Arcane Series PT2: King, Prince, Senex, Puer

jelle and I had a brief discussion over in Discord and thought that we should add something to Vin's myth, namely a temporal element in addition to the cosmological element that you've captured well, Auburn .


Here is an example of what I mean by the 'prophet/seer', using Muad'dib/Paul Atreides from the series Dune (I'd recommend full volume since it gets unnecessarily quiet at a key point):

If you read the books, they're heavily saturated in Ni visions about cosmology and human nature, and how those are bound to develop, as well as in Se grittiness. The adaptations also have that Ni saturation, though in my view the 1984 movie executes it purely and superficially, while the miniseries captures the feel (and meaning) of the series much better, despite a lower budget, so I've included an exemplary clip above.


I think this aspect of the Vin myth was also captured well on the page about the fictional NiFe Ryougi Shiki:
"The causality of the ‘universe’ is entirely linear.... This atmosphere is Ni/Se, very strongly so. The sensational detail invested into the artwork, the amount of delicate care invested in making sequences and events flow in the ‘obvious-next-causality’ is phenomenal. There is little randomness (though there’s mystery, which is a different thing) in flow. ... The way Ni operates is via seeing the probable next causality from the literal present, as such to them there may be a strong sense of seeing the inevitability of the unfolding of reality. If this is applied to Fe, they may see the inevitable destruction of humans/societie(s). Many NiFe can become bitter due to this vision; their own inescapable perception. As depicted in the series by Shiki’s attempts to pluck out her eyes. [This ocular theme is also very much present in Dune, as Muad'dib only 'frees' himself of being dominated by fate once blinded, while also being able to see better and so warn others of the consequences of the process that he has started.]"
cognitivetype.com/2017/12/16/nife-ryougi-shiki/

Edit: I forgot to make a final point. So: while the cosmological aspect of Vin focuses on the fundamental unity of beings (in whatever sense), the temporal aspect is focused on dynamic processes and what is bound to happen - events likely developing from our fundamental nature (like birth, growth, decay, death, rebirth) and/or from the dynamics of our wills (this can be tied to a Je function, often).