#the philosophy of beginning

[asteriscooo-r]

i will treat this like a dairy

Hi..i really i want to called Roméo.my real name is Romaissa.my mom chosed it to me .how ever she didn't know the meaning of it at first ;this name means a lot of meanings ;the one I prefer is a little star ..i will turn 18 in the next septembr..my zodiac sign is virgo ;however i don't believe in them.i have to say that i'm a human like others humans;a girl like other girls and that's true! i won't admit it . because this true and not in the same time..well i will support the none like others being. i created this user to express my real and deep me and my interests . divolping me and may find another interests i learn more so i know what i will support. i will create my own art or what ever made by me among the time i will spend here with my own limited material.also i want to make my save zone here and fresh my thoughts i heard that this place is peacefull because i think that match my personality.till now i haven't decided yet what's the goal of this user like to find people like me and whatever people want.but I will treat this as my own space to express .you know like i will check this in the future and i will i trace my thoughts and my personality. SO i really hope some juicy times here

[y2kaee]

[franeridart]

The Housecat Philosophy - Ep 40

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[theabigailthorn]

NEW PHILOSOPHY TUBE JUST DROPPED

This is the one baybeee. This is the big one, the one about trans healthcare, the big kahuna, the forbidden episode I’d never do, the one where I drag Br*tish institutions and make a bunch of references to a famous novel - you know me!

Enjoy, and also - I never normally ask but, SHARE THIS ONE AROUND LADS

Abi XXx

[inamindfarfaraway]

That issue of Batgirl (2000) where Cass goes to immense trouble to rescue a death row inmate who killed an innocent woman, breaking into prison, fighting the guards, shattering the wall of the execution chamber and taking him outside, because her core principle is that nobody dies if she can help it. No matter what they’ve done. It’s been established that she has a crippling guilt complex about taking a life. To her, her being an abused child who had no way of knowing it was wrong and didn’t even understand the concept of death at the time is as irrelevant as her victim being a crime lord. She is a Murderer. She turned a person full of thought and feeling into nothing. That’s her ultimate definition of wrong. So she needs to save this Murderer and give him the second chance she’s been given; she needs him to deserve it. She needs him to be more than his worst action. The man does appear to be repentant and mean no further harm.

But then the mother of the victim tells her that he deserves to become nothing. No matter how much he’s changed. He destroyed her little girl. And after all the effort she put in, despite her intense emotional investment and absolute reverence of life, Cass lets him die when she doesn’t have to. Something nothing else could ever make her do. Because she is a Murderer… but she was also a Destroyed Little Girl.

[justalittlelilac]

Okay, okay, I literally just read this post from @mycurrentobsessionis that you can also read here about themes of patience and unconditional acceptance in olba and olnf. It's honestly such an interesting thing to point out. To go even further with themes we can even relate it to the seasons that the games take place.

Summer: It almost feels unending when you're in it. Stagnant heat, day in and day out. At a certain point, the easy, balmy days of summer feel like they'll never end. In olba's case, and especially Cove's, it's pressed upon how much we can worry about things changing, even if they haven't yet.

We don't want summer to come to a close, our relationships to shift, to move away and to grow up. We don't want things to end.

And in summer, as a child, you can almost pretend you're in a limbo where time doesn't move as fast until, without realizing it, it's the night before school starts. Change always comes.

It's actually quite existential if you want to think deeper about it.

Fall: It is the thesis of change. The changing leaves, colder weather, and the inevitable end of long summer days represent the embrace of change. It is a period of slowing down, of things ending. We begin the game as a 10 y/o, on the cusp of it. Right as we begin to see childhood truly end and march into teenagehood. I think this might have been a deliberate choice.

Change is here, and as we go into Step 2 we are shown through fall that change is inevitable. That our friends and even ourselves change, and there's really nothing to be done about it because we didn't realize it was happening until it was too late.

Both games deal with the theme of change and acceptance of it but present it in different ways. Summer is before the change and learning to anticipate it. Prepare for it. Accept it.

Fall is during the change and likely learning how to understand and grow from it. The understanding that things end and change in ways, but it's not all bad.

As the stoic philosopher, Markus Aurelius, wrote, "the universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make of it."

Because after a brief hibernation of winter, comes spring and something new.

[philosophybits]

I wish to know, not actuality, but the truth about actuality. And I may learn what this truth is, only because in me, the knowing subject, there is a source of truth and because I may communicate with this truth.

Nikolai Berdyaev, The Beginning and the End

[usefulquotes7]

“If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.” — Søren Kierkegaard

[doberbutts]

[thepersonalwords]

Every morning you begin a new day, and it is the first day of the rest of your life.

Debasish Mridha

[vinyls-and-valentines]

I think Vamos and Vaya's whole philosophy surrounding death can be summed up as "Well, at the end of the day someone's always gonna come pick you up, so you might as well spend your life meeting different people and having fun, so that no matter where you end up in the afterlife you'll be surrounded by people you know" which is not bad per se, but it does make them seem severely insensitive whenever someone does die and they simply gloss over it like it doesn't matter

[peacheskoo]

So far here I’m giving Bruce the benefit of the doubt.

I’m not gonna condemn him and I think the outburst he had earlier towards Jason might have been what pushed him to find outside help even if he says that “it stays in the family”. Do I honestly think he would have put Jason on a mental institute? I really don’t think so, especially with him keeping their alter ego under wraps when going over what happened to Jason, and as I said, his previous idea of keeping their problems within the family I’m thinking he was bringing in a psychologist to help Jason but from their home.

The narration is in the pov of the lady psychologist and the excerpts tell us that Jason does end up talking to her because of how we have Jason going over how he felt during his fight with scarecrow, but also Bruce talks to her and also ends up telling her about their alter egos.

I think everything Bruce has done so far in this issue is out of love for Jason, it sucks that he didn’t tell Jason about the psychologist, but like it says Jason was pulling back more and more no matter what Bruce and Alfred did and I think Bruce didn’t know what else to do other than actually do the thing he said he didn’t want to do in the hopes of getting Jason help. Was it right? No. Is he trying? Yes because he cares so much but is still going to make mistakes. Jason’s trauma isn’t something that will just go away if they give him space and ignore it, he went through something horrible and the family is scrambling to find their footing again and I’m excited to see what they do moving forwards because seeing Bruce actually love Jason and care is a big yippee to me.

[rivriderart]

rips my fucking shirt off like the combination jerma and werewolf images

making your art expensive is scary but showing that you have passion in what you make and keeping it up is what makes people want to see more of it even if they have to pay for it themselves that is always what has mattered

and if you're at the point where you want to make money from such endeavors respect your got dang time and energy that goes into making what you make!!!!

[llitchilitchi]

tried to explain the last month and a half of MCYT controversies to the kids in philosophy class and there's nothing greater than normal people hearing about the cuckgate right after trying to explain the gogcident

[itseasierthanithought]

The Paradox of Our Age

We have bigger houses but smaller families;

more conveniences, but less time;

we have more degrees, but less sense;

more knowledge, but less judgement;

more experts, but more problems;

more medicines, but less healthiness.

We have been all the way to the moon and back,

But have trouble crossing the street to meet

the new neighbor.

We built more computers to hold more

Information to produce more copies than ever,

but have less communication.

We have become long on quantity,

But short on quality.

These are times of fast foods

but slow digestion;

tall man but short character;

steep profits but shallow relationships.

It is a time when there is much in the window,

But nothing in the room.

~ His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

[onesunofagun]

This is probably a wildly unpopular thing to say, but I see chatter and takes concerning Hyrule and the Hylians and Hylia where the fandom dissects them as white European, or more often British coded. I've seen it be argued that this is because of surface level European (like Greco-Roman and Celtic) aesthetics are commonly used for them, though these are pretty shallow wrapping paper at best in game. Not that similarities can't be drawn! I'm saying this with all my Irish distaste for Britain! But it seems to be more of a symptom of ignorance or unfamiliarity with Japanese culture and history, and its own tilt at Imperialism.

Which I get! The average Western Fan's closest touchstone to Imperialism is likely Britain.

But Hyrule represents Japan. It's narrative is deeply rooted in Japanese Shinto beliefs regarding the relationship between man, nature and spirits-- including spiritual purity and impurity-- as derived from Buddhist concepts. Hylians are a fantasy race of elves who are Japanese coded, their Royal Family and Imperial structure and attitudes reflect a Japanese Nationalism that is deeply tied to Shinto. Hylia reflects aspects of the Goddess Amaterasu and her role as a progenitor of Emperors in Japanese myth.

I fully understand that many criticisms that apply also pertain to British Imperialism and their own Divine Hegemony, which is valid. But I think it's also falling short to critique and dissect the meta and intention behind this franchise without bothering to have the context of Japanese beliefs and history, and without bothering to really seek it out.

JP Imperialism formed as a response to the Western encroach and their subsequent focus on forced unification of the east in order to defend against it is deeply reflected in how Hyrule operates. The localisation of games like SkSw and TotK have wildly missed their mark in the impression that they give of certain concepts to especially the North American audience, and entire concepts and references to cultural beliefs and history (and what they might imply within game) are simply invisible to many who do not have that context to connect back to.

And I'm not trying to say that what anybody takes from the story they personally received isn't a valid impression based on their own experience with the games and media around them. There are many interpretations and themes that you can take away and play with.

But I don't think that saying Hylians are just white people coded or following Christianised themes or 'basically Britain' and calling it a day is quite good enough if you want to meaningfully and accurately discuss and dissect the narrative and intent of the Zelda franchise. Being able to critically read it with both external and Japanese context is really important in having the full conversation about what it reflects on real world history, religiosity and nuance.