#the you in this text post refers to god

[chitinleg]

got him off-balance!

#my art #ds9 #star trek deep space nine #julian bashir #elim garak #garashir #watercolor #image desc in alt text #i normally post on mondays but. today im breaking my pattern! getting a little silly. getting a little wild. garashir jumpscare #“tumblr user chitinleg garak would neot easily let himself be swooped off his feet into a hug like that” yes i know BUT! #look at his expression. look at how his arms r pinned. he didnt let this happen LMAO julian just surprised him. grabby huggy human behavior #if you look really closely you can see the tiniest frown in the world on Garak's face. because he's like “EEP !” #cant see bashirs face at all in this only his body but i think we can all imagine that whatevers going thru his head. he needs this hug bad #ALSO. for anyone wondering what the fucked up shadow is that starts at the juncture of the teal sleeve-cap where its set into the armhole #the jumpsuits have a bit of a fold of extra fabric (called an Action Pleat) there which allows for a little more maneuverability of the bod #AND creates a really sleek and flat back panel #because you can see the fabric twists along the side arent grabbing the flat back fabric theyre grabbing the fabric folded beneath it #often times i think about drawing out a dissection of kiras first uniform and this voy era one for other artists to use. bc god knows #i struggled at first to find full body references #they like to shoot ds9 very close to peoples heads. and the camera is so blurry. they smeared butter on that thing. god bless

[demigods-posts]

that scene when percy douses ares with the tide gives me shivers because we hardly see percy use his powers. actually. we hardly see him embracing his godly side the majority of the show. and it really emphasizes how unfamiliar, scared, and overwhelmed he is by it all. because he's just a kid. but then we see ares get in the way of him reuniting with someone he loves. and we see what this boy is capable of.

#pjo #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo text post #percy jackson #put you in your place #beat ares in a sword fight (ares is the god of war btw) #ares got his ass kicked by a twelve year old with an inhaler #^^ the adam project reference

[fishshit]

very quick victuuri skecthes made in my notes <3 (please check the tags for the explanation of the text)

#the animal abuse in the text is OFC NOT REAL ANIMAL ABUSE #i'm trying to refer to the twitter people who claim every single thing pet owners do to their pet is animal abuse #this is a quite unserious sketch if you didn't notice #it's silly you might say #ok wait i think i need to explain the second one too #it's not genderbend it's long haired chubby yuuri and viktor hugging him from behing #i wasn't planning to make his hair THAT long tbh #BTW I THE ONLY THING I'VE USED IS MY FUCKING THUMB SO THIS MIGHT BE SHIT SKFJWKFN #i'll prob never post something like this again so yeah #MAN POSTING FANART FEELS SO WEIRD IDK WHAT TO SAY #the more i look the more i hate it #i need to practice anatomy but god knows i'm not his best soldier for that #it's not my fight 😔🙏🏻 #yeah i think i'm out of things to say BYEEEE #yuri on ice #victuuri #fanart

[vellichorom]

if you didn’t like that last post HOLD ON, IT GETS WORSE

( ft @satisfiedskye‘s narrator, ollie! )

#uwu art #The Stanley Parable #The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe #Javascript #TSP Narrator #putting this in the main fandom tags & nowhere else #IT'S NOT HARD TO GUESS WHERE AFTER THAT LAST POST but if you know this fucking reference you um. have my condolences #that said text credit goes to uhhh loverof/piggies #for the love of god don't show them this /SILLY #PAUSING ANYTHING NARRATORSWEEP FOR /THIS/

[rad-roche]

3D art software is something i theoretically have a lot of fun with and enjoy, i've fiddled around with it in the past

but the actual software part is what kills me. it's like my brain turns off. lumping fake clay wads on top of each other, i'm having fun. what the hell is a vertice. every tutorial out there that solves the problem i have doesn't use the same menus anymore because i'm on version 4.0.33.0.4 not 4.0.33.0.3. the guy just fixed it with a single button press but didn't remark on it and there's no indication of what he did onscreen. it's been seven hours. how do i close this window. that's it i'm going back to 2D. repeat indefinitely

#text post #this was from a 'let's model a dishonoured character!' tutorial #i see people using these for their own oc references and my god if i could #it'd make gloria a lot easier i'll tell you that much #this is for blender btw

[sidhewrites]

sometimes i scroll through tumblr with my glasses off and see pictures of kittens snuggled up next to each other so I have to sit there, manually focusing my eyes and spending multiple minutes making sure that I am not, in fact, looking at a two-headed cat

#text post #we have fun at night #also everyone be proud of me i did 2 sketches and reference research for a commission that is so long overdue riperoni #god bless u friend for your patience every time. i gotta do another gift for you

[floral-hex]

🎂🎂🎂

Happy birthday bestie🤪💖💛

OMG Snoopy! Thank you!

#please appreciate that I made this for you please please #wow 3 cakes just for me. #thank you. you’re grape. great. you’re great. I mean great… you’re good. #woof I almost made a big mistake. accidentally gave snoopy spots and realized right before hitting post #I would have looked so stupid! he’s not a dalmation! #prettyblondguys #ask #text #fav #updating these tags 10 minutes later and I just realized i accidentally paraphrased a trump tweet #oh god I’m so sorry…now I gotta change what I wrote 😓 #because… I dunno. I don’t want to do an accidental stupid trump reference. #I just wanna say thank you very cool! but no! so fine… but also ‘thank you. very cool.’

[cmdeguzzi]

Everyone is so into reincarnation/past life aus where they remember their own past lives and experiences together themselves but . But like ... What abt reincarnation/past life aus where everyone but them know what happened in their past life???

"you are literally the reason they even have a past life to begin with what do you MEAN you wish to give all you are to protecting and caring for them???"

"no like you two were inseparable you two fought wars by each other's sides and by god did you make sure each other made it out alive how can you hate them so much DON'T YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING"

"you're laughing. you've forgotten who your literal soulmate is and you're LAUGHING."

C'mon people we need more oblivious idiot-specific aus

#alternate universe #au prompt #otp #imagine your otp #reference #ew text post #there was a continuation i was gonna put abt like. lovers to enemies angst or uhh #OH OR MAYBE pair doesn't remember BUT BUT person C whose had a crush on one of them for the longest time is just like #PAIN.jpeg #bc like I DONT WANNA INTRUDE AND STEAL THEM AWAY FROM YOU BUT GOD... GOD IF U DON'T WANT EM I CAN TAKE EM OFF UR HANDS #wait this is just. amnesia arc with extra steps #nvm guys post cancelled

[multi-lefaiye]

Me, naive: Maybe THIS time Eugene Lee Yang's coming out video won't make me start bawling

Me: [watches it]

Me: [immediately tears up and is crying by the end of it]

#multi makes text posts #genuinely it's so impactful and well done #but also oh god it hits hars #*hard #especially towards the end of the Green section #and the final shot in the Purple section #anyway this video is gorgeous! also oh god oh fuck! #(if you haven't watches it; MASSIVE CW for violence and a reference to the Pulse shooting)

[thiefking]

i still really want to post the full volo execution on here because i think i did a REALLY good job writing it but the issue is.

there are two video components . i don't know if i can add two videos in one post... i don't think i can if i don't make it a youtube link and that would be... clunky

when i originally posted the execution i had a lot of precise control over the SPEED it was posted, it was over discord so i spaced out certain paragraphs and waited for the videos to be viewed by everyone (watched for chat reactions over certain lines that are only at the very end of each video) before i continued so as to prevent anyone from reading ahead and also to create the exact tense atmosphere i desired. now granted i did have people read it for me before and after it was time for the execution itself and the pacing seemed solid BUT i wanted to take it a step further and ENSURE it was all read exactly how i wanted it to be

the context. holy shit is there so much missing context. sure yeah i could just say "it's from a multiverse killing game rp, it's basically danganronpa in space and you can have volo from pokemon, billy joe cobra from dude that's my ghost, whirl from transformers, and shego from kim possible (all real examples. spamton was the first murderer btw.) all in the same room at once and no one bats an eye" but. i almost feel like that wouldn't cut it because you also need to know i only write my volo the way i think it would be FUN to write volo (rather than what i think is canon) and that's with his god complex turned up to 1 trillion, if you wanted to know anything from "why was there a steak keychain" to "why turtle" i'd need to explain the folklore/folktales i was referencing and built the entire execution's theme around, you'd need to see the murder + attempted murder that he was getting executed for to begin with, you'd need to know the attempted murder was fucking joshua from twewy, you'd need to know joshua from twewy is unity's best friend, you'd need to know volo is/was dating unity and they had a hateromance for almost the entire duration of the game thus far (started hateflirting on day 2, had a potent emotional moment day 20, became officially romantically involved i think literally the same day that we were allowed to start establishing romantic relationships with the characters on day 42, and they lasted all the way until day 311 when volo was executed), you'd need to fucking know who unity is to begin with and they are literally an oc, like do you see the problem here it won't hit as hard if you don't know the context. this also isn't even all of the context i need to give. my joshua has 6 wings. that's important to know if i were to include the body drop photo that shows off the result of volo's murder/arts and crafts project/torture session so you don't think he only had 2 and consequently wonder how volo could have chopped off 4 of them

#txt #kinmd of a long post sorry the vyvanse does this to me . #am i nonetheless confident that the execution CAN be enjoyed without all of that context? yeah #but it's so much better when you have things to tie it back to #the folklore reference list i also did not provide anyone before posting the execution but i think it's a REALLY good follow-up #that and some other theming i added in that might otherwise go unnoticed or understated #but are spoilers for the text itself #so necessarily would have to come afterwards #i need to go work on this unrelated neocities page tbh but i'm also thinking about how i might be able to post this #just for anyoen who is curious #or who just wants to read some Fun Unhinged Volo Fiction where he's lived 200 years and the god complex has only gotten worse because of it

[bitegore]

serious question for non-native english speakers who have any sort of religious beliefs (or people who have a language they speak for liturgical reasons and not in their day to day life, ie praying in arabic or hebrew)

when you say "god" in colloquial english, does it feel like you're saying a word that actually means your deity that you actually believe in or pray to in whatever degree?

personally: nope, unless i'm specifically trying to talk about mine, in which case I usually use the hebrew term i'm used to (hashem, translates to "the name") or "g-d" (written as such for religious purposes) but "god" as used in english to me is sort of just like "the christian god" and it's off to the side. de-religion'd and de-importance'd for me. hence the question, because it makes me curious

#i will admit to a significant lack of cultural knowledge re: other people's minority religious traditions but i would imagine that like #there are plenty of diaspora groups in ie america or other parts of the world that pray in one language (from home) and speak primarily #another #like i know that jews worldwide speak hebrew as a liturgical language. id imagine muslims worldwide do the same. a jew in israel frex would #probably have a different feeling on this (speaking hebrew most of the time daily) if i were to ask if they felt like idk. whatever they #use to refer to 'god (generic)' in hebrew vs hebrew lmfao #anyway i figure this goes for other religions as well #like id imagine it would be a little odd to be idk hindi or smth and worship exclusively in english when your texts and stuff are all in #another language #red rambles #i love when language. can you tell #i find this stuff genuinely fascinating #brought to you by a) a post about saying 'i love you' vs 'te amo/te quiero' with different levels of significance and b) a jumblr post

[byronicbi]

I love hate-watching YouTube vids from indie authors with titles like "the 10 WORST types of romances" because 9 out of 10 items on the list completely neglect the existence of romance in the horror genre and honestly that's just weak sauce.

#post brought to you by a recc'd video on the same day i vaguely considered adding something to my future project list. #like. i'll still add it. but oh my god. #i get the need to clickbait but it's okay to state something is your personal reference rather than try #to pass it off as Law Among All Literature. #text tag. #i guess one woman's 'top ten worst' is another man's 'top ten best'.

[amymarchlavrence]

i really will never understand people who don’t *heavily* question what they read in religious texts because i’m on chapter four of genesis (thanks Serial Reader app) and already spent close to an hour googling questions where most of the links that come up are christian answer/analysis sites that literally say “Obviously, _____” and then something I don’t find obvious and is actually very debatable imo

#thank you jewish websites that give multiple perspectives and basically end with a 🤷‍♀️ #god i would be hell to have in a bible study group or class because i would ask a question about every single verse #for example how is abel raising sheep bc pastoralism didn’t exist yet #and then i have to take a deep breath and remember this is a story and an allegory etc #and people thousands of years ago didn’t really have anthropology #nora screams into the void #but this post in particular is about the use of plural pronouns for god #and one site said it was obviously a reference to the trinity #bitch this text is originally jewish; do you think they were talking about the christian trinity??!!? #the jewish site said it was basically the royal we #also sometimes the king james version is just completely incomprehensible but that’s all the app has #but it also has the quran so i might fuck around and read that too when i’m done

[madame-serpentine]

So inspired quite heavily by this stunning art and listening to too much crane wives, I wrote something very short kinda from Crowley's perspective.

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I am not that person anymore. Please do not go searching for her.

She is within me, but she will never be me, wholly, again.

I don’t remember a lot of what happened to me back then. I wonder sometimes if it was all my fault, that they were reasonable, and I wasn’t. I have to take the pit in my heart as proof. I can’t recall the memory intentionally anymore - like looking where the furniture isn’t.

It all only becomes clear when it ended. When I fell out of that life and into this one. A dividing line.

I’ve found peace in who I am now, without her. It wasn’t an easy journey.

Please don’t go looking for my ghost. I am here. I am real. And I like who I’ve become, despite it all. I think you like who I am now, too.

#good omens #text post this time #this is new for me #ana's art #crowley #ineffable husbands #ana's writing #I guess I'm writing now lol #is 'her' refering to the person crowley was or God? #up to you to decide! #*slaps crowley* this demon can fit so much self-projection about trauma

[lecl3rcw]

KEEPING UP WITH THE LECLERCS | Leclerc brothers x sister! reader

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Pairings: Charles, Arthur, Lorenzo Leclerc x sister! reader (model reader)

Summary: As Arthur and Y/N are on live together, Arthur accidentally spills his guts on Y/N crush on this mystery man, who is this man? And what will her brothers’s reaction be.

Warnings: I’m using meeya dugied’s photos as a reference! But reader has no faceclaim!

Author’s note: WHOO it’s been a while, hope you guys have been well, I just wanted to say Thankyou for being so patient with me, I’ve had a lot going on in my life but just know your requests are in the process of being finalized! I’m the meantime, this is just a little short fic for everyone!

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“Do you think the chicken came first or the egg?”

“….Shut up Arthur”

The boy narrowed his eyes at his twin, the two youngest leclercs were on Y/N’s Instagram live because they were so bored and since then it’s been a blur.

“Y/N who is your favorite brother out of the 3, Lorenzo for sure” she reads out the question and answers it without hesitation.

“Girllll whats up your ass today, did Jo-” before he could say more, the girl quickly covers his mouth, “Shut the fuck up Arthur! I swear I’m never telling you anything again!” She says, pushing his face out of the frame.

“Ouch! See guys this is what happens when you’ve had the fattest crush on this dude named J-” She interrupted him once more.

“Ok everybody! That’s it for this live, Thankyou so much for keeping us entertained and I hope you all have an amazing day! Love you” she says quickly before turning the live off.

“You’re actually such a cunt Arthur” she says as she pushes him again.

“What? It’s not like I said his name” he responds standing up

“it’s not your place Hoe” she responds standing up.

“Whatever girl, talk to the fucking hand” he says raising his hand in the most sassy way possible before walking off.

What in the sassy men apocalypse, she shook it off and just allayed down on the couch, before she got a text.

She rolls her eyes again, “I’m so sick of them” she scoffs.

She smiled at the replies her tweet got, the f1 fanbase has got to be the most creative one yet to exist. Tired from scrolling, she shuts her phone down and decides to rest her eyes. However, her peace only lasted for 20 minutes as her phone rang for a Group FaceTime call. She lets out a loud groan but answers it.

“So Y/N, Tell us who this man” Lorenzo asks.

“Again, no hi, no hello” she responds.

“Y/N I swear!” Charles interrupts her.

“Oh my god, for fucks sake, it’s Jo-” Arthur starts but is immediately interrupted,

“STOP, fine, I’ll text it to you” she says before shooting the groupchat a text.

“Oh Y/N, you know that never ends well” Charles says.

“Says you? Let me ask all your ex girlfriends” she responds in a very snarky way, Charles looked taken aback.

“Ok damn girl, calm down no need to get all violent🙄” he says visibly rolling his eyes.

“Sorry Charlie, i didn’t mean that, if Alexandra and Charlotte are there tell them i love them and that they’re way better than their mans, anyways bye goodnight, have a good trip” she says.

“You too Chérie, hope your photo shoot goes well tomorrow!” Charles says before hanging up, Lorenzo adds to that with “and goodluck with J-”

“OK GOODBYE” she says hanging up, she lets out a sigh and puts her hand on her face. She gets up and does her skincare routine, and goes to sleep.

The next morning, her flight to Milan was very early so she was at the airport by 6.

She hugs Arthur, “Bye tur tur, hope your race testing goes well” he hugs back tight, “you too Y/n/n”

She hugs her mom tightly, “Love you Maman” she squeezes her, Pascale reciprocating the action. “I love you, text me when you land” her mom says, and the young girl nods. She waved one last goodbye to her mom and her brother before boarding the flight.

She makes a quick post on her Instagram before shutting her phone off for her flight.

y/n.leclerc

y/n.leclerc june with my fav people ever🫶🏻 p.s. Alexandra is the best photographer

tagged charles_leclerc, arthur_leclerc, lorenzotollotaleclerc, alexandrasaintmleux, carla.brocker, charlottedipietro, pascale_leclerc

Liked by bengals, charles_leclerc, alexandrasaintmleux, and 1,000,000 others

arthur_leclerc WHATS 4+4😝

^y/n.leclerc ATEEEEEEE

^charles_leclerc girllll more like -8

^y/n.leclerc I’m gonna beat your ass.

alexandrasaintmleux my chérie😍

^y/n.leclerc THE LITERAL LOVE OF MY LIFE😍

bellahadid let’s get married

^y/n.leclerc I’m gonna bite you☺️

leclercupdates NOT THE BENGALS LIKING

^wags4life LIKE ARIANA WHAT ARE U DOING HERE?

y/n’swhore SHES LITERALLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON EVER😞

What the girl didn’t expect was to get a text from one of the most popular teams ever.

Bengals Hello! We would like to host a partnership with you, we wanted to invite you to one of our games as an honorary guest, you can bring up to 6 people.

……

#f1 fanfic #f1 imagine #f1 x reader #charles leclerc x reader #charles leclerc x sister!reader #arthur leclerc #arthur leclerc x reader #charles leclerc x female reader

[burst-of-iridescent]

South Asian and Hindu Influences in ATLA (Part 1)

disclaimer: i was raised culturally and religiously hindu, and though i've tried to do my research for this post and pair it with my own cultural knowledge, i'm not an expert on hinduism by any means. should i mess up, please let me know.

please also be aware that many of the concepts discussed in this post overlap heavily with religions such as buddhism and jainism, which might have different interpretations and representations. as i'm not from those religions or cultures, i don't want to speak on them, but if anyone with that knowledge wishes to add on, please feel free.

it's well-known that atla draws from indigenous, east and southeast asian influences, but something i rarely see discussed in the fandom is the influences the show takes from hinduism and south asia, and there are actually far more than i think people are aware of.

so here's a (non-exhaustive list) of the main inspirations atla drew from south asian culture and hinduism, starting with...

The Avatar

the title of the show itself is taken from the ancient language of sanskrit, often considered the sacred tongue of the hindu religion. in sanskrit, the word "avatar" means to "descend" or "alight".

the concept of the avatar is a very old one, referring to the physical incarnation of a powerful deity or spirit. the idea of the avatar is most often linked to the god Vishnu, one of three supreme hindu gods collectively called the trimurti, or trinity. the avatar is said to manifest upon earth primarily in times of great need, when balance must be maintained between the forces of good and evil.

atla borrows heavily from this idea in having aang be the incarnation of a divine spirit who returns to the world during a time of immense strife, and is tasked with defeating a great evil to bring balance back to the world. and though i don't know if it was an intentional reference, it's interesting to note that Krishna, the most famous incarnation of Vishnu was also reborn amidst a fierce storm and carried through a raging sea to a new home where he would be protected from the king who sought to kill him. sounds a little familiar, doesn't it?

Agni Kai and the Philosophy of Firebending

the word "agni" derives from the sanskrit name Agni, the god of fire, though it can also generally mean "fire".

the concepts of lightning bending and the sun being the source of firebending are likely also taken from the idea of Agni, since he's said to exist simultaneously in three different forms on three different dimensions: as fire on earth, as lightning in the atmosphere, and as the sun in the sky.

Agni is a significant aspect of many rituals, including marriage rites, death rites, and the festivals of holi and diwali. the concept of Agni is one of duality: life and death, rebirth and destruction. hindu rituals accept and celebrate both aspects, revolving around the idea that destruction is not separate from creation, but rather necessary to facilitate it. the cremation of the dead, for instance, is seen as purification, not destruction: burning away the physical form so the soul is unencumbered, set free to continue the reincarnation cycle.

this influence can be seen in the firebending masters episode, which discusses the idea of fire being vital to life. the sun warriors safeguarding the original fire and demanding that zuko and aang bring fire to the dragons as a sacrifice could also reference the ritual of Agnihotra - the ritual of keeping a fire at the home hearth and making offerings to it. the purpose of this ritual differs depending on which text you refer to, but it is generally believed to purify the person and atmosphere in which it is performed, similar to how zuko and aang must make offerings to ran and shaw and survive their fire before being deemed worthy and pure.

Agnihotra is said to serve as a symbolic reminder of the vitality and importance of fire as the driving force of life, a lesson that zuko and aang also internalize from their encounter with the dragons.

Bumi

bumi's name is taken from the sanskrit word "bhumi", which means "earth". it's also the name of the hindu goddess of the earth, bumi or bhudevi.

one of the things the original animation didn't do and which i really enjoyed about the live action was that they made bumi indian and added desi inspiration to omashu. it makes perfect sense for a king whose name is as hindu-inspired as they come.

NWT Royal Palace

chief arnook's palace in the northern water tribe takes inspiration from the gopurams of hindu temples, massive pyramidal structures that served as entrance towers to the temple.

gopurams were built tall enough to be seen for miles around, beacons to signal tired or weary travellers who wished for a place to rest that a temple was nearby. it's a nice touch that the chief's palace is located in front of the spirit oasis, a similarly symbolic entryway to a sanctuary housing otherworldly deities.

Betrothal Necklaces

to preface: i doubt this was an intentional reference, and this great post talks about other cultures that could have inspired the water tribe betrothal necklaces. given the desi influence in the nwt architecture however, i figured it was worth mentioning.

the idea of betrothal necklaces being given to women by their male partners is similar to the thaali, a necklace given to hindu wives by their husbands. during hindu weddings, grooms tie the thaali around their brides' necks to symbolize their marriage. once given, wives are expected to wear their thaali till the day they die, as doing so is believed to bring good luck, health and prosperity to their husbands.

Chi-Blocking

though chi-blocking takes primary inspiration from the art of Dim Mak, it is also influenced by the south indian martial arts forms of adimurai and kalaripayattu, both of which include techniques of striking vital points in the body to disable or kill an opponent.

kalaripayattu also shares parallels with firebending, being a very physically demanding, aggressive martial art that emphasises the importance of discipline and mental fortitude. control of the mind is essential to control of the body, a philosophy similar to that espoused by iroh across the show.

Wan Shi Tong's Library

the library draws inspiration partly from the taj mahal, the famous mausoleum constructed by shah jahan during the mughal empire as a monument to his beloved wife, mumtaz mahal.

i'll end this post here since it's getting too long as it is, and the following section will be even longer. for while atla treated the concepts in this post with respect, the same unfortunately cannot be said for its depiction of guru pathik and combustion man - both of which we'll be discussing next.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #atla cultural influences #hinduism in atla