#thats double good right there

[solarpunkani]

Hot 4am take but I feel like if we want to get people more interested in making their yards a more habitable space for wildlife like insects, we have to acknowledge that ‘Don’t want bugs in your house’ is still a 100% fair and valid point of view. ‘Loves nature’ and ‘doesn’t want roaches spiders and mosquitoes in the house’ aren’t opposites.

And with that in mind, when we propose to people that spraying pesticides around houses is Not A Good Idea, Actually, I feel like we need to give an alternative asides from ‘deal with it.’

#solarpunk #anti pesticides #ani rambles #this is coming from personal opinion at 4am keep that in mind but like #I’m scared of roaches. i’m fine with them outside though #my parents dont like roaches and for good reason. they spray Ortho Home Defense along the veeery edge of the concrete by the doors to #keep roaches and shit from coming in because yknow. Florida. #if I tell them ‘hey actually we shouldn’t spray pesticides inside (ie raid spray) or outside (ie home defense) #theyre gonna ask wtf to do instead to prevent roaches #and if I tell them ‘nothing suck it up buttercup’ they’re gonna laugh and then double down on the sprays #we gotta have an alternative ready and honestly maybe I’m not looking in the right places but I genuinely don’t know of any #like one online friend told me leaving brush piles around the yard decreased the amount of bugs trying to come in but like #thats one person. anecdotal. and I haven’t seen anything online confirming that as a thing (yet) #idk man I’m going to bed. #might delete later #house pest saga

[huginsmemory]

Trigun and the 'Bride of Christ'

An additional thought that popped up after my previous post about Triguns heavy themes of Christianity (a somewhat? Part 2?). In this I look at the Vash and Wolfwoods relationship, their opposing views and how that relates to the Christian term 'the bride of christ'. During this I specifically discuss a large spoiler for the series/manga, so readers beware!

I was chatting with some lovely folks on the Vashwood discord server (if you wish to join, click this link!) about Wolfwoods death, and the way it's, well, wedding themed. The wedding themes include the confetti, the way Wolfwoods passing occurs in front of a church, the ringing of the church bell, and the bottle of liquor they share is labelled 'BRIDE' with a cross on it.

All the items come together in a definite way that resembles, in some terrible fashion, the festivities for a wedding. Hell, even after Vash buries Wolfwood, he makes tons of dishes of food, and Livio and him basically have a feast, another thing one does at weddings.

The 'Bride of Christ'

What particularly caught my eye was the bottle with the word bride on it, with a cross. Multiple times within the new testament, the body of the church is referred to as the 'Bride of Christ'. As I've previously mentioned, Vash is regularly set up as a Christ-like figure; his actions and his philosophical values align with a Christian perspective, in his belief in unconditional love and forgiveness (ie, the blank ticket). As well, as that Wolfwood is a Christian preist, this literally makes him a 'bride of Christ'. In a sense, where in the story Vash is pitched as a Christ-like figure, this means that Wolfwood could be interpreted as the 'bride of Vash'. This especially so considering the contextual clues that hint towards a wedding - confetti, church, and church bells.

Acceptance of Christian philosophy

Further adding to this, is that although Wolfwood was a priest, he did not fully ascribe to Vash's view. In fact, the two of them are foils, their beliefs similar- both coming from love and a need to protect, but differing in Vash ascribing to unconditional love and forgiveness, while Wolfwood refuting that such a position can be practically taken (this is, well, I would say a simplified take on their beliefs but thats a different post for a different day). However, by this point in the story, the both of them have very deeply impacted each other. In fact, this is set almost immediately after Wolfwood saves Vash from Knives, which is the the moment where Vash openly forgives Wolfwood and Wolfwood begins his acceptance of Vash's philosophical views; in that specific moment, he accepts his own absolution (explained further in my previous post).

It is exactly in Wolfwoods fight against Chapel and Livio, that Wolfwood fully (or mostly so) accepts Vash's philosophical views, expanding to accept a blank ticket/unconditional love for others. This is seen as he repeatedly chooses not to kill Chapel's hired guns, and even sharply pleading Livio to spare one of them. Indeed, previously at Vash's request, he'll shoot to injure, but he's not really shown to be particularly worried about the bandits, versus here he is actively choosing to minimize harm; exactly like we've seen Vash do, over and over and over again throughout the series. As well, the hired guns literally try to target the orphanage when they've clearly lost, and also kill one of their own when Wolfwood brings him back, telling him that they've just upped their pay- showing that they're not particularly 'redeemable' hired guns that are likely to repent and become good people. And yet, Wolfwood still chooses to try and save them.

He also specifically goes out of his way to not kill Livio, even though killing Livio would severely even out the playing field, and Wolfwood would likely not have likely died as a result. And Wolfwood makes that decision, again and again and again, only focusing on killing Chapel, and Chapel only, since he's the one that is threatening the orphans.

While Wolfwood fights, Chapel derides him on Vash's views, and how Wolfwood has picked them up. Wolfwood, close to death, reviews his relationship with Vash and Vash's philosophy, and refutes the ideology that Chapel believes in, and that he himself has lived under, that they need to kill to survive, (or to save lives) and that Vash's belief in forgiveness and unconditional love is foolish.

It culminates in Wolfwood declaring that he believes in Vash, in his principles, and standing back up to continue to fight, having accepted Vash's Christian philosophy. Interestingly, it's also Christian leaning terminology he uses; both in that he followed Vash, much like one follows the the teachings of Christ, and that he believes in the Vash's ability to change to world with his philosophy, in the same way Christians believe in Jesus's ability to save the world through the gospel.

In summary, Wolfwood chooses to accept and even says he believes in Vash's philosophical views, thereby choosing to accept the possibility of forgiveness and unconditional love, both for himself, as is shown when he saves Vash from Knives, but also for others, and especially with Livio during the scene up to his death. This full acceptance and belief in a Christian/Vash's perspective would then also show that Wolfwood has fully accepted to be the 'bride of Christ', making him not only via contextual cues a 'bride' of Vash, but also within a Christian theological sense a bride of Vash as well.

In conclusion, (ie, TLDR) Wolfwoods death is wedding themed, with confetti, a church, church bells, and a bottle with the label BRIDE with a cross on it. The church is within the Bible called the 'bride of Christ'; as Vash is a christ-figure, and Wolfwood is a priest, this would make Wolfwood Vash's bride. As well, it is just previous to Wolfwood death scene that Wolfwood has accepted Vash's Christian philosophies, signalling his acceptance as the 'bride of Christ/Vash', further perpetuating the wedding theme.

TTLDR: Vash and Wolfwood are married yup 👍

#trigun #trigun manga #trigun maximum #wolfwood #nicholas d. wolfwood #trigun wolfwood #vash the stampede #livio the double fang #trigun analysis #manga spoilers #vashwood #vash x wolfwood #back at it again with trigun analysis... #dude I have like two midterms in a day and here i am. writting about my silly little blorbos #trigun... christian... analysis... #i need to do a post on their philosophical differences because thats a whole fucking bag of cats thats fascinating #is this blasphemous? i feel like it might be a bit. i feel like jesus would be like no no u r right and have a good point #while the church would be like *two shots to the back of my head* #anyways real talk tho my whole reason of writing this is to get people to redo really dramatic christian paintings as vashwood #i feel like some of it might be a bit of a strwtch and then i see then damn bottle again and im like. fuck. nightow u fucker #i feel like he didn't mean it in a gay way but whooo-y baby im gonna take it in a gay way #also whats really interesting is wolfwood in a way worshipping vash a bit and being still unable to see himself as worthy #also lots from wolfwoods pov but its also interesting Vash's own relationship with himself since its a lot of selfhate and negation #anyways! random thoughts #hugin rambles

[curioscurio]

Have you ever read "I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are" by Rachel Bloom (of Fuck Me Ray Bradbury and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend fame)? It's mainly about OCD but really resonates with me as a story of growing up as That Weird Kid On The Spectrum

Oooh no but I'll put it on my to read list! I have been going to the library lately and just got a new card, so once I'm done with the ones I'm reading I'll check it out! I'm currently reading Autism in Heels by Jennifer Cook O'Tool to get a better idea of how autism can present in women and people raised as women! Liking it so far, though it's a bit of work to get through emotionally for me. Gotta read it in bursts haha!

#thats how most of my life is going right now. in bursts. but im coming back to things instead of forgetting about them so its like good #instead of spends 6hrs straight reading its like ok spend 30 mins reading then 30 mins painting then a few hours gaming then 10 mins tidying #etc etc #and its WORKING??? #its never worked for me before so thank you guacamole meds #its guanfacine i beleive actually #god plus doubling my effexor of course changed my life completely this year #i still cant believe it was that simple #also i may just see if my elibrary has it too and go crazy who knows

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#i was looking through old photos today. they where from wjen i was like 1 and it made me so sad #bc my mum would have been like only a year or 2 older then i am now and she looked so young #and now she has an abdomen full of tumors and blistered hands and feet. theyre prob gonna hsve to remove her bladder #but shes still very pragmatic abt it. but she grew up in a house where no one really cared about her feelings so she made them small #and now her mother calls and doesn't ask how her grandkids are doing and doesn't ask how her daughter is doing. im cursed with terrible #grandparents on both sides but i resent my mothers mother worse. though my dad said i probably wouldnt have survived his upbringing #and hes right. my nana has like zero empathy and cant cook for shit. idk how my parents r so normal but the fact i had a good upbringing is #probably the only reason im still here. and thats the other thing that made me sad abt the old pics. just looking at this little baby with a #fucked up head and thinking: in 25 years that kid is gonna b so broken down their not gonns kno what to do or how to fix it. idk whats wrong #with me. ive always been some stage of miserable but i used to b able to get things done. and now i cant seem to force functionality #and it sucks. bc im home now and i still feel like im cringing around this open wound in my chest. but whatever #as of today ive started taking ab1lify. hopefully it helps in the long term but in the short term it triggers my 0cd. which is not fun #its so frustrating. whatever. i also found out my eyes used to not work together. not enough to have a lazy eye but it was hard for me to #read and apparently my eyes were tracking at like double the speed of a normal person. wtf is wrong with my brain? also also my mum was like #yea i never would have guessed bip0lar but we thought it was something. autism i could see 100% but yea didnt see that coming. ao i guess #i brehave like a bit of an oddball. ans my nana would bother my dad to try to make me participate in church and my dad was like no. she #clearly don't wanna b here lol. ay. they did the best they could which i appreciate #unrelated

[moodr1ng]

guy came up to me on the street to ask me for a few bucks then gestured at me and went "what you gotta do is get a haircut, shave the beard but keep the mustache, and get some really classy clothes! then the women will be all over you!". repeated these instructions three or four times with assurances that i will have more women than i know what to do with. not sure what type of interaction this was

#97 #well if theres one thing i know is apparently i need a really nice haircut no beard but keep the mustache and cool clothes. #this was thoroughly established. #tbh he was kinda spot on? #the only reason i have the beard is bc if i shave it i have a visible double chin which makes me feel bad abt myself but otherwise id shave #i DO wanna change my hair bc im not happy w it rn and im getting braids next weekend #and i was wearing my huge bulky yellow jacket thats great for when its rainy and cold but is also like. not particularly nice or flattering #so. man was right tbh he has a good eye

[todayisafridaynight]

time a flat circle why the hell am i usin the same loafers i bought for one cosplay of my fave antagonist for another fave antagonist

#snap chats #can i even call it cosplay. why are police sirens going off in the bg oh my god shut UP #anyway yeah ill elaborate. Super Snap Stalkers will remember my p4 era and will remember the time i did in fact do an adachi cosplay #i deleted the og post like an hour later. plus that blog's gone. but im sure some freak can find it if they dig hard enough #ew i think i was 17/18 in that pic (not at all that long ago) ok anyway. #i use the same loafers for my aoki outfit. and yeah i do Regularly wear my rgg outfits i TOLD YOU its functional cosplay i QUIT #just funny that like.... damn everything always goes back to square one LOL #these busted ass old ass loafers still rockin with me years later #if im feeling cheeky i think i will post all my rgg outfits actually. for halloween #hang on gotta be depressed and cringe for a moment #cause ive always liked cosplay but whenever i did it it never felt. Good Looking #like i always just felt like my face never worked for the charas i wanted to portray and so thats why i say with a heavy heart #that aoki's round-ass square-ass head is perfect LOL it makes me wanna throw up looking in the mirror #i got the same weird lips. ok not that squished Similar but Its Awful that he makes me feel comfortable with my face now #at least my eyebags arent double deckered... i at least look like i get sleep.. some days. #breaking !!!! objectively one of the most vile bitches in this franchise makes you feel comfortable with your body and existence #NAW to continue from last post if i had a webcam i prob coulda done a cosplay y7 stream LOL thatd be funny #anyway since this tag ramble is just pure cringe let me round it off with a final bit of cringe #the Forbidden Mention of my trans masato hc cause one reason why i have a Teehee over the thought is how raspy his voice is #and i only really now realized how right i was tonight because my prof called on me to speak and when i tried speaking DAWG. #the forbidden acknowledgement of Myself GROSS #BUT DAWG MY THROAT WAS FUCKIN CRUSTY it felt like sandpaper EW?? WATER FOR YOU?? christ. i hope that was just a one-time thing #ok im leaving now BYE

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

dream of a singular kagamine

#my art lol #vocaloid #vocaloid fanart #kagamine len #kagamine rin #rin and len kagamine #len and rin kagamine #rin kagamine #len kagamine #fusion #dreamcore #surreal #bright colors #balloons #ugh i never know how to tag anything anymore bruh 😭 im so tired #wasn't actually originally going for that sorta weirdcore/dreamcore aesthetic but it worked out?? i need to do more legit bgs like actually #the fcked up eyes coulda turned out better but it turns out im not good at drawing conjoined irises... or whatever thats called #double pupils... there's a lot going on there. was also contemplating abt giving them extra limbs but i was nah... #meant to look more relatively normal; and you could argue some sorta symbolism abt rin&len's relationship here too but idk #idk what to type here my brain is fried right now uhhh... no relation to anything ive previously posted. no idea WHERE tf they are #i randomly decided to save a transparent png of them w/ flat colors before i added the bg and shading and everything too #doubt i'll ever use it but?? its here in my files now

[treypug]

💊

#personal #im stressed the fuck out about everything #and depressed as hell #again #i tried to go back to the psych office i used to go to but bc its been so long they consider me a new client #so i filled out all the new client paperwork and turned it in online like they asked and they said after that they would call me back #and schedule the appointment #well its been over a week and they never called or emailed me back and work has been so rough that i havent been able #to get out of work early enough before their office closes to call and be like wtf can i make a fucking appointment #so i dont know when ill get this damn appointment and on top of that the 1st appointment will cost double bc im now a new client i guess #and the office is like an hour drive away but none of the other offices near me have good reviews #maybe they just had a backload from winter breaks idk #but yeah stressed about that and i can never fucking sleep well #cant fall asleep cant stay asleep dont feel well after rest its bs #and im eternally broke #really need a new bed thats bigger so i can maybe sleep better with my bf #i could ask my parents for money help but i hate doing that im almost 25 i shouldnt be so fucking broke and dependent right #also ive been feeling ugly for over a year #and this weather has me fucked up #and bills have me fucked up #ugh

[gibbearish]

man i keep getting distracted i was in the middle of playing terraria

#ive started a not the bees playthrough #its. going #i have literally no accessories beyond the ones ive gotten from the travelling merchant yet #however i do have approximately ten thousand tombstones so. thats good #i will say though it is very nice knowing the whole world is mud and therefore corruption spread will be negligent #NEGLIGIBLE #i fucking thought that was the right word but my keyboard was convinced it wasnt a word and kept suggesting negligent #anyways. oh despite not having any accessories yet i do have a HELLA base already going and a good chunk of a skybridge #not much of a hellavator yet due to the 8000 bees in the way of all mining and the 3 defense my wooden armor gives me but #we'll get there eventually #oh one thing i am real bummed abt is i thought id found a skyland and wasted a fuckload of platforms and ropes searching #only to find out my map had lied to me #it's fun tho due to the honey everywhere im navigating the world very differently than i usually do #would kill for a double jump though. or a single cave opening of any sort. just one chest maybe #alas. we trudge onwards

[years-of-minecraft]

Guys I am so Normal about Double Life I swear ya gotta believe me-

#trafficblr #double life smp #dlsmp #i think thats the right tag lmao #all of them #i love all of them #THE PAIRS ARE SO GOOD

[b0bs0ndugnutt]

That’s a wrap on Vol 7!

This show has gotten a lot more nuanced. I think this volume probably needed more breathing room to do it given the world-and-character building speedrun it had to do, but glad they didnt “both sides” military dictatorship (those red white and blue Atlas uniforms were not subtle and I’m glad they didnt pull punches). You dont see that often in western media.

#The way Ironwood thought he was winning the chess match with Tyrian and Watts #and Cinder came in and flipped the board #Road to hell paved with good intentions etc etc. #you want to root for him but thankfully the show won’t pretend ‘making tough decisions’ that seem to always sacrifice poor people is right #Paranoia & doubling down are not a good mix #Ace Ops vs RWBY was great #the Clover thing was a bit sloppy andrequired a bit of suspension of common sense but i get they were hammering home ‘just following orders #I thought he was boring but im sad Qrow once again dealing with the fact he can’t hold onto friends #not a lesson he needed to learn again #And penny as winter maiden! Thats interesting… #M watches RWBY

[alchemiclee]

annoying genshin players: cyno is bad, he does no damage.

my cyno that's not even properly/fully built: destroys the jadeplume chickenshroom before his ult even wears off.

#he's one of my strongest characters and his playstyle is fun imo. if you have the right team his power can double or more. #I enjoy teamwork in this game. I think it's the one-character-one-big-damage people that are whiny about it. that's boring!!!!! not sorry. #if you're one shotting every boss and enemy with one character and your multi million damage then youre doing nothing #for me that defeats the purpose of the game and isnt fun. good for you but that doesnt make cyno bad #thats like if i say ganyu bad because she kills things too fast so that makes her boring and bad #people are annoying lmao

[villlainarc]

maybe its bc of where i am emotionally in life but i think good will hunting is about loving yourself enough to be able to go after what you want. its a very ‘this may be expected of you but that doesnt matter if you don’t want it’ and ‘the people who really love you love you enough to want what you want too’ and ‘you deserve to have the kind of life you want. you deserve to not have to live moment to moment. you deserve dreams.’ kind of thing and thats so Much. its So Much

#maybe this is what fundamentally changes me as a person #this one movie maybe it will radically affect my worldview #whats fucking wild is that will turns down a job working for the govt cuz he cant get over the potential effects of what hed be doing #and i swear to god ive had that conversation with my family before #thats the moment where i realized oh god hes just like me fr #i am no good at math but i fear this movie is a bit too relatable #posting arc #i put this in the drafts 2 weeks ago bc i thought it was too personal but actually its just a good post #and im correct. idk howmany people there are that have watched this movie and also follow me but take my word for it i am #but i was double right its also a bit personal which is why its almost 3 am when im posting it heart emoji

[todayisafridaynight]

i’ve got a villain tier list but not in terms of how good they are or whatever but just in terms of how funny i think they are and mine and masato constantly fight for #1 in my brain

#snap chats #i dont have the objectivity to make a Geniunely Good Villain tier list so i gotta improvise #like the list goes masato/mine -> ryuji -> nishiki #truly flip flops between mine and masato depending on how i feel that day cause theyre both hilarious in their own right #like mine's funny because. Do I Have To Explain thats what my blogs for #masato's funny cause he really went on the bitchiest rampage ever because his girlfriend dumped him #like bro get it together PLEASE #mine's legitimately somehow the most normal and well-adjusted person here like even when daigo's in the hospital he's fine #it's just that as soon as he gets word daigo might not recover THEN he goes absolutely insane but not even he's still composed about it #but then there's everything Before That like how mine saw daigo for literally two seconds and decided to stalk him #AGAIN absolute comedy king behavior he's so fucking goofy #ryuji's number 3 cause he does have his funny moments and he does make me go Lmao #but most of the time he comes on screen im just like Omg Ryuji :) Hi Ryuji That's My Guy !!!! #ryuji is funny tho /he's/ causing a scene cause some other dude has the same tattoo as him #like imagine that ryuji really said No Doubles and he meant that #nishiki ain't even funny in the slightest bro just sad #like nothing about this man was funny to watch it was just depressing #anyways thanks for joining my tedtalk on Who's The Funniest Yakuza Antagonist i dont think anyone read this screed

[autoneurotic]

remember when my partner wrote a song about how much he dug me and now we’re married. it’s insane that u can feel so much love n with such depth for a person

#not to b corny but it was like. first sight type shit #i came in saw him did a double take n was like Yeah. Ok. We’re going to date #and we were sooo silly we were going to do a cabin vacation for his bday with another couple #but then half of that couple decided she hated me and by proxy my partner so we were like okkaaaayy #we’ll just go ourselves! and i was sitting with my legs tossed over his lap #arm around his shoulders and i was like wait #truly What Are We. we just planned a romantic getaway. we’re dating right? #da rest is history :’) #our first kiss also when it got steamy #i drunkenly ripped off my glasses and said now THATS what i’m talking about #and he STILL thought i was hot #love that for me #anyway um. love is so good i love love listen to my partners music #music #nice #home #dolepeaches #ambient #Spotify