#based christianity (for once)

[starry-bi-sky]

I am of the DPxDC belief/headcanon that any variation of Danny who grew up poor in Gotham during his formative years before moving to Amity Park would not be friends with Sam without friction at first. It makes things more interesting and imo allows for more exploration of different themes plus character growth for Sam that she doesn't really go through in canon.

(this doesn't only apply to a DPDC au where Danny grew up in Gotham poor, but it was the first thing that I thought of where this might happen considering my Childhood Friends au.)

Now Sam's a compassionate girl, it's one of her defining character traits, but so is her hypocrisy and judgy-ness. She's the Not Like Other Girls' girl. This is in part of the show's narrative framing that makes her out like this, unfortunately though its still showing how she is as a character since its consistent enough to be part of her character description. There are also times where the show's depiction of her activism makes it look like she's performative about it. All of this makes her dynamic with a Danny who grew up poor in Gotham very interesting.

Anyways, Sam is aware of her privilege to an extent, but still has her blindspots - glaring ones, in some cases. Her self-righteous attitude would not go over well with a crime alley kid Danny. He'd like her, at first, but then she'd do something to make him mad - personally I think her judging people for not being vegan would annoy him the most, or at least would be the breaking point for him, because it was only recently that his family started actually being able to consistently put food on the table at all, good food nonetheless. And being vegan is expensive.

Any other behavior he noticed from her he'd slowly stop tolerating - her judging conventionally attractive girls and automatically assuming they're vapid and shallow for being feminine. Her anti-capitalist beliefs start coming off as superficial at worst, and Danny would eventually figure out that Sam either came from a family that was well off, or that she wasn't aware if her family was experiencing financial struggle.

He would still be friends with Tucker, but since Tucker imo is still friends with Sam, they'd still run into each other often enough to butt heads. Sam's got a nasty habit of refusing to take responsibility when she's wrong, but when Danny is arguing with her, and counterpointing her with stuff she can't retort back at without compromising her own beliefs, then forces her to start reflecting on herself. Especially when Tucker eventually starts siding with Danny and agreeing with him.

Does sam genuinely care about her beliefs and philosophies? Survey says yes. However that doesn't mean she's not ignorant, and she definitely is at times throughout the show (like when she released the purpleback gorilla thinking it 'wanted out of its enclosure' despite the fact that it was endangered and in an urban area) and I think it'd be a real fascinating dynamic between Danny and Sam to explore.

This isn't Sam hate btw, nor am I trying to make her out like "the worst person ever" bc she's not, i wanna make that explicitly clear. Sam Manson has a lot of positive traits about her but she also has an equal amount of negative traits that I think should be explored, she is not immune to the character development.

#dpdc #dpxdc crossover #dpxdc #dpdc headcanon #dpxdc headcanon #dpxdc danny fenton #dpxdc sam manson #on a funnier note to me Danny asks Sam how much a loaf of bread costs and she can't tell him bc she doesn't know #she's an activist but also look me in the eyes and tell me she knows how much stuff at the grocery store costs #rich girl advocate sam vs crime alley kid danny FIGHT #does sam genuinely care about her beliefs and philosophies? survey says yes. however that doesn't mean she's not ignorant #cfau danny calls her privileged once and sam turns a new shade of red #this isn't sam hate btw i wanna make that explicitly clear #she's great i love her hOWEVER i am not blind to her flaws and i think it gets ignored by fanon AND canon in favor of girlbossing her #this also brings up the idea that Sam (based on her releasing the gorilla) would either respect damian wayne or HATE him bc she's judgy #and one of her flaws is her moral superiority over others. how very christian of you Sam - and i know she's jewish. thats part of the irony #he'd open an animal rehabilitation center and she'd assume the absolute worst. its hilarious. Damian would eat her alive #im taking a bat to a hornet's nest i think

[cuties-in-codices]

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God"

illustrated parable in "der spiegel des lidens cristi" (illuminated bible), alsace, mid-15th century

source: Colmar, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 306 (Cat. no. 213), fol. 32v

#based christianity (for once) #15th century #medieval art #illuminated manuscript #camel #parable

[gxlden-angels]

I'm like Jesus, but instead of turning water to wine I turn you transgender

#I have once again decided my blog is for people with blue hair and pronouns only #and have determined t*erfism is not just christian-like but Also v based in whiteness #and as a black transmasc person it just don't sit right with me to have y'all here #with y'all actively wanting my rights gone or working with folks who do #blue hair or bust #ex christian #religious trauma

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

sick in bed watching this movie and YEAH.

#movies #on christianity #on religion #film #celui qui doit mourir #he who must die #opera tag #opera #the greek passion #martinu #bohuslav martinů #adding those tags because they’re both based on the same novel #ACCURATE. SO ACCURATE. #once i read the original novel (christ recrucified) i’m gonna have to make a post comparing the book movie and opera #so be ready for that

[adraughtofamortentia]

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#everyone should at least once in their life #experince the holidays as a non christian non xmas celebrating person #rambles #try not being thr majority during the holidays i dare you #as a jew its just this perspective it gives you #like the whole ass calander is based on one group #im at the store and the xmas music is getting to me #listen i also do xmas im a mixed house hold #but its about the power dynamic and the majority rhetoric #idk man its just like get some perspective #also im a grinch :)

[blodeuweddschild]

Bro fuck Christianity why are we still closing shops at 4pm on Sunday and cause an inconvenience for everyone else I just want some fucking butter you are a multi million supermarket chain not a fucking Christian

#literally everyone who’s not a Christian and tbh 90% of Christians going wtf #Sunday plans foiled by these cunts once again #going to my local spar shop because they’re the only based bitches around

[centi-pedve]

religious rambling feel free to ignore if u dont care about our weird Christian stuff etc etc

anyways we've always felt strange about the idea that Christianity is anti-redemption because of the idea that demons are not redeemed and the fact that hell exists and honestly it makes us think a little bit. since God is the epitome of goodness, Satan is the epitome of evil. You can accept God's guidance (goodness) or Satan's guidance (evil) but you cannot be good or evil because you are not God or Satan, you can only be influenced by good or evil (this is all our perspective btw not everything we say is a widespread belief).

the existence of Satan as an irredeemable figure doesnt oppose the concept of redemption people Satan is not a human being... God doesn't follow the ideas of good and evil like humans do either so why should Satan. Satan cannot be good because he is evil. God cannot be evil because He is good. and this cannot be applied to people.

and honestly we dunno if we believe in Hell at least not in the way most people do. God loves everyone and He WANTS to love everyone. He is the epitome of good and so he can never do moral wrong. so either when someone goes to Hell it is a completely justified action AND/OR Hell does not exist as this place where people are cast into torment forever because they followed too much of Satan's guidance... God and Satan are constantly fighting this war and no matter how far astray someone has gone God will always want to bring them to Heaven because you are His creation and He loves unconditionally. Some are weaker than others and are more susceptible to the draw of Satan especially because of things like trauma or mental illness and we know God understands this and He wouldn't let His children suffer over things Satan created and so He will be your ultimate defender however He can. God is kind and we really do believe He would never let you feel pain if He could prevent it completely.

does this align with the Bible? No... but we think a lot of the Bible is flawed and misinformed. and the people who follow it blindly are misinformed. you should use the Bible to get a general sense of what God is and how His world functions but you should never take every aspect literally and you should never assume every aspect is true. It was written by man and so it is flawed. Shrug

it makes us sad when people portray God as cruel and unloving especially over traits that He gave us.

#an/ti christianity folk please don't touch #we dont like saying we're christian but a weird divergent kind or independent or anything like that #since for some reason most people assume we're christian-wiccan or pagan or smthn like that #or also worship other deities which no never. and we don't want to be lumped in with any of those people #no disrespect its just... it doesnt represent our beliefs in the slightest? so its strange to be counted as that stuff #and makes people assume we're a lot more divergent and chill than we actually are #we're just self-taught so our specific beliefs dont follow any specific denomination and we choose to formulate our own ideas to fill #in the blanks #but we're very reigned in when it comes to those beliefs #this is all very casual and once again we're rambling our little theories and stuff #we dont know how it works! its all just our ideas of how we think it is based on what we know #tw religion

[achilleslyre]

GUYS the roommate i’m hoping to get a room with just sent me pictures of their apartment and outside their kitchen i spotted a naruto poster WISH ME LUCK ON BEING THE ONE TO GET THAT ROOM THIS PLACE IS MADE FOR MEEEEEE

#I NEED THIS PLACE SO BAD LOL #i thought i wanted to get this room based on their listing so bad little did i know how badly i’d want it once i actually saw pics #so srsly if u pray in a non christian way pray for me my beautiful mutuals #i need to find me an actual place i feel safe in and can feel like a home #jitter bugs u

[jedibongrip]

What's your writing about HIV for?

a grade

#im writing about american foreign policy wrt HIV/AIDS research and prevention in the global south & the contentions between securitization #vs humanitarian aid and how even the humanitarian aspect tends to be based on very western/american/Christian and it used to further #economic or social or long term interests esp in regions where the US tends to have conflicts #and then a small section of how that contrasts with broad domestic responses due to once again national interest and imo securitization #so broadly the PEPFAR works to de-securitize AIDS abroad but the discussion utilizes security language however domestically #it has been securitized esp when the program was beginning - and thats due to the differences between the sexualization and racialization #of HIV/AIDS domestic to the US vs abroad #the draft is due next week. i am dying.

[snekdood]

I do kinda think peoples reaction to thinking i prevented my ex from Being Whatever They Want and then trying to exclude me entirely from the things i identify with- like... How is that okay in any capacity? If you did this in regard to my trans identity, would it still be okay? Why is it okay with the rest of the ways i identify too? I never stopped them from being anything anyways, i just didnt want to date someone who was mirroring me so fucking much, goddamn, i was okay with being their friend still, why is that so hard to understand. Sorry i dont wanna fuck someone whos pretending to be my clone, almost in an effort to mock me..?

#some of yall are genuinely bad people. like you do need to digest that fact. #all of this based on a rumor. and again i state like ive stated a million times. what will you do when you find out theyre the abuser? #are you gonna try to apolgozie to me for trying to run me off the internet ostracize and bully me? #or are you gonna come up with a million justifications for why your behavior was fine even though you didnt know? #like maybe. just maybe. in situations where you dont know the truth of the situation. maybe. just dont act on the impulse to hurt #someone because you really really want to believe the other person you like more is telling the truth. idk. just an idea. #because i dont think yall are capable of the self introspection right now to realize how fucking abusive your behavior has been. #JUST because its directed at mem suddenly its totally fine. lets not think about the possibility snake could be telling the truth too. #nawww... the guy who identifies as a snake and looks like a disney villain? im totally not allowing my subconscious biases navigate the #way i treat people in this situation. boy do i love my angel looking boys. #me* not mem lol #surely my culturally christian upbringing isnt playing a part in any of this. #anyways. i never went out of my way to invalidate them but ik believing that would make their narrative crumble for you. #i knew what i wanted. they knew what i wanted. they pretended to be what i wanted. when we got comfortable and i got used to #them being that way theyd start to morph back into who they really are. i dont like who they really are. id try to break up woth them. #theyd beg me to stay. id give them another chance and once again they start acting like the person i wanted to be with. rinse and repeat. #that was the entire relationship. i tried breaking up with them so many times but they were too ig dependant on me #and didnt want me to leave bc ig they thought if i wasnt dating them that id just abandon them and never help them with anything. #i do think its more they knew they could manipulate me easier if we were together and they pretended to be what i wanted. #thats what happened and im sorry you cant accept the truth of who your fave is and what theyre like my dude. #me not liking who they really are has nothing to do with their transness. sure. who they really are is more masc than what i wanted. #but kre than that. who they really were was kinda just a skeevy selfish shitty person who thinks really highly of themselves. #and i just didnt dig that man. not sure what to tell you. #should i have put my foot down and left anyways? yes. and i did. but i knew that when i did break up with them they would turn on me. #like they did. and stabbed me in the back a million times. hoping id hate being alive enough bc of the ostracism to kill myself. #then thered be no one to criticize them for their actions or abusive behavior anymore. #but yeah idc. im not going anywhere. you're gonna tell the truth or put up with my existence. those are your options. #anyways i dont think the progressive solution to you believing i prevented them from being things is to prevent me also from #being things. like how does that help when you just spread the supposed pain.... not to mention it was more of a seed you planted #rather than a plant that was already growing

[gabriel-of-mandela]

What about Lucifer?

Or Azazel?

Lucifer was an eighth sibling, though he was... kicked out of the family when I was younger. He simply was concerned about some of the choices our Father made, and attempted to speak out against him.

Our father was not a good man.

Azazel was not one of our siblings, but was... close to us, and part of our... family. He, also, was banished. I am still unsure of what led to this, Azazel was not very forthcoming with this information and once you were banished, you ceased to exist in the eyes of the family. From what I saw, he was blamed for many sins he did not commit. The scapegoat.

But again, this was long ago.

#ask #anon #siblings lore #((just a heads up im loosely basing this on different versions of different tales #like i based azazel on jewish legend and lucifer off of christian #but i added my own twists #hope its okay! #once again #lmk if im overstepping AT ALL #i am not very familiar with religion myself so i don't know))

[mary-laib]

“I just think that children have a closer relationship with God”

Bro??? You’re child is literally indoctrinated??? She’s literally chanting about how God is going to kill all the nonbelievers and spewing anti-trans rhetoric? How is that normal or Godly?

#based on a convo I had with my mom about my sister #this child literally won’t shut the fvck up about Biden #she literally will tell me about how a man can’t be a woman #meanwhile conservative kids older than her will ask me about my gender #and when I say “just call me whatever you want #they’ll just do it #she’s fvcking SIX #she’s learning about how a dude tried to sacrifice his kid #but isn’t allowed to watch atla #because it’s too violent #wtf is going on #christianity #christian doctrine #cultist #cultism #cultish #christianity is a cult #my mom also exorcised me once because of my autism

[thinkingabout-girls]

rating these laios hugs out of 10 cause they are quite possibly the funniest things i have ever seen

(please note this is not based on laios’s efforts it’s just rating the overall hug)

senshi hug: 10/10. that’s a solid hug right there. bit awkward with the height difference but they made it work

chilchuck hug: 5/10. i’ve been laughing at this for 10 minutes. an effort was made. points have been awarded for an obvious attempt at making chilchuck more comfortable but still is still the awkwardest hug i’ve ever seen. it is painfully obvious that laios once attempted to crouch down to hug chilchuck and received a kick to the nuts and was cursed out for 20 minutes, and has adapted to this so that chilchuck doesn’t kill laios or himself

marcille hug: 8/10. this is the way i hug my relatives that i don’t see very often at family events but it’s still a solid hug

shuro hug: 2/10. this is a great hug but points have been deducted because shuro is a bastard man

falin hug: 1000/10. THAT is a hug and it’s a damn good one. very obvious sibling love right there we love to see it

kabru hug: ???/10. what the fuck is this. what’s with the christian side hug. why are you gently holding his tit what’s wrong with you

#thank you for coming to my ted talk #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #laios touden #senshi #senshi of izganda #chilchuck #chilchuck tims #marcille donato #shuro #shuro dungeon meshi #falin touden #kabru

[cantdanceflynn]

THIS BTW. IS MY PLAN FOR THE NYX FANDERG

#I HAVE SO MANY NOTES ON NYXS CANON DESIGN WHICH I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T TALK BOUT NOW THAT IM DOING INSURGENCY BUT LIKEEEE #I WANNA LOL POKEMON INSURGENCE FUCKS SO HARD AND THE LORE GETS MISTAKEN FOR EDGY SO IT GETS PUT TO THE SIDE N IM TIRED OF IT #OK SO NYXS DESIGN IS IN THIS WEIRD INBETWEEN OF LIKE. ITS SUCH A GOOD DESIGN IN CONCEPT BUT IN EXECUTION IT FEELS. WEIRD #THE IDEA OF THEM TRYING SO HARD TO MIMIC HUMANITY TO STAY IN THIS WORLD. SHARDS FLYING OUT OF THEM THE SECOND THEY ARENT HIDING THEIR FORM #IT RLY DOES FEEL LIKE THEYRE CLINGING TO THIS EXISTENCE AND FAILING #BUT AT THE SAME TIME LIKE. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY BELONG TO ARCEUS IF THAT MAKES SENSE? #AND PART OF THAT IS PROBABLY HOW ITS AGED W THE BETA ARCEUS SPRITE N ALL AND INSURGENCES GENERAL OVERRELIANCE ON THE #(FRANKLY FAKE CMON GUYS BE REAL) CHRISTIANITY BASED TAKE ON SINNOHS LEGENDARIES #MUCH AS I THINK INSURGENCE IS WONDERFULLY DONE STORY WISE. BUT THEY FEEL NOT LIKE ANYTHING TO DO W GIRATINA #THE ROUGH CLOAK FEELS ONCE AGAIN OLD N BIBLICAL THERES NOTHING ABOUT THEM BESIDES A VAGUELY POTENTIALLY INVERTED COLOR PALLETE TO LIKE #INDICATE ANYTHING ABOUT THEM #AND MAYBE THATS ON PURPOSE!!! HELL IT PROBABLY IS!! BUT IT FEELS LIKE A MISTAKE. #SO INSTEAD IM PLANNING TO KEEP THOSE ARCEUS LIKE ELEMENTS BUT PUT THEM IN AS CONTRAST/THEMING #THINK HOW JAERN HAS THOSE THREE GREEN CRYSTALS IN HIS BATTLE SPRITE AS ALMOST FORESHADOWING #ALONG W EYES FOR DIALGA AND PALKIA(ALAS FR DOESNT DO HETEROCHROMIA FOR LORR REASONS) #AND INSTEAD THE REST OF THEIR THEMING IS DISTORTION WORLD AND GIRATINA BASED #INSTEAD MAKING IT LOOK LIKE THE LONGER THEY STAY HERE THE LESS OF GIRATINAS POWER THEY HAVE BC THATS WHERE THE DISTORTION #MELTS AWAY AND THE OTHERS ARE MORE VISIBLE #ANYWAYS. YEAGH.

[magz]

[ Original Twitter Thread by @/beelektra ] - Not by Magz, am not Palestinian

Palestinian Foods. (long post)

Quote:

"🧵 Thread of Palestinian desserts I've grown up around and seen A thing I'd like to add is that I just like to share my culture! I do not want to spread the narrative that our culture is dying, I only want people to see our foods and traditions 🇵🇸

"As mentioned in the last post, we have knafeh (or kunafa), a buttery dessert made with shredded pastry layers such as cheese and other ingredients like pistacho or cream!"

"Burbara; which comes from Saint Barbara, fun fact! It's a soup dessert that mainly consists of barley, licorice spices, anise, cinnamon, and fennel powder This is a dessert usually many Christian families have to celebrate Saint Barbara, which is December 4th!"

"Malban, which resembles a fruit jelly! Made from starch and sugar Specifically, it's made with grape molasses, thickened with starch and flavored with rose water, and stuffed with almonds (or other nuts including walnuts, treenuts, and peanuts)"

"Khabeesa is simply just a pudding made with grapes, but you prepare it by mixing the grape juice with semolina and nuts + seeds."

"Mtabbak or mtabba, a crispy dough stuffed with crushed walnuts. It also contains cinnamon, sugar, and syrup. Photo credits go to Bartek Kieżun on Instagram"

"Tamriyeh, a fried pastry filled with semolina pudding, scenter with mastic and orange blossom water, and topped off with powdered sugar"

"Ka'ak bi Tamer, which are date paste filled cookies with cinnamon! A dessert made for Eid-Alfitr. It's topped with nigella seeds, and the cinnamon-spiced date paste is the most important part of it all– you can eat it on its own or have it with coffee"

"+ Ka'ak Asawer, another dessert that can be prepared for Eid-Alfitr. It's translated to bracelet cookies, and they use date paste, flour, anise seeds, sugar, ground cinnamon, and olive oil"

"Muhallebi or mahalabia, a milk pudding that's made with sugar, corn starch, and fragrant flavorings! It's topped off with nuts, pistachos, and almonds and sprinkled with ground cinnamon or shredded coconut"

"Rice pudding, which is a common dessert in Palestine, and it's your choice to top it off with nuts or not"

"Stuffed dates, using medjool dates and cracking them open to be stuffed with goat cheese and pistachios– but you're free to add anything else"

"Ma'amoul, a buttery crisp cookie primarily made of farina and can be stuffed with (spiced) dates, walnuts, or pistachios. This is another Christian dessert made by Palestinian mothers during the week of Easter Sunday."

"Halawit Smid, a farina based dessert with added sugar and unsalted cheese. It's preferably served fresh"

"Namoura cake, aka harissa dessert! It's made with semolina or farina flour, and then topped off with syrup once baked"

"Qatayef, which is eaten during the month of Ramadan. It's made of farina, flour, water, and yeast blended together– the process is pretty similiar to making pancakes, but only one side is cooked"

"Since I've mentioned using zaatar for a lot of things, I recently just discovered this but– there's also things such as zaatar cookies!! It's just as implied that the cookies are filled with zaatar, I'd be so willing to make this on my own"

"Baklava, made from phyllo pastry dough, butter, nuts, basil, and a sweet honey syrup"

"Aish el saraya, arabic version of a bread pudding. It's basically a layered bread, where it starts from the bottom, then covered with a sweet syrup, cream, and crumbled pistachios."

"Awwami, it's defined as "crisp donut ball" in English. It's a deep fried dough ball coated with sesame seeds, and dipped in cold syrup water."

"Halawet el Jibn, a sweet cheese dessert rolled with custard, heavy cream, drizzled rose water + syrup, and garnished with nuts."

"Lastly, I'd like to add watermelon and cheese– for me, it's like,,,, bittersweet!!! You should totally try it and we also have this during Ramadan"

"Well, that's all I can think of for Palestinian desserts! Here's the first part for general foods, I know I did make a promise for part two

I hope you guys liked this thread, and if you have any opinions please feel free to quote tweet anything on here if I made a mistake, feel free to correct me, it's always appreciated P.S if you're a zionist commenting here I really don't care, just scroll, I'm sharing my culture

One LAST thing. if you want any of the recipes from here, check out this website, the creator (Wafa) shares so many wonderful traditional Palestinian dishes."

[End Quote]

#text post #o post #palestine #described #in alt text #food #masterpost

[mircalla]

why are people angry about some non existent war against christmas when there's a very real war against halloween? i have an exam due PLUS another deadline

#also idk if this happens much anymore but when i was young some people were very against it #like 'i REFUSE to participate in this stupid american holliday!!!' #1: not american 2: it wouldn't be less based if it was american 3: why do you hate fun #why isn't halloween an official holiday with a day off? why do only the christian holidays where u spend time with family get that? #how about the gays get something for once