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[donnadarling]

This was just a vent. Something, something, co-creators with God, incarnating glory, something something...

If I'm not using my craft to make the world a slightly less shitty place, then I don't really see the point in my craft at all.

#darling thoughts #still feeling discouraged but it's the chemicals in my brain ok

[donnadarling]

If I'm not using my craft to make the world a slightly less shitty place, then I don't really see the point in my craft at all.

#darling thoughts #feeling discouraged #as per usual

[donnadarling]

In the beginning, God fired one of His most important angels; and the domino effect is that now you can draw a circle on the ground to control ghost farts.

ok the last post was infodump friendly. this one is NOT.

i expect you to explain your/something about your magic system as badly as possible. i want to be confused. i want to lack context.

i'll start:

big wyrm gives off radiation that is also magic. ohhh no gas.

#darling thoughts #darling writes #mortality #mr mortality and the heart collector #my stories

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if you're transgender you have to live.

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Aaaaaaaaahhh this looks like old DevientArt before the Eclipse ruined it!

btw it wont be the first or last time i say it but sheezy.art is cool.

if youre an artist and youve been looking for somewhere to actually make friends/form an art community rather than just sadly refreshing your feed for likes/rbs i would recommend sheezy.art!

it's in beta rn and theres a timer that lets 10 people register every few hours, but theres also a kofi you can support thatll just let you register right away

the website's staff and multiple friends were the ones who brought the site to my attention (thank you lemmy), and every who ive met/talked to there has been super active and sweet ^_^ ik social media can be kind of daunting if you do art for fun so now its my turn to push you guys towards the site

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yessss feminism

#just girly things

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Why is your OC named what they're named? Is there a different reason in-universe than out-of-universe?

#Sebastian Salvador #no in-universe explanation #but 'Sebastian' after St. Sebastian #'Salvador' because he is a Christ figure #and also to match Uriel's last name 'Saint' #there's absolutely NO symbolism there don't think about it too hard #and Sebastian gets two S initials because he is a snake boi from outer space

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Why is your OC named what they're named? Is there a different reason in-universe than out-of-universe?

#Uriel Benedict Saint #out of universe #i thought naming my series 'Father Saint' would sound cool and capture the vibes #'Uriel' sounded unique and sci fi #and 'Benedict' caps it off for a hilariously and aggressively Catholic name #in-universe there is no explanation #he does however get mocked for it lol

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#st sebastian #also my oc

[donnadarling]

"I will BITE YOUR DAD, I will FISTFIGHT HIM IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT"

she had relayed to me a perfectly benign and mainstream take he had on eschatology, and my Divine Feminine was ready to commit arson

Me: *rants to my bestie for, like, 20 minutes about the toxic way Christians think and talk about the end times, getting increasingly heated*

Me, an hour later: "Ohhh riiiiiight, I'm on my period, that's why I'm so angry rn"

Bestie: "The wrath of God and the wrath of the uterus"

#darling thoughts #just girly things

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Me: *rants to my bestie for, like, 20 minutes about the toxic way Christians think and talk about the end times, getting increasingly heated*

Me, an hour later: "Ohhh riiiiiight, I'm on my period, that's why I'm so angry rn"

Bestie: "The wrath of God and the wrath of the uterus"

#darling thoughts #just girly things

[donnadarling]

Behold: the girl boy

never let being a girl stop you from being a boy

#darling thoughts

[donnadarling]

Me

never let being a girl stop you from being a boy

#i am cis and yet...

[donnadarling]

Working on my novel and couldn’t figure out why it felt so empty. I didn’t have any filler. It was all 100% plot. The characters only interacted when necessary. I didn’t prattle on about the scenery or how the birds sounded. I had all my fuller stuff that I loved saved in another file because I “didn’t need it”.

Y’all, I knew this existed in TV shows but it didn’t hit me until this that everything is being whittled down. We are so starving for filler that we snap up anything. I unload all mine on Tumblr or keep it in a massive Google Docs. It SUCKS.

Honestly? Death to plot necessity. Revive filler. Revive unnecessary interactions. Revive just vibing with characters sometimes. I don’t want to just consume the plot and I don’t want to just create the plot either.

#writing

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69 likes...nice 😎

"God is Love, and His Spirit is Peace. I see now that my deeds which have flowed from love are more perfect than those which I have done out of fear."

- The Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska

[donnadarling]

Skills I Haven’t Yet Acquired

Mercy. Grace. Kindness.  The perfect

cup of tea just hot enough

to salvage what is left

after the shattering. How not

to run away. How not to

overstay a welcome. How

to balance.  How to fall.

How to rise with ease, enough

of all this clenched-fist mid-day

weary. How to marry

Peace and Wit

and make them love each other.

How to do the laundry

every week instead of

every month. How not to miss

somebody. How to miss

somebody. How to take it

when I am forgiven.

Unclenched jaw. Sleeping

well. 

#good writing #not mine #faith

[donnadarling]

I mean if we're really getting into it, most problems with people creating stories to critique Christianity boil down to either a. They do absolutely zero research and think "why do bad things happen" is unanswerable for anyone who believes in a fundamentally good deity, b. They assume that the religious beliefs of two churches in Missouri run by an abusive pastor are the religious beliefs of 3 billion people, or c. They're actually critiquing cultural systems which utilize Christianity to uphold oppression (good! Critique that!) but they conflate that with the religion itself which often leads back to the first two points, meaning they make factually incorrect statements about actual religious teachings and approach faith as inherently evil (wrong! Read the Book!)

I do believe you can write a story critiquing faith or religious systems or religion and do it well but unfortunately 90% of the time this is how people do it. Which is poorly done and useless.

#things to avoid in 'Father Saint' #which should be easy enough #because i actually believe in the religion lol #for reference