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yknow what i have time, lets finally discuss the Questions™️ i have about cheong myeong’s upbringing

im making a new post so that this doesnt get lost in the void, but here’s the previous post:

💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 16 · i am having many thoughts about my education and research into early childhood development and education in regards to wha

so… first off, i know like 1% of the side story info. An english translation, for free, is something that i have not found, and i cant find any good info on the subject. However the two cents i have on childhood development i feel are important enough to post despite my egregious lack of knowledge on the subject.

i am typing this on my phone, please forgive any typos i miss.

heres what i do know: sometime between ages 4-10, cheong myeong was isolated, probably repeatedly, to the extent of literally locking him in a cave for an undetermined but significant enough period of time, for the sake of “seclusion”.

Ive also heard that he was left with wine instead of water, which, what in the—

that would sure explain the drinking? So would the war, but he started drinking long before that.

Anyways, would anyone like to take a guess on the most important ages for developing an idea of whats socially acceptable behavior?

correct! Ages 4-10.

I dont know THAT much about it, looking into childhood development is/was a hobby of mine is all. Its been a bit since i looked this info up too, but i remember this from when i looked it up: the profile of a child who was isolated in this way bears remarkable similarities to cheong myeong’s own… aggressive… personality.

(i love him but that man is a drill sergeant through and through)

the only thing im not sure about is whether he is neurologically gifted (as in the learning disorder by that name) or just a genius. Im not sure you CAN be one without the other, at least not usually.

see, gifted children (the learning disorder) learn “backwards”. Where others will pick up social skills early in life (ages 4-10) and other pursuits later, gifted children pick up on those other things—academics, the arts, sports—first, and social skills are learned more towards 11+ (i dont know the exact ages, but i know its generally in middle or high school).

so there is a question of… how much does isolation during that time period (but not later in life) affect a gifted child as compared to a non-gifted child?

however my main point is just that his childhood (what i know of it) actually aligns with how his personality turned out and i wonder if that was intentional on Biga’s part?

#cheong myeong #rotbb #return of the mount hua sect

Okay so im not dead but my access to ao3 sure is

the status says this is only happening to a few people… just my luck to be one of them

my friend (who ive edited for) once told me that i was like a very nice version of chronically ill shen yuan and honestly its not really inaccurate which i find both hilarious and a little sad

at some point i will explain this joke but also now im thinking of that one fic where sy doesnt like rain because it was raining when he died and how hard that one hit me and it is NOT a good idea for me to go find fics where there is a struggle with chronic illness because i get depressed but i kind of want to anyways… its such a bad idea though…

#So im very good at the english language its kind of my thing #Apparently i taught myself to read #I vaguely remember this and all i did was match the words to the ones on the page until i knew words on the page #It is weird that i remember this #But anyways so im good at english #Im also good with… tropes i guess?#Story beats?#Remembering info about canon well enough to point out plotholes at least #I will say… that its because ive got multiple mental things associated with pattern recognition!!!#And obviously this means i have pattern recognition x2. Because thats how that works. Definitely.#Anyways so i have good english and i can say things like #“I think that this scene should happen later and you should add in a scene with this trope”#“Wait we need a map how do you combine mdzs and svsss in a map???”#“Is it wrong to take the map of a country and possibly squish it onto a fantasy map for plot reasons”#Basically im a fact checker and there to make sure things dont move oddly fast #So grammar checker; fact checker; person ready to tell you to hold your horses #Im good as a grammar checker for my friend especially bc their 1st language is spanish #And so bc im familiar with how that works (my struggle in learning spanish is that i forget my vocab too fast)#Im able to see how they were actually intending to word that sentence.#Sometimes it could be difficult especially in the beginning #But we chat often and their english has become very fluent now!!!#Sometimes I share english rules that ive remembered and that are specific to the point that they might not be taught #In a formal class at least #Although i cant remember which ones specifically—#I think they mostly involved differences in formal and casual language #Stuff that should be used in writing vs when we were chatting #Although at some point i remember reviewing vowels #Because of the nearly forgotten and mostly defunct rules about how to pronounce “the”#And also “a” vs “an”#Which i compared to being somewhat like masculine and feminine versions of a word

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Ya'll, is it normal to laugh at my own synopsis of my fanfiction lol

#Saw this in my drafts despite the fact that i can see ive reblogged it before #And hey why not say something else #Its 4am and that means the rambling is upon me #Anyways i was just going to say #This is how i will write essay drafts sometimes #It is a very valid method

i am having many thoughts about my education and research into early childhood development and education in regards to what little i have heard about cheong myeong’s childhood backstory.

Like… i cant elaborate right now i just spent multiple hours on an ao3 comment its almost 4am

but my god do i have thoughts about how the author seems to have intentionally written that background info with CM’s psychological profile in mind. It fits so well that it HAS to be intentional, right? Right????

i will be back eventually… with my research on social development during those early years…

#And hopefully by then i will have finally found a decent source on the side story #So that i know the actual years that these things occurred in beyond a vague 4-10 years old #Because to theorize without any contact with the original content or even much contact with secondhand information….#An utter travesty #A disgrace i say #Yknow what i will throw this into the fandom tags today why not #cheong myeong #return of the mount hua sect #return of the blossoming blade #To anyone who sees this #Feel free to contribute info #(Please do)

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