#why does hell have separation of state and law

[preet-01]

blinking my big wet eyes at you what are your maxiel political au ideas

Anything for you ☺️ so this au is set in the US because that’s the election process/political system/geography I know best. Max is a Senator from New York and his family doesn’t have any political background. Daniel is from a very prominent political family (think Kennedys, Roosevelts, the Bush family) and his dad is the former governor of California. Daniel met Sebastian at either Yale when he was doing his undergraduate degree or at Georgetown when he was getting his JD. At the start of the story, Daniel is a constitutional lawyer.

Ideally, the story would go from about 3 years before the campaign trail to announcing a reelection bid. Here’s a bit from the campaign trail

“Why does the campaign trail always have to start in bumfuck, USA?” Daniel groans as they’re driven from the airport to the hotel they’re staying in. Their bus is filled with campaign staff, but Daniel, Max, and Sebastian are sat in the back. They should be going over a plan or the schedule of events. But Daniel had found a new hate of Iowa’s endless farms and corn. God he missed DC, hell even New Haven had been better than this, California and New York even better.

Iowa is not on the list of states that Daniel would like to visit. Like what even is in Iowa?? He’s never found out, nor does he particularly care to find out. But their country seems to be beholden to the whims of Iowa when it comes to the campaign trail.

Despite not being representative of the country’s population, the Iowa caucus remains the first campaign event. So much so that it’s written into law or something like that they remain the first event of the trail — one of his professors at Yale had grumbled about it a lot from what he remembers.

“It’s a longstanding tradition, Daniel,” Max says, unlike Daniel, he’s got a file in hand filled with important information about Iowa and its goddamned corn. “Did you know that Iowa’s eastern and western borders are made almost entirely of rivers? They are the only state where this is so,” Max says. With a quick glance at the file in Max’s hand, Daniel realizes that this is not a fact that is written out, but one that Max just knows.

“I did not know that, Maxy,” Daniel replies because what else is he to say to that?

“Don’t be so glum about being in the middle of nowhere, Iowa is the ice cream capital of the world. So you get to eat all the ice cream you want at most of the campaign events in Iowa,” Seb kindly informs him. Well that’s something to look forward to, he supposes.

After a while, Seb leaves them in the back and goes towards the front where the press secretary is.

Bored of the endless corn that makes up his view, Daniel turns his attention to his dear husband. In their DC and New York brownstones, they’d kept separate bedrooms despite being ‘married’ for almost three years now. But on the campaign trail, Seb had told them that they would need to share a bedroom. Lest the opposition or press find out that the Senator from New York does not have the picture perfect marriage that most people are jealous of.

“You should fuck me tonight,” Daniel states with no preamble. And as expected, Max sputters.

“What??” His precious file is completely forgotten as he looks at Daniel with his big blue eyes and yeah Daniel wants to get fucked tonight. Specifically by his husband — it had been much too long since the last time it happened in his opinion.

#answered #maxiel #political au

[blueepink07]

I've been asked how Kotoko had got the police baton, so this is my attempt to answer!

There are only two options in which Kotoko could get a weapon: from the storage room or by making a request to the guard.

From here, I will properly discuss these two...

In Es's VD, Jackalope informs us of the existence of this storage room. He implies that in here are stored mostly necessities. To note that "Mostly" doesn't mean exclusively, meaning that there are also items which aren't basic objects, used everyday.

Jackalope: Hm… I guess that’s true as well. [more footsteps] Here is the prisoners’ shower room. Across is the storage room. Necessities are mostly here. 

Es: For prisoners… The prisoners go in and out of this passageway as well?

Now, something that Jackalope never elaborates is what does he mean by necessity? Does a weapon can be considered a necessity, if we take into account that it can be used as self defence? Legally speaking, no, it isn't. Self defence it's not a lawful excuse to carry weapons.

However, Milgram is not constructed based on the laws applied in real life. And if I would be in a place where the people around me are murderes, I would want to have something to protect myself with.

But, even so, the Milgram prison is in Es's care, and Jackalope directly states that Es is administering the prison. It's been illustrated many times that Es dislikes violence and hates seeing the prisoners getting hurt. So, as an administrator, I'm very sure that they will try to get rid of any weapon, if there were any to begin with.

Jackalope: Yeah. When they’re allowed in the passageway, whether showers should be separated by male and female and so on, the specific rules for their lives are things you decide later.

Es: I decide?

Jackalope: Yeah. Milgram leaves how it’s administered up to you. Whether you wanna make it heaven or hell, that’s your call.

Es: Got it.

Okay, but Amane took the scissors from the storage room and attacked Es...

That’s true! However, scissors are necesseraly in order to do basic activities! For example, Shidou surely must have needed a scissor in order to cut the bandages in order to cover Mahiru's and Fuuta's injuries.

(Amane tries to strike Es, but gets stopped by the barrier)

Es: I’m telling you it’s impossible for prisoners to attack the warden.

Amane: I won’t forgive you…! I won’t forgive you!

Es: Did you get those scissors from the storage room? Were you never taught that you’re not supposed to use those on people?

Scissors can be considered deadly weapons? Yes, of course! But they can have other uses? Yes, unfortunately, for our situation.

So, I really don’t think Kotoko would have taken a police baton from the storage room, because it doesn't have any uses other than being a weapon and, if it were there in the first place, Es would have most probably taken it.

Now, since I have brought up Es and his dislike for violence, I think it's the time to continue with the second option.

Since before the beginning of the first trial, prisoners could send a request to get an item of their wish. Usually basic necessities, but also luxury items to an extent. Muu's first voice drama and many Minigrams state that this is also Es's responsability.

20/06/02

Yuno: Shidou-san, apparently if you send a request to the guard, they’ll provide us with any basic necessities we require.

Apparently we can even get some more luxury items to an extent. Is there anything you want?

In Muu's voice drama, because they know that she has ordered a crepe cake, and in Minigrams they are literally shown reading the requests!

Es: Oh? Why is that? You lot are given a decent amount of freedom here. We’re granting you the few indulgences which exist as well. In fact, even you’ve sent in a request asking for a crepe cake as well.

Muu: That’s… That’s true, but… And, I did eat the crepe cake, but… I just really wanna go home.

However, Minigrams show two times that weapons are not something to be given for granted, at least when Es is awake. Because Es will never accept to give dangerous items to the prisoners.

But when Es is asleep, they will not be in charge anymore with the requests, meaning that the only one that can take their place is Jackalope. And it's not like this rabbit can't be capable to hold items! He is actually the one cooking in this prison!

Jackalope: The truth is, I'm the head chef of this prison. Be it Japanese, Western or Chinese cuisine, I can make anything.

Es: I have another question… Can you even hold a frying pan or a knife with those hands?

Jackalope: If I grasp firmly, I can.

Moreover, we know for sure that the requests are still available during intermissions. And, no, I will not give as an example the change of clothes, because it's possible the prisoners asked for them, even before the intermission started. What I want to give as example is Muu's and Mahiru's statements.

Muu is informing us that she has a happy life in prison, because she can receive anything she requests, implying that she still got many items she had asked when Es was sleeping.

Muu: But as for me, I think Milgram has become a lot more comfortable! I know now that I can get whatever I want if I ask for it, so I don’t need to be so on edge anymore.

Mahiru's statement is even a better example. She is thankful for receiving a wheelchair and that Shidou has got medical supplies. Objects that would not have been necesseraly, if Kotoko wouldn't have attacked the other prisoners, during the intermission.

Mahiru: It’s all thanks to Shidou-san. Ah… I think I should thank Milgram as well. For supplying us with the medical tools and the wheelchair and all that. I wonder if you’re the right person to say this to?

Es: …

Mahiru: Why do you look so sad…?

Es: Because… you suffered such major injuries…

But what follows after these words, her question, it's what it is interesting. She wonders if Es is the right person to say all these thanks. Es was asleep, during the attack and when she had received treatment, so no, Mahiru, Es isn't the one who supplied you with all these!

Jackalope did and interesting he is the reason for why you got injuried to begin with!

When Es is asleep, Jackalope has no reason to actually not take a request that asks for a dangerous weapon. He is a sadist, he likes seeing the other prisoners in pain.

For him, this is entertainment.

I know this answer doesn't really give any satisfaction... But I thought that by taking the two options and discussing them will lead me to an answer. Honestly, in order to check, we could ask Kotoko in her interrogation question. It might be an important information for the future trial, who knows?

#milgram #thoughts #milgram theory #milgram kotoko #kotoko yuzuriha #milgram es #milgram jackalope #muu kusunoki #mahiru shiina

[smallfrenchstudyblr]

Your local Law PhD is going through the draft SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe / Casey and here are a few thoughts, if you want a quick overview of the thing as I get angrier with each new point, culminating in me loosing my absolute shit :

The main argument is basically "yeah, we are bound by Casey, but Casey relies on Roe, and Roe was wrong, so we can overturn all that"

This is not a drill, this is the actual, proper, end of Roe and federal protection of abortion, if this passes.

"this was not protected in the XIIIth century England, and there fore should not be protected now" is an actual legal argument that I had to read with my own two eyes

Quick reminder : overturning Roe/Casey does not ban abortion, but it says that there is no constitutional right to abortion at federal level, and therefore this is for each individual US state to decide

The draft basically says that this is State business, specifically, the legislative power of each states should decide.

but what worries me is that if a State wanted to actually criminalize abortion, the same reasoning could hold. Meaning that SCOTUS would not give any costitutional protection to the one being prosecuted, because historically the tradition is to criminalize rather than protect their right. Basically while this does not make abortion a crime, it lets the States decide up to an including criminalizing it

This would still be under the control of each State's own Supreme Court though.

I am pretty sure SCOTUS writing 100-pages long rulings is a self-defense mechanism where if you ever want to litigate to overturn a ruling, it is a dantesque effort

(more under the cut bc this got long oops)

The sheer clownery of assessing a scholarly article as not acceptable argument because it "advances ideological goal", as your entire reasoning is based on the originalist doctrine ????

SO MUCH OF THIS REASONING IS BASICALLY HISTORICAL DISCUSSION OF WHETHER, HOW MUCH AND HOW WOMEN HAD ABORTION IN THE XVIII CENTURY WHYYYYYY

"Looking into the legislative motives of legislator who are still alive and can give explanation to why they pass laws supporting abortion rights is too dodgy, let's stick to old XVIIIth century manuscript written by men telling us how women handled their preganancies"

I started sweating buckets when the draft also got into other precedents on the decriminalization of homosexuality, interracial marriage, other reproductive rights... but so far the draft says that "yeah, but abortion involved a potential life of another person, so it's different". Even though the draft goes "yeah, they also have no basis in history though". YERK.

The audacity of saying "oh and we treat pregnant women real well now !!" and supporting this by giving statistics on UNPAID FAMILY LEAVE ???

"Also the foster care system is doing great" BITCH SAY THAT AGAIN TO MY FACE

The audacity of invoking Brown v Board of Education, which ended the separate-but-equal doctrine, to support overturning Roe/Casey sent me to Hell to prep a cozy room for a few people there

( Alito discussing why Stare Decisis has the same energy as that GIF of BArbossa going "“The code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules.”" )

One argument is that the test of "undue burden" is too vague to be workable, but it follows the part where the draft whines about SCOTUS being way too specific on Roe and overtstepping its role by doing so ??!? Please make up your mind ??

Also, Alito, you are a jurist. A lawyer. You KNOW that legal standards are vague. That's what they are for. They are legal standards. They are MEANT to be vague while still giving sufficient visibility in the future. You are not convincing any single lawyer, here.

Even "necessary" abortion are not protected, because, really what does "necessary" even mean ? Who can say ? Would it include protecting a someone whose pregnancy places her life in danger ? Would it include a sexually assulted teenager who does not want the pregnancy resulting from this ? Who is to say ? Certain not Alito, according to him.

"Casey is bad because it gave people ideas and made it potentially easier for them to get their right constitutionnaly protected " is not the hot take I expected in the year of our lord 2022 yet here we are.

Who can say if abortion really helped women be trly equal citizen and facilitated their involvement in society as equal to men ? Who can ? that's a really tough empirical question, according to Alito. But that fine !! And like, they have the right to vote !!! So it's fine. If they are really mad about that, they can just vote at State level.

Quick question : have you talked to a woman who is NOT an upper class straight cis white woman, recently ?

"How dare you say that the ruling of the sCOTUS could be influenced by the public's reaction ?? I am a JUDGE. Appointed by a President elected based on political preferences, confirmed by a legislative body whose members are elected based on their political preferences, but the Court is TOTALLY ABOVE THAT" Bro I am from a Civil law country and even I will not defend my Supreme Court like that.

"We must now decide which standard will govern abortion" hold up I am going to need alcohol for that

Wait what

There is no standard

You mentioned a new standard where is the new standard

THERE IS NO STANDARD

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN WE NEED TO DECIDE ON THE STANDARD ??? YOU SPENT 30 PAGES PONTIFICATING ON THE SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE ABORTION IN XIVTH CENTURY ENGLAND AND YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE THE ACTUAL ANSWER TO THE QUESTION AT HAND IN 3 PARAGRAPHS ?????

DON'T SAY TOY ARE GOING TO SET A STANDARD IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SET A STANDARD

"RATIONAL-BASIS REVIEW" IS BARELY A STANDARD IT'S BASICALLY JUST GOING "YEAH STATES CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AS LONG AS THEY GIVE A REASON"

YOU DID NOT EVEN HAVE TO GO THAT FAR

BUT YOU DID ?!???!?!

YOU BASICALLY OPENED THE DOOR TO A TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE BAN ON ABORTION AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF ABORTION WHEN EVEN THE LAW YOU WERE ASKED TO REVIEW DID NOT GO THAT FAR

BUT YEAH SURE WE WOULD N E V E R WANT THE SCOTUS TO OVERSTEP ITS POWER TO IMPLEMENT POLICY PREFERENCES

[feral feminine legal screeching]

#abortion #scotus #supreme court #us politics #dobbs v jackson

[penumbramewtwos]

Hello, I just found your blog and first of all I like your story but I have a question. I literally looked through your entire blog and fanfic but I realized something, you said that Okita was turned into Mewtwo when she was 6 but according to Unova she was the one who conceived Okita so that the transformation would be completed BUT here I have my problem... HOW? HELL WAS THAT POSSIBLE!? BECAUSE A 6 YEAR OLD HUMAN CHILD IS AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY 106.68 CENTIMETERS OR FOR AMERICANS, 42 INCHES! I mean, yes, Unova is 2 meters or 6 feet BUT IT DOES NOT JUSTIFY HOW THEY COULD REDUCE A HUMAN, INSERT HIM INTO UNOVA'S UTTERUS AND HIS BODY DIDN'T REJECT THE FETUS! Because if you know physics then you should be familiar with the Square-cube law which basically states that if we enlarge a mouse to the size of an elephant it will explode and if we reduce an elephant to the size of a mouse it will die cold, you don't have to be a scientist to know. If we reduce a six-year-old child to the size of a fetus, he will die and if you don't believe me about the size, look at this image:

On the left is six-year-old Okita and on the right is Unvoa

Hi, thanks for the strong interest! I'm glad you like it, and I appreciate the effort you've put into this ask! I have three ways I want to answer this, as this ask is very intense:

A "haha pokemon go brrrrrrrrr" fashion [1], a serious fashion (to clear up any confusion) [2], and a 'lol whut' fashion [3]: [1]

[2] To clear up any confusion (and it is mostly my own fault, as I haven't cleared this up on any pinned post link) [Spoiler warning for some]…

Okita the human girl, and Okita the babytwo were two separate entities (this is the main plot twist in the fanfic which is yet to come. Apologies, I've keep that detail very vague, not to spoil things). They we're both fused together by Team Helix Rocket (T.H.R), in the hope that she would bend to Giovanni's will easier with a human element. Unlike the other experiments that were fused with Unova's DNA and a psychic vessel. The unborn babytwo from Unova, and frozen embryo stored by Ai and Amare, were both stolen by T.H.R for the experiment that became modern day Okita).

During the fanfic's timeline, Okita likes to keep up the naritive in her mind that her earliest memory was from when she was 6, and that she was taken. This's why she says what she says in the first chapter; that's also the narrative that her parents told her. But truly, her earliest functional memories are from within the tank, being 'created'… Treating her like a human for a moment, our earliest memories are often fabricated by what our parents tell us.

Both Unova, and Okita's creator will tell Okita what really happened at separate points during the fanfic (the main plot twist). Okita firmly denies both of their stories, and becomes very cold with both of them.

Final points: Unova was pregnant with Okita, as a fetus babytwo, probably no bigger than a human baby at a late second trimester. Ai and Amare (Okita's human parents), had conceived naturally, but decided to freeze the embryo of Okita (Human) probably a month or so in to Ai's pregnancy. In the up-coming Chilli arc, the story dives into Okita's mind as she finally accepts what really happened to her.

[3]

Hope this covers it all! Apologies for the late reply and undisclosed-confusing lore

Thanks for the ask!

#mewtwo #newtwo #pokemon #art #art progression #answered ask #intense ask #dksgvz

[1rsoldiersince2012]

Bound by Law (Matt Murdock x reader)

Words: 1803 (chapter 5)

Summary:

You and Matt met in the courtroom. Now, you may think that Matt was a knight in shining armour and defended you in the name of all United States laws, but that was not the case. Matt was totally destroying your client, and you wanted to tear him into pieces right then and right there, because with Murdock as your rival, your head is on the firm's plate with each case. Did Matt care? No, he only cared about bringing justice, he was a human-machine, driven by the need to bring righteousness no matter the cost. Or was he just that? UPDATES EVERY FRIDAY

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5. Not Again

"Morning." is the first thing you hear when the doors of your office are pushed open and the receptionist Hailey steps inside with a stack of folders.

You lift up your head from the journal you've been reading - home decor one - and slowly put it aside, watching Hailey approach your table. "Morning to you as well."

She puts the stack and one folder almost drops on your coffee cup. "Boss said you get to choose 2 and the rest go to the 2nd floor." By second floor she meant the newbies that Hogarth just hired, 3 men, all ruthless and just begging to be bribed.

"Oh, that's how it is. I thought I was gonna get a day off after my win." You mutter under your breath, but perhaps this was not as silent as you thought, because you hear Hailey let out a chuckle.

"You know boss, it's most likely she's in a bad mood. And, congratulations on the win, finally you beat those goons Nelson and Murdock." Hailey smiles and turns on her heel to leave. "Bring them later to the second floor. Bye."

Hailey leaves, failing to catch the sour expression on your face. Why does everyone in this firm hate Nelson and Murdock so much? They were really friendly, especially outside the court, which is the main difference between them and all the other lawyers - the others didn't separate their work and personal life, or were dicks both in court and outside of it.

Shaking your head, you open the first folder, turning up the volume of the news and notice something odd - Sargent Mahoney on the screen.

"This morning we received an anonymous message about a possible drug place, that illegally sells drugs in Hell's Kitchen. We organized an operation during which we found newly brought bags of cocaine and weed, and arrested four men in the scene. All of them are known to the police and have been arrested on multiple occasions, mostly for stealing and harassment. We have started the investigation of where the drugs came from and who were the buyers." Mahoney stops talking and the reporter turns the microphone away, on screen appear four photos and you recognize one, although pretty beat up.

"Holy shit." You exclaim. That was the guy who punched Matt outside of Josie's. Who beat him up like that? Who cares, he got what he deserved. Couple of thoughts begin swarming in your head but you push them aside, at least until the end of the day, now you had work.

The news talk about the inflation and the economic situation of the country which you don't care about, it's always been shit.

Opening the first folder you skim the 1st page - nothing special, assault, both pretty beat up, high hospital bills. The second was divorce, wife wants the house and kids, husband doesn't want to let go of that 10-room huge house. You huff - rich people. Third one was more interesting. 16 year old athelete hurt himself during the preparation for tournament on school's grounds, while using more than 10 year old school's equipment. Currently he's being hospitalized, with shattered knee and 2 broken fingers. His mother is suing the school but latter refuses to communicate and denies that it's their fault.

"Now that's interesting." You sip your coffee and turn off the news, typing the school in the system. "Famous for its volleyball team, 2 time state champions, hm, a carate club, 2 black belts, a newly opened boxing club. Interesting you are, Trinity School, interesting." You murmur to yourself, getting out of the reading trance when your coffee ends. "Okay that's one. What else should I take? What else?" You flip through the remaining three folders, stopping on the last one. "Another divorce case. Can't people just talk shit out without lawyers?" You sigh and flip through pages and notice a familiar name - your high school friend, Sally. "Filed divorce papers 3 months ago, husband Walter, 20 years older, claims that he still loves her, and even suggests that he will pay for the lawyer expenses if she doesn't divorce him. Oh, people these days. What has gotten into Sally anyway? So stupid to marry someone who's almost fifty." You debate on calling her, and that athlete, but decide to call that poor boy's mother first, Sally can wait.

Putting the two folders aside, you grab the rest, mentally preparing yourself for the 2nd floor idiots.

In the elevator you wait for it to reach number 2. Doors open and you step out onto the freshly cleaned floor and walk quickly walk towards the combined office. Upon hearing your heels, three men turn in the direction of the door and you see one already smiling.

"Morning, fellas. Hogarth gave you some cases, good luck." You say in a cold tone and drop the folders on one of their tables, already turning to leave, when the guy closest to you, catches your wrist.

"Hey, hey, what's the hurry, sweetie? Picked out the best ones for yourself, huh?"

"Yes, Todd, I did, and I think I earned a possibility to do so." You try to pull away but his grip tightens.

"Listen, I've been meaning to ask you out. Maybe we could go to that new restaurant, what do you say? Just as a thank you. For the cases." Todd nods his head at the folders, letting go of your wrist. The other two stare at the scene, focused on your next words.

"Oh, Todd, I have a rule actually." You pause, leaning towards him, Todd raises his eyebrows, waiting for your response. "Not dating colleagues. Sorry." You fake a solemn expression and turn to leave again, failing to hear Mike's next words.

"Told you she's a bitch. That receptionist was easier to get in bed. This one pretends she belongs to a higher rank."

"It's all because of that fucking billboard." Todd opens the first folder and scoffs, "that's the reason we're not getting normal cases, now everyone wants to hire us for their nonsense."

"Another divorce?" Adam asks, reminding those two of his existence.

"Yep. And you're the one who gets it, sinner." Todd throws the folder and nearly hits Adam's laptop.

"Dude, watch it!"

"Alright, alright, let's get to work, gentlemen. Who's next on the screwing list?"

***

After lunch, you organize a visit to the hospital, and write Sally a letter that you want to talk to her until the end of this week.

By the time clock strikes four, you're already out of the firm. No one ever complained about you leaving early, because sometimes you stayed up until the midnight, scaring the cleaning lady.

Dropping the bag on the passengers seat, you debate on going to a cafe. Finally, a part of you wins, although you still think that it's not what you should be doing at all.

You should be driving home, and not stopping on the other side of the street, right in front Matt's office. And you should definitely not be bringing coffees. And definitely not climbing upstairs. Cursing yourself, you stop in front of the glass doors and knock twice, hoping that no one answers.

Foggy enthusiastically opens the door and stops for a moment, almost freezing.

"Hey, Mr Nelson." You smile a little, gripping the drink carrier.

"HI, please, come in." He quickly steps aside, politely closing the door behind you.

"Who is it, Foggy?" Matt asks, perfectly knowing that it's you. He had heard you muttering "what am I doing" and "stupid" right before you reached their doors.

"It's me, Murdock." You follow Matt's voice, into the other room and find him brushing his fingers on a piece of paper in front of him.

"Y/n?" He asks confused and pushes the paper aside. "What do I owe you for this unexpected visit?"

"I was gonna ask the same. The work day isn't over. Business?" Foggy comes inside as well, gesturing for you to sit down.

"No, not really. I brought coffee. Thought you need it to freshen up a little." You smile, handing Matt his cup, feeling the warmth of his fingers when they briefly brush along yours.

"So, what's the occasion?" Foggy nods when you give him a cup.

"I was just passing by and thought I might go and visit. Have you heard about that drug dealer arrest?" You take a sip of hot coffee and almost burn your tongue.

"No, what happened?" Matt asks, hiding his smirk.

"Well, one of them awarded Matt with this prize" you point at his still a little swollen lip, "when he stepped between me and that bald guy. Although I saw a picture of him on TV, and boy, someone beat the shit out of him."

"Oh, so THAT'S what happened, Matt's been telling me that he accidentally walked into the corner of the office." Foggy says, with an obviously disappointed face.

"Well, I didn't want to brag." Matt interjects, feeling the pressure in the room.

"Yeah, yeah." Foggy laughs. Phone starts ringing next door and he excuses himself, leaving you and Matt alone.

"So, why did you really come here?" Matt smiles a little.

"To tell you the news. Brought the coffee as a thank you. But don't expect such niceness from me again." You sip again, trying to get comfortable on the chair.

"Okay, got it, I would write a reminder in my notebook but, you know." He points to his eyes and laughs a little.

"It's a nice office. Decent one. With a little renovation it would start to look like a real lawyer firm." You look around, noticing boxes in the corner, it's obvious they still haven't packed out.

"Yeah, maybe 10 years later we could afford such thing. How's your work going?" Matt turns the talk on you again. Money problems and the office are two pains in his heart.

"Good, good. I'm thinking of taking a pretty big case soon."

"Oh, really? How big?"

"Probably big enough for it to be on the news." You sigh.

"You don't sound so happy." Matt puts his elbows on the table, thus leaning closer to you.

"Not everyone desires to be live streamed, Murdock. It's enough my damn face is in Manhattan." You feel yourself getting defensive, and breathe in, hoping to stop whatever is rising in you.

"Hey, Matty, I think we'll have a case." Foggy returns, joyous.

"Oh, what's the case?" You interject before Matt opens his mouth.

"Husband Walter wants our help, so that his wife doesn't leave him." Foggy says, noticing your sour expression and frowns.

"You've got to be shitting me." You grit out, almost losing your calmness.

"No, please don't say-" Matt begins, while Foggy catches up on what's going on.

"Is it-... Are you-?"

"See you in court, gentlemen." You stand up, and leave without saying anything else. You'll have the whole court session to talk.

#matt murdock #matthew murdock #matt murdock x reader #netflix daredevil #marvel daredevil #foggy nelson #matts superhearing complicates things for you #starts before the series but eventually will play into them #bound by law #lawyers

[lizajane2]

Please note that this post might be offensive or make you uncomfortable. I also DO NOT SUPPORT incest in real life. It's fucking weird and grotesque.

Now, I know people are so baffled by the idea of shipping Daemon and Rhaenyra or Jon and Dany because they are related. And I'm not saying those who feel differently are wrong I just want to help you understand that it was a social custom (fictional and in real life) and normal. Believe it or not, in some states, it is still legal today to marry your first cousin in the US. It's not talked about because it's not socially acceptable, but it does happen. China didn't abolish first-cousin marriages until 1981, which was 41 years ago. But incest is still legal as long as they're over the age of 14. Fucking insane really. Hell, Queen Elizabeth was married to her third cousin. It's still legal in most of Europe too. Of course, there are certain laws surrounding blood relations. Does that mean I think it's right? No. Have I accepted that it's still a thing today? Yes, and it doesn't affect my life.

As for fiction, such as Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon, you are applying real-world situations to a fantasy book filled with fire-breathing beasts, dead men walking, and beings made of ice. The Targaryen's bloodline is littered with incest. You have siblings marrying siblings, cousins, uncles, nieces, and nephews because it was acceptable. It was their social norm. So, for me, accepting and shipping Rhaenyra and Daemon isn't seen as taboo it's a normal thing in their world and from their point of view. But I can separate myself from that and see that it's not right or socially acceptable in reality. And there are two reasons why Viserys denied Daemon's proposal to Rhaenyra is because he was already married, and he didn't want Daemon anywhere near the throne. I enjoy their relationship a lot. I love how connected they are and that it isn't just about power for them, they do love each other deeply. That is conveyed through their actors. You can see it every time Daemon looks at her and that's something that can't be denied or overlooked.

(Also, the reason I know so much about incest laws is that my history teacher dug deep into religious views and social constructs. I wrote a paper on Chinese Culture.)

#house of the dragon #game of thrones #daemon targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #daemon x rhaenyra #jon snow #daenerys targaryen #jon x daenerys

[booksandchainmail]

Pale 6.5

“This world tells me I should behave… “Cold and shaking, I feel brave…  brave…

I can see why this is on a playlist Lucy made

The first was a lantern.  The second was a bracelet, or a bangle.

I read ahead through Verona's description of the bracelet, but based on Verona's comments there I'm thinking of the lantern as creating a space that is Lucy's, similar to the glamour Guilherme showed her. Radiating out her own territory rather than a realm.

“Keep in mind, Ronnie,” Avery said,

is this the first time Avery has called Verona by her nickname?

“I was lost and scarcely found… “I was home but hardly ’round… “I was free yet tightly bound…

Avery, Verona, and Lucy?

“Scissors?” Avery asked. Verona reached into her collar and pulled out the scissors. She put them on the table. “As a material.”

using her own awakening item as part of Lucy's implement? There's a hell of a lot of meaning there. Or if both Verona and Avery put something of themselves into it, binding all three of them tighter together.

“And using your thing.  And Lucy gets something from each of us, that helps her be her.”

yeah. I love this! building the manifestation of how you present yourself to the world out of gifts from your friends...

“But it’s symbolic, and I like the idea of using our stuff to make something for her,” Verona said.

i also like this 😍

Avery held back from saying ‘drop a demesne on it’.  Which would have been really unwise.

lol

"Okay, what happens if I don’t engage? What if I walked out of the classroom now, went to my office, and took a nap? Anyone?”

push him to engage? either be setting consequences if he doesn't or a reward if he does. A situation where you can afford to walk away, but the other person can't. In this case, having Bristow ready to take over the class if Alexander leaves might work?

“Being bold and clear counts for something,” Alexander said, twinkle in his eye.  “What about our three wild practitioners, hm?” “Why do they get counted together?”

because they come as a unit, do not separate. More seriously, they're more closely allied then basically anyone here, aside from maybe some siblings. And I don't think anyone else awoke together, which means they're tied together as far as the spirits are concerned. Lastly, they have shared interests (keeping Kennet safe and hidden) that no one else in the school does. And if we're counting them as a unit, they have more questions answered than anyone else.

“But Fernanda?” Verona asked, crowding Avery. “Fuck off, Verona.”

sorry Avery, but this is entirely fair payback for the thing with Jeremy

“Sure,” Verona said. She seemed to get less emotional as she talked.

ah. that is a bad sign for Verona. Dissociating?

“Seems like Durocher is a bit pleased with you three, Alexander finds you amusing, and Raymond likes you in his odd way,” Nicolette said.  “Some of the more ambitious students might pick up on it, if you keep going this route.”

you are going to get a good grade in school, which is normal to want and possible to achieve

She’d had some nightmares, long enough ago she couldn’t remember the particulars, but it had been something like her finally trying to reach out to classmates and get outside her bubble, and they’d just ignored her, and things had gotten darker and more and more like she was drowning with every attempt.

... this seems like it could lead to someone becoming Other

“This isn’t your television shows from the United States, kid.  You don’t get a lawyer just like that.”

... I actually don't know how Canadian law works, but I think he has to at least get a phone call?

Certainty, that there was a way things were supposed to be.  Rules that were supposed to be followed, an order to the world.  Do this, get rewarded.  Do that, get punished. It was a betrayal of that certainty to that fear. It was a feeling of loss, the whole world draining away with what was being lost.

I'm thinking of some of the things Lucy said about Paul and how he shattered her belief that the world worked out for people.

She looked the other way, following his gaze, and saw Brie on the ground.  Two of the children from the Hungry choir stood next to her.  And beside her, a large glass was on the ground, the contents spilled across the floor, across chalk lines. Shellie Alitzer stood in the doorway, expression blank, silver all over her body glittering.

FUCK. i thought this was going too smoothly, but this is worse than I was thinking

“Don’t,” Brie said, quiet.  She reached out and touched the kid.  “Back.” The kid flickered and disappeared.

that's neat though

“I don’t know her enough to say,” Lucy said, quiet.  “But I do know that sometimes it’s more about proving to yourself that you can count on someone.  Even if that means making herself that someone for her cousin.”

thinking about paul again

Avery watched as Nicolette’s wariness gave way to a series of emotions.  Eyebrows up, eyes widening.  Then eyebrows down, tongue wetting her lips, eyes focused on something, like she was deep in thought.  Concern.

hmmm, Nicolette does seem like a good place to get a coup in on Alexander, since she hates him and is actively having a scheduling war

“Then what is?” Avery asked.  “There’s so much awfulness in the practice.  So many monsters, so many scary things.  We can’t have one nice thing?  One reunion?  One fix?”

Avery is sweet!

#booksandchainmail reads pale #pale #wildbow

[whitleyschn33]

RWBY V9, Episode 1: Liveblog Thoughts

This is the curse of long hiatuses, isn’t it? Back at the end of V8, I was like “I’m done. I hated the ending, the entire volume felt poorly done and uncomfortable, most of the characters I still care about are either dead or side characters, there’s no reason for me to watch V9, especially if we don’t see Vacuo.” But here I am, dragged back in by the separation of two years. The salt in the wound has stopped stinging quite so bad, and morbid curiosity has taken hold.

Against my own better judgement - pulls out the pirate hat - let’s take a look.

-Opening the volume with the narration from the teaser trailer, a voice we don’t know, is a choice.

-Close up of Blake does absolutely no favors to the models, I’m sorry

- Little would be a lot cuter if they couldn’t talk, but that would be inconvenient

-I know people have mentioned this before about the rain starting exactly when Ruby starts to cry, but it also stops when she stops crying, which is more evidence in the direction of Ruby effecting the weather. I am starting to hedge towards the island being connected to Ruby’s emotional state myself, but that would only be satisfying if the island is of Ruby’s own creation in her head, a delusion she’s made while falling to mentally process the fall. Otherwise, why would this other dimension island be connected to Ruby of all people?

-Blake and Weiss! Acknowledging the weirdness of them finding each doesn’t make the weridness go away, but since it’s whacko world where the laws of space don’t seem to work, I’ll allow it.

-And, uh, the vine scene is utterly pathetic. I get they’re exhausted, they can’t just burn the place down, but seriously? Weiss can create platforms, there’s no need for this reach down from the tree gag, Weiss is not the cheerleader type so that’s just jarring as hell, Weiss can also summon her knight to cut the vines for her or a flying Grimm to get them overhead - there’s a lot of smarter ways to go about this that doesn’t make our heroes look weak. Now, maybe they’re out of Aura still and exhausted from the fall. Okay, that makes sense - but it would also make sense for them to rest and regain their Aura and Semblances before attempting to retrieve Gambel Shroud and find the others.

-Laying on the “what is your purpose” theming very heavy

- “I don’t know if anyone else fell” I mean, a bunch of civilians got knocked in by Cinder, but I suppose they could be dead.

-Should have paid more attention in that hand-to-hand arc, Ruby. This creature though actually looks really cool, I do like its design and the twitching effect. Kind of a Grimm, but not. But... it wasn’t doing anything to them. Why immediately attack?

-And Yang’s here! That was fast. And apparently she fought the thing off and then decided to track it down to finish the fight? Okay... seems like a waste of energy if it had already left, but whatever. In character enough.

-”Damn it. You weren’t supposed to be here.” Okay, that’s a good line. I really like that and the delivery. 

-”if you didn’t think we’d come after you” - you didn’t. You got thrown in, Ruby.

-”What is that?” The skull beast thing was already talking, Yang, why does this surprise you?

-Cat pounce. Thought they’d go for a kiss, but that probably wouldn’t jive right with the pacing of the episode. We should get a kiss this volume, but I can see them waiting for either a moment when the two are alone, or a moment where they can build it up without immediately cutting to exposition.

-Ruby black out. I’m surprised her eyes didn’t activate, an instinctual lashing out like they did with Pyrrha. Ah well.

- Y: ”How are you feeling” R: Dodge roll!

- “Maybe we’re dead... I thought I was.” I mean, that would be more interesting, fighting their way outta hell, but unlikely.

- “I think we’re in a fairy tale” Not mutually exclusive, but okay. I’m going to assume that all these realms (that are so neatly sectioned off) are going to be Remnant fairy tale settings that Blake’s read over the years, which would indicate there is a way out.

-OP - chaotic, doing the progression of character thing V7 did and really hammering in the “Ruby’s really not feeling it”. Jaune is in the OP, but I believe only two or three times, and never with t!RWBY, which could either be a good or bad sign. None of the girls saw him fall, either, so they’re not expecting to look for him. Also, no hint of Vacuo anywhere in the OP, so odds are we’re staying here for the entire volume, or at least until the last episode where we’ll probably get a stinger for V10.

-New girl - Alice? I’m not sure why they bothered to hide her features for so long only to reveal them at the end. There’s also a shadow of a boy with glasses behind her in her portrait, so either another faller or maybe a denizen?

-Credits - “Jabberwalker” NOOOOOOOO, my snake dragon monstrosity jabberwocky T-T But if that poem’s on the table, I expect we may see some juju birds and bandersnatches (assuming that we haven’t already with the spoonbill and the thing that took Yang’s arm)

Overall? Not the worst episode of RWBY, but it just felt very... unpolished. The background animations have gotten a bit better, less unfinished (though still jarring in their vibrancy though at least that’s on purpose), but some of the dialogue and pacing feels like it was a first draft that never got refined. Like “Weiss and Blake find Gambel Shroud in vines that trap them as they try to get it out” was written, but wasn’t expanded upon in the individual actions, so you get some gestures at getting it out without any smarter actions that require effort in thought, and some of the emotional shifts felt jarring. For example, like the script said “Turn to Weiss, Weiss is crying”, and in the actual episode they click the emotion into place instead of giving Weiss a few moments to express that slip into despair. Just a few extra moments of Weiss’s face crumbling, her voice cracking, would have sold the emotion more, and there’s a couple moments like this, particularly when they go for humor. Speaking of, the comedy attempts were also not appreciated. Levity isn’t really something the show needs at this moment, and none of the jokes land. I don’t find Ruby screaming at a mouse or mice reacting in terror to Blake to be funny, and I can see the “Oh my God, this is so weird and strange” reactions getting old if it carries on for too long. I haven’t found RWBY funny for a few years now, though, so it’s not really surprising. 

Score that’s mostly arbitrary and will probably forget to keep doing: 5.5/10. Perfectly functional, not a pain to watch or boring, but lacking anything that really makes me enjoy it enough to rewatch or recommend. 0.5 points for Yang’s “You weren’t supposed to be here” line alone.

#rwby #rwde #for safety's sake #rwby9 #rwbyv9 #rwby volume 9 #rwby volume 9 spoilers #spoilers

[catsnuggler]

She and I are both the children of blue-eyed fathers and brown-eyed mothers.

The eyes of my mother and father are both from the so-called Old World.

The eyes of her father are from that world, but the eyes of her mother... they are from this one, the "New World", which has thousands upon thousands - tens of thousands, at least, of years of history. So much for the novelty.

Where do my blue eyes come from? The woad-washed wardens of Wales? Woten's warriors of the Saxons? The Gauls? The Scots? I could ask on and on; it will solve nothing. Whither came these eyes of water, they have carried pools of depth, of contemplation, wells of joy as much as sorrow, and even, at times, ice-cold rage, and borne them unto me. Though I try to warm them with love, they are often frigid, heavy like ice; perhaps remembering what my forefathers must have felt when they were made to watch their healing women be burned at the stake. I'm sure, while the pyres warmed the flesh of these men, their blood yet ran cold in horror to witness such horrid sights. Little wonder, not that it's any justification, why they, themselves, went on to do horrible things. They were taught a lesson: you need to hurt others before they hurt you. It isn't morally right. It's sure as Hell not a lesson I want the world to be based on. The world isn't doomed to forever run by that logic. Their world, though, their world was forced into one where that law reigned supreme. It still does; and it must be fought against.

Where do her brown eyes come from? Mothers, generation upon generation, going back to Mother Earth, herself. Mothers of this land. "Brown" is a disservice to her eyes. In the shadow, her eyes are rich as chestnut; in the light, they are golden as the prairie. Her big, lovely, enchanting brown doe eyes, in which I fear I may become lost forever; yet this would hardly be a tragic fate, nor an undesirable one. They carry a warmth, in spite of her pain. Her mother's pain. Her mother's pain. So on, all the way back to 1533. Mothers who suffered pain, abuse, displacement, over and over and over again. Mothers of a proud, yet peace-loving people; a people who did not thirstily jump to war, but merely fought, for centuries, for the right to live within their own homeland, worship as they pleased, tend their crops, and be left alone by the state. This was never too much to ask, yet the Spanish and the Mexicans alike refused this, over and over. And then... the Porfiriato. The horrors were unspeakable. My love's family reached America, and integrated as best they could.

Ah, the melting pot... it's bad enough a settler like me should feel lost because of it. The burden of guilt and separation my partner feels is wholly unrighteous, however. They didn't ask for a white man to be their father; a white man who promptly left, who abandoned his duty, abandoned his child. They didn't ask for their mother's side of the family to be displaced. They didn't ask for blood quantum to keep them barred from reuiniting with their people, or even feeling they have a right to claim them as their own people. My partner did not ask for any of his, yet it was dropped in their lap, and they sometimes feel like they don't even have the right to call themself Mexican, let alone Yaqui.

Belonging is not mine to grant. I don't know where I belong. I don't think I will ever know where I belong; somewhere I've always been, that I've had no right to? Or somewhere I have never been, and therefore have no more right to than the first place? Yet my eternal self-puzzlement is pittance compared to my love's struggle, and I wish they could know they do belong. My heart and soul crack for her. I love her.

[adamwatchesmovies]

Monster-in-Law (2005)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

Monster-in-Law began with a thin concept and has nothing else. The characters are so flat they could be folded in half and slipped under your door. The romance is non-existent. The jokes are painfully unfunny. The complete lack of substance means you can predict entire scenes moments after they begin. This romantic comedy has no imagination whatsoever.

After a series of random encounters, Charlie (Jennifer Lopez) and Kevin (Michael Vartan) begin dating, fall in love and move in together. When he brings her to meet his mother, Viola (Jane Fonda), he decides to take the relationship to the next level and proposes. Mortified, Viola decides to do everything she can to break the couple apart. Feigning a medical condition, she agrees to let her "future daughter-in-law" take care of her while her son is away at a conference.

It’s a romantic comedy - at least in theory - so it’s no surprise we eventually get a happy ending. More than a given, it’s what the audience wants to see. Sure, it’d be unexpected to have Charlie murder Viola and run away into the sunset while the police are after her but no one who gets excited by the poster would leave pleased. As stated earlier, the problem isn't that we know how the movie will end, it's that writer Anya Kochoff has put no effort into their script. Charlie and Kevin have nothing in common. The film knows this and does everything it can to separate them asap. Kevin's extended work trip leaves the two female leads to battle it out and that's all Monster-in-Law cares about. If Kevin were present, there would be no movie. Not if he had a brain. It’s obvious to everyone watching that Viola is playing up her condition to make life hell for Charlie but everyone plays along because if they didn’t, the movie would be over and that can't until a sufficient amount of our time has been wasted.

The only way this premise could've worked is if it was commenting on racism, classism or homophobia. It doesn't, meaning there are all sorts of creepy connotations. As  human beings with the ability to think, we recognize that Charlie and her future husband can barely hold a conversation about what their day was like but the movie never acknowledges this. We're supposed to see them as a loving couple. Viola is just cooky and mean, except any sort of critical thinking reveals her as someone who's got some serious malfunctions in the head. What kind of person hires actors to play parts, pretends to take medicine and moves out of her house when a conversation would solve the issue? The film is never self-aware enough to realize what it’s trying to get us to swallow.

Director Robert Luketic (whose best movie, Legally Blonde must’ve been a fluke considering he directed this and The Ugly Truth) should be ashamed. It’s like he was making the movie up on the fly so many plot points or actions go unaddressed. Early in the movie, Charlie meets Fiona (Monet Mazue), Kevin's ex-fiancée. She lies to her and says that Kevin is gay to prevent them from getting together. After the truth is revealed and Charlie begins dating Kevin, she catches him kissing Fiona. He explains that it wasn't what it looked like. Fiona says otherwise. Why would Charlie believe the woman who lied to her earlier instead of the man she loves? There are so many points like this one that you can only come to the most lofical conclusion that no one cared.

Monster-in-Law is best compared to Ruby, Viola's loyal assistant, played by Wanda Sykes. She serves no purpose in the film except to provide snide remarks that fall flat and give “outrageous” reaction shots. So basically, she’s useless. So is Monster-in-Law. (August 7, 2020)

#Monster-in-Law #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Robert Luketic #Anya Kochoff #Jennifer Lopez #Jane Fonda #Michael Vartan #Wanda Sykes #2005 movies #2005 films

[queersatanic]

[TikTok]

Caption:

@/TheCursedCreator: I'm being so serious. they are known to scam and sue the members that try to speak

Transcript

It's been a while, and I look like garbage, but this needs to be said now. The Satanic Temple claims that since it's their religious right to get an abortion that there is this religious legal loophole that you can use to get an abortion legally without having any issues, and they did this during the Texas heartbeat bill. That is a fucking lie. That is absolutely a lie, and also not how law works. 'Cause the one thing about abortion you have to prove it is based in Christianity. Now, it's like a water is wet situation. Clearly it's based in Christianity. But you have to prove it. It has to prove that it's not just about the kids, which is why they keep saying, "It's about the kids." Because they don't want it to be religious cause it's separation of church and state-- you know. The Satanic Temple, however, are a bunch of fucking grifters. They will tell you that, if you donate to their fund, they will go to bat with you and go to law and sue that state and do all these things to make abortion legal. If you look at their history and their M.O. they have only "technically" won one case. (They've had like over 10 lawsuits by the way.) They almost technically won a case because they settled with Netflix for using their statue. That's it. They've never won a case. And every time they fight for religious liberty, abortion, how- workplace treatment-- they have never won because they don't know how law works. They will not help you. They will take your money and run. They are grifters. Now, generally speaking, I have no problem with Satanists. You wanna be a Satanist, go for it. I don't give a fuck. I'm an atheist. I do not care. …They will take your money and run. There's no transparency to what they do. They don't win lawsuits. They don't understand how it is- They just say, "Religious liberty!", and think it's gonna work. And that's just not how things work. We are a Christian-dominated country. And it's upsetting to say, and it sucks to say, but it's true. And just being a cog in the machine isn't going to fix anything. If anything it's going to make it much worse because now they can say it's rooted in Satanism and make people feel more scared. Only thing they've ever done is hurt people. And experts and like people who are actually for abortion say The Satanic Temple are the worst to go to. Do not give them your money. Instead, give them to your own like private local abortion clinics. They will do so much more. Hell, I would say that over Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood has a lot of money. Your local abortion clinic does not. But do not trust The Satanic Temple. They don't care about you. They care about making a scene. They don't care about you. There is no religious loophole that you can use. It cannot be through The Satanic Temple. It will not work. And that needs to be said because TikTok is convinced that The Satanic Temple will help them-- go to bat for them -- They will lose and steal your money 'cause they don't know how law works.

#The Satanic Temple #TheCursedCreator #Roe v Wade #Satanic Temple #Roe vs Wade #abortion #abortion loophole

[nightguide]

Okay. I have more than one explanation to the expansions of my own art but to be an artist, then i would portray reason than dimensions of being side-lined by people who think they know my heart and gives it to me, ‘i would rather hide’ narrative doesn’t even exist, i am fluent in light in me singing poetry than singing one sided relationships about a heart going to hell than to repeat the same mistake again.

Heres my introduction to my album ‘Spectrum’

‘Spectrum’ is about my autism at highest regard, it’s about chasing an identity when struggle hits you at the hardest when a heart doesn’t notice your own world in their eyes, it’s how a father would be gifted at what he does to provide a heart in healthy ways of being, it’s about that father absent to leave his daughter when life takes a crucial limit to his weight in hers. A father never leaves but her heart wasn’t found to her either, it’s how she didn’t know she was erotically charged to another man whom she didn’t know was her heart in heaven, it’s how torment took her over in the form of gatekeeping and gaslighting in a paradox she’s yet to discover cuz why would you take a heart to limits when the same heart would never recover from the ways of the old coming back to her in a haunted light of mankind falling to pieces over a woman crying out her worth and being ignored for it.

Spectrum is once upon a time, a woman like i was finding the meaning of life through means of heartbreak and realisations in a loop to know the world in beauty, cuz she knew, she knew enough to live the day like it was her last, she knew the day enough to treat everybody the way she treated her own mind and she knew she wasn’t perfect, it’s how time took her to know pain desperately when religion agonised her heart by existing that it felt like hell for her to know happiness except by only dying a minute longer to sustain pride, but God knew if she was truly happy, she would have been afraid of her own life being taken from her cuz her own promise to love was compromised by a shortcoming and it always was a reason to terrify the world for the best, only made the worse stronger by resisting heart to the world by laws of arrogance

How Spectrum began was that my heart was in a constant state of anxiety due to religious trauma and how it came to me was that i was terrified of religion all my life due to child abuse by my parents but they know now how to get it resolved to quality due to the state of my heart being raised wasn’t in heartfelt function, they were doing what was best for me cuz my mind was only functioning to a heartfelt point cuz that abuse was what saved my life only to take it too seriously in my own honour to live a greater life for what i knew I deserved; any woman in that stage would complain about why the system wasn’t made for them and how recklessly mankind was abusing their power to the point where it felt like childhood politics gone too far, that i lacked heart enough to live hence why i ‘died’ due to the way i felt nobody would actually see my heart after my Dad actually died in July 9th 2016, events happening onwards is of course to my heart in open spirit and curiosity in being where my heart always wanted to be at, hence why i had no secure heart to actually acknowledge my voice for me to become as i am and not to be what they thought was best for me, my life completely fell apart from 2012 onwards to the point where i am today telling you the world ended to no advance given. ‘Spectrum’ tells the story of my heart in hell, and what it was like being a disabled heart in agony because i know what love is like by course of feeling and the mental stigma against heart is what ripped humanity apart and i felt desperate and alone to know a heart that felt the same due to my life not actually being separated by chance but by love become because the agony i truly had was only factual that i had been married under heartbreak that my actual husband is forgotten to me but heart will tell my future albums onwards about the story of how i came to be.

‘Spectrum’ is my love for colours and heart depth to the point where i will begin losing myself in pure happiness, the album name itself is named after my autism spectrum disorder.

Cover art explained: Art physics exist. In Islam, Allah forbids creating art with a picture of a face of a person, reason? Because the art itself would portray humanity with a mind like i, meaning, the face of man and woman (Neville Goddard explains the birth of man being God) you mortalise a man inside a heart, where this is going to is that i did one line drawing blind of Anson and when doing it blind, you re-animate a heart as if you were in heaven (where the concept of ‘Maghrib’ exists) and to Anson, it may seem like his heart has no way of going out thru hus current state of being, an to him that is how he was made to feel and think at society’s given role at cost of a human heart over hardship (later that would reform to a beautified image) but to me, it’s how my heart was like to everybody else hence my autism spectrum is understood by heart. Anson’s face is the re-animation of my heart but to him that’s my heart in hell in the concept of a pissed off father; it would also explain the concept of my father’s rage towards his abusers if he saw his heart get brutally beaten to a pulp where nobody understood her but only a mimicry towards her own life in comparison to his heart in hell being what he made for her. Anson Seabra is the world’s worst example of a heart given to him for that his own mind doesn’t staple him of a neurotypical behaviour like the latter of his heart that followed him here to where he should have established a heart to gain than a heart to lose, Anson’s life projected to him wasn’t agreeable by nature from the conformity of his relationship he had to his mother to the way he sings about her from album’s one and two (‘Songs I Wrote In My Bedroom’: 2020. ‘Feeling For My Life’: 2021), Anson’s life was about to expand in his career til he was absolved of it completely leading him to actually committing a grave mistake he tried to follow through somewhere in 2021 and 2022, almost succeeding in 2023 (energies died between the amalgamation of Babylon and true humanity) and Anson being personally intended to rescue a heart would mean that he has to sacrifice one under the condition of the soul itself not gaining a reputation under admirable circumstance. The soul itself must be of whole to the heart but un-whole to the world itself become, that’s how they claim a soul to be taken to death in Hollywood per the ritual of gaining a noble spirit in Hell, if he actually succeeded then my heart in hell would be his heart in heaven cuz the way i was treated in hell was that i was not good enough for anybody and i was sexualised to the core of my heart as a dutiful Muslim woman, but to Anson, that would be exposure of the heart in heaven. And in my father’s expanses, he wasn’t treated fairly according to his father but his mother loved him enough to keep him be as it is, his father would later recognise the latter of the condition of him being and him been the same towards a nothing, cuz the father’s heart equivalent to his highest degree would be gaining a daughter, but in my own hell is me fighting for my rights to exist in my father’s shoes. Anson deliberately intending death on me is spitting in front of my father’s face in his heart if he ever swore he saw his abusive father in the form of a man from Hollywood become his daughter’s life. You can see the animation of my being was declared on how much he loved himself.

*stapling a conditioning of the ‘ex-boyfriend’ is the way the heart would channel towards each other in heartfelt comparison; hearts that align to values. Anson’s conditioning in 2024 is separating his heart from my own to attach hisself onto accountability for his own action than to keep using my heart away from my own happiness than to see his heart blind to his time in heaven not compensated for a reason but to deliver to his heart in hell.

I will be explaining the tracks on there soon. Don’t wait.

#new music #autism spectrum disorder #islamic knowledge #astrology #love poetry #anson seabra #my truth #exposed and outed #river song

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[TWATKRant 19]

This post may not be for everyone. Read at your own risk. Just don't sue me for blasphemy, all right?

It's bad enough that I was born into an extremely dysfunctional family, but putting me through the worst challenges and having to deal with a toxic family is just way too much. My anxiety increased with each passing day, and God doesn't really care much about it, as long as he's enjoying seeing me suffer. Makes me want to raise my middle finger to him and tell him to disappear. If I have those religious items (luckily, I have none), those would end up in the trash. I have no regard for those.

Yes, I officially did become a misotheist, because God keeps putting me in an extremely difficult situation, without any sign of hope or restoration. All he does is put people in the most difficult situations and won't do anything. See, that's the reason why some people hate God.

Yeah, the good things that happened in my life are basically just flukes. In reality, God is nothing but a bully.

So I'm about to turn 33 in a couple of months. I'm not really excited about this since I couldn't enjoy the things I used to. Again, middle finger to God.

Is it really necessary to celebrate birthdays? Well, I don't feel like celebrating it. I don't need your f***ing birthday greetings. Just leave me be.

Adding another number to my age makes me want to curse this life. I'd had enough. I'll just treat my birthday as an ordinary day from this point forward. After all, my life isn't worth celebrating. I'm tired of it already. Besides, I won't probably last long, anyway.

I hate myself, I hate my family, I hate God, I hate the Catholic Church... and of course, I hate my life. Oh, and that sign of the cross thing whenever I passed by a church? It's just for show.

I don't understand how some religious people are more judgemental than those who aren't. I mean, posting bible quotes and anything related to God or that JC doesn't make you a good person after all. You guys are more than hypocrites, in fact, you are all disgusting.

Is it bad enough that I keep suffering like this? To hell with whoever is making my life miserable. You f****ing inconsiderate people should be put on trial for emotional and verbal torture.

I'm proud to be irreligious, and I'll keep it that way. Who needs a (fake) savior like God, anyway?

That said, I'm hoping for the passage of the divorce bill (f***ing Catholic Church always gets in the way despite the separation of church and state), and I support the LGBT+ community. I've probably been excommunicated anyway, so there's no need for me to hold back.

Having my say, I guess I should just take some time off from all of the negativity in life. And no, I don't need your birthday greetings less than two months from now. Just f*** off already.

My life totally sucks. It's just that I was born into the wrong family, still living with an unrepentant old fart who should've died a long time ago, and my brother who doesn't seem to care about my well-being and treated me as a worthless slave. I'm not sure about my sister-in-law, though, but I'll just believe what my mom says about her. Besides, I trust my mom a hundred times more than the ones I'm living with right now. I wish I could've lived independently from them, that should make things a whole lot better.

I should've just killed myself years ago, but I couldn't. Something tells me that wasn't the right time yet. Maybe soon. Maybe not. But I can only say that I absolutely hated my life as much as I hate God or the Catholic Church. Or my f***ing dad who is nothing more than a bad influence on my brother and is a real bother to everyone in the house. If something happens to me, I hope I wouldn't wake up. F*** it all, I'm done with this bull**it!

P.S.: My life is too messed up to come up with such disturbing thoughts. I hope what you've read won't compel you to seek help for me. I'm doing fine, at the very least.

#life crisis #misotheism #rant #no more birthdays

[sidbridgecomedy]

Comedy and Free Speech

If there's a constant in the comedy world, it's people complaining about being censored. Since I'm a comic by night and a corporate communicator by day with a double-degree in Communications and English, I think I can shed some light on this one.

(DISCLAIMER: I'm not an attorney or a constitutional law scholar. If any of my readers are and find any of this information to be incorrect, please let me know and I will edit this article appropriately).

There are really two separate issues here: Your freedom of speech and a show runner's right to protect his or her business.

Let's start with the constitutional stuff.

Here's the First Amendment's exact wording: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

What does that mean? It means that the government cannot arrest you because you said something - even something about how crappy the government is. (By the way, remember this is from the Constitution of the United States of America. Every other country is different, so if you're traveling internationally, don't bust out your hilarious "Doesn't the Government of Saudi Arabia SUCK?!" jokes).

The First Amendment is a bit murky - you can still get arrested for some pretty specific language that would incite people to commit murder or cause a massive disturbance. You can also get in big trouble for compromising national security by leaking classified information.

Those things aside, comedians have enjoyed a lot of protection under free speech laws. You really have Lenny Bruce and George Carlin to thank for that. Bruce actually went to prison on obscenity charges for his stand-up and was posthumously pardoned.

George Carlin got arrested for his historic "Seven words you can't say on television" bit and the case was quickly dismissed by a sympathetic judge, setting a precedent that was so far reaching, it was actually part of the Communication Law curriculum I had to learn in college. Which is awesome.

Carlin and Bruce basically set a bar for profanity among comedians that has allowed us to say just about whatever the hell we want on stage for decades. If you've made a dick joke, you should, at some point, cup your hands together in prayer after you leave stage and thank them both profusely.

Some of you are probably thinking, "If that's the case, why do I keep getting censored?!"

The answer is you're not getting censored. You're getting fired. You're getting rejected. You're getting told when you suck. That leads us to the second side of this discussion:

You're free to say it, but the audience and the person who booked you don't have to like it or allow it on their stage.

The First Amendment only protects you from getting arrested. Comedy club owners are well-within their rights to pull your ass off the stage and deny stage time to people who use obscene material.

The comedy club isn't the government. It's a business and that business is allowed to make decisions on how to best serve its customers.

This doesn't just apply to bad words, by the way - if the club owner hates the word "moist", he can totally tell you not to use it and deny you stage time if you refuse.

On the flip side, if the club owner loves it raunchy, he has a right to allow the raunchiest, most foul garbage to spew from his stage and you can't call the cops because you were offended by "Aristocrats Night."

I didn't go digging for precedents, but I can't think of a case off the top of my head where a comedian said something offensive, got fired, then successfully sued.

Like any job, accepting stage time at a comedy club means accepting an implied contract. Even on an open mic show, comics are either briefed on the rules or the rules are posted on the wall. Going on stage means agreeing to those rules. The same way your job doesn't allow you to wear jeans, the club doesn't allow you to break those rules. And the same way an obstinate refusal to wear anything but jeans will get you FIRED, an obstinate refusal to avoid a word or topic in your material will cost you your stage time.

There's also the consideration of the audience.

A lot of audiences love clean shows. Some love dirty shows. The more risky your material, the more polarizing it can be. The opinions of the audience shouldn't dictate your material, but you do need to be aware and able to adapt to any situation you're in.

If there's one threat to the vast protections afforded to Americans by the First Amendment, it's over edgy comics pissing off audiences to the point of activism. I'm not saying it's fair, but the wrong joke in front of the wrong people while the wrong party controls the House, Senate, Supreme Court and the White House could lead to limits on free speech, and that's bad.

I'm not saying you can't take risks, but think before you rock the boat.

Additionally, with our current climate of social media warriors attacking any business who pisses them off, one upset audience member is all it takes to cause huge nightmares for a comedy club. If the club chooses to mitigate that risk by prohibiting a few words or topics, that's their choice. You can respect it or you can choose not to perform there.

In summary, you have a legal right to free speech that is potentially limited by inciting hate/murder talk. Everything else is fair game in the USA, including criticizing the people who uphold the First Amendment. The comedy club, however, has a right to protect its business and to deny stage time to anyone who doesn't meet their defined requirements.

So what's the best way to beat back the scourge of censorship by evil comedy club gatekeepers (like me)?

BE FUNNY.

If you can actually write funny jokes while still working within the restrictions of the house, you will get more time. Once you've paid your dues, show runners get a lot less restrictive. Headliners can say almost anything they want to on stage. Want the same freedom? Get good at comedy.

And if you think I'm being an unrealistic jerk when I say that, it's not just me talking. You know who else started out clean? George Carlin. Go on Youtube and look up his "Al Sleet the Hippy Dippy Weatherman" routine. He made it as a clean comic first before he started pushing the boundaries. Once he was already well known, it was a lot harder for the people in charge to deny him his pulpit.

Now get out there and enjoy your freedom.

[sanjosenewshq]

Shes a impolite child and I am not alleged to punish her

Pricey Abby: I’ve been married to my husband for practically six years. We now have an excellent relationship and have three grownup youngsters between us. 4 years in the past, my daughter and daughter-in-law had youngsters – I will name them “Timmy” and “Jenny.” My grandson Timmy is autistic and does effectively with speech remedy and particular schooling (preschool). He has challenges, however we’re supportive and inspiring. Jenny has at all times been a gossip. She was a great little lady till she was 4 years outdated. Her mother and father purchase her something and all the things she needs, and let her run the present. We just lately watched her in a single day, and he or she resented her for calling my husband a fats and lewd outdated man, in addition to attempting to govern us as she does her mother and father. The self-discipline to carry her intelligent mouth is frowned upon, and he laughs. My husband and his son have spoken about this twice. Nothing has modified. I do not really feel prefer it’s my place to scold and self-discipline, but when she’s in my home, I feel she ought to act respectfully. Abby, please assist with any recommendation. Frozen Nana in Washington Pricey Nana: That little lady is 4 years outdated. By failing to show their daughter to be thoughtful of others’ emotions, your stepson and your daughter-in-law result in Jenny’s hurt. By the point you are 6 years outdated, you will be as welcome as a fox cat on a picnic. You could have each proper to set and implement the foundations for what occurs in your house. Jenny should not be allowed to name your husband (or anybody, for that matter) unhealthy names, and except you apologize, you should not hug her. Pricey Abby: My father considers himself a really spiritual man. He believes that anybody who doesn’t conform to his beliefs will go to Hell. He informed my homosexual sister she was going to hell. In my brother’s awakening and celebration of life, I announce to everybody that my brother goes to hell as a result of he was an atheist. He additionally criticized the preparations, though they have been precisely what my brother requested. She pulled him apart and requested him to cease saying these items. He refused and declared, “This speak is over!” The subsequent morning, the household voted unanimously to demand that he go away. Being the eldest, I used to be “elected” to ship the information to him. He and my stepmother did not take it effectively, and so they each stated lots of horrible issues. Now they refuse to just accept the consent of the entire household for this, and blame me for it. Any concepts on methods to repair the injury? My stepmother instructed that I lie and simply say I am sorry. Each are incorrect. Maybe it’s higher if I stay separated from my father, and he can have regular relations with the remainder of the household? Inform the reality in Georgia Pricey actual: I don’t agree together with your stepmother. Do not lie about why your dad and stepmother are asking to go away. Your siblings ought to come ahead and make it clear that the vote was unanimous. In case your father and stepmother select to self-isolate after that, you will all be higher off. Abbey Abbey was written by Abigail van Buuren, also called Jane Phillips, and was based by her mom, Pauline Phillips. Contact Pricey Abby at www.DearAbby.com or PO Field 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Originally published at San Jose News HQ

#San Jose News HQ

[the-big-picture-bible-blog]

Quick Answers: Salvation

What is salvation?

The simplest biblical definition of salvation can be summarized into one word, "deliverance".

1 Thess.5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

God provides us a means to be saved from the penalty of death. We are separated from God due to our sins, but we can be delivered from the wrath of God by means of the grace of God which is found in His Son,

Rom.6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Jn.3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Salvation is the most fundamental issue in life. Salvation is the will of God for every person.

1 Tim.2:4 ...Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 2 Pet.3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Why must I get saved?

We need to be saved because we are totally corrupt and lost in sin. We are in essence incompatible to the nature of God. We are the enemies of God in our sin state (Col.1:21, Rom.5:10).

Rom.3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. ... 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Salvation redeems us out of this sin state and brings us back into a relationship with God. Without salvation that comes from God, we will be recipients of His wrath which will end in eternal death. It’s not that we need to save ourselves—we cannot do so—but that we need to receive God's salvation to escape the debit of sin, which is death.

Rom.6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What message does NOT bring salvation?

We often hear these phrases today in the context of becoming saved,

"you must invite Jesus into your heart." or 

"you must accept Christ as your personal Saviour." 

Where in the bible can we find these? Such "invitations" have absolutely no Scriptural basis. If you don't do what the bible instructs, you are wrong! (Look at Cain and Abel for an example!)

Redemption is not responding to an altar call after a prosperity message; it is not being scared into heaven by a hell-fire preacher; it's not reading a baseless gospel tract. Other misconceptions of salvation that are frequently heard today are things like, you must,

—repent, —be baptized, —join a church (God's family), —have a priest or pastor or evangelist pray the sinners prayer with you, —walk down an aisle, —have witnesses at your sinners confession, —sacrifice time or money or commitment to a religious group.

These are all misconceptions. These are all efforts that people take to try and be saved, or to try and save themselves! We can do NOTHING to save ourselves! All our reliance and faith must be in the work that Jesus Christ did for us. In the next section we will look at what does save one.

What is the gospel message that saves us?

Unlike the gospels of other dispensations which depend on works, and laws, and observances, and conditions, our grace gospel is plain and simple. Our gospel, and the salvation it brings, is already complete, and simply needs to be received. There is nothing else that is tied to it that needs to be done or observed or earned. The simplicity of our gospel is clearly highlighted in this passage of scripture below,

Rom.5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

We do not need to concern ourselves with Moses and the laws he received, or with Abraham and the promises he received. Our gospel message only deals with two persons. Adam and Jesus. Adam disobeyed, was condemned, and received the penalty of death. Since we are all of Adam, and all under the penalty of his offence, we all inherit death and separation from God. (Romans 3:23)

The gospel that God provides us and that can save us from this sentence of death is the message of what Jesus Christ has done for us to redeem us from death and bring us back into right standing with God. Paul writes the following of the grace gospel,

Rom.1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 

In the scripture above, Paul refers to the gospel as 'the power of God unto salvation'. Stop and consider this. Out of all the content in the Bible, the only thing that is mentioned that actually 'SAVES' us, is the Gospel; the message of the good news of what Jesus Christ has done for us!

The clearest scripture passage that defines the grace gospel is as follows,

1 Cor.15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

The gospel encapsulates the cross-work of Jesus Christ. Therein is the power of salvation if you hear the message, and then believe the message. Salvation lies in the fact that there is nothing you could do to earn salvation for yourself. So Jesus Christ, God's Son, paid the sin penalty for us by His death on the cross. The price of redemption that He paid has bought you back from death, (1 Cor.6:20; Rom.3:21-26), if you receive His gift of grace and trust in His work for you. He died in our stead, and the righteousness of His life is freely imputed to us by God's grace as we trust solely upon His death and resurrection. Jesus Christ is your only hope and it's in Him that you trust alone.

Eph.2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

How do I get saved?

God, through Jesus Christ, has already done all of the work. All you must do is receive the salvation God offers (1 Cor.15:1; Eph.2:8-9). So, now that you know what the good news of the grace gospel tells you, and you are informed of what Christ has done for you, you need to decide what you want to do with this news. That's it! You do not need to do anything else but to believe that what Jesus Christ did for you is the truth.

 If you choose to believe that Jesus died for your sins, and that He was buried and rose again from the dead, so that by His shed blood you are forgiven, and by His resurrection you are justified [declared innocent, pardoned, acquitted], then you are saved. The fact that you trust in the cross work of Christ as your ONLY means to be made right before God, is your salvation. That's IT! 

It's not about feelings or sensations! 

It's not about anything else you must do to prove your faith!

It's not about being baptized or joining a church! 

It's not about what you did in life and how bad you were! 

It is ALL about JESUS CHRIST and what HE has done FOR YOU. It's His life accredited to you that saves you! All you need to do is believe that and trust Him to do what He said He would.

Is baptism in water required for salvation?

No. In the grace dispensation, which we live in today, water baptism is not a requirement to be saved! If you need more details and qualifying scriptures, please see my post about the topic here.

Can we lose our salvation?

No. The grace believer's salvation is forever secure, and they are "sealed with the Spirit." (Rom.5:1-2; Rom.8:29-39; Rom.6:8; Eph.1:13-14; Eph.4:30; Phil.1:6; 2 Tim. 1:12).

Eph.1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,

If a true believer in Christ could lose his salvation, it would mean GOD has rejected His Son's sacrifice for our sins! Jesus was raised from the dead "by the glory of the Father" (Rom 6:4), proving His sacrifice was accepted by the Father… thus we are "accepted IN the beloved" (Eph. 1:6).

Upon our salvation, we are "sealed with the Holy Spirit" unto salvation. Once you are sealed, you cannot be unsealed! God does not want you to doubt your salvation, and there is no reason for you to doubt God. Our salvation by grace does not depend on our performance, good works, or even our faithfulness. The salvation we enjoy today as believers is solely dependent upon what Christ has already done for us at Calvary's cross!

Titus 3:4-7 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

Must I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord for salvation?

No. The act of confessing Jesus as Lord was a required condition that was part of the Kingdom Gospel. Salvation in the grace gospel today simply requires you to BELIEVE that Christ died for your sins and was raised for your justification.

Our salvation does not have conditions to fulfil in order to merit, or earn salvation! Notice how the above verse starts. "IF you will confess...".  The word "if" is a condition. It's something required of you! The proper context of this verse in Romans is part of Paul's writings to Israel.

Our salvation is simply to believe! To trust that the cross-work of Christ is all sufficient to save us and justify us before God.

For more details and qualifying scriptures, please see this post.

The Jews had to work for their salvation. Should I also?

Israel have always been under a covenant program. If they did what God commanded, they were blessed. If not, they fell under a curse. The very essence of the law was built on a foundation of works. This is why the book of James hammers home the need to prove your faith with works.

The Kingdom gospel held nothing back regarding faithful work and endurance. Yet in stark contrast to this, we find that the grace dispensation has nothing to do with works and endurance, but rather with waiting.

Romans 8:23 ... waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 1 Thess 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. 2 Thess 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

The reason why we wait in expectation is because Christ has done everything necessary to redeem us. We do not need to prove ANYTHING! We do not need to work out our eternal salvation in fear and trembling! (See full explanation here). We do not need to work and endure because all (that was necessary) was done by Jesus Christ on our behalf. Christ has satisfied the sin payment and by His work we are justified before God.

Unlike the participants of the Kingdom gospel, who's salvation is tied into works that they had to merit, the gospel of grace requires no works and is utterly based on unmerited grace. God chooses to save us because of the work of His Son imputed to us by His choice, as is confirmed clearly in the following scriptures, Eph.2:8-9; 2 Tim.1:9; Titus 3:5.

#salvation #grace gospel #bible #truth