This made that with the passing of the events of the story, Alexia further perfected her physical resistance until she was able to resist, for brief moments, a strong attack from Zenon,who he was, a very strong magical swordsman, candidate to be part of the round table of the Cult of Devils, (to date, Alexia's progress still continues).Ĭid describes Alexia's fencing style as "orthodox", being rather straightforward with nothing special about it. and Cid's stretching, and hard training Shadow's swordsmanship, which she was inspired by, as it closely resembles the "perfect and ordinary swordsmanship" style that she strongly yearns to achieve. Also, as noted by her sister, she is quite skilled at politics, but lacks any real power in that space.Īlexia, like every magical knight, has developed a strong physical constitution in athletic abilities, mainly in her resistance, although this is not noticeable at first glance, being able to resist strong blows, at the normal level of a normal swordsman or magical knight.Īlthough Alexia initially stated that she felt fruitful and everything since she did not have the physical development and natural talent of the sword, like her older sister Iris Midgar, after meeting Cid and then Shadow, she began to imitate the warm-ups so much. However, through sheer effort, she managed to rise through the ranks to become one of the top students at Midgar Royal Spellsword Academy. Deep down, she is a genuinely good girl who will put her own life on the line to protect others that she cares for.Īlexia's magic and swordsmanship are noted to be "just average". When she was kidnapped, Alexia expresses worry for him. After spending time as a couple with Cid, she starts to show a kinder side, developing fondness and even respect for him. This stems from feelings of envy, being constantly compared to her sister, Iris, and her wish for people to see her based on her own merits. This is best exemplified by her relationship with Cid Kagenō who she uses to avoid unwanted advancements. Alexia to Cid Kagenō, Light Novel Volume 01Īlexia is shown as a well-mannered young lady whenever she was in school, but in actuality, she is spoiled and abrasive, looking down on others and think they could be swayed easily if offered money. Alexia can also be seen wearing a dress, with shoulder loops and frills around the bust, and the dress body lengthened down to her lower leg just above her ankles. In her civilian attire, Alexia usually wears comfortable clothing, preferably a turtleneck sweater with shorts, and thigh-high stocking while wearing and (what seem to be) sneakers. She usually ties her hair in pig tails using a large black bow, and is often seen wearing her academy uniform consisting of a blazer jacket, dress shirt, stockings, and knee-high boots with crosscutting laces. Jung believed the shadow holds repressed thoughts and feelings, Caraballo notes-not all of which are necessarily "bad": "Jung believed that positive traits could be held in the shadow if those parts of ourselves were invalidated or minimized by others, leading us to repress those parts of ourselves.Alexia is a pretty young girl with red eyes and long silver hair.
It was famed psychoanalyst Carl Jung who popularized the idea of the shadow self, licensed therapist and co-founder of Viva Wellness Jor-El Caraballo, LMHC, tells mbg. "Instead of embracing their shadow self experiencing anger or frustration at times toward her child or a situation in her life impacting her as a mom, she ignores or denies or thinks she's less than because she's having the feeling or thought or experience," Nicogossian explains. There's a reason the shadow is often ignored or denied: These qualities don't fit in with our conceptions of ourselves.įor example, she says, consider someone who has a core belief that feeling resentment in motherhood correlates with being ungrateful or a bad mom. As licensed clinical psychologist Claire Nicogossian, Psy.D., explains to mbg, you often don't want to acknowledge, identify, or embrace these things. The shadow self refers to parts of yourself-whether personality traits, emotions, thoughts-that are difficult to accept.
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