Determination - Blog Posts
"You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices."
- John Green, The Fault In Our Stars
Ok, I wanted to clarify (these are my opinions, mind you) the tiny difference between a Perseverance soul and a Determination soul, since many people seem to think they are practically the same.
Perseverance is the will to keep doing the same thing over and over again even if initially it doesn't work because you hope to reach a certain outcome. Determination instead is the will to reach that outcome, not necessarily with the same ways though.
I'll make an example based on the battle system in Undertale bc it's funny.
A Perseverance soul will pick a method to survive the enemy, be it by killing, attacking then sparing, running, or acting, and then stick with it for the whole run. If they meet an enemy that isn't compatible with their way of fighting, say for example Mettaton and running, they will try to survive as long as they can and keep trying to run away.
A Determination soul instead will try to defeat the enemy in all the ways they can. No matter the procedure, the important thing is the ending. So they will try other things too of course.
There is a thin line between these two terms, so I thought I'd make the difference clear for all of those who didn't want to search on Google. You're welcome.
Fun fact 1: you know how I said that for me physical DETERMINATION and mental determination are two different things? That actually is something canon in Undertale. Let me explain. In Legends of Localization, a book written by the translators of the game to explain the process of translating the game from english to japanese, to make the ideas clear to the translators Toby explained what exactly is determination in Undertale. This is the explanation:
So yeah, I thought it'd be fun to share, especially since many people haven't read the book. I remember watching a video of a theorist, hearing him talk about this note, and the next thing you know is that I changed my AU to include this information too. Thought it'd be nice to explain my reasoning.
Ok this is all, bye!
Simone Biles is a great athlete, she is so beautiful to watch. I know she is great, everyone does but since I do not understand the scoring system in gymnastics, my love for her is not on par with Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce.
My God, that is one woman who inspires me a lot! Did it, left, got pregnant, came back, did it again (this time as the fastest woman alive!) I'm so proud of her and I can't wait to watch her for the last time in this year's Olympics. I'm rooting for her with all of my heart. She has motivated me by deciding to push herself to her best and for that, I'm grateful.
My exams are soon and every time my eyes are watering from reading or I drop my book because I do not 'feel' like it. I tell myself that postpartum SAFP prolly didn't feel like practicing too. She prolly just wanted to watch reels for a while and chill but she prolly didn't and so I can watch her and be proud, I can draw strength from her story. A woman whom the world thought it was over for but one who knew she wasn't done and showed the rest of us just how not done she is.
I forgot that Lotor wasn't the only one to "end" his father, Allura also did it in season 1. Just some drawings of both of them and their reactions of their deed. Feel kinda bad for them now.
I started out this academic session with lot of determination but it all faded because of distractions so I am hoping to focus on discipline .......and tbh I would give this credit to my new friend who is so smart( and sweet also) but like very smart....looking at her...she inspires me to start studying and be smart as well....so thank you new friend for rekindling my flame of wanting to be an academic weapon.
And ofc I'll keep you all updated :)
Frisk! Why so sad?