The pushback to the term "cultural Christianity" from atheists is real odd to me because, as someone who has been an atheist since 13, only ever went to church a handful of times never with my own family (made a note never to sleep over at that friends house on a Saturday again bc I HATED church it smelled like shit, was boring, pews are uncomfortable as fuck, and the religious people I knew were all wildly misogynistic and I've never been here for being told I was less of a person for being Born Like This), and generally had no actual connection to Christianity in a meaningful way but still only knows Christian mythology, has been steeped in Christian values I had to untangle, and my religious understandings are still deeply Christian.
Like Ive never paid attention to the bible, church, Jesus, Christian teachings, or whatever but if you asked me about any religion the one I'll reliably know the most about is Christianity. I don't know why atheists are offended by being called culturally Christian because they have bad blood with the religion because like sorry bruh that doesn't mean you're less indoctrinated by Christian values if the culture you grew up in is predominantly Christian. In fact I'd say that religion being this ubiquitous in the culture regardless of anyone's consent to exactly ONE religion being shoved down our throats is reason to team up with other religious folks who ALSO don't like being constantly evangelized to by the culture at large, not a reason to throw a fit because you don't like being tied to a religion that is so ingrained into the culture that shit like "oh my god" and "Jesus Christ" are common expressions of surprise regardless of how atheist you are. Like surely I'm not the only atheist to notice the shocking amount of cultural religious shit that works it's way into my life and speech despite having not set foot in a church since I was like 10, and I can't remember the last time I was in one before that.
Idk man cultural Christianity seems like a pretty damn useful term to describe my relationship with a religion I never fully bought into and then actively rejected as a child yet still hold weird connections to and knowledge of just because Christianity is so baked into the culture I grew up in like it or not. If you want to be mad, be mad at the Christians who stole your freedom from religion from you, not usually religious minorities who discuss cultural Christianity and how it damages them too.
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sometimes i look at c.s. lewis's writing and think he was a bit unhinged when writing the last battle like he really had aslan tell a bunch of kids they can't do something (come back to narnia), then they did it (fairly accurate, they're kids they're going to do it), and then the world ended (??????). oh, and it turns out they died in this process too. i know there's much more context required and there are christian allegories embedded into the story that explain why all that happened but dude what in the holy fuck
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Part of why Daan is a character that hits on so many levels for me is 3 years ago I was writing edgy mediocre poetry about how rabbits must long to be cats and suddenly a character who has both bunny coding and cat coding exists how could I not get obsessed with him. I deeply regret having deleted them now because if I did have them I'd be injecting that shit directly into Pocketcat dialouge in fics...
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im obsessed with your line in the desperate hollow post is it from a particular work of yours??? i added the image to my poetry screenshot collection in my notes app but i wanna add the title if it's from a larger piece lol
SOB oh my god this is sO nice.
so, yes, sort of! it is from a thing I've been working on for a while called "Desperate Hollow" - a story of two outlaws who ran together in a gang for most of their youth before having a massive falling out. seven years later, they end up in the same dead end town, and have to confront all the old scars between them (both literal and metaphorical), including the fact that, newsflash!, they've both been pining like idiots since they were, like, seventeen and just never said anything but now it's all so messed up between them that...can they make it work? time will tell!
it started as a podcast idea back in 2018 (fiction podcasts are my main thing) and I had such an impossible time selling it that I put it on the back burner and then a few years ago, I was like "could this be a book?" and have been attempting it ever since, including this year's nano! I think I'm getting close though
I'm so glad you like it!!!
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me: “Oh, I generally don’t really like feminine designed chrs. I just find them aesthetically unappealing. Don’t really like feminine chrs in shows/games either, I don’t really know.”
also me: *Has only designed the feminine chrs thus far for my funny little “dating sim” (only by format).
I just think that many people who design feminine characters are fking cowards, and they should make funkier designs and characters. You should make them problematic. You should make asshole women.
Also I’m so fking tired of all women looking the same, like silhouette is always vaguely hourglass shaped and traditionally hot or some shit while the guys are shaped like a fucking pineapple. I WANT INTERESTING SHAPES STOP BEING BORING.
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