#Alexander Parish

[dream-this-nightmare-over]

may men forever exist only in fiction.

[toomanylegos]

I need more incorrect quotes.

Please 🙏

How can I say no to a request so polite?

Hold on, let me fetch more for you-

Kal: Hey Leo. I'm here to pick up Jude. Some things changed around and our mission got moved up.

Leo: ...what?

Kal: Jude. He said he was hanging out with you today.

Leo, growing confused: No. I called him to see if he wanted to hang out cause David said he'd be hanging out with you today, but Jude said he was busy.

Kal, suspicion: ...David said he was with me?

Leo: Yeah. So, I would like to know what the plum fuck is going on.

Kal, sinking realization: ...has Jude or David said anything about a "research project" lately?

Leo, letting terrible realization roll over him: ......

Leo: oh sweet Mary mother of God

-

Jude: Alright, how many of those private messaging forums have you gotten into?

David, glasses glinting in mischief: All of them

Jude, smirking devilishly: Oh-hohoho this is going to be beautif-

Leo, busting into the room: ARE YOU TWO HACKING INTO GOVERNMENT FILES AGAIN!?

Jude: Leo, listen! Corruption needs to be uncovered! The people need to know!

David: Justice must be served!

Leo, in a panic over being on a watch list now: THIS IS ILLEGAL!! THIS IS SO MANY LEVELS OF ILLEGAL!!!

Jude, releasing dubious government files: PUBLIC CONDEMNATION!!!

David, popping champagne: JUSTICE!!!

Give me a moment, I have another one in the back

Elizabeth: Fine, but we're having salad for dinner.

Alexander, disappointed: But Ivani said we're having burgers.

Elizabeth: If Ivani jumped off a cliff, would you?

Alexander: [dead staring at the middle distance in deep thought]

Elizabeth, in shock: Alexander!

Alexander, stuttering like mad: I- uh- well-

Alexander: I mean it depends!

Elizabeth, scoldingly: Don't! Jump off! A cliff!

Alexander: Well I wasn't planning on it...

Elizabeth: But if Ivani jumped you would?!

Alexander: [EVEN HARDER STARE AT THE MIDDLE DISTANCE]

Elizabeth, shock x2: ALEXANDER!!!

Aaaaaand one more as a treat! 😘

Alice: Hi! Welcome to Applebee's! Would you like apples or bees? : )

Phoenix, hesitantly: B-Bees?

Alice: SHE HAS SELECTED THE BEES

Phoenix: Wa-Wait-

Alexei & Catherine, walking in with a jar of bees: >:)

Phoenix, in horror: WAIT-

[apenitentialprayer]

why do anglicans still exist like their entire church is built on the fact that some guy wanted a male heir. or do anglicans believe that this isn't rly why their church came about

Okay, I do love clowning on my Anglican friends, but there are a few angles (da dum tss) that we can look at in terms of why the Anglican Church is a distinctive tradition.

Theologically, the Anglican Church might have started off as "Catholic without the Pope," so to speak; the Anglican Church was essentially Gallican in nature, meaning that the head of the church wasn't the seniormost bishop, but the head of the state. But even if it started off simply being in schism with the Roman Church, it didn't take very long before Reformed theology started entering the Church through the efforts of Anne Bolelyn, Thomas Cromwell, and especially Edward VI. There were preceding documents, but the Thirty-Nine articles passed by Queen Elizabeth I in 1571 helped to solidify a distinctively Anglican identity.

But it's a little more than that, too, because in addition to this Protestantization of the Anglican Church, there have also been movements within to.... "Latinize" might be the wrong word, but to bring back some traditional Catholic elements. We see this, for example, in the Oxford movement of the 1830s; many of its members would end up converting to Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy, but those who remained behind started the Anglo-Catholic movement which still has a strong presence. (My girlfriend goes to an Anglo-Catholic parish, and our city has at least three other ones).

This kind of dual accommodation of Reformed and Catholic theological ideas has created a unique situation for the Anglican Church; Bishop J. Neil Alexander tries to articulate this by distinguishing the Anglican Church as a "pragmatic church," in contradistinction with "confessional churches" (Catholic & Lutheran, which focus on creeds and councils) and "experiential churches" (Baptist and other groups whose memberships require a born-again moment):

What, then, does it mean to be pragmatic? It means that within the generous capacity of the Episcopal [American Anglican] Church, we do not always agree on matters of biblical interpretation or theological definition. It means that we have all gotten here by way of hundreds of different and often unique experiences of God's presence in our lives. It means that those things which other churches depend to hold themselves together will never be a central feature of our common life. We find our life together driven by our willingness to stand together at the table of God's gracious hospitality. […] That, I believe, is the pragmatism at the heart of what it means to be an Episcopalian. We are a variegated tapestry of theology and experience, and we are all the richer for it. But no level of theological agreement or experiential commonality will ever be the basis on which Episcopalians will live together well. What is possible is that we will be pragmatic —we will keep our differences in perspective— and we will recognize that ultimately nothing will divide those who are willing to stand together before God's altar to sing, to pray, and to receive the gift of God's eternity.

Now, this is a very fascinating situation, because it means that the Anglican Church has a lot of diversity in religious thought and doctrinal opinion. On an official level, that means you will have bishops aligning with different theological orientations working side by side — and, in theory, the office of Archbishop of Canterbury is supposed to alternate between Anglo-Catholic and Evangelical holders. On a more personal level, I have found that the Episcopal clergy who I interact with have varying spiritualities and theologies; one priest I know has Catholic sympathies that are so strong that he was referred to as "the Papist" in seminary, while another clergymember I know doesn't think Confession is necessary and is ambivalent about her parish's practice of Eucharistic Adoration. And they work at the same church.

Liturgically, they are also distinctive. The current bedrock of Anglican prayer is the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, which is clearly inspired by Benedictine spirituality, but with continuing liturgical revision and innovation that kind of fits with the 'pragmatic church' mindset explained above. Some Anglican parishes even preserve pre-Tridentine traditions (remember, they split before the Council of Trent), like the Sarum Use.

The Anglican Church has had a developing liturgical patrimony for the past five centuries; one of the reasons why the Catholic Church created the Anglican Ordinariate was because it recognized that fact, and wanted former members of the Anglican Church to be able to preserve their traditions even after re-entering communion with Rome.

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So, like, the Anglican Church may have started off as a more-or-less Catholic particular church that was in schism with Rome, a schism orchestrated by a king who wanted fuller control over the Church in his country, but the Anglican Church has had five centuries of development. And, as much as I like to clown on my Anglican friends, I can definitely see why the Anglican communion has a deep appeal.

[katatty]

Driftwood MMC - Year 1 - Summer

Quite an eventful autumn season:

A Church & Cemetary was built, with Clarissa Benedict moving in as the parish priest.

Alexander Harwood wedded Helen Dowrick, and they had a daughter, Diana Harwood. Helen nearly died in the process!

Sir Roberte Mondegreen defied tradition and married Margery Dowrick, setting her up with a cottage and hedge tavern, The Orange Octopus. They had a son, Timothy Mondegreen.

A burglar, George Bulstrode, was captured and locked in the prison tower at the barracks. He was later released.

Bryanna Glanndour became the settlement's midwife & healer.

Joshua Harwood became the settlement's painter.

Old Daveth Dowrick passed away, due to an elder's cough.

Lord Lionel Mondegreen had several brushes with death but survived and was finally able to arrange a good match for his daughter. Primrose Mondegreen and Elliot Moore were married and took the surname Morgreen.

A love-square developed between Primrose, her lover Michael Rudhall, her husband Elliot, and his lover Hannah Shepherd. Michael and Hannah are exes, too. I might need a diagram for that one! XD

The royal treasure has now collected $62,091 in taxes! With that threshold reached, the hedge tavern set up, and the midwife/healer and painter positions all filled, the settlement is upgraded to a Hamlet. This means new families and new lots in the winter! We get:

1 new Merchant family

1 new Yeoman family

Weekly Market, run by the merchants

Midsummer Faire (not the most fitting for the winter time, but ah well)

Foundling Home, with orphans and an Abbess living there

Some new soilders, as the barracks are feeling pretty quiet and with the population getting bigger the valley needs more defense

I've been busy building the lots and making the sims and am excited to introduce them! But I might take a little break here to focus on other saves for a bit :)

[insanityclause]

Deadline’s Contenders Television, the event where stars and showrunners talk up their shows ahead of Emmy voting, has unveiled its lineup.

The event kicks off on Saturday April 13 and runs through Sunday April 14 at the Directors Guild of America in LA. There will also be a virtual livestream of the event. Full details of the event and an RSVP link can be found here.

It will give you a sense of the hits of the last twelve months, as well as some shows that you’re about to be talking about, as the networks, studios and streamers vie for some awards love.

Stars attending include Tom Hiddleston, Nicole Kidman, Brie Larson, Kristen Wiig, Rebecca Ferguson, Lily Gladstone, David Oyelowo, Common, Jimmy Fallon, Giancarlo Esposito, Joey King, Andrea Riseborough, Sebastian Maniscalco, Bill Pullman, Kiefer Sutherland, Logan Lerman, Kelsey Grammer, Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, Allison Williams, Maya Erskine, Nathan Fielder, Skeet Ulrich, Jeff Probst, Omar J. Dorsey, Harriet Dyer, Patrick Brammall, Sophia Di Martino, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo and Taylor Zakhar Perez.

Shows that will be featured across the two days include Parish, Masters of the Air, Lessons in Chemistry, The Morning Show, Silo, Palm Royale, The New Look, Survivor, Colin From Accounts, A Murder at the End of the World, True Detective: Night Country, We Were the Lucky Ones, Under the Bridge, Murdaugh Murders: The Movie, Loki, Alice & Jack, Genius: MLK/X, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, 3 Body Problem, Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Frasier, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Fallout, Expats, Red, White & Royal Blue, Fellow Travelers, The Curse, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Platonic and Bookie.

There will also be numerous top showrunners and exec producers including Chuck Lorre, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Alexander Woo, Benny Safdie, Graham Yost, Gary Goetzman, Lee Eisenberg, Abe Sylvia, Brit Marling, Zal Batmanglij, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Francesca Sloane, Lulu Wang, Sarah Schechter and Nicholas Stoller.

The studios, networks and streamers participating include AMC, Apple TV+, CBS, CBS Studios, FX, HBO and Max, Hulu, Lifetime, Marvel Studios and Disney+, Masterpiece on PBS, National Geographic, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Peacock, Paramount+, Prime Video, Showtime, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros. Television.

The event is sponsored by Apple TV+, Eyepetizer Eyewear and Final Draft + ScreenCraft in partnership with Four Seasons Resort Maui and 11 Ravens.

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Both Tom and Sophia will be there.

[the-perfect-wagnerite-again]

Hey buddy pal what does your le based pope think about immigration and gays and every other left leaning ideal you papists try so hard to look like you resist again? And also israel? Hopeully nothing you can't stomach, cos you're following him wherever he and his pews where children have been raped goes.

Oh no. In two millenia, the Church has never had a bad pope before. Alexander VI, Leo X, Clement VII? Never heard of them. I don't know anything about the Church's history, so Francis is the first I'm learning of this. Whatever shall I do with this information. My entire identity as a Catholic was dependent on Pope Francis having the same political values as me.

My faith and conviction have vanished on the spot. Through your charitable words and hopeful concern, you have won me over. I shall presently abandon my parish and make for the closest warehouse-shaped nondenominational "worship center" I can find. I hope you continue to guide me through this spiritual descent, dear anon.

[duchesssoflennox]

118 years ago on this day, Prince John of the United Kingdom, the youngest child of King George V and Queen Mary was born! He was named after his paternal uncle, Prince Alexander John, who died in infancy. John was said to be a bright, vibrant, healthy child in the first four years of his life. He was very cheeky and loved practical jokes, such as reportedly putting glue on door handles, and once famously referred to his father as the “ugly old man.” Above all, Prince John was part of an incredible royal dynasty. He was related to 20 reigning monarchs in Europe; his grandfather was King Edward VII, who reigned over an empire that was at its most powerful. But life wasn’t exactly easy for John and his siblings as they grew up under the incredibly strict guidance of their father, the future King George V, who was said to have put enormous pressure on his children to behave more like adults than children. “Lord Darby had a famous anecdote, that George V said to him ‘I was frightened of my father and I’m doing to make damn sure my children are frightened of me.’” Prince John's grandaunt the Dowager Empress of Russia wrote to her son Tsar Nicholas II that "George's children are very nice ... The little ones, George and Johnny are both charming and very amusing ..." In 1909, John began having seizures and was discovered to have epilepsy. When his condition deteriorated, he was kept away from the public eye and sent to live at Sandringham House, under the care of his nanny and governess, Charlotte Bill, known by the children as “Lala.” Apparently, all the children adored Lala, who had nursed them all as babies. In 1916, as his seizures became more frequent and severe, John was sent to live at Wood Farm, with "Lala" Bill having charge of his care. Though he maintained an interest in the world around him and was capable of coherent thought and expression, with his lack of educational progress, the last of his tutors was dismissed and his formal education ended. Physicians warned that he would likely not reach adulthood. His grandmother Queen Alexandra maintained a garden at Sandringham House especially for him and this became "one of the great pleasures of Prince John's life." After the summer of 1916, John was rarely seen outside the Sandringham Estate and passed solely into Lala Bill's care. After Queen Alexandra wrote that "Prince John is very proud of his house but is longing for a companion" Queen Mary broke from royal practice by having local children brought in to be playmates for Prince John. One of these was Winifred Thomas, a young girl from Halifax who had been sent to live with her aunt and uncle (who had charge of the royal stables at Sandringham) in hopes her asthma would improve. John's seizures intensified, and Bill later wrote "we dared not let him be with his brothers and sister, because it upsets them so much, with the attacks getting so bad and coming so often." He spent Christmas Day 1918 with his family at Sandringham House but was driven back to Wood Farm at night. On 18 January 1919, after a severe seizure, John died in his sleep at Wood Farm at 5:30 pm. Queen Mary wrote to Emily Alcock, an old friend that "for John it is a great relief, as his malady was becoming worse as he grew older, & he has thus been spared much suffering. I cannot say how grateful we feel to God for having taken him in such a peaceful way, he just slept quietly into his heavenly home, no pain no struggle, just peace for the poor little troubled spirit which had been a great anxiety to us for many years, ever since he was four years old"

She went on to add that "the first break in the family circle is hard to bear, but people have been so kind & sympathetic & this has helped us much." King George described his son's death simply as "the greatest mercy possible" On 20 January, the Daily Mirror said that "when the Prince John passed away his face bore an angelic smile"

John's funeral was at St Mary Magdalene parish church the funeral was attended by Sandringham House staff; "every single person on the estate went and stood around the gates and his grave was absolutely covered in flowers." Queen Alexandra wrote to Queen Mary that "now two darling Johnnies lie side by side" In her final mention of Prince John in her diary, Queen Mary wrote simply "miss the dear child very much indeed." Lala Bill always kept a portrait of Prince John above her mantelpiece, together with a letter from him that read "nanny, I love you."

[scotianostra]

On June 17th 1390, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan burned Elgin Cathedral to the ground.

Alexander was notorious for his great cruelty and rapacity and became known as The Wolf of Badenoch. From 1365 to 1390 Alexander was in dispute over the control of lands in Badenoch and Strathspey with the Bishop of Aberdeen and Bishop Bur, Bishop of Moray.

In 1389 he sought the intervention of Bishop Bur to bring his marriage to an end. Bur however, came down on the side of Alexander’s wife Eupheme, and when Alexander then expelled her to make way for his mistress of the moment, Bishop Bur excommunicated him.

In April 1390 John, Earl of Carrick was crowned King as Robert III, and Bishop Bur aligned with Alexander’s rival, the Earl of Moray.

Finally, in May of that year Alexander Stewart’s fury exploded and fell upon the church. He descended on Moray at the head of a large number of “wild, wykked Hieland-men.” Alexander sacked the town of Forres, before heading east, destroying Pluscarden Abbey en route to Elgin where he arrived on the 17th of June 1390.

As well as Elgin Cathedral, the monastery of the Greyfriars, St Giles parish church and the Hospital of Maison Dieu were all put to flame by Alexander’s men.

His destruction of the church possessions in Elgin was complete.

Elgin was the second largest cathedral in Scotland, widely known as the Lantern of the North, was reduced to ruin.

Church and state now came together to oppose him. Excommunicated by Bur, Al

Absolution was granted by bishop Walter Trail, the Bishop of St Andrews.

Alexander Stewart died in 1394 at peace with the church as indicated by the clasped hands on the breast of the statue on his grave at Dunkeld Cathedral The statue is in armour with a lion at the feet and a lamb in its clutches.

Legend tells us though that The Wolf of Badenoch died after playing chess with the devil at Ruthven Castle, more on that in a few days.

[whump-on-a-string]

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#Dallan - Human servant blorbo. Whump shaped.

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#Remus - Human "Mad Scientist". Villain shaped.

#Elliot - Vampire. Friend, mild antagonist, AND Whump shaped.

OCs:

Dallan Daymond | tag: #Dallan - Fantasy victorian servant in his early to mid-20s employed by Mr. Richard or Doctor Parish. Very polite but kind of a doormat. Only partially literate. Loves dogs. (frequent whumpee)

Alexander Parish | tag: #Parish - Elf, an older gentleman who practices medicine, a magic user. Friend of Mr. Richard, & Dallan. One of Dallan's employers. (Caretaker)

Remus | tag: #Remus - Doctor/Scientist with questionable ethics. Experiments on vampires, werewolves, etc. Anything inhuman he can get his hands on. (Whumper)

Fantasy Victorian setting with vampires, werewolves, elves, magic, and other fantastical elements. (Not historically accurate)

Elliot | tag: #Elliot - A half-elf technically killed by a vampire attack, surviving only by miraculously being turned into a vampire himself. Knows nothing about vampirism. Just winging it. Absolutely uses vampiric powers on humans though. Comical character but tragic. (Whumper AND whumpee)

Fave Whump Themes:

What this post said:

doorlampwrites: What if I want whump but like. Comfort. Comfort whump. No no not fluff, I need the zing!! I need the fascination of an awful relationship but like. Comforting. Yes they kidnapped them but like... put them in a comfy bed. With the big floofy sheets and weighted blankets. Yes... yes... the head pats... No it's controlling I swear. They kidnapped them this is whump I promise they’re scared (they’re just also so content and warm).

Whump but like comfy whump / carewhumper vibe?

Kidnapping. I like kidnapping whump.

Gilded Cage / Nice Whumpers

Mental/physical Age Regression (for comfort. CODDLE THEM!!!)

Hypnosis / Mind Control / Brainwashing / Altered States(?)

Poison / Sedation / etc.

Cartoon-tier hostage/used as bait shit? *chef kiss*

Vampires

Fave Settings:

Fantasy Fantasy 19th century D&D Settings FFXIV

[orthodoxydaily]

The Zhirovits Icon of the Mother of God appeared in the year 1470 in the vicinity of Zhirovits on the Grodnensk frontier. In the forest, belonging to the Orthodox Lithuanian dignitary Alexander Solton, shepherds beheld an extraordinarily bright light, while peering through the branches of a pear tree that stood over a brook at the foot of a hill. The shepherds came closer and saw a radiant icon of the Mother of God on the tree. With reverence, the shepherds took the icon to Alexander Solton. Alexander Solton did not pay any attention to the report of the shepherds, but he took the icon and placed it in a chest.

On the following day Solton had guests, and he wanted to show them what had been found. To his amazement, he did not find the icon in the chest, although he had seen it shortly before this. After a certain time the shepherds again found the icon in the same place, and again they brought it to Alexander Solton. This time, however, he received the icon with great reverence and vowed to build a church in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos at the place of the icon’s discovery. Around the wooden church a settlement soon gathered and a parish was formed.

Around the year 1520 the church was completely burned, despite the efforts of the inhabitants to extinguish the blaze and save the icon. Everyone thought that the icon had been destroyed. However, some peasant children returning from school beheld a miraculous vision. The Virgin, extraordinarily beautiful and radiant, sat upon a stone at the burned church, and in Her hands was the icon which everyone believed had been destroyed. The children did not dare approach Her, but they hastened to tell their relatives and acquaintances about the vision.

Everyone accepted the story about the vision as a divine revelation and they went to the hill with the priest.The Zhirovits Icon of the Mother of God, totally unharmed by the fire, stood on a stone with a burning candle before it. For awhile they placed the icon in the priest’s house, and the stone was fenced in. When they built a stone church, they placed the wonderworking icon there. A men’s monastery later grew up around the church. Its brethren headed the struggle for Orthodoxy against the Unia and Latinism.

In 1609, the monastery was seized by the Uniates and remained in their hands until 1839. During this time the Zhirovits Icon of the Mother of God was venerated by both Uniates and Catholics. In 1839, the monastery was returned to the Orthodox and became the first place where Orthodox services were restored on the West Russian frontier.

During the First World War, they brought the Zhirovits Icon of the Mother of God to Moscow, and at the beginning of the 1920s it was returned to the monastery. At present it is in the Dormition cathedral of the Zhirovits monastery, Minsk diocese, and it is deeply revered for its grace-filled help. The icon was carved in stone and measured 43x56 cm.

Celebrated in May 7/May20

Source: Orthodox Church in America_OCA

[angelthefirst1]

The same beginning and end convergence concept that I talked about in my last post is at play with the following signs...

The official AMC skybound page talks about Carol's cookies 🍪 being in the Echelon briefing.

Emily also posted a picture of a cookie on her instagram story at the same time that she posted the pizza and conspiracy theories stories.

Unfortunately, I didn't bother saving that one, so if anyone has it, send it to me, please 🙏 I'll add it here.

Carol was making cookies at (A) Alexandria 🍪 when the first wolf walker was found. This wolf walker has a bullet hole right where Beth's was...

Carol herself represented the Wolves.

I've always said Carol and Beth are interchangeable, Carol is foreshadowing Beth's story.

Carol's cookie recipe substituted eggs (Easter eggs) for Apple sauce 🍎 Apple = reunion.

Emily's album, "OH" Jonathan, the song Mortal, was about Beth and Daryl...

The flower artwork on her album cover for Oh Jonathan is the same as on Carol's cardigan, and it = reunion.

The Book of Carol is the introduction to the wolves, the cookies with Apple 🍎 sauce (reunion), and the "oh" Jonathan flower jumper of love. ❤️

They all represent Beth's return.

That means Beth is what is in the Echelon briefing, and a Daryl/Beth reunion is coming.

The reason Apple 🍎 = reunion is because a bitten Apple (garden of eden) represents the fall of mankind and separation from God.

Matthew 16.18

I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

I'll leave you to figure that one out.

Undoing that separation = cure and reunion with God.

The Echelon briefing is about Beth and is also about a fake and real cure.

Alexandria in Virginia, where the Wolves first appeared, is a play on the Alexandria of Egypt.

This is important because the pyramid/Louvre/wolf symbolism of Egypt, Alexandria, and France connects them all.

They are all symbolic of the antichrist kingdom.

The ancient Roman Empire once conquered Alexandria in Egypt back in the day. So, it became part of the Roman empire territory.

Biblically, the antichrist is said to come to power out of a revived Roman Empire.

The Roman empire was founded and made great by Alexander the Great. Hence, the name is Alexandria.

The France/Louvre symbolism is a representation of this revived Roman Empire.

The song up the Wolves talks about mother being absent ever since we founded Rome and a party when the wolf comes home...

This same episode with the cookies is when the group at Alexandria has the welcome party.

This is why I say Beth has both Christ and Antichrist symbolism at the same time.

A fake antichrist cure will be what starts the outbreak in the first place (the end is the beginning), and a real cure will bring an end to death.

At (A) Alexandria Rick and Jessie get the A stamp on their right hand.

The mark of the beast that the antichrist makes everyone get, so they can buy and sell, goes on either the right hand or on the forehead (like Carol and the walker with the W) or the right hand, like Rick and Jessie.

That's why Daryl says HELLS that! When he sees the W on the walker. It leads to hell.

Revelation 13.16

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

What happens to the group in Alexandria with Negan is a reworked version of the Antichrist, who makes everyone bow down or "kneel."

It's symbolic of having to bow down and receive the mark of the Antichrist, which leads to death.

Beginning to end, we also have an upcoming first look at Daryl Dixon - The book of Carol (coughs The book of Revelation)

Which will air after the final of 106 off TOWL, and after a show called parish (church)

Beginning to end while Emily is in Paris and posts the Eiffel Tower.

I've mentioned before how the top of the tower is a radio, which means Sirius. (Messanger/angel, which can be fallen or holy)

In the Apple sauce, cardigan, and cookie 🍪 scene with Carol, she says, "She's Sirius" when talking about the cookie recipe.

And now we see Emily post a cookie and Sirius the Eiffel tower (A)

On screen and off-screen, beginning to end mentions, of Carol, cookies, apples, reunions, the Wolves, mark of the beast, A for Alpha (Sherrifs hat), France and the beginning of the outbreak.

It's all lining up 🙌

"Oh," one more thing...

Daryl missed the boat at the end of DD1 and guess who (beginning to end) posts about missing a boat...

Emily...

He catches the boat at the beginning, tho...

She's coming, and so is the beginning of the end.

🍎✝️♾️✝️🍎

[blcssom]

officially into the single digits draft wise so u know what that means.... time for another starter call xoxox like this for smthn short based on either a sentence starter or your wishlist <3

below are some test muses i'm dying to try out (who'll be getting some open starters soon....ish) so if you want your starter from any of them in particular lmk otherwise i'll pick at random !!

isaac de la cruz (26) || priest | (closeted) bisexual | nicholas alexander chavez corrupt pastor (w/ a bad habit of seducing clergy members) who came into the clergy very young!! took over his father's parish after his pop's untimely death and he's been enjoying the power a lil too much (may or may not be possessed???????)

birdie allen (30) || escort | bisexual (comphet victim tbh) | alycia debnam carey very successful escort w/ a reputation for dating men who die shortly after they break up/end their contract with her. somehow has never been convicted in any of their deaths?? dangerously charming but also very vain and very dumb when provoked (may or may not be a succubi???????)

marisa serpico (38) || trust fund baby entrepreneur/musician/philanthropist | bisexual | cristin milioti youngest of four to a very well off media mogul and his old money wife... was basically invisible her entire childhood despite her desperate need to be acknowledged and it did !! wonders for her psyche :' ) emotionally stunted (wouldn't know a healthy relationship if it spit in her face tbf) very childish and petty but also wealthy and with too much time on her hands so.... yeah she's got a few restraining orders floating around

bambi moreno (24) | jr. columnist | bisexual | fiona palomovery good girl very much does whatever she's told. whether it's what her family wants or what her boss wants or what her partner wants.... she loves to please but also uses it to soothe her mounting insecurities so !! her therapist is workin on it. constantly underestimated -- witnessed two of her friends get m.urdered in high school (final girl shit iykyk) and has still not totally recovered from it read: p a r a n o i d

caleb morris (45) | storyboard artist | bisexual | josh hartnett widower & single father who has not been thriving since his wife's passing. has two daughters under 16 and tbh they're keeping the house afloat but he's... trying. storyboard artist for a animation studio but once had dreams of opening his own studio -- crashing out if we're keeping it 100% liable to start making v reckless life choices or be poorly influenced by someone offering him a scrap of affection (put a collar on him he'd be into it tbh)

[aimeedaisies]

Court Circular | 2nd September 2023

Balmoral Castle

The King and Queen (& The Princess Royal accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence) this afternoon attended the Braemar Gathering at the Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park, Broombank Terrace, Braemar, and were received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire (Mr Alexander Manson) and the President of Braemar Royal Highland Society (Mr Peter Fraser)

Court Circular | 3rd September 2023

Balmoral Castle

Divine Service was held in Crathie Parish Church this morning.

The Right Reverend Sally Foster-Fulton (Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland) preached the Sermon.

[reignofthrones]

MOBILE MUSE LIST!!

i figured this might be helpful for those on mobile so they don't need to scroll forever on the google thingy.

CONQUEST, PRE & AFTER.

AEGON I TARGARYEN / Semi-canon / Travis Fimmel fc / straight.

AERYN TARGARYEN / Semi-Canon / Nick Slater fc / straight.

ALYSSA VELARYON / Canon / Thalissa Teixeira fc / straight.

DIRUS / Original / son of an Old God / Leo Suter fc / pan-demisexual.

JAEHAERYS TARGARYEN / Canon / Bradley James & Elliot Cowan fc / straight.

RHAENYS TARGARYEN / Canon / Rebecca Ferguson fc / pansexual.

VISENYA TARGARYEN / Canon / Katheryn Winnick fc / bisexual.

DANCE OF THE DRAGONS & AFTER.

AEGON III TARGARYEN / Canon / Toby Regbo fc / straight.

AEMMA ARRYN / Canon / Alexandra Dowling fc / bisexual.

AEMOND TARGARYEN / Canon / Ewan Mitchell fc / bisexual.

ALICENT HIGHTOWER / Canon / Emily Carey & Olivia Cooke fc / pansexual.

ALYRIE FLORENT / Semi-Canon / Sarah Parish fc / bisexual.

ALYS RIVERS / Canon / Madeleine Madden fc / bisexual.

ARRYK CARGYLL / Canon / Luke Tittensor fc / pansexual.

BAELA TARGARYEN / Canon / Bethany Antonia fc / pansexual.

CREGAN STARK / Canon / Clive Standen fc / bisexual.

DAEMON TARGARYEN / Canon / Matt Smith fc / bisexual.

DAENAERA VELARYON / Canon / Abbie Hern fc / pansexual.

DAERRA TARGARYEN / Original / sister of Rhaenyra / Freya Allan & Jodie Comer fc / pansexual.

ERRYK CARGYLL / Canon / Elliott Tittensor fc / pansexual.

GWAYNE HIGHTOWER / Canon / Freddie Fox fc / pansexual.

HARWIN STRONG / Canon / Eoin Macken fc / straight.

HELAENA TARGARYEN / Canon / Phia Saban fc / pansexual.

JACAERYS VELARYON / Canon / AU main verse / Harry Collett & George Blagden fc / straight.

JEYNE ARRYN / Canon / Annabel Scholey fc / lesbian.

LAENA VELARYON / Canon / Nanna Blondell fc / straight.

LARYS STRONG / Canon / Matteo Martari fc / bi-demisexual.

LEOLIN MORMONT / Original / heir of House Mormont / Alexander Dreymon fc / straight.

RHAENYRA TARGARYEN / Canon / Milly Alcock & Emma D'Arcy fc / bisexual.

RHEA STARK / Original / daughter of Aelyssa & Cregan / Sarah Bolger fc / bisexual.

RICKON STARK / Original / son of Aelyssa & Cregan / Alexander Ludwig fc / pansexual.

SARA SNOW / Semi-Canon / Katherine Langford fc / bisexual.

URION HIGHTOWER / Original / half-brother of Otto / David Oakes fc / bisexual.

VISENYA TARGARYEN / Semi-Canon / Freya Allan fc / bisexual.

GAME OF THRONES.

BRIENNE OF TARTH / Canon / Gwendoline Christie fc / bisexual.

CERSEI LANNISTER / Canon / Lena Headey fc / bisexual.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN / Canon / Emilia Clarke fc / bisexual.

DOREAH / Semi-Canon / Kylie Bunbury fc / bisexual.

EDDARD STARK / Canon / Viggo Mortensen fc / straight.

JAIME LANNISTER / Canon / Nikolaj Coster-Waldau fc / straight.

JON SNOW / Canon / Kit Harington fc / straight.

KARSI / Canon / Josefin Asplund fc / bisexual.

MISSANDEI / Canon / Nathalie Emmanuel fc / straight.

ROBB STARK / Canon / Richard Madden fc / bisexual.

SANSA STARK / Semi-Canon / Charlotte Hope fc / bisexual.

THEON GREYJOY / Semi-Canon / Mark Rowley fc / straight.

WILLAS TYRELL / Canon / Daniel Sharman fc / pansexual.

DRAGONS.

ARRAX / Canon / no fc.

BALERION / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

CANNIBAL / Canon / no fc.

CARAXES / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

DREAMFYRE / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

DROGON / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

MELEYS / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

MERAXES / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

MOONDANCER / Canon / no fc.

QUICKSILVER / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

RHAEGAL / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

SEASMOKE / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

SHEEPSTEALER / Canon / no fc.

SILVERWING / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

SUNFYRE / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

SYRAX / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

TERRAX / Canon / no fc.

TESSARION / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

VERMAX / Canon / no fc.

VERMITHOR / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

VHAGAR / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

VISERION / Canon / shapeshifter verse available.

DIREWOLVES.

GHOST / Canon / no fc.

GREY WIND / Canon / no fc.

LADY / Canon / no fc.

WINTER / Original / no fc.

[orthodoxadventure]

Farewell to Xenia of Petersburg at the Smolensk cemetery by Alexander Prostev

The Blessed One was always ready to help anyone in anyway possible. During the day she would wander about the streets, her face reflecting her internal spirit of meekness, humility and kindness by its warm, friendly glow. At night, in all seasons, she would go into a field and enter into conversation with God Himself. Finally the time came when Xenia was no longer to be found in the streets of the Petersburg Borough nor in the field; her radiant face shone no more amidst the rude shacks of the St. Matthias parish. God called His servant to rest from all her struggles and took her to Himself. Xenia was one of those candles which God lights on earth from time to time in order to light up the path of salvation for the faithful, as the Savior Himself had said, "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father Which is in Heaven" and "If, therefore, your entire body is full of light, no part of it being in darkness, then the whole of it shall be full of radiance as when the bright shining of a candle gives off its light." [source]

[larsisfrommars]

Wild Wild Reviews

The Night The Wizard Shook The Earth

Overall Score:

Story: 3.5/5

Dame: 2/5

Villain: 6/5

Gadgets: 5/5

Disguises: 1/5

Bonus Points: Gay Subtext: 3/5

The Yikes Dated Factor: 0/-5

Score: 20.5/25

Tier: A (82%)

Previous Episode Review

FULL REVIEW UNDER THE CUT

The Story

I wanted to rate the story on this episode higher, I really did but the first half is SO slow and I’m sorry but John Kneubuhl writes his female characters SO poorly that an otherwise fun and intriguing story suffers immensely for it. Which is such a shame because this is the episode where the BEST Wild Wild West villain was born! Every second Dunn/Loveless is on screen is absolutely fantastic and incredibly memorable. The doomsday device on which the episode revolves is compelling. Yet every moment where Jim interacts with Greta is an absolute slog of ham-fisted flirting and mid 20th century chauvinism. It’s like they had half a perfect episode but didn’t know what to do to fill in the rest of the story aside from the villain and the McGuffin. It also feels out of whack due to the lack of Artemus after the first 15 minutes and it’s very nearly lacking one of the delightful key features of the franchise, fun disguises. It’s absolutely better than TNOT Inferno, but I can’t honestly say it’s better than TNOT Deadly Bed, so right down the middle between them it goes.

The Dame

Our woman of the week is Leslie Parish! I know her as Carolyn from the TOS episode “Who Mourns for Adonais”.

*Sigh* Thus begins a parade of woefully underwritten female protagonists on The Wild Wild West. If I had a dollar for every time a female character on this show had potentially intriguing motivations only to be sidelined in order for Jim West to woo and fulfill the “kiss the girl” goal on each episode’s checklist I would be a rich man. She’s not getting a one but I was thinking about it. Mostly because of that TRULY weird scene where West can’t move and she’s feeding him by hand (Who let their fetish interfere with the quality of this show? Hope it doesn’t happen again! Except that it absolutely will happen… a lot). I decided against it however because she does show a modicum of agency in the first half of the story before it’s undercut by Jim playing weird mind games with her right after the odd fetish scene. I also think she gets overshadowed by Antoinette and Ms. Piecemeal, she just got lost in the shuffle. Ugh.

The Villain

Our villain of the “week” is Michael Dunn! Most iconically known for Wild Wild West but us Trekkies also know him as Alexander from the Star Trek TOS episode “Plato’s Stepchildren”. Continuing our Ancient Greece themed Star Trek cameos I suppose.

Ugh where do I even begin with Michael Dunn’s performance as Doctor Miguelito Loveless? It’s the birth of a legend, a landmark role for actors with dwarfism, an iconic antagonist for an iconic show. He’s a guaranteed smash hit every time he’s in an episode! He’s eccentric, insane, and dynamic, he’s equal parts humanitarian gentleman and genocidal maniac. His motivations toe the line of being reasonable for his background (bitter ex-aristocracy) and unhinged (what he’s willing to do to reach his goal). Heck, I know that the songs they decided to plop into his episodes almost felt like padding for time but he’s just so off-the-wall that I consider it part of Loveless’s charm. Maybe someday I’ll be able to fully articulate why this character is so beloved but that may need to be a post of it’s own (and I’m sure others have already beaten me to it). What can I say but six out of five?

The Gadgets

If I seem a bit biased about the gadgets it’s only because we haven’t gotten to any of the weirder/unlikely/unhelpful one. The carriage is so cool and it makes me absolutely insane that they never end up using a carriage with built-in defenses ever again. The only reason it wasn’t more effective is that Jim was outnumbered on enemy turf. Then of course there’s that clutch little pen that breaks him out of the cage Loveless puts Jim in.

The Disguises

The only disguise we get this week is a terrible attempt at posing as the man Jim failed to prevent being assassinated. I think you ought to leave the disguises to Artemus there Jimbo.

The Gay Subtext

(Don’t ship it? Skip it!)

Say hello to a beloved trope of this ship, and that is Artemus fretting over Jim putting himself in unnecessary danger (and occasionally vice versa)! Seconded only by Artemus complaining about rescuing him or having thought he was dead. Artemus still insists on discreetly keeping an eye on Jim after the professor gets assassinated. Not to mention the custom carriage he designed with Jim specifically in mind. Very normal of you Artemus good job my man, ilysm.

The Yikes Dated Factor

(See elaboration for 0 on this factor from previous episode)