#Trials of mana belladonna true form

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Trials of mana belladonna true form

Don’t take the gender stuff too literally please I’m begging.īut, the gender stuff can be interesting when we consider how both Weiss and Jaune straddle the gender divide: both are both knight and princess in need of rescuing. Which is interesting, because I once wrote a whole meta on Jaune’s arc (heh) in which I pointed to how Pyrrha is his anima, but that the final stage of the anima will likely be embodied by Weiss.Īnima (which means ‘soul’ and yes has been literally referenced in the show in that it is the name of a continent) is the internal feminine part of a man’s soul (animus is the male for a female). Jung links this stage to the anima/animus. Weiss Schnee represents Albedo, or the Whitening. The shadow is not something separate from light, but rather integral to it.īlake needs to reconcile her shadow, integrate with it, to be able to grow. Sugar-chan has spoken at length about Blake’s arc here and here. Blake is also light, though. “Blake” can also mean “white,” showing that Blake can be both. These are all very realistic abuse responses, and this can also be part of the Shadow. (Blake’s semblance is even called “Shadow” because Crwby is extra.) She’s struggling to accept her past, to accept her cowardly side, to accept that she can be a loving person. If this sounds like Blake’s arc, in particular her struggles after leaving the White Fang and then after leaving RWY, it’s because it is. This problem is exceedinglyĭifficult, because it not only challenges the whole man, but reminds himĪt the same time of his helplessness and ineffectuality. It cannot be argued out ofĮxistence or rationalized into harmlessness. Therefore wants to live with it in some form. The shadow is a living part of the personality and Test sufficient to frighten off most people, for the meeting with ourselvesīelongs to the more unpleasant things that can be avoided so long as weĬan project everything negative into the environment…. …the first test of courage on the inner way, a Jung writes that confronting the Shadow is: The only way to grow is to accept your Shadow. But the more you run from it, the more your Shadow grows. The Shadow is all one’s negative traits, the parts of ourselves we’d rather not acknowledge. In terms of archetypes, it is associated with the Shadow. The first stage in alchemy is nigredo, or the Blackening. Originally posted by chittychittyyangyang The entire premise of alchemy is steeped in the idea of yin/yang, of reconciling opposites, of uniting that which should repel each other. I’m not being facetious here Jung drew on yin and yang (which are linked to Chinese alchemy). In alchemy and in Jung, you can’t have one without the other. In other words, there’s a yin/yang to each archetype. To quote Jung:Īll archetypes spontaneously develop favourable and unfavourable, light and dark, good and bad effects. Individuation: the end goal of being fully realized as your own person.īut wait: there’s one more important thing to note.Archetypes in turn must be faced by each protagonist in order for the protagonist to achieve: Archetypes: part of a character (usually personified as another character).Collective unconscious: universal tropes that largely resonate with people no matter their culture.So, the tl dr is, insofar as analyzing stories goes: Individuation is the end goal of Jungian stories–to be fully developed as yourself, confident in who you are, aware of your flaws and your strengths. You might think of the collective archetypes as somewhat universal images, themes, and moments that we as human beings recognize and respond to in a similar fashion. Archetypes are specific aspects of character, and Jung hypothesized that people confronted different archetypes in their overall journey of individuation. Well, Carl Jung’s whole theory–which, as I’ve said ad nauseum, is better applied to patterns in storytelling than to real-life psychology–is that there is something called the collective unconscious. Each of the four stages–Black, White, Yellow, and Red–correspond to a Jungian archetype, and RWBY’s central four embody these respective archetypes in their arcs.īut wait: What exactly is a Jungian archetype? I’ve also talked about Jung’s work in creating literary alchemical criticism. In which Hamliet and discuss RWBY volume 9 teaser, and also alchemy, and also Jung.