More f/o thoughts (this time with Davy) because apparently I'm in the mood for writing them down today, and also I actually realised something just now:
So with Davy and Selena, it actually takes them a considerable time until they become a couple, and I realised one of the reasons for that might be a particular issue that they both have: Neither of them can bring themselves to confess😅 Despite having feelings for each other, they are just stupidly oblivious about it. Though not necessarily in the classical sense of "oblivious" that they don't notice the other's behaviour around them at all, they do pick up the signals, but brush it off as "I'm just seeing the things I want to see", "it's just my wishful thinking making me see ghosts" because they can't fathom the thought that the wonderful person they've fallen for feels the same way about them. It's probably painful to watch for Maccus and the rest of the crew at this point xD
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𝐋𝐗𝐗. Parallels between the God of Wisdom's speech and the Twilight Sword.
Why are there still so many people striving to move forward even when they know the path ahead is dangerous and painful? It's because people don't only live for themselves. They have families, loved ones, friends, and communities. They have dreams that they are still trying to achieve.
[...] The path of life is long, and it's hard for us to see the destination. This leads us to ask a lot of difficult questions... What's the meaning of life? What's the purpose of my existence? Why do I keep experiencing pain and loss? Of course, the most comfortable choice is to stop progressing, give up thinking, and just keep repeating whatever you're already familiar with. Some venture in search of the world's secrets to prevent rapidly approaching, yet still unknown, world-shattering catastrophes. [...] Life is not just about yourself. Each and every one of your actions shapes you and the world around you. Therefore, many people will strive forward to forge new paths, even if they have to endure great pain to do so. Once you begin your journey on that same difficult yet rewarding path, you'll come to know the answers to those big, existential questions, yet they will no longer fell as life-defining as they did before.
—Nahida: Sapientia Oromasdis I.
I just finished Nahida's character quest and to be honest... I'm at a loss of words. I was already finding it interesting due to the potential connections with the Akasha and the manner Rhukkadevata made it happen to heal partly the world from this forbidden knowledge (which it ended up having solid connections), but this last part of the quest wrecked my feelings thinking about Dain.
We have this man who used to be the captain of the royal knights of a country that fell by the hand of the gods, thus he lost everything. He found himself in the position of need to find what his destiny is, most likely to understand the purpose of his existence after being denied death. After 500 years, he'd have every reason to wallow in the past. Every day he pursues the Abyss Order is a reminder of his failure to protect them, or to try to change the mentality of great part of Khaenri'ah at the time following King Irmin's belief if he was under the last Regent's orders, who seemed to want to change this but ultimately failed too.
But despite how painful his road of self-imposed and not enjoyable solitude is, for all the grief he still feels in his dreams, despite finding every obstacle one could ever find in his way, he managed to move forward and his destination in life is clear and guided by his actions. What this destination may be or what he truly wants to achieve remains a mystery, but I can only imagine that based on the Travail trailer and his strong belief in human potential in this world (which there is, so much that it gives Archons strength and in company to celestial beings they can achieve a lot —see the 2.6 Interlude Chapter—) he truly wants to fight for humanity. Even if that means fighting against the same people he once protected before Khaenri'ah's fall.
Maybe in all his sorrow, Dain still may have moments of existential doubts along the way. He discarded himself to the point of not even being able to name one place he likes in the entirety of Teyvat, thus maybe he lost all sense of self-importance. But as Nahida says here, it's not about himself alone. His actions, the people that will benefit from it even if they'll never know who made it possible and the way the world will be shaped thanks to them, these will become part of who he is, too.
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"Hey, don't I have a stuffed toy of you?" The pink-and-purple dressed jester elf asks upon seeing Sonic.exe, she decides to look through her pockets to check, first pulling out a bunch of bananas, a rubber chicken, a cuckoo clock, and casually, a tank, before pulling out a regular Sonic plushie. "Hmm, you don't look the same, did you eat a bad, what was it? Wumpa fruit or whatever you liked eating?"
The dark hedgehog looked at the small elf before him. He knew of plushies existing that were like Sonic, but none were exactly like him. It was the unfortunate truth about marketed plushies not being able to keep up with the appearances. In all honesty, it really annoyed him.
“Y̵O̷U̴ ̸P̸R̶O̴B̴A̵B̶L̴Y̴ ̵D̶O̵,̸“ he said. “I̷'̸M̵ ̵N̸O̴T̸.̶.̸.̸ ̸S̶O̷N̷I̵C̶.̸ ̶J̶U̵S̷T̸ ̸C̸A̷L̵L̷ ̵M̶E̴ ̵X̷E̷N̸O̶,̵ ̷K̸I̸D̷.̴“
He quickly moved next to the kid, looking at all of the items she pulled out of her pockets. How many things did she carry? Her question to him had him chuckle. “M̸A̸Y̸B̴E̵.̸ ̷I̷ ̵D̸U̶N̶N̵O̵.̴ ̵I̷ ̶D̷I̷D̶N̸'̸T̵ ̵E̷A̴T̸ ̷A̷N̸Y̴T̸H̵I̷N̷G̴ ̶B̸A̴D̴.̷ ̴I̶ ̷L̸I̷K̶E̶ ̷E̵A̶T̷I̷N̷G̷ ̸F̴R̷U̴I̵T̷S̸,̶ ̷B̸U̷T̵ ̵I̶ ̸T̵U̵R̸N̸E̶D̸ ̴O̸U̶T̵ ̶J̵U̶S̵T̴ ̸F̷I̷N̸E̴.̸“
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