#Frist Army

[stromuprisahat]

How could that coup possibly have worked? The only thing which would have come out of it was even more rapid grisha hunting because one grisha literally destroyed a whole country so kill them before they do so too. Not to mention how would he even have tracked who is hunting and who is not? Even if the ming of the country says don't hunt them the people most certainly still will. If he has enough power to control all of that then destroying that country is not even required.

By that logic, there should've been a Coup done by the First Army. They recognized- on some level- that the King isn't interested in them, and if they blamed it on the Darkling- which they did- Little Palace is right in Grand Palace's backyard, and storming it, when freeing either the Tsar of evil Grisha influence (or the country of the Tsar) shouldn't be an issue.

“The Fjerdans have a breech-loading rifle that can fire twenty-eight rounds per minute. Our soldiers should have them, too. If the King could be bothered to take an interest in the First Army, we wouldn’t be so dependent on the Grisha. But it’ll never happen,” he told me. Then he muttered, “We all know who’s running the country.”

Shadow and Bone- Chapter 18

When you can drag adult, fully trained Grisha out of their beds to slaughter them, you can burn down their home with a few teachers, children and invalids, when going after their leader.

Although true- people rarely react to slow destruction, but a sudden tragedy gets an immediate response. Proof or not.

The thing is, there were no anti-Grisha survivors of the Fold moving, even in books, there are speculations mentioned, but then the pogroms started almost immediately. Either somebody took control of the narrative and ensured the finger shall be pointed in the right direction, or the First Army took matters into their hands out of pure initiative and spread the word themselves. You need to justify a massacres of the Crown's property ~somehow~.

As for how was the Coup supposed to work in the first place- we have exactly no info about anything regarding Aleksander's side and plans.

We have only the basics- he wanted to get rid of the Lantsovs, somehow secured the Apparat's support in the Capital and tried to force a permanent ceasefire by using the Fold.

What was his deal with the Apparat- he doesn't trust him and the creepy priest stabbed him in the back as soon as possible, so what was the original agreement?

He had to have more allies. Ideally on more places. If there are malcontents among the First Army, some might be less anti-Grisha than others. There might be more realistic nobles. Merchants could benefit greatly from better use of Grisha, especially with control over the Fold. It's likely they'd all go underground if the key parts of the plan failed.

Why target Novokribirsk? We've been over this plenty of times, but the person we've been introduced as a pretty decent strategist, who often puts himself in risk to spare others, wouldn't just annihilate a random site. And the winning side sure as hell wouldn't hurry in to paint a full picture.

How should it succeed?

The Darkling turned his back on their stunned and angry expressions and addressed the Grisha and soldiers on the skiff. “Tell the story of what you’ve seen today. Tell everyone that the days of fear and uncertainty are over. The days of endless fighting are over. Tell them that you saw a new age begin.” A cheer went up from the crowd. I saw a few soldiers muttering to each other. Even some of the Grisha looked unnerved. But most of their faces were eager, triumphant, shining. They’re hungry for this, I realized. Even after they’ve seen what he can do, even after watching their own people die.

Shadow and Bone- Chapter 22

With the control over the narrative, the Ravkan people would've been freed from the yoke of the golden Royal leeches, their new leader stepping in after ensuring a permanent peace on all fronts, soon opening a path through the Fold, reuniting families and making the goods flow from one side of the country to another.

Sure, it wouldn't solve the prevailing anti-Grisha sentiments in the society, but one thing at the time. Such issues are easier to tackle, when you're not a slave, dependent of your masters mercy or a hunted animal. The Darkling already tried to change things from the below, it's about time to do it the other way around.

[jeonscatalyst]

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And i have always wondered why in the world anyone would undermine jimin's musical success because on sns followers or engagements he might not rank #1 but he's ranking #1 or #2 every single time BTS had released albums and members had their solo songs in it as b-side. Him and jungkook has always been #1 or #2 like they switch those numbers yet people underestimated his success. And how do people see him and think he'd not want to release solo music? I think years ago he was the first member who wanted to do solo songs or like Frist member to mention those things. He's always wanted these things but as you said people by that i mean armys/ jkkrs and other jm biased too misunderstood his intentions and i wonder why. He lives for that stage.

Hi anon,

I agree but I think part of the reason why some people didn’t really see his potential (atleast compared to Tae and Jk) was because this entire fandom had always seen him as the third most popular member and least popular of the maknae line. You need to understand that before the solo era, many unfortunately hadn’t had the opportunity to see how good the members would perform with solo songs and even though we know they had already performed solo songs within the group and Jimin and Jungkook’s always did much better than everyone else’s this whole fandom was still caught up on who gets the most views on fancams, who has the most instagram followers and stuff like that. That was how they measure success and we know that Jimin doesn’t get the most views on fancams and doesn’t have the most followers on instagram and his posts don’t get the most likes so naturally they assumed he only came after Tae and Jk in EVERYTHING including their solo success. They didn’t realize that the boys excel in different aspects.

Another thing is that, Jimin has always spoken so much about how much he loves being in the group and rarely really spoke or looked interested in solo ventures, of course this doesn’t mean he wasn’t interested because we know that even while he was working hard on his solo albums he said nothing about it which led people to believe that he was lazying about and not doing anything like the other members who were doing this or that or flying here and there but we see that he wasn’t lazying about. I think all these things contributed to this entire fandom underestimating him as an artist.

His immerse success in the solo era came as a blow to so many because they could never imagine. When Jimin got a number one on Billboard Hot 100, and then Jk got it too, this entire fandom was 100% positive that Tae would get one too. Why? Because to them, he was always the most popular member because of followers, views and likes and to them, that equaled success in music so that is why they were beyond shocked when he didn’t and that is why some people are still so bitter at Jimin because he was always viewed as the underdog. Everyone knew he would be successful but very few people thought he would be more successful that who they believed was the most popular member and that is why even till this day, they try so hard to discredit his success because they still cannot believe their eyes and ears.

Jimin once said “SILENCE IS GOLD. DON’T WASTE TIME” and he did just that. He let people think what they wanted to think of him. He let people say he was lazy, not ambitious, unmotivated, depressed and all the stuff they said about him when he was working on his albums and only came out when he was ready to show results.

He took “never let people know your next moves” too seriously. lol.

[lazyalani]

Hello, I hope you're well! I hope I'm not bothering you, but if I understood correctly then you currently have requests open for Black Butler?

If I'm wrong, please feel free to delete this ask. I appreciate you taking the time to read it regardless!

If I'm not, then may I please request for Black Butler? I have all kinds of ideas myself about a situation where Ciel brings in another member of staff to help Mey-Rin out with cleaning since she can be clumsy quite often. That being said, the person (Mc, reader, whoever you wish to refer to them as) isn't strong or spiritual or really that special of a person. Borderline Mary Sue with how normal their life seems, but maybe they could have something more to them than just being a normal human. How would some of the characters react to/interact with them? (Preferably romantic headcanons if that's okay, if not then feel free to change it however you wish!) My favorite characters at the manor are Snake and Sebastian, but if you want to add someone different feel free! If you only take one character per request, then can it please be Sebastian?

No pressure, no rush, you don't have to accept this. Thank you for reading my request anyway! I hope you have a lovely rest of your day, please take care of yourself and stay safe! 😊

| Black Butler [Phantomhive Estate]

| When Ciel brings in an assassin as a servant

| i was a little bit confused to what you meant as 'more than a normal human' but i assumed they aren't supernatural but not a normal civilian either, i hope this is okay, gosh im so nervous about this, but i love this request, i got this when i was in rites rehearsal in school lol, only a few dialogues, oc is gender neutral, i wasnt sure if i should put reader or oc but ig oc would fit more i hope its okay, this could also be read as reader cuz its gn anyway, i wanted to write this is fic form but i figured it would be too long, im sorry i couldn't do snake because im not really that familiar with him, this is my frist time taking up this kind of request, mixing up an assassin and romance is a bit confusing so sorry if i dont live up to your expectations, mc is referred to as 'they/them'

Ft. Ciel, Sebastian, Mey-Rin

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Extra Note: I was a lot more motivated to write this cuz you're so sweet :') lots of thanks and hugs for you

CIEL [Platonic]

Ciel encountered them during a mission as the guard dog. An assassin sent to kill him, who ofcourse, failed due to his demonic butler. After suffering an utter defeat on Sebastian's hands, Ciel had a risky idea of bringing them back with him to add to his army servants. He has seen great potential. Although Sebastian had not been fully pleased as it was risky because they were literally sent to kill them, he had respected his master's wishes but kept an eye on them. Waking up to an unknown bedroom and then suddenly being offered a chance to work for someone you were assigned to kill before was definitely surprising for them, but after observing how the 'job' works, they reluctantly accepted.

They weren't good at doing the housework, but they weren't bad either for someone who had just started to work. Still confused, they kept observing Ciel, wondering why they were even offered the job despite almost assassinating him.

"Young Master, may I ask a question?" They asked during dinner time, dusting shelves near the dining table.

"Because you're useful."

"Pardon me?"

"The answer to your question. You were going to ask why I had offered this to you, were you not?" He calmly sipped his tea, then lowering the cup to let Sebastian fill it. "Failed, but not helpless. Surely you understand why I have 'servants' like you, don't you? You'd prove to be a good ally against those pests."

".... Thank you, young master."

"You have yet to prove your full loyalty, show me your devotion, servant."

"Gladly, Earl Phantomhive."

And so they brought back the heads of their former client and their agency employer. With a few days of Sebastian still keeping an eye on them, they had slowly but surely earned the whole manor's trust.

They had soon gotten used to how their job works. Although still a bit clumsy, they had done their best to serve the Earl, gaining fondness for the child. Despite what others think, it was quite easy to have affections for the young master, whether it's out of sympathy or slowly just getting to know him. They understand what draws the other servants to their master. The Earl was cunning and ruthless, but he was still infact a child and in need of support. So they had grown to get used to taking care of him by doing simple actions and words, serving him with gentleness and fondness.

"Young Master, is the blood yours?"

"Young Master, please let me tend to your bruises."

"Young Master, it is time to eat."

"Young Master, what should I tell Sebastian to prepare?"

"Young Master, Bard has made something explode again, please civer your nose from the smoke."

"Young Master, I heard this tea is good for soothing headaches."

"Young Master, I believe it is time to rest."

As an assassin, they understand what it's like to kill. To have a shitty and frustrating background. To have to kill to survive and get what you want. To have to be cautious everytime. To not affording to let your guard down knowing the dangers of your world.

And so they are cautious and wary of anyone getting close to him. A visitor or anyone that's not originally a part of his life before. They always keep them, hence why they requested to have a slight change on their uniform to hide it.

They had heard his story from the other servants and came to an understanding of what Ciel really wants to do, to achieve. Revenge, and if it means protecting the boy and letting him live as much as he can, they will help him towards that goal.

It's only when they are in a mission and they are involved that Ciel is reminded that they are a professional assassin still.

It does make him more confident that while Sebastian is out fighting the main enemy or hunting someone, they can protect him, not letting any other enemy near him and killing them all before they can even take a step forward. It gives him chills, the same ones he feels when Sebastian shows his true abilities. It terrifies him that a human could kill so easily like a demon, and relieves him that he took them in.

Eventually, Ciel has gotten used to their subtle (not really) smothering and protectiveness. He was bothered at first, but he just let it be until he does get used to it, it's a great balance to Sebastian's sarcastic and teasing nature at times. And althought he would never admit it, he does look forward to getting pampered after a long day or mission and not get teased for it (Sebby srlsy).

SEBASTIAN [Romantic]

When he doesn't trust them yet, he sees them as a potential formidable enemy. They may not have defeated him, but they still put up quite the fight for a few minutes. Although defeated, not completely. They might not be a danger for him but they are great danger to his master, being inside the estate and meddling with other servants. He does find them a bit interesting. Normal people may not see it, the assassin's face is neutral, but their eyes are readable, atleast to him. It interests him how their eyes keep on changing emotions, curiosity, observant, interested, empathetic, understanding, sympathetic, pleased, distressed, frustrated, disagreeing, surprised. It interests him how much a human could keep on changing through so many emotions in a short time, and manage to keep it hidden under a neutral mask. And it interests him how they could keep such a calm manner while suspecting something about him.

Sebastian could see it in their eyes whenever they see or interact with him. Cautious, observing, curious. He knows they suspect he isn't human. Ofcourse, what human could do those things he did during their fight. But still, they had kept quiet about it and never asked questions, atleast not verbally. Sebastian could see so many questions hidden in their eyes, and it amuses him to see how they try to keep those questions in. It amuses him how they could really reign their own thoughts and questions despite seeing and interacting with him everyday.

When they had gained his trust, he lets his guard down just a little bit more. He admits, he finds it comforting to finally have someone competent enough in the household to help him. It's not that he really needs help, it's just that he finds it quite a bother and annoying to do every chore while doing his tasks as the Guard Dog's 'assistant' or something.

It's not really a secret that Sebastian finds it easier to be around them than the others. The way his stiffness is nowhere to be found around them, and his voice seems to be less strict. He knows and he doesn't really care when even the Earl points it out. He claims it should serve as a motivation for the others to start working harder if they don't want him to always nag them. Ofcourse he and Ciel knows there's more to it but they don't care (though Ciel definitely would save his thoughts about it for future purposes).

After a while, their curiousty does fade into just being neutral and not giving a shit about who he is or what he is. Despite having suspicions, they let it be because knowing he keeps their master safe is enough. Although they are a bit wary to how he is connected to the young master, they decide to push it down.

Sebastian and them act like normal co-workers as time passes.

"Goodmorning, Sebastian."

"Goodmorning. Has the utensil shelf been polished upstairs?"

"I did that yesterday, shall I do it again?"

"No need. Have the pests been taken care of? There were quite a few crawling around yesterday night."

"They have, I laid them in the 'garden' and let the others clean up. I will check on it again later to make sure the job is done perfectly."

"Good job. Make sure everything is fine while the young master and I take care if everything outside for later."

"Yes. Is the young master still asleep? He didn't overwork himself again, didn't he?"

"It seems that he quite did, seeing as he is still asleep right now and not calling for me. I shall get him ready for the day, I'll leave you to do the rest."

"Yes."

Sebastian does prefer interacting with them than anybody else. Okay, maybe not normal co-workers, but the most normal talk murderers pretending to be servants could do. He prefers talking to them more than any servant because they understand how he talks about the things that aren't meant to be said around anyone else. They have the intelligence Sebastian wants a subordinate to have and he's quite greatful for it. It pleases him that he can now take a little bit more time outside the manor without worrying about it burning down or the young master's safety.

Afterall, their new servant is very skilled in doing their job.

But the main reason it that because he could show sides of himself that aren't meant to be seen even by the other servants. While he may not show his true nature, he does show a little bit of non-human capabilities. Not needing to worry about it makes things easier for him, also because they can cover for him at tines. Their neutral and usual they don't care nature puts him at ease. And them being an assassin definitely adds more ease. Knowing how to kill, and anything that involves it makes it easier for him to slip out and ask a bit help.

It reaches to the point where interacting with them puts him at ease after a long day or after an annoying event. Sebastian is definitely more comfortable around them than anyone else.

He does know what it means. He knows what the little tingle feeling he feels when he hears their voice. He knows what the ease on his back means when he sees them. And he doesn't mind at all. It feels good so why would he deny it? Although it could propose a few problems in the future, but he'll worry about it when it gets there.

When he realizes it, he gets a little more softer on them.

"Job well done as usual."

"After dusting that, you may take a rest."

"Have you eaten? The food I made a while ago is still fresh."

"Ah, do be careful dealing with those pests, they might be quite a handful."

"I imagine you might be tired from dealing with those cockroaches, the tea is still hot, it is good for body pains."

And yes, other people do notice. And yes, Ciel does know, and he doesn't give a shit as long as it doesn't interfere with their missions and tasks. Plus, it gives him opportunities to tease his butler back.

It also adds that whatever is going on will not have to interfere with his tasks to his master because he knows full well that they can protect theirself, the household, and the young master. They are a professional assassin and does not need protection and direct orders and intructions to kill and hunt.

In any case, Sebastian and them would deal with their growing affections slowly and quietly, letting it grow further while letting the each other savor it.

As times passes by, Sebastian does get a little bit more bold with his words and actions. He grows quite more confident when they reciprocate his advances.

All in all, Sebastian was drawn to them because he can show a little more if his true self around them. Because despite disgusing as a servant, they don't exactly differ from when they act as an assassin or a servant. They don't lose their personality and turn into a normal person when changing roles. They are competent in any role they take and know what needs to be done, how to talk about house chores and how to talk about other things, when to meddle, what to do, what needs to be left unasked, how to deal with their emotions efficiently, and does not get distracted by the slights of things.

MEY-RIN [Platonic]

Mey-rin sees them as an older sibling.

Sure they might be monotone and apathetic at most times, but their caring nature makes her think otherwise.

"Mey-rin, be careful, you might fall down."

"Please don't move too much, you might get injured."

"Ah, use this instead of that, this is more effective."

"Oh, don't do that, it will make blood flow out more."

They definitely scare her when they are at the battlefield. Those emotionless eyes and monotone voice are more terryfing than everything when they hold their katana and slash through the enemies. The thought of them being their ally when they keep enemies from coming at her makes her calm.

Merciless, definitely. But she sees them a bit different inside the manor. Those scary eyes are replaced by a neutral face. They rarely smile but she can see their caring actions towards everyone, especially towards their young master.

She was definitely more than happy to know that they can live up to Sebastian's standards in doing house chores because they definitely need help. Although she is ashamed and embarassed to be outdone and to ask for help from a new servant, she can't help but do it and admire them. She can't help but ask them to teach her, and she was happy to know that they agreed.

"I see, instead of doing that, I think you should do it sideways so the duster can cover everything."

"Try cleaning in a more staright posture so you don't fall down."

"How about starting at the top so you don't fall down bending when you start at the bottom of the stairs?"

"I am glad to be of help."

She does look up to them so much. She is very glad that they are as competent in the house chores as they are in the battlefield.

When she observes then, she can quite see the similarities of when they are outside. They still have that stealth when they are walking, that swiftness and speed when doing chores, the effiency when doing tasks, and the quality when doing everything.

It honestly terrifies her how they can just kill so easily without any trace of emotion and pretend to be a normal servant as though nothing happens at night.

Despite obviously having a crush on their resident visual butler, he also does intimidate her in a way the new servant does.

The new servant does make her a little bit more scared, but it brushes of everytime she sees and hears them taking care of everyone. It makes her happy that under that apathetic face they wear, they truly care for all of them. And it makes her relieved that they aren't an enemy.

Ofcourse, she was wary of her before, all of them were. But they did see their improvement. From doing chores improvement to socializing improvement.

When they kind of 'nag' her to be careful on standing in chairs to dust the shelves and clean the stairs, she feels warm. It feels like having an older sibling nag at you to take care of yourself.

They also have the room next to Mey-rin, and when she has her nightmares about her past, they come comforting her. Despite the usual monotone of their voice, she can feel their concern. They may not be much of a talker, their comfort is quiet, but it's enough for her that they listen to her thoughts and worries and understand her.

They also remind her to change her glasses when it's near breaking. Or when she falls and breaks her glasses, they always offer to buy a new one and let her rest and tend to her small bruises.

All in all, she's glad to have someone who can be there for when she's sniper Mey-rin, maid Mey-rin, and sad Mey-rin.

[skyhammer]

Final.

Death Guard,my frist faction and solo reason why i got into the warhammer in the first place.

It's all beggined here:one young boy who don't even know where you get the minis,5 printed mk2 jump pack marines without bases,cheapest paints you can buy and a dream.

But after so many years in this hobby,this dream became reality:i have huuuge HH Death Guard army that still gonna grown more.

And i hope,in this year,your dreams will come true too. Happy New Year and Merry Christmas

[neverchecking]

Lol I just imsge the blupees just bump into stuff so the reader can get some rubes but make sure it not a hurt spot cuz reader get worried and the soil her like bring her flowers rubs and other rare stuff. And some how the treasure maps!

Not going to lie I feel bad for hitting them with aroos so when I do I fuss soft stuff to them so it don't hurt them.

And the korkos give her anything the find and info. Image Tho they are still anger at sage and wild cuz he looks like sage. And for the rock's on there head and never said sorry!

When reader did she said sorry and kiss there boo boos. and just image whrb reader sick or hurts cue army of korkos running into battle riding on blupees! And one that was hit with so many rocks and is they frist one to be found by reader riding the Lord of the mountain and all of them have fused gems and wands and arrows! KORKO one lored of the mountain: FOR MOMMY HONNER SHOW NO MERCY CHANGER

cue everyone getting shocked at the korkos kickin' ass and wanting to save the reader who is posing and sick and hurt as the take her to grandpa DEKU tree! As he think of the reader as his little daughter.

As the others see the cutie pies become Killin machines for when the reader gets hurt

This is the faves of everyone including the enemys

Imagine a blupee hopping up, giving Reader a flower, then hopping away only to come back with another flower until Reader has a whole bouquet nonfnffjfx

THE Koroks hating Sage and Wild (And prolly Cal) IS SO FUNNY BC OF THE ATROCITIES COMMITED AGAINST THME HHFHOFH

AND THEM BEING THEIR OWN ARMY LIKE THE GOPHERS IN ICE AGE?? DFJOFHFHF

AND CALLING READER MOMMY HAS MY WHOLE HEART ESPECIALLY THE DEKU TREE BIT

THE CHAIN IS FLABBERGHASTED DINFH

[pmtga-memena03]

Just a visit

Ep 3

Arena start to rember that day... That fucking day..

Was One of the frist month of the war, nobody think betrayus Will have Mercy and he make weapons can kill. Arena was stoled One of the guns of betrayus army for try to survive. Was hided behind a a old and destroyed walk of One house, She see to many people die for her fault and the fault of betrayus army, unlucky for her She didn't notice a bomb how wasn't exploded yet, She was more concentrated to not panicking

[bowlerhatwearer]

OC List 3.0 WIP

(Note: Characters intended for one story, may also appear in other stories as well.

Of Swords and Pens

Owens Family

Jeremiah Owains (Blaise ancestor)

Timothy Owens (Blaise great uncle)

Lewis Owens (Father, deceased)

Eliza Owens (Mother, deceased)

Blaise Owens (first child, Neutral)

Joanna Owens (second child, Frist Responders)

Victor Owens (fourth third child, Neutral)

Mary Owens (née Rivers, wife of Victor / widow of Lawrence)

Lawrence Owens (fourth child, Neutral, deceased)

Connor Owens (Neutral) (Clone of Lawrence)

June Owens (Neutral) (Clone of Blaise)

First Responders

Garrett Bearlitz (Head/Leader of the First Responders)

Dr. Ruby Mortis

Manatena Berrocal

Franz Weißschloss aka “The Hospital Chaplain” (Still unsure)

Obdulio Bravo (formerly Tigris Empire)

Charl Mountebank

Leonid Aksakov / Akdow (joins later)

Army of the Fauna Republic

Arthur P. Bellum (Commanding Officer)

Turner Coats (Lieutenant / Three Star General)

Horace Wings (Lieutenant/Three Star General)

Clover Luckfoot (Private)

Nikolai Akdow (Army Scientist)

Nutmeg Cinnamon (Army Cook)

Dr. Lis Polarny (Army Doctor)

Seren E. Ness (Moral officer)

Army of the Tigris Empire

Cecilio Pryde (Commanding Officer)

Coop D'état (Lieutenant / Three Star General)

Minerva Border (Valorised Private)

Giordano "Cannelloni" Castellani (Army Cook)

Weregeld Schein (Lawyer)

Aeolus Piston aka Soldier 040 (Bodyguard of Weregeld)

Page aka Soldier 404 (Bodyguard of Weregeld)

Vasily Akdow (Assistant Army Scientist)

Ministry of Vision

"Ace" (Minister / Head of the Ministry)

Ian Snapshot (Enforcer #1)

Fed Geeman (Enforcer #2)

Magnus Dandy aka "The Therapist" ("Contractor/Freelancer")

Neutral / Part of no Organization

Tonic Corner (Shop vendor)

Elias Corner (war journalist / I̷̧̠̼̠̤̭̊͒̇͒̉̉̌ṇ̷̢̨̥̟͚̭̜̙̲͎͍̣̄̾̆̏̈́͋̓̅́̈́͋̄͑͐̚c̶͈̭͌͂̉͊̑̾̃̍̍̚a̷̛͖̘̝͖͌͂̈́̍̀͛͗̏̎̕͠r̷̳̠̖͙̣͙̲̭͕̮̫̬͓̒̎̀̆͐͊̓̿͊͘͜͜͠͝ǹ̵̯͖͎̜̱̬̬ͅā̷̪̣̻̤͈͒̀̉̈̆̈́̀̚͠ͅt̶̡̮̬̺̪̜̦̭͕̹͙̟̅̓́͊͌̿̏͜ͅi̴̡͈͇̜͔̣͓̐͛̐̅̍̄͌̇̐̉̾͘̕͝͝ò̸̖̑͒̂ǹ̶̢̧̹̭͖͓̹̻̋̔̈̈́͛̚͠ ̵͉̮̞̺̱̫̬̠̹̯̖̥͔͔̃̀́̐̄͗̽̑́̊ǫ̵̢̼̟͈̣͚̻̟̜̜̪̙̼̿̀̂̇̈̈́͌͗̀́͑̑̚f̷̧̱̐̉̈̃̅̊̅͐̊̋ ̴̙͍͕̻̆̈́̋̚ͅD̵͔̝̮̦̖̻̳̹̼͆̈e̷͈̮̻̰͂̊̈́̎͆̈̿̾̃̾̌̔͝ͅa̴̢̱̱̝͚̱̤͚̜̼̲̗̍̋͜ṭ̶̡̛̺͈̤̙̃͌͒̍̅́̋̀h̸̛͕͙̮͈̀̎̎͜)

Father Job Fahim (Bishop)

Halyna Aksakov (deceased) (Kathrina's and Nikolai's mother)

Lupus Bytes (CEO and Founder of Lupus Industries)

Other stories and characters

The City / The Walls an Gates of New Constantinople

Jay Mortis (Gravedigger in the City)

Aviso Grand (former Singer in the City)

Keratin Grand (Older sister of Aviso, Hotel Owner in the City)

Kathrina Akdow (Waitress in a restaurant in Trailerpark Town)

Michael "Mike" Melkboer (Milkman in the City)

Charly Doe (Government Worker in Trailerpark Town)

Quintus Imperium (Court Clerk in the City)

Lily Ordnung (Herbalist who lives alone in an isolated hut)

Janus Gates (Singer who lives in Trailerpark Town)

Constance Jacquemart ( The Phantom of the City)

“The Architect of the City” (Founder of the City)

"Father" Jerome Alabaster (City Council Member)

"Father" Urban Bacchus

“Father” Denarius Snooze

“Father” Bartholomew Ekzem

Tinker Cruso (City Council Member)

Rex Imperium (City Council Member)

Albert “Al” Clear / The Launderer (City Council Member)

Fil M. Helmer (City Council Member)

Age Aeon (City Council Member)

Reverend / Pastor Mitchell Canon (City Council Member)

Adam Ordnung (City Council Member)

Castor Montan

CATOS

Robert "Rec" Eiver

Engelbert Mohn (Scientist)

Friedrich Waldmann (Scientist)

Ignaz Gottlieb Färber (Scientist)

Ovid Crows (Oracle)

Rise of the Marauders

Marauders

Gene Corner (Leader)

Organizations

Broken Heart Cult / Cult of the Broken Heart

Marauders

Grey Mane Club

Followers of the Moon

Blood Moorn Order

Church of the Righteous Cross

Lupus Industries

Owens Minerals and Metal Works

Places

Trailer Park Town

The City

The “Peace”

Fauna Republic

Tigris Empire

Misc / For Later / Future stories

Chadli Spox

Claire du Rand

Sasha du Rand

Shade Merango

Bradley Bear

Lukas U. Naris

Dwight Cahoon

Franz (last name yet to be determined)

Thomas Lieberg / Gilgamesh (Broken Heart Cult)

Gotthard Lieberg

Queen Mafalda the III.

Mikhail Shukov

[pastortomsteers]

THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

July 7, 2024

Pastor Tom Steers

Christ the Saviour Lutheran Church, Toronto

Divine Service Setting III (Pages 184 – 202)

Lutheran Service Book

OPENING HYMN:  904  “Blessed Jesus, at Your Word”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7bikJOMZPk

 

Confession and Absolution   Page 184-185

Introit

Psalm 132:13-16; antiphon Ps. 34:8

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!     Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!                                                                                                   For the Lord has chosen Zion;     he has desired it for his dwelling place: “This is my resting place forever;     here I will dwell, for I have desired it.                                                                                      I will abundantly bless her provisions;     I will satisfy her poor with bread. Her priests I will clothe with salvation,     and her saints will shout for joy.                                                                                                          Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;  as it was in the beginning is now, and will be forever. Amen.                                                                                                         

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!     Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

The Kyrie  (Lord Have Mercy)

Congregation:

Lord have mercy upon us.

Christ have mercy upon us.

Lord have mercy upon us.

The Salutation:

Pastor:  The Lord be with you.

Congregation:  And with thy spirit.

Our Collect Prayer:  (Please stand)

O God, Your almighty power is made known chiefly in showing mercy, grant us the fullness of your grace that we may be called to repentance and made partakers of Your heavenly treasures; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Our Bible Texts –

Frist Reading:  Ezekiel 2:1-5

Psalm 123 (antiphon v.1)

Epistle Reading – 2nd Corinthians 12:1-10

Gospel Reading (please stand) – Mark 6:1-13

THE NICENE CREED   Page 191     

HYMN OF THE DAY:  839 ”O Christ, Our True and Only Light”

THE SERMON –

God’s power is made known in Creation.

His holiness is seen in His Law.

But His mercy is revealed through the crucified and risen only Son, sent to us out of love.

His mission has built the Church – currently over two and a half billion Christians.

Much of the world’s eight billion people are non-believers, especially in secular places such as Toronto.

Yet God warned in the Bible that this would be so.

Christ said, “The gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”

So, God sent believers to show the way, to spread the Gospel.

The prophet Ezekiel was of the priestly class in Jerusalem.

He was in the first wave of exiles that Nebuchadnezzar took out of that city in 597 B.C.

The Babylonian king left most of the people in this first stage, but took the leaders.

He was hoping to lop the head off any future rebellion.

The exiled people would serve as hostages to discourage those remaining from rebelling again.

It didn’t work.

Within a decade Nebuchadnezzar’s armies were encircling Jerusalem again.

This second invasion resulted in an exile far more brutal and thorough than the first.

God first calls Ezekiel in that decade when Jerusalem still stood.

Yet the apostasy, the rebellion against God in the land didn’t relent.

So, neither did the Babylonians.

The key here is that God was punishing His people through the pagans.

There was hope Nebuchadnezzar would let the first exile wave of exiles return.

Much of Ezekiel’s initial ministry is charged with squashing that hope, a tough mission assignment.

Before God’s restoration will come judgment, and punishment.

Repentance will come before absolution.

The Lord sends Ezekiel to a stubborn people with a history of rejecting God’s message, pleas, and prophets.

God doesn’t send out this prophet with a promise of success.

But He sends him.

The Lord will spare nothing.

He will put Ezekiel through humiliation and suffering to get this message across to the people.

To convince them of their need to return to God.

The Lord comes to a rebellious people today, a people who have repeatedly betrayed and turned away from Him.

His messengers should not think the mission will be easy, nor that it comes with a guarantee of success.  

But He sends us anyway.

God will sort things out in the end.

We are called first, and foremost, to be faithful.

The Lord has created us with feet to go, ears to hear, mouths to speak, hearts to believe.

His Word and Sacraments create our faith.

The message and the mission are His.

In our Epistle reading, the Apostle Paul speaks of his own call.

It was a literary convention in the ancient world that one did not make much use of the first person, especially the first-person singular – the “I” or “me” pronouns.

So, when Paul speaks of a “certain man” who was taken up to the third heaven, he’s talking about himself, and specifically the encounter with Christ on the Damascus road.

Paul recounts that he was brought to this heaven, to the presence of God.

He says he will not boast about it; instead, he draws attention to a thorn in his flesh, a limitation.

He’s asked the Lord to take that thorn away, but God says His strength is made perfect in the weakness of His servants.

God’s answer is important here.

It speaks to the doctrine Lutherans call the Theology of the Cross.

It is clinging to the cross of Christ, to His suffering, death, and resurrection, as the sole basis and means for our justification and salvation.

A humble carpenter carrying His cross up a hill appears as a failure to many human eyes.

But it is God’s mechanism and plan of salvation.

God’s strength, shown in mercy, is made more evident, more perfect, in our weakness, not our human strength.

In this passage, Paul turned his history of persecuting the Church into the very occasion of grace in his preaching of Christ.

In our Gospel text the disciples are sent out two by two.

They’re authorized, and put into a situation, in which they must trust.

They go.

The Word is spread, demons are cast out, the sick healed.

Yet, it didn’t always work.

Sometimes they were rejected, as Jesus was at times.

Even in His home town, where the locals tried to kill Him.

Christ gives the disciples authority over demons and diseases, but not over whether people accept the message.

In fact, if they’re rejected, the most they can do is shake the dust off their sandals and move on.

Were they afraid, as we sometimes are, when God tells us to spread His Word?

Did they fear, at times, that they weren’t up to the task?

God stresses here that they went out.

We can feel our thorns in the flesh, and yet be reminded by God that it is His power and message that are at play, not our own.

And certainly not our ego, or score keeping.

Our Churches have too often overlooked Christ’s Great Commission to go and make disciples.

As have individual Christians.

Jesus knows our problems, and our neighbors’ issues as well.

That was the whole point of the Incarnation and the cross.

Christ embraced this world, and our humanity.

He gave His life for every problem, ours and our neighbors’.

The community, that was shattered in Eden’s fall, has been restored in Jesus.

In the righteous reign of Christ, we experience a true fellowship, as sins are forgiven and love is reborn.

This radically alters our relationships with others.

God cares for the world, and that is exactly why He sent us to tell this Good News and not an angel.

God works through, and despite, our weaknesses and limitations.

Because in our weakness, God’s strength is revealed.

God’s upside-down world of winning through losing, and dying to live, reflects the divine genius and compassion.

The broken of the world are the perfect vessels to spread Christ’s Gospel of salvation.

God uses us to change hearts and minds, because He has already started to work within us, and continues to do so, through His Word and Sacraments.

This good work, of God, in us, will continue, until He brings it to completion on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH

SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT       Page 194

THE LORD’S PRAYER                          Page 196

THE WORDS OF OUR LORD             Page 197

Pax Domini                                                                                                                                 Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you always.   

Congregation: Amen.

THE DISTRIBUTION

Post Communion Collect (Left-hand column)  Page 201 

Salutation and Benedicamus  Page 201-202

Benediction   Page 202

CLOSING HYMN  924 “Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing” 

[soulrider-elena]

Elena and North #2

So...here is random lore that is crucial to Elena's life 👀

Elena actually went through 2 soulsteeds already, her frist one was a old dapple mare ( Her first horse + her first North ) who died only 4 years later ( she was 10 when she arrived and is 14 when the first North died. ) She accepted North's death peacfully until they returned as a small fleabitten colt. Well before the first North died Concorde had her transformation and alla that stuff so while North #2 was growing she would ride some other horse she had or ride with one of her soul sisters, but on the second month of having No5rth #2 her sisters began to fight more ( like it went from screaming to physical ) and this effected Elena so she would walk instead.

In the seventh month of having North #2 her sisters where fighting while a small group of Garnok's army wreaked havoc on the Epona countryside. ( The old Dew's farm ) Well her sisters decided to start fighting at Wolfhall Inn 🤦🤦 and COMPLETELY FORGOT THEIR MISSION. Elena knew this farm was important to Maya so she asked Concord if they could fly into battle together to stop it from being destroyed by pissed off aliens seince her sisters where busy. Concorde agreed and they took off with Elena using what she learned from Alex about shooting people. Concorde and Elena where successful in diriving them into the sea and landed back at Wolfhall Inn where a group of Druids ( Avalon, Evergray, Rhiannon, and a few others ) came to scold the sisters for sitting on their arse and not joining in. They congratulated Elena and the soulseeds for taking action which pissed off Alex, Anne, and Lisa ( especially Anne for taking Concorde ). They demanded to meet Fripp and talk about this in the Stone Circle so Elena came the next day with North #2. It got out of hand and the soulriders ( except for Linda ) decided to throw hands with Elena...A MINOR DOING WHAT SHE WAS TOLD. Well, she failed to protect North #2 and he was flung back by one of the sisters ( Fripp believes it was Anne ) into one of the pillars, bashing his skull in and dying apon impact. At the time she blasted Alex and Lisa off of her and scooped up North #2 and ran out, dissapearing into the forest, Rhiannon found her later that day sleeping with the corpse and took her back to stay with Avalon and Evergray in their house for now. ( she didint send her home bc she is homeless and sleeps with Rhiannon in the barn lol ) Fripp and the other Druids '' quarantined '' the soulriders, not leting the 5th and the rest come in contact until Elena's therapy and training is done but she can visit the soulsteeds.

North #2 was unusally stupid so Elena and Rhiannon did things like this to try to get him to do ANYTHING

The next soulsteed will be a black horse named Pirate and I am a BIG httyd fan so I wanted to use Toothless and Hiccup's relationship from httyd 1 and 2 as a reference for Pirate and Elena

whose mc and soul horse is this

[stromuprisahat]

Siege and Storm- Chapter 8 (Leigh Bardugo)

I wanna know the level of first aid knowledge of an average First Army soldier.

How much did Nikolai learn on the sea?

How much came from Grisha?

[jabberwock-ji]

If I see another “bts paved the way” I might just hit that unfollow button🤔

[aligatorrageinator]

A sketch of a new dnd character I’m working on for a oneshot campeighn my friend @x-lizziebits-x is trying to get started his name is Sugarsnap Peas

[fredless-george]

I think that's on porpuse. I think in seasons 5-7 Ian was "testing out" potential futures for himself because he was kind of torn between conflicting aspects of himself. In a way, Caleb is a demonstration of what future Ian could be like if he leand into his sense of duty, diligence, empathy and need for structur. He could have what Caleb has: a good frist-responder-esq job, gay friends, a gentler approach to sex, keeping in touch and loving the family despite the trauma. This is not too far off from Ian's original army plans if you think about it. If he "got his shit together" Caleb is basicaly what you get. Monica is his future if he leans into his extremism, attraction to chaos, selfishness and sensation seeking tendencies. Caleb is older because Caleb is a potential future and an opposite to Monica, not to Mickey, not realy. Trevor is more of an opposite to Mickey but that's for another time.

I know Caleb was annoying but I think he was important in Ian's journey. Personally I wish Caleb was written better and the show explored this relationship more, because everything stayed at surface level with this arch.

something that literally nobody talks about is how caleb was like in his mid-20s to 30s and ian was 19 in season 6. like no, it’s not pedophilia because ian was an adult but it really does show his tendency to get with older guys especially when he’s more vulnerable.

[neverchecking]

Haha sorry I can't help it I am not adding any one elss .....

PSYCH but not as a lover

Sidon coming in with the reader and is cuddling with him in the water with the baby's Zora hybrid and is Way happy

Gose and everon else

How come happy with him

Reader cuz he ask Frist and then so did the queen zonia and they respic my answer is no Plus and only ask after a chouple of mount

Now I am off limits to anyone else o am not having anymore baby's for a while

All the link's and raru and Gosse pout

Zonia giving them a smug face when no one was looking as Sidon braids his other Nate hair as the Zora kids go back to there moms abd dad's From cuddle the king and queen of the Zora and future prince or princess.

I don't know why but zonia and Sidon would not pushing the reader into it and actual give her a chose. This is what my mind comes to when you make a Zelda harm

And I have so many guys I love like com on how is a girl to choose.

Also I had to add himbo shark and beautiful respectful queen Zora.

Zonia to the links and gose

Bestie, the absolute plethora of individuals making up the army for Reader at this point is ngifgnof

Sidon playing big brother! is just so perfect to me. Him and Yona just see reader and imprint on them. Like this is mine now. Taking them to play with the other baby Zoras too? jfjofjf

I CAN SEE IT NOW-

"Go on sweetie, the other kids don't bite :DD"

Everyone else is just D:<

Yona is the smuggest Zora, just constantly flaunting her new darling just out of the others reach.

[lilgynt]

There’s. There’s two audio commentary for Mizumono

[lochnessies]

so when I frist played fire emblem and saw rhea I was like “wow!! A great morally gray character this is literally what everyone say they want out of a narrative I love her” and I was fully shocked to see how many people hated her and hated her on (low key) because of things that weren’t real in cannon why do you think that is?

well there’s a lot of reasons and it’s hard to pin down since it’s not a one size fits all option but here’s some i can think of at the top of my head

lack of supports obscures character

lore being hidden in the game with the unreliable narrators being in main cutscenes

general distrust of religion

church = catholic apparently since no other religions exist especially in japan 😒

dragon = bad guy (despite that not being a fe staple there plenty of good ones)

headcanon being treated as canon to the point people forget it’s fandom origins (rhea is homophobic)

self insertion. well rhea yelled at me and that makes me mad so therefor she’s in the wrong and my actions have nothing to do w it

complicated relationship with the player who forgets that byleth is not sothis

bad eng voice directing in important scenes

well she’s cRaZY and everything CraZY people do is crAzY and bad

forgets all context of actions so it’s easy to spin her as the bad guy

people just making shit up (literally got into an argument the other day where i had to tell someone that no rhea didn’t make an army of dead bodies and stuff all the crests into them to revive her family she only did that with sothis. and even then she made the body and didn’t desecrate a corpse)

well edelgard said she was bad and edelgard would never lie to me and is 100% right about everything

if rhea is good then that means edelgard isn’t and that’s impossible

downplaying the objectively positive influence she has over other characters and spins it to a negative (rhea and cyril aren’t loyal to her bc she saved them it’s bc they’re brainwashed and rhea doesn’t actually care about them she just wants pawns)

straight up taken from half the game and when she’s finally allowed a break from npc jail she has like two lines then dies

is this everything? no but it’s 3am and my brain is broken and my app glitched and turned off and made me lose my original answer.

it’s a damn shame though since rhea’s story is so interesting. seeing how she did her best to navigate a world that was out for her race all while keeping her family and humans safe with what she was given is really neat. is she perfect? nah. she was dealt a really shitty hand in life but she made it work for the most part even if there was some fuck ups along the way (byleth situation which she thankfully acknowledges and apologizes for). girl straight up owes humanity nothing but goes out of her way to help guide and protect them