mangaka don't draw black people because it means they have to fill in the color, and because the Japanese are racist. Certified CruiseAnon. Bunny/girl enjoyer.
some buddhist stories are functionally jokes. here’s one i heard from a tibetan guy:
buddha is traveling along and meets a man that lives at the edge of a large river. he’s a guru with many students, and when buddha gets there, the guru explains his abilities.
“i can walk across this river,” the guru says. “it took me my whole life to cultivate this ability. first, i had to understand myself. that took one decade. then, i had to understand water - this took another decade.”
“then,” the guru continues, “i had to understand that there is no water. the water is just a temporary phenomenon - a conditional aggregate of interdependent causes and conditions. that took another decade. finally, i had to understand that this phenomenon, which i call water, is not separate from the phenomenon that i call ‘me’, my self.”
“after this final decade, i understood that i create the water, and the water is part of me. now, i can walk right across the top of this river - and i do this every day. cultivating this spiritual gift has been my life’s work.”
and the buddha says, “wow. that’s really great - but”, gesturing downstream, “there is a bridge about a mile down that way”.
One of the failings of House of the Dragon is to demonstrate the morality of the society it depicts. Rhaenyra’s infidelity is depicted as a cosy arrangement when in actual fact having several illegitimate children and passing them off as legitimate was an extreme violation of her position and the morals of society.