Allegory of Inclination Puns

I'm like so so sooo close to joining the US armed forces in a combat role(SEAL pipeline) , but there are some things I struggle to comprehend. Ive learned of dishonest and alterior motives behind sending people to war in the past few decades in the states and I have to wonder. .. If I am joining am I risking my life for the country or some politicians bullshit? Are combat missions justifiable or is there always a layer of looking the other way and doing what your told. Curious of your thoughts :) Thanks and happy holidays!

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S2E23 Cold Open - Amazing Graze farewell to vending machine

S3E9 Cold Open - "Christening of Snackie-Chan"

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S4E10 Cold Open - "Wait, we left a man behind!"

TL;DR - Am I misinterpreting Tolkien’s definition of the word “allegory”?

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Hi Tolkien fans! ☺️ I’m new to this sub and kind of new to the Tolkien fandom in general. I’ve read The Hobbit and I’m currently watching The Lord of the Rings films for the first time (I’m on The Two Towers).

But anyways, I was curious about which of Tolkien’s writings were considered part of the Middle-earth “universe”, sooo… I ended up falling down a rabbit hole of research on Wikipedia, lol, trying to understand the difference between “Tolkien’s legendarium”, “Middle-earth canon”, etc. etc.

Eventually I worked my way over to Tolkien’s list of writings, and I decided to just click on each one and read a bit about it to try to see if I could determine for myself which writings were “Middle-earth” and which were not.

My first click was “Leaf by Niggle” (because obviously The Hobbit is part of Middle-earth, so no need to read-up on that one), and as I read through it I determined it wasn’t part of the Middle-earth mythos and I was almost done when at the bottom of the article I read a quote by Tolkien: “I dislike allegory”.

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Now, my understanding of allegory is simply the Google definition of it: “a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.”

In other words, a metaphor. Or an analogy. Symbolism. Etc.

That’s how I always understood the term “allegory”.

And based on that definition, I liked allegories. I think it’s important for art to attempt to spread a message about something, get people thinking, open people’s minds to important issues in our lives.

And to me that’s what an allegory was. It could be a metaphor for something as specific as “World War I”, or as broad as “war”, or even more broadly “conflict”.

And IMO that’s not to say a story can’t have more than one allegory. It could have dozens!

I think it’s important to draw parallels between the things we read and our real lives, and I think it’s the duty of the author to open readers minds to important issues they may or may not have considered before. However I do like it when the message or moral of a story isn’t flat-out stated, but incorporated into the themes of a work, and require interpretation and analysis by the readers. In other words, an allegory.

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So, I was surprised to see that Tolkien said he doesn’t like that.

So, I asked Google “why did Tolkien dislike allegory?”, and one of the handful of good links that I was provided was

Edit: Game is full, pending. Will remove or reopen soon, as necessary.

DM Seeking players for a 5e HB module via discord VC. PM if interested.

Requirements:

• Must have a good microphone without echo or feedback and a good enough internet connection for clear and easy communication via voice chat.
• Must be considerate of other people's time. Only taking players who will be at every scheduled session or give plenty of prior notice of absence, lateness, or early leave on game day. Must also be responsive to out-of-game communications via discord for things like character sheets or scheduling if for some reason sessions should ever need to be rescheduled.
• Must be 18+
• Must have Discord

About the Game:

• Meets on Saturdays at 1100 PST
• Online via discord VC.
• At the time of posting, the game is currently in its second session. We lost two players due to IRL scheduling issues. Please do not join this game if your work schedule varies from week to week or if you know already that there might be some scheduling conflict.
• Maps, visual aids, and fairly comprehensive notes from previous sessions are available and will make jumping into the campaign a breeze.
• The campaign begins with your character answering an advertisement for employment from the Company of Heroes. You'll be tasked to join whatever assignment is in progress and possibly become a full-time employee with the company! But don't start asking about benefits yet.
• To make things easier for new players character options are restricted to official published material. There is one exception: If you choose to play a ranger, you are strongly advised to use the UA variant. We can bend some fluff for you all day long as long as it isn't anything too serious.
• Characters are rolled using point buy plus a free, full ASI at first level. This gives you both balanced stats with other party members and the kind of stats people tend to try and roll for (or a bonus feat at first level).
• Role Play is central to the game and players are encouraged to stay in character as much as possible.
• This is a classic D&D world, where the only thing that is truly home-brewed is the setting and some of the challenges it poses to you, the enterprising adventurer. Encounters range from mystery and intrigue to dungeon delving and straight up monster-slaying. As a DM I try to keep a non-violent avenue open out of most encounters I plan but you're under no obligation to use it. Either way, creativi

A few minutes ago I got through watching Christian Picciolini’s TEDx talk, and I must say it’s a great watch, I highly recommend it. He tells the story of his descent into the Neo-nazi movement, and how he got out. He starts of describing his relatively good upbringing, living with a loving and caring immigrant family, who eventually becomes neglectful of him for external reasons. In spite of this, he falls for the pitfalls of resentment and hatred, and eventually becomes a major leader of the Neo-Nazi movement. And he describes his abandonment of the movement as resulting from falling in love and having a child. And today he goes on to write his wrongs and teach others to love those who need it most, namely those who hate the most. And he even states that his story of hate and resentment as a youth is the same story over and over, for just about every member of a hate group. And being the Star Wars nerd I am, I couldn’t help but draw it back to the films, and I began to realize the parallels with Ben Solo’s story are astonishing.

Ben Solo came from a caring family, who eventually handed him over to his uncle Luke skywalker. This is the start of his dark path. He felt as though his family abandoned him, which is why he eventually had the drive to kill his father. His anger and resentment grew in him, and once his master turned on him, there was nothing holding him back. So he burned down the temple, and sought out the Knights of Ren and snoke, and eventually became indoctrinated into the dark side, and the first order (if the empire is equated to the nazis, then the first order are equated to neo-nazis.)

Snoke, according to the comics, provided him comfort where his family had failed in that regard, and provided a new life for him, a life of significance. This led to him wanting to restore glory to his family name, and finish what his grandfather started.

Fast forward to the force awakens, the newly named Kylo Ren finds the scavenger Rey, a girl who had lived a life of loneliness and despair. Kylo Ren recognizes this, and I tries to remedy this by getting her to do the same thing that he believes fixed his problems, by joining the dark side. She refuses, and decides to become a force of love instead of hate. This can especially be seen in TLJ.

In TLJ we see the emergence of Kylo and Reys complicated relationship. A boy, indoctrinated into hatred from a young age is reached out to by Rey, who has no reason to care about him, but does regardless. When

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Hey guys! I have this lore theory about Noxus and Iona. With Noxus representing the Mongol Empire. And Iona representing Japan. Here are my supporting evidence;

Quick history: The Mongols invaded Japan (twice in 1274 and 1281) and failed because of bad weather at sea.

The Mongol empire was expanding during the 13th century and was very ruthless but they did have a rule of law and allowed freedom of religion. The Mongols failed, while they did capture a few islands off the Japanese coast for a bit until the Japanese cleaned up.

Similarities:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD3J57yFuas (Noxus Dev Diary)

Right from the start, there were parallels to real-life history (some easier to spot out than others).

"Noxus was a massive, massive, expansionist, aggressive empire." Which is exactly what the Mongols did

"So Noxus doesn't always conquer their territories violently. In many cases some of these cities tend to want to bend the knee to Noxus. Because they get great benefits in trade and protection." The Mongols did give the option for enemies to surrender and during their rule trade flourished along the silk road.

"He [Mordekeiser] was a Tyrant and all these different barbarian tribes that lived in the area actually combined their forces to overthrow him." - I believe Mordekeiser was supposed to represent the Jin dynasty who ruled in China and kept the small Nomadic Mongolian tribes at war to prevent an overthrow (spoiler, they unified and it failed). After Ghenghis Khan died, his children finally conquered the entirety of China.

"So in the North, it's expanded up towards the Frejlord pushing in the Frejlord up there. In the South, it's pushed to Shurima, it's actually taken over a whole bunch of northern Shuriman cities." - The Mongol empire has taken large parts of Siberia and eastern Europe. And as for Shurima, I believe it is meant to represent the Arabs and when they mentioned cities there I'm pretty sure it is hinting towards Mongols taking over Baghdad.

"To the east, they had an attack against Ionia but that did not go so well" - Like this whole post was suggesting about, the Mongols (Noxus) invasion of Japan (Ionia).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cwMFzp1Ou0 (Ionia Dev Diary)

"*The land itself always proved dangerous to invaders. Sweeping supplies away in sudden storms or scattered enemy troops in its dense soul altering

This is for my AP psych class.

I suppose I can survey a sample size consisting of 50/50 men and women and have them analyze a few pictures of the opposite sex and rate that individuals sex appeal on a scale of 1-5. But I’m afraid that doesn’t exactly indicate whether or not women are actually more selective than men or whether they’re hypergamous. I’m really interested in this topic so if anyone could chime in and offer some advice on how I could research this, I’d be very grateful.

Of course, this theory can be proven or disproven in an instant as we get more info about the show, but with new pictures about the show itself seen [here](https://i.redd.it/p2db75s5g9341.jpg), it is... unique. The show was described by Feige and showrunners to be very "weird" and Olsen said that it would be kind of like a '60s sitcom with a laugh track possibly there. This six-episode show is said to be a far cry from the action packed epic of Avengers: Endgame. This show also features some characters that are kind of obscure side characters in the MCU, such as the FBI Agent Jimmy Woo and Monica Rambeau (daughter of Carol Danvers' pilot friend). Also, Olsen also said this story will show how she truly becomes the Scarlett Witch.

Therefore, if we're going to get into weird territory I think there will definitely be a reason why- this entire show is revealed to be set in an alternate reality created by Wanda, as she unlocks the true potential of her power. SW is a ridiculously strong mutant in the comics with crazy reality bending feats such as erasing every mutant from existence. Wanda within the MCU, like most characters, is a good deal weaker than their comic counterparts. Her powers basically consist of her (admittedly high powered) telekinesis and the hypnosis/illusions seen only in Age of Ultron. However, it must be noted that her power has SIGNIFICANTLY grown. While she's always been stronger, she never had full control of her abilities, as noted in her losing control of Crossbones' explosion in Civil War. However, by the time of Infinity War/Endgame, she's destroying Infinity stones and manhandled Thanos and broke through his Uru blade. She has potential to be one of the top tiers in MCU (if she isn't already). That's why she'll be fighting some multiversal level threats in Doctor Strange 2.

So regarding the theory, grief is said to come to most people in the form of the Five Steps or DABDA:

• Denial
• Anger
• Bargaining
• Depression
• Acceptance

That being said, not all steps have to be hit; nor do they have to be in this order. I believe this show is the next step to her evolving her new powers as she learns to accept the death of her true love through her own reality. She had to witness his death TWICE in front of her and was dusted away. Relative to her, the Battle of Wakanda and the Endgame Final Battle were all one long stretch. She's gone through some shit.

Here is a definitely NOT going

Eeyore, Lumpy, Piglet = classical/newtonian baseballs

Kanga & Roo = harmonic motion baseballs

Owl = wave/particle duality baseballs

Rabbit = relativistic baseballs

Tigger = quantum tunneling baseballs

Christopher Robin = quantum superposition baseballs

I have a fantasy world which has been written in a couple times, I’m currently looking at my story ideas and deciding which I want to starting writing and fleshing out. The one I feel closest to right now is a tale currently dubbed “Levy”.

It starts following a drunkard archetype who is in love with a tavern maid, but gets levied into an army on the onset of a war. The war could be seen as an allegory to a crusade, he sails across a sea to fight in a desert nation, albeit not pertaining to religious conflict.

Essentially, his army is completely routed and destroyed, and he is impounded as a working slave under brutal conditions. Must of it is a character piece, chapters about pure struggle and coming to terms with the world. He has to find his ambition to return home by convincing himself the tavern maid loves him, convincing himself his country wants him back even though he was impounded as a slave in form of levy there too, rationalizing the hopelessness if crossing the sea, being forced to rebuild cities he destroyed etc.

However I see major problems with the setting of the story that I would like an opinion on. I don’t want an allegory to crusades being drawn and readers thinking I’m depicting Muslims as villains who enslaved the valiant crusader. In this world all sides take in war slaves, very similar to a Roman culture. Also in the world, the warring nation is lived in by people of dark skin, and a take away on the opposite side of the spectrum could occur, that in this world dark skinned people enslaved the white people and the MC deserves it for being a foreign invader, like I’m writing a historical hit piece.

Other than those examples, I’m sure you can see that it is a taboo subject from my brief explanation and I might need to be careful in other regards too. What do you think?