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"There's no hope for the future." And that's how they felt during the Atomic Age, during the World Wars, during the Enlightenment Revolutions, during thr plagues, during the Viking raids, during the fall of Rome.

Yet, we persisted.

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So you know how at the end of Nona the Ninth, Harrow doubts that John is god and goes off into the River to find god, who is maybe Alecto?

It turns out we had a clue right at the beginning that John is not the metaphysical engine of the universe of The Locked Tomb...

When Teacher gives the assembled scions at Canaan House a highly selective history of the OG Lyctors, he says:

Those eight necromancers were first after the Lord of Resurrection; they have spread his assumption across the blackness of space.

Remember that John is, in the theology of the Nine Houses, the "God who became man and man who became God." It's never entirely explained what this means to them, but it's clearly intended to riff on Jesus, the 'Word made flesh' (John 1:14), "born in the likeness of men" (Philippians 2:7).

But here's the thing if you're going to be a Catholic-flavoured god: Catholicism has some quite specific terminology for leveling up in terms of heavenly power.

Jesus, who is God, goes up to heaven after the resurrection. This is described as his "ascension" - it's an active process. He is ascending, going to his heavenly throne. He can do that, because he's God. He *is* the rules of the universe and metaphysics. If he wants to fly up into the sky and transcend into another dimension, he can do that, because he's God.

But there are three other people who are understood to have gone up to heaven bodily: Jesus' mum Mary, and the prophets Elijah and Enoch - for all three of them, this is described as their "assumption": it's a passive process, which they aren't doing under their own steam, it's being done by God. In art, this has historically been depicted by showing them being propelled skywards by a writhing mass of cherubs.

So let's get back to Jod.

You know, the man who became god, etc etc etc? The one who resurrected his Lyctors who then "spread his assumption across the blackness of space"?

Either John wasn't paying quite enough attention when going through Catholicism for Dummies or Teacher is being a bit sly here.

So this is a nod, right at the beginning, to the fact that John isn't actually the metaphysical power of the universe that he claims to be.

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I hate waiting for things to stop being popular so i can enjoy them

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Meet Bear! This is him unclothed right after I had made some painstaking repairs, but he wears a little suit for his own protection usually.

Bonus! Bear and Blankies + their little protection suits

If you're fifteen or older an still sleep with a stuffed animal please reblog this.

#bear and I are both 28 years old #bear and blankies #I know you didn’t ask for a picture but….

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oh so we’re all about subverting the chosen one trope until the chosen one nukes the earth and eats the solar system. i see how it is

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The doctor being against AI art (1979)

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#should she? NO #does Meyer think she can? yes :( #does Meyer set the rules? also yes :((

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my dream surgery is a hysterectomy where they put a 100tb ssd hard drive in there instead

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Murderbot I love u

Original post by @lavenderlemniscate

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I just followed you but now that you said you think Spider-Man is bi I think I gotta unfollow sorry

this is so funny what did you expect me to say. did u not read my url when u followed

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i've seen this scene illustrated a bunch of times by now, but let me add my 3-year-old cake to the buffet table :]

#murderbot diaries #tmbd

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"con artist" is maybe the profession with the biggest gap between How Cool They Are In Media and How Cool They Are In Real Life

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@futilefangirl asked: Clara and 12 + Autumn Colors

#this is gay you can’t convince me otherwise

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#murderbot diaries #tmbd

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I think one of the biggest problems with getting your news from tumblr or TikTok (in addition to the misinformation, disinformation, fake news, and sponsored content) is you’re only getting world news, not local or state news. You won’t hear when there’s a to-do about local school board, or new state legislation, or library issues. That kind of news just won’t make it to TikTok or tumblr. And if your activism is limited to highly-politicized world catastrophes then you’re missing the chance to make a real difference in your local community.

#I realize my language is United States specific. that is because I am talking to people in the US. I assume the advice is good for everyone #so feel free to extrapolate