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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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personally i want dancing shoes so lq can play music for her while she learns and zhengui dances with her and hanyi laughs at how ridiculous he looks while sixiang encourages her. and gives tips
 
So since Dancing Shoes are doing well, I want to expand on why Dancing Shoes are in fact a great choice.

Biyu is an incredibly energetic, rambunctious girl. She is well loved, happy and bright. Compared to Ling Qi who is very Yin, Biyu is more on the Yang side of things, and Dancing is a more of a Yang type of Expression. Yang is Movement and Creation, and Dance, which is about Moving your Body to express yourself fits this quite well. Dance will allow her to use the energy she has to express herself in interesting ways.

It also gives another outlet for her to use her energy. Sitting around reading, while great in its own way, doesnt quite fit as well with the rambunctious nature of hers that she has so far.
 
GlassMask said:
So since Dancing Shoes are doing well, I want to expand on why Dancing Shoes are in fact a great choice.

Biyu is an incredibly energetic, rambunctious girl. She is well loved, happy and bright. Compared to Ling Qi who is very Yin, Biyu is more on the Yang side of things, and Dancing is a more of a Yang type of Expression. Yang is Movement and Creation, and Dance, which is about Moving your Body to express yourself fits this quite well. Dance will allow her to use the energy she has to express herself in interesting ways.

It also gives another outlet for her to use her energy. Sitting around reading, while great in its own way, doesnt quite fit as well with the rambunctious nature of hers that she has so far.
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I mean our primary hope for her is that she'll have a talent for spending huge amounts of time sitting still and cultivating. While we shouldn't try to overwrite her personality it would be good if we got her acclimated to both an active life and quiet introspection. The most important thing is to give her a balanced set of outlets for her passion.

I don't think she'll have any problems with expression or lively spirit. She'll still be a wild child running about with her furry dog, she'll just also love learning.
 
dycouza said:
I mean our primary hope for her is that she'll have a talent for spending huge amounts of time sitting still and cultivating. While we shouldn't try to overwrite her personality it would be good if we got her acclimated to both an active life and quiet introspection. The most important thing is to give her a balanced set of outlets for her passion.

I don't think she'll have any problems with expression or lively spirit. She'll still be a wild child running about with her furry dog, she'll just also love learning.
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Physical Cultivation is about movement though. Its not just sitting still. Maturity to properly meditate will coeme with age.
 
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Mr.rodent said:
personally i want dancing shoes so lq can play music for her while she learns and zhengui dances with her and hanyi laughs at how ridiculous he looks while sixiang encourages her. and gives tips
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If Dancing Shoes wins I Promise I will definitely write this omake (assuming you are okay with me stealing this idea), just because it seems like such an adorable scenario. If it doesnt win, I will still write it, but I will label it as a potential future that we missed.
 
Asael said:
The problem with that is, the more divergent she is from LQ, the harder it will be for her to progress.

The Ling clan isn't exactly an old clan with a a large library. The corner stone arts of the clan will almost certainly be passed from LQ to the others in her clan. It's either that or work with mostly sub par arts.


Really though. This isn't a modern society. There isn't so much social mobility that you can basically just do whatever you want, the family you are birthed in will heavily affect your options in life.
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NullVoid said:
Comparing House Ling with House Cao at this point? One has just been created, its matriarch is Early Green/Early Bronze with a whole other cultivator at Early Red/Nothing; the other is the Ducal house for the Emerald Seas, its elder is a White and it has many cultivators, including CRX who is already stronger than our strongest (and I don't see that gap being bridged any time soon). I think we need to grow our strength before diversifying to shore up our weaknesses as a clan. The flute has the advantage of being part of family history, what with Qi have learned the basics from Qingge herself, so it helps in bonding. It's fine if she does pick up other arts, but I don't think we should be encouraging her to do the Loose Cultivator thing and have to piece her Way by herself. Leave that for when she reaches Green/Bronze.
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Counterpoint: cultivation is deeply personal.

Who knows how many incredily talented people got stumped because they got pidgeonholed into their clan's cultivation? Meizhen got dunked but thankfully she got over it thanks to a Sect Elder, Ling Qi and her clan being old enough to have archives (in that order of importance), while Fan Yu got orbitally obliterated solely due to pidgeonholing.

So yeah, pidgeonholing someone may be more harmful than just telling them "this is what we have, but if you really want to follow a different path, we support you, we are just unable to supply the arts" when they are old enough to understand these things.
 
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Apparently Dance is acceptable and I remember that wrong. Nvm. Dance shoes is fine. Still don't like it but whatever
 
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JowKeen said:
Dancing Shoes? Dance is like, a lowborn non-aristocratic thing. We're intentionally putting that discriminated-against style onto Biyu?

Why tho
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Dance improves ones dexterity and awareness of their body, the limits and the possibilities. It's energetic and fun and will give Biyu something to do outside of running around looking for things. While there may be styles of dance that are looked upon disfavorably, there will certainly be versions that are acceptable and even promoted.

Furthermore, it provides a way for us to engage with Biyu's energetic tendencies. We can play the music and Biyu can dance to it, giving Biyu an appreciation of the arts while also creating more opportunities for us to engage in Biyu's life.

It looks like a very solid choice that meshes Biyu's energy with our desire to continue engaging in Biyu's life while also promoting an artistic theme in our family.
 
JowKeen said:
Dancing Shoes? Dance is like, a lowborn non-aristocratic thing. We're intentionally putting that discriminated-against style onto Biyu?

Why tho
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Also that is plainly false as "proper" dancing is considered pretty ok , especially in ES. Which has a long history of rituals and stuff according to yrs.

Also dancing for those unaware of what it would look like is more artsy

Like this


Also this
 
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