#church definition

[morebird]

Father Astarion

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 fanart #astarion #bg3 astarion #from the same church as father raphael #just a normal priest who definitely wont suck you dry in the confessional booth #drawing bg3 guys as evil priests is not how i picture the end of this year but i am not complaining

[katieaki]

Promises Fulfilled ✨

December 2022 digital

Girl Best Friends

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#KatieAkiPresentsTheWasteland #Tattoos Girly is definitely a Knife Church femme #(dangerous) #lesbian art #lesbian artist #lgbtq #lgbtq art #wlw #sapphic #sapphic art #Knife Church #femme #femme top #digital drawing #digital art #procreate #femme4femme

[itsdefinitely]

Hey!!! I love your art sm!!!!!

I was wondering: can you draw Ted being possessed by Tinky or Bill being possessed by Blinky (or both)?

Have a great day!!!!!!!

normal guys in normal scenarios

also

#ted spankoffski #bill woodward #bliklotep #<- I KEEP SPELLING HIS NAME WRONG #t'noy karaxis #id in alt text #definitely art #im so. normal about bill haha you have to believe me would i ever lie to you #“what's more if we don't comply/with the church's wishes/i can see us being sacrificed or stuffed” #no i totally didn't replace things in that song with stuff that relates to hatchetfield and the church of the starry children. haha

[kinnporschegl]

deep in the trenches of last year's art folder I found a princess/knight wlw vegaspete au ... maybe I'll go back to it

#yes thats the ibispaint church background leabe me alone #i remember nothing of this au except that vegas dramatically chops her hair off with a sword before they elope #she would probably convince pete to grow her hair longer #definitely not so vegas could pull it nope! #kinnporsche #kinnporsche the series #kpts #vegaspete #vegas theerapanyakul #pete saengtham #my art #fanart #genderbend #wlw

[the-witchhunter]

DP x DC: True Love’s Kiss

loosely inspired by the Princess and the Frog, but more inspired by Comet the Super Horse, Supergirl’s oft forgotten “pet”

And by “pet” I mean Comet isn’t a kryptonian horse, he’s a fucking centaur named Biron cursed by a witch to switch between forms that also gave him superpowers. Might not have been a curse, but still oddly specific considering he was just her horse for a while and also in love with her I think?? Also a member of the Legion of Super-Pets. 

So LET’S DO THAT TO DANNY(kind of)

So the legend of the church Grim, is that it’s a protective spirit of sorts guarding churches and cemeteries, taking the form of a large black dog with red eyes. 

So, one of the various witches, warlocks, occultists or sorcerers managed to bind Danny, to guard... something. Danny isn’t quite the normal type of spirit and frankly the person clearly messed something up. The result?

Danny is stuck in the form of a black dog with access to some of his powers. Frankly, they seem suspiciously like Krypto’s powers... The League suspects Lex Luthor experimented with cloning Krypto, and Superboy get’s a superpowered pet of his own. 

Danny and Kon? The best of friends. They’re practically glued at the hip, where kon goes, Danny goes. Suddenly, being a dog isn’t all that bad. Sure, there’s the can’t talk or order fast food, but Kon feed’s him a lot more “people food” than he should when Ma Kent isn’t looking, and the dog food they get is surprisingly tasty. It’s fun wrestling with Kon, and Kon gives the best belly rubs. They take on bad guys together go on adventures, and it’s a surprisingly enjoyable life.

The one day, snuggled up in Kon’s bed ready to got to sleep, Kon just smooches his dog on the head, and *POOF*

Kon’s dog just transformed into a man his age, who is currently naked and in his bed.

#dpxdc #dp x dc crossover #dp x dc prompt #dp x dc #I'm a sucker for Danny and Kon #romantically or platonically #Danny Phantom #church grim Danny #comet the super horse #Danny has definitely seen Kon do some stupid shit #imagine all the stuff you do in front of your dog #that you wouldn't do in front of people #Kon did that in front of Dannyc #interpret however you will #no but seriously comet the superhorse lore is kind of wild #Danny probably got access to more of his powers after being turned human #or he only has access to the other half of them #and he switches form back and forth to access some of his powers #until he finds the occultist that did this and fix things

[cry-ptidd]

I just wanted to say that I think the werewolf lady is pretty

And have her and Anderson met before? And was it a hostile interaction or a wholesome one??

Her and Anderson’s first meeting really wasn’t wholesome.

#thank you for the ask! #and the compliment! #hellsing #alexander anderson #laura chastel #hellsing oc #my oc #my art #cw blood #comic #I’m really fucking proud of this #they hate each other #and she absolutely detests him for both being a clergyman and attacking and insulting Integra #but the one she hates the most is Maxwell definitely #she has severe ptsd especially with the church so she’s not a fan of the Vatican #also those bible page barriers don’t do shit. she’s not a vampire

[yuri-is-online]

A Pocket Full of Posies and WTF is up with Rollo's Hankie

Before we begin, a slight disclaimer: yes, Medieval beliefs about disease and how it spread were weird. They did not have the ability to know about germs because those are literally microscopic and germ theory would not be "discovered" until the 1860s. THIS DID NOT MEAN THEY WERE STUPID AND IF I SEE YOU SAYING THAT WE WILL FIGHT. Anyway-

If you have been kicking around on the internet for a bit, chances are you might have heard the "dark history" fact that that the "Ring Around the Rosey" nursery rhyme is about the Black Plague. That's probably not true but the reason it was originally theorized to be the case has to do with Miasma theory, and the use of strong scents (typically herbs and flowers) to ward off the "bad air." What does this have to do with Rollo huffing that handkerchief every time someone talks about magic? Well we'll get there but first just what the hell do I mean by bad air?

Miasma Theory in Practice

The Black Death/Bubonic Plague was a roving pandemic that gets it's name from the first wave that bitch slapped Europe from 1347-1351. There were technically three forms of plague kicking around by I am not a scientist and we are here to talk about that. Given that this was, as stated in the disclaimer, pre-germ theory the ideas people had about why this was happening and how to prevent it wildly varied, but Miasma Theory was so popular it actually stuck around long enough to duke it out with Germ Theory when scientists started talking about that.

The basic idea is that diseases like the Black Death were spread from bad smelling air. This theory was proposed by Hippocrates, as in that guy from third or fourth century Greece we aren't even sure existed, but it was a pretty universal belief, we have sources from Ancient China that also reference the idea that bad smells can make you sick. This "bad air" was thought to come from decay; in the case of the plague, dead bodies were believed to have released it (hence all the "bring out your dead" stuff), as were cracks in the earth, and sewage. ALL AIR WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE A LEVEL OF MIASMA, but smell was the best way to tell if you were in danger of getting sick; basically if it smells like shit out then you are in danger because there is only so much of it you can breathe in before you get sick. So when you end 1351 with 40% (that we can confirm!) of the population dead, how exactly do you keep yourself from huffing in all that invisible miasma?

Roi du Mouchoir

Well you make the air you breathe smell nicer of course! And this is where we get to Rollo's hankie.

The "posies" in that nursery rhyme doesn't actually refer to one specific flower. It's a type of small bouquet, which apparently are also called nosegays or tussie-mussies? It's also the technical term for those tiny groups of flowers that make up a corsage. The idea was that people would carry around things that smelled good, like flowers and herbs, and any time you smelled something bad you would bring the flower out of your pocket and hold it up to your nose just like Rollo does with his handkerchief. Literally, people usually kept those nice smelling flowers in "Plague Bags," which could refer to nicely sewn sachets or just neatly wrapped up in cloth. Eventually these got super fancy, and evolved into these really elaborate pouches people put potpourri in, but given how strict Rollo seems to be with himself (and everyone else) I've chosen in my own fan fic to interpret his posies as being the common kind, which would be rosemary and lavender. Today they are thought of as being soothing scents that calm you down, and that does seem to be what he is trying to do with all those deep breaths.

I got a lot of this specific information from this article here which is on a wonderful website curated by a professional perfumer I highly recommend poking around if you are interested in learning more.

Cool Story But?

"Sure Yuri, all of that is neat but isn't Rollo's handkerchief a reference to Esmeralda's scarf?" Yeah probably. I don't really think it has to be that deep, but I do think this stuff is cool and well-

Malleus's name is likely a reference to the Malleus Malificarum, a book I have a PDF of on my computer because of course I do that was published around the same time that this theory of disease would have been kicking around. It's about- well the author says it's about "witchcraft" but that's another paper for another time, and why they are super evil and bad and should all die. Specifically why they should all be burned at the stake, it's a fun read. And sounding oddly familiar to certain events...

That's all to say, sure it probably isn't that deep but with all the other really well researched and designed character choices, I would not be surprised if it was.

Semi Unrelated Fun Facts:

Bridal Bouquets are thought to have started, in part, as a way to ward off Miasma and keep the bride healthy on her wedding day.

Miasma theory was still super popular in the Victorian Era and lead to a lot of public clean up projects as people thought that they could get rid of disease if they got rid of all the sewage everywhere. And hey they were right, just not for the reason they thought they were.

Yes a lot of people thought the Black Plague was a punishment from God and a sign of the end times. I will remind you that 40-60% of Europe's population DIED IN FOUR YEARS. I'd assume something supernatural was out to get me too tf? Seriously these people were not stupid, they just lived in interesting times.

If you are wondering "hey I heard Plague Doctors stuffed herbs in the long beaks on their masks, is this why?" Yeah it is! Gold star!

I love you for making this far, thank you for listening to me friend and I hope to get back to entertaining you soon (っ˘з(˘⌣˘ ) ♡

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland x reader #glorious masquerade #glomas #rollo flamm #twst theories #the malleus malificarum is a *wild* book #did you know it was banned by the church when it was published! #i am very normal and definitely don't own an encyclopedia on demonology and witchcraft #and it is absolutely not within my line of sight as i write this

[likealizardyousay]

Observation that has probably been made before but I made a chart for it

songs about love as a religion my beloved

#i know there’s definitely more songs like this #but these are the classics yknow #florence and the machine #florence + the machine #bedroom hymns #hozier #take me to church #will wood #william woodiam #your body my temple

[mischievousdog]

My friend recently offered me the honor of being a godmother to their baby. Absolutely vibing with this new piece of my identity haha

#sketchbook #artists on tumblr #art #neither my friend or me are Christians so the godmother thing is not official in terms of church papers or whatever #but it's definitely official in terms of me being committed to looking after this child for the rest of my life

[bowchickawait]

#red vs blue #rvb #dr leonard church #rvb alpha #rvb epsilon #mark temple #agent carolina #agent tex #agent texas #allison church #the definition of ‘’sexy’’ is up to you

[ectonurites]

KARL KESEL (one of Kon’s co-creators) BI KON TRUTHER?

(source)

#not what i expected today but here we are! #grandpa max is god? i go to church now #mixed feelings on Knockout being part of his reasoning (because god. things with her were BAD #however him being influenced and at one point enamored with her is definitely true to an extent. its just part of the Trauma™️)

[katieaki]

Take Solace in This

January 2023 digital

These days, you can get lesbian erotica anywhere. It's a dime a dozen. But WHO ELSE is providing you with real art like this, real art that's brave enough to ask "what if Buster Keaton was a religious assassin being dommed by a satin-sheets-velvet-headboard luxury type femme AND they were both girls btw"? I'm the world's leading (only??) source of Buster Keaton lesbian Femdom content. More people should be talking about it.

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#KatieAkiPresentsTheWasteland #Dyke Buster Keaton is definitely Knife Church #Knife Church #lesbian art #lesbian artist #lesbian #sapphic #wlw #sapphic art #butch #femme #butch4femme #femme4butch #digital art #digital drawing #procreate #femme top #butch bottom

[itsdefinitely]

Consider this for LiB dating sim story:

The Lords of Black are forced by a higher being (likely their parent) to all find a bride, but luckily for them, the starry children already had them covered. . .

Offering up the MC as a bride, it's their job to cater to their every need

i read this ask and then thought about costuming for one (1) second before blacking out and making this

so um. now i've been stewing in my thoughts for a few hours

#also theres thought behind these designs i swear please talk to me about them please please please please pl #god if i have to write “white star” one more time i'll start killing #id in alt text #the lords in black #wiggog y'wrath #pokotho #nibblenephim #blinklotep #t'noy karaxis #hatchetfield #the church of the starry children #definitely art

[rallentando1011]

blehhh physical contact :\

ONCE AGAIN NOT INTENDED TO BE SUGGESTIVE BUT LIKE WHAT HAPPENED

#CAN #ANYBODY #FIND MEEEEeeeEee #somebody toooo love #Definitely not posting this in a church and definitely not feeling severely touch-deprived yet averse #Definitely #But I think my mock AP lang test went swimmingly :)) #rottmnt donatello #rottmnt x reader #rottmnt #save rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt movie #tmnt 2018 #rise donnie fanart #rise donnie x reader #rise donnie #rise donatello #rise doodle #rise donatello x reader #donatello x reader #rottmnt donnie x reader #rottmnt doodles #rottmnt donnie

[shadowfloofster]

I just saw the new QSMP rules and 2 of them are SO TARGETED it's so funny

This is specifically Bad and Dapper after their tower prank on Foolish and it's not even been a DAY since they did it LMAO

And this one is a target towards Bad mainly, constantly stocking the eggs up with totems. I'm curious to figure out how he finds a way around this lmao.

I'm the second one is technically targetting all the parents but reading them my immediate thoughts were on Bad due to how many totems he gives the eggs constantly.

The last one is probably so the admins can update the eggtistics when it hits the time, instead of having to wait for Bad to stop streaming at like 9am (UK time as that's my timezone, 12am PST is 8am here)

It also makes sure streamers are aware of when they can do the tasks and it still count but it'd be SO funny if Bad was the main reason for 3 of the new rules lmao

#qsmp #qsmp badboyhalo #qsmp dapper #I saw them and they were SO TARGETED AT PEOPLE #The first one probably is because of rescuing Felps and Cellbit #And Fit's melon troll in the church #I don't know the xp farm room is because of Forever's one? It technically doesn't say you can't move spawners #Third was definitely because of the Pac and Mike putting that insanely loud video yesterday #the rest are quite generic but probably to stop streamers leaving it till last minute

[swallowtail-ageha]

Something something Laurence being a foreigner something something him experiencing xenophobia something something him learnig how efficient the oppression he faced is as a tool for keeping the masses calm and distracting them

#have no thoughts just vibes yknow #after learning that og laurence was supposed to be the best friend's mc who too came to yharnam the idea of foreigner laurence #lives in my head rent free #ig that i could also do something with this and bradors employment?? #like. i do think that brador (canonically a foreigner) too knew how much powerful as a tool xenophobia is #like his whole character screams that hes well enough aware to think that #and the fact that he willingly collaborated with the extremely xenophobic healing church is. interesting? #and ig that according to this hc laurence's influence might have something to do with this #idk thats just some rambling. my brain is pretty fried atm #bloodborne #laurence the first vicar #adding this tag a day later but also like.. hes one of the few characters with a definitely english sounding name and #most characters with those names are foreigner