#i just love it here

[amberlynnmurdock]

it's actually crazy how much writing fanfiction is so helpful for my mental health and escape from reality like CRAZY stressed? time to write in my fanfic. sad? time to read someone else's fanfic. feelings of inadequacy? let me outline my next fanfic

#text post #fanfic #fanfiction #i just love it here #what's even better is the people on this site i can relate to

[demiromanticmickey]

On today's "I am SO not normal about Dead Friend Forever": Discussing Catholicism and Colonization in this gay Thai slasher series

Some background on me: I am from a Latine Catholic family. Raised as a non-practicing Catholic (we didn't go to church or pray). Then my parents enrolled me in a Catholic school that I attended from 5th grade to the end of 7th grade. Today, I am not Catholic and have never really considered myself as such.

Ok, so in the flashback episodes of DFF, I have been noticing a lot of things. My findings under the cut.

Let's start with this crucifix and photo of the Virgin Mary and a baby Jesus.

Screenshot from ep. 5.

The camera lingers here a bit so we're obviously meant to pay attention to the phrase. I put the screenshot through Google translate's image translator and the translation it gave me was, "Think good, do good, be a good person." I didn't think much of it when I first watched the episode other than it was supposed to establish that the boys attend a Christian or Catholic school.

But then there was this image posted on Be On Cloud's Instagram (also from ep. 5): X

Zooming in, we can see there's another picture of Mary in the background. Watching the classroom scenes, it's easy to miss because the series itself is more washed out than the official photos posted. But this emphasis on Mary led me to believe the school is a Catholic one. So out of curiosity, I looked up the schools the writers and directors attended because I felt I was onto something here. And boy, was I!

Source: MDL

Ma-Deaw, if you didn't know, is one of the directors of Dead Friend Forever (he also directed Manner of Death and Inhuman Kiss , and lots of other things).

One Google search later (X) and I learned "Montfort College" is a Catholic school. It started out as a primary school that later added a secondary school as well.

Now let's take a closer look at some of the details of this school:

First, the school's motto "Labor Conquers All Things". This reminded me of the phone conversation Tee had with his uncle:

On my first watch, this sounded familiar to me but I couldn't really place why. It wasn't until I saw this other Tumblr post (X) that pointed out it's similar to a bible quote from the New Testament. The quote varies a bit depending on which version of the bible you're using but it's along the lines of, "He who does not work, neither shall he eat".

This is meant to discourage "laziness". Nevermind the fact that people deserve to eat simply because we get hungry and need food to survive. The idea that we only "deserve" things based on productivity is an extremely colonial one. — Reminder also that Tee is being forced into this "work" in the first place. He's just a high school kid. I don't need to like his character to understand how fucked up his situation is.

Then there's the patron of the school. St. Louis de Montfort was a French Catholic priest most known for his study in Mariology. What is Mariology (X)? The study of Mary, the mother of Jesus. I didn't know that was a thing but it's unsurprising considering how prominent images of Mary were in my own religious upbringing. And she's what started me down this rabbit hole in the first place. Mary is a big deal to the Catholics. I'm going to be paying even more attention now if more Mary imagery pops up.

The Garden of Eden and Original Sin

Now I want to draw attention to these images:

Screenshots from ep. 7

Here we have Non and Phee biting into an apple as they leisure around this lush green field. We know they've visited this location more than once because they're wearing different outfits in the screenshots. And I think it's important to note that it's Phee holding the apple and offering it to Non.

The use of the word "bait" in the bts of ep. 7 is quite interesting too. (X)

The Garden of Eden was the paradise in which Adam and Eve resided. In this garden, there were many trees to eat from. The one tree Adam and Eve were forbidden by God to eat from was the Tree of Knowledge. A serpent (Satan), first tempted Eve into taking from the tree to eat it's fruit. And then Eve gave the fruit to Adam. That is Original Sin. And because Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge, all humans thereafter are born sinful and bad, and can only find salvation through God.

Of course in the scene between Phee and Non, the sin the apple represents is being gay. And it's after this, and after the bracelet scene, that Non becomes involved with Por's film and his tragedy begins.

Zoomed in screenshot from ep. 5

And I wonder if the bracelet scene is the last time Phee and Non visit this forest location. It would parallel how Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden once they sinned.

Final Thoughts

You give me a story that criticizes Western religion and how it's used as a tool for oppression and colonization, and I'm gonna eat that shit up. I am gonna eat it up. Every. Single. Time.

I really wasn't expecting anything like this from Dead Friend Forever. This level in attention to detail is unmatched. I don't think I've watched a more well planned out show. And no matter where DFF goes from here, these seven episodes will always hold a special place in my heart. 💗

#dead friend forever #dff the series #pheenon #barcode tinnasit #ta nannakun #dff meta #dff spoilers #tabarcode #dff* #* #i just love it here #this is my comfort show idc

[behaemoth]

me walking into my fave level the flooded district

#dishonored #i just love it here #so industrial and water based it reminds me of pittsburgh #also i remember one of the devs i forget which #talking so lovingly about building the verticality of this level #and it gave me so much appreciation #idk it's probably a very close tie with the boyle party #flooded district my beloved

[non-stop-imagines]

Hi, I want to thank you for writing for black girls, it's so hard to find fics with black!reader, mostly on F1 tags so, thank you so much 💖

You're welcome and I am absolutely terribly sorry it took me this long to respond to this lovely message. 🥲🥲 I appreciate it so much. I am just glad that I have been able to add to the great fics that were already under those tags like @saintslewis and @thisismeracing (I love these two so much. I'm their biggest fan 🥹🥹). Thank you, thank you, thank you, bby.

Ans you can talk to me any time ☺️ (All of you can. Just be patient with me i kinda suck as a conversationalist and I get a little nervous. 😬😘)

#thank you💖 #i just love it here #the f1 fandom has been my favorite fandom hands down #you have all been so sweet and inviting and patient #thank you for just being you 💖❤️♥️

[honeygrahambitch]

Have I ever told you about my first indirect interaction with this fandom?

It was years ago, I was very much into watching animes back then and I somehow came across a huge thread here on tumblr or twitter and people were talking about how toxic the Hannibal fandom is.

So little me had that idea imprinted on my brain for years and every time i would hear about Hannibal I would be like "i've heard that's so toxic urgh"

Well i couldn't be more wrong and those people couldn't be more wrong cause it's literally the healthiest fandom I have been in. It's not my first rodeo but it's the first that it's healthy.

Does the show have a lot of red flags? Hell yeah, what are you gonna do about it, cannibalism is flavorful and not for everyone

#rambling #i just love it here #hannibal #hannigram #hannibal lecter #will graham #hannibal nbc #hannibal series #hannibal fanfiction

[yourpalghost]

I coloured him <3333 this is percy pinbutton, the neighbourhood tailor

#welcome home #welcome home oc #i hope this is okay at the creator of welcome home #i just love it here #welcome home is so hecking cool #cw unreality #because thats just a safe tag to have seeing as welcome home is the way it is #a draw #percy pinbutton

[bpdamn]

the abandonments keep coming

#personal #i just LOVE it here #feeling extra quirky might set myself on fire #🤠 yeehaw

[cosyacademia]

i swear no matter how many new social media platforms arise, i always gravitate back here, to my first and truest love.

#I just love it here

[friednice]

lightswitches in the house my mom rents in Queens Village

#i love this house so much #it is soooooooo charming and sooo old with just so many beautiful little details #parquet flooring #built ins all over #cool craftsmanship on the ceiling #tile bathroom and tile kitchen #those little diamond doorknobs #a porch #i just love it here

[leo-k-102105]

my mother legit didn’t even ask how i was doing or anything like that once i got home from avoiding both houses all day. I legit just sit in Dunkin' all day. (they don’t care, i asked)

My mother is really irritating. She doesn’t seem to care.

#i just love it here

[claw-wolff]

Blocking bots is a full time job

#2022 tumblr #I just love it here

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

#greek mythology #ares #athena #greek gods #dont get me wrong it aint athena slander but it sure is ares praise #on some level at least #man justly accused of bad things deserves some mid praise more at 11 #thank you romi for helping me with words though i duly noted you insisted on ares not being cautious rather than him not being careful #romi be like “i want him to care” and honestly good you should say it #also EPIC led to this and i just..... i want to draw some animatics man i just need infinite time now #my long lost love for greek myths just will never stop coming and they dont stop coming and they dont stop coming #i want some vulture design in here for ares but not sure about this one #kochei doodles

[happyheidi]

𝖠𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖠𝗇𝗇𝖺-𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖲𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗇 | 𝖨𝖦: 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺_𝖺𝗋𝗍

#this has to be one of my favorite little comic ever cus YEEEES #I love me a good rain lighting thunder trio <3 #ESP while laying in bed with a good book #had to share #cottagecore #comics #art #cute #drawing #rain aesthetic #cozycore #cosycore #reading #comfycore #wholesome #we had MASSIVE rain here today and some lovely lightning & thunder . so this was basically my just switch night to say and bed to couch

[calamitys-child]

One of my favourite mundane weirdnesses about Edinburgh is that we set the big clock visible approaching the station to be 3 minutes fast to make sure people are on time for their trains. My Favourite mundane weirdness of Edinburgh is that we check this by firing a cannon.

#im so used to it that genuinely hand on heart sudden loud bangs just make me hungry now #everyone that lives here is like. yeah lunchtime cannon thats normal. everyone who doesnt is so bewildered by it. i love it.

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

#yes i want things to be free like ??? that is not a weird desire #'but but it costs money to keep up' ok and? how is that my problem #the government has plenty of murder dollars they could reallocate a few to make internet services universal if they wanted #also these companies were perfectly capable of supporting themselves before the internet got drowned with ads so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #edit: muting notifs on this post bc new additions have kind of petered out #so no one feel bad about adding something someone else has said‚ it is not bothering me im just trying to keep my #notifs page cleanish lol #also since i saw some people are being redirected to read my tags: firstly hiiiiii this is a special secret message for you:3 #secondly i have learned since making this that the reason they were able to support themselves previously was because #of investors bankrolling everything #and theyre now finally realizing that theyre never going to actually make a profit and arent as willing to invest #however thats just a minor correction and doesnt change my overall point #once again. so many murder dollars #so thats why im just adding it here in the tags rather than making an actual correction #anyways . love yall 💕 #origibberish #bigger gibbers

[sanctus-ingenium]

and when you do swallow the sun, what next? | buy a print of this piece here

#it's a green lion but i goofed it and ended up ungreening him #artists on tumblr #ya not much to say here i was just trying to get a handle on the specific brush i shaded him & the sun with #😭it's not dungeon meshi.. all my love to dunmesh but this is not it