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I’m passionate about medicine, I like how vast my opportunities are and how many fields I can specialise in, The joy, the stress,the importance of it to the world,the movement and action

And the most important thing I find purpose in medicine, That I can possibly save multiple lives on a weekly basis, I’m okay with putting more effort, getting paid less for more more working hours compared to a dentist, And the nightmare fuel residency

But the fact that even if I make it through all of this, my work life balance is still gonna be horrible has me doubting wether I should go for it or not, My uncle is in his fifties and he still has 24 hours shifts, sometimes working on the weekends, My cousin was 19, exactly my age when she got accepted into medical school Gave birth when she was 26, Her son,now 6, has probably spent more time with my aunt than with her mom, Since her life has been studying, hospital, eat and sleep for the better part of the last decade

It’s not that I’m not willing to put effort, I absolutely am and have been studying long and hard and will continue to do so,

It’s that I want to have some time for myself Go on dates,go fishing,camping,gym,read,master a martial art, learn a new language, play an instrument in the upcoming decade of my life and be able to travel in my youth

And I can’t imagine myself working anything over 50 hours a week for a living regardless of everything

I’m very much wondering about dental school, Which has way better life work balance, The thing is I’m not very keen on it

I find it limited, kind of doing the same things over and over again in the same room with the same tools, not that much interaction with the patient, And just don’t find it as purposeful

I’m lost and don’t know what to do at this point I’m sure a lot of you have been in the same position

Will appreciate any advice or insights

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Looking for recommendations for a martial arts studio in the Land O Lakes area. I'm right off veterans at SR 54 exit 19.

We are new to the area and my son is 13 going on 14. I'm currently being quoted 300 upfront fee along with 250 a month for a year contract.

Seems kinda steep but I'm not sure if that's a reasonable rate or not. School seems great though the high pressure sales tactics they used soured me a bit if I'm being honest.

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To be honest I always love sword fights in movies. A lot of martial arts movies have people with legit martial arts experience starring in them or doing the choreography. I'd like to see something similar with sword fighting.

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i dont wanna be scared anymore when i have a fist fight with someone of which fight i cant avoid. I feel like im the weakest of my friends. There is one way i could fight and that is that i can use a staff and martial arts weapons well. But it would be ridiculous to walk outside with those weapons to fight. Its like im asking for a fight.tho they dont give me confidence aswell because i wanna rely on my fists with confidence that i can win a fight and not feel scared before a fight begins

.ive stopped drinking sugar drinks like Coke and Redbull and i got used to drinking diet pepsi so i dont get fat since im in Normal shape. Is there any tip i could get to improve my body till im confident fighting someone on the street that cant be avoided??

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This is the follow-up post to round off the gatherings of errors and omissions I've noted during the third chapter of the game that create dissonances in the script. The preceding posts are listed bellow:

• Prologue: https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/s/TdkU8jkB0K

• Chapter 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/s/NCJzUt7Yq5

• Chapter 2 (1/2): https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/s/L3kgBuNtPG

• Chapter 2 (2/2): https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/s/YJxRDcNJSy

• Chapter 3 (1/2): https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/s/5K62HrBRRm

Chapter 3 Continuation

• 69:「(Hmm... Just a group of kids. Can't make any money from 'em.)」 / 「（なんだ？胡散臭い連中だな……子供までいるようだし……）」

The localization practically completely mistranslated this line. It makes no sense for the guy who works at Theater Turandot to say that he wouldn't be able to make money, as if "kids" wouldn't be able to attend a show. Ridnour should've said:
[(Hmm? This group sure looks shady... They even have kids.)]

• 70:「Here's our stop.」 / 「小劇場《トゥーランドット》──こちらに寄ったみたいですね。」

The localization omits what could've perhaps been a more in character wording, as it is a bit more technical/descriptive. Altina could've said:
[Here's our stop--Turandot Theater.]

• 71:「I'm guessing that if there was another zero, he woulda done it in a heartbeat.」 / 「ケタが１つ下だったら迷わず売り払った所なんじゃろうが……」

The localization mistranslates "one digit lower"/"ケタが１つ下," as the opposite. McEnroe should've said:
[I'm guessing that if there was one less zero, he woulda done it in a heartbeat.]

• 73:「That's true. We didn't have proof that you were doing anything illegal.」 / 「……アンタたちが非合法活動をしている証拠はない。」

「So until you attacked us, we didn't have any reason to report you.」 / 「その意味で、この場で拘束するつもりはないが……」

In the second line, the localization gives the impression that "but now we're going to report you." instead of more strictly "we have no reason to apprehend you." In that sense, Rean should've said:
[That's true. We don't have proof that you are doing anything illegal.]; And:
[So, we don't have any reason to apprehend you.]

• 74:「Well, we do have a little time before sunset kicks off the Summer Festival.」 / 「フッ、ちょうど夏至だし日没までは余裕がありそうだ。」

The localization sets up some rather confusing information in this line. First, the idea is, somewhat, simply that there is some time left before sunset. Second, is that the Summer Festival would take place tonight, which is untrue. The original line doesn't even mention the Summer Festival itself, but "summer solstice"/"夏至," which is in the original name for the festival, "Summer Solstice Festival"/"夏至祭." That leads to the idea that they actually have more daylight hours. Angelica should've said:
[Well, we do have some time before sunset, as today kicks off the summer solstice.]

• 75:「Oh, Instructor Rean.」 / 「あ、リィン教官。」

The original refers to the group of Rean, Angelica, Towa, and Sara, unlike the localization that singles out Rean. Juna could've said:
[Oh, you guys/everyone/Instructor Rean, and everyone.]

• 76:「You're from Liberl, right? What a shame I didn't know you last year. I could've slept over!」 / 「リベールから来たんだって！？去年回った時に出会えていればっ！」

The localization added, "I could've slept over!" just to exaggerate Angelica even more.

• 77:「Umm... 'If you ever visit the Empire, beware a woman named Angelica who dresses like a man and flirts with any girl with a pulse.'」 / 「……えっと、帝国に行ったらアンゼリカという男装のお姉さんにはくれぐれも気をつけるようにって……」

While not outright wrong, the localization added "that flirts with any girl with a pulse" to George's warning.

• 78:「Sara Valestein. Major Rieveldt's told me much about you.」 / 「……サラ・バレスタイン殿だったか。リーヴェルト少佐から話は聞いている。」

「Including the fact that you came to the aid of Instructor Schwarzer and our students.」 / 「シュバルツァー教官を始め、第Ⅱの生徒が世話になったようだな。」

The localization gives a strange connotation to the second line, as it ties into the first by being started with "Including." Why would Claire have told Michael about something that happened very recently, especially when Class VII, Sara, and Angelica went back to camp immediately? The Japanese lines aren't particularly tied the same way. Michael should've said:
[It seems that you came to the aid of Instructor Schwarzer and our students.]

• 79:「As for you, Major Irving of the RMP, I've heard YOU played a major part in reestablishing the Imperial Army in the east during the civil war.」 / 「ＴＭＰのアーヴィング少佐といえば内戦で西部の正規軍の建て直しに大いに貢献したという俊英……」

The localization actually mistranslates "west"/"西部" for "east"/"東部". Sara should've said:
[As for you, Major Irving of the RMP, I've heard YOU played a major part in reestablishing the Imperial Army in the west during the civil war.]

• 80:「Heehee. Tonight's dinner will be seafood stew, made with plenty of fresh Lamare fish!」 / 「ふふ、それじゃあ今日の夕食はラマールの海鮮をふんだんに使ったシーフードカレーということで！」

The localization randomly chose to translate "seafood curry"/"シーフードカレー" as "stew." Every other time this is brought up, it is correctly referred to as "curry." Sandy should've said:
[Heehee. Tonight's dinner will be seafood curry, made with plenty of fresh Lamare fish!]

• 81:「All right, all right. You're worse than I ever was.」 / 「はいはい。まったく３年前を思い出すわねぇ。」

The original doesn't have anything to do with comparing Angelica's behavior to Sara's. Far more likely, it's about the Arcus test trips, which happened three years before, comparing Angelica's present and past behavior. Sara should've said:
[All right, all right. This is reminding me of three years ago.];
Or: [*...This is bringing back the headache from three years ago.]

• 82:「I thought Ordis' nobility was having a tough time, too, but here he is, having the time of his life.」 / 「オルディス貴族の不調もどこへやらだな。」

This line shouldn't be referring to any particular "he," as it originally wasonly about "Ordis' nobility." Count Carlisle should've said:
[I thought Ordis' nobility was having a tough time, too, but here they are, having the time of their life.]

• 83:「Because if they were, they'd most certainly be spending the night with a beautiful lady like yourself.」 / 「もしそうなら朝まで美女たちと戯れている筈だからね！」

Unlike the localization, this isn't particularly directly suggesting that the jaegers would spend the night with the chapel's nun. She speaks broadly, in the sense of "beautiful ladies"/"美女たち" (of Raquel). Angelica should've said:
[Because if they were, they'd most certainly be spending the night with a all the beautiful ladies!]

• 84:「Heehee. I'm glad I could talk with Ash.」 / 「ふふ、アッシュ君の話がお聞きできてよかったです。」

This is rather wrong with the localization. This should be "talking about Ash," as this is in response to Rean speaking about how he's doing in Thors while he's not present. Sister Olfa should've said:
[Heehee. I'm glad I could talk about Ash.]

• 85:「I'm glad Ash isn't with you for this. I'd rather he not be involved in something so dangerous.」 / 「アッシュたちが一緒でなくてよかったわ。子供は巻き込みたくないから……」

「I didn't want Ash involved in something so dangerous, so that's why I didn't say anything earlier.」 / 「……アッシュたちには関わって欲しくないから昼間は話さなかったけれど……」

The localization singles Ash out twice in the same line. The original is about "kids"/"子供". Julia should've said:
[I'm glad Ash and the other students aren't with you for this. I'd rather children not be involved in something so dangerous.];
And: [I didn't want Ash and the others involved in something so dangerous, so that's why I didn't say anything earlier.]

• 86:「We ran into Shirley in Saint-Arkh. I didn't think she'd be here...」 / 「セントアークで遭遇しました。……彼女たちが来ていたとは……」

The localization singles out Shirley in the second clause, when it's supposed to include Gareth. Rean could've said:
[We ran into Shirley in Saint-Arkh. I didn't think they'd/both of them would be here...]

• 87:「I'm thinking he might have contact with Nidhoggr--」 / 「“彼”ならニーズヘッグ以外と情報の取引をしている可能性が──」

The original doesn't single out "Nidhoggr," as it's more about "others besides Nidhoggr"/"ニーズヘッグ以外." Rean should've said:
[I'm thinking he might have contact with others besides Nidhoggr--]

• 88:「The night was certainly going to prove an interesting one.」 / 「夜８時を回った夜のラクウェルに再び繰り出すのだった。」

The localization omits the mention of it being 8p.m. The narration could've said:
[As they went out into Raquel once more at 8p.m., the night was certainly going to prove an interesting one.]

• 89:「You could make 100,000 mira in a single night, you know?」 / 「一晩で１０００万ミラ稼ぐというのも決して夢ではありませんよ？」

「A hundred-thousand mira?」 / 「い、１０００万ミラ……」

The localization mistranslates what should be a higher amount. The Dealer should've said:
[You could make 10,000,000 mira in a single night, you know?];
And Rean should've said: [Ten-million mira?]

• 90:「(That shadow...)」 / 「（あの紫色の“影”……）」

The localization omits actually mentioning the color. Rean could've said:
[(That purple shadow).]

• 91:「I'm stickin' with mine, of course.」 / 「もちろんその場合は俺も自分のデッキで相手させてもらうが。」

「(Should I keep using the Jaeger King's deck?)」 / 「（猟兵王のデッキか……かなりの手強そうだな。）」

The localization creates some confusion with the wording choice. Up to this point, Rutger and Rean were playing with matching decks the former provided. When Rutger says the first line, you'd be led to believe that he's sticking with the deck he has been using while allowing Rean to change to his own. However, the original is far more clear: both of them are changing to theor personal decks, not only Rean. Rutger should've said:
[I'm also goin' to use my own, of course.]
Regarding the second line, while not entirely wrong, even if it doesn't contradict the context in general, it's still not really what's said. Rean should've said:
[(The Jaeger King's personal deck... It might be quite a challenge.)]
The original also helps reinforce the idea that "stickin' with mine" shouldn't be referring to the matching decks used initially.

• 92:「I won't be able to attend because I come from a baron house, but...」 / 「ウチは男爵家ということもあって、参加はできませんが……」

This line sounds rather unnatural with this localization. Not referring to his father or family as a whole before talking about "not attending" the Provincial Council before himself is strange. Kairi should've said:
[My father/family won't be able to attend because he's only a baron, but.../we're only from a baron house, but...]

• 93:「I'd like to study his spearmanship in more detail.」 / 「バルディアス流槍術……認識を改める必要がありそうだな。」

「I'm ready to see your spearmanship!」 / 「バルディアス流槍術の極み見せていただきます……！」

The localization mostly omits references to Wallace's spearmanship (which only happens a single time) as "Bardias style/"バルディアス流槍術." Kurt could've said:
[I'd like to study his Bardias style spearmanship in more detail.]; and:
[I'm ready to see you Bardias style spearmanship/spear.]

• 94:「That monster sighting.」 / 「“幻獣”らしき魔獣が目撃されたのって。」

「Just up ahead is where that monster was spotted.」 / 「この先が幻獣らしき影が目撃されたという方面だな。」

「We need to investigate where that cryptid was last seen.」

The localization hardly finds a way to translate the fact that the monster sighting is "幻獣らし"/"similar to a cryptid," "cryptid-like," or "suspected of being a cryptid." Juna could've said:
[That might-be-a-cryptid monster sighting.]; Rean could've said:
[Just up ajead is where that cryptid-like figure was spotted.]; At least when Sara says it they don't swap it for just "monster."

• 95:「We fought two cryptids in Crossbell, so this could be another one.」 / 「いや、僕たちはクロスベルで２種類の幻獣と戦ったが……」

「It feels a lot more dangerous than the one we fought yesterday.」 / 「昨日戦った手配魔獣クラスを遥かに超えているのは間違いないぞ？」

Anyone would be forgiven if they interpreted that "the one we fought yesterday" was another cryptid, because that's how the localization comes across. The original, necessarily, specifies it as a "wanted monster"/"手配魔獣." Kurt could've said:
[It feels a lot more dangerous than the wanted monster we fought yesterday.]

• 96:「Only time I can think of is when I jacked up some thieves with some friends once.」 / 「内戦の時に野盗どもを誘き出して集団でボコッた時くらいか。」

The localization doesn't specify when this happened, "during the civil war"/"内戦の時に." Ash could've said:
[Only time I can think of is when I jacked up some thieves with some friends back in the civil war.]

• 97:「I'd heard of the Empire's Magic Knights being sighted in Crossbell.」 / 「ただ、帝国の幻獣やら魔煌兵がクロスベルに現れたって聞いて……」

The localization removes the inclusion of "cryptids"/"幻獣." Sara could've said:
[I'd heard of the Empire's cryptids and Magic Knights being sighted in Crossbell.]

• 98:「You think we could talk in person after the council?」 / 「会議前に直接話せそうか？」

The localization mistranslates "before the council"/"会議前に" for "after." Rean should've said:
[You think we could talk in person before the council?]

• 99:「There was this old guy barfing in the station plaza. Isn't that disgusting?」 / 「毎日のように店の前の駅前広場でゲロする奴がいんだよ～。マジ困っちまうぜ。」

The localization doesn't particularly translate the fact that this is a recurring issue, "practically every day"/"毎日のように" and not a one-time occurrence as it may come across. Silew should've said:
[There's this old guy who barfs in the station plaza practically every single day. Isn't that disgusting?]

• 100:「Well! It sets my mind at ease knowing you kids didn't have to face it alone.」 / 「そうかいそうかい……教官さんや遊撃士の人も一緒ならあんたの無茶も少しは安心だよ。」

「It sets my mind at ease knowing you kids didn't have to face it alone.」 / 「教官さんや遊撃士の人も一緒ならアッシュの無茶も少しは安心だよ。」

The localization generalizes this to be referring to all the students, when it's only speaking about Ash. That can be seen in the repeat dialogue in Japanese, with "your recklessness"/"あんたの無茶" and "Ash's recklessness"/アッシュの無茶" being the same. Morley should've said:
[Well! It sets my mind at ease knowing you/Ash kids didn't have to face it alone (knowing how reckless Ash is.)]

• 101:「More specifically, it's the illegal acts of Kleist Mall's sales manager.」 / 「さらに言えば、クライストモールのワッズ営業部長……彼の違法行為に関する話ですの。」

「Lately, we've been plagued by the illegal activities of a man named Wads. He's the sales manager from a rival shopping complex.」 / 「競合他社である《クライストモール》のワッズ営業部長……彼から違法な妨害を受けておりますの。」

The localization didn't want to name "Wads"/"ワッズ." The second line, an alternate for the start of the quest, does it perfectly fine. Ferris should've said:
[More specifically, it's the illegal acts of Kleist Mall's sales manager, a man named Wads.]

• 102「They split up into groups of three to gather evidence and find the culprits.」 / 「ならず者たちと証拠を押さえるため、３班に分かれて張りこむ事にしたのだった。」

The localization gets it wrong. It's meant to be "three groups"/"３班," as the event shows the groups having 3 (Rean, Kurt, and Ash), 2 (Juna and Altina), and 1 (Musse) members. The narration should've said:
[They split up into three groups to gather evidence and find the culprits.]

• 103:「You ordered the defamation of Ms. Ferris' store!」 / 「フェリスさんの店への放火指示──それに今までやってきた悪事への関与！」

The localization removes the mention of "arsoning"/"放火指示." Juna should've said:
[You ordered the arson and defamation of Ms. Ferris' store!]

• 104「If only the late duke were still with us...」 / 「せめてあのアルフレッド殿が生きていらっしゃれば……」

「(Late duke?)」 / 「（アルフレッド殿……？）」

「If only Lord Alfred were still with us...」 / 「せめてあのアルフレッド殿が生きていらっしゃればな……」

The localization omits using "Lord Alfred"/"アルフレッド殿" in the first line, just as they do in the third one (a repeat line), for no reason. Also leading to it not being used in the second line. If there is a need to 'make' the lines different, there are smarter ways to go it about without omitting the name that is in both. Lord Wilson could've said:
[If only the late Duke Alfred/Lord Alfred were still with us...]; and:
[If only Lord Alfred/the late Duke Alfred was were still with us...]; Juna could've said:
[(Duke Alfred/Lord Alfred)]

• 105:「We began opening our Summer Festival Ball tocommoners and it's proven to be a big hit.」 / 「夏至祭のパーティは昨年から平民のお客様でも参加可能となったのですが、非常に好評でしてね。」

The localization removes the mention of "last year"/"昨年から." Manager Warburg could've said:
[We began opening our Summer Festival Ball to commoners last year, and it's proven to be a big hit.]

• 106:「Haha... I was just reminded of my daughters.」 / 「フフ……娘たちの事がつい思い出されてしまってな。」

Considering that the correct context for this is about Musse's parents deaths, the localization got it wrong. Count Egret should've said:
[Haha... I was just reminded of them/those two/him and my daughter.]

• 107:「Wonder, how is your weight cutting coming along?」 / 「時にワンダー君、減量の方はどうなっているかね？」

「About ten curims.」 / 「うっす、１０クリムくらいっす。」

「No, I gained ten curims.」 / 「いえ、あと１０クリムっす。」

The joke is a bit altered in the localization. The third line doesn't outright say "gained." Wonder could've said:
[No, about ten curims left.]

• 108:「Come to think of it, she was contacting many different places to confirm something...」 / 「そういえば昨日は あちこちに連絡を取って何かを確かめておられたような……」

The localization removes any reference to the time. Reni should've said:
[Come to think of it, yesterday, she was contacting many different places to confirm something...]

• 109:「That's the girl who ordered a five-scoop ice cream yesterday afternoon. Who could forget a young lady like that?」 / 「その子なら昨日の昼過ぎに５段重ねで注文してくれてねぇ。」

「That's the girl who ordered a five-scoop ice cream yesterday afternoon!」 / 「昨日の昼過ぎに、アイスを５段重ねで注文したお嬢さんねぇ。」

「She talked to me yesterday afternoon, right here, actually.」 / 「──昨日の夕方くらいにまさにここで声を掛けられたよ。」

「Oh, I remember her...She came here yesterday afternoon.」 / 「あら、この子は……昨日夕方くらいに来た子ね。」

「That girl came by in the afternoon.」 / 「その子なら昨日の夕方くらいに来ていたわよ。」

The fact that the localization chose to translate "昼過ぎ" and "夕方" both as "afternoon" creates problems when searching for Millium in Ordis, as there is no distinction. One of the key details of the search is the information about the time Millium visited each restaurant/stall; the first two lines are correct during the "afternoon," but the rest are supposed to be far later in the day, when "evening"/"nightfall"/"sundown"/"sunset" would be much more appropriate. Professor Lughmann should've said:
[She talked to me yesterday evening, right here, actually.]: and Miranda should've said:
[Oh, I remember her...She came here yesterday evening.]; and:
[That girl came by in the evening.]

• 110:「The object that has been placed in your charge should prove useful just up ahead.」 / 「“彼女たち”からの預かり物がすぐ近くで役に立つ筈じゃ。」

The localization doesn't even have a "they" to be as direct as the original. Roselia could've said:
[The object they/those two placed in you charge should prove useful just up ahead.]

• 111:「The echoes from below and the ominous air in here tell us to turn back...」 / 「……音の反響、風の流れ……」

「You know, for a second, you almost sounded as cool as the Divine Blade of Wind.」 / 「ティオ先輩──というか、風の剣聖の同門でしたっけ。」

The infamous line, at one point, related Tio to the Eight Leaves One Blade. While it is not outright wrong after a patch, it still omits details. The comparison of Rean's dramatic speech is originally to both Tio and Arios. Especially based on him saying "the sound's echoing"/"音の反響" and "the wind's flow"/"風の流れ." Juna should've said:
[You know, you almost sounded like Tio--or, well, you might be closer to the Divine Blade of Wind. Well, you did learn from the same master.]

• 112:「I've only faced Duvalie before, but I'm sure the rest of them share her pride.」 / 「《神速》しか知らないが彼女たちの誇り高さは知っている。」

Again, the localization has Rean show a different dynamic by addressing Duvalie by just her actual name instead of "the Swift"/' 《神速》." Rean could've said:
[I've only faced the Swift before, but I'm sure the rest of them share her pride.]

• 113:「Will you become a demon? Will you run? Or will you accept your defeat?」 / 「そのまま完全なる鬼と化すか、逃げるか、我が軍門に下るか。」

If the localization is supposed to be "Ogre Power," then this should refer to "鬼" as such. Arianrhod should've said:
[Will you become a ogre? Will you run? Or will you accept your defeat?]

• 114:「From here on out, you'll be facing dead men and beings of legend.」 / 「蠢くは死兵の群れ、そして至高にして伝説の存在。」

"Beings of legend" shouldn't be in plural, since this is specifically Arianrhod. Azure Siegfried should've said:
[From here on out, you'll be facing dead men and a legend/supreme legend.]

• 115:「Seems the winds have blessed us with a reunion.」 / 「フフ、どうやらオレたちの再会を祝福してくれているようだな。」

This line feels out of place since Zeo didn't appear on his own; he was already with Gaius from the moment he returned. Gaius should've said:
[Seems he is congratulating us on our reunion.]

• 116:「Ah, I've heard all about you, but this is the first time we've met in person, isn't it?」 / 「フフ……会うのは初めてだが師からの手紙で存じている。」

The localization shouldn't be omitting the information of "Master's letters"/"師からの手紙." Wallace should've said:
[Ah, Master told me all about you in his letters, but this is the first time we've met in person, isn't it?]

• 117:「We've even considered deploying Panzer Soldats to Juno Naval Fortress. There's no such thing as being too prepared.」 / 「現在ジュノー海上要塞でも機甲兵の出動を検討している。……用心に越した事はないからな。」

It shouldn't be "to Juno," but rather "from Juno." Because the machines are in the fortress. The Provincial Army Soldier should've said:
[We've even considered deploying Panzer Soldats from Juno Naval Fortress. There's no such thing as being too prepared.]

• 118:「The students were nervous, but Juna's souvenirs lifted their spirits, and they decided to go to bed early to get ready for tomorrow.」 / 「生徒たちは緊張しつつもユウナたちの土産に盛り上がってから前日よりも早く就寝するのだった。」

The localization singles out Juna from "ユウナたち." The narration should've said:
[The students were nervous, but Juna and the others'/Class VII's souvenirs lifted their spirits, and they decided to go to bed early to get ready for tomorrow.]

• 119:「Sorry, but we'll be doing away with our agreement with the government.」 / 「政府からの依頼書……悪いが処分させてもらうぞ。」

The localization mistakes who has an agreement with the government, which aren't the Purple Jaegers. The group burned Nidhoggrs contract after winning a battle. The Purple Jaeger should've said:
[Sorry, but we'll be doing away with your agreement with the government.]

• 120:「We need to get out of here!」 / 「ここからは走って行くしかない……！」

This line sounds strange when the context is that the group has to progress on foot. Rean should've said:
[We need to go on foot/running from here/this point!]

• 121:「They're from the same region as the Northern Jaegers. Naturally, they're used by them.」 / 「北の猟兵のクーガー──そして赤い星座で運用しているタイプね。」

The localization added the aspect of being from the "same region," as there wasn't anything quite like that originally. But also, they omit mentioning the "Red Constelation," considering their military monsters also appear. Sara should've said:
[There were not only the Northern Jaegers' cougars, but also the type the Red Constelation uses.]

• 122:「Tch. Their corps is the strongest, too.」 / 「くっ、最強の猟兵まで加勢しているのか……！」

Because of the previous mistake, this already awkwardly worded line gets more confusing. As the Red Constellation's military beasts were confirmed, this is a reaction to them also being in the canyon. It's not about the Purple Jaegers as the localization would make it seem. Rean should've said:
[Tch. Even their corp/one of the strongest corps is here, too!]

• 123:「It's probably the society who hired them.」 / 「そして、恐らくは結社も……」

Again, this also suffers. This isn't supposed to say that the Purple Jaegers were hired by the Society, it only points out that they might be here as well (due to Shirley's connection). Gaius should've said:
[It's safe to assume the Society might be here, as well.]

• 125:「Schwarzer, listen up.」 / 「シュバルツァー、サラ殿にユーシス殿たちも。」

The localization singles out Rean. Wallace should've said:
[Schwarzer and everyone/Sara, Jusis and everyone, listen up.]

• 126:「And soldiers in the provincial army are all highly trained, too. Besides, they've got Toval there with them.」 / 「地方軍の兵士も精鋭揃い……トヴァルたちもいるし任せましょう。」

The localization couldn't even afford to include Agate in "トヴァルたち." Sara should've said:
[And soldiers in the provincial army are all highly trained, too. Besides, they've got Toval and Agate there with them.]

• 128:「And this...must be the pinnacle of my skill.」 / 「そして……私が届けるのはここまでということか。」

「Indeed. The only battlefield that lies beyond this is within the realm of the Great One.」 / 「ええ──ここから先は《巨イナル一》に関わりし者の領域。」

This is such a big misinterpretation of this line. This isn't about Aurelia's journey with swordsmanship or her skill at all. This is about the fact that after the on-foot battle, now comes the battle between Valimar and the Aion. Just as Arianrhod says, next. Even if this is an aspect touched on later, she is far from saying that outright in this scene, much less Arianrhod agreeing that that is that. Aurelia should've said:
[And this... must be the end of my role/as much as I can do/as far as I can go.]

• 129:「And your associates as well--Are you prepared?」 / 「そして準起動者たちよ。──覚悟はいいですね？」

The localization didn't want to use the actual term in play here. Arianrhod should've said:
[And your secondary contractors as well--Are you prepared?]

• 130:「Countess Le Guin and my grandfather have been friends for many years.」 / 「先代ルグィン伯とお祖父様に親交があった関係で昔から良くしていただきまして。」

This isn't about Aurelia, as the "previous Count Le Guin"/"先代ルグィン伯" was her father. Musse should've said:
[The previous Count Le Guin and my grandfather have been friends for many years.]

• 131:「Right, you mentioned you were going to swing by Roer...」 / 「ああ、ルーレに帰る前に帝都に寄るとか言ってたわね。」

The localization entirely omits the information here about Angelica "stopping by Heimdallr"/"帝都に寄る." This sets up the fact that it was known, from this chapter's end, that she went to the capital before her disappearance. Sara should've said:
[Right, you mentioned you were going to swing by Heimdallr before heading back to Roer...]

• 132:「But Worzel blood and more runs through your veins.」 / 「だが君は──戦士ウォーゼルの血と、もう一つを継いだ君には。」

It's a strange choice of words, in the localization, to refer to a stigma as "running through your veins." Wallace could've said:
[But the blood of the warrior Worzel is not the only thing you have inherited.]

• 133:「It seems I have no choice but to put my trust in Emma, Celine, and that Ashen child.」 / 「──今はエマとセリーヌ、灰の小僧たちに託すしかないか。」

The localization singles out Rean in "灰の小僧たち." Roselia could've said:
[It seems I have no choice but to put my trust in Emma, Celine, and that Ashen child and his/their friends.]

• 134:「What have you been doing these last three months, George?!」 / 「この３ヶ月、何をしていたんだ、ジョルジュ・ノーム──！？」

The localization didn't want to impactfully call out George's full name. Angelica could've said:
[What have you been doing these last three months, George Nome?!]

• 135:「Haha. You see right through me, Instructor.」 / 「フフ、流石はリィン教官……“武”に関することは何でもお見通しですね。」

The localization removes the specifying that Rean's prowess in martial arts is what allows his perceptiveness to her troubles. Not just being perceptive in general. Jessica should've said:
[Haha. You see right through me, Instructor... just what I expect from your prowess in the martial arts.]

• 136:「(I finally understand just how tough Alisa must have it...)」 / 「（何というか……アリサさんたちが苦労するわけね。）」

The game singles out Alisa in "アリサさんたち."

• 137:「Gave Orchid Hairpin to Musse!」 / 「ミュゼに胡蝶のかんざし をプレゼントした！」

「Found Musse and gave her Orchid Hairpin!」 / 「ミュゼを探して胡蝶のかんざし をプレゼントした！」

「My, what an elegant butterfly... I love it!」 / 「ふふ、蝶のあつらえがとても優美ですね。」

The localization mistranslates "butterfly"/"胡蝶" for "orchid"; likely because of "胡蝶蘭," which are orchids. Musse even reacts only to the fact it has "butterflies"/"蝶." Strange, given the name of the item. The narration should've said:
[Gave Butterfly Hairpin to Musse!]; and:
[Found Musse and gave her the Butterfly Hairpin!]

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Hi! :)

I just moved around the Denver area (Broomfield). I am interested in joining a martial arts gym that emphasizes the mental part of martial arts. I really don't care what discipline as long as the gym talks about how the mind as well as the body.

Any suggestions?

Thx :)

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I have found the solution to the GME problem. This is not FUD or investment advice. When I was in martial arts my master used to teach us: If nobody gets hurt everybody wins

The future of Gamestop is irrelevant for this hypothesis, however bankruptcy is off the table. Also the type of fuckery also doesn't matter all that matters is we all have guns to the others heads.

Current situation of the big players:

GME stock holders - we know the fuckery that happened, now that bankruptcy is off the table we have a noose around certain organizations necks. We will get paid in tendies or throats.

Certain organizations - They made bad bets and now know a short squeeze would cost them solvency. However, they would take down the global economy with it. Or at least be a huge huge risk in an election year.

Regulators / Politicians - They are aware of everything, their one goal before any fuckery is to keep the global economy from going up in flames. They honestly don't care what happens as long as it leaves the news cycle.

Realities we KNOW after 5 years

GME holders: The stock can't go to millions / share (all at once) this would destroy the global economy, the powers with tanks and guns will not allow that to happen. However the price can go very very high as long as it doesn't blow things up.

Certain Organizations - Their motivation is to survive, ANYTHING that lets them live is acceptable. Anything else and they take as many pensions down as they can.

Regulators / Politicians. As long as this falls out of the news cycle who gives a shit.

What happened in the last couple of weeks.

The time traveler DFV returned. Drumming up massive amounts of hype! Everything else is secret or code. The only thing we know (and he knew last week) was that this would get everyone awake, this is the endgame. The deal only works if EVERYBODY is looking. No more fuckery this gets solved for good.

Gamestop released very surprising news that allows them to do one thing. Sweep fuckery under the rug on Gamestop's terms. This is the underground tunnel that lets the hedge funds release the pressure and gets shareholders paid.

Example. (don't hate the numbers, I have been drinking straight paint all day)

GME has 100 shareholders each holding 1 share at $100 / share.

Company C has sold 900 'shares' that it needs to close (not cover, this ends it)

GME issues 50 shares without SEC notification to Company C.

Result:

The 100 GME shareholders now have an extra $50 /share in cash for acquisitions / reverse splits/ dividends whatever. (with alot more on the way)

Company C now has 850 shares. Slow but steady reduction in loan principal, banks used to do that right?

GME now has alot of money, also the 'interest rate' on this loan is the appreciation of GME itself. GME doubles in value as a company, cost went up to service the loan.

The politicians keep their jobs because the idiosyncratic risk is gone.

EVERYBODY WINS.

DFV realized this and knew we needed strength. The hype steadied our hands.

Cohen realized this and gave us options

Company C gets to live, but has a lot of money to pay.

I would double check this, but I have to go do manual labor tomorrow.

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Hi! :)

I just moved to the Boulder area (Broomfield). I am interested in joining a martial arts gym that emphasizes the mental part of martial arts. I really don't care what discipline as long as the gym talks about how the mind as well as the body.

Any suggestions?

Thx :)

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Everywhere you get told to go to the gym. And while i agree that basic exercise is a good thing, why always the gym? You can work out at home, go climbing, play any kind of sports with a ball, do martial arts, work physically etc.

There are tons of ways to get fit, but paying to go to a place where you sit on a machine and do monotonous movements over and over again is the only form of exercise people seem to talk about. Whenever people have ANY kind of problem, mental health, dating etc. People will say "go to the gym" without knowing if it's right for them, what kind of exercise actually fits them and even if a lack of fitness is the main problem to begin with.

Let's be honest, especially if you have mental health problems, executive dysfunction or are easily bored, a gym is a awful place to start exercising. If you have body image problems, you get bombarded with images of flawless human beings and the regulars and the trainers are mostly way over-average fit, which only makes things worse. It is an extremely boring, monotonous and time-intensive way to exercise, which makes it very difficult to even get started to begin with if you cannot motivate yourself to work out at all.

For me personally, it feels like the "industrialized" version of exercise in general, only there to maximize muscle-growth in an extremely sterile setting, completely detached from any "natural" form of physical activity.

I cannot really fathom why is seems to be the only socially acceptible way to do physical activity at all, so why is it that gyms get always recommended in all cases instead of just doing exercises or even moving in general?

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This is a very hypothetical situation. But I want to see what the law says. I am a 5 foot 10 man weighing 200 pounds. I am overweight and out of shape/physically inactive. Suppose I get attacked by a 12 year old girl who is 5 foot 0 and 80 pounds (so she is the aggressor, not me). She is highly trained in martial arts and is physically active/athletic. She attacks me by jumping on my back and putting me in a rear naked choke. I attempt to throw her off but she manages to use my own weight against me and transitions into an armbar. At this point, I am fearing for my life, so I grab my gun out and shoot her in the first place I can find. With a good lawyer, could this be argued as justifiable self-defense?

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Sry for any spelling error as i dont have English as a first language.

Hey, i think I've been dealing with trauma from my first breakup now 8 years later. I want to tell my story to someone,

Im 28 years old and i've only had 1 serious relationship in my life, maybe 3 more less serious over these years. I had a bad relationship with my mother and i lived and worked for and cared for my handicapped father (who's now dead). my father was a drug addict from several year of drugs he got for being handicapped from the neck down, i fed him black market drugs as early as 16 years of age whilst also helping him consume alcohol.

i was also gaming addict but had many good friends whom i shared my trauma with.

I was single 19 year of age and had never been in a relationship with anyone, i had been pretty interested in martial arts my whole life so i started my 2nd year in kung-fu (hung-gar) during this time i had been secretly in love with a girl in my age group whom i had meat in a seminar.

fast forward 1 year i had been secretly in love with this girl for 3 years and finally she was going to a party i held at my fathers place. the party went on as usual and we had fun, but at the end i told her how felt and she answered that she needed time. ( Fyi her mother had recently died of cancer, whom she cared for very much as she did not have a good relationship with her father )

the party went on a little bit further and she ended up cuddling and making out with my martial arts teacher next to me in my room whilst i cried myself to sleep next to them. I confronted her in the morning and she told me that she was sorry for what happened and she was very drunk.

fast forward 4 months and we had finally gotten together. i was at her place a lot and comforted her whilst she was mourning her mothers death. we had a really good and idyllic relationship, very good friend who supported us and family whom did the same. this lasted for about half a year then it started to go south.

it stared with that she told me how big her previous boyfriends c#ck was and how it hurt, idk but this hurt my self confidence as i was not really fit and did only have an average sized c#ck. as time went on we had sex less and less, then one day my father suggested and poly-amorous relationship to my girlfriend, she adopted the idea and as weak as i was i accepted it.

first of she wanted to gain more pleasure from the sex we were having, so i did research on how to please her. as i was learning and gaining more knowledge about the female anatomy i got better at "sex" but she was not pleased and continued searching for other partners.

I started do self harm and i had my first panic attack whilst she was out have sex with some people i knew, i biked all the way out to the place she was partying and she ignored me and said i was bothering her and her friends.

i felt like i died inside

it got worse and worse, as my friends started to notice me of when she was "dating" someone else,

finally the dam broke and i broke up with her (it was the most difficult decision i had to in my life up until now) i started to hit my hand and head against the wall until they bled whilst i was breaking up with her.

After all was done she still wanted to sleep next to me as that was her most comfortable place.

after this i was depressed beyond belief, my room was a mess and flies stared to gather around me as trash started to build up. self harm was at it's worse and finally i tried to burn myself alive in my room. therapy started close to this situation,

therapy was a hit or miss but after a few switches i found someone that fit me. she helped me a lot with figuring out past traumas form my family and relationships, so i slowly started to recovery from this situation.

now 7-8 year later (i dont know the exact date) i am writing this to get it of my chest, i feel like this trauma is still with me as i have given up on being in a relationship and have even tried being homosexual for a while. i think i am broken still and dont know what to do.

i do have a great relationship with my mother who i love with all my heart.

I want advice on how i should continue my life, i am soon a finished teacher from uni and have not touched a form of a partner in 6 years. should im just wait or actively search for someone?

TL;DR I've had a bad experience with relationships how should i continue?

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It's been months and I just want to be loved honestly. I don't care if it's slow or whatever. That's what the online platform is for. I am looking specifically for a person who can appreciate and understand emotions and feelings and value the place from which they come from rather then something very surface level.

About me-

I reply fast. I am attentive. Caring. I been through alot so I don't relate to alot of things like gf bf. I mean what the hell is that. Basically two people who are unsure of eachother and call that maturity. Nah. You either love and open and free yourself from traumas and shallow ideas that fester in you or I am just a option and that's not where I wanna be. I'd rather be alone then be in that spot.

I am loyal. I am kinda shy and kinda of a open book. Ask me anything and be ready for tye answer. I am sorta complicated and overthinker. So I tend to overshare and put out my explanations.

I don't wanna" love bomb" but I do wanna love and be affectionate and wish you goodmornings and good afternoons and good evenings. I check on whether you ate or slept enough and why if you haven't. I don't leave you hang either. I care, for your health. I am working out so you can have a partner who pushes you.

Things that I am passionate about is. Life generally. Art. Humanity. Animal behavior. Science. Black holes hahah. But I am not a physicist. I love listening to music. I watch a lot of YouTube. I do listen to conspiracy theories here and there. Lol. But sometimes they get crazy however I know that child trafficking is a problem and ideas are dangerous things. So let's discuss that. I mean the whole psychological aspect of it. Which is one of my interests.

I don't wanna be on the talking stage for two weeks only for you to see my face and not even reply or talk which happened with one of the girls I talked to and I opened up and she left me anyway. Which hurts. You know people aren't garbage play things that if you don't care they just cease to have feelings and that makes alot of women here heartless. G that's you. I only speak English.

I am 168cm tall. Brown guy. Black hair with a red shine. I know quite abit about ego and stuff spiritually and I can tell you.... things. But that's something very close to my heart so. I'll let you on it when you are mine.

I love ufc. I like the art of fighting. I like martial arts in general. I love history too. I like looking at things with a greater depth like knowing them personally whether it be very vast emotions to anything. That's where life is beautiful. Everything has meaning.

I am looking for someone who'll talk to me and reciprocate and won't be a surface level person. She'll be hygienic. Kind. Caring. Sensitive. Soft and sweet. Can listen to me. Can chat. Can video call. Can send me updates about her. Can talk about her feelings. Can open up and let me have her heart. Can hold my arm and hug me. Can love as much as I do. Can see and value me.

Telegram is Ashs1290

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picture day at school + bullied + denied of a reshoot and if they do, something still goes wrong

this cliche is cant not be ignored cause its unrealistic and stupid

im watching are you afraid of the dark, the curious camera and somehow the boy is invisible when in fact can be seen and everyone but him was in gym clothes... ok thats weird, 1 out of 20 other boys isnt wearing gym clothes during gym and picture day? wtf. its like that meme dressed up battle or something but you have to teach a class.

a previous one that everyone ignored

is all forms of Martial arts and sword training is practicing the same move all day as if thats gonna make one a master. i dont get it

a bratty character or a useless one in the group

assumed good guy turns into a jerk when given power or high IQ

when it fails to understand magic. magic is a very tricky thing and repeating one word isnt gonna solve all your problems. no different then saying every word possible when speaking or getting things done with your own hands. simply it takes effort than saying one thing or pressing a single button and hoping for the best but said button may do nothing or seems like nothing cause its random

adults are useless and grumpy assholes

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Sry for any spelling error as i dont have English as a first language.

Hey, i think I've been dealing with trauma from my first breakup now 8 years later. I want to tell my story to someone,

Im 28 years old and i've only had 1 serious relationship in my life, maybe 3 more less serious over these years. I had a bad relationship with my mother and i lived and worked for and cared for my handicapped father (who's now dead). my father was a drug addict from several year of drugs he got for being handicapped from the neck down, i fed him black market drugs as early as 16 years of age whilst also helping him consume alcohol.

i was also gaming addict but had many good friends whom i shared my trauma with.

I was single 19 year of age and had never been in a relationship with anyone, i had been pretty interested in martial arts my whole life so i started my 2nd year in kung-fu (hung-gar) during this time i had been secretly in love with a girl in my age group whom i had meat in a seminar.

fast forward 1 year i had been secretly in love with this girl for 3 years and finally she was going to a party i held at my fathers place. the party went on as usual and we had fun, but at the end i told her how felt and she answered that she needed time. ( Fyi her mother had recently died of cancer, whom she cared for very much as she did not have a good relationship with her father )

the party went on a little bit further and she ended up cuddling and making out with my martial arts teacher next to me in my room whilst i cried myself to sleep next to them. I confronted her in the morning and she told me that she was sorry for what happened and she was very drunk.

fast forward 4 months and we had finally gotten together. i was at her place a lot and comforted her whilst she was mourning her mothers death. we had a really good and idyllic relationship, very good friend who supported us and family whom did the same. this lasted for about half a year then it started to go south.

it stared with that she told me how big her previous boyfriends c#ck was and how it hurt, idk but this hurt my self confidence as i was not really fit and did only have an average sized c#ck. as time went on we had sex less and less, then one day my father suggested and poly-amorous relationship to my girlfriend, she adopted the idea and as weak as i was i accepted it.

first of she wanted to gain more pleasure from the sex we were having, so i did research on how to please her. as i was learning and gaining more knowledge about the female anatomy i got better at "sex" but she was not pleased and continued searching for other partners.

I started do self harm and i had my first panic attack whilst she was out have sex with some people i knew, i biked all the way out to the place she was partying and she ignored me and said i was bothering her and her friends.

i felt like i died inside

it got worse and worse, as my friends started to notice me of when she was "dating" someone else,

finally the dam broke and i broke up with her (it was the most difficult decision i had to in my life up until now) i started to hit my hand and head against the wall until they bled whilst i was breaking up with her.

After all was done she still wanted to sleep next to me as that was her most comfortable place.

after this i was depressed beyond belief, my room was a mess and flies stared to gather around me as trash started to build up. self harm was at it's worse and finally i tried to burn myself alive in my room. therapy started close to this situation,

therapy was a hit or miss but after a few switches i found someone that fit me. she helped me a lot with figuring out past traumas form my family and relationships, so i slowly started to recovery from this situation.

now 7-8 year later (i dont know the exact date) i am writing this to get it of my chest, i feel like this trauma is still with me as i have given up on being in a relationship and have even tried being homosexual for a while. i think i am broken still and dont know what to do.

i do have a great relationship with my mother who i love with all my heart.

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I am M (57) married to a very fit and beautiful wife (58). I have a very successful career but it has meant for me working long hours and often from home on weekends. I recognize that over the past 4 years or so I did not pay enough attention to family, though tried periodically to engage.

I became suspicious of my wife having an affair after one incident where she "went shopping" at one store nearby and was gone for 3-4 hours (which for groceries should be 1 hour max). The GPS indicated that she was in the same location for the period. That morning she had put on tight revealing leggings. She came back home by car and immediately left to go back to the store, later claiming she had left something there.

I started thinking about many other factors such as:

• ignoring me and treating me like I don't exist
• total lack of intimacy over the last 1 1/2 years
• increased focus on appearance: doing her nails and pedicure for the 1st time ever + buying many branded clothes, new bags, tight pants, short-shorts, but never wearing them in front of me. I did not know she was even buying these until much later
• progressively more time out of the house
• messaging and on her phone in a different room at night
• many more details will not list here

After I became suspicious I watched her GPS and saw that after going for nail salon she went to her martial arts studio 45 minutes before the master has classes, when no-one but the master is around. I realized that this had happened many times before.

Then there are many other inconsistencies; one I will mention is that she hit menopause 3 years ago. This reduced lubrication and made things painful sometimes. She started taking estrogen as an insert and it resolved the problem. After a few months she told me that her Dr said that taking estrogen could be dangerous so was going to stop - and stopped our sex life to 0.

Many months later I found out that she had bought more and had been taking estrogen for months, but did not tell me or initial sex. I confronted her about it and she said "I was taking it for body health and for Taekwondo, and not for sex". I put this aside and did not think on it further.

After I put 2 and 2 together 1/2 a year later (now), she changed her story and said "I was taking Estrogen secretly because I wanted to surprise you, but it didn't work" (although she was taking for months and worked previously).

I confronted her about going to the taekwondo studio and she was visibly nervous and twitching her fingers and practically shaking, and made up preposterous excuses and changing the story when asked more detail.

There is no question in my mind she was incredibly nervous and hiding something. The signs point to an affair. It is *really* hard for me to interpret the facts and responses otherwise (there are many more not listed above).

I love her and want to repair our relationship, and do better as a husband - but I need for her to be honest so can move past this. What are your thoughts?

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As we get older, we lose our physical abilities and gain mental ones. The wisdom of age, represented by the long-bearded wizard of fantasy, or the long-branched trees of romanticism, is something that is earned. Years go by, craft is honed, and abilities are increased to the level where a student becomes a teacher. This doesn’t happen when you are old and begin a fresh new skill as a student.

We see this all the time: an old person enters retirement, finally gets the free time to practice art, has been a consumer for years, and they think they can do the same as what they've indulged in. Or how about the young person who was raised by the internet, read all the articles they could on art, became an authortuber, and used their following to justify why they should release a book? We can say these are connected, but they aren’t the same thing as seeing results. I could be a reviewer for 100 years, but never know how the art is made because all I would do is see the final product, and I would not have any craft under my belt. Channel Awesome is a perfect example of why reviewers don’t make the best artists.

They don’t have any craft, meaning they don’t have any skills, even if they studied what others do.

An artist must hone their craft, meaning they NEED to seek an advancement. An objective goal must be placed in front of them in order to advance from one point to another, or else the advancement is imaginary and nonsensical. The people who say “art is subjective” are all telling people to never hone their craft and never appeal to the rules of the receiver. Art is a social interaction, between multiple humans, attached at an unconscious level, understood at a subconscious level, and appreciated at a conscious level. We do not acquire any of this if it’s unattached at the unconscious level first, which is the objective human level, fueled and restricted by our biology.

Craft is the trial and error performed to understand this biology further, both of the audience and of your own.

For many artists, or people who want to engage in media, the main goal is fueling their narcissism. This aspect of the dark triad is a way to ignore craft and demand results for simply existing, which becomes the main catalyst for subjective focus in how art is attributed. When combined with narcissism, the statement “art is subjective” can easily be translated to its real form: art is what I tell you it is, and you better fucking obey. The crying, the feet stomping, the thought of giving up when they don’t get popular, the interloping among famous people, all of this is part of narcissism. The abundance of this is why you will hear people say “fake it until you make it” and treat this as normal.

You don’t need to fake it, you simply need to make it. Your craft is a muscle, muscles need to be flexed to become stronger. After a while, doing things properly becomes muscle memory. Like the martial artist who practices the same move over and over again, their diligence allows them to master that single move, to move onto the next one. And like a martial artist, they must start with the most simple of moves before they go to more advanced techniques, ensuring each movement of their body is done properly.

Fake artists are blind to this process, never seeing the work done and duped on how the process goes. We always see people saying “I’m starting a 700 page fiction novel” when they never wrote a fictional word in their life. How hard could it be? They’ve been a consumer of fiction for years! Well, I’ve been a fan of Jackie Chan since I was a kid, but I’m pretty sure I can’t do his stunts at this moment.

I do not have the muscles, nor the muscle memory, to do what Jackie Chan does in his movies, no matter how many of his movies I watch.

People will see this as pessimistic, but it is simply realistic. You have to know what you’re doing, which is caused by practice and exposure. You have to stick your neck out and start at the VERY beginning. Learn what a sentence is, learn what a single line of code is, learn what basic shapes make a drawing. I focus on short stories and flash fiction because this is the first stage of storytelling.

Master the first stage, work as hard as you can on it; and this understanding, through repetition, will cause ownership. Not of products, but of your own muse, becoming your own influence when you start making art. No longer will you say “I’m not in the mood to write” because now the muse is your loyal servant, obediently working whenever you tell it to. The chaos of emotional influence is now replaced with the muscle memory of biological order, with you in control of this order. Being in control, being in power, is the most important step to becoming a cultural force.

So many artists refuse to commit to these primary steps, hoping to cut corners, desperate for fame or fortune. Meanwhile, the fame doesn’t matter, the money sucks, and the time spent could be used for something far more beneficial. This distraction is further fueled by the fact that industries rely on fake teachers(and even fake students) to create a cycle of justifying why this is normalized. There is a reason why economic teachers do not run the economy and they are usually the first people to suffer with money woes. Same goes for creative writing teachers who don’t seem to have anything under their belt.

Owning your muse will allow you to understand what properties are worth buying, both for your own consumption and for your asset pool. Indie is always complaining that they don’t get any reception or attention, despite always becoming a circle jerk of attention between indie artists. I know several people who are trying to start short story magazines and they have no idea what short stories to buy or how to edit them, with their “editors in chief” buying whatever they can in hopes it turns into a history of "just getting by". As they go on, they keep buying one flop after another, gain zero power, give up all their power, and give up from attrition.

This is a self induced failure caused by what can be called people’s war, a tactic started by Maoists during WW2 in order to change the battlefield to a war of attrition. A battle is not a challenge if the soldiers do not fight, with the attack on resources and morale causing fighters to drop their weapons and surrender. People’s war is where a battle is moved far away from the enemy’s supply lines, to then have the local population engage in guerrilla warfare; causing the official army to be outnumbered, constantly sabotaged, and feel like the fight is not worth it. This tactic is what caused North Vietnam to win the Vietnam War against a superpower like the US, despite the US using ridiculous weaponry like napalm and agent orange. It doesn’t matter how powerful your army is when the army doesn’t want to fight, and it's even worse when the more powerful army is superior in both ability and morale than you.

Hence the failure of indie and the expansion of mainstream.

Age brings wisdom from doing things and learning, not from simply being old. The years you live must be seeded to be sowed, with late seeds being sowed late. And to sow, you must practice the act of sowing properly until it becomes second nature. Good farmers eat aplenty, bad farmers starve everyone around them. We learned this lesson when the Soviets rid their markets of good farmers, causing famine soon after.

Ownership is a responsibility, with the property able to be taken away if not used wisely. Rotten if neglected. Own your muse, own assets, avoid liabilities, profit from actions, embrace your strengths, reduce your weaknesses. Ignore the people telling you to sacrifice yourself for the greater good and ignore the call to narcissism. Think, plan, try, learn, then move forward. Your goal must be objective, so solidify it as soon as possible. It is work, but it is worth it when you advance instead of falling to attrition.

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Had to repost since the mobile version of homebrewery pushed the art credit off the page and original post was removed.

Wanted to take the idea of the gladiator in a different way. I understand it seems rather weak when using the base 5e combat system, but there are two reasonings behind the choices for extra attack at 6th: - it helps make the character a “half-martial”, which is needed when using the Weapon Mastery system from Ryoko’s Guide to the Yōkai Realms - it just doesn’t make sense (to me) for a “gladiator” not to be partially a martial combatant. I had considered a secondary feature that would restore one use of BI if a character who already has BI reduces a creature to 0, but I considered that too strong with everything else considered.

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