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2025.01.21 12:24 Successful_Plastic10 Best flea protection

Some many products. I am afraid to go with an oral. I wanted to try a topical, but people on review section and seems like fake reviews.
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2025.01.21 12:24 Legitimate_Turn6718 ACAMS Question

A foreign bank's compliance officer receives a request for information from a US bank, alerting the foreign bank to the possibility that it may have transferred funds on behalf of an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)-sanctioned person, who holds an account with the foreign bank. Which statements are true with respect to said funds and the information in relation to the transaction under scrutiny? (Choose two.) A. US authorities are only permitted to seize the funds transferred by the foreign bank under OFAC sanctions if there is an equivalent sanctions regime of the UN which has been contravened.
B. The USA PATRIOT Act authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury or the Attorney General to subpoena records from the foreign bank that maintains a correspondent account with a US bank.
C. If a US citizen were part of the foreign bank's Board deliberations where a decision was made to onboard the OFAC-sanctioned entity as a client, then they can be confronted with criminal charges.
D. If the funds are seized, then the foreign bank would be within its rights to dispute such seizure.
E. US authorities have no power (in terms of the PATRIOT Act) to sanction the foreign bank for transferring funds on behalf of an OFAC-sanctioned entity.
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2025.01.21 12:24 fyldtechokolader Ultimate tempature in celcius for a shower?

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2025.01.21 12:24 aadikhanna What is this?

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2025.01.21 12:24 buddha-bing Just lost my best start ever!

I usually start in easy areas and get myself setup before heading to TWM and AC.
This time I decided to tough it out and starting AC so I can get the backpack etc. things went surprisingly well and I brute forced my way to the Mine. Got everything I needed and started heading to TWM. Managed to avoid the moose at the bottom of the rope and a second one in TWM, and finally made it to the hut. Couldn’t believe how well I’d done and started kitting the hut out. Stocked up on food, wood and water. Had the tools I needed, plenty of hides curing and found the curators rifle, which I’ve never seen before.
So then I remembered there were containers up the rope opposite the hut. I head there and get jumped by a wolf right at the top of the rope. I panicked and chose to try and punch the wolf! I’m not at the top of the hill where I can see my house, but have zero health and four cuts!
Do you think it’s possible to quickly rip up some clothes for bandages for would it take too long?
I always thought the lichen worked as bandages but that’s done nothing.
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2025.01.21 12:24 Emergency_Audience99 Getting this weird lighting issue in totk

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2025.01.21 12:24 femacampcouncilor 116493

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2025.01.21 12:24 CaptainCanuck001 I want to create a tumor familiar that looks like a human head

I am sure someone has asked this before but I can't find it anywhere.
I want to create a tumor familiar that looks like a human head. The only real way I can see to do it is to take the Improved Familiar feat and to take a beheaded as a familiar, and then just style it as not looking grotesque nor being NE. It is not explicitly clear that a tumor familiar qualifies for Improved Familiar though ...
Any thoughts?
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2025.01.21 12:24 AjX5-6919 The L's of Corrin(Fire Emblem)

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2025.01.21 12:24 Slight-Error-9379 Planning to keep only 2 CCs, which are worth keeping?

Hi! Would love to know your thoughts, which of the 4 are worth keeping? Planning to keep 2 lang sana, ayoko ng maraming cc….
• BDO Shopmore MC - with 65k limit. My first ever cc! I like this card as I usually do groceries and shopping @ SM. Maraming promos si SM, especially dining deals. Pero lately kasi, dumadami unauthorized transactions sa cc ko na to. Idk why pero I’ve been very mindful and I avoid using it online. Nakalock din when not in use. Pang-3rd time ko na pinareplace due to this and good thing, maliliit na amounts lang at narereverse agad. Nakakatakot lang mga stories re fraud victims lately sa BDO clients. I’m also having second thoughts na in keeping it as well as my savings accounts with BDO. Iniisip ko nga na ipa-cut na to kung magkaroon man ulit ng unauthorized txns.
• UB Rewards Platinum Visa - with 101k limit. Currently, may 3 ongoing installments ako dito. I also like this kasi maraming installment deals on gadgets/appliances and dining deals as well! Wala pa naman ako negative exp with this cc so far.
• BPI Gold Rewards • BPI Amore Cashback - Just got approved for these 2, I applied for the Do it Duet promo pero 75k shared limit lang (maybe because non-depositor din ako). I heard na it’s good to keep both if I will be granted NAFFL with Gold, and na-entice din ako sa shopping/groceries cashback with Amore Cashback card. I was thinking din na I’d shift banking with BPI given the experiences I had with my BDO cc.
For your info - I like using my cc for groceries, dining & shopping. Thank you in advance!
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2025.01.21 12:24 Otherwise_Media_3769 Look at that face of contentment

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2025.01.21 12:24 yebbaman 2002 SG9 Forester Help

I’ve got a 2002 MY03 Forester that’s having the weirdest issue.
For the last few months (Summer here in Aus), anytime I’m in First Gear and hit around 2,5k-3,0k rpm, my car VIOLENTLY jerks forward and the revs jump up and down.
I mention the fact that it’s Summer because is genuinely ONLY happens when the outside temperature reaches 25°C or above (I have literally no clue why this would affect it or how but its a correlation I’ve noticed).
I’ve changed plugs, leads, coil pack, IAC valve, cleaned the throttle body and run the yearly engine conditioner down it as well (before changing the plugs obviously).
The clutch seems to be fine as well, doesn’t slip or crunch, so I am completely stumped as to what could be causing this issue and how to remedy it.
Would like to mention that I work in the automotive industry and have asked mechanics who scratch their heads and shrug, so any advice would be appreciated immensely.
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2025.01.21 12:24 Fun-Reflection-5292 Clinical Nursing 4th edition?

Does anybody have a PDF of Clinical Nursing 4th edition? Does anybody have a PDF of Clinical Nursing 4th edition?

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2025.01.21 12:24 International_Pen732 Rejuran S + CO2 Lutronic

Rejuran S + CO2 Lutronic Hi all! Last week I took CO2 laser, but before that I have also taken Rejuran S(at dec 28). Tell me please, did my skin improve? Actually, I expected much better results.... Thanks in advance for your feedback
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2025.01.21 12:24 Makenshi179 My love letter to Fantasian and its creators, and my reflections on its meanings/messages

I just finished Fantasian, the latest game from my favorite studio Mistwalker, made by my favorite creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and my favorite composer Nobuo Uematsu, and I thought I'd write this love letter to express my undying love and gratitude for the powerful emotions that their creations made me feel. Fantasian is no exception.
I am also writing this in the hopes to connect to the gravitational field of other fans who may have felt similar things, or who loved the game as much as I did.
Fair warning, this is going to be a bit long.
I'll preface this with some context. When I played FF9 as a kid, my first J-RPG, it changed my life, and impacted me so much emotionally, that I'm dedicating my life to J-RPGs ever since. The powerful emotions from Uematsu-san's divine music, and also the deep and heartfelt positive message and philosophic/psychologic meanings left by Sakaguchi-san about overcoming our fear of death, all moved me so much and it became one of the main reasons why I'm playing J-RPGs. To this day, FF9 is still my favorite FF, favorite OST, favorite game, favorite creation ever. My "bible", and "The Place I'll Return To Someday" (reference intended).
Following FF9, many other games and animes have made me feel otherworldly powerful emotions, that I'm referring to as the power of Passion. It's more than shivers, it's more than tears, it's something else. It cannot be put into words, and you have to experience it to know. It was as powerful as to make me grow a spirituality. To this day I'm still looking for other people who may have had similar experiences, with no real success. That was to say that FF9 truly did set in motion something that changed my life, shaped me, and gave meaning to my life. What I feel the most is gratitude for these emotions, and I'd give my life as thanks any day.
When Sakaguchi-san and Uematsu-san left Square, it was only natural for me to follow them. And so I've played Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, bought a Wii just for The Last Story and played it, got the two Blue Dragon DS games, played a bit of ASH, and now I could finally play Fantasian thanks to the recent port.
Fantasian was nothing short of heartfelt messages and deep meanings, and I could feel its "soul". And it's exactly what I'm looking for in games or works of art in general. The music was also incredible and soulful, and it made me very nostalgic of FF9's OST for example when it sometimes used the same sounds.
Like I said, one of the main reasons why I play J-RPGs is the meanings and messages left by the creators, trying to make this world a better world, sending support to the player, provoking deep reflections, etc. So I will start by going through some of Fantasian's meanings/morals/messages that moved me or that I wanted to react to, in chronological order, and provide my thoughts and personal interpretations. Obvious spoiler warning.
Owen: "Mankind's greed for money has the most powerful energy. People's hearts move for things they desperately want. Remember this..."
A message about desires, and the greed that plagues our world.
Owen, replying to Kina: "Because love, hate, and everything in between... are all part of human nature."
Nevertheless, some people consciously decide to give love and spread kindness rather than hating, while some others have no problem hating and purposedly hurting others for their own benefit... I get that it's all part of human nature, and there will be good and bad people, but it's frustrating... I'm still naively wishing that everyone would respect each other. That the "bad" part of human nature could go away, so that good people wouldn't get used by bad people anymore.
"Kina was one with the forest."
A message about the power of the appreciation of Nature, something I can very much relate to. Forests are my "churchs", and I love to go on strolls in forests IRL, and appreciate all the beauty of all the Nature around, the sounds, the scents, feel at one with the forest, hug trees, etc. I really recommend it. I also appreciate Nature in games a lot, especially in Pokemon or Elder Scrolls games. So I can relate to Kina, and the writer behind that cutscene, a lot.
Kina: "Who am I? What's my purpose? I have to know!"
One of the central themes of Fantasian seems to be finding oneself/one's life path/one's "destiny". Embodied mainly by Kina's character. Such self-introspection/self-discovering reminds me of Vivi's character in FF9, although it's a bit different here. Either way, I figured my purpose/destiny is probably... to keep playing J-RPGs, appreciating all those creators' messages, and send my love to them, for as long as I live! ...That's enough, right? Maybe I should do more, like spreading more about the power of Passion? What do you think is your destiny? Have you 100% figured it out? Are you still looking to find your "Leo" who will help you with it? I sure wish that I would have the same luck as all those protags in these games, and find nakamas IRL... but it's very hard to find.
"The ancient Vibran tongue recognized two senses of "destiny". One is the state of a person as they drift through life, following the whims of society around them. But the other sense describes the path that a person finds for themselves."
I love that message, and I fully agree that the latter sense is the way to go. Screw "the whims of society", I'll forge my own path, even if I am a black sheep!
Vam: "There is yet another realm above even our own. We are guided by a grand destiny... Pulled along by a higher existence..."
I know that comes from a villain's mouth (at the time), but I still love the hidden message about "a higher realm", I can personally relate to it because with my powerful experiences of Passion, I'm definitely feeling "something else", I don't know if it's the "divine" or what, but it feels very close, like it's only a few centimeters away from my outstretched fingers. Maybe such experiences are already something like what they call the "gnosis". But yeah, ever since the first experience I'm always wondering about the existence of that "higher realm" that I could feel in some way... No one can say it's impossible, after all!
Carmina: "I'd like to think I'm kind, too... But maybe that's just my way of hiding the pain in my heart." Tan: "As far as I'm concerned, it's real." "That's not all it was, Carmina... You were really, really kind..." "No matter what you thought, you were truly kind, too..."
That part was quite interesting for me, I could relate. For example I have spread kindness and love in a certain community for 8 years, supporting many people in their creative endeavors and doing volunteer work promoting them, only to end up backstabbed by the same people who I always supported and who I thought were friends. I'm still not over the pain but that was a much needed life lesson. I'm still not changing who I am though, I still spread love and kindness in small ways in my everyday (like with customers at work, or in my comments online), but I do try to be less naive. Carmina's line of "my way of hiding the pain in my heart" was interesting, and I wonder if it can be applied to me in a way, even subconsciously. I also agree with Tan: either way, she WAS being kind, while some others are not. That's what kindness is. And here I must try to take Tan's words to heart, myself...
Valkira: "The other realms would be within an arm's reach, were it not for the dimensional divide."
I love how that is very close to what I said earlier with "only a few centimeters away from my outstretched fingers"! Maybe there's another hidden message there. Maybe we can study the "dimensional divide"... If only!
From Uematsu-san's story: "All humans die. But death is not the end. Just as a caterpillar casts off her body to become a butterfly, we humans cast off our own so that our souls might make the journey to the great beyond."
An interesting message about death. I'm always very interested by those ever since FF9 which is all about the fear of death. I always thought that FF9 and its messages would help me with my own fear. If I ever fear death... I'll just replay FF9! That's what I use to think. I like that creators and players are connecting with messages like these, which concern us all.
From Uematsu-san's story: "Joy, anger, sorrow... perhaps it is simply having someone to share those feelings with that brings us true happiness."
Very interesting to get Uematsu-san's views on "true happiness". I live alone and I'm dedicating my life to my Passions, but it's true that I'm longing to "share" all those feelings, emotions and thoughts with someone who'd understand me. Yes, maybe I don't know "true happiness" yet... But if so, then I can tell, it's very hard to find, and those who found it are very lucky!
"Disena theorized that human emotions produced powerful energy. Magic, she thought, was only one method of utilizing this energy source. Depending on the strength of the emotion felt, the energy also varied in intensity. Disena was convinced that the energy produced by human emotions was the hidden key to uncovering the mysteries of the world."
I love the hidden meanings behind that, especially because of my own powerful emotions of Passion and spiritual experiences. I always thought that all that energy could make something happen... Maybe, if several people would feel that same kind of things together, at the same place and at the same time, magic could happen? I always wondered that, and so when the game said that it could be used for magic... I was obviously very interested. And "the hidden key to uncovering the mysteries of the world", I resonate with that line a lot too, because I certainly want to uncover these mysteries too, as part of my "spiritual quest" of sorts, and if anything could be the key, I always thought it could be those emotions... or other powerful things that people feel. So the game seems to follow me in my thoughts. I wonder if that was all just "for the story of the game", or if someone among them feels the same kind of things that I feel...
Disena: "Just giving off that energy may be our role in the universe. Almost. But it's not enough to love. You must learn to love with all your heart."
That first line, is very important for me. Maybe, me having those powerful experiences of Passion with games/animes/music, is my role in this universe... Maybe it does some good, maybe it's sending strong positive energy out there or something. What was the name of that theory which said that what you feel may have an impact at the other side of the planet, again? And about "love with all your heart", I think I must certainly tick that box. With Passion it's more than heart, it's soul, and if we're talking about the love that I felt for many people in that community, it was certainly with all my heart (for better or worse), what I'm calling "true love" because I didn't expect anything in return and some of those people who I loved didn't even know me. I was only wishing for their happiness. Just "giving love" feels good, and I would often tear up just thinking about those people. Now, with how it ended with all the backstabbings and the hurt, now I learned that it's not a good idea to do volunteer work for people who you don't really know. Still, I definitely felt and sent out a lot of love with all my heart, to many people, for all those years... So maybe that did some good to the universe? That's what I'd like to believe... Fantasian is helping me see it that way, and I'm thanking the game and its creators for all that indirect support.
Metal Ribbidon: "Those you've loved are always near... Watching over you, as the moon watches over all."
The message behind that whole part was that the departed are still "near" and "watching over us", and several times in the game Tan says that he could hear Carmina laughing, the Ribbidon says that he can feel the presence of Leo's parents sitting beside him, etc. It's kind of a classic moral seen in many games and animes, but its rendition here was certainly beautiful. I like to think that such messages in these games will help me when the time comes when I'll need it most... That's why I'm treasuring them and thanking all those writers.
"The Higgs boson... Perhaps these particles are traces if the true gods who once ruled the multiverse."
That whole "scientific/technical" part about the Higgs boson was very interesting, especially that last line. Are there "true gods" above us, who made all of this possible? When you realize just how miraculous and powerful life is, you can't help wondering... I for one was always open to the question. For Fantasian, the "smallest particle" may be a "trace" of the true gods... We may never get an answer, but it's fascinating to notice that I'm not the only one pondering such things, and to connect with the writers of the game on such reflections!
"The humans have among them fortune-tellers and shamans who wield curious powers... They can convert their notions and feelings into gravitational fields and communicate with the souls of those who pass beyond the veil of life..."
Fortune-tellers and shamans IRL have real power, it's canon! lol. Seriously though, not that I really believe in those things but, who knows, anything is possible after all. I don't know about "communicating with the souls of the dead", but I do believe that souls, and their spiritual experience from life, keep existing in some way (which would be incomprehensible for the human mind), beyond death, beyond time... And Fantasian is following me in that belief too! More on that later in this post.
Leo: "Our feelings give [life/the universe] meaning!"
Here again with the same moral about the power and importance of our feelings/emotions. I love that.
Tan: "Carmina's soul has gone off to a world of perfect balance now. Just like all souls do. At least that's what I believe."
Another interesting message about "what comes after death." A "world of perfect balance"... I agree it should be the case.
Kina: "You can't just wait for what's important to you! You have to find it yourself!"
Well, I can say that I've found what's important to me (Passion, J-RPGs), but maybe I can interpret this differently, like I still need to find something or someone... In that case, that line is supporting me with it, and I'm glad!
Zinikr: "When we're together, our power's immeasurable." Leo: "As long as we're together... then we can do anything."
Seems like another of the main morals/messages of the game, is quite the classic one. Almost every J-RPG has that line like "Bonds are the true power". The only thing I regret is that it's not so easy to find like-minded nakamas/party members IRL who would protect you with their life like you would for them, as it is for the protags to find them in these games. In the games they magically stumble upon each other and they all happen to be good people with good values of trust and kindness etc. In reality, from my own experience, it's very hard to find and there are a lot of bad apples out there who will fake being friends to use you for their own gain, etc. It works in games because a game is written by one person (or several), and they are writing the values and hearts of all the characters. Whereas in reality... every new person you meet can think totally different things from those wholesome writers! So achieving that moral of "together we can do anything" is very hard IRL, and so it's always a bit frustrating when I see it in games. If anything, IRL some people gather together to do bad things like ganging up on someone or going on witch hunts... I've seen that happen. But I wish I could actually meet other "Kind" people (Fantasian has put that word in red font at the end of Tan's arc, so it's important to them too), and we could achieve something good together... Maybe not saving the world or the multiverse lol, but maybe just having the same "party members" spirit as in J-RPGs... That's my dream.
"The powerful energy we call emotion spreads throughout the multiverse."
An additional message about the powepurpose of emotions. To them, it "spreads throughout the multiverse"... That would be great!
"May their journey be known and their courage remembered."
More than a classic line to send off the protags at the end of a J-RPG, I'm interpreting this line as a way for the creators to "leave a mark" on this world with these messages, similarly to at the end of FF9 with Zidan saying to Necron (the embodiment of their fear of death as they're on the verge of death after getting hit by Kuja's Ultima) that they will face it and that the message of their courage will be "transmitted to future generations". By that, I think there might be an underlying intent to let those messages be spread and help players and future generations, and that line in Fantasian is giving the same vibe. It's only conjecture and could be just my interpretation, but either way, I sure will remember all this for as long as I live!! And with posts like these, I try to spread the word, myself.
Prickle: "Count us among your comrades/nakama"
I'm also interpreting this as the characters of the game saying to us, the players, that they are our comrades. Like, it goes beyond the game, and so we feel less alone with having the writers connecting with us through their characters in some way. I've seen that in other J-RPGs where it was definitely intended, so who knows! Mistwalker games have a lot of heart so it wouldn't be surprising.
Valrika, about having a child: "I want to pass along my knowledge, as well as the memories I have of you all." Leo: "Passing along things... like life." "Whatever happens, the world will keep greeting new life."
Ok, that's an unexpected big message of the game right there. That we should have kids, basically. I'm right in that topic as a 34 years old single person. First I will say that I think that having kids for the sole goal of "passing along your knowledge and memories" would be selfish. Your kid doesn't belong to you, he doesn't exist just for you to be able to keep your lineage alive in this world in a way for longer. That's not the point... I know a lot of people must like it, being able to pass down your stuff and experiences to your kids, to be able to think "someone will live on after me and keep me in their memories, so I will live on in that way". But if you do it for that reason it's selfish. I always thought that if I were to have a child, it would be more to "give back" to life, to bring about a new life in this world, so that a new person may in turn have powerful positive experiences in life (now what they do, is up to them and them only). When you think about it, if no one had kids anymore, humankind would get extinct. And with my experiences, maybe I really should have a kid, who knows maybe they'll be grateful to be alive for their experiences just like I am for mines. But, I'd still need to find someone first, and that's not so easy! It's certainly easier to keep living alone and not taking any new risks, but is it the right thing for me to do..? Anyway, personal ramble aside, I was glad when Leo took over and ended that part with "passing along life", which went more into my beliefs that I just explained. I was relieved then! They agree with me after all, that passing along "life" is what's important there!
Leo: "Yet another world somewhere. One that we haven't seen yet."
That last line might be more than a simple open-ended/cliffhanger ending/way to tell that their adventure continues on. It could be an additional hint at "that other realm that I felt" that I mentioned previously! OR it could mean... our world! Like they do a 4th wall breaking and it will involve our world. A few J-RPGs did that before so it wouldn't be unprecedented. Either way, that was epic.
Kina & Cheryl: "You're caught in our gravitational field!"
I am certainly caught in the gravitational field of these creators ever since FF9...
Yim, upon being defeated in Outer Void Realm: "The void will be reborn... It will gather anew... for as long as there is a universe..."
That is a direct reference to FF9 and the last lines of the last boss after after you beat it, "This is not the end. I am eternal. As long as there is life and death..." At the very least, it's in the exact same vein. In FF9 it meant that the fear of death will always remain as long as there is life and death, and in Fantasian it means... death? The "void" definitely seems to refer to it.
Yim, upon being defeated in Inner Void Realm: "Why is there death? Who do things return to the void? Because they exist, they stir emotion... and thus produce energy. This is their true purpose. Death... The void... These inevitabilities drive and govern all existence."
The first part is basically a retelling of the same message mentioned previously that feeling powerful emotions and having all these experiences with these games for example may well be our "true purpose" in this life (and I appreciated that message a LOT). It's good that they're retelling it but we don't learn something new and same for the last screen. I hoped for a new amazing message/moral about "where do souls go after death" for example, or even a throwback to FF9 and its moral about the fear of death, considering that forementioned lines in the previous paragraph, and considering this whole extra content with the "Void" is all about death. But we actually don't get any other clues apparently! Oh well.
Now, I will finally get to what might be my favorite line in the entire game, or the one that resonated with me the most.
"All you've experienced is beyond time, immutably bound to your spirit."
(when asked if you want to go into NG+)
That line confirms what I've always believed: that my "experiences" (especially the powerful emotional experiences of Passion) are "beyond time", it's "something else" and it will remain in the soul in a way even after death, "immutably bound to the spirit". They just have to. It's just too powerful.
So I was very happy and blown away when I got that line all of a sudden! In what is just a NG+ explanation!
There's just so much soul in this game...
I finished with my part on the messages/morals, now I will mention the other things which I adored in this game.
The storyline, which had a few twists that I had not predicted (I had predicted that Vam was not the true villain, but I did not predict that Kina and Cheryl were sisters!!), while not being the most complex storyline ever it was still quite solid and I enjoyed it.
The characters and their depth/backstory/development, that was all quite superb. You've truly got the creator of FF behind it. Each of them is memorable and has such a meaningful arc with lots of positive messages. It truly feels like an old-school FF with every character having a story and moral to tell, like in FF9.
The OST... It is amazing. I think my favorite tracks from Mistwalker games are still in Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, but it was still incredible and had so many emotional callbacks to the OSTs of past FF games. For example I noticed some of the same sounds (maybe he used the same sound libraries as back then), and some tracks had melodies which reminded me of a certain FF. It was all in Uematsu-san's wonderful melodic and progressive musical style that I love so much and that is still my favorite ever! He did splendid work on the whole OST and it's a real blessing to have such a grand OST, and game from Mistwalker. My favorite track is probably Vence's field theme. That flute..!
The dioramas were stunning and gorgeous. To think that it's all real-life models that a team created..! I would so enjoy meticulously crafting those as well. All the cute little details felt so good to gaze and marvel at, and I enjoyed trying to find what material they used for each object. It's all so crafty and commendable, and I could also talk for hours just about this topic!! The cute miniature chairs and windows and furnitures and everything in the rooms and houses were the best!!
The level design was excellent, that kind of level design is one of my favorites. The paths and placement of the treasure chests were great and I had fun playing an old-school FF game again.
The battle system was fabulous. A much-needed trip back to old-school turn-based battle system, with many clever mechanics that made it very strategic and tactic, I loved it!!
Now about the difficulty... I played in Normal, so that's "Easy" compared to the original difficulty which is now labelled "Hard". But even so... a few bosses gave me a lot of trouble!! And I had to retry them several times, and the battles would last for 20 minutes. It's epic though! I don't mind the difficulty, I eventually beat them all, so it felt rewarding. As long as I can overcome the challenges and it's fair, I can do this. Someone called it "The dark souls of old-school turn-based RPGs" and well, THIS is my kind of soulslike!! And I had to look at (awesome) guides on Reddit for some of the bosses so I'm thankful for that too, cheers to those who wrote them! The difficulty was definitely enjoyable and I'm glad that they went all-out and used the full potential of all the mechanics of the battle system that they engineered, it is flawless. Although I do wonder... how did those who played on Apple with the original difficulty back then, finish the game when it was even harder?? If you did that then kudos to you... I know I probably couldn't play this game on Hard.
A lot of the NPCs were endearing and I loved to immerse myself in the world of Fantasian!
The character animations and the design of the scenes gave me massive FF9 vibes too. I'd have many example but the most recent one is when Zinikr confesses to Valrika, first she turns around ignoring him, but at the end she turns back at him and then the scene fades to black before she could say a word... It's hard to explain, but such details remind me of FF9 and other FFs of that era, and it's always so nostalgic and appreciated. Such a bliss!
I loved the reference to Cloud's Buster Sword at Vibra's armory, similar to the exact same reference they did at Lindblum's armory in FF9!! A composition from Nobuo Uematsu got mentioned along with his name in one of the houses in Vence, and Akira Toriyama got mentioned in one of the houses in Vibra, too.
I loved the side dialogs at the "Blue Dragon" bar inside the Uzra (another reference, to the Mistwalker game of the same name), and the several original/signature cocktails that they invented. I'm actually a mixologist as a hobby, so I'm all into that and I enjoyed those lines a lot, and I plan to re-create the cocktails from the game IRL... using ingredients from my bar at home! (it's quite big) I'll get to that and will post my findings online, I might even make a video for it. If no one else did it yet then I HAVE to be the one to do it!!
I'm sure there are lots of other things I could say about the game, I could nerd about it for hours, but this is already getting long.
Fantasian was utterly amazing and I love it to bits, and I love the people who made it with so much love and thought.
If there's one thing I want to say, it is a big Thank You to Hironobu Sakaguchi, Nobuo Uematsu, and everyone who worked on this game and the others that moved me so much. Thank You for making my life..!! I would give anything in return for these powerful emotions... anything.
On a side note, I was actually very lucky to be able to record a message for Uematsu-san after his concert in Paris last year, someone from the staff approached me with a camera, and said I could record a message for him... I was utterly blown away and even under the emotion I managed to put into words some of the things I always wanted to tell him, that his music made my life, that it made me feel such powerful emotions, that I would give anything in return... I wonder if someone ended up translating the message to him. If so, then that would be so momentous for me :') A miraculous chance that I got... If I could just even have made him smile, that would make me happy. Well his company is named "Please Smile" so I think he can relate to the feeling :)
Genuinely, Thank You so much for making such impactful games that made me awaken to otherworldly things. It means more than my life to me. Even if I would be reincarnated 1000 times I would gladly give my life 1000 times if it could mean thanking whoever is responsible for giving me these emotions.
Thank You for all the feelings that you're pouring in all these games, for sharing all those thoughts and reflections, for making us think about all those things, for supporting us... I wish I could support them, too. I wish there was something else I could do for them aside from just buying their games.
I love you all. I hope you will keep making games!
And lastly, Thank You for reading... that means a lot. Feel free to respond to what I wrote or to tell me your own thoughts about the game so we can discuss about it! :)
Mistwalker forever!!
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Whats a good lens to use for video on the R6 mark 2 that will keep the set up nice and small and compact still.
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Features = AF, IBIS
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Nothing too heavy preferably since it will be handheld and I want compact. I am also new to video on my mirrorless camera so will record most in AV or auto
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2025.01.21 12:24 Ok_Pear4850 É infantil parar de seguir no instagram?

Contexto: Tinha uma amiga e éramos muito próximos, conversávamos todos os dias e nossa relação era quase como se fossemos da mesma família. Mas ela não mora na minha cidade e quase nunca a gente se via pessoalmente. Tive pouco contato direto com a família dela, mas sempre gostei muito de todos, fiz muita amizade com eles. Agora nós nos afastamos de um jeito não muito legal, não estamos brigados, mas é uma história longa, decidimos pacificamente que era melhor nos afastarmos, mesmo que eu não quisesse nem um pouco. Isso tem muito pouco tempo, e até chegarmos nessa decisão eu passei duas semanas sofrendo por causa da situação. Agora que tomamos essa decisão, não sei se deveria parar de seguir todos no instagram. Ela mesma está sem instagram até fevereiro, mas ver ela nos posts da mãe dela as vezes contribuí para eu ficar um pouco mais triste e com saudades, vai ser muito pior quando ela voltar com o dela. também tem os irmãos dela que eu gostava muito, mas não sei se devo continuar seguindo ou não. Eles não tem nada a ver com nossa amizade, sempre gostei muito deles e eles sempre me receberam muito bem na casa deles. Acredito que eles nem saibam o que aconteceu entre eu e minha amiga.
Enfim, fico dividido porque não quero ser infantil, também pela consideração que tenho por eles. Quero dicas se devo parar de seguir para evitar de acabar vendo e "sofrendo" mais, ou se devo só aprender a conviver com isso, não quero que fique um climão. me ajudem por favor
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