenda.

It was not feminism but mass production, political centralization, and the ideology of endless growth and ever-increasing consumption that had placed impossible strains on the family and made psychological maturity so difficult, Lasch argued. Every organism can flourish only within limits, at a certain scale. We have, in our social relations of authority and production, abandoned human scale, and the psychic costs are great.

The main developments of the last few decades, the information revolution and the triumph of neoliberalism, have only intensified the pressures besieging the family. Increased economic insecurity and the robotization of work—the central strategies of neoliberalism—have undermined the authority and self-confidence of parents still further and confronted adolescents with the prospect of adulthood as a war of all against all. Inside and outside the classroom, a tidal wave of advertising-saturated media aims to enlist children as fledgling consumers. The internet and social media diminish interaction among family members, especially across generations, while face-to-face encounters, with their greater emotional immediacy, are less and less the default mode of communication among adolescents. The hyperconnected life, for all its allure, is a centrifugal force.

The family, in whatever form, can only thrive within a healthy psychic ecology. It has gradually dawned on everyone who does not have a financial interest in denying it that massively tinkering with our physical environment is bound to have drastic effects on public health. It’s taking even longer to recognize that the same is true of our mental environment. The unending flood of commercial messaging, utterly empty of information or art, resembles the miasma of toxic particulates that infect the air of even the most developed countries. The continual stream of social messaging is analogous, in its lack of nourishing substance, to the ubiquitously available junk food that none of us can help succumbing to occasionally. The automation of work and the financialization of the economy leave most of us as bewildered and vulnerable as the progress of science and technology leave all but the intellectual elite, who can actually understand the seemingly magical forces that make our more sophisticated machines run.

It is just as the environmentalists (and, come to think of it, the Marxists and the Freudians) say: Everything is connected. Pull on one thread and the whole fabric unravels. To strengthen the family, we must rethink the division of labor, which means reevaluating productivity, efficiency, and growth, which means challenging the distribution of economic power and wealth. We may even need new conceptions of “rights,” “individuality,” and “freedom.”

An equal share for men and women or whites and blacks in administering a toxic society is hardly a worthwhile goal, and certainly not a radical one. Answering Lasch’s criticism of contemporary feminism, Ellen Willis wrote in 1997: “Since the ’60s . . . a major current of feminist thinking has criticized careerism and called for a restructuring of work.” If that current is still alive, and if it hopes to get beyond leaning in, it will need to incorporate Lasch’s critique of progress as expanded consumption and his insistence on limits and human scale.

How To Regrow Receding Gums?

Dental Care Tips That Willpower Help Anyone!

If you are like many people, you have up in the air concerns regarding correct dental care. In addition to the necessity to brush as well as use floss daily, what else can you do to delight in a healthy as well as attractive smile? Beginning by checking out the article listed below. You'll find a choice of beneficial ideas and also concepts along with the answers to a number of your questions.

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When it relates to producing solid, well-balanced teeth, fluoride can be your best buddy. If your faucet water has no fluoride, everyone in your home could be in danger for dental cavity. You could as an example make use of some toothpaste which contains fluoride. A mouthwash rich in fluoride is actually one more really good choice. Find More Regrow Gums Naturally

Brush your teeth twice a day to prevent Dental caries. When you brush, make sure to massage therapy the gums along with your toothbrush as well as to always keep brushing for at least 2 minutes. Dentists advise 2 mins as a minimum amount of your time to comb if you yearn for health teeth as well as gums.

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Acquire your child a vibrantly colored toothbrush along with a favored animation character on it. This will certainly promote your children to comb teeth evening. You must additionally put up a multicolored chart by the washroom sink with your children's labels on it as well as spaces to mark off each time they comb.

Brushing your teeth several opportunities per day goes a long way toward protecting against cavities. For the healthiest teeth, comb your teeth after every food, in addition to prior to bed and when you get out of bed in the early morning. If you are actually not able to clean after dishes, attempt eating on some sweets free gum.

Consider purchasing a power toothbrush or electrical flosser. These type of dental devices are actually usually much better at clearing away fragments from your teeth and gums because they use vibrations to aid dislodge meals bits and various other things coming from your teeth. Electric flossers are specifically valuable given that they are typically less complicated to receive between your teeth than a basic flosser.

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A vital action in ensuring you get premium dental care in all opportunities is actually making certain to confirm the licensing and also references of any care carrier you opt for. Learning as well as expertise are actually essential to your provider's capacity to offer you the care and interest you require. Hence, seeing to it they possess the skills and also history they profess to have is actually an essential action in discovering the type of qualified you deserve.

If you don't acquire good enough of specific vitamins, your dental health may be jeopardized. If you don't have a healthy and balanced mouth, deal with obtaining even more vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium and other nutrients that relate to oral health. Dairy products includes a bunch of calcium mineral. Consume slim dairy. Fruit products consist of vitamins that maintain your teeth well-balanced.

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There are actually not too many individuals out there that enjoy flossing. These are like floss, but on a stick and easy to hold around with you. These pint-sized selections could be held in your purse, budget or even wallet. You may possess a less complicated time don't forgeting to use floss if you utilize these sticks as opposed to conventional floss. You may additionally intend to give these picks to your children, especially if their little hands are not able to handle frequent tooth floss very well.

Don't neglect to deal with your gums. Your gums belong of your mouth too, as well as they impact your teeth as well as many various other traits. As a matter of fact, if you neglect to deal with gum disease, it can result in issues in your blood stream. Speak to your dentist concerning what you should do to look after your gums.

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Sometimes consuming specific foods is actually handy after you've had a meal. In fact, eating an apple after a dish can help break up fragments coming from the teeth and also gums and get your mouth emotion clean once again. It also may clear away accumulated gunk from the surface areas of your teeth, plus it is actually reduced in sugar.

Make use of an effective mouthwash in both the early morning as well as night. You intend to use an item that features a little sting. That tells you that it is actually tough good enough to eliminate the germs that can result in cavities and also gum disease. If you follow this suggestion ritually you will definitely possess an extremely well-balanced mouth.

If you need to have to possess a dental technique done, make certain that you ask about the costs prior to you possess the procedure. If you possess insurance coverage, find out just how much your insurance will certainly cover. You should likewise ask them about layaway plan if you may not manage to pay up front. If you understand what the expense is actually going to be, you may effectively plan for your appointment.

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If you are incapable to brush your teeth after taking pleasure in a dish, wash your mouth out with water. This easy thing may aid cleared away sugars as well as carbohydrates coming from your teeth. These simple carbohydrates can provide Tooth decay. There are actually additionally non-reusable toothbrushes that you can use while on the go.

Consume an apple for your smile. Apples are an excellent way to clean as well as bleach your teeth when you may certainly not get to a toothbrush. When you are actually eating rich meals, consuming alcohol cabernet, or smoking, follow it up with an apple. You will definitely need far fewer cleansings at the dentist's workplace if you do. Regardless of whether you are actually a single, healthy and balanced young person, make sure that you bring dental insurance on your own. While biannual brows through are actually certainly not automatically that pricey, needs including fillings, orthodontic job, and root channels can pop up out of nowhere, leaving you along with an expensive costs to pay for. Insurance policy goes a long way toward helping you handle those prices. 

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Certainly never clean your teeth quickly after you consume. It might appear as though that you can avoid cavities through brushing promptly, however the truth is actually that the chemicals coming from food can easily react with the toothpaste in a manner that it triggers damage to your teeth. Be sure that you rinse your mouth just before brushing to be sure that this carries out not happen.

The additional you find out about dental care, the easier you'll find it to combine favorable brand new routines in to your present regimen. What do you need to drop from overlooking your mouth? A fair bit, in fact-- gum tissue, bone stamina, and also teeth. What do you have to get from utilizing these suggestions? Make an effort new respiration, boosted oral health, and also a whiter, brighter smile.

Welp.

Okay so do like almost none of you (I’m exaggerating this amount but you get the point) understand how anger works, especially when it comes to the Fraser's. In 4x10 Brianna was angry, Claire was angry and Jamie was angry at some point in all of this. This episode doesn’t have to be your favourite but try to understand at least the actions of these characters.

The revelation of the information Brianna gets from Lizzie makes her angry because not only was the wrong person beaten up (regardless of how much Roger might’ve deserved some sense knocking into him that’s not exactly the way he should’ve got it) but of all people it was her Da who administered it without taking proper precautions to keep composed and be sure to know that this was in fact the man who violated his daughter and not a mistake on Lizzie’s account (I love you Lizzie but you know what you did). Brianna doesn’t call Jamie a savage as such to reduce him to that but in a heated moment of anger and stubbornness can only see what he did as savage, plus the comparison to Frank only comes from the fact that she knew him for almost twenty years compared to Jamie who she hasn’t even known for a year yet.

Funnily enough I thought back to the beginning of this season where Claire mentions stopping at a “quaint brothel” and Jamie questions her (even though it is just some fun back an forth conversation it holds relevance here) whether she’ll hold it over his head forever and of course she says “not forever”. Simultaneously this makes me think of the promo for 4x11 where Lord John Grey says “sometimes people do the wrong thing for the right reasons”, now I have a sneaking suspicion that he says this to Brianna because by all means she’ll be dealing with the emotional fatigue of recent events. Regardless of who LJG says this to this is something Brianna will have to process, getting past her own blind stubbornness to the whole situation and reconciling that Jamie was simply doing what he’d reasoned to be right even though in the end it was wrong. Plus she probably holds anger towards herself for not being honest in the first place plus the fact that she’s made her mother promise not to say anything.

Claire’s anger comes from the fact that not only is she frustrated at the fact that Jamie lied, regardless of his defence, about how he hurt his hand and what’s more that she believed him without question (remember the promise of the allowing of secrets but not lies), but on top that is that the one time she probably should've broken a promise, regardless of it being to her daughter, she didn’t and now things have turned out worse and she possesses angry guilt for it. Something to mention is that many people who experience anger, in particular with guilt over something, often deflect the hurt with the blame of things onto others in a burst of rage. In season 3 episode 8 “First Wife” Jamie bursts out in a feeling of hurt and anger how he would sacrifice anything to be with Claire again but doesn’t finish there as he says “even though ye left me”. We can understand why he feels this way along with the reasons he said it and so should we with Claire when she’s hurt and angry saying “you told me you hit a tree”. The promo for the next episode even shows her acknowledging her mistake, so if you think the show is trying to single out Jamie think again. Plus one of the themes of the show particularly this season is showing that savagery isn’t a trait of one group of people but something present in all of us, one of the episodes even commented of the similarity of the Native Americans and the Highlanders as a way to show that not only what I just said is true about savagery in us all but to highlight that savagery is not all they are.

Jamie’s anger comes from a confusion initially of believing he’s defended his daughter for the wrong reason and further feels this anger when he realises what he’s done and tries to hold himself together to try and reason what to do next without lack of judgement. He’s not a man who holds his anger well nor his tongue when it gets the better of him, the episode shows that yes he is a savage in some aspect but not as a result of that being all he is or all he can resort to. When he knocks those things off the table and knocks the chair as well he’s brimming with rage but he also shows the ability to control himself and put restraint on what he does. When Brianna demands that he’s not allowed to be more angry than her he honours that but simultaneously makes a very serious promise and takes heed in making a dedicated and devised plan not only to get Roger back but along with that makes it his mission to bring the right man to justice. Jamie will be feeling guilt once more because the man he assisted away from the hangman's noose has wronged him more than once now and in particular has done the one thing he wished never to happen, Stephen Bonnet raped his child, the one child he can truly present as his own without secrecy and for whom is the only other person he loves the most besides Claire.

These three will all be feeling the strain in next weeks episode for a multitude of reasons but in particular because neither of them are necessarily the goody or the baddy of this conflict, they will have to deal with what was and wasn’t said, what was and wasn’t done etc. Remember there are still three episodes left (of this season at least) so don’t start jumping out of your seats in a frenzy as though this is it and they’re not going to resolve anything. There’s still plenty to go and I certainly have no doubt that the finale of this season will be spectacular. Plus the show’s been secured for another two season so don’t allow yourself to think it’s over yet. 

I may have missed some things out that I wanted to say but this post covers the important parts that I wanted to get across so there ya go. Overall everything in this episode was great in my opinion and I was entertained throughout. Can’t wait for the next episode as usual. Other than that have a nice day.

Soul-Rending Glare

Soul-Rending Glare -- Pathfinder Secret Royalty Feat

You possess a most otherworldly & august countenance, an imperial mien of razored majesty & lingering nightmare. Those who would dare to meet with a mere glance of your disapproval shall count-out the brief remainder of their lives in a handful of terrified hours & chilled, sweat-drenched sunsets. No portal can bar you; not even the grave can hold back the bleak terror that is your hate.

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Prerequisite: Dust pool, Majesty of Imperious Glare; character level 9th

Benefit: Whenever you deal damage to a creature with your Imperious Glare, you may choose to expend three additional points of Dust as a free action and choose a single creature harmed by your glare. If you do so, that creature is forever-after haunted by your disapproving gaze: the next time it sleeps, your target must succeed at a Will save (DC 10 + ½ your character level + your Charisma modifier) or be affected as if by nightmare. Each time the target fails its save, it must save again the following night or be affected by another nightmare, though the save DC decreases by 2 each night after the first.

Damage caused by a nightmare you have generated in this way is always dealt as damage of the same type as your initial, instigating glare. If you possessed the Majesty of Burning Glare [fire], for example, half of the damage dealt by your nightmare would be dealt as fire damage.

When a nightmare caused by your use of this ability activates (when your target finally falls asleep), you may choose to expend one additional point of Dust. If you do so, your consciousness steps out of your body, unleashed as a phantom of razored majesty & lingering dread. Immediately upon doing so, your ghostly projection (see below) teleports to the location of your unconscious target.

Your physical body lies comatose while you are projecting your consciousness in this way; this ability lasts for 1 hour per 2 character levels you possess (rounded down), until it is dismissed as a standard action or until your living phantasmal projection is destroyed. While in this form, you retain both your own Hit Dice and your normal hit-points; any damage taken while in this form is reflected as nonlethal damage upon your comatose form. Your projection gains both the incorporeal and invisible special qualities as well as immunity to bleed, death effects, disease, paralysis, poison, sleep effects and stunning; it gains both the Natural Invisibility special attack of the invisible stalker and a Fly speed of 40 ft. (good maneuverability).

Any creature with the Keen Eye for the Unknowable Trait may automatically see your ghostly form, as if you did not possess invisibility of any kind, no action or roll required. A creature with this ability closely inspecting your ghost form may “trace back” and discover the current location of your comatose body by succeeding at a Sense Motive check (opposed by your free Bluff roll) as a full-round action.

If your ghostly projection is slain, you instantly return to your physical body and are immediately reduced to -1 hit points. Your condition becomes dying, and you must begin making Constitution checks, as normal, to stabilize. If this ability is dismissed or otherwise expires normally, you simply return to your physical body and awaken.

In addition, at any time while you are using this ability, you may expend a single point of Dust to re-manifest within your physical body at the current location of your ghost-form: in effect, your comatose body vanishes (as if teleported) and you “fill-in” once more as a living creature.

If any creature fails three consecutive saving throws to resist nightmares you have caused by use of this ability, you gain either the benefits of dominate person over the target (no save) until the next time they sleep or -- if you are dead -- you return to life, as per true resurrection. If your corpse has been completely destroyed, and you may not be returned to life even by true resurrection, you return to life in a random location within 5 miles of the creature who failed to resist the nightmare effect.

Once you are returned to life in this way, the effect of your nightmare fades from all creatures currently affected by it.

Designer’s Note: Unfortunately, no one can tell you what The Hole Behind Midnight is.

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