#From Death to Destiny

[blogformusicandthatsit]

#Asking Alexandria #Moving On #From Death To Destiny #Ben Bruce #Danny Worsnop

[rock--band]

Asking Alexandria 2017, English rock band Members: Ben Bruce – lead guitar, backing vocals (2006–present); keyboards, programming (2008–2012) James Cassells – drums (2008–present) Cameron Liddell – rhythm guitar (2008–present) Sam Bettley – bass (2009–present) Danny Worsnop – lead vocals (2008–2015, 2016–present); additional guitar (2012–2015, 2016–present); keyboards, programming (2008–2012)

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#Asking Alexandria #Danny Worsnop #Ben Bruce #Denis Stoff #James Cassells #Cameron Liddell #Sam Bettley #Robin Everett #Joe Lancaster #Kieran Taffinder #Ryan Binns #rock band #The Irony of Your Perfection #Stand Up and Scream #Reckless & Relentless #From Death to Destiny #The Black #Like a House on Fire #See What's on the Inside #Where Do We Go from Here

[askingalexandr1a]

After months of waiting my Pre-order has finally arrived 🥰🥰 totally in love

#asking alexandria #ben bruce #danny worsnop #cameron liddell #james cassells #sam bettley #denis stoff #see what’s on the inside #see whats on the inside #alone again #emo #metalcore #faded out #the grey #suas #stand up and scream #reckless and relentless #from death to destiny #the black #vinyl #record #vinyl records #vinylcollection

[samanthasgone]

9 years ago From Death To Destiny came out.

( posted by @sumerianrecords reposted to my stories @samanthasgone on Instagram )

#asking alexandria #killing you #the death of me #from death to destiny #sumerian records #repost #from my stories on instagram #9 years old

[waking-hell]

Three years of torment and torturous love stained with tears and mistrust, enough is enough, I can't hold you any longer in this hell I'm in 'cause your heart is too weak for me to break it again

All the decisions I've made you forgave, what the fuck? You shouldn't have stayed, you'd always said "there's so much love in you", I can't believe that you can't see that you loved me for all the wrong reasons, I'm not the same as I used to be, there's nothing but pain left here, I know, what's killing me is that I'm killing you

#asking alexandria #killing you #from death to destiny #spotify

[notaplaceofhonour]

I was raised in the People of Destiny cult (later renamed, and more well-known as, Sovereign Grace Ministries, now Sovereign Grace Churches).

The valorization of martyrdom and The End Times was so ubiquitous it was ambient noise. We stood in the church lobby theorizing about who the antichrist would be, we argued about whether Jesus would rapture us all before, after, or during the Tribulation Period where Satan would be given free reign over the earth. There was a strong Christian Zionist fixation on Israel as the final battleground and capital of the coming Messianic Age. But the one thing we were all certain of was is that we were in the End Times, that we were not of this world and couldn’t get too attached to our lives here.

We were raised to believe our sin nature made us undeserving of life, that we deserved death and eternal conscious torture.

My parents read us the Jesus Freaks books (a series by Christian Rap group DC Talk about martyrs). I spent “devotional time” reading Fox’s Book of Martyrs. We had guest speakers from Voice of the Martyrs, their pamphlets were often stocked in our church’s information center. We grew up with our dad listening to right wing talk radio and making us listen to songs about how the Godless atheists were outlawing Christianity in America, that we could all become martyrs soon.

The group’s theology was damaging & traumatic in a lot of other ways that contributed to the suicidality I have continued to struggle with for the rest of my life. For a long time I did not believe I would live past 20. There are times when the idea of giving my death meaning by using public suicide to make a political statement has appealed to me.

So now, seeing so many social media posts glorifying the suicide of a US Airman this week, I have been furious. Reading his social media posts, I recognize so much about the way I was raised in his all-or-nothing, black-or-white mindset, the valorization of death-seeking & martyrdom, and the apocalyptic fire-and-brimstone imagery of self-immolation. The moment I saw people I followed celebrating his self-immolation, I said to myself “this feels like a cult”

So when I learned he was raised in a cult too, nothing could have made more sense to me. His political orientation may have changed, but his mindset did not—it was no less extreme or cult-like.

I’ve talked about so many of the reasons this response from the broader left scares me, including how it’s laundering that airman’s antisemitic beliefs, but I cannot think of anything that would hit me in a more personal place than this specific response to this specific situation has.

When I see the images, I think: that could have been me. That scares me, and what scares me more is that so many prominent people are overwhelmingly sending the message to people like me that there is nothing else we can do that would have a more meaningful impact than killing ourselves for the cause.

I do not believe that. I will not even entertain it. And having to see his death over and over and over again, to argue against people who are treating this like an intellectual/moral exercise or a valid debate we all have to consider has been immensely triggering and fills me with a rage I rarely feel. It’s unconscionable that we are even putting self-harm on the table, and that pushing back against that is somehow controversial.

There is hope. Our lives do have meaning. There are far more effective means of fighting injustice. And the world is a better place for having you in it. Don’t fall into believing this is a way to give life purpose.

#he was raised in a different cult than me but there is significant overlap in the Community of Jesus & People of Destiny worldviews #EDIT: I originally said the Tribulations were ‘7 1/2’ years but this was me confusing the ‘a time times & half a time’ from Daniel #with the idea of a 7 year tribulation #it’s been forever and a lifetime since I lived in that world so the exact theological details can be hazy #death cult shit #extremely traumatic content #i/p #cw suicide #religious trauma #cw trauma #antisemitism #pdi international #people of destiny cult #sgm cult #sovereign grace cult #christian cult #cult survivor #death cult #evangelical ​apocalypticism #exvangelical

[writing-for-life]

The Endless—Michael Allred

Honestly, I still believe they’re all trying to outslut each other in this one.

Dream tits out as always, Destruction goes, “Yeah, but I’ve got chest hair!” Death is about to pull a Sharon Stone, Desire’s already in the middle of it and just needs to will away their kit, Despair’s like, “Groan, you’re all so complicated, be naked, be free!”

Destiny: “Nope, you’re all doing it wrong, subtle, fully clothed stoicism is way hotter.” But then he proceeds to lean against the pillar as if he’s waiting for someone to buy him a drink and turns out his hip. Just a bit of course.

And Del’s just Del 🤣

#the sandman #sandman #dream of the endless #death of the endless #desire of the endless #delirium of the endless #despair of the endless #destruction of the endless #destiny of the endless #it’s official art so it’s canon 🤣 #Allred illustrated The Golden Boy/World’s End #this is from The Endless Gallery though #sandman x art #sandman shitpost #michael allred #mike allred #queue crew

[mysticarcanum]

funniest moment of the sandman comics so far is destiny ripping on death for dressing informally (jeans) for his family get-together until she changes, only for him to not say a WORD about desire showing up in garters with their tits out, delirium wearing ripped fishnets and a bodysuit, and. and this is key. despair showing up nude

#dream showed up dressed like an admiral for some reason but it certainly counts as formal #his hat also kept vanishing from and reappearing on his head between panels #but that was part of the vibe #also TO BE CLEAR death's formal fit was profoundly sexy and good #but it just felt like bullying #also im pretty sure destiny was just wearing his usual spooky robe so does that really count as formal? #its practically casualwear #sandman #sm #the sandman #sandman comics

[zeb-z]

There’s something so important about Gillion - who never heals himself, who rushes into danger, who hides his wounds- facing death and realizing he isn’t unafraid as he was raised to be. He uses his magic on himself to help with the exhaustion, to keep his life intact. And still he tries to comfort Jay and Chip while he’s coherent, being realistic about his chances but refusing to make it painful. Wanting their possible last moments to be light, to be about seemingly inconsequential things, small favorites that still mean the world to him purely because they’re Chip and Jay’s favorites. And then when all is said and done, he makes a raccoon for Jay. He talks about raspberries for Chip. He uses his last saved up arcane energy to try desperately to stay awake, and it works, and it saves him in the final hour.

It’s just. There’s something about how he hasn’t had a chance to rest since the Feywild, really, truly rest. How this whole time he’s been down on himself and taking extreme risks. And now, at what might be the end of it all, he realizes he doesn’t want to die. He wants to live. And not to be able to save others, not to fulfill his destiny, not out of obligation to anyone else - but purely for himself. For all the little things. And though it’s not quite healing in the literal term, his nearly final act was spent trying to save himself - and it worked.

#tw again for tags I’ll say and let me know if I gotta tag any more #but the past 30 episodes have been gillion tidestrider gets the shit beat out of him by the narrative #gillion tidestrider faces passive suicidality and faces old trauma and fresh new trauma #he goes through a shift of his foundation as a person he loses his sister the whole filipe thing and then this Curse #and he goes through with a mindset of ‘these problems exist because I do’ with some heavy implications behind that #it’s been getting easier and easier to choose his own destiny and break from expectations but it’s still not easy #but facing real death. slow and creeping and painful. he realizes he wants to live #not live because destiny demands it but because his friends do. because he does. because he wants to know more and share more of himself #I just. there’s something about all of it yknow #jrwi riptide 98 #jrwi 98 #jrwi #jrwi riptide #gillion tidestrider #z speaks #at what point should I start tagging spoilers like. 100 maybe?

[shivunin]

the fact that you start the Tabris origin by literally stepping into your mother's shoes. the fact that what you get is a wedding outfit and your mother's worn boots, kept carefully intact for years, tucked away for this exact moment. the fact that you then immediately take the path she never could, leaving behind the alienage and the wedding and following Duncan (who would have recruited Adaia first, if not for baby!Tabris) to what ought to have been death.

And Then!! instead of fighting and falling as she did, cheating death and becoming the fighter she always intended you to be instead??? Reliving and simultaneously subverting the story of her life??

#okay no i'm not done actually #the way it feels like destiny for you to die on the alienage's behalf (soris is still in the dungeons in other origins when you get there) #and not only is that fate averted by duncan's presence #but what feels like the fate laid out for you by adaia's death is shifted too #this makes the ultimate sacrifice ending so much more awful imo #because it almost feels like a final destination-esque reckoning #you thought you escaped? no. this city will eat your bones and spit out a golden savior #who tabris actually *is* was always irrelevant and i am!!! #eating this #excuse me i am just writing baby arianwen and adaia right now and i am Feeling Things #i just!!! her boots!! is anyone listening? is this thing on?? her *boots*! #*buries face in crossed arms and sobs* #dixeram #dao #tabris origin #warden tabris #arianwen tabris #adaia tabris #oh shit oh god i just realized also #you free adaia from the dungeon in leliana's song right #and then in turn escape from the same dungeon #and when imprisoned at drakon's rise you break free from that too? #now it's tastier if you free yourself from the dungeon but #the possibility of leliana freeing you from there as well?? not the same dungeon but the same danger??? ouch. ouch!

[hedonistbyheart]

Endless eyes

#sandman #the sandman #the endless #destiny of the endless #death of the endless #dream of the endless #destruction of the endless #desire of the endless #despair of the endless #delirium of the endless #my art #i love the ways the siblings pick and unpick features from their parents and each other

[stankworth]

Perch...

#ace attorney #dual destinies #simon blackquill #bobby fullbright #miles edgeworth #simon is looking thru edgeworths library... #i like to imagine simon was a dilligent student and is a very hard worker. hes just also a rude boy #I dont think you get the equivelant of a NASA scientist to be your personal mentor at like 20 and get a stones throw from catching a spy #and then convince LAs chief prosectuor to let you prosecute from death row unless you have an insane work ethic #anyway these look wonky bc i doodled them in storyboard pro while building my storyboard portfolio #my art

[phantomrev]

THE PRIME EMPIRE MORRO DESIGN???? HELLO??? ITS SO GOOD?

Thanks for appreciating my design

Now consider harumi looked cool asf there too

#art #fan art #art tag #pijama people #ninjago #doodles #morro wu #princess harumi #harumi ninjago #maybe she tried to make him join to defeat Lloyd in a 2v1 #he joins but after switches to Lloyd side by taking a sword from harumi #he loses the game but tells Lloyd he understands destiny can’t be fair #what he did back in s5 wasn’t fair and just him trying to take back what wasn’t his by taking what Lloyd had #and whatever happened to harumi isn’t Lloyd’s fault bringing back the whole destiny thing ofc #and boom development between the green cousins #Lloyd’s defeats harumi finally bringing peace to his guilt for her death #sorry for the long rant but I think about this a lot lol

[askingalexandr1a]

This album is the only I am coping with getting these A-Level results <3

#asking alexandria #ben bruce #danny worsnop #cameron liddell #james cassells #same bettley #denis stoff #from death to destiny #fdtd #a level exams #a level #british #meme #school

[thefirstknife]

Hi Bel,

I keep seeing comments about people complaining about the quality of destiny’s writing and story in the last few weeks. I haven’t really engaged with destiny since season of defiance, what’s currently gotten everyone so riled up? I thought that people were enjoying Season of the Deep/Witch in terms of narrative, why is Season of the Wish causing people to deride the destiny writing staff again?

I don't know!

Deep and Witch have been absolute bangers in every aspect to me. I've been enjoying all interactions and lore tabs we've received. A lot of them are stuff that we've never had before, a lot of reunions and closures, a lot of development and interactions between characters who you wouldn't really think would have much in common.

Sloane's return and healing from what she's been through has been fantastic, Drifter opening up with her to help her because he also got help from others was fantastic, Sloane reuniting with Aisha and Shayura brought me to tears (Shayura's descent into madness was triggered by immense trauma of Sloane staying on Titan and Titan disappearing), everything with Sloane and Zavala...

Witch was just incredible in every single way; the focus on Eris, the amount of Eris and Ikora content!!!!! Everything about Xivu and Savathun and their interactions together!! Eris finally fulfilling her goal she promised Savathun YEARS ago, getting that closure.

Wish so far has been equally great to me. All the new stuff about Ahamkara is amazing, finally giving us proof for long-standing speculation about Ahamkara and how they aren't universally evil creatures and expanding on them as a species. I love all interactions we've had so far; finally we have Petra back, Mara's singleminded focus on figuring out how to defeat the Witness and her continuous work to improve as a person, ALL SJUR MENTIONS!!!!! I won't talk about the "leak" because we have no context for it so I will wait for the full story to be revealed before I can pass judgment; something that I think should be a lesson to learn from this entire year. Maybe wait for the story to finish before judging the story.

Literally everything this past year that involves Osiris, but especially this season now that he's back in his element with the Vex. And of course every little detail we get of him and Saint. Osiris honestly shaped this year for me with everything that he's done to uncover the biggest mysteries. I think a big reason is that a lot of people just don't like Osiris, which I consider a massive skill issue.

Other than that, I don't know what are the issues people have besides just not being interested in any of these storylines and attributing it to a nebulous "bad writing" claim. I also genuinely believe that way too many people get wrapped up too much in fandom, imagine storylines they want to see and then get disappointed when the actual story doesn't go there. Almost like people forget that this isn't their story and these aren't their characters. A lot of it is also fandom completely warping characters into not what they actually are and then feeling like the canon story is the one that's wrong.

Whatever is the reason, I guess everyone is entitled to their perspective of the story and everyone is free to explore the story in different ways through fanfics and AUs and whatever. I do that too!

But I would definitely ask people to be normal with how they engage in criticism, especially in the current state of affairs. Writers are developers; they experience a ton of harassment and negativity from the community and also from inside the company. And they are online: they can see what we're saying. It's been documented that community commentary has been used to harass writers:

Imprint this into your brain and never forget what these people had to go through. Let's not forget also the way people treated Seth Dickinson on social media when he was active with Destiny fans. "Fans" were actively arguing with him about his own work (telling him that HE is wrong) and were utterly disgusting towards him when he tried explaining what he wrote. His works are now hailed as the best writing in Destiny and people want him back. If I were him, I wouldn't want to come back ngl, not with how he was treated and not with how fans are still treating writers (and hey, Seth wrote LF Collector's Edition! So he was back, technically, this year!). Let's not forget that a lot of writers are members of various marginalised groups. And I'd definitely not want to go back with zero support from leadership.

Which is also an important aspect for all developers, including writers: sometimes they have orders they may not like, but can't argue against. They do the best they can with what they're given, the time they have and directions they receive. And with that in mind, I am enjoying everything we've gotten this year, obviously with some specific complaints about things I didn't particularly enjoy (like the universally mid reception of Defiance; I've spoken about my gripes with it before, a big one being the shafting of Suraya who should've at least been mentioned in a lore tab).

I can tell that there is passion in their work, even if maybe they would prefer to do more with it, but can't. Maybe even if they want to take different routes, but can't. But from what we got, I can feel that they care about this world and these characters. I can tell that someone lovingly wrote about Sloane and her friendships with two grieving women. I can tell that they deeply cared about Sloane's friendship with Zavala and that they loved showing us Saint and Drifter caring about a fellow trauma survivor.

I can tell that the writers are immensely careful and loving towards Eris; everything she went through was crafted with love and passion from both writers and her VA. Eris' story is such a fundamental aspect of Destiny and I can tell that this was important to the writing team and that they gave her everything they could to do justice to her character and her arc and her healing and her release from the cycle she was trapped in for so long.

I can tell that there are writers who care a lot about Osiris and Saint and their relationship. I can tell that someone cared a lot about expanding on Ahamkara and giving them more personalities. I can tell that someone cared DEEPLY about Sjur and Mara and that her repeated mentions are the passionate work of writers who want us to remember her.

I could go on. And I know that not everyone sees it this way, which is fine; we all have different ways of perceiving stories. I enjoy discussing things we in the fandom disagree on and I enjoy hearing different perspectives! Unfortunately, this has recently become rarer and rarer. And for the love of god, please try and treat writers with some respect, especially now, especially those who are still working and doing their best with the shitty situation they're in. None of the cries of "poor devs" ring true to me unless the same is given to writers, instead of treating them like punching bags.

#destiny 2 #long post #for the record: yeah i also have some gripes with some writing decisions. it's normal #but i feel like those are things that i can learn to accept or let go or even have my mind changed with a different perspective #or by just accepting that the writing team was limited in some way and that this was the best they could do #it happens to every story at some point #and yeah capitalism is the death of art. destiny's story would be better from start to finish if it weren't a shooter mmo #but that ship has sailed a long time ago. like. in 2014. #it's honestly a miracle that we got even a fraction of the stuff we got considering the target audience of fps mmos #and it's fine if this just isn't good enough to some. happens #but i think we can move on without being shitty about devs yeah? #in all likelihood writers may even agree that some of the stuff they had to write isn't the best or isn't what they wanted #calling them bad writers over circumstances we don't understand is just shitty #just like it's shitty to do it to any other dev over bugs in the game or badly implemented features or whatever #none of these people are sitting at their desks maliciously laughing while deliberately creating 'bad' things #and this is especially bothering me for writers because of how atrocious people are to artists of all kinds #almost like writers had to strike this year to be respected and treated as people that matter

[windsweptinred]

The Endless by Felipe Kroll

#The Endless #Felipe Kroll #the sandman #These are so amazing #Though Desire looks like Fran Katzebjammer from Black Books #Seriously I can't unsee it #other people’s awesome art #destiny of the endless #death of the endless #dream of the endless #destruction of the endless #desire of the endless #despair of the endless #delerium of the endless