#The afflicted's gift

[marypsue]

You know what I think is my favourite thing about Dracula Daily having been such a hit on tumblr? (Other than everybody finally learning that what I've been saying all along about Lucy and Mina and Jonathan all being done dirty by adaptations is true and all falling in love with the characters, that is.) It's getting to see all the posts by people with different experiences or expertise or even just perspectives, and seeing what they take away from (and bring to) the novel. I have learned things about paprika, goitre, seafaring, the geography of Whitby, what an aqueduct actually looks like, Romanian folk dress, Victorian etiquette lessons, and the history of psychology that I would never have thought to look up but that have enriched my experience and understanding of this story in ways I didn't even realise it could be enriched.

#thinking fondly of that post where OP explained that the people in the region who were 'afflicted with goitre' according to Jonathan #were probably all wearing bandages around their necks #and having a moment of horrified understanding #dracula #dracula daily #it's a gift that just keeps giving

[sincerely-sofie]

Prompt: Grovyle gets a good night's sleep for the first time and does not know how to handle it

#*Afflicts Grovyle with the same intensifying exhaustion that I suffer whenever I sleep through the night for once* #‘HA. TAKE THAT BLORBO’ #the present is a gift au #stuff by sofie #sofie answers asks #pmd2 #pmd eos #pmd explorers #pmd #pmd sky #pokémon mystery dungeon #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd dusknoir #pmd celebi #pmd grovyle #future trio #pmd future trio #pmd future crew #future crew #pmd au

[random-xpressions]

Maturity is when you thank God for an affliction that brought you closer to him than a blessing that took you away from him...

Random Xpressions

#for all the endless afflictions #what a gift

[the-cursed-wife]

Sgt . Eric "Prince" Haas, Echo 3, E1

#michiel huisman #prince #eric haas #echo 3 #apple tv plus #all day #heel mooi #best actor #ik kan niet slapen #dopamine #his holy hotness #man scruff #he so fine #the affliction #my gifts

[plotbunbun]

The Palestinian death toll above does not count the imprisoned, nor the missing, nor the wronged of the decades before 2008, nor the hundreds dead just this month - including children.

"Have you not seen those who meet Allah’s favours with ingratitude and lead their own people to their doom? In Hell they will burn. What an evil place for settlement. (...) "Do not think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them until a Day when [their] eyes will stare in horror - as they rush forward with their necks outstretched, their heads upraised, their eyes unblinking and their hearts void." — The Qur'an, chapter 14 ("Abraham"), verses 28-29, 42-43

The Palestinian people have a right to armed resistance and they will not be silenced by Zionist dogs.

A few charity campaigns to deliver aid packages to our brethren:

#palestine #gaza strip #palestine will be free #alhamdulillah #one ummah #we are one ummah and when one of us is afflicted we are all afflicted #the Prophet PBUH's people were brutalised - but they persevered #so will we #despair touches not the heart of a believer #so make du'a abundantly brothers and sisters #especially in the night #and give where you can! #tahajjud #sadaqah #may Allah guide us and gift us patience #a sudden post this is - i know #but what better reason to revive my account than dhikr? #inshallah tagging will increase the reach #muslim #islam #apartheid #israel #anti zionism #qur'an #quran kareem #astaghfirullah #charity

[metagalacticx]

you’re frightened of your nature

your promises, they escape you.

what’s one more burden on the back of this beast?

@liamdunbarappreciation week - day one: emotions

#liam dunbar #liamdunbarweek2023 #liamdunbarappreciation #teen wolf #twedit #fyteenwolf #imagine living with a disorder that causes so much pain to yourself and those around you #one that makes you a pariah #that incites such intense fear of being seen as something not entirely human #of being consumed by a beast and unable to control it #not being able to take meds for fear of not being good at the one thing you’re supposed to be good at #the one thing that maybe makes use of this affliction… like bloodletting #and then being bitten. #becoming a physical manifestation of the thing you fear you are #looking into the mirror the night of your first shift and it’s like seeing yourself for the first time #‘this is what i’ve always been’ #the bite is a gift: see. here you are. see. this is who you’ve always been. #see. no more cognitive dissonance. see. this… all of this stays. #and your struggle to control both beasts is eternal. #what must that be like #twgs

[pyrriax]

hi tumblr im back on my bs today i have GOTTA start picking prompts at the start of the day again i had to speedrun one last night bc i . forgot.

#haunted ecosystem #HOWEVER im afflicted with wrist pain again. lord help me Why #we continue on i will do something. #OH that reminds me i need to work on getting some stuff into this vault im gonna pick a prompt and then work on moving info #gotta put in the bingo cards and also my gift fic stuff

[brokehorrorfan]

Affliction will be released on Blu-ray on April 16 via Shout Select. The 1997 neo-noir crime drama is based on the 1989 novel by Russell Banks.

Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Hardcore) writes and directs. Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, and Willem Dafoe star. Coburn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Affliction has been newly scanned in 2K from the original film elements. No special features are included.

When events shatter the quiet of his small town, Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte), with the aid of his new girlfriend (Sissy Spacek), is forced to confront his past and reexamine his life. Determined to fill the emptiness, he must either stand tall against his childhood demons or fall victim to his father's abusive ways.

Pre-order Affliction.

#affliction #paul schrader #willem dafoe #nick nolte #james coburn #sissy spacek #shout select #dvd #gift #russell banks #90s movies #1990s movies #oscars #academy awards

[storm-called]

thinking of the hilarity of having a charr who is also a werewolf

like, you're already a hulking "beast" with animal like features, but like, dog instead of cat

#rook rambles #also kinda funny with a norn #cause like #your affliction just constantly gets mistaken for being an avatar of Wolf #and you're sitting there trying to explain that no it's not one of the spirit's gifts #/you're a follower of hare/ #it's a blood disease/genetic curse/what have you #and no one believes you

[a-crack-kinda-girl]

#shitposting #lacho #i am sick and i’m using the gift of feverish imagination to create this #they are truly the bane of my existence #my lifelong affliction #the rock in my shoe #tropecé de nuevo y con la misma piedraaa🗣️

[maraeffect]

any time i'm on tumblr past midnight, i end up posting about how i have a half god complex and feel like i'm an ancient otherworldly soul with untold wisdom

#its so fucking funny I probably sound fucking delusional lol #i know I'm a human!! but especially spiritually i have this intuition nagging me #saying that I'm something else inside #IDK if anyone else understands what i mean by this #but I'm gifted with divination and even some rare premonitions #and i just feel far too wise and too connected to the world to be just a simple human soul #and all the awful things that have happened to me? it makes me think #maybe I'm afflicted because I'm something else in a human body. and the body breaks down quicker #IDK!!!! #my spiritual friend told me to trust my gut on this so I'm trying to #and my gut is saying that I'm something more. #chatter #universe #spirituality

[faetedforglory]

planes nomad brain rot

#tbd #{Thinking about Keanu talking about being pretty much forbidden from returning to their home world} #{Maybe not legally but} #{They feel like they're seen as diseased. Contagious. Like a rabid animal that might infect others with their affliction} #{How they've been consumed by the fatal illnesses of hedonism and wanderlust} #{And how they can't understand their race's stagnation. How they can be content in stillness and rigidity} #{They've been blessed with the wonderful gift to explore every possible reality out there} #{And their kind chooses familiarity and a constant} #{It doesn't make sense to them. How can you not chase joy and excitement and heartache and the unknown and the impossible?} #{How can you waste away in monotony and mundane?} #{Their kind is meant for so much more. And they cannot fathom denying such a call} #{Their kind thinks that Keanu cannot know true happiness because their hearts will never be content with rest but} #{Keanu knows happiness. They just know there is no such thing as constant happiness like their kind has fooled themselves into thinking} #{Life is about pain and joy and suffering and love and loss and heartache and its so much more} #{They do not want constant happiness. They want to live. They want to cry and ache and love and regret and laugh and make memories} #{They may never have a physical home} #{But as long as they are free their hearts. Their body is their home} #{And Keanu thinks it's so silly to be cast out and ridiculed for wanting to live instead of be contained and unhappy}

[the-cursed-wife]

Michiel as Dylan, in all his fineness and glory 💫

"2:22" (2017) Director: Paul Currie

#michiel huisman #best actor #heel mooi #his holy hotness #dylan branson #2:22 #2:22 edits #but his beard tho #he so fine #michielhuismanedit #michielhuisman #beautiful man #my gifts #the affliction #and his hair

[hotmessexpress2023]

Romans 5:1-21

We have been declared righteous by faith; we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Also, through Him, we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character and proven character produces hope. This hope does not disappoint, because God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person - though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath. For if, while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned. In fact, sin is not charged to one's account when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression. He is a prototype of the coming one.

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man's trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift overflowed to the many by the grace of the one-man Jesus Christ. And the gift is not like the one-man's sin, because from one sin came the judgement, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification.

Since by the one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is life-giving justification for everyone.

For just as through one man's disobedience the many were made sinners so also through the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. the law came along to multiply the trespass, but where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

#Romans #Bible #Righteous #Faith #Glory #Rejoice #endurance #affliction #character #Saved #Gift #resurrection #life-giving #forgiven #multiplied #rejoice #loved #gift

[cosmicplexus]

Astrology Notes...

🌻The house your Neptune is in, is the area your prophetic dreams are usually centered around i.e. Neptune in 6th house can be insight on career or health.

🌻8th house natives may not enjoy sex as commonly believed, but may merely view it as their best escape from deep seated issues(especially applies to moon, venus or mars in 8th house).

🌻Moon square Jupiter natives can heavily struggle with being consistent in their lives.

🌻Having a Cancer or Libra Mars at Aries 1°,13°,25° degrees can ease off the passive aggressive energy.

🌻Gemini moons are some of the most intelligent people you'll ever meet.

🌻Mercury in hard aspect to Saturn is the aspect of geniuses.

🌻8° and 20° personal placements tend to be more mysterious than Scorpio placements...insane if you have both.

🌻A 6th house, 6° or 18° Jupiter or Neptune can indicate the gift of being a healer.

🌻Saturn afflictions are a blessing in disguise as Saturn isn't just a life sentence of anguish, but a testimony that beautiful things take time. Don't feel unlucky over those personal placement-Saturn squares/oppositions.

🌻The degree your Saturn is in can either be an indicator of the area of your life that takes time to yield amazing results or is the things that reward you for a long time e.g a 29° Saturn can mean being in the spotlight for a long time.

🌻Moon in 8th house synastry may have an uncomfortable element if both people aren't ready to fully let each other in. This is because the partners seem to always know what's going on with the other or seem to have an awareness of the other's vices, past etc and this may be uncomfortable without mutual consent to access these things.

-Authors Note...Thank you all so much for the love you've shown me🤍🌻

#astrology observations #astro notes #astro observations #natal chart #synastry #libra #gemini #moon sign #scorpio #birth chart #neptune houses #8th house synastry #astrology blog #cancer astrology #saturn #jupiter

[lex-in-superposition]

Dysphoria and Euphoria in Nimona

Honestly I think that Nimona such a raw and simple explanation of dysphoria and euphoria in the movie. It really moved me (both times now haha) when I watched it.

Firstly she talks about the discomfort and how to get rid of it:

But she doesn’t just stop there, she actually talks about the freedom of being herself!

Transness is so often limited to this horrible condition which afflicts you. This idea that you are a sufferer of dysphoria and nothing more. Transition, whatever that means to each person, is only done to treat this condition, alleviate the symptoms, mitigate the pain. The best you can hope for is a life without “itchy insides”.

But the way she talks about the freedom of the “sneeze” is more than just relief of the discomfort. It is a positive experience in it’s own right! Transition is not just some treatment, it is a joy. Pure joy. Euphoric.

To transition or to just be able to BE trans, is to be happier and freer than ever before. To be trans is a gift perhaps.

Then we get into the “option” of repression:

This one hit especially close to home for me. Maybe I could have survived without transition, that thought often caused me doubts in the early days. If I was even worthy of the “treatment” if my “illness” wasn’t severe enough.

Maybe, maybe.

But god it’s made me so very alive.

Our joy isn’t a crime. Our lives are not unworthy of happiness. It is not wrong to want real, beautiful, vibrant, chaotic, messy, unpredictable, stupendous, unashamed, overwhelming LIFE!

There is no obligation to hold ourselves back for the comfort of others. To not only inflict pain on ourselves, but deprive ourselves of joy because perhaps we could survive without the “cure”.

We are not defined by our suffering. It is not our pain that shapes us, It merely attempts to break us. We are defined by who we are in spite of it all, by the joy we us to build ourselves up, brick by beautiful brick.

#trans #transgender #lgbtq #gender #nimona #nimona movie #nimona spoliers #non binary #gender euphoria #gender dysphoria