#also yes if its not indo i will die immediately actually

[cutesilyo]

your thesis on horny filipino fans is callout post dhdj i just... really wanna lie on indo's chest bro 😳 the journey from ph is canon now boi->aph ph in local memes->mmm yes indophil is so fucking accurate for everyone's descent into indophil hell i can't hrgfh it's all fun and games until you find yourself obsessively refreshing the indophil tag on twitter at 5 AM and you haven't slept ffhdj and all for a ship where it's not even confirmed it is Indo 😢 HIMA PLS let it be Indo -sml anon

i know EXACTLY what you mean about constantly refreshing the tag!! god its actually so frustrating to live in the same timezone as the artists you keep wanting content for because!! they sleep at the same hours that you do!! there’s no “aw ill wake up and find new fresh indophil content <3” because its just.... not possible unless westerners decide to do indophil which we can’t really reasonably expect

but at the same time i just really appreciate how much fun everyone is having with indophil and canon phil in general, even if it does come with caveats like that! maybe its not as visible here on tumblr as it is in, say, the hetalia philippines fb group or ph hetatwt or the private discord servers about ph that im sure exist somewhere but like. im just really soft with the realization that im not the only one thats excited about him, you know? like i remember when my phili headcanon posts had less than 10 notes. but today i woke up to 77 new notifications for my assorted phili posts and headcanons and for a small blog like me that doesnt really create a lot of content, thats big! thats so big to me. and now i see a lot more phili content which like, yeah okay i dont agree with all of them but also its a happy problem to have, i think: the fact that there are opinions and thoughts different than mine about this one niche new minor character in a niche old fandom that is historically known for only focusing on the main 8. when i talk about phili, im not screaming out into a void. im screaming at a crowd - small as though that crowd may be - that makes art and stories and shitposts and screams back at me i love this boy as much as you do

i didnt really mean for this to turn out sappy but like. to everyone that makes indophil content when indo hasnt even been named, to everyone who’s been making phili content even back when he wasnt even confirmed, and to everyone who’s just here and enjoying the ride alongside me and all the other filipino hetalia fans who’ve been waiting for this for a whole decade: thank you. thank you so much.

#asks #hws philippines #indophil #i mean i guess i talk about indophil for a bit #also yes if its not indo i will die immediately actually #it just falls apart if its not indo so please. hima please

[apenitentialprayer]

Since you are a Christian who also studies Islam, I wanted to ask you, what are some common misconceptions Christians have about Islam, and vice versa?

Things Christians Get Wrong About Islam

1. “Islam was spread by the sword, and most of the initial conversions were coerced.”

So, disclaimer; there probably were coerced ‘conversions’, especially during the conquest of Mecca. Of particular note is a certain Hind bint Utbah, who hated Muhammad’s movement and even mutilated the corpses of fallen Muslim warriors. She converted shortly after the conquest, probably in the hopes of avoiding punishment for the aforementioned mutilations and general extreme hostility towards Islam.

That being said, Islam for the most part wasn’t a result of sword-conversions. Early documents like the Constitution of Medina may even imply that non-Muslims were considered a part of the Ummah (a word which today refers exclusively to the Muslim community). The early Caliphate was heavily reliant on jizya money to fund further campaigns of expansion, and due to the special privileges given to the elite Muslim military class, there may have even been attempts to discourage mass conversion.

In situations where mass conversion did occur, and those did eventually happen, it’s simply unfeasible to imagine that it could happen on a large scale. Here’s the thing about coerced conversions; when the coercive pressure is taken off, people more likely than not return to their old beliefs. Most mass conversions would have affected the elite or the extremely downtrodden; the former would have been interested in ‘elite patronage’, converting to the religion of the new ruling class in the hopes of destroying any glass ceiling that could prevent further upward mobility. The latter would be interested in ‘social liberation’, hoping that conversion to the relatively egalitarian Islam would remove any severe social pressure being put on them by their old religion.

In other parts of the world, such as Bengal, for example, the introduction of new technologies to indigenous peoples by Muslim settlers likely played a role in mass conversion too. These new neighbors seem to have a pretty sweet idea with this whole “agriculture” business; maybe their religious ideas aren’t too off base either, am I right?

2. On the other end, we have “Muslims were far more tolerant than Christians, and were philosophically more sophisticated.”

Muslims were operating under a system of governance that presumed almost from the birth of the movement’s political dimension that it was a dominant force among several other monotheisms. Yes, Muslims tolerated other forms of monotheism. Here’s a secret, though; there was no pre-Enlightenment society that viewed “tolerance” as a virtue. Tolerance of religious minorities was built into Islam’s understanding of its place in the world, and was a result of many sociological and economic factors.

That didn’t stop periods of short but intense persecution from cropping up here and there. There were anti-Judaic riots in Granada in the year 1066 that likely killed as many Jews as Christian crusaders did thirty years later. The Almohads and Almoravids were two North African Muslim movements that moderated over time but started out with the “convert or die” policy that many people try to attribute to Islam as a whole. Among the victims of this persecution was famed Jewish scholar Maimonides (a child at the time) and his family. They may have even converted to Islam to save their lives - but, as I said, once the coercive element died out, they returned to their original faith.

These tolerated minorities lived as dhimmis, a type of second-class subjecthood in which they were allowed to live in Islamicate societies while practicing non-Islamic religions. Dhimmi communities would pay the jizya in order to ensure that they had this right. In fact, during times of increased persecution, some dhimmi communities even petitioned rulers to allow them to pay a larger jizya tax as a form of protection. That being said, there were still legal limitations for dhimmis. They could not create new houses of worship or refurbish old ones. Religious activities had to be done in private. Non-Muslims were not allowed to be appointed to positions of high status. Fortunately, none of these rules were consistently enforced. When they were, though, you got things like the Granada riots.

A word about Jews in Islamic lands; on the whole, they were treated better in Dar al-Islam than they were in European Christendom. Two things you should keep in mind, though; Christianity and Judaism were both rival claimants to the inheritance of Abraham in a way that Islam really wasn’t. That rivalry created bitter resentment. Second, the Jewish minority in Islamic lands were always one minority among many; in medieval Christendom, the Jewish minority was the only consistent religious minority in existence. That means European Jews were under heavier scrutiny than Islamicate Jews were.

As far as being more philosophically inclined, we should keep in mind that Christianity became philosophized almost immediately. Saints Justin Martyr and Augustine of Hippo made sure of that. The rise of Islamic khalam philosophy was the result of Christian scholars translating Aristotelian texts into Arabic.

3. “Islam is basically Arab cultural imperialism.”

Fun fact; veiling of women, which is heavily associated with Islam today, was a Persian-Sasanian cultural element that was adopted by Islam fairly early on. The wives of Muhammad did veil while out in public, but so did Muhammad at times, and other women were still allowed to walk through military camps unveiled. This would change relatively quickly, but this is one piece of evidence that Islam isn’t just the theologically justified imposition of Arab culture onto non-Arabs.

Likewise, Persian remains the language most commonly associated with Islamic mystical thought. Persian is seen by some communities to be especially well-suited for the articulation of such ideas. This is probably because Shi‘a and Sufi forms of Islam both developed in what is now primarily Iran and Iraq.

After the year 1250, the ruling classes of the most expansive Islamic empires were not ethnically Arab, but Turkic. Just so we’re clear, these Turks were not from what we now call Turkey, but Central Asia. They brought all sorts of cultural innovations with them.

In the Indian subcontinent, the Mughals created a ‘Hindustani’ culture that combined elements of Turkish Islam with philosophical, cultural, and architectural elements of native Indian cultures. The Mughal emperor, a Muslim king, was modeled after the example of Rama from the Indian Epic tradition. Many rituals that they performed were modeled after those expected to be performed by ideal Hindu kings. South Asian Islam has a range of cultural idioms and pilgrimage sites unique to itself, largely a result of the Sufi pioneers who settled the continent before and during the rise of the early Indo-Muslim sultanates.

Things Muslims Get Wrong About Christianity

1. “Christians corrupted the true Gospel, which was a book like the Qur’an and the literal word of God”

The Qur’an described what is called the Injil, a word probably derived from evangelion, which most Muslims interpret to refer to a specific book recited by Jesus Christ. Except it seems very, very unlikely, for two reasons. First, there are no extant writings attributed to Jesus, excepting a forged communication between Jesus Christ and King Abgar V of Edessa. Second, not a single early Christian source (besides the aforementioned letter) ever references writings made by Jesus.

The closest thing we have to the Injil as understood by most Muslims today is the Gospel of Thomas, which is a collection of sayings attributed to Jesus, and the hypothetical Q source. Regardless, the New Testament, as we have it, never attempts to present itself as the actual words of Jesus in the way that, say, the Book of Jeremiah claims to be from Jeremiah.

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If you want more, I could name more, but I think I’m talking to a primarily Christian audience, and I’m kinda tired, man.

#asks #Islam #Christianity

[imaginegladions]

Since you just did a Frozen AU, how about a Tangled AU? Obviously, Lusamine would be Gothel, and Lillie would be Rapunzel, but where would that leave Gladion?

So, I was looking around the net for an ENG SUB watch free for the new Free! Timeless Medley ~Bonds~ movie. I was waiting since last last month for it but there’s still no Eng Sub, which I get. I waited 2 months until the Aikatsu Stars movie got an Eng Sub. But still, I kept looking. And found. A downloadable version with Indo Sub. :|

Anyway, this ask cheered me up a bit. My dad told me that if I was any Disney Princess, I’d be Rapunzel. IDK what he means we are not alike. He loves this movie though.

TANGLED AU WITH A TWIST HEADCANONS:

As per canon, Lillie is part of the royal family of Aether and so is Gladion. Queen Lusamine oversees most of the politics though while Mohn tends to plants and makes cheap medicine and watches over the needy making sure there’s not too much tax and stuff. 

Bless him.

Let’s say Lusamine was with child when Mohn discovered the magic glowing flower.

It was actually a part of his medicinal garden, it just popped up there one day. 

He wanted to study it so of course he pulls it out of the ground to harvest it.

But, unlike pretty movie flower this flower has poisonous!!! thorns!!!

Of course, this kills Mohn.

I’m so sorry Mohn. But you didn’t die in the Frozen AU.

And Lusamine becomes absolutely batshit and tries almost kills Lillie and herself from the pain because she doesn’t want to live anymore.

But lil Gladion, being the sweetheart he is, manages to separate the flower from the nasty thorny stem and create a medicine that would help Lusamine give birth easier.

He also doses her with anaesthetic on the sly so the delivery is silent.

And fortunately, Lusamine sleeps long enough to get Lillie delivered safely by the chambermaids.

Lusamine however does not take kindly to being drugged by her son so she packs to leave under cover of night completely determined to live out her days alone in a boat house she recovered some years ago.

She however is still pretty hurt from labor and stumbles as she’s pacing and her leg starts bleeding.

Tiny baby Lillie hears her mummy in distress and grabs one of Lusamine’s long hair strands and hums/babbles until the wound is healed.

Big Mistake because now mumsie has pLANS FOR YOU.

Lillie - as per canon - ends up living with nutso mummy Lusamine in a boat house off the shore of the Kingdom of Alola in an underwater cave.

Too bad magical healing powers can’t heal trauma.

Anyway, this is where reader comes in.

Reader is a…

COMMONER ROUTE:

… commoner who deep sea dives to make a living.

You pretty much go down there to catch fish or collect valuable rocks.

Mostly though, you sell Pyukkumuku.

(Sea Cucumbers, yes kids do that where I’m from, collect and sell Sea Cucumbers to survive.)

You also explore caves hoping to find treasure to sell so you can go to the Capitol where you hear Prince Gladion is kind enough to take in street people and give them nicer jobs!

What you don’t expect however is to find a secret boat house in an underwater cave.

Thankfully, you watch a little confused as Lusamine leaves the cave to get food, and are not confronted with any angry ex-Queens.

But, as you’re searching for treasure you hear Lillie singing about wanting to get tf out of this boathouse and live her life.

“Your voice is pretty!”

“Than-OH MY GOD! A MONSTER!”

Aw, Lils don’t hurt my feelings.

Oops. You forgot that deep sea diving usually made it so that you’re covered in all sorts of gunk.

Lillie tells you all about her story and you’re kinda liiiiike…

“Sorry, Lils. But, I think your mother might have turned psycho on you no offence.”

“Huh?”

“Um, she needs medical care. Don’t worry, Prince Gladion has medical services open to all at the palace!”

And that’s how you and Lillie traverse Alola doing odds and end jobs until you reach the castle all the while leading Lusamine who is chasing you towards free medical treatment.

In that time, Lillie reads lots of books and you do a lot of fighting.

By the time you get to the castle, you’re an excellent street fighter and Lillie is intelligent AF enough to figure out a way to cut her hair and make medicine from its magical properties.

And when Gladion sees his sister running into the castle with Lusamine on her heels!!!

“It’s good to have you back.”

“Who? ME? Do we know each other?”

“I’m your brother… you’re… the Princess of Alola?”

“Who? ME???”

Gladion is v thankful that you brought his family home safely ah he lost so many guards trying to recover them. D:

And in thanks he offers you a job as Lillie’s personal guard.

You kick all the other guards’ butts though, so eventually you become the Captain of the Royal Guard with your right hand guy, Hau.

One evening, there is a Ball (one of many) to choose who Gladion will be marrying.

Lillie feels super bad for her brother and hates that he has to do it for politics.

But then, he sees you and Gladion chatting amicably and DING DING DING IDEA!

She decides to get you guys to fall in love before the last ball to decide Gladion’s future wife.

Lillie has her work cut out for her though since you both have crushes the size of Jupiter on each other.

On the last day of the ball, Gladion manages to insult some monarch by not asking her daughter to dance with him and said monarch pays for someone to kill Gladion.

Woah that became v Game of Thrones, lol

You saw the assassin, though.

AND YOU DIVE IN THE PATH OF THE POISONOUS KNIFE.

GLADION IS FURIOUS, RIP THAT ASSASSIN.

They think you’re a goner, it even feels like your heart stopped but then you end up miraculously alright!

“That poison… it’s-”

“Pyukkumuku poison!!! I’m immune to that!”

You become Gladion’s First Knight and Consort to the Throne.

ROYALTY ROUTE:

… royal ambassador to Alola from Kanto.

Technically, you’re one of the kids of the King and Queen.

You have so many siblings though so it’s not like you’re in charge of much. 

Just, relations with other countries.

You find interacting with other regions so fun though! And you’re often lost by the crew off adventuring somewhere in the region.

This is how you fall off of your ship and end up swimming into the secret cave where the boat house is located.

And boyyyy is Lusamine pissed to find you washed up here.

She basically yells at you loud enough to bring Lillie out of hiding.

Your gasp is loud af because you know her.

“Lillie! Oh my gosh! You’re okay! Gladion was so worried!”

“… uh- what?”

Lusamine is positively scandalised but she knows exactly who you are now and she’s not letting you take her or Lillie back to that house of horror!

“I’m afraid you’re not well right now, your Highness.”

You snap your fingers and Lusamine is taken away by your trusty guard Hau who arrived just in time to take the loony back to Gladion.

Before you arrive at the castle, you tell Lillie all about what really happened and you teach her about monarchy and being a royal.

She’s just so excited to try new things it’s rather invigorating!

So you both try commoner things together too.

You dress her up in some Fine Clothes before she formally meets her brother though.

At first, she’s very shy and intimidated but when Gladion spots you and smiles she knows he’s a good guy.

She also knows he’s suPER INTO YOU AHAHAHAHA.

She asks Gladion about it one night, demanding that he tell his lil sis all she missed out on.

Turns out, Gladion and you have met a lot of times, you being the ambassador of Kanto. You also played together with him as kids.

If he could choose, he’d want to marry you.

Lillie is super touched by this. ;-;

She goes to ask you about you and Gladion and surprise surprise! You’ve always liked him too! But you thought it wasn’t a wise match since you weren’t inheriting the throne in your own country.

You and Gladion spend lots of time together, in politics lessons and meetings and balls.

Lillie tries so hard to get you two to interact and it usually pays off.

But one day, your parents send you a letter telling you to come back imMEDIATELY.

Gladion and Lillie notice you’re so down nowadays and ask you what’s wrong.

“I’m… getting married.”

*insert that Robin gif from Betrothed here*

Gladion is too shocked to stop you from leaving.

All he and Lillie can do is watch you get back on your ship back to Kanto.

“That’s it? You’re giving up?”

“…. hell no.”

Gladion speeds onto his own royal ship to crash your royal wedding to some kid from Sinnoh!

Kid from Sinnoh is not happy about some guy crashing his wedding though so he and Gladion get into a sword fight where Gladion is mortally wounded.

You call off the wedding and rush to Gladion’s side with Lillie.

Lillie wraps her magic hair around the wound and you both sing desperately, watching him be mended back together.

You grab that boy and kiss him in relief.

And then he takes you back to Alola to get married!!!

#disney Princess reader #this was too long #type: headcanons #type: asks