Multi-level transparent map [Pathfinder 2]

I'm making a multi-level map, and I was wondering if it would be possible to have the players be able to look down from the map on top to the lower map by using transparent sections or something like that. E.g. if there's a balcony overlooking an area on the first floor.

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u/Elacular — 1 day ago

Saja boys, cult dynamics, and the "only one"

I'll try my best not to make this too long, but I think about this theme of the movie pretty often. Multiple people say or imply the idea of being the only one who can help people or accept them. The most explicit of these is Jinu with Rumi ("I'm the only one who can [understand you]"), and the Saja Boys with Your Idol ("I'm the only one who'll love your sins"). But you can also see it in Gwi-Ma's interactions with Jinu, mocking him for thinking that anybody else was capable of taking away his pain, and even in Rumi's relationship with Celine, with Celine keeping her isolated from even her closest friends and allies. I'm not saying any of these characters are evil (except for Gwi-Ma), but I am noticing behavioral and thematic parallels.

One of the most important factors in cults and abusive relationships is isolation. The way cults recruit new members, besides just giving birth to them, is to find someone at their weakest and convince them that you can help them, and that only you can help them. Bit by bit, through both overt and covert methods, the cult separates you mentally, socially, and eventually physically from the rest of the world. This can be done with changes to the type of language you use which helps to separate you from other people because they just plain don't know what you're talking about; by actively encouraging behavior that pushes people away (think MLMs telling people that all of their relationships are actually potential downlines and opportunities to sell), or just straight up telling you you shouldn't spend time around people who "just don't get it." Through these and other methods, cults and abusers create often insurmountable seeming distance between their victims and the rest of the world, while also encouraging said victims to see them as the only source of salvation, comfort, or even love.

The reason I bring this up is because...well, one, because I love this movie and like talking about it, but also because dynamics like this are incredibly common and incredibly insidious, and talking about them out loud helps innoculate people against them, hopefully making them at least a little bit safer. Because those who would trap you have less power when you're someone who knows that you're inherently loveable and that there will always be people somewhere who will do what they can to help you. That doesn't mean it'll be easy or that you won't still struggle after finding those people, but it does mean that you don't have to be trapped. That you're never actually as alone as they want you to feel.

TL;DR: There is no "Only one who'll love your sins". And anyone who says that there is is wrong, and you shouldn't trust them. And this movie is at least partially about that.

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u/Elacular — 23 days ago