#Heavy Burdens

[quotesfromscripture]

Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins. After all this, LORD, will you hold yourself back? Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?

Isaiah 64:11-12 NIV (2011)

[kmac4him1st]

Noisy-Noisy

Noisy-Noisy cultural chaos is causing so many confused, stressed souls. We need God's peace.

Cultural Noise Why so much noisy, chaotic bickering in our family, schools, churches, community, states, nations??? Hmmmmm think about it… Have you ever lived in such a time where so many people have such a short temper? Noisy-Noisy backbiting people. Stop the noise. How? It begins getting back to our roots… remember this: By the seventh day, God had completed creating his masterpiece, so on…

[itsadmiralactually]

Suppose I were to confess some horrible secret. Would I remain favorable in your thoughts? Or would you turn on me and shun me from the platform completely?

[justdavronthings]

[maddymoreau]

Thinking about how Diavolo’s feelings transcend time and how in the Nightbringer UR+ card Demon Lord’s Castle Tour this conversation happens.

When asked, “Do you wish to see your father?”

Diavolo responds:

“I suppose I do . . .” isn’t the typical reaction to how a child would feel about wanting to see their parent. Especially when said parent has essentially been in a coma for a year.

Along with how Diavolo describe his father.

It makes more sense why when you learn in Lesson 56 how Diavolo was treated by him growing up.

Diavolo can tell when others are lying but is unable to understand his father’s intentions.

Diavolo mentions that he lived a very sheltered life growing up. That from a young age his father never allowed him a chance to talk to anyone outside the castle.

His childhood friend was Mephistopheles. A demon literally RAISED to be his friend. Putting a barrier between the two because Mephistopheles would put Diavolo on a pedestal.

The isolating childhood he experienced riddled with his strict father constantly scolding him.

Despite everything MC is so important to him he wants to see his father again so we can meet.

[demigods-posts]

thinking of percy going to school as a small child. learning that some of his peers talk to deceased family members in their heads to cope with grief. and deciding to take the time each night to talk to his father. telling him a funny story of how mom laughed so hard, milk came out of her nose. of how he got a near perfect score on his third grade spelling test. of each time he got expelled from school and how much he knew it made mom sad. of how his stepfather is the meanest bully he's ever met. of how he wished the two of them had more time together so they could share s'mores and stories around the campfire. of how much he grieves the father he never had. and thinking of poseidon sitting in his throne atop olympus. tears threatening to fall at the sound of his son's voice. mirroring the grief of a child he never got to raise.

[tangledinink]

did y'all think i'd make @tmntaucompetition propaganda for the gemini that wasn't super extra...?

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

Just thinking about Howzer saying "I will not abandon my squad. They are good men. I have to try to get through to them."

Just thinking about how deep this must have hit Hunter for him to stop and hesitate, looking back at Howzer -

- and then Hunter does leave with his squad, but I also think he senses Crosshair's attention being on them as he turns back to look -

- and I just keep thinking about how conflicted Hunter must have been all season long, but I imagine the inner conflict reaches a peak here.

Because he is abandoning a member of his squad. He hasn't been able to get through to Crosshair - granted, the last time they met wasn't exactly conducive to deep conversation anyway, but Crosshair, the brother Hunter remembers, was a good man.

And yet... Hunter has to look out for the other four members of his squad, too. He can't abandon them, either. As he told Omega earlier, "Being strategic means knowing your limitations." And he can't risk everyone else, all the other good people on his squad, in a mad attempt to blast through endless Imperial resources and kidnap an angry brother who has given precious little indication that he wants to return to the squad anyway.

I do think Hunter is angry at himself, and at Crosshair; but mostly I think he is hurt, and confused, and uncertain, and trying to weigh the risks and figure out how best to protect the family - including Crosshair.

And I think Hunter spends a lot of time up until Crosshair returns trying to figure out how he could have gotten through to him.

And it just breaks my heart 💔

[waywardwonder]

You know what the real problem in the batfam is — EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS AN ONLY CHILD

[soracities]

Theodore Roethke, from "The Motion", The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke [ID'd]

[quotesfromscripture]

The wealth you carried

These traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of coloured material, bound with cords and made secure; in these they traded with you. The ships of Tarshish travelled for you in your trade. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas. 

- Ezekiel 27:24-25 NRSVA (1995)

[glitterghost]

Vessel and his "all I have ever given anyone was a small window into the emotional waiting room of my mind."

Actually, if I could crawl through said window and curl up against the door to your mind, eyes closed, hand and ear pressed gently to it like if I'm not careful, everything would dissolve under my fingertips, I would.

[tamagoneko]

me: im gonna finish some art :)

also me: puts all that energy into a shitpost

now im tired lol 🤡

[justdavronthings]

davos seeing aeron for the first time: oh sweet lady, how beautiful you are! you make my heart sing. pray tell, how might i treat you this fine evening?

aeron, wearing plainclothes: what, mate?

davos: ah, my mistake

aeron, nodding: yeah...

davos, clearing his throat: oh sweet sire, how handsome you are! you make my heart sing. pray tell, how might i treat you this fine evening?

[kitamars]

how can you drop a heavy burden if it's holding you up as well

[ghostlycleric]

There’s something so personal about the way Mike and Will share their burdens and work together on issues. That’s why Will doesn’t include Mike in his rant about people babying him—Mike just doesn’t.

It’s always ‘we will [kill Vecna]’ and ‘we won’t let him [spy back]’. Mike is there with him, not in place of him. He trusts that Will can carry his weight, that he has the strength to do so, but he’s still ready to carry him if he has to.

Yes, Mike talks to him softly, he listens carefully when he talks, insists on being with him all of season 2, but he never babys Will. Even when Will was almost completely lost to the mindflayer, he insisted that they get Will’s judgement. He still trusted him, still knew he’d be strong enough to break through to them. Even when they’re fighting he values Will’s critism and thoughts, and is willing to put their fights aside to work together on UD stuff.

They’re equals, partners, a team.