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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
- Thread starter yrsillar
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Voted best in category in the Users' Choice awards.
That's fair. It had no presence for a long time. The big opportunity for it to show its stuff was probably Luo's hunting party, but unfortunately the way he decided to jerk us around meant it was an evasive one. It still contributed to Ling Qi's preconceptions of noble gatherings thawing a bit. She realized they were still people, not just ranks or faces for their clan.
- Location
- Florida
Harmony of the Dancing Wind was a bright song with a strong spring and summer theme, expressing the complex feelings of connection in a small community. After her recent lessons, Ling Qi felt that her rendition of the song was colored somewhat. The image that formed in her mind's eye was of people pulling together, surviving a harsh winter, and celebrating the warm winds that followed..
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[X] Even walking alone, footfalls echo beyond your hearing
[X] One note never exists in isolation, its meaning is found in the whole composition
[X] One note never exists in isolation, its meaning is found in the whole composition
The very basis of it is wrong. You do not become less complicated as you rise in power. You shift from a human, a mostly physical complex phenomenon running on biology, to a living story, a mostly spiritual complex phenomenon, all the Cyans and above we've seen are basically living legends, tethered to varying extants to their physicality until ascension where they are integral enough to sever their physicality entirely and still remain a coherent entity. Its a bit like piecemeal cyber conversion until you become an upload, without losing continuity at any point from a biomorph to an infomorph.
It is preferable if the insights interrelate and build into more advanced concepts, but as long as they don't contradict this isn't a problem. If they do, then finding a means to reconcile the contradiction gives both concepts more depth, as your understanding becomes richer.
Naw, keep HDW's themes in mind: Harmony of the Dancing Wind is about how everything is interconnected.
Just because you are alone in the cold right now doesn't mean that there aren't others who are affected, even if they aren't immediately present.
Just because it happens outside your immediate senses doesn't mean its not happening.
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[X] An interesting fact and a useful observation [No insight]
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- Moscow
Well yeah. It can be read as a disagreement with the other insight that says "it's fine as long as you achieve something by the end". It teaches that the process is important too, precisely because everything is interconnected and superficially same results may actually be different if you look at how you got to them.
Like, you can obtain a beautiful painting by drawing it yourself, by commissioning it, by buying it or by stealing it - the result is the same, you have a drawing, but the process of getting it may put different emotions into exactly same piece of art.
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- Florida
I find it similar to the swamp episode in avatar, the theme and lesson it teaches is worthy for us to slot it in as though you are alone you are never truly alone like with the mountain spirits or the little sprites in the forest the company might be different but they are there all the same if you but look/listen.
This isn't about cyan or even indigo. If I recall correctly it is the barrier you have to cross to become violet. We are becoming less complicated, but at our stage its more about getting rid of stuff that we don't particularly want to be part of us to begin with, so it reads as purely positive.
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- the internet
Its not really a matter of whether it was important to her or not. This is a quest and the reason she's mastering it is because we as voters decided to vote for a month plan that included mastering HDW. Thats one of the disconnects b/w quest format and story format. In-story you may be able to justify it by saying that LQ is ambitious enough that she wants to master most of her arts and that includes HDW bc of its usefulness. Also you can gain insights by mastering an art, even if you don't personally connect or value the art that much. Its still possible to gain insights just by deciding to master it. Only in dramatic, serious situations like CRX's would there be a situation where one masters an art but is unable to find insights. It hints at the issues CRX has with her mother, the disconnect b/w her mother's philosophy and CRX's own.
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- Location
- The Space Between
Veekie is correct. It's increasing complexity while we increase our simplicity.
For example: Othello is a simple board game that is often Complex to play.
so too do cultivators become "simpler" as they affirm their story but also more complex as they explore the nuance of what their beliefs mean
The simplicity is one of values, beliefs, desires and focus.
The complexity is of nuance, capacity, scope and execution
[X] An interesting fact and a useful observation [No insight]
dang, lately all these votes have been close.
dang, lately all these votes have been close.
- Location
- Dreamland
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] An interesting fact and a useful observation [No insight]
