Apparently magnetic iron ore pieces were first discovered in the city of Magnesia. So, magnets were named after the city. Magnesia is now modern-day Manisa.
I wonder how many people living in Manisa know this small fun fact.
My uncle on my mom's side of the family, I realized after reading the posts here, is the Family Kevin. He is a 40 year-old do-nothing blob of disappointment, fat, and lies. The kicker is that he often thinks he's smarter than everyone else. To answer the question if he has mental issues (because learning disabilities run in my family, I have them): we don't know because he refuses to get tested and is thoroughly convinced that nothing is wrong with him and that it's everyone else with the problem. But in the same breath says he should be excused for a boatload of things because he has "a little dyscalcula." (yes that's how he says it).
Here are examples of his Kevinness (fuckle up folks, this ones long):
- Washes dishes with his bare hands no matter how many times he's told to use the sponge and then wonders why the dishes aren't clean enough. Gets grossed out when getting a cup he washed and it's not completely clean, wonders who the hell isn't cleaning the dishes properly.
- Could barely get a job and most of the jobs he did manage to get turned out to be total scams. Not just scams, but EXTREMELY OBVIOUS that they were scams. Very much a "too good to be true" situation. Like, even high school bullies who turn into MLM moms would see these jobs and turn them away.
- Tried to prove to us that he didn't need a job because he has an app on his phone that, apparently, pays him money for working out?? (It doesn't, also total scam).
- One of his favourite activities is proving that he is smart by giving out medical advice...that is wrong. For example, he had the whole house in a panic because my younger brother was bleeding! Oh no! From where you ask!? His nose! It was a fucking minor nosebleed and we thought my younger brother was bleeding out and needed an ambulance. We had technicians over working on our circuit board and even they were concerned. He then instructed my brother to pinch his nose and hold his head back as far as possible and that this was VERY serious, which is again NO DON'T DO THAT YOU ARE SWALLOWING BLOOD AND/OR COULD GET IT IN YOUR LUNGS (which can result in vomiting)! My mom was so done, he was running around like a chicken with its head cut off while she gave my brother a cold towel and told him to hold is head forward.
- Now, you may think "well, he should be quite relieved to learn that what he knows is wrong and that everything is fine" but OH NO. He throws a temper tantrum when you tell him he's not right. He actually r
I was watching Max Derrat's video series on the book Aion by Carl G. Jung when I came to the realization that there are a bunch of references to Carl Jung's work scattered throughout Arc Warden's voicelines and abilities. These references aren't mentioned in the trivia section of the wiki page.
Here's the ones I've noticed, with some of my thoughts added:
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Arc Warden's voicelines mention unity and the Great Unification. His lore is literally all about how he is trying to unite the two ancients that split apart. In Jungian Psychology, the concept of individuation (when simplified) is when the conscious ego combines with the unconscious shadow. Together the two unite to create the Self. Arc Warden refers to himself as "The Self" in a lot of his voicelines.
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In this voiceline, Arc Warden mentions the Primordial Consciousness and how all came from it. Carl Jung wrote about the Collective Unconscious, from which humans get their unconscious instincts and whatnot.
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some of Arc Warden's abilities reflect Jungian individuation in how they affect gameplay. Flux harms and slows its targets unless they unite and stand together. Magnetic field gives 100% evasion unless the targets enters Arc's bubble. Spark wraith unites with enemies to deal damage, and a sentence in the ability description says "Once a target has been found the wraith fuses with them." Tempest double is Arc splitting into light and dark versions of himself, which resemble Jung's concepts of ego and shadow (the tempest double is even dark and shadowy!).
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Arc Warden seems to dislike being split apart into two entities. The lore for Tempest Double states "Warped by the power of its peers, Arc Warden becomes what it despises most: disharmony." . Carl Jung refers to the ego that has not yet successfully merged with its shadow as immature, and he refers to the Self as the ultimate goal for successful individuation (paraphrased). https://dota2.fandom.com/wiki/Arc_Warden#Tempest_Double
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Arc Warden is obviously themed around electricity and magnetism. In Aion, Jung talks about how magnetism is important in alchemy, and he draws parallels to how ex
