#Cults mention

[dragonomatopoeia]

i've died on smaller hills, so i can't judge. but i do think it's funny whenever posts about the proper definition of a poor little meow meow circulate, considering none of them mention that the origin was a kpop fan's absolutely bonkers tweet about not being able to protect a full grown man who was getting backlash for including audio from the jonestown cult leader jim jones in one of his songs

[urban-fleabag]

Hey, I shouldn't have to say this, but don't. Fucking "start a cult". Cults are inherently harmful, life ruining and traumatic things. They destroy everything they touch and are inherently manipulative and harmful. People die every day because of the actions of cults. I've known people who are cult survivors, I would say I am one too.

If you want a close knit group of like minded individuals in a structured format, you're thinking of a pack. If you're free to be yourself, leave, do your own thing, you're thinking of a pack. Don't co-opt language survivors use to discuss their experiences or cloak yourself in the trappings of something that does nothing but destroy and ruin. It's not cute, it's not funny, it's not rad. It's cruel, callous, and fucking disgusting.

[xp95]

random thoughts, just rambling here,

radqueer things i personally like to see

art!!

discourse, to some degree

activism

education

talk and discussion about transIDs and paraphilias

things i am a bit tired of seeing

excessive horny posts in the radqueer main tag. i get it, you (hypothetical hornyposter 'you' not reader 'you') "want to be abused sooo bad", but i really don't care? there are so many posts like that. just so many. and a lot of them arguably don't really have much relation to being radqueer

pro contact stuff

people who think pro contact stuff doesn't matter, or are like 'im complex contact cause i think you can act on kinks!!'

pro abuse (as in, people literally identifying as being "pro abuse" and such). i feel like this wasn't such a thing before.

phrases like "consensual abuse" and "consensual rape" and "nccnc / non consensual consensual non consent" becoming common-ish terms that people use even though we already have words like bdsm and rapeplay and cnc. it's needlessly oxymoronic and i find it annoying. personally "consensual rape" is the one i find the most annoying, "nccnc" is second, and "conabuse" is only slightly annoying (subjective opinion, just my immediate gut reaction).

mixed feelings:

hyperspecific mini-labels. on one hand i am not really interested in a lot of them... but when i see one i like, i am very happy. this one is more positive.

i feel like some radqueers see 'programming' (in a cult/RAMCOA context) to primarily be a kink thing when it was directly taken from cult survivors. i am not really sure how to feel about this. on one hand i think it's ok to be kinky about (and to have transIDs related to) dark topics, but it's also.. weird to see a bunch of posts like "uwu i want a sexy hot transharmful MAP to program me uwu im so abusable"

adding onto that, i think some people read "i'm a MAP" and think "they're looking to date an AAM! (like me!)" or see "I'm transharmful" and think "they're looking to harm a transharmed! (like me!)" when they might not be interested in that! i am not interested in e-dating, so a lot of peoples focus on it is weird to me. (this might also be a personal thing because i am a fictive and am generally uncomfortable with the idea of people sexualizing me because of my source, who was an evil stalker guy. like, i may be transstalker / transharmful / transcultprogrammer but that isn't an invitation for transstalked / transharmed / transcultvictim people to flirt with me.)

[violetshine-appreciation]

did this old man srsly threaten 2 kill a kid for *checks notes* being dragged into a cult

[transfaabulous]

[ID: One image. A cropped screenshot of an anonymous ask that reads: You should be fucking ashamed of yourself. You do not belong to our community if this is how you're going to act. Fuck you and fuck Harry Potter. You disgusting pig. /end ID]

?????????

What is wrong with you people????? I reblogged one post that only tangentially related to Harry Potter because it had a lot of cool art about phoenixes as based on different birds. You realize phoenixes are like. not something JKR made up? Phoenixes are mythological creatures that have been around long before Rowling's mother shat her out.

You people legitimately act as though you're in a cult. I want no part of your "community" if this is how you behave, as though you're the final arbiter of who belongs or not in the first place. Grow up, you arrogant, over-dramatic child.

[erismourn]

(censoring terms so they don't show up in searches + limiting reblogs as well bc I simply don't want ppl to reblog it as it's a very much Non Authoritative or Scholarly thought of mine that I don't want people to take as fact bc they saw it on the internet)

seen someone (who is an ex z*onist Jewish psn) talk about how z*onism is functionally a cult and like. Shit dude. Yeah. There are a lot of Chr*stian cults that form under the pretense that their religion is under threat (this is of course not to say that J*daism isn't under threat or imply that in any way, Becuase antisemitism is very much real) + the way z*onism functions is at the very a scholar. It's just something worth thinking about, I think. As like a possible part of an explanation of why z*onists are Like that. You are not immune to propaganda and definitely not to cult techniques of playing on your most profound desire for safety for your community to turn you into an instrument of violence against other people.

I invite engagement on this thought from followers and stuff but please for the love of God be normal. Please

[harpieunion]

Multiple times we’ve heard of cults. Weird fucked up things you can’t imagine being willing to partake in and yet. How many followers have taken poison for the promise of Nirvana? How many people have cut ties with everyone outside of their church because “you need no one else but us?” How many times have we heard about cult leaders taking on a partner, or even a harem, to continue their “sacred” bloodline or give birth to the next savior?

Wait. What’s that last one?

Leaders taking on a partner or more for a heir or chance at bringing new godship? Why would *anyone* willingly do that?

Ghesties I’m sorry but if you’ve ever found yourself wanting to be a prime mover, cult tactics have 100% worked on you.

((I wanna be clear I’m not shaming anyone! I’ve just been analyzing the form of satanism Ghost portrays and thought this would be an interesting annotation to share! This is my personal opinion that I made completely for fun. You’re more than welcome to share your own too! And if you want, I encourage you guys to take a moment to look at Ghost from an outsider perspective and try to find what other cult tactics are present! It’s actually kinda fun.))

[houseofpinkboombox]

Kayne West just stated that "Jews shouldn't be in charge of everything. And they should only work for Christian's." Meaning they shouldn't own businesses or property. He's literally just parroting Louis Farrakhan.

You know the cult leader responsible for praying largely on the black community?

A lot of people will see this dude raving and ranting and be like wow crazy amiright?!

Other people put their children in West's school.

Cult leaders don't need everyone to agree with them infact it works out better then they is heavy opposition. It breeds and "is in the know vs them the enemy" mentality.

Mark my words this is gonna lead to a boost in the Nation of Islam membership or West will create his own. I shouldn't have to tell y'all why this is bad but here you go.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/27/united-nation-of-islam-leaders-charged-conspiracy-forced-labor/

[hadesfucks]

The only difference between cults and religions is that religions have been around longer

[bamsara]

this started out as just a doodle of them cuddling

[mudtrash]

Took a few days but BEHOLD MORE NARI ANGST/WHUMP

Was thinking about trod Narinder being secretly in love with Lamb the whole time and the fact that Narinder most definitely has trust issue and fears of being mortal now

So with those two trains of thought combined, I wanted to explore… other hidden feelings he might have towards the lamb… 👀💧

Eat well, my flock, Cult of Nari Babygirls tm 🤲

[violetshine-appreciation]

knowing that pebbleshines spirit was watching over her kits the whole time throughout avos (until her spirit is put to rest ofc) just makes what happened to violetshine even more heartbreaking like. its one thing seeing her experience all this trauma, but then imagine it from pebbles perspective: shes watching her daughter go through all this, getting separated from her family, being emotionally neglected, being manipulated by a cult leader, being forced to watch her loved ones die. and the whole time pebbleshine is there to see all of it and cant do anything about it. it breaks her heart to see her daughter this way and she cant even comfort her, cant even defend her from all the awful things happening to her.

in thunder and shadow, twigpaw is so determined to find her mother, and when she finds out shes dead, violetpaw shows no emotional reaction. she treats the fact that their mother is dead as if it was obvious, as if she doesnt care. and this hurts pebbleshine, obviously, but she accepts it. her daughters never really knew her. but she knows her daughters, knows them better than any cat, because shes been watching over them for so long. and they dont even know her name. and violet, who desperately just wants to be loved, has no idea that the cat who loves her and knows her so well is someone shes never even seen before. pebbleshine wants to give her daughter the love she deserves, but she cant. and that.....makes me feel even more Pain

[really-burnt-toast]

More au doodles because the goat has been eating away at my mind ever since I made the Shamura connection. This is just how I see goat now. (Why do they have a perpetual bitch face in both of them...)

Posting this before I plan on posting heavy lore and angst shit <3

[caramelldansenu]

[agavegator]

the update hatched a brilliant idea for me

[lambment]

they couldn’t resist that last zinger