#much less have faith in one

[deathbydarkelves]

Gonna try for a more lowkey RP experience tonight at Illthanyn. I never really know how to act at these more religion-focused events but it's something Tarinne would participate in and I have nothing else going on

#EVENTUALLY I'll get over my discomfort/insecurity around rping and writing religious subjects #it's just that I'm atheist and have been for most of my life so I do not remember what it was like to actually believe in a higher power #much less have faith in one #fake it til you make it. it's obvs a big part of kaldorei culture and I've been clever about avoiding it for too long ISKDJHFCN #the fact they're objectively real in fiction should hypothetically make it easier. but alas. #ancestor worship and the like I can wrap my head around and rp/write easily. but stuff with actual deities trips me up #anyway. I know it's a very specific issue to have but if anyone has tips or resources I'm all ears lol

[orchid-n-petals]

So I've already shared parts of this on a discord server, but I have to scream about Ketheric Thorm on here as well. Obviously spoilers about the character under the cut! It's a long one.

The entirety of act 2 is about him, right? Jaheira, Shadowheart and numerous other NPCs shit on him for his fickle faith. First Selune, then Shar, then, as we meet him, Myrkul. You hear about his changes of faith on a whim, you hear that he's the person responsible for the shadow curse, he is painted as a villain, plain and simple.

You can figure it out pretty early on that Isobel was resurrected and that she is his daughter; the detail as well that he wants Isobel alive is so on the nose, it gives him away completely but there are still a few questions that remain unanswered, mainly about his faith.

And then you get to the mausoleum and the picture assembles; this entire tragedy, the death of hundreds if not thousands and the complete ruination of a landscape was all, ALL because you had this absolutely wrenched, heartbroken father who had lost everything and nobody answered his grief. He was left woefully alone, the Goddess whose daughter his daughter was involved with did nothing to save Isobel.

Imagine outliving your wife and your daughter. Imagine dedicating your life to fight the Lady of Loss, your Lady of Silver's enemy, and then be left so completely alone and in silence with your grief, with your loss. It's so, so poetic how and why he turned from Selune, and it's so understandable as well; he broke. His spirit completely broke. He couldn't deal with that void of having lost the only two important people in his life, seemingly undeservedly so. He was going mad with this and a lot of his ire was likely targeted at Aylin who, in his eye, represented Selune; she's literally her daughter, after all, and it was implied that even before the deaths of his family, he sort of saw Aylin courting Isobel as Selune taking his daughter from him, despite his service. This relationship was clearly not seen by him as a boon of "giving his daughter to the Moon-maiden".

His ways in the past clearly didn't spare him from tragedy and having to cope with it (which he clearly didn't, he snapped under the weight of his grief). He was clearly angry and unable to do anything, furious and helpless, which is a dangerous combination. A good part of his first change of heart must have been fuelled by a sense of revenge.

But then Shar didn't provide any balm to his aching heart either. If you read his letters in Grymforge and in act 2, he is so focused on enacting the will of Shar because he believes that healing lies in oblivion. Everything would be easier if he could just forget, if the damn world could just forget, if nothing was remembered because without Melodia and Isobel, nothing was worth remembering.

Then came Myrkul. Literally the only god who was not only able, but WILLING to give back his daughter to him. Imagine spending your all, EVERYTHING you have to serve two gods who would not give a single shit about the greatest suffering in your life. You were basically nothing, your loyalty didn't matter for shit, everything that was taken from you amounted to no recognition whatsoever: you should simply cope and seethe. Your grief will not simply go unanswered (which is not inherently antagonising) but ignored.

And then comes this supposedly evil entity who can alleviate your pain just like that, snap of a finger and it's a done deal.

I am so serious when I say that I believe Ketheric's main incentive was to extend Aylin's immortality to Isobel as well. You can read in her diary that she feels a taint after having came back, and there are things not even Selune can cleanse, but at this point, Ketheric doesn't care about Selune, vengeance is secondary if not tertiary, he's done that war during his Shar years and what did it give him? Literally nothing.

He doesn't even care about the fact that Isobel is still her cleric. He cares about the single most important fact: Isobel is back. Life is worth living again, there is something for him, and it was not Selune or Shar who gave it to him but Myrkul, and for this singular gift, he would raze the world for the Lord of Bones. Like people can clown on him for being disloyal but the man has the loyalty of a dog bonded to its owner.

He is powerful and is willing to go to insane lengths for crumbs. What is raising a single life for a god? Nothing. It has happened and it will happen again. But Ketheric will go to the ends of the earth to serve the single god who actually listened to him. The one god who didn't ignore him.

He knows that what he does is not the morally upright thing! He is so insanely self-aware that allying with Orin and Gortash and doing this entire plot with them only to then betray them is morally reprehensible at the best of times, he knows that people hate him, etc-etc. He was a Selunite at one point and he's not stupid. He just doesn't care; it could be literal Asmodeus and he wouldn't care as long as he got what he wanted, no matter the price.

He is probably the only one from the three of the chosen who has complete clarity over his situation, he almost sways (if you pass the check during his confrontation), he is not an inherently evil man blinded by power.

But he is inherently loyal to those deserving, and as of the story's standing, completely broken by his grief. In his eyes, at this point, the only one deserving loyalty is the one who actually listened to him. Isobel lives. It doesn't matter that she hates him, that his entire life has fallen apart, that literally nothing else that is good has come of it, because Isobel lives.

I don't think he regrets a single thing. His consciousness might tear at him at the end, but I believe he would do everything over again, exactly as he did, because in the end, his daughter was brought back. Because what would a grieving, broken parent give to bring back their child? Everything. Absolutely everything. And it's such a simply given answer, no second thoughts, no doubts.

Nobody can tell me that this man is fickle. Nobody. This man was willing to burn the world to the ground, create a Boudica destruction layer all by himself for the one single thing he wanted. For any God that would listen.

I don't know, I just have a lot of thoughts about his character.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #ketheric thorm #and I also have a lot of thoughts of how Aylin foils him #I fully believe that he was in the right in the capacity that he switched around his gods when he was literally ignored despite his life's #work. despite all that he has given. I think it's reasonable to expect in the world of gods who actively meddle in mortal affairs on their #whims and make shit worse that in just one single case they would. idk. NOT expect one of their devotees to remain blindly loyal to them #after their prayers go unanswered. like yes; go and try your luck elsewhere because this devotion of yours is clearly being taken for #granted. you get NOTHING out of your worship. you can't even sleep well because your loved ones are dead and you are expected to just what? #deal with it on your own? and remain loyal? why? #some sense of 'honour'? #I really like this depiction of faith actually. I really like when clerics and paladins are given agency and critical thought that hey! #this is actually giving me nothing despite me dedicating my entire life to it! and I have only one of it so why not take it somewhere where #it's actually valued. you know. as a treat. #I *personally* much more prefer this depiction of a crisis of faith than what we got with Shadowheart or Lae'zel; their stories are very #interesting on their own but I think throwing yourself from one end to the other not because you actually have a goal that it could serve #but because you are desperate for a purpose #is a slightly less potent character narrative than having an actual goal yourself. not by much but by a little. #again #PERSONALLY

[vvienne]

I literally woke up in the middle of the night like God will dark rise is so fucking screwed. The line that’s like. “Everyone wanted to kill the Dark King.” What’s the part where he looks at Violet helplessly, haunted, almost pleading for mercy? But of course he reveals nothing of substance to anyone. Elizabeth is too young to understand but the reader knows what “Her relationship with that boy was…unnatural” can mean. Tying him to bedposts? Failing to strangle him? What else? Never not even once seeing beyond a mythological identity Will himself didn’t know he had? What did he think was the reason? That he was just intrinsically hateful? Of course he says nothing. Of course Violet can’t trust him- he’s given her nothing as painfully real as what she’s given him. So he gives her the sword hoping at least he can die at the hands of someone he loved, but even that doesn’t work out - she gives the sword to a Visander still furious at SARCEAN. The pattern continues; no one looks at Will, who vomits when he realizes what’s happened to James, Will who is much of a liar and killer and sneak as Elizabeth accuses but nonetheless wants to be different. Even when he doesn’t remember his own past. There’s no way out for him that doesn’t hurt. Hope this obsession passes soon given the one and a half years of waiting required for book 3

#dark rise series #dark heir #rarely does a cliffhanger pain me so much #bc rarely am I ever THAT invested in a plot I am sad to say #nona the ninth was so cathartic in of itself I’m content marinating before alecto #BUT PACAT ONLY EVER GIVES EMOTIONAL CRUMBS #have any of these bitches ever known peace fr #maybe this is what reading princes gambit and not immediately having the follow up might’ve been like #honestly it’s possibly damen and Lauren just generally had less problems tho #more than his relationship even with James. will/Violet is perhaps the genuine source of like. I WISH HED GIVEN HER A REASON. #the narration that describes Violet as Will’s star in the night…….. like fuck fine #will can’t reach any level of genuine intimacy with James bc the mess of fraught noncon dynamics is this massive unspoken horrible thing #wills identity is personal w James in a way it is with no one else but James is so fucking oblivious of undercurrents it comes unbalanced #and will knows it. but (as far as we know) violet isn’t reborn has no history with sarcean the dark king she’s literallt just Some Guy #and that almost makes it worse???????? that they are so loyal to each other even as he’s keeping a massive secret? #they weren’t dated or destined to entangle the way will is w characters like James and Katherine #and I think that makes his rship with Violet possibly the realest and truest experience of trust and love will has ever had #like it’s nothing bro. truly she knows nothing about him other than his lies of omission and her faith in him goodness which may or may not #beiltimately justified. but that was probably as honest and close will ever got to anyone. and him to her.

[weird-life-of-a-closet-fangirl]

obsessed with the memory kristen has of being at church and being so certain of everything so sure that she's safe because she's chosen, and how wrong it feels now when she thinks about it because she's chosen to fully lean into doubt now

#its a strange switch to me bc one of the most comforting things for me is the assurance we have in the faith #so kristen completely getting rid of that bc she doesnt have any answers makes sense! fully and completely #but it also feels strange #but then again i havent lost my faith #religious trauma or otherwise #and she's probably got a lot more stuff in her brain she hasnt processed yet #like growing up in an actual extremist cult #leaning into doubt and embracing that there's nothing in this world that's certain is also a good truth to know tbh #fantasy high #fantasy high sophomore year #also i feel like i should put a disclaimer on this: i dont know much about the helioic faith #but seeing how ally was quoting scripture last season i do relate it all to christianity #so like as someone who is christian its SO interesting to see especially since i do relate to her quite a bit #although to be fair i think my issues have to do less with faith and more with culture? its a 40/60 kinda thing i think

[cozybearz]

one of those days where 90% of the shit im seeing on social media is pissing me off and giving me very little faith in peoples common sense and compassion. benefits r that it makes me want to not look at social media as much

#seeing people argue online is so….. #like. i know I dont have much skill in handling arguments much less bad faith ridiculous internet ones #but thats why i simply dont engageeee there is rarely ever benefit to ittttt #theres no mutual aim for resolution its simply not worth the energy #anyways

[unexpectedbrickattack]

talks about my own damn post in your inbox i guess but i think a good part of the bros' trusting peppino is like. pizzahead can so easily buy out or win over basically anyone who stands against him and peppino is like the ONE guy they knew for sure that wasn't gonna happen with. he might not have cared/known about their plight, but he also didn't seem to have any ulterior motives that would make their lives more hell if he got the treasures, so that was...really as much as they could ask for given the circumstances

I like the idea of this 🤔 Like maybe there were other people theyve seen immediately take the money, like randos but also some of the bosses. So their only hope was someone who wasnt going to be talked or bribed into leaving this tower alone. I can see ph still trying to buy his way into peppinos restaurant, even towards the end…like ouuuh…fat and rude italian man…i dont HAVE to explode this shop, i can just buy it 🥺🥺🥺 please let me buy it 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 pwease…..🥺 and peppino is so fucking determined to just smash everything into oblivion that that simply isnt an acceptable offer. Get ur ass beat. That is the only acceptable offer. And u know what? John will definitely put the small amount of faith he has in this man bc of it.

#answered #chattin #peppino #pillar bros #my thots are like… #gerome has loads more faith and optimism #and whatever hangups he had about peppino is immediately thrown away by the end of the first stage #whereas. i think of john w very little hope. afterall HE is the person falling apart at the seams. not gerome #and he would be a little offput that someone supposedly here to ‘save’ him is in it for his own reasons (reminds him of ph) #hes a lot more hopeful by the vigilante fight #and hes more or less patiently waiting for everything to come down by the final floor #(as opposed to waiting around; extremely hopeless and aimless) #and it is just so funny to me to have peppino be a hero in ANY way #he doesnt think of himself as one; and john certainly doesnt think of him as one #but he is exactly what they needed; a middle aged man swimmin in so much debt #that they would risk going into this fucking tower and kill themselves bc they only have one thing to lose #and its this fucking shop ph is threatening to obliterate #john just sittin there like. huh. i guess it makes sense. who else would be stupid enough to come here?? #‘pizzahead.’ ‘well u are not wrong about that’

[lottalove01]

rant <3

#so i told my friend im thinking abt engaging more in my christian community again starting w going to church more and visiti g exchanges etc #she kniws abt basically all my other friends being more than less religious and active in their respective communities #+ my family being religious even during soviet times and she even kniws abt the orthodox side of my family #so this shouldnt surprise her this much #why is she trying to talk me out of it saying christianity is evil and she cant agree to creationism like ok bitch me too #she acting as if im gonna become some republican american blonde woman or an primitive medieval peasant wthhh #and like i get it she and her family have always been agnostic and she doesnt have any personal experience with believe and faith #but that is even more reason to shut the hell up?? especially bc i just told her as like a life update i didnt want to start a discussion #w an agnostic no less #ppl like that make me so uncomfortable and then she kept saying things like this person is godless as a joke like stfu??? #and kept bringing up she csnt believe in god at random times it made me so umcomfortable #especially bc now i feel hesitant to invite her to hangouts w my more 'strict' friends like idk what she thinks abt them and i dont want to #expose my friends who have to listen to enough shit to someone like that like i want my home to be a safe space for my friends #anyways thats the same girl who keeps telling me she doesnt think im white and when i tell her her saying this makes me uncomfortable #shes argues its ok bc she is not white herself ok wth im literally german/slavic how is that not white im crying #cant really articulate what exactly makes me uncomfy abt this but feels like she wants to enable me its really weird #also with tge christian stuff like ive always been religious she kniws abt me reading religious texts its so weird to me #why are you my friend if you disagree with a foundamental part of my life #maybe she thoight i was an ok one bc me and my familys approach to believe and faith is very relaxed but wth man

[craycraybluejay]

Maybe I'm just prickly, and people unintentionally come off wrong, but I'm very frustrated with recent events. (In my life/online, don't get me started on world news, that shit is insane and it's fucking awful what's happening to civilians who have absolutely no hand in this madness.)

I feel like someone is somehow block evading after I blocked an anon, and I have no proof, just a very irritated feeling like, "I know who you are." Even though rationally, it's probably not the case, and people just fall into similar patterns. Mutuals are being weird to me, most in their usual good way and some just. I don't know how to say this without coming off as touchy. Saying stuff to me that Sounds insulting, but I'm trying to teach myself "assume ignorance over malice" and whatnot. Or stuff that seems really. Uh. Almost patronizing? Yeah, that's the word I'm looking for. It's really difficult to tell myself that people aren't being offensive on purpose and I feel like that in itself is an optimistic delusion grounded not in reality but in the idea that if I simply ignore something bad it will turn out not to be.

Idk what I'm trying to say is; is it be weird on the internet week? I don't know why people act the way they do, and I just wanna have fun and whatnot. Hopefully if I get another job soon or some books I won't be so tempted to look at Tumblr and will feel a little less like throwing my entire phone into the nearest large body of water.

#anoutherposting #tiptoeing around the fact that some people come off as having even less respect or boundaries than anyone I've met irl #and just feeling really weirded out and uncomfortable with the way things are going lately #under the impression that something terrible is being orchestrated #when in actuality in all likelihood i simply don't vet the people i allow near me well enough #so that in due time things will of course get weird because you can't recognize stuff like #microaggressions and people who feel casually superior over you and other very subtle things #and subtle things are much worse than completely out there 'i hate you and you should kys' type stuff #i hate subtlety except in art. people spend a month or year slowly telling you one thing. #they lie by ommission and then it's your fault for assuming good faith but also your fault if you #read something as bad which they didn't intend that way #so it's always your fault and in the end the only thing you learn is that it's easier just to read and ignore people just like before

[myownprivatcidaho]

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#just realized i was removed from my work groupme #?????? #i do Not have a good feeling about this #ive received no notification of termination and i cant imagine why my supervisor would remove me #without there first being notification of termination #the only other reason i cld imagine is the girl whos been giving me trouble who i reported for lynching denial and offensive accents #is now under investigation and she may have removed me. ??????? #if so thatd be retaliation so idk. idk.... #but also tmrw makes (business) day 45 of my investigation and they try to keep investigations to 45 days or less so idk. 😬😬 #ive drafted an email to my supervisor for tmrw afternoon and if i havent heard any word explaining it then im gna email him #demanding an explanation #jesus christ this is just so much unnecessary headache #i wrote a joke about a sticky note i left on my food in the fridge. this is a one time incident. #theres ample evidence to show it was a joke and that the report was made in bad faith. #god this is just so fucked up this persons been BULLYING me for months and this is just a step up from the usual trouble shes been giving m #god i dont know wgat to do this is just so much anxiety and its fucking stupid. god. #AND IVE LOST $2400 FROM IT

[msommers]

hm. riya's brother sebastian being so distanced from the family and convinced of the heavy anti-mage rhetoric that she would have at least once genuinely wondered if he had any part in what happened after victor's death. i'm sad

#bc she did end up as such a family oriented girlie in terms of love + priority + dependence + etc #& to have so much faith that her family would be there for her in belief and rescue #but then there's the one (1) sibling who in all likelihood probably showed up not to help but to gloat and taunt #which spawns thoughts on if his approval for her being punished extends higher into active encouragement of it #i should've rolled 1 less on determining the amount of her siblings so she'd only have the good ones this sucks #@seb drop a pin i just wanna talk #campaign: the vigilant #ch: valeriya de clairmont

[maddy-ferguson]

the way i was devastated after vol2 aired lol, and i couldn't sleep for hours bc the vol was so shitty. but now, if s5 turns out to be shit af, i would just laugh. gotta respect the character development here bc i dont give a fuck anymore.

i walked around with a stomachache for a good 48 hours like it was really bad for me...if s5 turns out to be shit af i will walk around with a stomachache for 96 hours🙏

#ask #this said less than 96 for 21 seconds i was like that doesn't seem right #no but like #i get why some twt bylers who are wil stans first act like will getting a happy ending at all/will getting a boyfriend/will's romance arc #being good is all that matters and like that #can be done without byler being endgame because that shit fucking hurt like 48 hours isn't that long but it was SO BAD #obviously i'm team might as well have fun for two (lol) years instead of being like omg what if it doesn't happen. but it's also because i #literally haven't doubted byler since like...july 10th maybe #and when you're a twt byler whose faith in byler depends on like whether or not they like will enough to not do this to him and to give him #a nice boyfriend or whatever and you barely consider mike's side of things i see why you'd try to convince yourself that another outcome #CAN be great. when like..it cant be great they already had will fix mlvn's relationship were past will getting a random bf and mlvn endgame #and yk it's one thing to move on with your life and not be a hardcore byler anymore or to be like i don't like it that much anymore but #some of them really started being like you're sooo dumb for thinking that byler ever stood a chance😂😂😂😂 (ithoughtthattoofiveweeksago) #they're gonna give will a nice boyfriend and it's gonna be great😂😂😂👍 yeah keep telling yourself that... #but yeah i kind of get it because i wouldn't want to have to go through volume 2 all over again either lmao #but also i don't because well #they're wrong #and i'm a byler who's a will stan who also happens to use twitter frequently #as for the rest of the show well if it's bad i'll be disappointed #but my stomach probably won't hurt because of how sad it's making me #or maybe it will it's not unheard of

[hyperfixationtimego]

if you hate him we can’t be friends 💔

#this is how I cope with seeing people who are Inherently Wrong™️ in the main tags btw #he’s just a guy……..his heart is so full and he loves so thoroughly #he adopts an emo and a feral goth and helps them to appreciate life again what more do you WANT FROM HIM #obviously he has flaws but every dr character does?? #and frankly aside from the translation issues I find that his flaws are handled in one of the most narratively satisfying ways #and I definitely feel as though a lot his actions and behaviors that people point to as reasons for disliking him are simply taken out of #context #he’s a character who was facing death before the killing game ever even started - #YES he’s intense but that’s because he has to be. he’s trying to do as much as he can within a limited timeframe #AS A TEENAGER NO LESS #Y’ALL SEEM TO LIKE TO FORGET THAT PART TOO…..GUY’S IN HIGH SCHOOL 😭 #and anyway when push comes to shove he sets aside his grudges to try and do the right thing for the people he cares about #it’s. sigh. I think about the hangar scene SO MUCH. #like he really doesn’t let Shuichi apologize because he knows that Shuichi shouldn’t HAVE to #ALSO??? he’s not BEING AN ASSHOLE in chapter 4 HE’S JUST SEEING THE AFTERMATH OF SOMEONE HAVING BEEN HORRIBLY MANIPULATED INTO DOING #SOMETHING THEY WOULD NEVER OTHERWISE DO #he puts so much faith and trust in his friends because he KNOWS that fundamentally they are good people #he’s not even!!!!! directly an asshole to Kokichi until Kokichi starts treating the losses and trauma they’ve all suffered as trivial!!! #oh and don’t even come at me with the ‘’hypocrisy’’ shit #the dude’s body is fucking SHUTTING DOWN I can forgive him for not doing a couple pushups 😭 #cries and sobs I love him so much. he tries so hard to be positive and make the most of things #y’all just jealous 🤧 #danganronpa #kaito momota #ndrv3 #new danganronpa v3 #killing harmony #new danganronpa v3 killing harmony

[salsflore]

#its always the fucking chemistry projects that ruin my life #not ready to go back to school ... getting home late & eating the same food everyday & having less free time & hanging out with the same few #people i honestly! don’t even like that much.. zzz i don’t wanna receive my test results either – esp not for math #and i KNOW it gets 100x worse in a college/uni/work environment i think i’m just being a bit of a crybaby but i can’t bring myself to #look forward to anything at all. pass my exams & graduate yay ^__^ -> immediately go back and study some more #then i’ll have to get a job and afhjdkf... maybe i’m thinking too far ahead but it all feels inevitable anyways so does it matter if i am? #i don’t know why i’m struggling so much compared to my peers who don’t see any of this as an issue at all #was i cursed to be sad since primary school #i can’t even talk to anyone about it because my dad [ though he has good intentions ] almost always ends up feeding me a variant of #think about your future Or thats just how student life is. meanwhile my mom will begin a competition of Who Has It Worse?! #my sister has her own stuff going on and my religious aunt will say something along the lines of [ have faith & go with the flow ] #i wish i had someone to confide in but i only ever really have myself i think. it sucks cuz no one seems to get it at all #i know objectively thats probably not true but. ahh i feel so disconnected from everyone #cw negative #cw vent #i didnt intend for this to become a whole thing but i got carried away #💭

[m0e-ru]

yknow if you were mentally ill and watched the stageplays over and over far too much to count adachi's change in demeanor in the gas station comedy skit from literally the rest of the entire show would make you laugh so hard as if you choked from eating a cracker. he has his own silly funny guy facade right? he has an accent and contracts his speech to seem more casual outgoing and stupid right? he walks like this he talks like this he waves his arms specifically like this. but suddenly he meets this guy who pushed all his buttons before he even got out of his car and he decided to throw all that out of the window. he left his accent behind (mostly) he stopped stiffly moving his legs he stopped flailing his arms in whatever direction. he dropped the "boku" "kimi" "-san" "-kun" he looked at this other clown who held up a pump nozzle to his face and didn't even know how to do his own job he was hired for and went "ore" "omae" "baka" . for five minutes he decided to go "fuck this guy in particular" and never pulled the same stunt ever again even when he was outed for being a killer

#kommento #p4 #p4v #tohru adachi #// this is what i mean when i could make essays with cca every week or day or so i cant believe im doing this all over again #// this is on the account that im not fluent enough in japanese to understand the play as it goes im just handpicking skits here and there #to focus and translate individually if i ever wanted to really understand them #// i guess not understanding much of the dialogue on the first go helped the habit of focusing more on gestures and movement instead #// im telljng you these actors were so good they matched those idle animations so well it was so funny and uncanny sometimes #// MASAMISAN / grabs him by the neck / #// no one will understand because i am literally the only one who does this #// but having a squirrel for a brain caught these details which i could laugh and appreciate good lord the first play was so good #// evolution was the usual less faithful sequel but it had its own charms which made me love it on its own terms #// anyway tl notes i guess. boku and kimi are more casual and polite than ....ore and omae #// 'fuck this guy in particular' is really how I'd put it. he literally never code switches this hard again !!!!! #// he was all cocky and annoying in the magatsuinaba arc in the sequel play yeah but you'll never see him as pissed as he was in cca again

[littledreamling]

Okay here’s another Religious Hob post (because that’s apparently my niche, not that I’m complaining at all):

I don’t think Hob has given up his religion. And I could end the post there, because for those who grew up religious or have found a true faith in religion, my point has already been made. But I won’t, because I know most of us don’t fall into either of those categories, so here’s what my true point is: people who truly have faith, a blind, all-encompassing, trusting, and deep faith don’t give up on their religion. Anyone who has ever talked to a Jehovah’s Witness can attest to this; religious people are stubborn as fuck. And this comes from the very essence of what faith is; it doesn’t need proof. It’s a blind leap into a veiled chasm with only the word of an invisible entity to rely on that you will be caught at the bottom. If Hob was truly religious (which I think he was), then his blind faith, combined with his indomitable stubbornness, means that he hasn’t let go of a religious conviction even once in his life. The man cannot do it. Even in the face of every awful thing that has happened to him and those around him, his faith would’ve been a constant. He is convinced that he is going to heaven, that his everlasting devotion to the Almighty will grant him peace and perfection at the end of it all, whenever that may be.

And you know what? He’s probably right! The Creator exists in the DC universe; Dream mentions them in episode 4! God exists, Lucifer exists, Hell exists, so Heaven must exist too, right (logically, anyway)? And while Hob doesn’t need any reassurance (that’s how faith works) that his devotion will pay off, can you imagine how overjoyed he would be when Dream told him about the Creator, about the Creator’s absolute existence? He’s never had doubts, not enough to lose his faith, and with knowledge like that, he never will either. So no, I don’t think Hob ever lost his religion, I think he’s stubbornly and faithfully clung to it, knowing that all good things in his life have come from his inability to give up on them

#yet another religious Hob post #is anyone surprised? you shouldn’t be #this one might be controversial because non-religious people can’t fathom having that much faith in something that intangible #hell I can’t fathom it #I mean kudos to Hob but couldn’t be me #I admire his dedication though #he’s the most stubborn motherfucker on this planet #and that extends to his religion as well #we have to remember that God exists in this universe! #and maybe it’s not a christian God but it is a God nonetheless #the existence of every God at once does not diminish the exiestence of a christian God #if that makes sense #because we see other pantheons in the comics #but that doesn’t mean that the christian God doesn’t exist #or that He is any less worthy of worship because of the other Gods #Hob can and will overcome the existential crisis that will come from this cosmic knowledge #and then he will continue to practice his faith like normal #secure in the knowledge that his faith is his own and the other Gods don’t matter to him or influence him #in the most respectful way possible #the sandman #sandman netflix #hob gadling #dream of the endless #morpheus #dreamling #is this dreamling? probably not lmao

[eleilinnrallin]

Saw a post ranting about liberal Christians and basically saying we're changing our beliefs to fit in with our secular friends and what not and how that's going to blow up in our faces and

Honestly kind of laughing because I was raised Christian, I'm fairly liberal, and none of my beliefs have been 'changed' to fit my friends?? And most of my friends are Christian or were raised Christian anyways. (And in elementary school where that wasn't the case, no one really cared.)

No, I believe different things because I genuinely believe them, thank you. Because I studied the scriptures, prayed, had thoughtful discussion with people of opposing viewpoints, etc. Not due to social pressure. (If anything, despite social pressure.)

At the end of the day people are going to have different beliefs than you whether you like it or not! Most people that disagree with you aren't misguided or bad! And that's just ✨ how it works ✨

#faith #also like the things that most Christians would say are bad are the things that have strengthened my relationship with Christ #'Oh you shouldn't be trans' well I've felt more love searching for that answer than most others #like overwhelming peace in my gender while in a holy place #'gay people are bad' sucks for you then the gay people are my friends #'there is only one correct interpretation of the bible' mhm yeah right go on and think that #I'll just sit over here with my belief in ongoing revelation and personal testimony and how that's helped me grow #honestly the assumption that queer Christians and other less traditional Christians are just misled really grates on me #like you have no idea how long I have spent crying to God and pondering and agonizing over different things #and how much time I've put into developing my beliefs (or 'theology' as a lot of people like to call it) #so stop assuming I'm just 'going along with things' or 'succumbing to the world' #just stop #ALSO a note #I'm not going to argue with anyone on this #I'm not going to defend myself #Just gonna block #So don't try #queerstake #(kinda)