Movie night.
Thursday, 27 March 2014 23:00![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
littlesilvertipEven if the ideas aren’t infectious themselves, I’m having a hard time not thinking about those Nephandic concepts. The rituals in particular seem to come easily, even if I haven’t had a nightmare about them in a while. I had another panic over them, while performing the rite for helping my thoughts and decisions. Going over my interaction with Tail-Eater turned into thoughts about the use of objects and rituals in their use of magic. This lead to thoughts about Tail-Eater’s use of rituals.
This lead the thought about Nephandic rituals.
Which lead to thoughts about the details of those rituals I learned.
Which lead to my nightmares about those rituals.
Which lead to thinking about those nightmares again.
Which lead to thinking about those nightmares again.
Which lead to thinking about…
When I snapped out of it, I saw Reflection standing there, watching me - staring at me. It scared the crap out of me. I nearly frenzied on him (where did that come from?) but managed to keep my feelings in check long enough to realize who it was, and that it wasn’t a threat.
Reflection said he was away - I figured he was somewhere back in the scab - but couldn’t tell me where. His answer was incoherent. The whole time he was… watching me. I didn’t like it. It was like he wanted to do something to me. He said he noticed how different I was, and I didn’t like how he said it. I didn’t like what he said about following me, either. It seemed… weird, and personal. Aggressive. Forward. Very, very forward. I didn’t like it. I left as fast as I could, and checked behind me several times, in case he decided to follow me.
I went back to the lake, and make one last check that he wasn’t near, before I felt safe; just to be sure, I took to the trees for a while, so he couldn’t follow me, even if he wanted to. I wanted to keep working on the mage problem, but didn’t want to get stuck dwelling on the… rituals again. Maybe it was time to watch Star Wars, instead. Tail-Eater said it was reflective of both him, and his understanding of magic. I packed it up from the place, and headed over towards Turtle.
It was dark when I got there, and I almost didn’t notice how… different he looked. Skin like a black, streaks in his hair, green eyes, different nose, different face. I could feel magic around him, but nothing specific that’d tell me what happened. He told me that in exchange for helping him out with some fox people magic, he was honouring a chimeraling by changing his appearance for a time. The fox trick he was learning was to create illusions for a person, so they think reality was different for them. Very interesting. He was also making a very, very interesting mask for chiminage. He offered to let me touch it, but I’m not in the right to be touching his stuff now. I might bring bad luck to it. Hopefully I can come back and look in a few days. He had wasna, and we ate while his TV got ready, talking about how Jordan used to make wasna for us, and how she used to throw things at me when she was angry. I sat on the floor and watched, using my rite, as the glass walkers do, to help my thoughts.
"Well, the Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together."
The first movie was light on the details. A Jedi operates on feeling, calling on a field of energy created by all things. It’s probably not guessing too much to guess to Tail-Eater, magic is either a field encompassing all things, or nine strains of energy, encompassing different things. A Jedi feels the force through them, controlling their actions, but obeying their commands. This is similar to the idea of Qi, or vital essence, that the Stargazers love so much. This energy has a light side, and a dark side.
I never noticed, but everyone in that movie is white.
When the movie was done, I started paying attention to the boat again, and Turtle was carving. He thought it was a bit weird for, but didn’t object when I put in the second movie.
"A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense. Never for attack."
Here, the Yoda explained more, in the white Luke’s training, about the nature of the force. Knowledge and protection are the Jedi’s calling. But Jedi only call on the light side of the force. The dark side stems from the more primal, emotional parts of living things. It is quick and easy, but destructive. To me, this is like our anger: easy to call on, and you may use it to destroy your foe, but outside of a fight? A mass of destruction that all warriors must struggle against. Unless you’re some damn fool like a Get.
“Do… or do not. There is no try.”
I found the scene with Yoda and the spaceship the most interesting. In it, the character has his spaceship go into a swamp, leading him to dismay he’s trapped; he thinks removing it is impossible. Yoda says Luke is too fixed on what is impossible, and does not see that everything is possible through the force. Luke fails to move the ship, and declares it impossible again. Yoda says how the force is all encompassing, and how we are more than crude flesh. He moves the ship out of the swamp, leading Luke to say he didn’t believe it. Yoda says that is why he failed.
The allegories here could not be clearer. Magic is all encompassing, and only relies on the mage to feel it, and work it. The mage is only limited by what he feels is possible. As the mage’s understanding of how things truly are grows, so grows his ability to do things. In a sense… a mage does not learn. They unlearn what is impossible.
I noticed that the only non-white character with a name is a traitor.
By this point, Turtle seemed pretty curious what I was doing, but I convinced him to let me watch the last one. I’m glad. It was the most interesting yet.
But beware: Anger, fear, aggression - the dark side, are they.”
This movie was dominated by discussion of lightside and darkside. We already know the difference between them from the earlier movies. Power becomes arrogance, becomes darkside. Luke flirts with his anger when his sister is threatened, and fights Vader heavily. But then when he sees he is becoming Vader, abandons his violence. I think this is why Tail-Eater is non-violent. His light magic requires his pacifism, and for him to avoid taking a life. As a Jedi, magic comes from the preservation of life and knowledge, and to maintain his powers, he must stay to this path.
Again, this movie is for whites. The evil slug lived in an eastern building, with eastern style guards. The black man acted good, but only in atonement.
It was very late when it finished, and later before I got back. A lot of good insight. Since sleep brings nightmares, I think it’s a good trade.
This lead the thought about Nephandic rituals.
Which lead to thoughts about the details of those rituals I learned.
Which lead to my nightmares about those rituals.
Which lead to thinking about those nightmares again.
Which lead to thinking about those nightmares again.
Which lead to thinking about…
When I snapped out of it, I saw Reflection standing there, watching me - staring at me. It scared the crap out of me. I nearly frenzied on him (where did that come from?) but managed to keep my feelings in check long enough to realize who it was, and that it wasn’t a threat.
Reflection said he was away - I figured he was somewhere back in the scab - but couldn’t tell me where. His answer was incoherent. The whole time he was… watching me. I didn’t like it. It was like he wanted to do something to me. He said he noticed how different I was, and I didn’t like how he said it. I didn’t like what he said about following me, either. It seemed… weird, and personal. Aggressive. Forward. Very, very forward. I didn’t like it. I left as fast as I could, and checked behind me several times, in case he decided to follow me.
I went back to the lake, and make one last check that he wasn’t near, before I felt safe; just to be sure, I took to the trees for a while, so he couldn’t follow me, even if he wanted to. I wanted to keep working on the mage problem, but didn’t want to get stuck dwelling on the… rituals again. Maybe it was time to watch Star Wars, instead. Tail-Eater said it was reflective of both him, and his understanding of magic. I packed it up from the place, and headed over towards Turtle.
It was dark when I got there, and I almost didn’t notice how… different he looked. Skin like a black, streaks in his hair, green eyes, different nose, different face. I could feel magic around him, but nothing specific that’d tell me what happened. He told me that in exchange for helping him out with some fox people magic, he was honouring a chimeraling by changing his appearance for a time. The fox trick he was learning was to create illusions for a person, so they think reality was different for them. Very interesting. He was also making a very, very interesting mask for chiminage. He offered to let me touch it, but I’m not in the right to be touching his stuff now. I might bring bad luck to it. Hopefully I can come back and look in a few days. He had wasna, and we ate while his TV got ready, talking about how Jordan used to make wasna for us, and how she used to throw things at me when she was angry. I sat on the floor and watched, using my rite, as the glass walkers do, to help my thoughts.
"Well, the Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together."
The first movie was light on the details. A Jedi operates on feeling, calling on a field of energy created by all things. It’s probably not guessing too much to guess to Tail-Eater, magic is either a field encompassing all things, or nine strains of energy, encompassing different things. A Jedi feels the force through them, controlling their actions, but obeying their commands. This is similar to the idea of Qi, or vital essence, that the Stargazers love so much. This energy has a light side, and a dark side.
I never noticed, but everyone in that movie is white.
When the movie was done, I started paying attention to the boat again, and Turtle was carving. He thought it was a bit weird for, but didn’t object when I put in the second movie.
"A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense. Never for attack."
Here, the Yoda explained more, in the white Luke’s training, about the nature of the force. Knowledge and protection are the Jedi’s calling. But Jedi only call on the light side of the force. The dark side stems from the more primal, emotional parts of living things. It is quick and easy, but destructive. To me, this is like our anger: easy to call on, and you may use it to destroy your foe, but outside of a fight? A mass of destruction that all warriors must struggle against. Unless you’re some damn fool like a Get.
“Do… or do not. There is no try.”
I found the scene with Yoda and the spaceship the most interesting. In it, the character has his spaceship go into a swamp, leading him to dismay he’s trapped; he thinks removing it is impossible. Yoda says Luke is too fixed on what is impossible, and does not see that everything is possible through the force. Luke fails to move the ship, and declares it impossible again. Yoda says how the force is all encompassing, and how we are more than crude flesh. He moves the ship out of the swamp, leading Luke to say he didn’t believe it. Yoda says that is why he failed.
The allegories here could not be clearer. Magic is all encompassing, and only relies on the mage to feel it, and work it. The mage is only limited by what he feels is possible. As the mage’s understanding of how things truly are grows, so grows his ability to do things. In a sense… a mage does not learn. They unlearn what is impossible.
I noticed that the only non-white character with a name is a traitor.
By this point, Turtle seemed pretty curious what I was doing, but I convinced him to let me watch the last one. I’m glad. It was the most interesting yet.
But beware: Anger, fear, aggression - the dark side, are they.”
This movie was dominated by discussion of lightside and darkside. We already know the difference between them from the earlier movies. Power becomes arrogance, becomes darkside. Luke flirts with his anger when his sister is threatened, and fights Vader heavily. But then when he sees he is becoming Vader, abandons his violence. I think this is why Tail-Eater is non-violent. His light magic requires his pacifism, and for him to avoid taking a life. As a Jedi, magic comes from the preservation of life and knowledge, and to maintain his powers, he must stay to this path.
Again, this movie is for whites. The evil slug lived in an eastern building, with eastern style guards. The black man acted good, but only in atonement.
It was very late when it finished, and later before I got back. A lot of good insight. Since sleep brings nightmares, I think it’s a good trade.
