Do You Want To Know What's The Base Foundation To All Success???
Then Read To The End. 馃摎
The watchword in this quote is "comfortably."
Knowing your strengths & weaknesses with acceptance & without judgement of what should or shouldn't be is loving all of yourself like your soul does. 馃
The base foundation of personal success is self actualization & self awareness - how can you strive for anything especially happiness if you don't know where your own personal core value priorities lie? Read that again.
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So, it's often said the decision to have White Clouds be followed by Crimson Flower rather than Silver Snow is you making the choice to "side with Edelgard and the Empire over Rhea and the Church of Seiros". But, looking at the above screens....is that really what happens?
In actuality, the choice you have Byleth make is to agree to kill Edelgard at Rhea's behest or step between her and Rhea in order to protect Edelgard. If you didn't unlock the choice, then Byleth's only response besides "I must kill Edelgard" is total silence, meaning they aren't willing to kill Edelgard but neither do they want to outright make a move to protect her (totally understandable, given that Edelgard is the Flame Emperor who thus has some connection to Jeralt's death, tenuous as it may be, plus the Church of Seiros is Byleth's patron and their mercenary mindset to not make a move against the one who pays you may still be in effect).
Point being is that when Byleth makes the Crimson Flower-inducing choice to protect Edelgard, they aren't saying they completely agree with Edelgard, or that they want to leave the Church and side with the Empire to fight a war against it, or that they want to kill Rhea. Byleth is simply saying "Y'know what, Rhea? Demanding immediate execution without a fair trial is fucked up. Edelgard deserves a chance to speak her side of things." Byleth joining the side that starts the war is, ironically enough, because they chose the non-violent option: to protect someone and be willing to hear them out rather than kill first and ask questions later. Rhea is the one who betrays Byleth, not the other way around, because rather than listen to Byleth's resolve and try coming to a peaceful solution, she immediately deems them a traitor who must also be executed ASAP. And yes, she's got a solid Freudian Excuse for this behavior with the whole Nemesis ordeal, but the other characters shouldn't be expected to know that when she isn't willing to tell them about it. It ultimately wasn't Byleth's choice that made Crimson Flower transpire, it was Rhea's reaction to that choice. When your enemy is someone that insists all dissidents be executed without any due process, then war against them becomes that much easier to justify. So if you hate Crimson Flower? Blame Rhea.
Smack is a mini-podcast in which I try to tackle topics with common sense and logical reasoning, without bad intentions or ulterior motives. If a take happens to align with any political, religious or other kind of ideology, that is purely coincidental. It will inevitably upset someone, but please hear me out and remain civil.
Only lies need advocates, not the truth. No one needs you to be a truth advocate in order for the truth to survive. Only lies live in survival mode. Truth is all there is. This is why to dissolve into light is to radiate such calmness and peace because when there's nothing to do, you can finally be.
George always nailed it. #georgecarlin #georgecarlinquotes #georgecarlinwisdom #truthbomb #realtalk https://www.instagram.com/p/CmUSbNHOy6Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
My apologies, Pok茅mon: Sun & Moon, I will always adore you, but one full year into the newest series and your position has officially been supplanted. Not only does Pok茅mon Horizons have the same strengths - a lovable and superbly-developed ensemble cast of humans and Pok茅mon, great writing with a true sense of continuity, fantastic animation, interesting worldbuilding, frequently riotous humor, emotional sincerity in tackling heavy topics, beautiful music, and the wisdom to properly pace big, flashy Pok茅mon battles in a way so that they still mean something - but it also has none of the drawbacks! This series has more variety in its scenery (since much like the preceding Pok茅mon Journeys, it spans the whole globe), more legitimate rivalries, dramatic weight that is seldom undermined, the greatest group of villains in Pokeani history, and even an excellent, union-based English dub (minus the change in music, of course; but hey, fans online have been easily rectifying that).
Pok茅mon Horizons is the GOAT, and I am so very happy for its existence.