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birindale · 4 months

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Adventure of the Blue Diamond

Frosta learns about stranger danger, Catra blots out the 'daystar', and She-Ra smashes a priceless gem for no discernible reason.

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[Image Description: A cover and 14 comic pages from the She-Ra mini-comic, “Adventure of the Blue Diamond”.

Cover: She-Ra stands in a snowy field, staring at something. Double Trouble, Frosta, and Bow stand behind her, none of them dressed for cold weather. Bow has an arrow nocked, and his embedded ‘heart’ is situated low on his torso, more where a belly button would be. All parties look vaguely concerned. The ‘Princess of Power’ logo stands in sharp contrast to the indigo sky, while the title ‘Adventure of the Blue Diamond’ is a washed out azure with insufficient lining to read well against the lighter purple background and blue of Bow’s pants.

Page 1: A yellow text box reads, “The duties of the day behind her. PRINCESS ADORA indulges in a rare moment of quiet reflection. But her sweet peace is to be short lived… For all is not well in Etheria… ”

Adora is looking into a mirror, brushing her hair despite still wearing her crown and high-collared cape. She’s smiling peacefully.

Adora notices something in her reflection, pausing in her brushing.

What appears to be a window glows gold in the reflection of the mirror, and she stares at it with a concerned frown.

Kowl bursts into the room, frantic, calling, “Oh, fair princess, woe is me! DANGER! DANGER… all I see! QUICKLY! You must follow me! HOOT! HOOT!” Adora whips around to face him.

“Good heavens, Kowl! What IS the matter?” she asks. The words ‘Adventure of the Blue Diamond’ appear on a title scroll at the bottom of the page. ‘Blue Diamond’ is rendered as though made of cut gems.

End Page 1.

Page 2: “Just look and listen!” says Kowl, leading her to the open window of the Crystal Castle. A strong and ominous wind hisses outside.

“CATRA! Up to her old tricks! I’d recognize that voice anywhere!” says Adora, looking out into a gathering storm.

“She’s gone too far I fear! Etheria’s DOOM is all too near!” says Kowl.

“Not if I have anything to say about it!” says Adora, with a confident smile.

“BY THE HONOR OF GRAYSKULL… I AM SHE-RA!” she yells, holding the Sword of Protection aloft. Magic swirls around her, and the word ‘BOOM!’ is printed in big red letters. Her crown inverts, but does not cover her eyes as a mask.

“I must find the source of this dark trouble at once! Kowl, summon BOW and DOUBLE TROUBLE… quickly… I’ll need their HELP!” She-Ra says to Kowl.

End Page 2.

Page 3: A yellow caption box reads, “Moments later…” and we see that it’s begun to snow. A large vehicle with lepidopteran wings, somewhere between the Butterflyer and the Flutter Plane in design but colored to match Double Trouble’s outfit, is parked in front of the Crystal Castle, where She-Ra meets with her allies.

“Brave Bow, far greater is the force of Catra’s folly this day than I have ever seen it! I know not the SOURCE of her dark powers, but we must NOT let her EVIL TREACHERY SUCCEED!” says She-Ra.

“Never have I seen Etheria look more DESOLATE and DREARY! Whatever Catra’s up to… It must be a vile TRICK indeed!” says Bow.

“She-Ra, surely you must have some sort of PLAN!” says Double Trouble.

“Indeed I do and much of it depends on you, Double Trouble., with your SPY DISGUISE you can make it into Catra’s camp UNDETECTED! GO NOW and discover for me just what wretched scheme that fiendish feline has up her sleeve!” says She-Ra.

Double Trouble stands with her hands on her hips, wind buffeting Bow behind her. “And when I have your answer?” she asks.

“Then send a SIGNAL skyward. The FLUTTER PLANE will bring Bow and me to your side in a but a moment!” says She-Ra, so apparently that is in fact the Flutter Plane, just riffing on the earlier two-seater concept art that Filmation discarded and Mattel never produced. Cool.

A yellow caption box reads, “A clever scout, Double Trouble soon finds herself on the evil Catra’s trail…” and we see Double Trouble slogging through the snow, following a very neat and precise course.

“FOOT PRINTS! Catra has been here all right!” she says, following them as it continues to snow. The ground is now completely covered.

End Page 3.

Page 4: “... and up ahead… a CAVE!” says Double Trouble, trudging through even deeper snow, approaching, you guessed it, a cave. “If I don’t miss my guess, the SINISTER FELINE seeks shelter from the storm inside!”

“Just as I suspected! BUT WAIT… What’s this? The fiendish feline holds a PRISONER!” Double Trouble thinks to herself, peering into the cave to see an exultant Catra, wearing a silver fur cloak, gloating over a woman with long blue hair tied to a stalagmite.

“AT LAST! The treasured SNOW CAPE and its powerful SECRETS are mine… ALL MINE!” says Catra.

End Page 4.

Page 5: “HELP! Somebody HELP ME!” yells the prisoner. Catra smiles dismissively and pulls out her mask and says, “FROSTA, my dear, you are a FOOL! There is no one to hear your cries, nor anyone to interfere with thissss…

“My most diabolical plot to SEIZE CONTROL of all Etheria!” she declares, putting on her mask.

The space between panels reads, “Unleashed by Catra’s evil threats, Double Trouble CHANGES into her SPY DISGUISE - a face that Catra recognizes as a FRIEND!” followed by a four-panel sequence of Double Trouble shifting into evil mode.

“CATRA! What have we here?” she asks.

“WHA…? Oh it’s you, Double Trouble!” says Catra. “This foolish girl has given me her precious SNOW CAPE, and with its secrets, Etheria will soon be MINE!”

End Page 5.

Page 6:

“HOW? What secrets? Tell me your plan!” says Double Trouble.

“I took Frosta’s powerful WAND and FROZE ETHERIA!” says Catra. “But its freezing effect is only temporary! Fear not, friend—I’ve discovered a MAP in her cape that will lead me to the BLUE ICE DIAMOND! And I will have the power to freeze Etheria FOREVER!”

“Double Trouble, guard Frosta until I return!” says Catra, running from the cave.

A yellow caption box reads, “Above Etheria’s moonlit horizon, Bow and She-Ra watch… and wait…” and we see the Flutter Plane flying over a snow-covered landscape.

“LOOK THERE! It’s Double Trouble’s SIGNAL!” says Bow, pointing at a flare of magic from the pilot’s seat.

“GOOD! Let’s take ‘er down…” says She-Ra.

End Page 6.

Page 7: “She-Ra, Etheris is in the greatest PERIL! Frosta, QUICKLY, you must tell She-Ra everything you know!” says Double Trouble, as she emerges from the cave, supporting Frosta. Bow and She-Ra run towards her.

“So LONELY have I been here, in the frozen north, for Catra’s TRICKERY I was an easy mark! A day ago, she befriended me… but it has COST me DEARLY!” says Frosta, beginning to cry. Double Trouble holds her closer in support.

“Go on, tell her about the SNOW CAPE!” she urges.

“Foolishly, I GAVE my snow cape to Catra in exchange for her company! Inside the cape, there is a map that will lead her to the Blue Ice Diamond!” says Frosta, dripping tears.

“THE BLUE ICE DIAMOND! Catra will use the gemstone’s powerful magic to turn Etheria into a frozen wasteland FOREVER! We must STOP her!” says She-Ra, evidently horrified.

A yellow caption box reads, “With Frosta in the lead, She-Ra and her stalwart cohorts race across the Dreaming Mountain! But can they reach the Blue Ice Diamond in time?”

The Flutter Plane flies overhead while Double Trouble and Frosta (who has been mistakenly colored to look like She-Ra) ride in another vessel. It’s a sailing sledge (an iceboat meant for dry land) with an unstayed mast & single lateen sail, long and narrow in the style of a stereotypical viking ship, complete with an ornate figurehead of a bird of prey. The entire ship is a similar shade of green to Double Trouble, including the sail, which is feather-patterned. There are struts visible in later panels which confirm this is a sleigh and not a magical land-ship of some kind. The whole thing is reminiscent of the Sea Harp in shape, but that hasn't been designed yet.

End Page 7.

Page 8: A yellow caption box reads, “... or does Catra ALREADY hold Etheria’s fate in her grasp?” as Catra gloats over a gem, which glows a vivid green.

“CATRA!” shouts Frosta, now colored correctly, “HALT! Or I shall FREEZE you where you stand!” She climbs from the sailing sledge and brandishes her Snowflake Wand (which is really more of a staff).

“You’re TOO LATE Frosta… TOO LATE!” Catra calls back, lifting a faceted gem to her face as she smiles in evil glee.

End Page 8.

Page 9: “LOOK! Etheria’s bright daystar DIMS even as I speak, and a CLOAK OF DARKNESS SWEEPS THE LAND!” she yells, gesturing at what I think it’s safe to assume is a sun and not the planet Venus because it’s flipping huge, “Soon I shall rule FOREVER!”

“WHISSSSHHHH,” goes the Snowflake Wand, which now more resembles a scepter, then “ZZZAAA,” in a spidery, electric sort of style. Sparkles emerge from the wand and Frosta looks pretty pissed.

“--KRAKK!” finish the onomatopoeia, as we return to Catra, who’s surrounded by sparkles as the sun darkens behind her.

We zoom in closer to reveal she’s frozen solid, still cackling.

The focus shifts to the sun, now completely dark.

End Page 9.

Page 10: Frosta falls to her knees in despair, burying her face in her hands as Double Trouble tries to comfort her. In the background, the Flutter Plane lands and She-Ra leaps from within.

“Oh She-Ra, I have FAILED! There is NOTHING we can do to save Etheria from darkness… it’s all MY FAULT!” sobs Frosta as She-Ra lays a supportive hand on her shoulder.

She-Ra doesn’t respond immediately, trudging over to Catra as Bow reaches the sledge.

“Perhaps there is MORE to this blue ice diamond than meets the eye!” She-Ra says, plucking the gem from the frozen Catra’s grasp.

“BOW! Stand fast and make ready an arrow! I have an idea!” she calls back over her shoulder. Bow moves forward obediently. Frosta is still kneeling in the snow and Double Trouble’s still in the sledge.

End Page 10.

Page 11: “The SECRET of this gemstone’s POWER may lie WITHIN…” says She-Ra, setting the blue ice diamond atop a rock.

She lifts her sword. In this panel and the next, she’s shown with her inverted crown functioning as a mask. “... so, if we CRACK it…”

She brings the Sword of Protection down with a huge “SMASH!”

“... we can set its magic FREE!” she finishes, revealing that there was a second, smaller diamond inside the first diamond, matryoshka doll style. For some reason.

“Now, let your arrow FLY!” she says to Bow, as he ties this smaller diamond to an arrow. It glows a soft yellow. She-Ra’s crown is no longer a mask.

End page 11.

Page 12: Bow aims directly at the darkened sun.

We get a close-up of his face, deep in concentration, as he releases the arrow with a loud “SPUNGG!”

The arrow sails towards the sun.

Double Trouble, Frosta, and Bow look on. Bow lowers his bow.

The arrow disappears from sight, leaving only the darkness and the blotted daystar.

Double Trouble, Frosta, Bow, and She-Ra watch in silence.

The sun remains dark

End page 12.

Page 13: “BULL’SEYE!” hollers Bow, lifting his bow to the sky in jubilation as the sun goes “BUH WHOOM!” and begins emitting light once more. He slings a celebratory arm around Frosta’s waist, like he means to hug her but is just too excited about archery to bother.

Catra begins to defrost beneath the heat of the sun.

She comes to staring at her now-empty hand, startled and soaking wet from the melted ice, the snow cape falling from her shoulders. We see that beneath the snow, this was some kind of arid plain, which contradicts its earlier description as being the “Dreaming Mountain”, as the Dreaming Mountains are the home of Castle Chill (and thus, chilly) from Filmation.

“CURSES! FOILED AGAIN!” shouts Catra, sprinting into the distance.

End Page 13.

Page 14: “YOU’VE DONE IT! The daystar glows brighter than ever!” says Frosta, clapping her hands together in delight.

“Etheria is SAFE once more and I am FREE at last of Catra’s EVIL MAGIC!” she says, holding her snow cape over one shoulder like a jock with a letterman jacket.

“Yes—Etheria is SAFE and BEAUTIFUL once more!” says She-Ra, walking over to her.

“Bow, Double Trouble, time to go! The CRYSTAL CASTLE and NEW ADVENTURES await!” says She-Ra, looking over her shoulder to her friends.

“But WAIT! How can I ever REPAY your kindness? Perhaps my coat…?” says Frosta, holding the snow cape out to She-Ra as Double Trouble and Bow climb into the Flutter Plane.

“Fair Frosta—haven’t you learned a moral after all that’s happened? REMEMBER THIS!” says She-Ra:

“FRIENDSHIP can’t be bought or sold… it must come from the HEART! And from OUR hearts to YOURS—a friendship that’s EVERLASTING!” says She-Ra, in the traditional red text they use for morals. Everybody smiles at each other.

The End.

End of Page 14.

Back Cover: The “Princess of Power” logo, with the text “Collect Princess of Power (trademarked) Dolls & Accessories! Each Sold Separately.

Cardback illustrations for She-Ra the “most powerful woman in the universe”, Bow the “special friend”, Double Trouble the “glamorous double-agent”, Frosta the “Ice Empress of Etheria”, Catra the “Jealous Beauty”, Castaspella the “Enchantress who hypnotizes”, Kowl “The Know-It-Owl”, Angella the “Angelic winged guide”, and Glimmer the “Guide who lights the way”.

Illustrations copyright Mattel Inc., 1984. Hawthorne, CA 90250 U.S.A.

0007-5220

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#motu #minicomics #adventure of the blue diamond #she-ra #adora #kowl #bow #frosta #double trouble #catra

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odinsblog · 9 months

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“Iggy Azalea is the walking embodiment of how white women will fetishize Black womanhood — from co-opting our speech and vernacular to paying thousands to replicate our physical aesthetics to birthing Black children — but will refuse to stand in solidarity with Black women.”

THAT part.

Not only is Iggy Azalea a culture vulture, but she also lied about having no contact with Tory Lanez because she mistakenly thought her sloppy ass letter wouldn’t be public.

Shoutout to Meghann Cuniff, the reporter who broke this story. She don’t miss 🎯

Iggy’s full letter (grammatical errors and all) beneath the page break.

👉🏿 https://www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/iggy-azalea-to-tory-lanezs-sentencing

Iggy Azalea’s full letter written to a Los Angeles judge prior to Tory Lanez’s sentencing, obtained by @meghanncuniff:

“Dear Honorable Judge Herriford,

I'm writing to you in regards to a case in your court.

My name is Iggy Azalea and I've been a successful musician for the last decade.

Ive sold over 65 million records throughout my career, had number 1 hits on the billboard hot 100 and broken records previously held by 'The Beatles'.

My music has been nominated for 6 Grammys and I have a multitude of other musical awards.

Throughout my career I've toured with some of the biggest acts in music: from Beyonce to Pitbull.

Ive also collaborated with everyone from Britney Spears to Jenifer Lopez. In short, like yourself, I'm great at what I do and I'm well respected by my peers.

Becoming successful is incredibly hard to do and maintaining success is even harder.

The music industry is not designed to empower Artists - especially not women.

You learn to expect misogyny at every turn, no matter how much you've personally achived.

Sadly I've spent my entire career battling sexism and bad behavior behind the curtains.

One unfortunate consequence of that is I am victim of abuse myself.

I must make note of the things ive suffered through so that you understand definitively:

I would not write to you on behalf of an abuser.

In fact, its the very reason I felt it imperative I share my viewpoint as a woman in music: in regard to Daystar Peterson.

You are presiding over his case and It would mean a great deal to me if you'd please let me share with you why "Tory Lanez" is far from your average entitled rap star.

I believe in justice and I know you do too. You've dedicated your life's work to it and I respect that deeply.

Thats why im taking my time to do this, because I know the person you are understands in order to truly conclude what a fair sentence is, You need better understanding of who the person you're sentencing IS at their core.

Judge Herriford, I was elated when I saw your name in relation to this trial because you have a reputation of being a very fair judge.

In fact its one of the reasons I was sadnned Daystar had subpar legal counsel and did not take the stand at his own trial.

We've all been frozen in fear before. The unfortunate side effect of his choice is he's been painted in the most unrecognizable way: to you, the jury and the public.”

And a big fuck you! to all the other sorry ass celebs who tried to excuse or minimize what Torey Lanez did and then tried to drag Megan Theee Stallion - The Shade Room, Drake, DJ Akademiks, Kelsey Nicole, EJ King, 50 Cent, LeBron James, Remy Ma, Meek Mills, 21 Savage, Tasha K, Joe Budden, Lil Baby, Kylie Jenner, Nicki Minaj

#megan thee stallion #iggy azealia #culture vultures #tory lanez #anti blackness #meghann cuniff #alabama people beater #misogyny #racialized misogyny

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same-pic-of-juno-everyday · 2 months

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RADIO TRANSMISSION..

"WELCOME TO JUNO-A-DAY! Where we post a SINGLE image of Juno THEMSELVES, ONCE A DAY!! we even let the spacecraft themselves interact with some of the other people around! How fun is that? We-"

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(Anyways hi welcome to this blog i made, cause i fell down a rabbit hole and i got severely interested and wanna be involved!) (as one could see i do rp juno as speaking in mostly morse code, i will provide translations to the morse code at the bottom of each post that contains it)

(to add on to this, there will be no morse in the tags)

(if yah wanna follow my main simply just ask please)

!!I AM IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH NASA OR THE JUNO MISSION TEAM, IF I AM ASKED TO TAKE THIS BLOG DOWN BY EITHER GROUP I WILL!!

(one more thing... imma be honest when i say i dont know how long im gonna do this gimmick account for, i get shy very easily and this is my first time doing any type of gimmick account alone > <" i just hope im a fun addition to the party - ADMIN)

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( v oh yeah go follow these guys as well v )

Other celestial-same-picverse blogs:

@same-pic-of-the-sun-everyday

@same-pic-of-mercury-everyday

@same-pic-of-venus-everyday

@same-pic-of-the-earth-everyday

@same-pic-of-the-moon-everyday

@same-pic-of-mars-everyday

@same-pic-of-jupiter-everyday (hi)

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(shout out to the moon account for kickstarting this entire side-community on tumblr btw hehe, and sorry for @'ing you all > <")

Morse code translations, Top to bottom:

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#celestial same picverse

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daystarvoyage · 2 days

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DISCLAIMER

This is kyoko cane of daystar voyage, as a proud black person who’s genderqueer who makes content, I will not accept hate on the daystar voyage anyone who can’t handle different opinions, ship whatever (unless legal) if not walk out or off this spaceship into a asteroid belt and black hole

Don’t hate appreciate.

One more thing I do love my girl Luz pilot outfits, there goals however wish they had time to put patterns into her clothes often, like I said in my hootview

However the female cast had a better closet then her, and I did discuss that in my video cause they did make it dress in a shonen archetype, (which I made a post about her hair) or an spicy Latina, (cause she’s made to be the gender non confirming character) but excuse all that cause in a way, the staff shoulda hired someone how to dress this girl.

Oh boy now that im done rewatching The Owl House there’s so much in store soon anyway,

I do feel its time to start this short post, I have a fashion hootview which is the intermission so there’s still a lot to come meantime, finished my rewatch of The Owl House as an animation lover,

youtube

Lets discuss this topic at hand,

2020s animators need to take notes on costuming tips to be able to make characters stand out in environments and to treat there characters better be it fashion or color coordination,

yes you can have a color coded character and not rely of a palette to be able to bring out there complexion,

Animators need to take notes, how to properly show kids, and even their audience that good clothing could be put onto a character of any skin tone,

complementing their features while proper fashion can do justice, that goes into making a franchise making a product to sell for marketability in retail & consumers.

if the character or product can be sold with a great design if executed flawless by character, design, costuming, and the app that come within the series,

This goes to the fandom cause there might be future artists reading this who probably never read, or look up fashion brands, either haut couture or brand clothing and don’t have that knowledge But that shouldn’t stop you from being able to experiment with different palettes or what goes into your art.

The fandom needs a wake up call that not only is everything’s perfect and people have the right to critic and criticize a show or any form of art.

cause the fandom has a self righteous way of bullying others of different opinions and ostracizing has to stop,

Here’s a quick tv trope in color-coded characters, & a Toonsmag article on fashion in animation.

Marketability is a important factor, industries rely on that to make the money off of that series, be a cartoons or projects

it impacts the character and representation that kids see when they purchase said item and teaching kid see good representation within media.

Especially POCs if executed well however in some cases miraculous ladybug fumbles it hard.

Yknow lighting characters' skin tones like Alya and other brown or dark skin characters, on their products & merch (bad ethnic representation award goes to them).

Not to mention the whole Vas underpaid controversy, that’s been discussed countless times.

(still disappointed about that business decisions)

I appreciate the love of anyone who can view and read this article if you gotten this far,

thanks for reading make sure to check my Tumblr and YouTube vlog cause so much of this particular series I’m gonna debunk

The show had a-lot going for it however feel flat including in the fashion department along miraculous ladybug that’s another thing to be discuss OH BOY so anyway

here’s an example of the video game art of Guilty Gear showing great costume progress years later

hope everyone has a great time reading this, educating yourself cause I do want my platform to show variety on what I offer creatively and semi-education-wise to be able to let people be inspired and that you don't need to follow trends, thank you very much seeya on the next space voyage.

#the owl house #toh #luz noceda #lumity #i honestly don't know why amity puts up with luz's bs #molly mcgee #amphibia #Luz nocedas closet is low tier then the female cast #fashion in animation #animation get yourself a fashion magazine educate yourself kids need inspiration in clothing and costuming #dana terrace #amity has a better closet but you know how that is #don’t put glaze over a shows flaws with lgbt representation #anti lumity #toh critic #toh criticism #toh critical #the owl house needed a lot more time in the oven better yet have another bakery make it #animation what are you doing #toh needs to know it’s flaws to be better #Luz noceda is not good ethnic representation neither is Gus #pro shipping #miraculous ladybug #Daystar voyage #Kyoko cane #take notes kids there’s better fashion in animation #the owl house pilot #toh pilot #luz noceda girl wheres the long hair #please get pocs to do black characters only

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creature-wizard · 6 months

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I would like to let everybody know that American evangelicals attempting to mass convert Jewish people (especially Israelis who are Jewish) is absolutely nothing new. I grew up watching channels like TBN (trinity broadcasting network) and Daystar (TBN rival) and preachers like Jesse Duplantis, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, TD Jakes, Joyce Meyer, Benni Hinn, John Hagee, etc, majority of big TV evangelical pastors have taken multiple trips to Israel, countries in Africa where some Jewish people settled or fled to, and other middle Eastern countries in which Jewish people live in and they convert them to Christianity (not to say that all Christian Israelis or Arabs were converted by Americans).

I forgot what the term for it is, but there’s a lot of prosperity type tourism in which evangelicals will host a trip for their church’s people to go to Middle Eastern and African countries and attempt to convert them.

It doesn’t help that they have some Jewish people and Israeli people helping them do this.

Benni Hinn, a huge proponent in the mass spread of fundamentalism and evangelical extremism, is an Israeli man, so Americans feel justified in wanting to convert Israeli Jews because “look here! Here’s this Israeli guy who WANTS us to do this!”

Sid Roth, another Israeli-American man who was raised Jewish as well is a big believer in and proponent of “Messianic Judaism” and is a founder of Messianic Spirit. He runs a show called “It’s Supernatural!” (Ngl it was a very entertaining show as a kid).

This is not a new thing, it’s not a recent thing, Evangelicals have been trying to convert Jewish people for decades.

That’s also why Christians have such a weird view of Judaism compared to what Judaism actually is. We were taught that Jewish people are borderline Christian, they just “need to be saved and liberated”. “We must show them the way, the truth, and the life.”

Even though I left Christianity, only recently have I been reading up of Jewish people and learning about them and realised that both the religion and the people are nothing like what I thought they were.

Yuuuuuuuup.

#answered #christianity #spiritual colonialism #colonialism #antisemitism

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chlorinewriter · 2 months

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Chapter: 1/?

Pairing: Shanks/Mihawk

Rating: M

Word count: 5k

Summary:

Mihawk is a Redeemer of the Holy Church, terrifying and powerful. He has spent almost the entirety of his life tracking down and eradicating demons and heathens and people living in the murkiness in between. When the Holy First himself commands Mihawk to find and kill Shanks, an unrepentant sinner whose strength rivals the Church, Mihawk accepts the divine orders despite their strange circumstances.

However, Shanks is not so easy to label a heathen or a devil. Meeting him opens far more doors than it closes in Mihawk's mind, especially when the two are forced to work together to confront another formidable threat. Mihawk starts to wonder about the Church, their morals, his life's purpose... about the man with the red hair and the devilish smile who is no devil at all.

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“I am pleased to honour you with the addition of my conviction – His conviction – to aid you in this endeavor, but you do not require my faith. You will do your duty.”

Your duty. The Redeemer knows what the First is telling him to do. Kill Shanks as soon as he is found and not a moment after. No need to bring him to the Holy See to stand trial, or even offer the choice to surrender, as is Church law. Take away the choice. The fact that the heathen will not willingly choose to come if given an option is irrelevant. The choice is at least a moment to let Mihawk’s quarry prepare, and fight as well as he might.

To give Mihawk a sliver of time where redemption is a possibility and not a sword.

But the Holy First trusts him. The way he withdrew the Conqueror’s faith proves that. This is Mihawk’s purpose, writ large across the room, across the awed aides and the still faintly glowing First. Serve the Church. Hunt down demons. It feels like there is still a touch of the golden divinity on him, firmly shaping his uncertainty into a harsher, steadier form. An almost tangible reminder.

From Mihawk’s hands the only kind of redemption possible is a sword.

Beset by the weight of the friction crushing him, Mihawk looks away, curls his fingers, one at a time, like each tiny movement might in aggregate release the oppressive tension.

“I trust you to do the Lord’s will, Redeemer.”

The Lord’s will. The Holy First wants Mihawk to snatch the life away from Shanks. To turn Mihawk from a Redeemer into an assassin. Why is that such a black mark compared to the flush of gold still saturating his mind?

Overt tremors are shaking Mihawk’s body as his soul recovers from its instinctive effort to resist the command before it was lifted. The Holy First politely ignores the shudders. Prelate Markeith is scowling off to the side, but he scowls most of the time and Mihawk tries to ignore him.

“I will, Most Holy. Thank you for your command. I will not fail.” When he kisses the cross around his neck, he actually means it. An unusual earnestness from Mihawk, and even more unusual because he is still conflicted. The wanted poster is so insistent in his head, with that heathen’s stupidly wide grin. It’s like the Holy First’s golden glow splashed a bit too far. Coloured Shanks with it, too. He will receive swift and righteous justice, Redeemer. The swift righteousness of murder, which is no righteousness at all.

#mishanks #one piece #mihawk x shanks #mihawk #shanks #one piece au #my fic #thank God I'm finally posting this!!#Oh it has been a struggle

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Ignore the bad spelling!!!! I drew these at work!! I don't have name for this Au but it's a weird combination of the royalty aus I've seen and BioShock and freaking Anastasia and what have I done!!!!

Anyway lore:

In this world some people are gifted a magical ability. They are called the gifted.

Freddy, Bonnie, Roxy, Sun and Moon are gifted.

Freddy has the ability to admit a calming arua within a thirty mile radius of himself

Bonnie can teleport himself, people and objects but what he's teleporting greatly depends on how much energy he has. He also has to be able to see it.

Roxy can run fast, and move quickly. Making her a hard target to hit.

Sun can tell when people are lying to him, and can even make people speak the truth when making physical contact. How ever he can only do this when it is daytime, or well lit

Moon can make people fall asleep but has to come into physical contact to do so. His abilities can only be done at night or in the dark. Under a full moon Moon can emit a pulse that puts anyone within fifty feet of him to sleep.

The crew:

Foxy is the captain of a ship that is primarily sea bound, but can also fly if he wanted it to.the ship is called the Daystar. Because calling the ship the daycare or the superstar sounded stupid to me

Freddy is the first mate, and is Foxy's right hand man

Bonnie would be first mate if he wasn't so unpredictable. Instead he is a scam artist and is often a distraction for the crew from the local authorities .

Chica is the chef of the crew. She often uses various kitchen ware as weapons since it's what she's more comfortable handling.

Roxy is the crews mechanic keeping the shop from falling apart as well as Foxy's robotic prosthetic from malfunctioning.

Sun tried to act as the crews navigator but often gets distracted. Moon will usually subtly alter their course to correct him without Sun noticing.

Moon is their stealth man. He gets in, gets the job done and leaves.

Plot ( if there is any)

Sun and Moon come from a kingdom where gifted are seen as cattle. Despite how rare they are. The big corporation of that particular kingdom buys gifted people and children and even kidnaps them off the street. What the corporation does with the gifted isn't hidden from the public, but the extent is not well known.

They essentially try to use the abilities of the gifted as a resource to make various products. Weapons, home goods, medicine, ECT.

Sun and Moon were sold by their mother when their gifts became known to her. The corporation was running tests on Sun to try and figure out how to use his abilities to make a lie detector for their law enforcement. He was still in the observation stage.

Moon had moved past the observation stage, as his gift was a tad simpler to figure out how to extract. They regularly drew blood from him which made him weak and frail when Foxy finally finds them.

Foxy discovered Sun and Moon while trying to bust Bonnie out of the corporation's labs. He took them with him. Due to the rarity of sleep magic this put a decent sized bounty on Foxy and his crew who up until this point had not obtained a sizable one. Despite this they managed to avoid capture for the next sixteen years. Raising Sun and Moon as his own.

The corporation ( unbeknownst to the Daystar crew) had been using Moon's blood to make a sleep aid that they sold worldwide. They called this sleep moondrops. It became the most powerful and popular sleep aid. The corporation had a relatively decent back supply of Moon's blood but were running dangerously low. So they raised the bounty on Moon.

With Moon's bounty ridiculously high Foxy worried for his boys'safety. He won't always be there to protect them after all. He heard through the grapevine of a noble lady who's trying marry off her brother's. Figuring Moon and Sun would be safest if connected to a noble family he talks Moon into faking nobility and agreeing to an arranged marriage with the nobleman.

DJ, though at first frustrated with his sisters meddling since he wasn't even next in line for head of the family, falls head over heels for Moon fast. Though he can't help but feel like something is off. Like Moon is hiding from something.

I might make a fanfiction I might idk!!! I got brain rot of it though so here take it!

#fnaf security breach #fnaf security breach au #djmm #moon #sun #glamrock freddy #glamrock bonnie #glamrock foxy #glamrock chica #roxane wolf #royalty au #pirate au #steampunk au #i guess #mahbe #idk halp #human au #it doesnt need to be it is for me

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hiii! could i get a namecheck and pronoun check with the names sapphire, angelette, daystar and the pronouns shx/hxr/hxrself, doll/dolls/dollself ! :)

Sure thing!

Wait a second, is that Sapphire? I think I see Sapphire over there! Do you see hxr? Shx’s the one sitting by hxrself with hxr headphones on. I wonder what shx’s listening to? Anyway, you’ve met Sapphire before, right? No? Shx also goes by Angelette and Daystar, so maybe you know hxr by one of dolls other names? Really? Well, you’ll have to meet hxr sometime; I think you’d get along nicely with hxr. I’ve only spoken with Angelette once or twice, but doll seems pretty neat. You don’t see doll? Doll’s the one sitting in the red chair by dollself. Do you see doll now? Yup, that’s Daystar! Oh, hey! I think doll’s is looking this way now! Do you want to go meet Angelette? Sure, let’s go say hi to doll! Hey, Daystar!

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❂The Seraph of the Daystar!❂

『bee/seraph ❂ sol/sun/suns | ae/aeir/aeirs | they/it ❂ nonbinary aro/ace lesbian ❂ adult』

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salutations :D welcome to my blog! here is where you'll find a little bit of everything that i like! my blog primarily consists of reblogs of funny doings or my interests, however i intend to post more original content soon enough.

my special interests are bees, angels, and adventure time! :D

i'm not currently hyperfixated on anything, but previous fixations i'll continue to post about include ena, psychonauts, tmnt, bee and puppycat, sam and max, the legend of zelda, etc.

this blog is occasionally nsft, though typically in a humorous way. i don't have a tag for this atm, however if you would like for me to tag it, or something else, please dm me or shoot me an ask!

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im currently in college, majoring in english and minoring in creative writing with the hope that one day i'll be able to write a book series i've titled Metamorphosis: The Art of Change. i'd like to begin posting about it here, which would range from art to writing.

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tags

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#divine intervention - original posts

#solart - original art

#m:taoc - content pertaining to metamorphosis

oc tags: applied to posts containing the respective oc, as well as posts i reblog with that oc in mind

#oc: alex

#oc: vivian

#oc: tyler

#oc: issac

#oc: taylor

#oc: takeshi

#oc: amaiterasu

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all my art is on instagram under the same user!

enjoy! i love you <3

#divine intervention #ꙮc #solart #m:taoc #oc: alex #oc: vivian #oc: tyler #oc: issac #oc: taylor #oc: takeshi #oc: amaiterasu #oc: sprout #oc: tsukiyomi #oc: mei #oc: julius

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The hip hop community owes Megan the biggest apology and I want it LOUD.

As Tory Lanez heads to prison, hip-hop needs to have a conversation about accountability

Hip-hop should be embarrassed by its silence as Megan Thee Stallion was publicly maligned

Justin TinsleyAugust 8, 2023

After months of delays, which included swapping his legal team and attempting to remove the judge who presided over his case, rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the July 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.

In December 2022, Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was found guilty on three felony counts — assault with a semiautomatic handgun, possession of a loaded, unregistered firearm, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence. Prosecutors had requested Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Herriford sentence Lanez to 13 years in prison, while the rapper’s legal team asked that he be given probation or no more than three years.

After the sentencing, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón thanked Megan Thee Stallion, born Megan Pete, for her bravery.

“Over the past three years, Mr. Peterson has engaged in a pattern of conduct that was intended to intimidate Ms. Pete and silence her truths from being heard,” Gascón said. “Women, especially Black women, are afraid to report crimes like assault because they are too often not believed. I commend Megan Pete for her incredible bravery and vulnerability as she underwent months of probing investigation and court appearances where she had to relive her trauma, and the public scrutiny that followed. This case highlighted the numerous ways that our society must do better for women.”

While Lanez’s sentencing marks the end of this saga (well, until his probable forthcoming appeal is decided), this moment also illuminates another uncomfortable reality. The hip-hop community should be deeply embarrassed by the way it conducted itself during this entire ordeal. After all, the response to the shooting furthered decadeslong rhetoric about misogyny and violent masculinity that have permeated hip-hop for generations.

Megan Thee Stallion deserves peace. But like many Black women online, she isn’t getting it.Read now

Making matters worse, disinformation is a valuable currency these days. Perhaps it’s always been, but with the influx of social media, disinformation now isn’t just inaccurate, it can be deadly.

Disinformation campaigns have had books about actual U.S. history removed from shelves. It’s been a critical tool to prevent commonsense gun laws. And disinformation is why a former president of the United States can rally millions of Americans behind him on the campaign trail as federal indictments pile up in multiple states and Washington. And disinformation allowed many to believe Lanez was the victim of a witch hunt, while Megan Thee Stallion feared for her safety and suffered from anxiety and depression.

But sadly, Megan Thee Stallion isn’t unique.

A study conducted by the Institute of Women’s Policy Research revealed that nearly a third of all women will experience some form of intimate partner violence in their lifetime. For Black women, that number is more than 40%. Complicating things even further are the factors that prevent many Black women from reporting their abuse: mistrust of police, protecting perpetrators, shame. Megan Thee Stallion was no different.

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After Lanez allegedly attempted to pay Megan Thee Stallion and her former friend Kelsey Harris $1 million to keep quiet, Lanez tormented Megan Thee Stallion through his music. When she sat down with broadcaster Gayle Kingon CBS Mornings in April 2022 for an interview, Lanez released a video for his song, “CAP,” in which he chopped horse legs in a not-so-subliminal taunt. Rapper DaBaby, a once frequent collaborator with Megan Thee Stallion, and Lanez reportedly attempted to “ambush” her while she was on stage at Rolling Loud in Miami in 2021, violating the protective order she had against Lanez.

Lanez and his defense attorneys accused Megan Thee Stallion of lying — while also insinuating Harris was the actual shooter — but the jury didn’t buy it, rendering a verdict in less than 10 hours. Not even the embarrassing displays from Lanez’s father outside the courtroom, blaming entertainment agency Roc Nation for Lanez’s cowardly actions, could distract from what happened and what led to that moment.

Over the past three years, hip-hop artists have largely remained quiet about the shooting. Megan Thee Stallion’s peers have either been slow to admonish Lanez, have continued to work with him, or have been reluctant to defend her. Record executive Rick Ross, who initially called out Lanezfollowing the shooting, eventually reconciled with him and invited Lanez to his car show last year. While performing the song “Litty Again” at Rolling Loud Portugal in July, Meek Mill yelled “Free Tory Lanez!” to the crowd. During the trial, DJ Akademiks published court documents and cast doubt on the validity of Megan Thee Stallion’s account to his large audience. Even rap’s biggest superstar, Drake, made light of the shooting last year on “Circo Loco,” insinuating that Megan was fabricating the entire ordeal.

Perhaps the only rapper to publicly call out Lanez, and stand by his words, is Bun B. “We have to protect our Black women, and any Black man that doesn’t feel the same way is not my brother,” the UGK legend said in December 2020.

Megan Thee Stallion’s Instagram Live marinated on my psycheRead now

Much of the conversation about the shooting and what precipitated it was fixated on who Megan Thee Stallion was romantically involved with — not why Lanez decided it was the best course of action to reportedly tell her, “Dance, b—!” while pulling the trigger multiple times. In September 2022, DaBaby claimed he was also sleeping with Megan on his track “Boogeyman” rapping, “You play with me, that s— was childish / The day before she say that Tory Lanez shot her, I was f—ing on Megan Thee Stallion / Waited to say this s— on my next album / Hit it the day before too / But I kept it playa, I ain’t say nothing ’bout it.”

Megan Thee Stallion appeared to respond to DaBaby’s blatant display of play for attention by saying she controlled her body — not Lanez, DaBaby or any other man. The irony here is that sexual relationships have historically been used as badges of honor in hip-hop, largely by men. In Megan Thee Stallion’s case, her personal life was being used as a vehicle to discredit her account of the shooting.

There are countless instances when men seek out the validation of other men, and women, particularly Black women, are the targets. That’s precisely what happened in this case, and the result is one of the ugliest stains on hip-hop’s history — though its past treatment of women is unfortunately littered with similar examples. Hip-hop has never held itself accountable for frequently disrespecting women (not to mention LGBTQ+ people), because what’s accountable isn’t always best for business.

We all watched Megan Thee Stallion have to defend herself — all while she was still grieving the losses of her great-grandmother and mother, who died within weeks of each other in 2019 (Megan said she and Lanez initially bonded over both of them losing parents). Her father died when she was 15. It was almost too much for Megan to bear.

“I don’t wanna be on this earth,” Megan Thee Stallion said during her testimony at Lanez’s trial. “I wish he woulda shot and killed me if I knew I would go through this torture.”

Her music reflected the same sentiments. “They keep sayin’ I should get help / But I don’t even know what I need,” she rapped last year on the aptly titled track “Anxiety.” “They keep sayin’ speak your truth / And at the same time say they don’t believe.”

It wasn’t until Lanez’s phone conversation with Harris while he was in jail became public that many finally began to accept what Megan has said since August 2020: Lanez shot her, and he knew he shot her.

In her victim impact statement, Megan told the court she had “not experienced a single day of peace” since the incident occurred. “He lied to anyone that would listen, and paid bloggers to disseminate false information about the case on social media. He released music videos and songs to damage my character and continue his crusade.”

Megan concluded, “For once, the defendant must be forced to face the full consequences of his heinous actions and face justice.”

‘Logged In’: Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez trial continues; Jamal Bryant tells how to get Black men to attend churchRead now

Lanez’s sentencing is some semblance of justice. Mainly for Megan, who endured the torture of public scrutiny, confronted Lanez in court, and withstood multiple delays in his sentencing.

Lanez’s life and career are on an indefinite pause. And while there is a necessary, generations-long critique of the criminal justice system and how it has preyed on Black men to be had, Lanez is guilty of a violent crime. That’s his story. That’s his reality. That’s his legacy.

Nevertheless, hip-hop’s story, reality and legacy of this saga is far from over. Hip-hop culture changed the course of history and inspired every corner of the globe. Still, when it comes to its treatment of women, hip-hop still has a lot of work to do. Women such as rapper Dee Barnes, music producer Drew Dixon, and more aren’t just survivors of abuse at the hands of powerful men such as rapper and producer Dr. Dre and record executive Russell Simmons. They represent accomplished journalists and talented executives who have had to unfairly juggle the realities of their passions and the sharp, stinging legacies of their abuse. Whether that happens with Megan Thee Stallion is anybody’s guess.

Hip-hop should be embarrassed by its conduct during this incident. It should be ashamed it largely remained silent and allowed a Black woman to be publicly maligned. Whatever conversations are had now and in the future, here’s hoping it’s rooted in the truth — no matter how uncomfortable. That’s the only way conversations can become actions and eventually tangible change.

Loving hip-hop and critiquing it isn’t just a necessary part of the culture. If the genre is to survive another 50 years, then there’s no other option.

Justin Tinsley is a senior culture writer for Andscape. He firmly believes “Cash Money Records takin’ ova for da ’99 and da 2000” is the single most impactful statement of his generation.

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#Instagram #megan thee stallion #i’m not sad for her #i’m outraged #i’m just glad she’s in a better place now #those people can speak for themselves they know who they are #and they can go straight to hell #they will pay for their crimes #for sucking that abusers meat #I’m not sad for her #I’m outraged #I’m just glad she’s in a better place now #As always a loud and sincere fuck you to everyone who has doubted her and supported that Canadian cuntery who must not be named #Those people can speak for themselves they know who they are #And they can go straight to hell #They will pay for their crimes #She went through unnecessary trauma for two years #That’s unforgivable #Next level fuckery #That that type of ish that would lead to an episode of snapped or deadly women #once again #🖕🏿daystar Peterson #annnnn boom #just like that #may all who come against black women rot #Don’t fuck with black women #If you can’t love them then at least don’t harm them #can’t wait to see that sociopath locked up on August 7th.#can’t wait to see that sociopath locked up on august 7th #That’s a sociopath.

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Men have to do better.

Hell Hath No Fury Like A Fragile Male Ego Scorned

Tory Lanez's conviction, Kanye West's cancellation and Andrew Tate's arrest prove the ego is one of the male body's most undeveloped and underworked organisms.

Chris Rock hilariously, if simplistically, summed up the perceived social edict on manhood: We’re valued primarily by the provisions we bring to the table. Financial sustainability, sexual prowess, viability as a Spades card game partner... we all harbor some degree of insecurity in our ability to perform.

Blame the patriarchy, if you will, but no man I know makes it to or through adulthood without some degree of pressure to be, well, a man. Anyone who suggests otherwise is lying — a form of insecurity itself.

But there’s a difference between having insecurities — as does every human with a pulse — and being an insecure human being. Unfortunately, men like Daystar “Tory Lanez” Peterson fit the latter bill, wearing their all-consuming insecurity like a pleather trench coat on a humid summer day.

Often, when insecurity and fragility permeate every fiber of a man’s being, it manifests itself in relatively benign behavior, like anonymously arguing with strangers in a comments section or contributing money to Candace Owens. But, in Lanez’s case, someone got shot.

The two-plus-year case of “who shot Megan Thee Stallion?” seemingly reached its denouement, at least legally, on Dec. 23 when Lanez was ultimately convicted on three felony charges because, per Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta’s closing argument, he shot Meg for attacking his fragile male ego.

“(Megan) disrespected his rapping. She’s insulting him as a rapper, and that pissed him off,” Ta said. “He had a massive ego, and he could not handle being disrespected. And how dare she have the audacity to walk away from him. So he reasserted his dominance. He was going to show her.”

It would appear that the proverbial smoking gun, which many believe sealed his conviction, was a just-released call between Lanez and Megan’s former friend Kelsey Harris, just a few hours after the Houston rapper was shot. His quotes are loaded with profanity, but let’s just say that you’d have to have attended the Jussie Smollett Academy of Quantum Leaps to hear it and still believe Lanez isn’t guilty.

You could’ve passively followed this case, as I did, and still witnessed Lanez’s wee baby energy sprinkled all over it, especially with the 2020 release of his ”DAYSTAR″ album. It at once attempted to profit from the shooting and absolve him of it. Fortunately, many music critics saw right through the desperate musical effort.

Let’s say that you, along with your former high-school classmate who went full-tilt Black Hebrew Israelite in his 20s and all the vloggers who’ve apparently been hiding their forensic science degree this whole time, started caring about Lanez out of nowhere and are still convinced that, somehow, that bullet willed itself into Megan’s foot. Try to excuse that nice thread over on Twitter with several examples of Lanez behaving like a violent little man.

Speaking of the big Smurf in the room: Lanez is, according to his arrest report, 5-foot-3. This makes him about 7 inches shorter than Meg and a likely prime candidate for lying on his online dating profile. He’s like every angry, diminutive dude you remember from school, except he managed to build a career creating bops instead of going on to get his “life revenge” on employees as a middle manager somewhere.

Indeed, it would appear that money, fame and success don’t do much to mitigate the issues of truly fragile men (see: every time DJ Akademiks gets caught on video). Lanez’s music is unlikely ever to be entered into the Library of Congress, but his career is not insignificant — he’s made Billboard Top 10 as a guest on a Jack Harlow track, along with a few joints that squeaked into the Top 50. Unfortunately, most pop star aspirants will never achieve what he has.

Musical achievements aside, Lanez’s admonishments outside his talents have done enough to damage his career and send him to the pokey. He’s now put a permanent asterisk next to his accolades that will forever read, “here is the little man who shot a woman that bruised his ego.”

Andrew Tate is another recent example of a “successful” man whose elephantine ego put him in a bad way. Best described as the noxious lovechild of Kevin Samuels and Archie Bunker, Tate has made a living commodifying rank misogyny and becoming a patron saint to incels, to the degree that dude was bounced from most social medialast year.

The 36-year-old decided to pick a Twitter fight with activist Greta Thunberg, who just stopped being a teenager on Wednesday. Tate’s tweet, in which he brags about his luxury cars and their emissions, reads like a 7-year-old running at full speed on the playground to impress a girl he likes. In what could be Twitter’s most liked clapback ever, Thunberg suggested that Tate should aspire to be a “motion in the ocean” type.

His ungodly ridiculous video response to that tweet, in which he receives pizza boxes that allegedly alerted Romanian law enforcement to his location and led to his arrest on charges of human trafficking, among other things, provides all the schadenfreude we needed to kick off a new year.

Perhaps the most egregious example I’ve seen of an unchecked fragile male ego is that of Kanye West, who now goes by Ye. We’re talking about a man considered by many to be one of hip-hop’s greatest and most influential creators; and the creator of a clothing brand that, at one point, had him rich enough to buy off Jesus. Yet he still managed to get into a public tiff with a dude 16 years his junior over dating his ex-wife. Then, when that wasn’t enough, Ye topped off his toxic behavior by spewing his antisemitic views on and off social media.

Ye’s “I never get the respect I deserve” bit was cute when he was on the come-up two decades ago, but the petulance rings tragically when you have more money and fame than 99% and a few decimal points of humans, and you’re still clawing for the imprimatur of rich, white conservatives who don’t give a damn about your Black ass.

The tragedy of it all is made even more Grecian in scope by all the folks (mostly men, but not always) who view the consequences these men receive for acting on behalf of their egos and still manage to make excuses for them.

“Everyone’s always trying to tear down a Black man!” “She shot herself!” “His mama died… his ain’t-rightness ain’t his fault!”

Yes, there’s a ton of context as to why much of this male fragility exists, especially in the Black community. Many of us came up in households and environments where we’re imbued with troubling ideas of “masculinity,” in which we’re told to solve problems with violence or negativity. Too many of us carry that into adulthood and take folks like Dr. Umar Johnson with his “alpha male” tomfoolery to heart.

I won’t pretend that the male ego is easy to check, even among the best of us. For example, my crew of best friends are all successful, formally-educated Black men with little left to prove to the world in our early 40s. But despite being emotionally self-aware and open with each other, there’s always this patina of macho male bullshit that creeps into our interactions, especially as a group.

But the thing about being a grown-ass man is the importance of taking accountability for one’s actions. Mental health and the “system” are no excuses for bad behavior. I believe therapy separates a man from his fragile ego and toxic behavior. We in the Black community are still coming around to therapy in general… especially the men. My septuagenarian Black dad from rural Louisiana was never about that therapy life, so it took me reaching my late 30s to get there.

My hope is that, as more Black Millennials birth and raise children, they will do so with less focus on antiquated modes of “masculinity,” creating fewer fragile male egos and healthier approaches to problem-solving. And I hope that, while Tory Lanez sits his dumb ass down for a few years, he can have sincere conversations with an objective professional and become a more humble, enlightened man willing to spread a new message to the masses.

Again, it’s not necessarily easy to check the male ego, but it’s never too late to try.

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Disappearing Treasures

This time: Adora finds a mysterious chest in her garden, containing nebulously valuable 'treasures'. Catra steals them, is cursed by Castaspella (somehow), and the transcriber becomes increasingly irritated with the poor comic-making on display.

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[Image Description: 14 comic pages from the She-Ra mini-comic, “Disappearing Treasures”.

Cover: She-Ra and Kowl lay fingers to their cheeks in contemplation, She-Ra gazing up and Kowl down into a box containing glowing treasure, which is partially obscured by the title, “Disappearing Treasures,” in a red that simply does not stand out enough. Behind them, Catra, wearing her mask, seems to be sneaking away with a piece of fabric, which is at least partially a very ugly hat that turns up in the story. The colorist (Skip Simpson, evidently) seems to have had some trouble with her, because he colored the shaded sections of her legs the same hue as the background, making her look like she’s missing the back halves of her legs. Behind Catra, the toy version of the Crystal Castle sparkles behind a single wisp of fog.

Page 1: A scroll style banner runs along the panel border, thick enough at the top to contain the title, “DISAPPEARING TREASURES!”

A yellow caption box reads, “SUNRISE—and Etheria’s bright daystar colors the world with the first blush of dawn. At work in the palace gardens, PRINCESS ADORA makes a remarkable DISCOVERY…” and we see Adora digging (unadvisedly) at the foot of a tree with a trowel, Kowl hovering nearby.

“How MYSTERIOUS! Look, Kowl, I’ve found something!” says Adora, reaching out to a freshly unearthed box.

End Page 1.

Page 2: “HOOT! HOOT! A gold and silver chest! I think to open it is best!” says Kowl, lounging back on some kind of like, retaining wall? Or something?

“I don’t know… do you really think I should?” asks Adora.

“I see no real cause for alarm! To open it should cause no harm!” says Kowl. The retaining wall is four bricks tall and floating in midair. It looks like they wanted him to be flying the whole time but didn't stage their panels well. He just looks lumpy and gross this issue, and the compositions are all over the place.

“Well in that case—why not? I wonder how LONG it’s been here! And I can’t wait to find out what’s INSIDE!” says Adora,

“FANTASTIC! What a remarkable discovery—I can barely believe my eyes!” she says in the next panel, as we get a view of the back of her hair and not what’s in the box.

“Fair princess, you have never looked more GRAND—most BEAUTIFUL in all the land!” says Kowl. He’s holding a bicone which splits in half horizontally, like a clamshell, and appears to be a compact mirror. He’s flying again and the wall perch is nowhere in sight. Adora is preening at her apparent reflection, fluffing up a bizarre head ornament.

They tried to get fancy with the panel shape on this last one, too. AND they broke the 180-degree rule. I can blame most of the shoddy lineart on the uncredited inker, but Jim Mitchell apparently did the pencils and he has no excuse for this mess.

End Page 2.

Page 3: “Why thank you, Kowl—you sweet old owl! I certainly feel lovely! But we mustn’t keep these prizes to ourselves!” says Adora.

“GLIMMER! CASTASPELLA! Come quickly—you simply must SEE what I’ve found!” she calls. We see Glimmer and Castaspella approach in the lower twenty percent of the panel, as Kowl poses dramatically at nothing. He’s cuter in this one but yeah I think they just didn’t know how to handle his legs while he was in flight.

“I’ve unearthed a buried CHEST filled with beautiful TREASURES!” says Adora, gesturing to the chest, where it sits on undisturbed earth beneath the tree.

“What a grand and glorious find!” says Castaspella, from behind Glimmer. “Oh, Adora! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!” says Glimmer.

End Page 3.

Page 4: “Gaze in the mirror and you will see, you’re both as pretty as can be! HOOT! HOOT!” says Kowl, holding the bicone over his head. His thumbs are backwards. Girl.

“Princess, the chest—where did it come from? And to whom do you think it belonged!” says Glimmer. I feel like they’re just fucking with me at this point, this one is traced and staged like a Mary Worth panel.

“I don’t know, Glimmer, but Etheria is full of such strange MYSTERIES—both GOOD and EVIL!” says Adora, taking off her hat/bow and smiling down at it.

“... and if I don’t miss my guess, the evil CATRA lurks nearby—eager to STEAL our treasures away! Well I’ll FIX her!” Castaspella thinks to herself.

“I now use my power to hypnotize, to guard these gifts from evil eyes. Hocus pocus! Soon Catra shall see just who she is and who she could be!” says Castaspella, whose bracer is missing as she holds one hand over the bicone still held in Kowl’s gross little foot-hand.

End Page 4.

Page 5: “Adora, the hour grows late and there is so much to do about the palace!” says Castaspella, whose hair is layered over her magic disc, which makes her look like a turtle in a wig. With a giant head.

Glimmer is scowling and cut in half vertically on the left side of the panel. “But we’re having so much fun–do we have to go?” she asks. There wasn’t enough room in the dialogue balloon for the em dash so it’s just kind of crammed in there.

“Castaspella’s RIGHT—we can’t neglect our duties!..” says Adora, putting her bow back in the box. It’s like they wanted an ellipses but then turned it into an exclamation mark.

“Let us put these things AWAY! There’ll be time enough to play tomorrow!” says Adora. A surprisingly nice picture of Catra in the foreground, ominously watching them from the shadows of a tree. I think we have the colorist to thank for that; you can see where the inks were solid blacks and where Skip decided to make it a mysterious silhouette to better direct our attention.

“PURRRFECT FOOLS…!” says Catra, wearing her cat mask and now in full close-up.

“Your precious prizes now belong to ME! HISSSSSSS!” she says, holding the box up to her face like she’s going to lick it.

End Page 5.

Page 6: A yellow caption box reads, “Deep in the Dark Forest, Catra GLOATS at her good fortune, unaware she is about to PAY a pretty price for her ill-fated TREACHERY.” Catra appears to be inside a house of some kind, with a fireplace, a cauldron, some empty bottles on a shelf, a skull, a crooked rafter running through the middle of the room, and a piece of fabric. And what’s either a light fixture or some sort of wall-mounted cheese grater.

“With these treasures, I alone shall rule Etheria… Its every creature SLAVE to the magic of my beauty!” says Catra in the background, mostly in shadow, as she dons the ugly bow and opens the biconical mirror. Her gloves have disappeared

A wrinkly reflection with green hair and Catra's masklooks back at her, and Catra screams, “EEEEE-YAH! My precious face… My lovely hair…” as she gapes in shock. The bicone is now a full-size mirror and appears to be sitting on a table with some more empty bottles.

End Page 6.

Page 7: “YOWWWWWLLL!” cries Catra, running from a classic cottage into the forest, hat on head and bicone in hand.

“NOOOOO! It CANNOT be!” she yells.

She throws something (presumably the bicone) into a small body of water.

“What’s this? My eyes play TRICKS on me!” she says, turned away from the water and with her eyes closed. Whatever she threw–and it may also include the bow/hat, as she’s no longer wearing it–seems to be glowing from under the surface.

End Page 7.

Page 8: “I’ve never looked more LOVELY…!” says Catra, approaching the water to look at her reflection.

“Must get the mirror back… but HOW? I’m so FRIGHTENED of the water!” says Catra.

A yellow caption box reads, “Meanwhile, Kowl makes a grim discovery!” as we see Kowl flying around outside the Crystal Castle.

End Page 8.

Page 9: “THIEF! THIEF!” cries Kowl, clutching the empty treasure box, which now has a ‘D’ on it for some reason.

“Goodness gracious, Kowl! What is the matter?” asks Adora. While off-screen, she’s donned her reversible crown.

“Hoot! Hoot! The chest is GONE… and the treasures to boot!” says Kowl, even though he was just holding the chest.

“This must be Catra’s doing! Fear not, my little friend! We’ll get them back!” says Adora.

“BY THE HONOR OF GRAYSKULL! I AM SHE-RA!” she yells.

She transforms into She-Ra with a loud “BOOM!”, magic zipping around her. Her crown has inverted into its 'mask' position.

End Page 9.

Page 10: A yellow caption box reads, “Guided by the magic glow of Glimmer’s STAFF OF LIGHT, She-Ra and her faithful friends make their way through the Dark Forest…” as Glimmer holds up her staff, staring at it instead of looking for the missing treasures.

“This place gives me the goose bumps!” says Kowl, forgetting to speak in rhyme and pointing at something off-panel.

“Glimmer, you look as if you’ve just seen a GHOST!” says Castaspella.

“Perhaps that’s because… I have! LOOK OUT!” says Glimmer, or at least what I presume is Glimmer, because it’s only about forty percent of her face.

A pair of sinister eyes glow from the darkness, and four yellow fingers wrap around the frond of a plant in front of them.

End Page 10.

Page 11: A lumpy, horrifically rendered yellow creature, vaguely reminiscent of a troll or ogre, leaps from the bushes.

“We have no time for toil or trouble! Vile gremlin BE GONE… and on the double!” says She-Ra, holding her sword like a fencing foil and zapping the creature with magic that wraps around it like weird little vines.

The creature turns into a butterfly. Why is it always butterflies?

“LOOK… up ahead! It’s Catra’s secret HIDEAWAY!” says Glimmer. We get a close-up of her. Casta’s just hanging out in the background.

End Page 11.

Page 12: “Well, well! Our foul feline foe’s the thief… just as I surmised!” says Adora, as she’s apparently de-transformed, popping out of the bushes and frowning at Catra, who’s still trying to work up the courage to grab the treasure from the water.

“Your wretched trinkets are of no use to me! She-Ra… I am HELPLESS! Set me FREE!” says Catra, who’s taken up verse as well. She starts crying.

“Very well… says Adora, attempting to zap Catra only to be stymied by some kind of barrier.

“What strange magic this is! It seems I CANNOT break the spell!” says Adora.

End Page 12.

Page 13: “Please… HELP ME!” says Catra, still staring at her reflection. It’s unclear what spell they’re referring to, as she still looks normal in the water.

“Castaspella? Could it be there’s something you’ve not told me?” Adora asks.

“Oh, all right… I admit I cast the spell!” says Castaspella. So it’s the ‘just who she is and who she could be’ stuff from earlier. But Catra’s explicitly seeing her own, current reflection. So what’s the problem?

“But She-Ra, I’m so tired of Catra’s troublesome meddling! I just wanted to TEACH her a LESSON! Do I HAVE to let her go?” asks Castaspella.

“Perhaps if you show her kindness now, she will one day learn to be our FRIEND!” says a voice from off-panel.

“Very well. Here goes…” says Castaspella, raising her arms as Catra pouts in the foreground. “Deep in your heart, true beauty lies! You’ve seen it with your very eyes! Only you can turn the key and make the choice–-who will you be?”

End Page 13.

Page 14: Apparently, Catra chooses to be a housecat.

“You’re free to go! Be on your way!” someone tells her.

“HISSSSS…!” says Catra. She’s a pale orange, bordering on beige, and surrounded by magic.

“But now you look so SAD-–things can’t be all that BAD!” says Kowl. Adora is She-Ra again, though she’s lacking the eye-covering section of her mask.

“In anger, I used my powers most UNWISELY! Catra didn’t have a chance against my overpowering trance. If She-Ra hadn’t set me straight, she surely would’ve PERISHED! I’m so ASHAMED!” says Castaspella.

“Now, now, no real harm’s been done. There’s a MORAL to be LEARNED here!” says She-Ra.

“Tricks, no matter how innocent, can be HARMFUL! Remember when you’re ANGRY COUNT to ten–and then THINK again!” says Castaspella, in the red text they use for morals.

A small scroll at the bottom of the page says “The End”.

End Page 14.

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#motu #minicomics #disappearing treasures #she-ra #adora #kowl #catra #castaspella #glimmer

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ai-yo · 1 year

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With R Kelly and Bill Cosby I could kinda understand.

R Kelly had many hit songs and albums, he was a huge star.

Bill Cosby had this long legacy and opened the doors for many actors

blah blah nostalgia for both fine.

Wtf has Daystar done? I only knew one song because it sampled my favourite song from Brownstone. The shooting news was the first time I was able to put a face to a name and connect the dots.

It's not like he was a Grammy winner with a string of number one singles and albums, sold out tours or the headliner of a festivals.

It's not like he had a huge mainstream audience and it's accurate to say that, even if you were a fan or for some reason still are. There are many musical artists that are not well known to most people but are a big deal to you and your circle.

So when I see people going up for that man in a way I never saw them do before it is disgusting. This shit has raised his profile.

Because YouTube is a bitch, I am being recommended conspiracy theories with thumbnails saying "Tory Lanez was gonna expose the music industry that why they really locked him up" because there was an old interview of him talking about how artists get little money from their music being streamed.

Um bitch this shit is common knowledge, everybody knows this. The info is a quick search away.

Crissle from The Read jokes about this all the time. Wasn't Tidal created because of this?

Fuck, Lisa Lefteye Lopes talked about how the recording industry fucks over artists in the early 00s

What next Tory Lanez was gonna buy NBC? Fuck off.

#tory lanez #r. kelly #bill cosby

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roman-catholic-mass-readings · 1 year

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16th January >> Mass Readings (USA)

Monday, Second Week in Ordinary Time

(Liturgical Colour: Green)

First Reading Hebrews 5:1-10 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered.

Brothers and sisters: Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. No one takes this honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. In the same way, it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest, but rather the one who said to him:

You are my Son: this day I have begotten you;

just as he says in another place,You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

In the days when he was in the Flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 110:1, 2, 3, 4