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Opposing Harmony is Discipline, the belief that mankind can and should master themselves and their environment for the betterment of all. Be it mastery of the self through rigorous mental and/or physical training, study, exploration or with laws and civilization. This rigorous pursuit usually advocates science, progress, capitalism, [[Ritual Magic|Magic in its intellectual aspect]], religion in its intellectual and organized aspects, innovation, urbanization and [[Curiosity Is a Crapshoot|curiosity.]] Discipline believes that Harmony is too focused on preserving and accepting, and is in fact defeatist by not trying to improve things, this is why Discipline tends to be active. On the flip side, Discipline ''can'' end up tampering with things best left unmolested, can give its practitioners [[A God Am I|a God complex]], and can lose sight of the now in favor of tomorrow.
 
So. Which is right? [[Good Old Ways|Harmony]]? Discipline? [[Yin -Yang Bomb|Both]], [[Take a Third Option|or perhaps]] [[The Unfettered|neither]]? Sometimes one and sometimes the other? This is a question of values that has [[Real Life]] counterparts and is thus entirely up to the author to decide, assuming they want to take sides in this sometimes thorny debate. Usually, a little of both is needed.
 
As a metaphor, this can play out [[So You Want To/Write a Story|in lots of variations]] using any of the following tropes, or in entirely new ways by mix and matching "Discipline" and "Harmony" factions from this list.
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* [[Order Versus Chaos]] -- Chaos is Harmony, Order is Discipline.
** Alternatively, Order could be either Harmony or Discipline, with Chaos off in another dimension.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] -- The Red Oni tends to be Harmony, and the Blue Discipline.
* [[Romanticism Versus Enlightenment]] -- In general, Romanticism is Harmony and Enlightenment is Discipline.
* [[Science Is Bad]], [[In Harmony With Nature|Nature Is Good]] -- Science is inherently unharmonious, and thus bad.
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See also: [[Magic From Technology]], [[Magitek]], and [[Romanticism Versus Enlightenment]].
 
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