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the lotr trilogy are the best movies on earth but one thing i’ll never forgive them is the complete lack of aragorn and éomer friendship. i know i already made a post abt it but i honestly cannot believe these two talked One time in the movies while in the books they became literal besties. what do you mean they promised they’ll fight together, draw swords together, upon literally their first meeting, then repeated the same promise later again and again. what do you mean “Since the day when you rose before me out of the green grass of the downs I have loved you, and that love shall not fail.” what do you mean “And wherever King Elessar went with war King Éomer went with him; and beyond the Sea of Rhûn and on the far fields of the South the thunder of the cavalry of the Mark was heard, and the White Horse upon Green flew in many winds until Éomer grew old.” LIKE HELLO?????

#lord of the rings

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another thing i want to talk about more when i have more of a brain is the way Taylor talks about insanity and specifically crazy/mad women -- who are not actually insane -- or at least not an actual commentary on mental illness or appropriation of such -- but having extremely appropriate reactions to the way men treat them

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“…not the least of his graces was the light to see and understand this truth; to see that this day, like all the days of my life, came from his hands and served a purpose in his providence. I had to learn to believe that, no matter what the circumstances, and to act accordingly—with complete trust and confidence in his will, his wisdom, and his grace.”

— Walter Ciszek, SJ: He Leadeth Me

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See my specific brand of insanity is I think she could sing that and make it sound good.

"People who want Taylor to sing about Palestine are nuts," said the woman who wants Taylor to sing about the Wednesday audiences of Pope Saint John Paul II

#the tag of the tob

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obsessed with her painting her beloved committed partner of six years and her manipulative whirlwind love affair with the same brush because like. objectively speaking. if we want to get really stark black-and-white about it. both of them fall into the same moral category, of men who are not her husband. and only Taylor Swift could come out and admit that in her actual lived experience, that was what mattered in the end.

#the tag of the tob

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There's...a lot to unpack that's wrong here but I just want to point out:

1. The above quote is from an early 20th century Finnish art historian and is not necessarily an accurate representation of authentic Catholic belief or practice in the middle ages or now.

2. Even in the quote he's not saying Mary is a literal incarnation of a deity but merely a metaphorical incarnation of an idea.

Catholics: We don't worship Mary!

Catholic Mystics:

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twitter // ko-fi

okay, maybe mom didn't say that last part..

#avatar the last airbender #fan art

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"People who want Taylor to sing about Palestine are nuts," said the woman who wants Taylor to sing about the Wednesday audiences of Pope Saint John Paul II

#the tag of the tob

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#star wars #padme amidala

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"lights, camera, bitch, smile"

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"lights, camera, bitch, smile"

#batfleck #is he not doing it with a broken heart

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i have not stopped laughing at this

#that's still my favorite song lol #i do think it is very important though #to remember that not everything taylor puts in her songs #is something she literally did or had happen to her

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the first rule of tragedy is to have fun and be yourself. the second is to think about the themes forever and ever

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Jesus and Peter on the Water, 1863

Gustave Brion, 1824-1877

#art #the sea #amdg

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I feel like I have so many more Thoughts about Taylor Swift and the Theology of the Body and her obvious desire to make a total gift of self vs. her inability to find a man who wants to receive that gift/give himself in return and how like...dating in a culture of fornication and birth control means sabotaging yourself at every turn in that regard, because unmarried contraceptive sex is always going to be a lie, it's always going to be saying things it doesn't mean, and of course it's easy to speak empty words about rings and cradles when you're telling the bigger lie with your bodies all the time.

But from the beginning!!! It was NOT so!!!!

#the tag of the tob #just me once again #going absolutely feral over man and woman he created them: a theology of the body by pope saint john paul ii

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Anyway I put loml and The Prophecy on my TOB playlist, 10/10 capturing the brokenness of love in a fallen world, from the beginning it was not so.

So I'm not done with my first listen through of TTPD but like...it feels like every song is just dripping with semi-conscious regret over the secular dating culture.