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*FAITHFUL HEADPHONE WARNINGS*

Oczy, the man, the myth, the LEGEND in this episode! Let me tell you, my love for him has swelled to great heights this episode!

The clock runs out as Nowak is onto Oczy and Bardeni's research and the two men must make crucial decisions on faith and research...if they're to save the evidence of Heliocentrism's existence to release to the public!

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Romania Black - Orb: On the Movements of the Earth! Episode 12 Reaction! I BELIEVE IN HELIOCENTRISM!

LINK TO REACTION: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/wkUJ3Z6C2N4spXkjWw7NZ2 **FAITHFUL HEADPHONE WARNINGS** Oczy, the man, the myth, the LEGEND in this episode! Let me tell you, my love for him has swelled to great heights this episode! The clock runs out as Nowak is onto Oczy and Bardeni's research and the two men must make crucial decisions on faith and research...if they're to save the evidence of Heliocentrism's existence to release to the public! Thank you for watching with me and for all the support! #romaniablack #orbonthemovementsoftheearth #orb #orbanime Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RomaniaBlack My Anime: https://myanimelist.net/profile/RomaniaBlack Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/RomaniaBlack You can mail me a letter or anything (except food, please) at this address: Romania Black PO Box 768 Harrisburg, IL 62946 USA

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Moominkomet

I just want to say that anime and manga have always been political. I know you shy away from being political on the channel due to wanting to be inclusive, but art is political! I know why this topic keeps coming up on my timeline recently. It’s a new manga that looks very interesting (Half is More), One Piece being used as the symbol of youth protesting authoritarian governments, and our own political climate. For Orb, we are steeped in the politics of religious authoritarian power structures. I just learned that the church officially forgave Galileo in 1992! How crazy is that! I say lean into your pointing out the parallels in this anime and our own political climate. It needs to be said! Omg Oczy…. I support your ship between him and Badeni. They do compliment each other. Even if Badeni denies it. During the last 10 minutes, I was tearing up! I had a silent cry because my co workers were eating lunch next to me… they are used to me doing that so I don’t think it bothered them.😭 I want to say that the content of your volume of Orb have been covered already. Just to be safe, I’d hold off just a bit longer, maybe a few more episodes. I would recommend collecting all the volumes because this series is just that good! Also the last volume of Land of the Lustrous is just about to be released… or at least it’s not far off! I have it pre ordered anyway and I can’t remember when it comes out. Anyway, great episode, loved the discussion and my mom could write in shorthand… to me it was like looking at ancient runes, very exotic looking to me.

Deepraj

When Oczy warned Badeni that truth locked away from criticism is fragile, he was urging him beyond pride, beyond the loneliness of being the sole voice for heliocentrism. He declared that belief must endure the testing of others, else it risks becoming illusion. Yet, almost in the same breath, he contradicted himself: “Heliocentrism is my faith.” In this paradox, Oczy revealed the core of his humanity—struggling between reason and conviction, openness and pride. His growth lies not in perfection but in this tension, for we too live it: holding beliefs we long to see tested, yet clinging to them as articles of faith. We relate to him deeply, for we too wrestle with pride, with the fragile comfort of being “right alone.” Through Oczy, we see that true belief is not possession, but dialogue—an orbit sustained by many voices.

Tim Kane

Thanks for the great reaction! I’m glad you enjoyed the conversation between Oczy and Badeni. A meta thing I like about it is how it’s not just a character moment but it also mirrors the history of the philosophy of science. Badeni is a classical empiricist in the mold of Francis Bacon. he believes that if he observes the world carefully enough, he can induce its fundamental laws. To that end, he hoards observation logs, convinced he can infer God’s design from them. Relative to his superiors in the abbey who argue purely from authority Badeni’s approach seems genuinely scientific. But in our history, empiricism ran into a logical problem known as the problem of induction. I won’t get into the weeds, but essentially it raised doubts about whether we can ever justify extrapolating past patterns into universal laws. It triggered centuries of soul-searching over what science actually is if observation alone can’t secure truth. Karl Popper eventually introduced the idea of falsifiability; i.e., something isn't real science if you don't leave room for your idea to be disproven. Science advances not by confirming beliefs, but by surviving attempts to refute them by replacing weaker conjectures with stronger ones. It’s a fun way to show that while Oczy may not be as learned as Badeni, he's approaching the meta of science with the nuance of someone centuries ahead of him.

romaniablack

Welllll saaaaaiiiddddd - yes! I love that true belief being a dialogue and connecting it as an “orbit” - we love to see it! Thanks for the comment!

romaniablack

Thank you for the comment and the kind words! I could watch Badeni and Oczy talk to each other all day! That is a great comparison of Badeni and Oczy as well! I love that history connecting with all of this as well! Huzzah for history and science merging this episode!

romaniablack

YES, I agree 100% that art is political! And yes, I find it funny that folks are talking so much about One Piece being political, when I’m like…”It has been for over 25 YEARS!” hahaha, glad at least some people are finally jumping on the band wagon and realizing it. The church forgiving Galileo hundreds of years later is…a choice, but hey! Why not? 😛 But thank you - at least Orb gives me a platform and reason to talk about things and it be in the moment and relevant to the discussion at hand! Oczy and Badeni…oh, wait until this coming week when it comes to shipping! 😛 I really love that scene of Badeni blessing him. It’s so sweet! :3 I don’t blame you! And thank you for the notes of the Orb volume! I really want to collect it and that’s so good to know about Land of the Lustrous!! Thank you for the comment and kind words! I need to ask if my mom remembers any short hand and see for myself these “runes!” 😀