#but magnified a lot

[fictionadventurer]

I have a germ of a theory that good Christian fiction has stories that are less about shaving down your personality to meet some specific mold of what a good Christian looks like, and more about "how gloriously different are all the saints."

Not that the Christian life doesn't involve fighting against our own sinful nature and conforming ourselves to Christ-like behavior, but I think it makes for better, more realistic, and more universal stories when you also recognize that people have different gifts and flaws and they're going to be called to use their unique personalities to serve the kingdom of God in their own unique way, instead of assuming everyone has to conform themselves to a very specific (often secular-culturally based) image of good behavior. It makes for a much more vibrant story.

#catholic things #books #i'm still ruminating on charlotte yonge #because i usually contrast modern christian fiction with how the classics incorporated christianity #but she's the first classic victorian author i've found that i'd describe as writing christian fiction #which makes for a more direct comparison #she did handle religion in some very good ways #but i tried another of her books after 'heir' #and it reminded me of what i didn't like about the childhood section of 'heir' #but magnified a lot #she wants to show her children overcoming flaws #but she has a very narrow english anglo-catholic view of goodness #and that means her idea of christianity can come across as very judgemental and narrow-minded #things that are not actually sins in and of themselves are treated as moral failings inherent to other cultures #and the kids spend so much time worrying about cutting out sin that you don't get to see enough of their unique personality #i'd be willing to try more from her but i think i'd have to stick to the stories about adult characters

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

The Great Outdoors! I can imagine Chang and Tintin going on camping or hiking trips for dates. While they love exploring museums and flea markets, in the woods they can avoid public scrutiny.

I've just been in the mood for drawing in ink and also doing long walks outside. These are inked traditionally and coloured digitally.

#tintin #fanart #adventures of tintin #snowy #milou #chang #tinchang #traditional art #hiking #ive just had a lot to do and i want to animate but i dont have the energy or time rn #so this was something gentle and easy to do lol #i can imagine chang making an effort to recover after tibet #didi trains him up #i remember seeing a post theorise tintin needs glasses because he often uses a magnifying glass to read papers and stuff lol #i need to find it

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Yo, SyntheticCharm likes the LaughingStock ship name a lot.

i think the real question is the opinion on ground beef. everyone's silence on the topic of ground beef is deafening

#quite simply put I Dont Think Thats Any Of My Business <3 #i mean! i also like the name a lot! its a good fuckin name! #but shrimply this information is saltines to me #what do i care for the affairs of gods #i am but an ant in my little hill praying to fuck that there is no one to perceive me #also no wasps. no wasps is a Very big plus #i dont need to know. i dont need to knowwwww #nothing exists outside of my corner hush shush #rambles from the bog #stop invoking names yall are making me nervous #i Do catch fire under magnifying glasses thankyew #i know no names and no names know me #< daily affirmations

[ohno-the-sun]

Moon’s got some issues. Been listening to this song a lot and it sorta reminded me of him. These are not the lyrics, more so generally inspired by the vibe I guess.

#fnaf daycare attendant #sundrop #moondrop #fnaf sb #my thought is under the virus moons emotions are very heightened #especially anger #so the feelings he has about sun that he usually ignored #are magnified #like his jealousy of sun and in his perspective the way the kids like him more #they don’t actually like sun more but when ur only interacting with kids when ur trying to get them to sleep… #but most of all he has a lot of self hatred #he has the tendency to blame himself for everything he does wrong #and partially projects that on sun #but I also think he hates how he was without the virus #too passive and naive #lol I really have a whole paragraph down here whoops #fnaf sun #fnaf moon #my art

[uniquezombiedestiny]

I LOVE YOU

#art #bella #lc ocs #horror art #if this needs any tw tags or anything lmk!! #love this one a lot tbh. hope i got the horror across here!!!! #that caption is from the red shoes btw! <3 #some rambling on this one from discord: #this piece has a few meanings so it was. so hard to pick text for it #1. how bella thinks others percieve her - lots of eyes staring at her. “i am being eaten from the outside in.” #2. the red shoes - it being a parasite. spreading and growing (it grows across her arm as you look down!). the whole fish swimming through #a river thing. being eaten from the inside out #“i am loved (being eaten) / from the inside out / from the outside in” managed to apply to all of this #even the first line - while primarily being about her relationship with her corrosion and the red shoes - could also be about her friends' #views of her. they love her and thats eating her up #i debated a lot on what i wanted the text to be for this one #one of my drafts was 'i am an ant under the magnifying glass' which i am totally saving for another time. i love that line #ALSO MORE DETAILS <3 the eyes' glow and the shaking lines around her arm are pixelated #the pixelation is like censorship. something to be hidden away. you dont need to see this

[robinfrinjs]

Michelle Gatting a driver actually in the race was sitting next to her boyfriend (Jules Gounon) during the race. The broadcast filmed them and apparently Dutch Eurosport commentators did not mention Michelle at all and went on whole list of her boyfriend's achievements and then didn't mention Michelle by name and just said she was his girlfriend.

His girlfriend who's actually in the race ?Jules isn't even driving. And at that point the Iron Dames were doing very well already and their team has now been leading for hours.

#racing #wec #24h le mans #this throws me back to people getting mad at Michelle for complaining about Nürburgring amateurs because it ruined Jules his race #and a lot of other drivers complained as well but Michelle was put under a magnifying glass and ah shes only complaining #because it's her boyfriend blah blah

[grapemoon]

#meme #eene meme #ed edd n eddy #ed edd n eddy meme #eene double d #double d #ed edd n eddy double d #eene edd #i want to study him under a magnifying glass & i think he’d appreciate that a lot

[saintjudasi]

she's an il macquillage lady

#my secretary mole lady. she has a name i wrote down somewhere but i forgot it #shes an alien from my scifi thing. been making a lot of weird almost-furries for it #certified judas originals #rivalz.png #her glasses look dark because they magnify her eyes by like 100x the black is just her pupil

[elvenroach]

I want to study 2003 roy mustang like a bug

#either put him under a microscope #or take a magnifying glass and burn him with it a little #because like what is wrong with that man #why does he act like that #this is said /affectionate but with a lot of hate in my heart #roy mustang #fma #fullmetal alchemist 2003

[nicothedingus]

"Looks like there's a mystery to solve." self indulgent triple mocktail/ryder x gavin x parker stimboard! old man yaoi. credits x | x | x x | x | x x | x | x

#nico's stimboards #stimboard #roblox daybreak #daybreak roblox #ship stimboard #shipping #triple mocktail daybreak #ryder parikh #gavin prescott #parker kaplan #<- that's a lot of character tags! wowie #roblox stimboard #stimblr #visual stim #alcohol #gun #tw gun #<- i guess #magnifying glass #detective stim #gun stim

[ariel-s-awesome]

Love the idea of Wander secretly not liking Peepers and that's why Wander tends to ignore him.

He can deal with Hater. He can deal with any aimless soul.

Yet Wander sees his worst in Peepers and it scares him. Not in a being scared of Peepers way (...mostly), but in an existential dread way.

Looking at Peepers feels so raw. So Wander just hopes that if Hater becomes a good guy, Peepers will happily follow.

And there will be no need to pay attention to Peepers in the meantime.

#wander over yonder #wander #woy #woy wander #commander peepers #woy peepers #peepers #need to write up their parallels later but #oh to see a dark reflection of yourself #with many of your best qualities fueling evil and your worst magnified #actual original content #I think this is one of the root reasons it takes longer for Peepers to come around #and that Wander's efforts drive Peepers deeper #because he doesn't realize that he's become competition #he just doesn't think about Peepers #also... his usual methods don't work on someone who has a LOT of hope #just evil goals #how do you comfort someone who thinks he has the galaxy in the palm of his hand?

[seaside-lovers]

intimidating and powerful f/os that are oh so gentle with you, my beloved.

#self ship #ficto #this applies to a lot of my f/os as a lot are powerful but take care to be gentle with me #which i very much appreciate #but this applies to especially dmitry. who tolerates me trying to spar with him and takes the time to allow me to learn my own strength #and how i can defend myself #and hank as well who is not as gentle but in an effort to help me exercise my physical capabilities #and not to hurt me but rather teach me (and even then making sure he's not harming me) #even after being magnified and not knowing his own strength #he's so careful not to accidentally hurt me and I love him for that #waves.txt

[leqclerc]

Alright, let’s break it down:

While unconfirmed, this “news” is coming out just weeks after Charles vocally defended his race engineer, Xavi, implying that much of the mistakes and miscommunication stemmed from the working conditions within the team, particularly in 2022. After the race in Baku (Ferrari’s most successful weekend in 2023 to date) Charles took the time to explicitly thank and praise Xavi over team radio. Earlier in the year, Charles mentioned in a Twitch stream that the people he trusts the most include his family, his personal trainer Andrea...and his race engineer, Xavi.

Now, the team made costly strategic mistakes and wrong tyre choices (often failing to take Charles’s feedback and preferences into consideration) last year while...well, attempting to stay in the championship fight.

Xavi is a face and a name everyone knows. For most people, especially with only a surface interest in a team’s inner workings, they will know the drivers, the team principal...and the race engineers. It’s incredibly easy to make someone like Xavi a scapegoat because he’s a tangible being you can point your finger at. Just look at how people get carried away nearly week in, week out, pinning the blame on Charles’s race engineer for everything from strategy to tyre choice, which do not fall under the umbrella of his responsibilities. As a race engineer, he’s the bridge between the pitwall and the driver. He’s being fed information regarding decisions made by those sitting on the pitwall, including the strategists. He is not the one making those decisions. Until we get a pitwall cam + radio channel specifically, we likely won’t know what the hell is going on over there.

Has Xavi made mistakes? Of course. I think every race engineer has, at some point, made mistakes or had a disagreement with their driver. Not saying everyone has to love the guy, but is there really no way to criticize someone without resorting to abuse and threats? I can’t help but note that a lot of that is often coming from those who balk when Charles is on the receiving end of similar treatment online. It’s not okay to cross a certain line when it comes to criticizing Charles, and it’s not okay to cross a certain line when it comes to criticizing Xavi, simple as. Not to mention there seems to be a lot of projecting going around and often Charles’s own feelings and perspective get invalidated because they don’t fit a certain accepted narrative.

Anyway, point being, it’s always easier to blame it all on the guy people know (and conveniently already have a negative opinion about) and throw him to the wolves rather than dig deeper and eliminate the root of the problem. And here’s where I hope Fred’s approach differs from Mattia’s.

Let’s be real, this team has had miscommunication and strategy issues pre-Xavi, currently has them, and very likely will continue to have these very same issues even if he’s gone, until something at the core of the team begins to change for the better. 

#text #discussions and predictions #meta #if you want to put your tinfoil hat on it could've been a threat/power move on binotto's part #since he seems to have a habit of separating him from trusted people around him (first seb now this) #also seen a lot of people turning away from charles as a result of this. like 'oh i can't defend him/feel sympathy for him anymore' #which is like 🤨 #also i like how people are conveniently forgetting that carlos is also often unhappy with adami or is having to correct him #even in barcelona i think they broadcast that radio where he was questioning the tyre strategy/timing #in a lot of ways i see xavi as charles's reflection in the way their mistakes get magnified and picked apart bc people want a gotcha moment #much to think about #long post

[stelashe]

Do you ever stop and think how the pandemic brought out the worst of people and how everything and everyone became subtly worse

#i feel like a lot of shit was magnified and now is worse but just slightly to the left bc people would argue that nah we were like this #before...were we? and if we were not learning shit and not getting better isn't ultimately becoming worse?

[happyheidi]

lol omg rummaging around my photo album and found this old “modeling” pic of myself 😄 had to share 🙈

Shout out to all my lipgloss users out there 💋😂

#more of a lip balm person really #addicted to lip balm actually #that fake tan tho #girl #hahaha #the filter magnifies it a lot but still #me

[gideonisms]

mandatory gender reporting time of the semester love that for me ! 🚫🙅‍♂️👎

#i'm sorry but the idea that in texas someone would be comfortable announcing they use they/them pronouns to an audience of 50 people #it was like. pass the index card with your info on it to the person next to you and *that* person introduces you 💀 #in texas??? hello?? #are we really 100% confident the person next to us who we've just met would represent us with respect #love the optimism here but. #had i explained my whole deal i would have been the only one to do so. #also the only woman. woman adjacent person. whatever. with short hair. hhjkkkk #like one (1) person in this class is slightly gnc. slightly #it's already like spot the homosexual in here and it's not hard to spot the homosexual #okay it wasn't 50 it was more like 30 my point stands it felt like a lot of people #it truly is hitting me i'm going to go into my field constantly having to either pick a work gender or say to everyone i meet Immediately #hi i'm abi i have a complex relationship with my gender! #you wanna hear about my complex relationship with my family next? my medical history? how about discussing the undiagnosed autism #let's do a deep dive on my sexuality after that when we get to know each other well enough to trade the tamest stories about our exes #feel like a bug specimen under a magnifying glass trying to go about my day #this is why i grew my hair out in the first place i remember now