#God Wants to save everyone

[dkcdude]

Running Away from God

This past week in the Daily Audio Bible, we read the book and story of Jonah, the reluctant and annoyed prophet of God. It’s a famous story and a short book, so I won’t recap it here. Also, there are many nuggets in this story, but for the sake of brevity, I’ll focus on 3 key points. You Can’t Run from God God directs Jonah to go to Nineveh, the capitol city of the Assyrian empire–the bitter…

[moghedien]

Minthara says “in Her name” when you first meet her and she’s following the Absolute but when you recruit her and she expresses that she no longer follows any god, but she still has an intact paladin oath, and she says “in your name” occasionally because she’s no longer Lolth’s paladin or the Absolute’s paladin, she’s your paladin

[babacontainsmultitudes]

RIP Will Campos the only person who was murdered this episode.

[heartorbit]

i just wanted to draw the ave mujica outfits .

[thekittyokat]

you ever just have a lot, a LOT of feelings all at once about a character and not even remotely enough words or brainpower to FORM the words to describe everything you're feeling. so it feels like you may explode. yeah

[roguedemonwatcher]

I think my biggest takeaway with this outcome is that I now question why Predathos’ release was centered so heavily on the fate of the gods when you can (and ultimately did) just make the argument that keeping Predathos sealed in Ruidius is untenable. Because the players clearly couldn’t give the dilemma of the gods weight with the characters they were playing, try as they might - their indecision on the matter speaks to this. The decision to face Predathos ultimately ends up being a tepid "well, we can't just leave it here for someone else to get to." It begs the question of why every conversation up until this point centered on the gods when that really didn't even end up factoring into the decision to confront it?

To be clear, regardless, going in does effect the gods. If they can't control it or kill it now this will irrevocably change the pantheon of Exandria. But there's a decent argument that the detrimental effects of Predathos on Exandria, even sealed, especially exacerbated by Ludinus' actions now, warranted the risk of trying to get rid of it (though ideally with more, ya know, forethought and conviction).

Because yeah, the constant cycle of Ruidiusborn being made and drawn to it, Molyssmyr getting fucked through mere contact with it, the tyranny of the Weavemind on Ruidians, resentful anti god mortals trying to replicate what Ludinus did (to say nothing of Ludinus own lingering contingencies), even the decision to remove a chunk of Exandria with civilization on it to seal it up are all like reason enough to be like - ok, but what if we didn’t have this fucked up hungry void chilling next to Exandria?

Keeping it sealed might be the solution the Accord and most of the gods want (and they should've lingered on that thought more in game, even if it's clearly cooler to go in), but I would buy that Bell's Hells, party with two Ruidiusborn, who have been to the moon and met Ruidians trapped by it's influence, who suffered greatly during Ludinus attempt to unseal it, would want to stop this from ever happening again, even if it risks the gods should they fail.

[deoidesign]

I'm so mad that post was misinformation because there is actually an EXTREMELY important conversation to have about the production schedules artists are forced into. There's no need for exaggeration, the conditions are bad.

I work for webtoon. My publication schedule is weekly. While publishing I'm required 10-15 pages a week. Fully colored.

This means I'm finishing a 150 page fully colored graphic novel every 10-15 weeks.

When my comic is not updating, I am not getting paid. Any time writing, editing, or off is out of my own pocket. I don't get healthcare. They do not provide any assistants. They expect me to promote myself; they chose to deprioritize me before I even launched and gave me an end date half a year in. I never had a chance.

And this is the industry standard! Every company has artists forced into crunch hours, overtime, and burnout. Artists are literally dying early due to it. So many of my friends can't afford to go to the doctor.

It's unsustainable and untenable, and it's also the expectation our audiences have.

If we want to have this conversation, there's plenty of conversation to be had with the realities of the situation. It's bad as is.

[cent-scratchnsniff]

Please don't hurt yourself

[moeblob]

He identifies as a villain and he wants to become a god but he's not doing the best job at being bad. Aside from ticking off the gods, he's done nothing but good - though claiming it's in the name of evil.

Himst: WHY would anyone of actual intelligence rely on such petty tactics as brainwashing or enchanting? So much can go wrong! On the other hand, I have a devoted following who will do as I say! (because he quite literally saved the lives of a town and they appreciate their savior)

[blueskittlesart]

conceptually the hollow forest is cool and all but someone needed to tell these game designers that “dungeon with unavoidable encounters where the only viable strategy is to prolong the battle for like 10 minutes purely to avoid losing literally all of your mana” is a fucking horrible gameplay experience

[bread-wizards]

Thinking about how Ludinus was able to exploit the laat sliver of Vax's humanity to kick start the end of the pantheon and how that may have played into the Spider Queen's decision to make Opal forget everything (especially Ted) from her life before being Opal: The Champion.

[suntails]

bg series WIPs <3

[polysyndetonaddictsupportgroup]

literally no one was doing it like natsuno yuuki. he was genre savvy but he was also fucking gay so he still died. after his death he started dressing like the google search results for gay vampire. his only friends were his homoerotic bestie, an adult medical professional speed running his descent into madness, and two random kids he dug up his stalker’s grave with. he became a vampire and was immediately better at it than all of the other vampires but he thought they were bitches so he didn’t even tell them he turned. his last words was that he was never going to make it out of that town alive but if anyone could have it was him and that’s what makes him so tragic. he died trying to save someone who was never ever going to save him back. he wasn’t afraid to die because he was already dead. he burned the entire town to the ground mourning his own death and he didn’t do it to save a single goddamn person, he did it because they murdered him and he was going to fucking hurt them back for it. I’m obsessed with him

[gods-favorite-autistic]

Honestly as somebody who has friends who are going through so much more than me esp in their home lives I extremely get Fabian because it’s like yeah it isn’t perfect but it’s a million times better than what they have to deal with so like you just kinda have to be grateful for what you have and try not to complain yknow

[codenamesazanka]

Shigaraki/Tenko wanting to destroy the false sense of peace All Might and Heroes created

.⬇️.

Shigaraki/Tenko wanting to destroy everything that lead to the existence of that house, which he conceptualizes as the embodiment of rejection and injustice in the world. Be a Hero for the Villains.

.⬇️.

AFO basically literally created that house

.⬇️.

Shigaraki/Tenko helps defeat AFO

.⬇️.

Deku telling him 'you already destroyed it' is... apparently Shigaraki/Tenko having finally gotten rid of the true cause of (his) rejection and injustice? main antagonist's big problem that represents an overarching major issue of the story/in-universe society... solved? (main antagonist's big problem that represents an overarching major issue of the story/in-universe society not actually being the problem he thought it was but now also solved?)

.⬇️.

No longer a need for there to be a Hero for the Villains, Shigaraki/Tenko dies.

.⬇️.

Heroes not to be blamed in the first place. also fuck everyone else and all other 'actual' outcasts I guess.

[starrynightarchive]

no seeeeeee. see the thing is right. it was never about genderbends. it was always about the way they're done.

there are so many problems around it. for one there is a baffling need to make them cis women. why can't they just be trans. but fine, let's not go there. if you want to see them as cis females, it's cool! i admit it's an interesting subject to explore- seeing how much/how little being brought up as a woman would change one's character. but sometimes people just want to see two girls kiss and so they make men into women and make them kiss which is pretty. er. complicated but it's fine! you can have fun however you want.

but the main problem lies here: why are people so hellbent on changing characters fully just because they become female? you're telling me fem!dazai would enjoy regularly wearing clothes that show off her skin which, for some reason, is almost devoid of bandages now? you're saying fem chuuya will be submissive and shy and sweet just because she's a woman? you're telling me just because they are woman they lose ALL their key characteristics- their trauma, their anger, all their ugly parts, all their snark and hell, even their dressing sense? not only are you creating an OC here, you are also endorsing the dangerous belief that is 'women are dainty flowers' or 'girl versions of male characters are more likable/tolerable'. if he's a cunt in canon, she'll be a cunt when she's a girl, too.

all this to say im not saying all genderbends are bad. I've seen some truly wonderful and fun ones and i love them. but there's nothing wrong in pointing out the fault of the vast majority, is there? freedom of speech and whatnot. all that being said, if you want to write/read/draw ooc or fetishized versions of your genderbends, go ahead. who am i to come to your house and tell you how to arrange your furniture, no matter how questionable your choices are?