How did you came up with your elemental system? I've got really inspired by you and want to create something similar, but don't want to steal your work. All things you create, by the way, is really cool!
Heya Anon!
Thank you so much for your kind words!
I go into more about how I came up with my system here:
But the gist of it was I was unhappy with how limiting having 4/5 elements was. (4 being earth wind fire water, 5 including spirit into the mix)
It just felt like there was so much MORE that wasn't being utilized and so i set out to puzzle out exactly WHAT I thought was missing.
IIRC my original list went something like this:
Fire
Water
Air
Earth
Light
Dark
Time
Space
Luck
Fate
Order
Chaos
Blood
Gravity
Lightning
The last three on this list did not make the final cut as I felt like they didn't fit with the themes that the rest all came together to make (That and i decided that my elements would be able to be combined to form any missing elements I was needing (Space+ Earth= Gravity) (Light + Fire = Lightning) Blood was just my way of trying to input a 'Spirit' element lol)
But as for making your own to work with: Figure out WHAT you're trying to get out of what you're working with. When I started with mine I tried thinking about the things that I felt impacted my life on the regular in addition to the traditional 4 elements. Light and Dark came about because of day and night as well as how they help me view the world. Time and Space because I am always somewhere at some point in time and that helped me be more conscious of the world around me. Luck and Fate are the paths that I cannot control that directly influence the direction of where my life is headed. Order and Chaos were my way of explaining the state of things around me/my life.
It took several weeks for me to really gather everything together and have it be how it is so don't get discouraged if you don't stumble upon something right away. Don't be afraid to drop what isn't working for you (like Blood element lmao)
TLDR: Figure out what you'd like to try and experiment with it!
Also protip: I don't own these elements, these are just the way my think brain likes to interpret things so if they speak to you too: Cool!
Thanks again for your kind words and your patience in me getting to this ask!
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“Acceptance of atheism at once pulls down caste and religious barriers between man and man. There is no longer a Hindu, a Muslim or a Christian. All are human beings. Further, the atheistic outlookputs man on his legs. There is neither divine will nor fate to control his actions. The release of free will awakens Harijans and the depressed classes from the stupor of inferiority into which they were pressed all these ages when they were made to believe that they were fated to be untouchables. After all it is man that created god to make society moral and to silence restless inquisitiveness about the how and the why of natural phenomena.”
The Untouchables (1987) dir. Brian De Palma.
7.4/10
I wouldn't recommend this movie to my friends.
I wouldn't rewatch this movie.
Poor girl in the explosion and her mom.
Malone's death is terrible.
Why this baby in the carriage gotta be a part of this? Poor mom.
I like the song Al Capone by Ennio Morricone.
Sean Connery is great here. Love the character, love the talk, love the man.
I enjoyed Netti's death.
Ness at the bridge meeting that cop (someone confirm, is this cop Malone?) was very It's a Wonderful Life.
Honestly, that last shot to get the bookkeeper was too risky.
The butterfly thing is a weird concept.
Al Capone played by Robert de Niro is giving me Trump.
Memorable Quotes:
"Many things are half the battle. Losing is half the battle. Let's think about what is all the battle."
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