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Academic intelligence refers to knowledge gained through formal study — reading, education, structured learning.

Strengths:

• Learns primarily from study
• Strong theoretical knowledge
• Understands principles, frameworks, models
• Excels in structured environments
• Good at exams and academic subjects
• Strong in domains with stable rules — math, science, law, history
• Strong memory for facts, concepts, and procedures.
• Thinks analytically and logically.

Examples:

• Solving complex math problems.
• Learning a new language through textbooks.
• Understanding scientific principles.
• Performing well in university courses.

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NOTE: "Intelligence" is too broad so I split it into multiple categories.

Academic intelligence refers to knowledge gained through formal study — reading, education, structured learning.

Strengths:

• Learns primarily from study
• Strong theoretical knowledge
• Understands principles, frameworks, models
• Excels in structured environments
• Good at exams and academic subjects
• Strong in domains with stable rules — math, science, law, history
• Strong memory for facts, concepts, and procedures.
• Thinks analytically and logically.

Examples:

• Solving complex math problems.
• Learning a new language through textbooks.
• Understanding scientific principles.
• Performing well in university courses.

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Let's get a little abstract today.

Have you ever listened to a song and just felt a color? Like, this track is definitely deep blue or that one is a vibrant yellow or this other one is a murky grey.

This phenomenon is called synesthesia, and while not everyone experiences it literally, we can all connect music to moods and visuals.

So, pick a song that doesn't have an obvious color connection like a song called "Blue Suede Shoes". What color does it evoke for you and why?

For me, Insert a song, e.g., "Starlight" by Muse is definitely a deep, shimmering indigo. It feels vast and cosmic.

Drop your song and its color below. Bonus points for explaining the vibe.

So, it's taken me a very long time to understand what grixis truly is. I am grixis myself. It took a long time, given my own history of trauma to understand what was maladaptive psychology from that, what was the shadow rearing it's head and what was maturation across the lifespan.

So with grixis I started out as a typical izzet, full of creativity and a thousand ideas a second, your typical creativity for creatives sake enjoyer. Due to trauma I alternated between the extremes of both blue and red more heavily than the normal person. Exreme impulsivity and thrill seeking vs extreme coldness and intellectualisation.

At a certain point as an mbti entp (as I am, though I am certain grixis can present elsewhere), you end up sick of theories that lead nowhere and impulsivity that suppresses your natural strategic inclination. I believe izzet to grixis is one of the most common entp paths. This I think is where the real shadow integration occurs and the development towards black comes into play. This is when you stop being the bad internet stereotype of entp and move from trolling and wasting energy everywhere to a more refined, emotionally and intellectually selective mindset, only engaging with things that give you meaning or value. Sounds cold but it's not really, it's strategic. Conservation of resources.

Thing is is then you can end up in the black shadow integration too heavily, this is where concepts resembling Laveys satanism can kind of take you over and you can get stuck there if you make the wrong move and take the short term view. Laveys satanism is literally grixis distilled. Issue is is it becomes an excuse for self inflation and callousness and god help you if you start diluting yourself by taking actions against your natural moral inclinations as this will permanently lower you in your own eyes. I managed to avoid that fortunately.

The truth of it is that although grixis has a tendency towards selfishness or moral certitude, that it's actually just the black part forming late and the shadow gaining sway, unless you take enough actions that dilute you, your ego will end up in check soon enough. Edgelordism does not tend to survive until middle age unless you have done enough to force your ego into a defensive position it can't dig it's way out of. The counter is shadow integration and being honest about yourself, you will be forced to if you have any conscience personally and self awareness, better to face yourself on your own terms.

I believe grixis to be three wildly differing personality structures combined that take a lot of time to integrate healthily. I believe there is nothing inherently bad or negative about grixis but it has potential towards three extremes that are highly maladaptive. I believe grxis becomes it's strongest when it integrates it's ego and darker impulses fully and then it becomes a very specific form of powerful.

The traits that give it away are a crazy quickness in thinking, izzet core. Extreme selectivism in how it's energies are used, not performative signalling, dimir core. Emotional intensity applied in selective places, with trusted friends, rakdos core.

Grixis people are usually quite intelligent, extremely adaptable. Intense in a way people feel in their bones. Quick witted and capable of charm, highly strategic when not ruled by their shadow. May not suffer fools very well and above all, absurdly determined and willful.

Grixis is forged in the fire of it's own disparate personality structure, it can look awful in youth, but fully integrated? Terrifyingly effective and just feels different and outside the norm. It's the kind of person you find yourself thinking you have romantic chemistry with because their baseline presence is so intense but then looks confused when you clarify that you are in a relationship. Grixis is not hard to spot if you know what you are looking for.

I used to define Jeskai as the sole color of discipline. Not only does it fit in game, monks and monasteries and all that, but you've got passion from izzet, and the self-control of white. You've got red's emotion over azorius' structure applied to the self.

I actually think boros and orzhov have equal claims to discipline, but viewed from different angles.

Boros is fairly obvious. Take Jeskai and remove the intelligence. You don't need to work towards a goal of improvement, no tracking values- simply determination to maintain your current build via working out might be boros. That's discipline.

Orzhov is something most people seek to demonize, they slap on the aristocrat title and leave it be. I believe there's saving to this 2-color. You have both the ambition and order to stay on track- this is the MOST 'self-control' color possible. You don't need drive or satisfaction from red: you know it's right. You don't need the perfection goal of blue: there's good to be had from sticking to 'it', whatever that may be.

Honestly I think any color combo involving white and avoiding green could define discipline- and even then there's cases to be had for green (green isn't a core tenant- but a druid enforcing tradition of upkeep could be disciplined). Discipline is about controlling ones self, and white is a requirement.

I know people always mention green doesn't not equal trees and nature but it's mostly an association. I wanted to see other explanations on how much green really cares about nature when really getting into the mindset and philosphy of green.

My understanding of greens philosphy is that it is accepting, status quo, instinctual, etc. This makes a high association with nature as nature creates a nice environment for the human mind to focus on these traits.

But my argument is, if green is accepting, instinctual, go with the flow mindset and they grew up in the city, they may not care about nature at all but instinctually follow the trats they learned to value the tradition of the city, value the patterns they learned over time in this environment without forests and trees.

It would be equally absurd to have a person that is very reflective, highly cerebral, value knowledge, etc. But they happen to live nowhere near an island or water. It's just an association because islands are places of solitude that create an environment that the human mind can wonder about what's at the end of the sea and experience the curious things the port brings.

Using fire doesn't always mean someone is reckless but it's a big association because it attracts that mindset, but someone could use fire for totally unreckless purposes.

Anyway I wanted to hear more on your guys thoughts.

Check out the FFVI precon for what I mean, but also Squall Gunblade Duelist, Alesha, isshin, among others that all confirm what I said. It's stoically fighting with hardship, not recklessly like rakdos, and rightfully like boros, it's what meets adding those up. It's also something like Darius or Ambessa from Arcane/League of Legends, influence by sttength but in a stoic way. People that had hard lives, struggled to get what they wanted and had to use force to get in a favorable position, but always having some principles in mind (the white part). Also, mercenaries fit these descriptions really well.

Red and White are statistically tied for 2nd and 3rd place. Let's resolve this by doing a poll on these 2 colors.

https://www.reddit.com/r/colorpie/comments/1u6hy83/poll_which_color_appears_the_most_attractive/

This poll is about how you present yourself and how others perceive you.

Characteristics of attractive people:

1. Looks (What people see instantly). This is your visual first impression.

- Grooming (clean hair, skin, hygiene, nails)

- Clothing (simple, well-fitting, consistent style)

- Basic physical presentation (posture, neatness, overall “put together” appearance)

Core idea: You look intentional and well-maintained, not careless.

2. Behavior (What people experience socially). This is what makes you likable or not.

- Confident but not attention-seeking

- Clear, calm speech

- Good listening and social awareness

- Light, natural humor

- Emotional stability under pressure

Core idea: You make interactions feel smooth, easy, and comfortable.

3. Energy (What people feel about you). This is your “presence” or vibe over time.

- Calm, grounded body language

- Healthy lifestyle signals (sleep, fitness, vitality)

- Sense of direction or purpose

- Low anxiety / low chaos energy

Core idea: You feel stable, capable, and “good to be around.”

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To clarify I often think about city design and I feel like that aligns a lot with azorius. I started thinking about how solar punk and sustainable practices being integrated into city design feels very green. But I started questioning to what extent it's actually green as green may prefer we integrate into the natural system already in place whereas the sustainability may be more blue or white for the sake of stability, utility, and making people happy. Im sure theres still a large green portion as a respect for nature but I was curious on your guys thoughts on this.

Maybe as a secondary question, what would each color bring to city design or lack thereof?

Im inclined to say White Black but thats solely off Vibes and the idea that Characters like Kambal and other aristocratics/ bureaucrats in magic would be hitting the green.

Which color would take a moment before indulging? Which color just goes right after what he wants?

Temptations could be anything:

- The delicious cake when you are on a diet.

- Instagram when you should be working.

- A stranger forgot his cash-laden wallet on the table.

- The sultry waitress winked at you.

- Girlfriend left her phone unlocked.

https://www.reddit.com/r/colorpie/comments/1udio0u/poll\_results\_white\_is\_the\_best\_at\_resisting/

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Which color gets some things done? Which color procrastinates?

This poll is about Productivity. Imagine you have 10 tasks to complete. Which color would perform the best?

Criteria:

1. Output - has tangible results, not just planning to do it
2. Speed - completes the task on time, or as many as you can
3. "Good enough" quality - because aiming for the perfect quality makes you slower.
4. Priority - completing critical tasks rather than low value tasks
5. Consistency - being consistently productive, not just short bursts of productivity
6. Independence - can work alone with minimal supervision.
7. Reliability - delivers what was promised

https://www.reddit.com/r/colorpie/comments/1ubsvxd/poll_results_black_get_the_most_shit_done_most/

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