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theomnicode · 2 years ago

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Saitama's powers deconstruction part 2:

The Super-ego, Consciousness & Divine power

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Warning, this is an extremely long post of both theory, OPM meta, speculation and lots of wikipedia abuse.

Super-ego:

Now with the super-ego, things get a bit trickier. Super-ego plays the role of the critic and moralizing role in the psyche. Mainly unconscious parts of the psyche that may or may not manifest as actual powers but rather as (exaggerated) personality traits. Saitama's psyche in general is intact, but the manifestation occurs in multiple ways or how he possibly wills it to happen.

The super-ego aims for perfection. It forms the organized part of the personality structure, mainly but not entirely unconscious, that includes the individual's ego ideals, spiritual goals, and the psychic agency (commonly called "conscience") that criticizes and prohibits their drives, fantasies, feelings, and actions. "The Super-ego can be thought of as a type of conscience that punishes misbehavior with feelings of guilt. For example, for having extra-marital affairs." Taken in this sense, the super-ego is the precedent for the conceptualization of the inner critic as it appears in contemporary therapies such as IFS.

The super-ego works in contradiction to the id. The super-ego strives to act in a socially appropriate manner, whereas the id just wants instant self-gratification. The super-ego controls our sense of right and wrong and guilt. It helps us fit into society by getting us to act in socially acceptable ways.

The super-ego's demands often oppose the id's, so the ego sometimes has a hard time in reconciling the two.

The super-ego tends to stand in opposition to the desires of the id because of their conflicting objectives, and its aggressiveness towards the ego.

So what is the ego-ideal in psychology?

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the ego ideal (German: Ichideal) is the inner image of oneself as one wants to become. Alternatively, "the Freudian notion of a perfect or ideal self housed in the superego," consisting of "the individual's conscious and unconscious images of what he would like to be, patterned after certain people whom … he regards as ideal."

In the French strand of Freudian psychology, the ego ideal (or ideal ego, German: Ideal-Ich) has been defined as "an image of the perfect self towards which the ego should aspire".

So what we can gather is that the Super-ego part of the psyche represents ego ideal, morality, spiritual goals and conscience. Basically, Saitama's inner image as one wants to become (the hero) is the ego ideal, his infallible sense of morals, his spiritual goals and the oftentimes humorously portrayed conscience, like how big of a deal he made about losing his wallet and subsequently not being able to pay for his fries. But just like in psychology, his super-ego and id were in conflict when it comes to objective, his own desires to get away from punishment versus not leaving without paying for the meal, where the super-ego acts as a type of conscience and punishes misbehaviour with feelings of guilt.

Rationally, he could have just explained the situation and come back later with money. But his inner critic, the conscience, would not allow it. So the very second he saw a way to get out of the situation for self-gratification to satisfy his ID, he took it.

Then he later gets guilty about leaving Fubuki there to pay for his food and had even forgotten their small conversation lol.

Actually an amazingly well constructed scene now that I think about it on this analysis.

Justice Enforcement:

It is possibly a superpower on it's own right. Where he has the innate sense of right and wrong that manifests to deal heavy dose of justice. It even has it's own theme, which is Saitama's theme Seigi Shikkou. And somehow he also (almost always) arrives at the nick of time to save the day.

But what else is there in super-ego and how can we read it in terms of OPM? The perfect version of the ideal self, the combination of the unconscious and conscious mind. The ideal hero. The superior being. The higher self.

And when you think about it, Saitama has never used the conscious and unconscious parts of his abilities in tandem. Not in the extreme levels anyway. So ironically, Saitama who is limitless, has not even realised or used his full potential in the series yet.

The logic defying, reality warping, methodical powers and the energy to create a supernova without breaking a sweat.

Yea that sounds kind of scary allright. It honestly sounds omnipotent if anything. Truly limitless. What CANNOT he do with this kind of powers?

"He who has evolved himself beyond the limiter has power beyond common sense."

Literally.

So scary in fact that his mind probably employs a lot of defensive mechanisms around it to preserve his sanity as he tries to resist the idea of harmonising his consciousness and unconsciousness, the super-ego resistance. That's why despite the ideal hero being his ego ideal and what he wants to become, he resists becoming what he considers to be the perfect hero, as seen when he told King that striving for becoming the ideal hero is boring.

"Thus the ego, driven by the id, confined by the super-ego, repulsed by reality, struggles…[in] bringing about harmony among the forces and influences working in and upon it," and readily "breaks out in anxiety—realistic anxiety regarding the external world, moral anxiety regarding the super-ego, and neurotic anxiety regarding the strength of the passions in the id."[27] It has to do its best to suit all three, thus is constantly feeling hemmed by the danger of causing discontent on two other sides. It is said, however, that the ego seems to be more loyal to the id, preferring to gloss over the finer details of reality to minimize conflicts while pretending to have a regard for reality. But the super-ego is constantly watching every one of the ego's moves and punishes it with feelings of guilt, anxiety, and inferiority.

To overcome this the ego employs defense mechanisms. The defense mechanisms are not done so directly or consciously. They lessen the tension by covering up our impulses that are threatening. Ego defense mechanisms are often used by the ego when id behavior conflicts with reality and either society's morals, norms, and taboos or the individual's expectations as a result of the internalization of these morals, norms, and their taboos.

Object relations theory tended to see superego resistance in terms of a patient's relationship with an internalised critical/persecutory parent figure. Reluctance to end the 'security' of the bond to the internalised parent strengthens the superego resistance. Where the ego ideal is harshly perfectionist, or represents an internalised mother who idealised suffering over enjoyment, superego resistance takes the form of a refusal to be 'corrupted' by the progress of the therapy.

In group therapy, superego resistance may be externalised or internalised. In the first case, a moralistic sub-group may form, which is hypercritical of other, less conformist members; while in the second case (of internalisation), the severity of the inward conscience, and the need for punishment, may lead to action destructive to the self and to the progress of the treatment

Kinda like when he threw that Very loaded emotional punch at Garou in chapter 166 that was going to shatter the planet. Ego defence mechanism to dissociate because his emotional display conflicted with his morals.

And the therapy is to coincide these two forms of consciousness, as resisting will only either transform or even shatter his psyche further. It has already transformed irrevocably when he experienced physical and psychic death and clawed back from the brink with his sheer will, so he can now manifest the effects of his own psyche into the external world.

Conscious, Unconscious and Preconscious:

Conscious:

Hopping into Freud's earliest theories, if we're talking about the Ego, The ID and the Super-ego and how they work with the mind, we also need to talk about potential abilities within the conscious, unconscious and preconscious mind that were missed.

Consciousness, at its simplest, is sentience or awareness of internal and external existence. Sometimes, it is synonymous with the mind, and at other times, an aspect of mind. In the past, it was one's "inner life", the world of introspection, of private thought, imagination and volition. Today, it often includes any kind of cognition, experience, feeling or perception. It may be awareness, awareness of awareness, or self-awareness either continuously changing or not. There might be different levels or orders of consciousness, or different kinds of consciousness, or just one kind with different features.

Volition or otherwise known as will is easy enough to understand. Saitama has a lot of willpower to do what it takes. Including not getting moved by someone else's willpower like esper.

He is also perceptive of other people, such as reading social cues and what people are thinking.

He can also be somewhat imaginative at times, like with Serious side hops.

Unconscious:

The unconscious mind (or the unconscious) consists of the processes in the mind which occur automatically and are not available to introspection and include thought processes, memories, interests, and motivations.

Empirical evidence suggests that unconscious phenomena include repressed feelings, automatic skills, subliminal perceptions, and automatic reactions, and possibly also complexes, hidden phobias, and desires.

The concept was popularized by the Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. In psychoanalytic theory, unconscious processes are understood to be directly represented in dreams, as well as in slips of the tongue and jokes.

Thus the unconscious mind can be seen as the source of dreams and automatic thoughts (those that appear without any apparent cause), the repository of forgotten memories (that may still be accessible to consciousness at some later time), and the locus of implicit knowledge (the things that we have learned so well that we do them without thinking).

Saitama's dream scenario does indeed represent how he might have learned/wished to fight before it actually became completely redundant.

Automatic skills and automatic reactions:

Saitama has greatly enhanced reflexes and reaction speed and automatic responses whenever he gets attacked, but as it's unconscious action in response to stimulus, just not feeling like he's going to get harmed by something may be enough to lessen the need to actually dodge an attack even if he saw it coming, as he does not feel any pain if he does not want to or gets physically hurt. Aside from a cat scratch that is. That's a thought.

Subliminal perceptions:

Subliminal stimuli (/sʌbˈlɪmɪnəl/; the prefix sub- literally means "below" or "less than")[1] are any sensory stimuli below an individual's threshold for conscious perception, in contrast to supraliminal stimuli (above threshold).

Saitama can perceive stimuli like whispers and visual cues that are below his conscious perception levels, such as God and god's whispers and how Phoenixman and Child emperor were talking in the spiritual space. But he cannot accurately gauge the contents of what is being said or what he can see, only that there is something. Like when he looks up when God gives Garou powers and says "Something is coming."

The "talking in bathroom"-comment references to the fact that Garou's sound is actually echoing all around Saitama and he perceives it, because God is still present in the scene and close quarters (yea so basically a giant monster man is right above Sai on this scene lol). Bathroom echo occurs because textures used inside the bathroom cause different kinds of sound vibrations as they bounce back in enclosed space as they do not absorb sound as well as soft materials usually found in living room.

This subliminal skillset in perception is also probably the cause for Saitama's sensitivity for loud sounds, misophonia, which causes him to get pissed off at certain stimuli. So chances are it's really, really annoying when someone is plabbing their mouth off endlessly if he can actually perceive whispers in spiritual realms. I mean you Genos, but hey, he learned well. 20 words or less and no loud noises around Saitama. Else he will get pissed off and smite you with his divine power supernova lmao.

Preconscious:

The preconscious can also refer to information available for cognitive processing but that currently lies outside conscious awareness. One of the most common forms of preconscious processing is priming. Other common forms of preconscious processing are tip of the tongue phenomena and blindsight.

Blindsight is the ability of people who are cortically blind due to lesions in their striate cortex, also known as the primary visual cortex or V1, to respond to visual stimuli that they do not consciously see.

An addition to the subliminal perception and I doubt it means that Saitama is actually blind even if he has the "eyes of a dead fish".

Tip of the tongue is funnily represented when Saitama always forgets Sonic's name and other names.

Priming is a phenomenon whereby exposure to one stimulus influences a response to a subsequent stimulus, without conscious guidance or intention.The priming effect refers to the positive or negative effect of a rapidly presented stimulus (priming stimulus) on the processing of a second stimulus (target stimulus) that appears shortly after.

Processing speed essentially. All those reflexes and reaction speed ain't much if you can't process what is happening.

Special mention:

Genos core becoming unbreakable needs to be noted, as it seems that only Saitama's belief in that it will not break is stopping it from breaking as he imbues it with power. This can be either seen as combination of multiple sets of skillsets, like willpower or desire.

Divine Power and the Cosmic Origin:

His divine power, the cosmic power that he uses as fuel for emotional responses seems to be Sunlight or Solar energy, as the sun is being used to depict the explosion of the extreme Serious Punch squared effect.

Supporting argument of Carnage Kabuto fight and how Carnage Kabuto saw into the UV light spectrum

Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light. On Earth, sunlight is scattered and filtered through Earth's atmosphere, and is obvious as daylight when the Sun is above the horizon. When direct solar radiation is not blocked by clouds, it is experienced as sunshine, a combination of bright light and radiant heat. When blocked by clouds or reflected off other objects, sunlight is diffused. Sources estimate a global average of between 164 watts to 340 watts per square meter over a 24-hour day; this figure is estimated by NASA to be about a quarter of Earth's average total solar irradiance.

The ultraviolet radiation in sunlight has both positive and negative health effects, as it is both a requisite for vitamin D3 synthesis and a mutagen.

Ultraviolet A or (UVA) spans 315 to 400 nm. This band was once[when?] held to be less damaging to DNA, and hence is used in cosmetic artificial sun tanning (tanning booths and tanning beds) and PUVA therapy for psoriasis. However, UVA is now known to cause significant damage to DNA via indirect routes (formation of free radicals and reactive oxygen species), and can cause cancer. Visible range or light spans 380 to 700 nm. As the name suggests, this range is visible to the naked eye. It is also the strongest output range of the Sun's total irradiance spectrum.

The existence of nearly all life on Earth is fueled by light from the Sun. Most autotrophs, such as plants, use the energy of sunlight, combined with carbon dioxide and water, to produce simple sugars—a process known as photosynthesis. These sugars are then used as building-blocks and in other synthetic pathways that allow the organism to grow.

Heterotrophs, such as animals, use light from the Sun indirectly by consuming the products of autotrophs, either by consuming autotrophs, by consuming their products, or by consuming other heterotrophs. The sugars and other molecular components produced by the autotrophs are then broken down, releasing stored solar energy, and giving the heterotroph the energy required for survival. This process is known as cellular respiration.

His gloves steam when he starts to collect the energy for a good punch as it gives off radiant heat. Quite many times his bald head is used as reflective surface to reflect light sources like the sun, the intro to OPM season 1 has his glove catch into flames and burst into white bright light. Just like sunlight, most of the spectrum is not visible to naked eye whenever he punches people, unless it's the strongest output of his power, the death punch where it's emotionally charged punch. Destructive use of his divine power in emotional expulsion causes harm to DNA, so basically his punch atomizes people. Makes sense as that seems to be accurate depiction of what happens to those he punches, they just vaporize.

Actually, this means that Boros clung to life against his Serious Punch because he can regenerate. Huh. Maybe Boros is actually truly alive and Boris, Blasts's teammate, is Boros. (Love that fandom name).

Solar eclipse is used for symbolism when Garou is being influenced by God, as god is symbolised by the moon and Saitama symbolises the sun and we've also had couple covers with moonlight reflecting off Saitama's bald head and Saitama standing atop the solar corona. Solar eclipses are treated as ill omen in myth and and full eclipse only happens when moon is totally aligned with the sun and when moon is closest to the plane of earth's orbit and obstructs the sunlight from reaching earth.

This has some... very worrisome connotations with the parallels between God and Saitama and what God's goal with his machinations truly is.

And the last but not the least important bit, sunlight is a fuel for nearly all life on earth.

Combine divine power with his extreme emotional discharge, desires, reality bending and common sense breaking abilities and you can get...

Yea, exactly. :D

But it will be an unconscious manifestation of his skillset, so he won't know what the hell happened.

The ideal self:

Psychologists Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow had major influence in popularizing the idea of self-concept in the west. According to Rogers, everyone strives to reach an "ideal self." He believed that a person gets to self-actualize when they prove to themself that they are capable enough to achieve their goals and desires, but in order to attain their fullest potential, the person must have been raised in healthy surroundings which consist of "genuineness, acceptance, and empathy", however, the lack of relationships with people that have healthy personalities will stop the person to grow"like a tree without sunlight and water" and affect the individual's process to accomplish self- actualization.[9] Rogers also hypothesized that psychologically healthy people actively move away from roles created by others' expectations, and instead look within themselves for validation. On the other hand, neurotic people have "self-concepts that do not match their experiences. They are afraid to accept their own experiences as valid, so they distort them, either to protect themselves or to win approval from others."

Self-actualization in this case being attaining his full awakening by having genuine support.

This is the allegory of the Cactus ONE has mentioned before. No matter how much Saitama tries to nurture the Cactus, it will not ever bloom.

As he cannot nurture himself alone to become the Ideal hero without help and he does not know how and keeps doing it wrong.

And letting other heroes prove themselves so they too, can self-actualize by proving themselves capable of reaching their goals and desires.

Conclusion:

The important bit here is that Saitama never stopped being who he is or that his personality or the aspects of his mind changed. He's still willfull, he still has low self-esteem, he's still just and has other personality quirks and he's still passionate.

Saitama also has normal human physiological needs when he is not in a state that actively defies this logic, such as being detatched from his ID that governs his body's psysiological needs.

But if he wills and imagines or plans something to happen, he can probably do it. It would take more mental energy to expend extreme amounts consistently though, akin to espers.

What he gained from breaking his limits is the potential to manifest the workings of his own psyche into the external world, not unlike Espers who use their mind powers. But his psyche is that of the conscious, preconscious and unconscious variety and behaves with this ruleset, at least for now. Conscious skillsets are used consciously and unconscious skillsets are used unconsciously and he may not be aware of the entire extent of the powers he has on the unconscious scale.

Saitama saying he goes full power because Garou can take a beating means he's going to use his Conscious skillset to beat him down, as he is cognizant of the abilities he possesses but does not often use.

After completely surrendering to his unconcious mind, he has no memory recall of what happened during the high emotional discharge of the death punch. But Saitama is cognizant of emotional discharged punches but only wanted to name it so he'd have some kind of reference point of how much emotions he needs to use as fuel for the destructive attack.

Unclear whether Psyche power and Divine powers being sunlight are all manifestations of divine power in different ways or whether Psyche powers emerged from Ego-death and Divine cosmic powers emerged from the Body death.

Saitama can use his abilities in tandem with his other abilities and there seems to be no interference between ability usage, unless within the extremes as that seems to be the current limit. Synthesis of information.

Killing a mosquito is an exception, rule of funny. He tries to slap the mosquito, but not wanting to feel any pain means he unconsciously may have depowered his own slap from harming himself, thus causing conflict between the rational ego and the impulsive id and letting the mosquito go away. Further conflict makes it more confusing scenario because the mosquito is seemingly now invincible and he stops rationalising it away when he gets pissed.

Slipping into extremely intelligent-cognizant or emotional mindset seems to prohibit using abilities from the other spectrum to their full extent unless said ability is unconsciously always in use.

The stress from using his psyche this much is probably what caused him to go bald in the first place. As Genus has commented, such powers are not without a price and the price he paid for using them was going bald and overwhelming sense of alienation from being way too strong and his powers breaking any sound logic and common sense, and apathy. Using any extreme of his powers seems to cause him to receive negative feedback from expulsion, so it stands for a reason that any extreme usage of logic defying abilities would erode his sanity, while any extreme expulsion of emotional would erode on his feelings and cause apathy and dissociation.

(Zombieman implicating that the power to remove his limiter is literally the same power that blew away Genus whole ideology, which would be true if one of Saitama's powers is to judge the self and cause a shift the ideal ego)

We've yet to see the most extreme version of his common sense and reality bending powers. And if he did, he might have a manic episode and go temporarily crazy in a bout of insanity.

That's why the mind employs defence mechanisms to repress this ability and possibly his memory of said events happening too. At least in my hypothesis.

Saitama's hero journey may never be satisfied unless he brings his abilities together and repairs his own psyche. In buddhism there are many references to ascension and gaining enlightenment by attaining higher consciousness, full awakening.

The dangerous part about having separate consciousness is that the longer they are split, it may cause them to distance even further away till the psyche shatters completely into separate consciousnessness and causes mental disturbances. He is already depressed and apathetic.

God as a being who has no identity and no emotions and no morals and no humanity, seems to work on the exact same premises as Saitama (powers of psyche and divine powers), which brings some uncomfortable parallels between God and Saitama into forefront.

God below the earth is unconscious, empty husk and the God above ground in the moon is an active consciousness that crawled from the physical body and only acts in it's own interest in cold rationality, no emotions and no sense of morality. Ergo only Ego, no ID nor Super-ego.

Funnily enough, the God's unconsciousness inside the earth is disrupted whenever God makes a centipede and it is actually called Centipede's dilemma or Humphrey's law. Lmfao.

"The Centipede's Dilemma" is a short poem that has lent its name to a psychological effect called the centipede effect or centipede syndrome. The centipede effect occurs when a normally automatic or unconscious activity is disrupted by consciousness of it or reflection on it. For example, a golfer thinking too closely about their swing or someone thinking too much about how they knot their tie may find their performance of the task impaired. The effect is also known as hyperreflection or Humphrey's law.

As God's unconscious form automatically crafts monsters, the active craft of a centipede disrupts this automatic process, like when happened when Orochi crawled to the altar and got sacrificed.

This may mean that God's unconscious form is awakening more and more. Every time something is sacrificed on the altar.

If god is a limitless being who also experienced ego death and physical death, then there is very likely chance that if Saitama continues like this, his consciousness would separate entirely like God's seems to have.

That the God also happens to be bald, but still has ears, has human form, lacks humanity, has similar powers but on a larger scale and the sun and moon parallels...

Power imbuing is also exactly what Saitama is doing to Genos core on chapter 167.

God is attempting hard to remove Saitama's identity, his emotions and his humanity purely on goal-oriented basis and that does not bode well.

Other notes:

The basic tenets of psychoanalysis include: A person's development is determined by often forgotten events in early childhood, rather than by inherited traits alone. Human behaviour and cognition are largely determined by instinctual drives that are rooted in the unconscious. Attempts to bring such drives into awareness triggers resistance in the form of defense mechanisms, particularly repression. Conflicts between conscious and unconscious material can result in mental disturbances, such as neurosis, neurotic traits, anxiety, and depression. Unconscious material can be found in dreams and unintentional acts, including mannerisms and slips of the tongue. Liberation from the effects of the unconscious is achieved by bringing this material into the conscious mind through therapeutic intervention. The "centerpiece of the psychoanalytic process" is the transference, whereby patients relive their infantile conflicts by projecting onto the analyst feelings of love, dependence and anger.

Therapeutic intervention meaning bringing repressed feelings to the surface as counterbalance to the emotional discharges that eat away at his emotions, feeling without constant discharges. And possibly actual mind therapy from espers. Reconcilation of the two split consciousness into harmonious unity.

Serious series: Serious Therapy time. And that concludes the deconstruction and theory on Saitama's powers and how he applies them.

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goodboytown · 3 years ago

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why RA is my fave 🪐

ive been a fan of RAC since i was a kid, so you'd think it woulda been hard choosing a favourite game out of all of them for my zine spotlight, but rift apart was an easy choice, and this is why...

before i left home, the last RAC games i played were aCiT and A4O. i adored aCiT and had so much fun playing A4O with my younger brothers. i only grazed FFA and never got to play ITN because i was studying on its release and didn’t own a TV. a lot of time passed and i had long forgotten about RAC by the time i achieved my bachelors degree. i graduated and lived my adult life ratchet-less until 2016.

at this point in my life, i had made some not-so-good choices and i was in a bad spot, but the announcement of a new ratchet game caught my attention. i missed RAC so much. it reminded me of my childhood, and i needed something positive in my life more than ever. so. i bought my first ever TV and a PS4.

but uh, the 2016 Ratchet reboot... was not great. it had its own brand of charm, but it didn’t feel like the ratchet i remembered. i still played it, but once it was over i... didn't want to play it again, which was not a good sign. i was disappointed.

so... i sold my TV and PS4, and also, thankfully, i slowly dug my way out of the hole i was in and my life improved... but my interest in RAC had gone with the wind, and although i still held the old games near and dear to my heart, i accepted that the series had gone down a path that i didn't personally enjoy and i said my goodbyes.

cue 2020. the first RA trailer launched while i was at work. i watched it through weary eyes... i saw my old flame, dr. nefarious, and felt... excitement!... but the doubt lingered. if it follows the same pattern as the last game, i had thought, then there’s no hope. sure, the PS5 made the characters look beautiful, ratchet looked adorable, but the tone? the story? id have to wait to find out. i stayed cautiously optimistic.

life of pi was hardly helpful. tbh, it was another direct kick in the balls for me. at that point, i felt like every time there was any new RAC content… i was left disappointed.

then came the release of the new lombax's name. Rivet. it was a name many had guessed and one i adored. i wanted its manifestation so badly, but, with the way the reboot trampled my faith for the series, i thought: as if the writers would choose Rivet, it’s too perfect. i was stunned. RA had already defied my expectations

so i started getting more and more interested as RA's release fast approached. more info, more trailers, it was... i was feeling better... but even right up to the midnight of june 11th, when the game was finally playable and i pressed Play for the first time, i was scared shitless

what if i didn’t like it... what if it was like the reboot... i played it nonstop in the cold of the night till 3am and when i finally went to bed i felt... happy.

i loved it, i loved it so much and i continued to love it the further i played the game. i felt an overload of emotions once i’d completed it. i had been depleted of ratchet for so so long, and RA was like being hit by a tidal wave of everything that made ratchet games so good.

RA is my favourite game because it rekindled my love for the series when i didnt think it was possible.

#ratchet and clank #rift apart

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wereallylostnowbois · 3 years ago

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What was up with Leonidas absorbing some of Morsayati's power? Am I misremembering or did that actually happen just before we got Alex and was never bought up again?

I'm actually so glad you asked this Leonidas is such a fascinating subject. So basically, yes, in Chapter 8 Leonidas does aquire some of Morsayati's power from a binding ruin somewhere near Valkaheim, he then uses this power to get himself out of there via otherworld gate, leaving Euden & Co, along with Alex, to fend for themselves against the fiends.

Now this power is brought up again in Chapter 10, and possibly some chapters in-between I can't quite remember. Anyway in Chapter 10, the chapter where all of Euden's siblings join Morsayati and rally against him, Morsayati (currently possessing Zethia) seems to acknowledge that Leonidas has some of his power and even says this to him.

Which is intriguing for a lot of reasons, but mostly because Leonidas and Morsayati actually parallel each other a bit. Leonidas lost his mother to a storm caused by a dragon and took to hating dragons as a result, Morsayati spawned from the hatred Mordecai felt seeing Elysium kill Ilia. Interesting, if a but off topic.

Now, to my knowledge, Chapter 10 is the last time we see this brought up ever again (Euden even fights him in a later chapter, we don't see it get used at all). However i do have a few theories to offer.

Theory 1: The Writers Forgot

Exactly what it says on the tin, we don't see Leonidas using his otherworld powers post Chapter 10 because the writers forgot he had them. I personally find this one to be unlikely because the dl writers are remarkably good at keeping a handle on even insignificant details (they even keep track of which members of Euden's party can and cannot sense the flow of mana, which is a detail almost no one bothers to look for) so its difficult to imagine them losing track Leonidas having otherworld powers.

Theory 2: He Lost His Powers

Now. Leonidas' powers directly originate from Morsayati, who was just kind of absorbed by Beren in Chapter 14. Its entirely possible that with Morsayati himself gone so too did his power vanish from the world. This does leave an unexplained gap in Chapters 11 to 14 where there's no explanation, but to my memory the only ability Leonidas really got from Morsayati was otherworld gates, which can only be used to transport a few people, and usually when we see Leonidas in these chapters hes traveling with a large army.

Theory 3: Actively Stopped

So the idea that Leonidas actively stopped using his otherworld abilities is mostly based on the idea that post-chapter 14 he seems to try to build a better reputation for himself, offering supplies to the displaced citizens who were attempting to kill Euden (under the assumption Euden was now possessed by Morsayati), reshaping Valkaheim into a normally functioning city as opposed to whatever it was before, and so forth. Its not difficult to imagine that between trying to make a better name for himself and the threat of people still looking for an answer to where Morsayati went, he made the wise choice to stop actively using Morsayati's power.

Id also like to note that absolutely none of what I'm saying here detracts from the idea that Leonidas is still actively plotting world domination (as seen in Gala Leonidas' adventurer story). That's still very much a thing that is happening.

Theory 4: Lost His Powers But In A Different Way

So in Forgotten Truths we learned that Morsayati is literally Mordecai's hatred made manifest. Its entirely possible that in order to use Morsayati's power you have to be rather hate filled yourself, a criteria Leonidas definitely meets in his earlier appearances.

Yeah...

Anyway this theory follows that since Leonidas seems to calm down a bit as the story progresses he may simply lose the use of Morsayati's ability as a result. This one's a bit more speculation than the others given that we have very little precedent for how Morsayati's abilities actually work, especially in this regard, but a theory's a theory.

Anyway yeah in summary there's no real canon explanation but I have a few thoughts of my own. Hope this answers your original question.

#dragalia lost #dragalia lost lore #dragalia lost theory #dragalia lost Leonidas #Leonidas

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paragon-vestra · 4 years ago

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1-13 for two characters of your choice!!

Does your character have siblings or family members in their age group? Which one are they closest with? Nethysa comes from a brood of four, in fact, with two sisters and one brother all sharing a birthday. She was very close with all of them, once upon a time, but in the years since she’s been home she hasn’t had any chance to interact with them. She sends messages, but she doubts they ever arrive, with her distance, and they have no real way to contact her back. She misses Hrevin, her brother, the most. He was the smallest of the brood, and almost as curious as Nethysa herself. Never had the practical skill for flying or mechanics, but had every ounce of the love. He wrote poems about travelling the stars. But it wasn’t to be. When Nethysa left, Hrevin was tied down by obligations to family, and chose not to join her, though he dearly hopes to see her again, despite the intensity of events surrounding her departure Isadora comes from a group of four as well, though her eldest brother, Byron, is 11 years older than her. The youngest brother, Alistair, was close in age to her, but honestly Isadora’s love never lied with her siblings. Alistair was an artist, and Isadora was an academic, and had no gift with a paintbrush, so they never had much in common. Isadora did, however, have a cousin, Amelie Carthwright-Lagarde, who she was very fond of, though they didn’t visit one another often. Amelie’s family raised horses in the countryside, and they often went out riding together. Isadora was a city rich kid, used to cars and cleanliness, and loved the feeling of freedom that came with riding a horse. Amelie taught her, and they were great friends for many years, though they haven’t had opportunity to see one another for almost a decade now.

What is/was your character’s relationship with their mother like? Nethysa had a difficult relationship with her mother, though it was a pale reflection of the animosity Nethysa held for her grandmother. It was, however, visits supervised and nights over organised by her mother that enabled her grandmother’s cruelty to affect her. Isadora’s relationship with her mother was distant at times, but overall pretty good. They looked out for one another as the only women in the household most of the time. They went on day trips together, visited cousins and salons and generally lived the life of rich socialites. Of course, she enforced the rigid societal constraints Isadora now expertly navigates, but she always did it with a gentle and sympathetic touch

What is/was your character’s relationship with their father like? Nethysa loved her dad something serious. He was an engineer by trade and an artisan by hobby, delving for months at a time into various different skillsets and methods, from mechanics to coding to carpentry, and Nethysa enthusiastically followed along every step of the way, though starship engineering and robotics soon became her true love, with which Nethysa’s father supported her every step of the way Isadora wants to love her father. By the time Isadora was old enough to try to have a relationship with her father, he was hugely preoccupied with training Byron to be his heir. When he had time for her, he was kind, usually wanting to help and make her happy, but he rarely, if ever, knew how to do so. Isadora appreciates the effort, but she and her dad never had enough time to form much of a bond.

Has your character ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them? If so, does anyone else know? The first time Nethysa saw a starship launch, her father bringing her along to see a project he’d had a hand in, it fascinated and entrapped her, and she set her ambition, even as a young child, build and fly on one of those one day. She obviously didn’t build her whole ship herself, but fly she certainly did. The first time Isadora saw ancient ruins within the earth, teasing their secrets, she was fascinated by the wealth of knowledge they implied and set her life’s ambition to understand all of it, which has led her to some interesting places indeed.

On an average day, what can be found in your character’s pockets? Nethysa usually keeps her ID, credit chit and smart device with her at all times, along with a signal/key device for her ship and spare clips for the ray-gun she keeps strapped to a belt. Isadora carries a lot with her as she explores, and most days can be seen with a rucksack filled with camping supplies on her back. However, even when deprived of that she always keeps a stash of coins, a dagger for self defense, and an ancient, twisted magical wand she stole from the artifact hoarder Friedrich Moldenhauer.

Does your character have recurring themes in their dreams? Nethysa doesn’t remember her dreams distinctly, just the emotions involved, a feeling of being adrift, lost, and comfortable in that fact. Isadora dreams of wolves and the smell of blood and the pulsing joy of the hunt. She dreams of the spiders that await her summons beneath her flesh and of the calling mysteries of ancient days

Does your character have recurring themes in their nightmares? Sometimes, when sleeping planetside, Nethysa dreams of a tomb, being buried alive. Whole burials are still common in her home culture, and the thought of being entombed in stone and dirt often wakes her in a cold sweat Isadora dreams of the hunt taking over her, of a wolf with her father’s face and the smell of her mother’s blood. She loses herself in freedom, her precious control forgotten, and it destroys her. She sleeps through them, and thinks of them calmly in the morning. She understands them as the threat and warning that they are.

Has your character ever fired a gun? If so, what was their first target? Nethysa learned to fire a gun early on in her journeys through human space, to end a fight for her life with her attacker’s weapon. The wound wasn’t lethal, but she kept the gun. Practiced with it until she understood, until it didn’t scare her any more. The weapon she currently wields is relatively low-power, however. She isn’t eager to kill, by any stretch, but she knows she might need to defend herself Isadora’s too rich for worrying about the idea of getting into fights with other people. She honestly never thought about it, and has never attempted it. Hunting was never her thing, though she’s been invited. And now that she does hunt for her food when out camping - well, she has other methods.

Is your character’s current socioeconomic status different than it was when they were growing up? Nethysa grew up in an upper-working class, lower-middle class sort of family, and now she’s something of an outcast to society, though that is partly due to her moving to a different society, so yeah. Isadora’s a complicated case. She still has the privilege and outlook of her family’s station, tries to keep up appearances, and is used to a certain degree of respect from those she thinks of as below her, and she certainly could return to her life in Andrealun and all the luxury that implies, however when on the road, while richer than most travellers, she is still very much limited by the resources she can carry with her and often eats, sleeps and bathes in much the same places and methods as the poorest in the country.

Does your character feel more comfortable with more clothing, or with less clothing? At home, Nethysa would be the type to hang around a workshop in a tank top and short denim shorts when the atmosphere allows, but out in the world she is a lot more comfortable covered up. Her EVA suit is a constant comfort for the versatility and comfortable breathing it provides, and heavier drapings help her hide the parts of her that are least passable among humans Isadora feels more comfortable in less, but only when alone. In the deep forest she has spent days naked preparing for rituals and druidic meditation, partly to enhance her connection to nature but also just because it’s comfier to her. However, amongst other people, her clothing is her armour, layers of fine cloth setting her apart in dignity and class, a physical manifestation of her privilege that she weaponizes to protect herself every day

In what situation was your character the most afraid they’ve ever been? Nethysa was once left alone with her grandmother for a weekend, without even the buffer of her siblings to mitigate or dilute her abuses. Nethysa’s grandmother was cruel and vindictive, disapproving of her daughter’s choice of partner and taking it out on their children. She tore down every last crumbling brick of Nethysa’s self-worth, and left her physical scars to remember her by. Nethysa was completely powerless. It was the event that would eventually lead to Nethysa’s father splitting from her mother and taking the children with him. Isadora reached the height of her fear during the ritual that made her a skin-changer. The memories of being hunted across an infinite plain, the pain in her flesh as the wolf burst from her with claws red and bloody. The adrenaline in her system left her shaking and panicking for hours after the ritual ended.

In what situation was your character the most calm they’ve ever been? The first time Nethysa flew a spaceship, it had been stressful, sure. The pressure was on, after all. But as the pressure of her starting burn eased across her body she was hit with a sense of belonging stronger than any other feeling she could describe before or since Isadora has a distinct memory of riding along with Amelie one day in the summer of her sixteenth year. There was nothing particularly special about it, save that it was one of the last distinct memories she had of the fleeting innocence, before she finally had to accept becoming an adult was a looming prospect. Being on the saddle of a horse still evokes that memory, and comforts her deep in her heart.

Is your character bothered by the sight of blood? If so, in what way? Nethysa gets really freaked out by the appearance of human blood, but that’s more out of a sort of uncanny valley. Red is a distinctly artificial colour in her species’ homeworld, and seeing it leak from a wounded creature makes her very uncomfortable. She’s not exceptionally squeamish about more familiar blood, however Isadora, meanwhile, hunts and eats animals without the politeness of cooking them as part of the process, so quite a resounding no.

Thanks so much Tabby! Good to be back!

#Forgot how much I enjoyed these #Gods above I need to stop doing them at 2am though

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liferetainsitssparkle · 7 years ago

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Imao man, like my favorite parts honestly

here are my thoughts on the bullshit ,

jsyk this isn’t going to be the most well-thought-out examination or play by play because i just saw the movie and im still organizing my thoughts, + some of these opinions might change the longer i think on them but??? who knows.

ok so! saw tlj! along with being i think the least visually comfortable abbreviation i think we’ve had in this series it’s kind of a frustrating movie to watch! made all the more frustrating that it felt like i was sitting in the theater for five goddamn hours! honestly, there are a lot of pieces of this story that could’ve been more cohesive, and a few things that just didn’t make a ton of sense at all?

im going to start w the thing that bugged me the most which was the treatment of poe in this movie? i understand that in tfa we didn’t see A Ton of him and dont necessarily know his character really well, but some parts of this narrative didn’t line up with each-other due to a glaring character change that a ton of other people have already talked about, the fact that they made him Brash and Careless and Glory-Hungry. because we didnt know a lot about the character i was willing to give this thing a chance because sometimes characters can be good and nice and also kinda in it for the fame, yanno? this was not one of those times.

in tfa we saw poe as a friendly, very caring pilot who likes everyone and who everyone likes. they respect and follow him because he’s a good guy and they trust him. he befriends a storm trooper within like... 2 minutes of meeting him? and he might have been a little pushy and kinda cocky but not overly so?? just the usual Cis Guy Amount yk yk. in tlj poe is a hothead who disregards orders, the lives of others, and is? just kinda rude? im not talking about confronting leia and im not talking about confronting Purple Hair Whose Name Ive Already Forgotten, im talking about sidebars with other pilots. his character also flip-flops between warm and sunny and POS at the drop of a hat. one of the reasons is bugged me so much (like i said, we didnt get a lot of his character in tfa) is because it doesnt line up with the way the rest of the crew on the cruiser act around him. why would the rest of the crew respect him so much if he’s always out disobeying orders and getting people killed and acting like he doesnt care about it at all? if he was really as glory-hungry as the plot would have you believe, and if he was so flippant about the lives lost under his command, why would they even sorta like him?? bad take, johnson.

also the rest of the crew on the cruiser celebrated the destruction of the harbinger too, so how exactly am i supposed to feel at that point, rian? is it a good thing or is it a bad thing? everybody on the bridge also saw those other ships go down.

the fact that poe took his chances on finn and rose and they lost and that that was the lesson doesnt sit right with me either, not just because im supposed to buy into some guy’s idea of poe being too cocksure to care. ‘hope is never lost’ but also ‘hope and faith in people and all that good stuff doesnt actually work out in the end’ is another one of those mixed-signals deals.

a note on Purple Hair too while im sort of on the subject: in the time we’re given with her, i didn’t get familiar enough with this character to care about her later sacrifice, or any of the things she says. i felt a little pang when she stayed on board to divert fire, but when she spun the ship around to light-speed through the FO ship that pang kinda went away. i just dont have the respect for this character that the narrative tells me im supposed to.

ive only really seen a new hope and that mashup of all three prequel movies that takes it all in a linear order outside of tfa but i don’t believe for a second that luke skywalker’s (the guy who saved darth vader’s immortal soul?) first thought when he notices a kid’s got some dark side problems is to kill him, even instinctually. so thanks for that i guess??

which brings me to rey--- after tfa i was Obsessed with rey, she was the coolest shit. like she didnt know what she was doing but she was still Going To Do It and she was determined and smart and kind. im mad we didnt get to see her fiddle with more machines in this movie, but i guess that’s a minor thing given she was on some secret monk island for most of it. my real problem is that the plot seemed to move her more than she seemed to be moving the plot. she just seemed sad and lost in this movie, even when she was arguing with luke or snapping at kyle. like she needed other people to do things for her in a way she didnt in tfa? also in tlj she was just so into the idea of redeeming a kid who didnt exist anymore. their stories were Too linked yanno? like they were linked to begin with but they were . Too Closely Related for her to exist on her own for the plot of this movie. i might change my mind on this the longer i think on it, but she just seemed like. less independent this time around? ic and narratively.

that being said, finn and rose’s 1. awkward first meeting 2. fun science blather and excitement because they know the same kind of maintenance stuff!!!! 3. adventures on a gambling planet where they destroyed a bougie city and saved a bunch of abused racing animals 4. trust and love and saving each-other’s lives on a wild ride was The Best Part Of The Movie and i need a cut of tlj that’s Only their mission and nothing else because the rest of the movie was a pain in the ass to sit there and watch without running commentary

some character thoughts!

rose:

i love her

i would die for her

if anything happens to her i will hunt rian johnson for sport

finn:

always a pleasure

light of my life, wind beneath my wings

did that thing where he fell off the ledge and showed back up on a rising platform that i love

id die for him , also

rey:

they did her so dirty

my whole heart , the sun in my sky

poe:

i Cherish him

they did him dirty too

kylo:

more like crylo

literally an idiot, please kill him

hux:

please remove him from my sight and memory so that i might, again, find peace

snakes are physically manifesting in my home

snoke:

they sure did zoom in on him way too much

rian johnson retire b*tch

#or #sw spoilers under cut #it's a Loooooong ride dudes

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astralsecrets · 6 years ago

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Dream - The Year Twelve Conundrum & Your Brother Is Home

Date of Dream: SAT 20 OCT - 2018 Dream No. 458 - Separated Sections Dream 458 A - The Year Twelve Conundrum I don’t remember how the dream started. From where I do remember, it was Friday and I was in morning homeroom. Apparently my family had a holiday planned to Loch Sport from Monday to Wednesday which meant that I would miss out on all year 12 farewell events which were on Monday and Tuesday… My last opportunity to say goodbye to everyone was today. I was telling everyone under the sun but most importantly, I was looking for WB. She must have known as she walked over from the year 11 area and showed up at my classroom. She gave me a hug and then I said I wanted to take some pictures with her. We went over to the window of the classroom and weirdly used its reflection as an enhancement for our photos, I can’t exactly explain how it worked. My teacher Ms Ko. saw what was happening and asked why I was doing what I was doing. I told her that today was my last day. Later on in the dream, it was that time in-between classes, I was supposed to have music next. At first, I thought was heading to the music rooms seamlessly, just like the other students were. Only after a while, I found myself to be endlessly walking around campus and eventually confirmed myself to be lost. At first, I thought about calling Dreamy WB and asking her to take me to class but then I thought to myself, “Hang on a sec, if the other students heard me calling for Dreamy WB, they’d think I’m weird”, because they know WB. Instead, I decided to call for 18-Volt. I still walked around aimlessly as I looked up into the sky and yelled “18-Volt! 18-Volt!”. I could distinctly remember my voice in this dream, my speech appeared to have some heavy slang and “Aussieness” at times, even so it sounded like I was calling out “18-Voawh!” with some of my attempts. Regardless of how I sounded, I was successful as eventually, this piece of paper slowly came down, swinging downwards in a heavy side-to-side motion. For a second, I thought the piece of paper was going to miss me and land on a roof instead but it changed direction and landed right in-front of me on the ground. I looked to see what it was and it was actually a print-out of 18-Volt in his WarioWare Gold appearance but his skin was of a darker shade and his hair had a wine-red tinge to it. I knew he still wasn’t physically there though, so there would still be potential for him to physically manifest into the dream. I realised though that I needed to go to the bathroom and so I said to the piece of paper, “Hang on 18-Volt, I’ll be back, I just need to quickly go to the bathroom” and then I rushed off. As I was walking into the bathroom and trying to find a cubicle, I said to myself, using all the willpower possible to ensure it didn’t happen, “I hope 18-Volt doesn’t decide to appear in the ladies bathroom”. Even as I was doing my business, I actually felt nervous that 18-Volt could appear at any minute, being an embarrassment to a few of the female population. Thankfully, he didn’t appear in the ladies bathroom at all but he didn’t seem to appear in any other area of the school either. Rather, I continued walking and suddenly knew my way back to the music rooms. The dream then changed scenes but there was a transition to link some concepts; I have forgotten what that transition was. I was not at my house when I decided to put on my winter uniform even though I wasn’t going to school. Rather, my family were going to my other grandparents’ house for a visit. When we were there my parents started being really mean to me. I forgot exactly what they did to me but there were saying a lot of nasty stuff and intimidating me. At some points, I felt mental cues to call for Dreamy WB to come and deal with them but I never actually got to doing this. A fair while into the scene, my parents were getting really bad and so I actually went to go and assess my battle strategy. I opened up this book which had all the rules and laws for how I battle my parents in-dream. At the front was a contents page listed in alphabetical order and interestingly, “Dreamy WB” was in a large portion of the book. I can remember that the book said she was mentioned in pages 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 13. The next most popular topic in the contents page was “Dream Guide” which I think was on pages 5, 8 and 13. Earlier in the scene, I thought it may not have been necessary to wear my school winter uniform but in the part of the scene where I had the book open, I thought differently. I now thought to myself, sighing, “Thank God I’m wearing the winter uniform because there’s been so much going on”. I believed the winter uniform to represent the tougher side of me, giving me confidence in my appearance and ability. I can’t remember anything else about this dream. Dream 458 B - Your Brother Is Home This dream appeared to be very confusing as a false awakening. I was in my bedroom when my dad walked in and said something to me but I forgot what it was. Later, I was in the sitting room when my mum came and spoke to me. Only, she didn’t speak to me like a normal person. Rather, she made all these cute, exaggerated grinning faces at me like I was some little toddler and then she said things to me like “Look! You’re nice brother’s home!”. I couldn’t have felt anymore awkward. There was more in this dream but the scenes were very messy and hard to put into a logical sequence, so that’s all I can remember for this dream. Dream 458: Results (Competition #8) 458 A Competition Night: 15 Lucid or Non-Lucid?: Non-Lucid Dream Guide: 18-Volt Emergency Team: None Eligible For Competition Points: Yes 458 B Competition Night: 15 Lucid or Non-Lucid?: Non-Lucid Dream Guide: None Emergency Team: None Eligible For Competition Points: Yes Points For This Entry: 2.5 Calculation Details: - Full Non-Lucid Dream (1.0) - Summon A Dream Guide: 18-Volt (1.0) - Non-Lucid Fragment (0.5) + Previous Total: 88.0 Total Accumulated Points: 90.5

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fitnesswomenshealth-blog · 6 years ago

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“Mental health desires a fantastic deal of interest. It is the closing taboo and it demands to be faced and dealt with.” – Adam Ant

In today’s environment entire of tense components, it is no speculate that psychological well being awareness is at an all-time significant. Additional and more older people are reporting psychological health and fitness issues. Companies across the planet are creating practical guides on how to identify mental wellbeing challenges with your buddies, co-personnel, and loved ones.

What should really you do if you feel another person is battling with a mental wellness challenge? Lots of individuals truly feel frightened to communicate out and be concerned that their involvement may perhaps make the circumstance worse. The real truth is that the nature of the person’s mental illness may well make it hard for them to inquire for enable. Therefore, stepping in to supply aid is hardly ever the erroneous factor to do. There are helplines you can direct them to, which are private, absolutely free, and staffed by experts who can generally present guidance.

The warning indications that another person is battling with their psychological health and fitness must never be disregarded. In actuality, some symptoms of melancholy and anxiety might properly signify other ailments, these types of as bipolar dysfunction.

Ultimately, there is also an urgent need for much more recognition. In accordance to investigate, over 77% of workers in all walks of existence practical experience psychological overall health concerns when their professionals experience beneath-equipped and underneath-ready to support them.

Below are some telltale signs that a person may perhaps be having difficulties with their mental health. Bear in mind that this post incorporates probable “trigger” subject areas together with self-harm, drug and liquor abuse, and other harmful behaviors.

Here Are 10 Concealed Indicators of Weak Psychological Health and fitness To By no means Dismiss

1. Isolation

If you discover someone canceling on their mates or closing by themselves off when it will come to social occasions, this may be a warning indicator. Attempt to chat to them and locate out what is causing their isolation. Advise some helplines they can connect with to assist them come to feel a lot less alone. Quite normally, persons with melancholy see no point in assembly with any one, emotion they will only drag other individuals down or that no a person wants to be with them. As these types of, they avoid make contact with with some others as substantially as feasible.

2. Lack of own cleanliness

This is a symptom numerous folks disregard, but it’s a single of the most telling kinds. If someone with impeccable particular cleanliness starts off likely days without the need of washing their outfits or getting a shower, this should really ring a big alarm bell. It signifies that they just can’t encourage on their own to get out of mattress even for self-care. Really do not be disgusted or flip away rather, discuss to them to see what’s wrong.

3. Tiredness

Melancholy and stress provide about snooze challenges these kinds of as sleeplessness. People suffering from panic might remain up all evening wondering (and overthinking) about everything below the solar. For that reason, once they’re up and about, they may look like they have not slept for months. If you see somebody struggling from fatigue, test to communicate to them. Bear in thoughts that while tiredness may well be a symptom of quite a few matters, it is also a symptom of inadequate psychological health.

4. Shifting moods

Nervousness, anger, moodiness, and other sudden variations in temper can be brought on by mental sickness. In addition, extrapolating every single tiny issue – these as blaming on their own for little mishaps and faults – normally qualified prospects to catastrophizing and contemplating about the worst-circumstance circumstance. These believed processes can reveal mental issues.

5. Risky actions

Excessive ingesting and drug use aren’t generally induced by mental illness even so, they can be an crucial symptom of it. Individuals suffering from weak psychological health might look for anything to bring meaning to their life – indicating that they consider has been missing eternally. They may flip to prescription drugs and alcohol to fill that void. If you discover this kind of destructive conduct, you should contemplate obtaining them aid quickly.

6. Self-harm

This is one of the most noticeable types and however it is startling how quite a few folks stay away from it just because they’re much too ashamed to speak about it. Folks who self-hurt are normally excellent at hiding it, but it only can take a much more expert eye to see. Usually acquire action if you see it, even if you do not imagine it is the right factor to do. You hardly ever know when self-harming actions may well escalate into something existence-threatening.

7. Issues concentrating

A lot of persons are beneath the misconception that trouble concentrating has only to do with ADHD. In actuality, several people today who wrestle with despair and other psychological health and fitness circumstances show this as a typical symptom. It is due to the fact the depressive and anxious feelings make it tricky for nearly anything else to enter their brain. It is normally forgotten but undoubtedly some thing to look at out for.

8. Bodily indicators

It’s generally believed that psychological sickness has no bodily manifestations, but that is not real. Anxiousness and melancholy can lead to nausea, vomiting, higher fever, shivering, and stress assaults. This lowers electricity stages and can make it even tougher for mental sickness sufferers to glance immediately after by themselves. Retain an eye out for these and really don’t just dismiss them as a stomach bug!

9. Functioning away from obligations

Absence from perform or college, failing to connect with up for appointments or fork out expenses can all be serious signs of psychological ailment. It is challenging to discover the determination to do everything when you sense like your lifestyle has no which means – consequently, even vital obligations can be effortlessly overlooked.

10. Social media posts

This is a symptom one of a kind to the digital period of the net. Persons with mental disease typically truly feel that they can voice their feelings online, on Twitter, Instagram, or Fb, because they sense like no one would be listening. It’s pretty quick to feel estranged on individuals kinds of networks and want to desperately achieve out to as lots of people today as you can. If you see an individual submitting worrying factors on their social media, don’t just scroll past. It is pretty straightforward to do so, nevertheless at times all it takes is a form word to help save someone’s existence.

Last feelings

Mental wellness consciousness has created good progress above the very last several several years, but it nonetheless has a very long way to go. A lot of people today think that just beneficial pondering can remedy all mental illness when that’s obviously not the scenario. Additionally, discrimination in opposition to psychological ailment is rife in many workplaces. If people know extra about psychological disease and the signs of inadequate psychological health, this is the initially stage to developing a lifestyle of encouraging and understanding other individuals as an alternative of ostracizing them.

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mobilenamic · 7 years ago

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OpenShift cluster tests

We subject our clusters to a lot of automated tests in the widest sense – monitoring, health checks, load tests, penetration tests, vulnerability scans, the list goes on – but every so often I come across test cases that are not well served by any of them. They are usually specific to the way a cluster is used, or how the organisation operating it works. Sometimes there is no objectively correct or incorrect answer, no obvious expected value to specify in our assert statements. I want to look at three examples to explain why I think these tests are worth your while.

The first test concerns the OpenShift default of letting all authenticated users create (or, more accurately, request) projects. Let’s say we want to deny non-admin users this power. How do we make sure we have complied with this rule?

Second, our architecture may require an application scaled to three pods to be distributed across three data centre zones for high availability. We need a test that shows that the built infrastructure matches the architectural requirement.

Third, let’s assume we have just experienced an unplanned downtime. Communication between two projects has failed. Clearly remediation comes first, but how would the administrator go about writing a test that makes sure the pod network is configured correctly?

The three scenarios have a number of things in common. Each requires direct access to cluster state held in the master’s etcd database. That interaction alone ensures that these are not inexpensive tests in performance terms. Broadly speaking these tests should run daily, preferably at a time of reduced load, not every hour of the day. Running them is perhaps most useful after cluster maintenance or upgrades. We will look at sample implementations of these tests in just a moment.

How much work will creating tests like these involve? Thankfully, very little. If we are unsure what to test, a quick glance at our operational guidelines or architecture documentation will help us get started. Writing tests will come naturally to anyone familiar with OpenShift, and should take no more than five minutes in most cases. Kubernetes gives us all the tools we need to implement our test runner.

Test setup

Test runner components

The CronJob object triggers nightly test runs. The payload is a lightweight single-container pod with Kate Ward’s unit test framework shUnit2, oc client, and assorted tools (curl, psql, mysql, jq, awk). All test data is taken from a ConfigMap mounted at launch. The ConfigMap in turn is generated from a folder of test scripts in Git. We will return to the scripts in just a moment.

For now the CronJob object waits for the appointed hour, then triggers a test run. shunit2 processes the test suite (consisting of all test scripts in /etc/openshift-unit.d) and then reports results. Due to a limitation of the CronJob API prior to Kubernetes 1.8, the pod reports success (zero) even in case of errors as returning an error leads to constant redeployments and considerable load on the cluster.

Permissions

From a permissions point of view, administrator access is required to create the project initially, but from that point onward the service account is read-only and the container runs with the ‘restricted’ security context constraint and a non-privileged security context.

Logs are written to standard output and so managed by the existing log server. Using only the default suite of tests, the test pod reports the following:

test_project_quotas test_nodes_ready test_nodes_no_warnings test_security_context_privileged test_anyuid test_self_provisioner Ran 6 tests. OK

These tests are just placeholders, however. The tests that matter are the ones that reflect your organisation’s individual rules, guidelines and decisions.

Roles and permissions

Let’s return to the first example mentioned in the introduction, that is, the self-provisioner rule. It ensures that the administrator has taken the corresponding cluster role from the groups system:authenticated and system:authenticated:oauth, which usually means that an administrator has issued the following command:

$ oc adm policy remove-cluster-role-from-group \ self-provisioner \ system:authenticated system:authenticated:oauth cluster role "self-provisioner" removed: ["system:authenticated" "system:authenticated:oauth"]

Using the oc tool, verifying that this has not been forgotten or reversed at a later point, is as straightforward as asking who is entitled to create (the verb) projectrequests (the resource):

The shUnit2 framework intrudes only very slightly on the code here. The utility function suite_addText allows the framework to combine many files in a test suite with a single return value. The test code must reside in a function whose name contains the word test. The writer also needs to be familiar with the framework’s assert functions, assertEquals in this case. Placing a space at the start of the string and a semicolon at the end are conventions that make error messages more legible:

test_self_provisioner ASSERT: non-admin users must not create project requests; expected: but was:

Whereas most infrastructure tests strive for objectivity and test coverage, cluster tests like this one are unrepentantly subjective and selective. A comparison with rspec-puppet tests is instructive. Here is a brief excerpt from a Puppet manifest with matching rspec-puppet test:

The test asserts the following:

This approach makes it much harder to argue that some properties (e.g. users with basic-user credentials are allowed to create projects) are more important than others (e.g. there’s a JSON file which is read-only unless you are the owner). If we place the two tests side by side, we are reminded that rspec-puppet strives for full map coverage, whereas we are focused on points of interest. These points of interest may seem arbitrary, but so, perhaps, are the decisions and operational guidelines they support and reinforce.

Architecture

How to test for high availability, the second example outlined in the introduction? Anti-affinity rules give us fine-grained control over placement on nodes, but unless we only have one node per zone we cannot rely on the scheduler here. One reliable approach is to identify the nodes and examine the zone label:

As before, we start with plain oc requests and refine the output using basic command line tools. The label zone expresses anti-affinity, the label region affinity: services are spread out across zones and concentrated in regions. We fetch the nodes first (note the use of the wide switch), then extract the zone from the node definition before counting the number of unique zones. The expected number is three.

Post-incident review

So far, operational guidelines and architectural decisions have directed our test selection. Incidents are another valuable guide. Making sure they occur only once trumps trying to anticipate weaknesses in our infrastructure.

For example, our multi-tenant cluster might contain a project alice which accesses a project bob using a pod network join:

$ oc adm pod-network join-projects --to=bob alice

Let’s assume that the join between the two projects has been lost. Perhaps an additional join from alice to eve was created. The fact that one (the original join is gone) does not intuitively follow from the other (an apparently unrelated new join was created) makes this all the more likely. Affected services then run into timeouts and stop processing requests.

The problem is quickly diagnosed and fixed, but having suffered one service failure we really ought to write a test that alerts us should the join disappear again:

To follow the test we need to appreciate what happens when oc adm pod-network join-projects is called: the source project’s network ID is changed to that of the destination project. Once the two projects share a network ID, they can communicate with each other. (Hence the unfortunate side-effect of creating an additional join from project alice to eve: alice receives the network ID of eve and can no longer reach services in project bob.) The test only has to fetch the network IDs of alice and bob, de-duplicate and count lines. If the join is still in place, the line count will be one.

Choosing a language

In case you are wondering why this is not a Go application, I have to confess to some library envy. Clearly the command line component would have been much more elegant, for example, and there is more repetition in the tests than I would like. The script seeks to address this by bundling frequently used queries such as ‘list all projects created by users’, but that does not make up for the fact that we give up the luxury of one-line web servers, Bootstrap reports adorned with canvas charts, parallel execution for oc and non-oc test cases, and so on.

Those quibbles, however, hardly justify switching to a different language. If we were to do so, which language should we choose? Go? JavaScript? Python? Ruby? Each of these choices would exclude many users who happen to have prioritised other languages. Shell scripting is familiar to most OpenShift users and a natural extension of the way they interact with OpenShift anyway. Nearly everything of substance in our tests, moreover, relies on oc calls; no standard library can abstract away the fundamental awkwardness of building an application around system calls. They only feel entirely natural in a shell environment.

Shorter paths, fewer destinations

Many tests are essential. The ones we have considered here, strictly speaking, are not. It comes down to an individual assessment of risk and usefulness. Personally, I am much more willing to grant anyuid powers to a service account if I know the next nightly test will fail should I forget to remove them later. Sometimes safety nets get in the way, but they can also have a liberating effect.

This approach allows us to specify test conditions at the appropriate level and above all quickly, with minimal investment in infrastructure and training. The goal is the shortest path to a small number of valuable points of interest, not comprehensive map coverage: sightseeing, not cartography.

You may also find that there is nothing that colleagues cannot express more succinctly and elegantly than you thought possible, especially in the world of Bash. Learning from other people’s tests may be, for me, the most enjoyable aspect of it all.

For those still undeterred, log into your administrator’s account and set the timer:

$ git clone https://github.com/gerald1248/openshift-unit.git $ make -C openshift-unit

Der Beitrag OpenShift cluster tests erschien zuerst auf codecentric AG Blog.

OpenShift cluster tests published first on https://medium.com/@TheTruthSpy

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