#this is a good election time

[mercurytrinemoon]

Guys look at the pretty Moon in between Venus and Jupiter 😍

#that dumb street lamp always gets in my way when i try to snap sky pics ugh #but still #super pretty #this is a good election time #you know moon between two benefics #really noiceeee #random #astrology

[beetlepassing]

good show girls!

#homestuck #adventure time #vriska serket #marceline the vampire queen #we'll get em next time homestucks #don't worry guys i gave marcy very good sunscreen before this photo was taken #twe23 #tumblrwoman election 2023 #🎷🐛

[darkwood-sleddog]

once again i am asking tumblr to hold public polls for users to vote on potential changes. imagine if you were the 'respect our users opinion website'. like that could be us but apparently not.

#not dogs #tumblr #not all change is bad but i think the new desktop changes are actually terrible? #i want less clutter not more #staff SAYS they want to give us options #okay so develop some options and have us vote for them before release #as an actual real life election official i want this #bc i think most physical changes to websites are entirely useless and redundant #also why would you copy a social media site that is FAILING #@staff you made polls. please fucking use them #and release the results publicaly i swear to fuck #like if you want users to spend money on this website you kinda need to uh. listen to them? #i also think TELLING people they are testing a new feature that may or may not be permanent would be good #so that people don't come in to change they think is potentially permanent #not that i think the desktop stuff isn't going to be #tumblr has shown time and time again that they value only new users coming in from twitter

[crowskullls]

Thinking about Minute’s insane morals and how he doesn’t have a single genuinely bad bone in his body. He gets confused when he’s betrayed, he begs for explanations when people are cruel. He would rather make amends than hold onto grudges. He forgives and forgets. He teams with the same guy (Wemmbu) that’s betrayed him countless of times, and still trusts him anyways. Even if a bit reluctant at first. Even if he knows he’ll still end up betrayed.

Like this guy has PROBLEMS. He so morally… Good. He can stoop down to other people’s level, he can play dirty, he can be intimidating. He doesn’t really let himself get walked all over. But he’d MUCH rather just hang out and have peace. He gets upset when people are negative because he’s just SO optimistic. He always has to see the Good side of things, even when it’s a horrendous situation.

Even when he has reasons to be angry and upset and spiteful, he still chooses to hold his head high and STICK to his morals. He’s Stubborn. He tries so hard to see Why people are evil and hurtful, but he can’t personally understand. He needs to be the hero. He needs to save others. Because who else is going to do it? Who else has the resources, the strength, the backbone, the reputation? He gives items out to people with no expectation for reimbursement. He’s always saving other server members, even his enemies, from tricky situations.

He tries hard to remain all mysterious and brooding. He tries to seem calm and collected. But he wears his heart on his sleeve. You can hear every emotion in his voice, in the glint in his eyes. The way his smile upturns when he finds something amusing, or how his eyebrows furrow when he’s trying to piece something together. He’s an incredibly emotional guy, and he’s not good at hiding it. He’s notoriously a bad liar. He gives himself away every time he opens his mouth. It’s WHY he’s so genuine, so easy to trust.

It’s easy to get under his skin, but he still holds his ground. Because he has to. Because the world is cruel and brutal, and everyone is out to get him. Killing is second nature on most SMPs, especially on Lifesteal. But he can defend himself. Most other people can’t. He’s paranoid, and watches events from the sidelines (even if it annoys other players.) He always has extra food and fireworks to give out. Despite covering himself in dark colors, and hiding from large groups, he’s still looking out for others. He’s still the beacon of hope people need. He’s so annoyingly optimistic and cheerful that it’s sickening to most. He refuses to let himself become bitter and pessimistic.

Anyways bro thinks he’s Batman.

#I do NOT want to see a minutetech villain arc I want him to suffer through always playing the Hero #minutetech #PLEASE CAN ANYONE HEAR ME #DOES THIS MAKE SENSE #His hero complex is so fascinating to me #he isn’t doing any of this out of personal gain either #he’s just Genuinely trying to be a good guy #dare I say #In Over My Head by Grandson #I associate that song with him a Lot #he gets overwhelmed with this position he’s put himself into but he can HANDLE it #he HAS to #he has to endure it because nobody else is insane enough to be so stupidly Good and Optimistic #this is inspired mainly by the aftermath of the election results stream #and also the recent Nations event he was in #because wow he really can’t comprehend people Genuinely being evil JUST to be evil #basically Minute has to help people out all of the time or he dies #lifesteal #lifesteal smp

[bbyboybucket]

#the world must know #this is the most important election of all time #polls #Thor #steve harrington #scooby doo #icarly #andy dwyer #parks and rec #jason mendoza #the good place #joey tribbiani #friends #michael kelso #that 70s show

[thesherrinfordfacility]

okay let's fucking crack into finally discussing the book of life, ive been putting it off for ages but the time is now upon me to chat shit about it, bc apparently i might have a meta/analysis rep to maintain?

so first thing's first, im going to look at the narrative itself and the references we have to the BOL. we start off with michael discussing it on the phone with an unknown person:

given this dialogue further on in s1, i think we're all in agreement that the conversation is with beelzebub; the precedent of intelligence sharing was definitely set in s1 with michael and ligur.

but beelzebub sounds surprised on the phone, and when speaking to crowley seems to slightly hesitate on whether extreme sanctions actually did exist... but the archangel michael has just threatened it, so of course it must be real. it's a threat to anyone without discrimination, by this account - any angel, demon, or human (i imagine) can be written into it - so it stands to reason that beelzebub chooses to take michael at their word.

now michael obviously seems similarly convinced that the BOL indeed exists and that it erases from existence any name that is erased from it. ive mentioned before that its interesting that the moment that the metatron appears in the bookshop is when michael is intending to make good on that threat with aziraphale:

but authorised by who? just in the general scheme of things, as supreme archangel duty officer? in which case, why wasn't this a chekhov's gun suggested in s1, even if in the very abstract? i guess it could have been information overload but, given aziraphale literally helped to divert armageddon and disrupt the great plan, you'd think that would be a situation that would warrant such a threat too, from gabriel as supreme archangel?

so by that reckoning, it must be knowledge that michael didn't know about much before the telephone call, because they weren't of sufficient rank (albeit the rank seems to be one they've assumed rather than been entrusted with in the interim). alternatively, the use of the word 'authorised' suggests they've received a direct green-light from someone above them... and who is above the supreme archangel? 👀

but the metatron interrupts the threat before it can be actualised, which obviously feeds into the whole 'came down here to get aziraphale back on side, here have this coffee 🙂' thing... wouldn't do for you to go out on a recruitment drive and have the angel you want to be blinked out of existence before you can make the job offer. so off the archangels go - after a very pointed interaction of michael and uriel not recognising the metatron at all.

but where does metatron fit in the narrative as concerns the BOL? well, nowhere yet. the conference scene in the beginning of ep6 that Crowley witnesses doesn't have any reference to the BOL at all, so it was never on the table as concerns gabriel's demotion (just a good ole memory wipe). so this is where i come to parsing out what i think the BOL actually is.

now im reluctant to go by other texts to riddle this out, mainly because GO is largely inspired by other works and religious texts so i don't tend to double down solely on what they themselves say, but in the absence of any other information from GO itself, this is what ive got to help it make sense.

BOL indeed, by both hebrew and christian text, records all those that are considered worthy before god. that those people are written into it before birth, and to be removed from it signifies death. now that this seems to be to be very human-centric, so how would this apply to angels? well, the re-wording of 'death' to 'never have existed' is an indicator here.

in Revelations, st john the divine of patmos recorded that those who were written and kept in the book would be saved from the Last Judgement; which i think can be agreed in this case would refer to the resurrection of christ aka. the second coming. and to be removed from the BOL would result in being "cast into the lake of fire" (20:15, KJV). which sounds somewhat familiar, right?

so can we be certain that the BOL just simply means oblivion for any angel written in it? i don't think so. there's the school of thought floating round that crowley had his memory wiped which - yes - there are clues that that may be the case (i still sit on the fence, because in some of the examples that support the theory i still also hold the thought that the angel that crowley was may have just been a bit of a work-obsessed knob). but i do wonder if there's some small grain of truth to it, because if we consider this hypothesis that being'wiped from existence' isn't actually that at all, or not as it sounds anyway, wouldn't an angel consider that not being an angel is essentially the same thing?

in falling, you lose who you were, and you're no longer that person. that person, that angel, ceases to exist?

it would certainly make sense to therefore not erase gabriel from the BOL, because it would make him fall, and they would lose another powerful angel to hell... after all:

"For one Prince of Heaven to be cast into the outer darkness makes a good story. For it to happen twice makes it look like there is some kind of institutional problem."

#good omens #might add to this over time idk #this directly contradicts my aziraphale theory but if youre new here please know this happens a lot #don't forget tho this could be wrong given the st john quote in the book but im electing to ignore it rn #good omens meta #good omens theory #metatron spec #memory wipe theory #book of life theory

[canisalbus]

What do you think would have happened if (somehow, idk how but somehow) Machete rose to the rank of pope?

To be perfectly honest? I think most realistically he would've ruled maybe six months at best and then keeled over from stress and exhaustion.

#seriously he wouldn't want to be the pope papacy is for chumps but if he had to #he would've kicked out so many cardinals #his former colleagues riddled with corruption nepotism incompetence and moral decay #it would've upsetted so many elite families but what are they gonna do #pope's power is absolute he could totally do that #just excommunicate the whole lot #do something to get Holy See's finances in order he's been crunching numbers they aren't looking good #build sturdier foreign relations probably he's a diplomat I think he'd likely be extremely done with superfluous wars and useless bickering #maybe commission some extravagant artworks art is nice he knows to appreciate beauty when he sees it #become the senselessly rich patron to a handful of top notch artists although I think he already does that in canon timeline #I'm not sure how he'd handle the ongoing counter-reformation I guess it depends whether this was before or after the inquisition times #minimal public appearances because lord that's way too many people too many eyes being a figurehead is not his strongest suit #develop stomach ulcers get sepsis #historically it's actually not very uncommon for popes to expire relatively quickly after they're elected #they don't even have to be particularly old stuff's just tiring they get frazzled out #answered #anonymous #Machete

[sunshinetomioka]

I've gotta be honest it's getting harder and harder to follow big lore even on qsmp as someone who lives in Europe 🥲

Most event for my timezone are supposed to start at 1am/midnight but often start later due to some problems (or Quackity being late /lh)

Like it's holiday for a lot of student in France so it's "fine" but lot of people also work, in September people will go back to school. Including me ! I'll go back to university for my last year !! And rn I unexpectedly found s job and I have to wake up early.

But even without all that you don't realise how bad french sleep schedule can be ! Most people I know who watch QSMP go to sleep at 4am almost everyday !

I do know some people have different inner sleep schedule, I am one of them I usually fall asleep at 1am but ugh.... It's awefull that I'll probably not see the elections results because it'll be so late and I'll have to wake up the next day ;;;;;

#qsmp #qsmp elections #ik a lot of french people feel the same about it #i mean its hard to coordinate good time with so many different timezone #but yk if this time the even could actually start a midnight I'd be happy #or if the next even could be at 10 or 11pm for us it would be great #just once in while yk #wouldn't kill anyone #qsmp french #qsmp france

[arianwells]

She's literally greying 😭 Girl get a different job😭

#kill six billion demons #ksbd spoilers #she looks great too but this can't be good for her #also how much time has passed 🤔 #she's been re-elected a lot so how many years have passed?...

[mysecretdsmpblog]

foolish saying he genuinely trusts bad especially after the election announcement is like. oh

like i knew it a little. i knew they bantered but bad still came to help him when he thought he was dying in that hole. bad still takes care of the eggs, bad shows up, etc.

but leo and foolish are literally talking about how good of a person bad is and like. yeah. yeah even though foolish is all 'oh i hate bad he's terrible and a menace' it's clear he really does trust bad. and he's not the only one

it's easy to forget just how many people trust bad implicitly on the qsmp, especially with all the shenanigans he gets up to. but like. oh

#which is why if he goes evil i will Commit #in minecraft #if they kidnap murder or otherwise incapicate bad shit will go Down #and he's not the only person who's doing a lot of good on the server not at all #but bad shows up so much. like even the stream where he was s like 'im going to go play video game now bye' and then played video game but #stayed on the qsmp after stream to make sure everyone was okay #he's like almost always taking care of at least two eggs #idk #just #full of terror that they'll lose what they have #hoping praying that they stay connected and together and that everyone has a good time and is happy <3 manifesting #qsmp election #ignore my rambles #qsmp liveblogging #except i'm a slow typer #so its like qsmp 20-min. ago liveblogging #qsmp foolish #qsmp badboyhalo #qsmp landduo

[lyriumsings]

baldurs gate is so funny it’s just

laezel &shadowheart: let’s break you outta this religious cult!

wyll & gale: let’s break you outta this unhealthy relationship!

astarion & karlach: let’s break the people who broke you!

that’s it that’s the game

#halsin is like let’s break you out of this monumental weight you keep putting on yourself #i could write pages on halsin tbh like #he really glosses over his own pain and like he’s not looked after #like the comments you can make about him being good for helping carry stuff #the way he can say ‘my heart can wound’ #if you end things with him and then take it back (i reloaded the save i just wanted to see DJSJS) #and it broke my heart like people just see him as this big strong guy to push responsibility on to #who can protect everyone all the time and he can but like no!! i’m protecting YOU get in my pocket #acknowledge your past trauma don’t gloss over it #he’s very similar to astarion imo #in the way that both kind of seem like they don’t need help #or act like it rather but to different extremes #halsin cares about everything all the time and shoulders the burden #astarion elected to not care about anything ever and preserve himself bc no one else would #i’m obsessed with their poly and how they both desperately need to be cared for in vastly different ways that are somehow still so similar #lyriumsings txt #bg3 #spoilers #anyway this was supposed to be a silly post i got lost in my feels DKSJDJDJS

[drumlincountry]

Litany against running for local government:

- I'm LITERALLY an anarchist

- I'd hate it

- local government in Ireland is demonstrably undemocratic such that the structure that exists would not allow me to actually represent people well even if I wanted to and they wanted me to.

- what if they found my blog

- my mother would be SO DISAPPOINTED

#Its too late for this election cycle anyway #And I don't want to join a political party and I don't have the capability to run independently #And really really I can't stress this enough my mother would be so devastated she'd be so MAD #Last time someone she respected was successfully elected to office she told him: #You're a good man but you have your snout in the trough now. Lets see how long it takes you to become a pig. #Cointerpoints are: all the cool kids are running for local election #& I see all these councils passing BDS and Palestinian solidarity rulings...I want to do that #And people keep telling me I should do it #ultimately... i WOULD make a great mayor #Me Fein #Irish shit #The other counterpoint is that I have the heritable curse of sticking my nose into every bit of activism happening in the area #pplus a chronic committee addiction #So they may as well pay me for it

[katherynefromphilly]

I leave tumblr for a MONTH and during that time Tumblr invents a gangster movie, creates elaborate assets and fanworks for it including an AO3 category, and then manages to convince MARTIN SCORESE to play along with the gag?

#file this under Reasons Why Tumblr Will Never Be Twitter #oh hellsite my home #the break was good though #i highly recommend it #especially around election time #my stress level with the american elections was WAY DOWN #take scheduled social media breaks #it’s good for your brain

[nanoa1foryou]

Koukus was polling their audience on music related questions. The question was, if it was up to the people, which of these artists would become the Finnish president?

Jere may be popular, but even after 5 years of retirement Cheek owns the Finnish rap scene.

#I just laughed so hard when they brought up this chart. look at it #käärijä #I love that sanni and käärijä get their artist names but JHT does not #also. this is a good time to note that apparently cheek is supporting pekka haavisto in the upcoming presidental election??? #I found this out while doouble checking when he officially retired #also who the fuck voted for lauri and why? also why is the T separated on his last name???

[rhys-ravenfeather]

Listen, sometimes in life you’ve just gotta ignore canon, and even certain headcanons/AUs you don’t like or agree with and come up with your own/a version of the thing you like. As a form of self-care. This is a moral I live by, I think anyone who knows me knows at this point.

But for all that is good and decent in the world, you still absolutely need to be respectful towards others, even if what they made does not gel with you, personally. Especially if they’re the original creator(s) of the original, canon work.

#rhys-ravenfeather signing on #fandom stuff #a reminder to myself and others #case in point: there's a CERTAIN fnaf character a friend and i have VERY different opinions on #she loves him; i...DON'T; and he's one of many i've elected to keep out of my fnaf au(s) #i don't spend every hour of every day whining about how much i dislike this character out of spite because i love my friend and respect her #also what would it really accomplish lol :P #there's also the time someone told me my ahit au was boring because i just made snatcher a good dad who's trying to become a better person #instead of a soul-stealing baddie #like...i know my au isn't the greatest thing ever but i still love it and love my versions of the characters; snatcher included #and i'm really proud of the story i came up with #bottom line: be decent to each other people

[alfredfortnitejones]

IT JUST HIT ME THAT IT'S BEEN EXACTLY 3 YEARS SINCE SCHLATT WON THE L'MANBERG ELECTION WHAT THE HECKKKKK

#as owl city once said‚ “how the time does fly and years go by‚ it's crazy” #ik the dream smp is a bit of a contentious subject rn #but i do have many fond memories of it and many good things did come out of it‚ as well as bad #it introduced me to many awesome streamers as well #dream smp #dsmp #l'manberg #l'manberg election #pog2020 #swag2020 #coconut2020 #schlatt2020