Wanyin was conditioned to think he was inferior to WWX from a younger age due to WWX being more gifted in the practical skills as opposed to the softer skills of Wanyin and also because he was reaffirmed of that biased notion with the constant disapproval of his father and
I respect you so much for waking up this conversation. A lot of friendships are hostile and competitive because there is this need for a friend with a little bit more experience to look down and consistently lecture their other friend just for existing and experiencing life in-
FFX-2 is a game about a woman who had spent 17 years of her life being indoctrinated into a corrupt religion that peddled nothing but false promises and suddenly gaining the ability to live her life how she wants on her own terms.
And I think that's beautiful.
"deriving pleasure from being attractive in the third person" is exactly how I felt in my experiences with men. In the clinical world, we call it dissociation.