#a love so strong it is like faith

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Been thinking about the X-Files recently. A show I have a hazy, but fond memory of.

#the x files #x files #fox mulder #dana scully #poorly drawn x files #is this going to be a thing? maybe? #iirc: The x-files is about two FBI agents who are trying so hard to be professional and not fall in love. And everything is a conspiracy. #...It *has* been nearly a decade since I saw the x files. I think I'd have a hard time rewatching for a few reasons but I did enjoy it. #This was initially just a work doodle I wasn't going to clean up #but the amount of x-files fans that Ive seen about + Lazycranberryart's wangxian x-files art got my brain too fired up. #Mulderscully vibes are like: "I'm her silly rabbit. she doesn't call me that outloud. But I believe in my heart it's true.' #Its about having faith and trust in each other! They might not always agree either but they have each other's backs! #Scully is 100% the one that kills the spiders in the relationship. Mulder wants to rescue them but his ideals aren't strong enough #Girl Daddy and Baby Girl Boy. That's who they are to me.

[blueskittlesart]

deeply refreshing to see someone critical of Swift who also like, genuinely likes her. Like i'm neutral to positive on her, but the online discourse has been absolutely rancid. flipping between "Taylor Swift has never done anything wrong ever and she's a fucking genius" and "Taylor Swift is the worst lyricist of all time and also a bad person" is exhausting, so thank you for like. nuance or something lmao

not to make it serious for a sec but i genuinely think that being able to like things that are bad is really important. like I think that it's an important skill to be able to look at something and see what you personally enjoy about it and then take a step back and acknowledge that objectively it's flawed. and to also be able to acknowledge that liking something isn't necessarily an identity or a moral stance. and i think that fandom space in general could really benefit from more people taking the time to learn how to do that. it's okay to like things that are bad

#people ask me sometimes why ill occasionally talk about something i like and then go 'but it's bad' and the answer is usually because it is #i love teen wolf. i love genshin impact. i love detective conan. and i fucking LOVE taylor swift. that doesnt mean theyre good #it just means i like them. and recognizing their flaws actually helps me better identify what i like about them! #it's like. in my mind bad > good is the x axis and i like it > i dont like it is the y axis yk. they're not mutually exclusive #tldr it's not that serious. we can all relax a little #irt taylor swift i do also think she has done some real harm to her fans in enabling them to deflect all criticism of her as misogyny #and i don't think it's fully the fault of these people who are parroting that response bc so much of her marketing has deliberately #reinforced this idea that to be a swiftie is to be a part of a sisterhood and that any attack on taylor is an attack on all of those women #who are in that in-group. when that's obviously not the case. but she's marketed herself as. for lack of a better term. 'girl music' #to the point where it makes her fans feel as though any criticism of the music or the woman responsible for it is an attack on their #personal experience of womanhood/girlhood/sisterhood/etc. and that's how you get all of thess bad-faith accusations of misogyny #i don't necessarily think this was her deliberate goal with her marketing tho because like. on first glance such a strong sense of communit #among fans sounds like a great thing. the friendship bracelets i got at the eras tour movie are really genuinely special to me. #but it does present a problem when your fans are unable to separate how they feel about the community and experience your music has fostere #from how they feel about you as a person. especially when you are a billionaire who absolutely CANNOT be above criticism in this economy #anyway. tldr i love taylor's music and i don't think swiftie hivemind is as deliberately malicious as it may seem #but it's obviously necessary to be able to take a step back and look objectively at what you're participating in. #anyway stream ttpd or don't idc <3 #taylor swift

[twelverriver]

faith lehane + favourite outfit ↳  requested by @chasingfictions

#btvsedit #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #slayerdaily #dailybtvs #buffyversesource #femaledaily #smallscreensource #usersiesie #faith lehane #ep: new year's girl #*mine #if u would ask me next week it'd probably be somthing different #it was a strong contest between this one graduation day and the ats one #but then i was like. i love this one so much #and also. i am not giffing ats for OUTFITS lmaooo #no thx <3 i'm choosing quality #anyay this outfit has me in a chokehold

[soldier-poet-king]

hfdjkshfdsjklah my home parish is advertising some city-wide catholic women's group thing, and as if the phrase 'dynamic catholic women's group' wasn't bad enough to raise my hackles, they're like 'oh special guest speaker tammy p*terson wife of j*rdan p*eterson' AND mass presided by former archbishop cardinal c*llins.

yall i cannot make this shit up. this is smthn ppl are proudly advertising. and then they demand why i dont want to be even remotely associated with my coreligionists. *mr incredible voice* IM NOT AFFILIATED WITH YOU

#i debated not posting this bc it's so mean but also fuck peterson fr #and i am not a fan of collins by any stretch of the imagination #like. why. why are you showing me these posts on social media #what about me in ANY WAY makes nthe algorithim think i want this #the duality of fran #you could not PAY me enough to be there #it's all branded like. i love strong catholic women of faith :) #HELLO??? HELLO??? BEING A DICK IS NOW A REQUIREMENT??? #screams #and ppl are like oh fran why do you hate 99% of your coreligionists so much and avoid church things except for literally to go to mass #GESTURES AT THIS #faith tag #also the fact that your qualifications as a guest speaker are bc your someone's wife #like. YIKES??? YIKES????? YIKES???????????????? #what kind of message is that sending. even beyond the fact that he's a shithead/ #just the general defining a woman by her husband. bitch wtf.

[theinsomniacindian]

I recently finished reading Crime and Punishment and now I want to see Raskolnikov and Ivan Karamazov interact

#intj? check. prone to hallucinations? check. have lost their faith in god at some point? check. #comes off as cold and apathetic but cares a lot about their loved ones? check. suffered after an old person was murdered? check. #have a compassionate yet strong-willed younger sibling? check. #they're so similar in so many ways #i want to put them both in a box like lost kittens and force them to interact in one way or another #i lowkey kin both of them #ivan karamazov #ivan fyodorovich karamazov #rodion raskolnikov #rodion romanovich raskolnikov #rodya raskolnikov #fyodor dostoyevsky #crime and punishment #Преступление и наказание #c&p #the brothers karamazov #Братья Карамазовы #tbk #indu reads dostoyevsky

[giulolosblackmail]

#helix waltz #hw heather #hw helena #helena becoming a famous artist and donating all her best works to the sky church #purely because she wants to support her sister's faith #i love their dynamic of never ever talking to each other and instead #helena makes grand gestures and heather tries to talk to her only to not get her point across #but jokes aside thats so sweet that they actually had a strong relationship as time went on and she made this massive wall of a painting #for heather #for heather to see every day at the place she lives and works and prays #every day she sees this and remembers 'your sister loves you' #like damn yeah that sure is an act of devotion

[seaquestions]

oh also i bought tales of vesperia like yesterday cos it was on sale and oh man. i cant explain it. im incredibly charmed by this game so far.

#incoherent turtle noises #im putting this upon myself to get into jrpgs. cause ive always wanted to but never had enough faith in my attention span. #its so silly and fun and the character writing is already quite strong and im only like 5 hours in #my favourite so far is RITA... I LOVE HER.... she's perfect she is perfect 10/10. #god the first hour i was suffering though cause i could not for the life of me figure out the combat. but its ok i got it now👍 #also i recognized the opening song but like. where did i hear it. cos i knew next to nothing abt this game & def never saw the intro so lik #mustve been like.. some niconico medley or smth idk...

[sysig]

Cat wearing clothes (Patreon)

#Doodles #Pokemon #MewTwo #I was looking at my little MewTwo plushy a bit more focusedly the other day and decided #''Hmm...MewTwo would look good in an Empress-style dress'' lol #He's got the waist-hip ratio for it! He looks absolutely killer imo <3 #I wonder if it would be uncomfortable to wear clothes that hug tight to just under his chestplate tho hmm :0 #The band T lol - I don't listen to Disturbed much but for as long as I've known it I've always tied their song ''I'm Alive'' to MewTwo <3 #''To change myself - I'd rather die!'' He's so strong <3 I love MewTwo so much #But he's also an angsty teen haha - deservedly! I just could see him rocking out and singing to himself angrily just to get the feels out #Loud angry music seems like it'd suit him ♥ #Then a silly one lol since MewTwo is sort of based on Greys I thought an ''I BELIEVE'' shirt would be fitting #But belief and faith and all that I dunno - MewTwo doesn't really seem like much of a believer so how about a parody tank top lol #Especially funny considering y'know - he also qualifies haha #Like wearing a wanted poster of your own face lol #Last little guy <3 Again in the proportions of my PokéDoll :D #I tuck my little lad's tail over his feet quite often I think it's a very cute way to rest #Curled up comfortably <3

[franeridan]

i know I'm a broken record but the way luffy treats law makes me Extremely emotional like Extremely emotional the way he's so angry when he thinks law died? and then how he still moves aside to let law have the final blow when he asks despite being more dead than alive, and how he stops trebol from getting in the way of his fight? the way he stops dof from crushing law's head with his foot and how law's cursing and how luffy's so centered on him until he's safe and how he leaves him to robin as soon as he can and how genuinely angry the whole time he is! for law!!! because dof hurt him like that!!!! I'm insane about it insane I tell you

#BECAUSE he isn't even crew that's what makes me even more insane about it #there are parallels to what luffy has done for zoro for nami for robin!! he does for law the same he does for them #and every time i reread this fight it gets to me all over again #luffy LOVES him #luffy loves everyone and easily call people friend that's not new #a page before he was having that fight with bellamy that was proving just that being loved by luffy isn't weird #but luffy LOVES him #he loves him big! he loves him strong! he loves him angry and overprotective! #he loves him like he loves family!!! #and one can say well he was in the situation he was in #like law was about to die and this was about his whole life of course luffy's reaction would be big like that #but if the situation was that big it's because oda wrote it like that and that ALSO has me full insanity mode #this is a crewmate level of big kind of arc luffy is ever only put in the position to show a love that big for his family!!!! #im so not normal about their relationship i. s2g......... #law wanted to die with him in case of failure........please............. #his whole life and he put it all on luffy with so much faith........... #sobning brb

[samiferboy]

i am not immune to the idea of s1-2 samifer

#avery.txt #young sam being so desperate and confused and distraught bc he thought he could escape this life but no. he couldn't #and here's this easy calm confident man who tells him it'll be alright bc he's strong and capable #sam keeps having nightmares but sometimes this man shows up and pushes them away and makes him feel at peace #not to be all freudian abt it but he never had this support from his father & now there's this handsome man encouraging and accepting him #so he feels Something. and it's fine because it's just this recurring dream right? #but then he finally is able to ask this dream man what/who he is and. he says he's an angel. who's been watching over sam since he was born #(this is a scenario where lucifer gets out of the cage 4 seasons early ig) #and sam finally feels SEEN. he finally feels like his faith has been worth it. #he throws caution to the wind. grabs his angel and kisses him. tells him he wants him even tho he knows its wrong. #and his angel is kinda taken aback. this was NOT where he saw this going/where he was trying to steer it. he didn't think sam would do THAT. #but he gives sam what he wants and oh. it's GOOD. sam dreams that he shows his angel all the love his angel has given him. #idk where this goes/what the endgame would be here but. i love young sam still grieving jess and searching for his dad or grieving for him #*being swept up by someone who gives him what he needs and cares about him unconditionally #and doesnt care that he ran away. that he doesnt obey. that he doesnt fit the mold. someone who loves these things about him. #i love them so much in every possible way <3 con or noncon <3 varying lvls of fucked up <3 love all of it

[malewifespike]

Isn’t it crazy how Spike was licherally the only one that loved Buffy truly unconditionally. even her scoobies abandoned her in s7 even and ESPECIALLY Giles and Willow (i was disappointed but not surprised @ xander) but SPIKE SAW HER AND LOVED HER!!! When she hated him he loved her! When she hated herself he loved her! When she gave up he loved her! When she fucked up and people died he loved her! this monstrosity this creature of death and violence SAW her in ways nobody else could/wanted to! isn’t that crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!

#like and thinking about Buffy’s life as a whole it’s been filled with people loving her but only conditionally and temporarily…… #Angel and Riley and Parker and that random dude from s1 that liked the adrenaline of the danger of being around her #and even her PEOPLE her FAMILY rejected her so completely that they kicked her out of her own home after she made a call that got- #-people hurt #they love her but only when she’s Strong Perfect All-Knowing Slayer Buffy #even after Buffy forgave and accepted and treated Willow with gentleness and kindness after she almost KILLED DAWN #Willow still abandoned her…the audacity…. #and faith! the one who was legitimately evil for a while and actually purposefully killed people! she allowed Buffy to be rejected! #like GIRL!!!! #but Spike. he loved her when she said ‘I hate you’ he loved her when she broke his heart #he LOVED HER UNCONDITIONALLY!!!! and CONSISTENTLY!!!!!!! #btvs #buffy the vampire slayer

[puppypaw-wc]

made a new clangen clan and decided to draw all the kitties, here's the leader, deputy and medicine cat/medic! plus their sprites for comparison. :3 skystar is righteous, creeksplash is loyal, and sleepysmoke is faithful.

#puppy draws #warrior cats #warriors #waca #wc #clangen #clangen oc #clangen art #creeksplash is enby. i keep he/him'ing them tho tbh. he/they creek real- #i love sleepysmoke she's so cute. she's faithful both in the way of being there for cats and in having a strong faith in starclan #she'd probably be a mediator as well as a medic if she could ffcfvfhthefw- #skystar is just a nice old man i like him. his warrior name was skyjoy and joy is an amazing suffix honestly i love it #i also decided he's good at tracking stuff cuz one of his skills is keen eye (i'm using dev version) #sky has good intuition and is a good speaker‚ creek is also a good teacher #and sleepy is very clever #my favorite new skill is the apprentice (n probably kit) skill of “splashes in puddles” it's adorable to me #splash in all those puddles hailpaw i believe in you-

[mostlykind]

I’m in Amsterdam and we went to the Van Gogh museum today. tell me why I literally started crying in the middle of the exhibition 😭😭😭😭😭😭

#it was SO TRAGIC #I WANTED TO SOB BUT I PULLED MYSELF TOGETHER #it’s the 50th anniversary so they’ve done thsi rly interactive setup #and it showed how his brother and sister in law and nephew had faith in him and rly wanted him to get the attention he deserves #and like THE POWER OF LOVE AND FAMILY BRO #IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH 😭😭😭😭😭 #even thinking about it now. I’m not strong enough #if anyone goes Amsterdam literally go it’s a must #rahma’s rambles

[soldier-poet-king]

At all times there is a child in my head banging pots and pans together desperately wailing 'UNLOVED! UNLOVED! UNLOVED!'

#franposting #the child is louder theyre harder to ignore sometimes #like when ive been thinking abt love and faith and guilt and redemption and desire and pride and romance and everything too much #its not true. maybe. my few friends care in a distant way. my family cares as well as theyre able i suppose #im just. I'm not loved in the way(s) i want to be #and sometimes im tired of carrying burdens i pretend i dont even have #im tired or being brave and strong and determined all on my own #its for the shire sure. but im tired and often it doesnt feel like it has a point #im tired of life dragging me over hot coals and pretending it's something i chose for myself #it makes it easier sometimes. that self deception. but its ultimately untrue #i am so weak and afraid and lonely #i can only romanticize the solo burdens and duties and obligations and lonelt sad heroes for so long before i crack #all my heroes die all alone. tswift was right. the archer is rlly it #im going to bed. ill deal with this tmrw. probably badly. but oh well it's rhe weekend #cant go work it off at the gym bc pain hasnt passed. will be a few days still #so ill just. stew ig

[chisatowo]

Softie doodle

#keese draws #oc art #ocs #oc posting #eternal gales #I love this bastard soooo much theyre like one of my favorite eternal gales characters #and they also dont exist by the time the story starts dgmdgdkdh #theyre a main character in my heart ok </3 #they kinda suck but its complicated #they do care genuinely abt the ppl around them and only want to do good for them but their friends also very much overly worship them #that combined with their relative fame means that they dont rly have a strong sense of boundaries or tone since most ppl refuse to #criticise them and will endlessly reassure them if they ever do get any #and thats like how they grew up so they rly dont realise just how bad for them it is #its not until we get to the proper timeloop zone that they start rly getting hit by the concequences of their actions #and it does not help with butter that softie has such a blind faith in ppl because again they do care and generally see the best in ppl #so theyll constantly try to go reach out to whoever this loop is fucking shit up no matter what brute tries to do to convince them not to #which ends in them getting themself killed and the loop continues

[titsthedamnseason]

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#i feel bad saying this bc in the forward brandon says that sazed’s character arc gave him a lot of trouble in the back half of the series #but i can definitely sense that #i don’t really love the direction that it took #i mean i actually do think that him losing faith in the one thing he dedicated his life to is a really strong plot #like it’s the most Serious and unexpected but sadly believable thing that could happen to a character like sazed #but i’m unfortunately not convinced that tindwyl’s death would cause this #and i swear im not just being a hater because i didn’t like her a lot as a character #i just mean that we never really saw them interact that much? and sort of knew that they’d known each other back in terris but there were no #flashbacks or anything and so much of the past was tinged with animosity #so imo their love story came on kind of fast and didn’t convince me #which is why i think i can’t by grief for tindwyl as the reason for sazed’s prolonged mental breakdown #and i also feel bad saying this next part because personal grief obviously changes and affects a person more than other objective deaths #but sazed if fr acting like nobody else has ever died before #like sir your nation is in the midst of a millennia long still ongoing tragedy and desperately needs your specific help now #GET IT TOGETHER MAN! #mine #juli reads the cosmere #in his last pov he said something like ‘yes people have been dying this whole time but tindwyl was Different’ well actually no she wasn’t! #the rest of the terrismen are actively being targeted right now. let’s focus on that if you’re so worried babes!