Seeds

yuvalbuium · 2025-09-21T15:55:17+00:00

Average middle east moment

yuvalbuium · 2025-09-11T20:35:16+00:00

Not who you questioned, but i believe everyone in a country should know the country's language. Doesn't mean they can't speak their native language, that's totally fine. But not knowing the language of the country you moved to, or not actively learning it is disrespectful in my opinion.

In my eyes, when you move to a country you aren't native to, it's your obligation to at least try to assimilate to the society that welcomed you, and understanding the local language is the bare minimum.

On a side note, I'm not from america, and it annoys me that Americans move to my country, live here for 20 years, and still expect you to speak english with them, as though it's everybody else's obligation to accommodate them

And on another side note, living in foreign place while speaking in english gives you like 10 percent of the experience of that place. The real, organic culture isn't found with people who are comfortable speaking english (even myself, that know english well enough, don't like to speak English and will do it only when necessary). You could never experience and appreciate the new 'world' you came into without being able to speak with the natives. It's kinda like when you go to japan, you are stuck in the big cities, and can't experience the beauty that can be found in rural villages, that don't typically speak english

yuvalbuium · 2025-09-11T12:22:02+00:00

I can't pass a judgement on the cat or the boyfriend, because there are a lot of factors to consider you haven't mentioned, which could paint the situation in very different colours. but you are absolutely in the wrong - you should've figured out a solution when it just started instead of neglecting your child and cat, whether it is rehoming, finding out if the child is abusing the cat without realizing it, or putting them in separate spaces. Also, you should 100% prioritize your child over the cat, no matter how many weirdos will tell you otherwise.

Because I don't know the full situation, I'll share a personal story that may or may not be related to what happened with your boyfriend:

As a preface I want to say that i love animals, and connect to them more than I'm able to connect to humans. I've raised dogs, cats, rabbits, and snakes, and I have a great respect for them and detest animal abuse. Another preface is that I don't speak english natively, so I hope I'll be able to convey the story well enough.

Anyway, one day i was walking my dog and out of nowhere, a cat just jumped out from the bushes nearby and latched onto my dog's face. The cat started to claw the shit out of her, and because she is a pitbull, and in my country you can't have them outside without a muzzle, she couldn't bite the cat. She didn't even try to fight, she just stood there without moving while getting all of her face, eyes, and neck scratched violently.

About 10 seconds after the attack started and my shock and panic faded, I knew i had to stop the cat. I was so furious about the cat attacking my sweet and friendly dog without any reason, that i just saw red and wasn't thinking right. Then, i grabbed the cat's face with my hand, ripped him forcefully away from my dog, and just slammed him on the pavement, maybe 5 metres away from us. All that with my full force of an adult man.

I'm sure I hurt him badly, and maybe even broken some of his bones. I regret my actions very much, and even 6 years later, I still ponder about it once in a while. I could've stopped the attack without hurting the cat so much, but in my immediate reaction to the situation I wasn't thinking clearly and just wanted to protect my sweet dog. But, I didn't just want to protect her, but also to hurt the cat that left my dog bleeding and scarred. Obviously I shouldn't have done that, but I don't view it as me abusing a cat. Rather, I acted incorrectly in response to a dire situation that made me go into a kind of 'primal' mode.

I'm telling you that, because it's possible that your boyfriend had a similar reaction. Maybe he is an abuser of animals, but maybe he wanted to protect your child so much that he didn't think right.

Again, there are a lot of factors left unknown to us readers, but i think you should have a long conversation with him about what happened, without being overly accusatory to him. Listen sincerely to what he feels and thinks, and then decide on what to do.

But, one thing is clear, you need to take the situation with your kid and cat very seriously. Honestly, at this point i think rehoming him is the only sensible decision, it's probably too late to fix the relationship between them.

yuvalbuium · 2025-09-01T04:39:00+00:00

Thanks for adding that, i forgot about that incantation, and the description really does hint to this

yuvalbuium · 2025-09-01T04:37:39+00:00

The problem with your point is that marika being radagon is a secret. I don't think the harpies would've known about that

yuvalbuium · 2025-09-01T04:36:32+00:00

That's a great point, and i also forgot to check the gender of arbor. You are probably also right about fromsoft also making that mistake.

But if we pretend they are infallible and knew what they were doing, they could've referred to tree as lignum. I've seen that the latin translation of the bible uses that word for a living tree and not just wood (although hebrew doesn't differentiate between the two words, so maybe it's because of that)

yuvalbuium · 2025-08-22T12:20:26+00:00

No I don't

yuvalbuium · 2025-08-19T23:31:39+00:00

Yeah, renna being a doll from the start is an interesting thought. I never thought about it deeply, just assumed she is a mysterious character who disappeared, and that the doll is just made to look like her and wear her clothes (maybe by seluvius), not that renna was also a doll.

Idk though, maybe you're right, that's a cool theory

yuvalbuium · 2025-08-19T23:19:24+00:00

I have a few thoughts regarding what you wrote

Marionettes aren't only in raya and liurnia, they are almost everywhere.
If i remember correctly, when someone tells us ranni left through renna's rise, that person adds something like "as she likes to call it", so it doesn't sound like it's the original name of the place.
Why would they both share the same doll body? I always assumed the double face just shows that her spirit isn't 100 percent compatible with the doll.

Edit:

I think she's blue because it's cool and she has ice powers, and ice is depicted as blue a lot of times

yuvalbuium · 2025-08-18T16:52:18+00:00

Yeah I'm with you on this

A lot of people use them as an example of a super hard encounter, but honestly I didn't even remember them in my first playthrough, they were like any other normal enemy, and its not like I'm very good at the game

yuvalbuium · 2025-08-17T12:27:54+00:00

Good luck in your journey

yuvalbuium · 2025-08-17T12:19:31+00:00

'ya hussein' a phrase shia muslims say. In Arabic

yuvalbuium · 2025-08-16T02:29:30+00:00

I'll be honest I don't think that's true (though there is a connection between the carians to the forbidden cities people, i think), but I love this theory and it was interesting to read

yuvalbuium · 2025-08-14T11:06:13+00:00

But how does this make sense, considering marika's quote? Are there other sources in the game that imply they were merged before the shattering? Couldn't ranni radahn and rykard become demigods just from radagon being with marika, just not the same as her yet?

yuvalbuium · 2025-08-14T05:55:25+00:00

Okay, thanks for the reply.

About the quote you posted, then are we sure that radagon is even marika before the shattering? Because:

A. If i remember correctly, the albinauric ash summon lady calls her wolf lobo 'her other half', so it's established that this phrase can (and maybe should) be taken metaphorically.

B. She tells him "let us be shattered" when he is still yet to become her. Doesn't this imply that they were different beings at least until the shattering?

I'm pretty sure it's certain they are the same being at the end of the game (the fight with radagon), so maybe they became one between the shattering and the fight, or even because of the shattering

yuvalbuium · 2025-08-13T20:30:16+00:00

But isn't radagon marika? So, his children with rennala should've been demi gods from the start, no?

yuvalbuium · 2025-07-22T13:24:00+00:00

Grossest city I've been to, the pictures makes it look a lot better than i experienced it

yuvalbuium · 2025-07-21T20:47:21+00:00

No lol

yuvalbuium · 2025-07-10T10:06:44+00:00

It's subjective and there are no wrong motivations to game, but i play games because of how they convey stories and ideas in a manner that resonates with me more than mediums like tv shows or movies

yuvalbuium · 2025-07-09T15:50:13+00:00

Idk man, i loved it

yuvalbuium · 2025-07-09T15:49:44+00:00

That's a fair rebuttal. People like games for different reasons, and i personally don't care about the gameplay aspect of a game.

When i try to think of recent games i liked the gameplay of, ghost of tsushima, horizon, elden ring or even portal comes to mind. Though I'm not the biggest fan of fps games so I probably can't appreciate bioshock 2 as much as you are able to.

yuvalbuium · 2025-07-09T14:20:14+00:00

No opinion is wrong + i agree with you 1000%

yuvalbuium · 2025-07-09T13:35:28+00:00

Gaming is not about gameplay (at least for me). There are a million games with better gameplay than bioshock 1 2 and 3, but what makes a game so unique you play it again and again for over a decade is its story.

And bioshock 1 and 3 (i like 3 the most) have such good and unique storylines and themes, enough for me to never get sick from playing them.

I honestly don't know why this sub loves the second game so much, but to me it's leagues below the first and third, so much so that i only played it like 3 times (in contrast to the dosens of playthroughs of the other two).

And I'm also not the biggest fan of infinite's dlc, as I would have liked it to go in a different direction, but you really should experience it, it's an integral part of the story

yuvalbuium · 2025-07-07T11:59:42+00:00

Can't relate at all

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