Shadows
Thoughts
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Dark Is Evil / Dark Is Not Evil: Shadows selves represent the thoughts and emotions that their counterparts repress, both from the world and from themselves.
Source: Video Game / Persona 4 - A person also has Shadows, which are the repressed thoughts and/or inner feelings you know would be a bad idea to express.
Source: Mind Hive -
The LOST fanfiction Shadows uses this as an allegory while describing Jack's thoughts as Ben desperately pleads not to be taken from the island: "He's not about to throw Brer Rabbit into the briar patch"
Source: Briar Patching
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