Tell me what you know about Yang, and Yin-Yang by extension, in the context of Daoist philosophy. I'll fill in the gaps you don't know. While on its surface it may not seem important to cover this, all of Yin-Yang on AB was derived from Daoism (thanks Reborn). Understanding the Daoist context helps you understand Yang better as a whole, which can help you in the future when it comes to making customs.
I tried researching and to be honest i had to check something, that Daoist is the same as Taoist, just to make sure i had the right concepts. Anyway, moving on:
- Yin/yang is two halfs, together they make a whole, create balance, So when you split something into two halves – yin/yang, it upsets the equilibrium of wholeness. Both halves are chasing after each other as they seek a new balance with each other.
- Yin - shady side. Examples: Night, Female
- Yang - Sunny side. Examples: Day, Male
- Neither yin nor yang are absolute, as each aspects contains the beginning point for the other aspect. For example, day becomes night and then night becomes day, each rely on each other and so they need each other to become complete
- Yin/yang are ever changing, never remain static, always changing in a way for balance, i mean i found a crazy fact researching this: "As an example: some species of fish have females that transform quickly into males when the population of males isn’t enough"
- Yin yang can be broken down in something, for example, Yang aspect of heat, can then be broken down to yin aspect of warm and yang aspect of burning
- Daoism as a practice enjoys examining patterns, so if YY is one large pattern it can be broken down into two, Yin and yang separately.
- YY is broken down into two:
yin - soul
yang - spirit
Through this balance and the break down, in the RP, from what i understand, Yin/Yang has been the base of all creation and balance. Everything we do as ninja is from the base of Yin/yang even if we don't know how to use it on a mastered level. What i mean is:
Yin: Yin is the soul aspect, creation aspect in the rp and through it has various applications. Controlling the soul aspect is how we create illusions. Yin is the form of creation, the mind, darkness, imagination. It's not just genjutsu that is controlled, through yamanaka they control their very spirit and will, Nara create out of their shadows to give depth. Yin isn't limited to thses though, Yin in the universe is all forms of creation.
Yang: If yin is creation, Yang is spirit, life, sentience, light, vitality. This is why yang is better IMO. We see yang in various forms, for example, basically all healing is yang release. Sentient weapons such as Samehada have been given life through yang. Through this we also have applications through increasing out spirit, more chakra, durability and vitality, basically we become taijutsu monsters reducing damage to us, get alot more chakra/stamina. One example of the taijutsu increase would be how the akamichi use yang to physically enhance their bodies.
When you bring the two together it's literally like being a god in itself. Through yin you imagine, form and create what ever you like, through yang, you can literally give life to that creation. It reminds me of the tale in the Silmarillion in tolkiens works, Alue is the god of creation, the forge, he literally love to create. But he admired what Iluvatar did by creating the elves and wanted to use that power himself, through this, he created the dwarves, a race in his image, this would be yin in my eyes, then he wanted to give them life. Iluvatar got mad and was like nah, but didn't destroy them, made them sleep under the mountains and then give them life once the Elves had had their moment. That would be the yang aspect. Gods with the ability of creation and life.
Always needing balance.