#I haven't been to Latin Mass in a year or so

[anneslifeinchrist]

Attending non-Novus Ordo Mass makes me remember just how in love I am with the Church. I am united with my brothers and sisters in our love and devotion, in our one faith in God, who is, was, and ever shall be love. It’s not the songs, the words, the patterns that unite us, it is the worship and adoration. I am never alone, I am never far from home, my home is the Church in all her beauty. 

[unaffiliatedreferences]

WHAT ORDER IS THIS MAN??

Jason Todd became a Catholic priest in the flashpoint universe. here's the thing though, he's shown wearing priestly garments that haven't been common in Catholic life since the 60s. so while we aren't given much in the way of info on the diocesan structure of Gotham, we can kinda infer that this is a society of apostolic life/ religious institute style of thing.

the question is, which one? well lets start with the easy part.

Jason like i said wears a cassock, this is pretty uncommon in modern Catholic practice. its seen as old and stuffy and apparently makes it harder to connect to "the youth." however there are two main groups especially in the us that still wear them consistently. this are the fssp (priestly fraternity of St Peter,) and the ICRSS (institute of Christ the king Sovreign priest.)

so more than likely Jason is one of these two societies, because given who he is as a person Jason is going to find what he thinks of as the most authentic form of whatever he is doing, in this case i think the Latin mass, the emphasis on purification through penance, and the absolute goal of living a holy life would sweep him off his feet.

now we turn to the artwork.

obviously there are some issues generally, like Jason a seemingly normal priest having red buttons which are usually reserved for higher clergy. sure its possible that in a few years he could have been elevate3d to the status of a canon, but its unlikely. keep in mind according to canon law a convert has a certain amount of time before they can be considered for a vocation especially if they have a " troubled past." so Jason has been through three-five years of being a normal Catholic, 4-7 years of seminary, 2-4 years of working under a senior priest, then he ended up where he is. basically, I say all of that to justify ignoring the buttons. the important part here is the cincture/ belt he wears, it gives us our answer.

when we look at the two orders again the first ( the fssp) doesnt really have anything distinguishing about its habit. the second however ( the ICRSS) absoltely does!

once again this is a little of a stretch given not many of the clergy in the order wear the blue cincture, but there is at least evidence for it! therefore it is my belief that Jason is a member of the Institute of Christ the king and a trad priest.

does this in any way effect the story line? no. does it ever remotely matter to a normal human's enjoyment of this story? probably not. did i just spend two hours remembering everything i used to know about these two orders? yes.

[elmaxlys]

Can I have some fluffy headcanon about Donato and his favorites, Amon and Haise?

First of all, God bless you. And now,

Haise and Donato became friends during the time Haise was at Cochlea (post 240, early Haise days). At first they feared Donato would be a bad influence on his brand new CCG brainwashing but they found instead that Haise was a good influence on Donato, with Donato giving actual answers when they sent Haise to question him.

After he's been instated mentor of the Quinx, Haise sometimes asks Donato for parenting advice when he has troubles and neither Arima nor Akira can help him (this is often. Akira has no experience with kids and all the kids Arima knows are child soldiers so like.) and Donato is like "you know I ate all these kids right?" and Haise replies with "yeah but you still lived with a dozen kids and made a believable enough father for it to take years before being busted." and Donato's like "finally someone who understands my hard work. thank you".

Donato shares his recipes with Haise. They found that Saiko loves the ones that used to be Koutarou's favorite. Haisaki and the other Cochlea operators were mighty confused at first listening to the conversations because?? two ghouls discussing human cooking?? They had a suspicion it was code for something - as Haise is a known ghoul sympathizer - but Arima dispelled all these theories by mentioning in passing new recipes Haise had tried and how good his son was at cooking lol

Donato started teaching Haise Italian (Donato's Italian. Ishida can pry this from my cold dead hands.) but they got stopped because that could actually be used to talk privately about less CCG-approved stuff.

To talk about Koutarou and Haise at the same time would go into AU territory and not headcanons so we'll leave Haise there. Goodnight, Haise. (lol) Now in all my years I don't remember what Donut Family headcanons I've shared before and which I haven't but since it's been a while, let's not care about that.

Koutarou arrived pretty young at the orphanage. He was bright and sociable, quickly made friends, who rapidly became actual siblings. But if the kids considered themselves siblings, not all of them considered Donato their father, especially the ones who remembered their lives before the orphanage. Koutarou didn't have that problem so he took to Donato very quickly. It took longer for Donato to warm up to him for real and not feigned.

Koutarou followed him everywhere he could. Became an altar boy. Actually had catholic faith (Sunday mass was mandatory not to leave the kids at home alone while Donato was away so they all had to go but few believed).

So Donato started teaching him all he could. Koutarou wanted to learn and he's super smart so it went smoothly. Donato taught him the prayers in Latin (hc that Donato is at least a century and a half old. He's definitely old fashioned when it comes to that stuff), taught him Italian. Promised him to take him to the Vatican one day. Koutarou wanted to become a priest too when he grew up.

All the kids knew Koutarou was Father's favorite. It was also fully assumed on his part. They took in the dog because they had Koutarou ask Donato if they could - and Donato can't refuse his son anything.

Koutarou was the first kid to get a "yes" to the old "i had a nightmare can I sleep in your bed?" question. When Koutarou got the okay, the other kids started coming there too (only if Koutarou went first. Donato wouldn't wake his son up just to scold the others)

Donato was extremely tired all the time so Koutarou would make him hot chocolate in the evening. Donato wouldn't drink it, he's no Touka, but he'd smile gently, thank him softly, give him a kiss on the forehead and tuck him into bed.

They had pics taken annually. Donato would keep a copy of Koutarou's in his wallet. On his desk he had the orphanage group picture of the year.

As he grew up and wasn't eaten, Koutarou became one of the elder brothers. Still pretty young, but he had to be the responsible one. He helped the younger ones with their homework and stuff. He had started to learn how to cook and bake from Donato when this stops being fluffy 👍

This huh. got a lot, as expected... still hope you liked reading my little headcanons

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[angeltreasure]

Cecilia here, saw you were back, welcome back! I do hope you've been well. I've been a busy bee, contacting a certain Salesian order I've had my eye on for a while. I've already talked to the vocation director twice over the phone who is such a sweetheart, been sent a package of information, and planning on attending a retreat of theirs coming in October. I'm getting good feelings about this order. I do feel slightly conflicted because I felt so drawn to the one Dominican order I visited back in March/April, but I haven't been able to keep contact with the vocation director at that one, was told that I couldn't visit over the summer, and the next retreat they have is in November. I feel so warmly welcomed by this Salesian order, both are teaching orders, but I'm wondering if I was in a honeymoon phase and the Lord wanted me to see that specific Dominican religious life, since it was the way I imagined I'd be as a sister versus how He sees where I need to be, if this Salesian order is where I'm supposed to be. Also I did want to share that I've had a certain phrase stuck in my head during the consecration in Mass, I translated it to Latin, Super Omnia et Ante Omnia, meaning Above All and Before All. I feel that it's accurate to how I feel about my relationship to God, He's above all and before all. God Bless and happy St. Mary Magdalene day!

Hi Cecilia!,

That’s right I’m back! ��️ This was my very first retreat. I must make a special prayer for those who weren’t able to come but who reserved a slot. Many had to cancel and some got lost. The retreat I had was so good. Mass, confession, spiritual direction (my first time!), Eucharistic Adoration a lot, talks, questions & answers, special blessings. The talks and spiritual direction really helped me. It’s time I become more serious about what I consume and interact with. It’s good that you keep busy! I need to pray even more with better commitment to set aside specific time and place each day. I met Reverend Mother today and a new priest. I’m feeling very inspired! They will have a retreat again hopefully January of next year. God is so good. I’m feeling really good about this place. That is so true to have God above all and before all. I learned today that discernment is not a battle between should I marry or should I enter religious life- BUT “real discernment is with God and through God”. Please pray that I may receive the graces needed to strengthen myself. Thank you!! May the Lord bless you, protect you from all evil, and being you to everlasting life! Amen. I wish you a very happy feast of St. Mary Magdalene. We can learn so much from her.

[catholicmemoirs]

Working on a new horarium

Did I mention that I have self-published several Catholic journals and planners?

I haven't had time to promote it since I've been so busy with work (and the rat race of living in San Francisco Bay Area as a software engineer), my oldest son starting preschool and my youngest son having terrible bouts of sleep where he would wake up every 2 hours for months.

I've been falling into a habit of sleeping when I put the baby to sleep, so rather than sleeping after midnight, I'm asleep at 8/9pm. I sometimes wake again at random times at night like midnight, 2am or 4am. I think my body's just adjusting, but it's made such a huge difference with my energy to get that rest.

Because of the random times I wake up, I realized I need to rethink my horarium.

A horarium is a schedule that religious follow and plan their daily hours around prayer. I was inspired by the nuns at Carmel of Cristo Rey, a monastery of Carmel nuns here in San Francisco, when I was looking into their daily life. They have a horarium of their daily hours listed on their website and I was inspired because it's very similar to a schedule I made for many years.

With my odd asleep schedule, I need to make a new one. So here's my attempt:

5:00pm Vespers. Stop work, commute if in office.

6:00pm Dinner.

7:00pm Rosary.

7:30pm Kids bedtime routine.

8:30 Night prayers.

9:00pm Compline. Sleep.

12:00am Matins. Examen.

12:30am Sleep.

4:00am Lauds. Watch Latin Mass while working.

6:00am Prime.

6:15am Nap.

8:00am Rise, make breakfast.

8:30am Tierce. School dropoff.

9:00 Work.

11:30 Pilates.

12:00pm Angelus.

12:05 Sext. Lunch, walk, Lectio Divina.

1:00pm Work.

3:00pm None. School pickup (when WFH).

What I like about the practice of a horarium is that your day is planned around prayer.

I usually put in the hours and start by adding which hour of prayer it is. Then I add my regular tasks outside of prayer. I save it as a phone wallpaper and put it on my lockscreen.

It's 1:38am now and I need to get back to sleep, but here is the horarium page from the undated planner I made, called Horarium!

[worlds-worst-smut]

Santa Claus x Pope Francis

~2000 words

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There has never been any pope who hasn’t gotten a personal visit from the big red man from up north. No Popes ever managed to escape the inevitable meeting with The Bearded One, Sleigher, Drinker of Milk. No-one denied Old Saint Nick.

When Santa drove in the air over the Vatican he thought of past meetings with fondness. Except for Ratzinger - he was easily the most uptight man he’d ever met, being a former member of Hitlerjugend. It was an unpleasant, unsatisfying business. This pope was more liberal, more… experienced. Or so he’d heard.

He got Rudolph the red-nosed to pull down into a warm balcony of the Vatican, where a waving pleasant man in white robes awaited him. Francis. The man radiated light, and greeted him in a secret latin prayer for the occasion. Saint Nick saw the brandy on the table and settled into Francis’ big chair. The pope’s expression didn’t let on his annoyance and was playing hard to get obviously, which got Santa ravished.

“So you have come, Nicholas of Myra.” He smiled.

“No I have very well not” said Santa, taking a sip of the brandy, he was already so very hard.

The pope slowly took off his robe, giving him the striptease treatment. His arms were like the naked wings of a chlorinated chicken, all veiny and bony. Santa watched him take off his many other layers until he was left with a pudgy, decrepit old man, with only his tighty whiteys on. The only thing that he could exercise was the hand that waved at the adoring crowds, which would be good enough for a tug job, but no more.

No that would not do. Santa got up and waved his massive schlong and made his aged fortune teller Harry Potter wave his wand to cast some Christmas magic on the pope and make him the vigorous man he used to be. The pope’s eyes lit up and Francie fell into a frenzy of gibbering about how he is now 30 years old again.

“God I’m popeye the sailor man. I’m popeye the sea man. Eat my spinach and catch me if you can Santa!!” Francie screamed, and sprinted throughout the poptacular palace like the tighty whitey he was.

“Ho ho ho, I’ll get you eventually when I go go go” Santa boomed. How fun Santa thought, would it be to capture The Pope’s skinny Bum.

Santa first flew to the sistine chapel, where the chimney steamed when the bishops hats gleamed. He ripped his clothes off and rode in on his sleigh and his voice boomed to the bishops “Where is my popey he is very sly and slick, he must be ready to recieve Saint Nick’s dick!

The bishops didn’t turn their heads, they weren’t surprised, and one of them mumbled “We haven't seen him Saint Nikolai". But their eyes were lying. The weakest of them, a dwarf trembling in his robe, and when Santa leaned over him with a sinister Christmas expression and the little wrinkled old gnome said quietly "He has gone to the sauna."

So he burst off to the Vatican sauna, and Santa boomed into the heavenly mists "It's time for you to chug my eggnog you little twink". But there was nobody in the Sauna, except for a little digital clock in the wall that read 21:37. Only two hours to midnight, Santa flew back to the bishops in a rage, and the deceptive little gnome, suggested a rage-orgy to delay Santa from finding his lover's hiding place.

So they had a vast rage-orgy within the halls of the Vatican, with Santa pounding through their asses like a blunt knife through dry paper. Then he realised, in the midst of their pleasures dedicated to Slaanesh, that his popey rope had gone off his leash.

"Santa is COMING" he roared at the top of his voice, and he wanked his way supernaturally through every room, every crevice and dungeon of the place, and he found his Francie kneeling, begging for him, right back in his own bedroom!

"You have been very naughty this year" Santa crooned at him, and Francis begged in that low husky voice of his that he used for the recitation of masses, especially the mountainous rolling masses on Santa.

"Forgive me father, for I have sinned" he said in latin, before he took the body of Santa as communion, washing down the first batch of cum, like the wine, the bloodline.

"Yes" Santa said greedily, throbbing into his throat. "Say more of those funny foreign words while you suck me off." And the pope mumbled into the wood of Francis like an audio technician testing a delicious new microphone, the waves of pleasure rolled through Santa, popey’s throat was like that warm Christmas he once spent in the bahamas.

Then suddenly Santa let out a roar of pain. France had chomped down on his dick, like an iron vice. Santa flew up violently his magical impulses had triggered, and then the pope gave him a malicious grin all the way on the floor.

“I thought I might… surprise you” said the devil in the voice of G-Man, who had taken the form of the pope only to try and cut off Santa’s penis with his razor sharp teeth.

WHERE DO YOU HAVE REAL POPEY. Santa screamed at Satan, who cackled and took flight all the way down to the depths of hell like the coward he was.

Santa flew all around the Vatican again, distraught, afraid for his pope who had undoubtedly been tied up and kept hostage by Il diablo himself.

The Real Pope was hidden in an expansive closet made out of Rococo wood, (the same closet that led to Narnia before it was nuked) whimpering, bo und, in tears, but otherwise unharmed by the devil.

“Oh Francis” Saint Nick examined him, all tied up like a neat bundle of onions. The pope had the most sad and pathetic, expression, as if he had disappointed Santa the whole time. Santa and Pope looked at each other with a sad, familiar lust in their eyes, and their moistened elderly dildos already had half mast. They fucked softly at first and with remorse, like a used car salesmen exploring the body of a beloved car they were about to sell.

Then they fucked harder, enchanted with the moment, until the walls shook like the trumpets crumbled the walls of Jericho. And they hugged each other and fondled each other all the night after their tryst, until Santa had to tend again to the herds of reindeer and polar bears, and the pope returned to mumbling and protecting the catholic people from the devil.

[molsons112000]

You can see seventeen states lost population in the United States. Yes one of them was California... And you will see growth rates over several decades have been very minimal for almost every state. But in urban centers have grown. But we need overall growth....

The Pew Charitable Trusts

www.pewtrusts.org

Population Growth Sputters in Midwestern, Eastern States

Jul 27, 2021 — Mississippi lost only about 6,000 people, or 0.02% a year, while Illinois's population decreased by more than 18,000, or 0.01% a year

We have far too long relied on immigration, abortion, and l g b t q, as well as singlism The movement against traditional families has done a number on the United States!!!!!

the Midwest population increasing?

MAY 16, 2024 — Large cities in the Northeast and Midwest grew in 2023, reversing earlier population declines, according to Vintage 2023 Population Estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.May 16, 2024

https://www.census.gov

Population Rebounds for Many Cities in Northeast and Midwest

As countries grow richer around the world immigration in general is becoming less of an issue because people can now make it at home.... But also for countries to grow, it's becoming an internal issue... And they have many factors working against them. These are the main factors in these factors also fight against the church. Yes, these factors that destroy countries also destroyed the church.... The church hasn't been negative to the country's developments, the church has been vital in the country's developments!!!! So the U.S. government in the States has it wrong and many international governments, and they're underlying governmental structures that are similar to our states, and then their counties and locals don't understand the importance of the church... Setting very good moral and ethical standards...

And you will see here in the images, how we haven't had much population growth, even with the massive amount of immigration... Even with the massive amount of immigration primarily from Latin Americans, we still haven't had population growth. 🙄 Even with the black population, more than doubling the Hispanic population growing at sixteen times, and the Asian population, growing at twenty times because the white population tends to be the largest, even these other population growths haven't led much to population growth in the United States... So if you look at this map, it shows over the last between a couple their population growth by the state over the last twenty years broken down into two ten-year segments or 2 decades... Again, I can't emphasize how detrimental it has been the abortion movement, The l g b t q movement, The singlesm movement, The anti-family movement And this correlates with the anti-church movement... That also correlates with the church. No longer following the bible. Allowing l g b t q, allowing abortion, allowing singles, allowing anti-family movements. Yes, the breakdown of family structure. And by the breakdown of family structure, kids don't grow up wanting to have their own families, and this has promoted singlesm.. Because if children grow up in healthy families and they grow up with good connections to their parents and brothers and sisters and relatives, they want to recreate that for themselves when they grow older and so it naturally promotes them wanting to get married, wanting to have a family. Wanting to teach their children to do the same... But the breakdown of the family and this was allowed by the church has been a global destruction!!! This has brought us an unbelievable amount of terrorism and everything else, and this goes back to all the wars we've been having consistently, and it has caught up to us as a beat population. So if you start looking at these demographics, it's really enlightening what has been happening, and we only have this growth because we've had such huge population inflows. But this has mass the serious problem in America. The massive destruction of the church and the family first came the destruction of the church, then came the destruction of the family.....

And yes groups like the kkk, The Aryan nation, The neo nazis, The skinheads, and Alternatives to the church. These groups have caused great drift from the church and we need to bring them into the church and reform their structures. Just like has happened in the Muslim world, the drift from the Muslim church with isis, The Taliban, And many other terrorist groups in the Middle East and other places. These are all organizations that say they base their existence on religion but do not follow religion... 🤔 So there has been great fracturing of the church... And we need to get the church to stand up and bring back build its foundation again... 🙏 But you will see here. The church started coming apart in America in the 1960s, but it happened way before that. In other parts of the world, and I'm talking, religious organizations have deteriorated greatly...

National Park Service (.gov)

https://www.nps.gov

16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (1963)

Nov 22, 2023 — As a bomb exploded under the steps of the church, they sought safety under the pews and shielded each other from falling debris. a brick church ...

What happened in the 1960s to the Catholic Church?

The Catholic Church engaged in a comprehensive process of reform following the Second Vatican Council (1962–65). Intended as a continuation of Vatican I, under Pope John XXIII the council developed into an engine of modernisation.

https://en.wikipedia.org

History of the Catholic Church (1962–present) - Wikipedia

What caused the religious crisis of the 1960s?

The 1960s were a time of dramatic religious change throughout the Western world. These years were religiously explosive because of the convergence of major social changes with new currents of thinking and the impact of specific events, notably the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam War and Vatican II.

https://www.aup-online.com

PDF

Why were the 1960s so Religiously Explosive?*

Now, yes, I believe the Jews, as I say with the Pharisees, orchestrated hey con job, I'm the Jewish population relate it to Jesus Christ... I believe these things below. Were good things that the church did... But I still believe the Jewish church today needs the issues a formal apology, for what it did with Jesus christ and the disciples!!!

What happened in the church in 1965?

The council's declaration Nostra aetate (October 28, 1965; “In Our Era”) rejected the traditional accusation that the Jews killed Christ, recognized the legitimacy of Judaism, and condemned anti-Semitism.Aug 15, 2024

https://www.britannica.com

The church since Vatican II - Britannica

But as I pointed out, Judaism has been destroyed by this just as much as the Muslim religion and all Abrahamic religions by this movement, but all religions, Buddhism, Hinduism, in all forms of religion, I have been destroyed by this movement... Moving away from the love affair between the family and the church. Mutually supporting each other...

Gospel in Life

https://gospelinlife.com

The Decline and Renewal of the American Church: Part 1

From a high of 3.4 million members in the mid-1960s, the Episcopal Church declined to 2.4 million by the early 1990's. In 2019, it recorded 1.6

Since then, the nuclear family has crumbled piece by piece. In 1970, more than two-thirds of American adults between 25 and 49 lived with a spouse and at least one kid. By 2021, only 37% of adults fit the bill, Pew Research found.Mar 28, 2024

https://www.businessinsider.com

The death of the nuclear family - Business Insider

And yes, I can add to this drug addiction. Alcoholism and many other negative actions have grown immensely globally!!!!

Daly Focus Blog

May 31, 2023 · https://jimdaly.focusonthefamily.com

The Collapse of the Nuclear Family, Not the Ever-Changing ...

The destruction of moral Biblical living invades every sector of life. The world needs Jesus and flat out rejects Him. His path is narrow ...

As you see here, the destruction of the nuclear family was a main factor in the growth of poverty throughout the United States and the World!!!!!

olhscurrent.org

January 5, 2018 · https://olhscurrent.org

Destruction of nuclear families revealed in statistics - The Current

The destruction of nuclear families impacts the welfare of many Americans. Poverty is a growing concern. According to research done by

The attack on the nuclear family is truly an attack on God!!!! I'm living an abomination with my brother. We are two single males in our fifties. We are adding to the destruction of the nuclear family. This is an abomination!!!!!

churchofgod.com

July 16, 2022 · https://churchofgod.com

Attack on the Nuclear Family – A War Against God

“The nuclear family must be destroyed… Whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of families is now an objectively revolutionary process.”

And you look at these images, and you say, well, we've had this massive inflow of immigration since the 1970s, and it has caused the most violent decade. And continued violence, all kinds of unbelievable negative issues in America throughout the world. The destruction of Iraq and Syria and these nations getting destroyed... And then the continued Palestinian conflict, instead of them getting a homeland and maybe being an Israeli colony... Yes, they can become an Israeli Colony. An Israeli territory and Israel would work with them to build like we did with Puerto Rico as an example, and we need to do a better job with Puerto Rico... 🇵🇷 So Puerto Rico stays its own country with a cooperation agreement with the United States 🇺🇲... See, sometimes it's better not to become a state. But Puerto Rico has to make that decision with the United States 🇺🇲..... 🤔 Russia might do this with the ukraine and stop the war and make it an independent nation and a territorial agreement between russia and the ukraine....

So Russia, you can work this out with Ukraine becoming a territory, working out the negative things in this structure and turning up to a positive, increasing the positives of being a territory of Russia. It is the same as Israel can do with Palestine... This way, you're not taking away their independence and self-rule, you're working with them... But you had a strategic Alliance in writing... I am not against Russia, having territorial partners... I am not against Israel. Having territorial partners like Palestine... The United Nations should be helping figure this out so we can end these conflicts and start building these nations... And this benefits everyone with increased international trade and economic stability Throughout the world!!!!

michiganlawreview.org

https://michiganlawreview.org

Territorial Exceptionalism and the American Welfare State

by A Hammond · Cited by 43 — It surveys the eligibility rules and financing structure of disability benefits, food assistance, and health insurance for low income Americans in the states ...

Puerto Rico 51st

April 4, 2022 · https://www.pr51st.com

Puerto Rico Statehood: Pros and Cons

Being part of the larger U.S. economy will increase tourism, entrepreneurship, and investment in business in Puerto Rico. Instead of having to ...

So look at the images...

[docileandlazy]

hi bart if I may add on. I think that that period of distance from the church is important to have. I will never understand why so many denominations are so intent on keeping everyone under wraps. free will and such etc etc but also, if you leave, and then choose to come back, your connection to the faith is stronger than ever. in my experience, at least- I feel so much happier with my life, with my sense of self, and with my future than I ever was. I feel a more profound connection to the divine, I have the actual want and need to worship and be surrounded by holy things. I also went through the whole "I don't know how my friends are going to react" thing with multiple people, since I have a very limited number of catholic friends and was a little embarrassed under the assumption that people would be wary of me for it (which is valid in itself but y'know). I've always had a huge interest and passion for religion in general, but I was pretty secular about it until last year. I have my friend noah and your own posts to thank for making me feel less out of place coming back to this.

I'm also glad to have had my own period of distance, and I feel now that it, plus being led back to faith through my own personal tragedies, was a necessary part of the journey for me.

(p.s. even if you don't 100% identify with catholicism (which I get lol) I hope you enjoy what we have to offer anyway. I wouldn't give up our saints and music and cathedrals and art for the world. being euro-american it's a huge part of my cultural identity + I couldn't imagine what I'd be without the influence that gothic architecture and art had on me growing up. la notre-dame opens again in december which'll be the first time since 2018 I'll get to see her irl again. I do get very emotional about it all. if you haven't already you should check out some Latin prayers since I've been missing tridentine mass)

ANYWAY. you don't have to answer this, that post just resonated with me.

hi romy this ask is so beautiful and actually inspired me slightly to talk abt religion in my anthropology class today <3

Yes I never really got why do so many denominations are so focused on control. I grew up protestant - Baptist specifically, and that was the faith I kept for many years - and good lord the emphasis they had on staying and control was crazy. I did not regularly attend church at all and it mostly came from those I was surrounded with in my personal life (although never my parents, bless them, I love them for the freedom they have allowed me to take in my religious journey). Especially down here in the south there's this emphasis on church being family but there's a fine line between family and control that I have found many churches and denominations cross. It's really sad to me and I often find it is what drives people from Faith in the first place.

I also find that my connection to faith and to the divine is so so much stronger since I myself made the choice to return to faith, and it was not a choice made for me or a choice I felt pressured into.

The catholic faith I find is what I will probably always feel the closest to - God and the saints and the art and the literature all are things I feel such a deep connection to. I've checked out a few Latin prayers but not many, I'll definitely check out more !!

Thank you for the ask romy ily <333

[hazbinned]

Vox opened and shut his mouth, bolts of scorching blue energy surging around his fists. Was Angel seriously trying to play this off like he had no interest whatsoever in Val? Like everything he did was solely because of the contract?

Thanks to Vox's 'stalkerish tendencies,' he knew that wasn't true.

"Oh, yeah, because I'm real sure that you guys watching Latin telenovelas in the Penthouse is part of your job," he muttered.

Vox wasn't the type to outright beat on someone like Angel. Shock them, yes. Get a little grabby, yes. But Vox did not lose his composure in the way that Valentino did, as much as he would have loved to in this moment.

His reputation weighed far too much. He couldn't go around attacking movie stars if he wanted to keep up that smiling, trustworthy public image, could he? Vox had to be shiny and clean if he wanted to sell; if he wanted to be the Overlord who appealed to the masses, the one who they could put their stupid, misguided faith in.

Unless, maybe, he could get Angel Dust to swear to secrecy, using Val as a threat... no, no. Valentino would not be happy if Vox got rough with his favorite star.

What now?

"If you think I haven't talked to Val, you're wrong. I went to Val first-- as if I'd choose to talk to you if I didn't have to?" A bitter, petulant laugh slipped through Vox's teeth. "Spare me the comedy."

Valentino had obviously not taken the demands well. Vox had been bringing this up to the moth for years-- the whole 'don't bring Angel home' thing. It never worked. It just made Val mad, half the time. The other half of the time, Val played the victim and guilted Vox about 'the Alastor thing' and how much of a hypocrite he was supposedly being, until Vox gave up.

The thing is... Valentino did not care about the Alastor thing! He'd said it time and time again— maybe he was a little jealous sometimes, or a little annoyed other times— but he genuinely didn't care what Vox was doing with Alastor, as long as Vox was still with him, too!

But Vox did care! He wanted Angel out of the picture! He wasn't snubbing Val for Alastor (although in part because Alastor wanted nothing to do with him in that regard) but Val sure was snubbing him for Angel, or so he felt!

"Pretend you're sick, Angel. Val's a germophobe. He'd send you home."

Or, at the very least, make Angel sleep somewhere other than his bed and keep a distance from him. Even a small victory was a victory when it came to this.

"Don't act like there's nothing you can do. I see you flip back and forth between the guy who cries on the floor of his balcony and the sexy, flirty farce."

He had cameras in every corner of Angel's dressing room. Why not bring it up?

"You're an actor, so act."

"Hey! What in the actual fuck was that fa'!?" He screeched, feeling the fur slightly singe and glaring down at the spot, where the white fluff seemed to be frizzed and standing on end, as if experiencing some bad static electricity. He had thought Valentino was a fucking prick, but Vox was starting to maybe take that prize. At least the moth appreciated him on a good day and -

Oh. Ohhhhh. That all made sense now. He was staring at Vox like he had grown another head, not even fully processing that the other had tried to add insult to injury by implying that Angel's touch was diseased. He already thought it was, anyways, that wouldn't break him more than he had broken himself. But again, he hadn't even noticed, because right now he was beyond confused as well as trying not to completely laugh his ass off.

"Yeh'....yeh' think ah' want....oh mah' fuckin' - holy shit." Alright, there were the giggles, bringing his hands up to his mouth to try to stop it from getting too obnoxious. But he couldn't help it. Was Vox actually serious here? "Yeh' think....ah' want tah' date Val. Is that what this is about?" It had to be. The other's possessive nature wouldn't make any sense unless he had thought Angel Dust was an actual threat.

Listening to the other's demands, Angel rolled his eyes, about to poke the other in his stupid chest but thinking better of it, not wanting to get shocked again. He was already in a bad fucking mood. "Ah' ain't got no choice, Voxxy, or ain't yeh' read mah' contract before? Pretty sure yeh' have, with yeh' stalker-ish tendencies." He waved a hand idly, before crossing his arms stiffly over his chest, shooting a glare.

"Ah' have tah' do anythin' Val asks of meh' while ah'm in the studio. So if ah'm in the studio and he happens tah' ask meh' tah' stay, ah' can't exactly say no. Not if it's a command, not a request." And who was the idiot here? Not him. "Trust meh', ah' would really prefer not tah' stay the night with the man who gets off on beatin' meh' tah' shit. Ain't exactly mah' kink, yeh' hear?"

Wow, this was....this was something else. He ran his hands through his hair, trying to calm himself down, because he really didn't need to be beat up on by yet another member of the Vees. "So don't yeh' be givin' meh' these rules, yeh' dick. If it's such a problem that yeh' boyfriend wants tah' keep meh' around, maybe yeh' should be havin' this conversation with him."

[aceghosts]

Meet and Greet

So, a while ago, I was tagged by @commander-krios to do this Meet and Greet tag meme. I was tagged by @strafethesesinners, @scungilliwoman, @johnnycranes, @adelaidedrubman, @nonfunctioning-queer, @gamer-purgatory, and @derelictheretic to do a different get to know me meme. So, I combined both, and I had to put this under a cut as it got long. I'm not going to tag anyone because I think most people have been tagged. If you haven't been tagged, consider this your chance!

Name: Kate (You can also call me Ace as well!)

Age: 29

Zodiac Sign: Libra (Unfortunately)

Personality Type: INTJ

Interests/Hobbies: Writing, Reading, Playing Video Games, and puzzles. (I discovered cryptograms this year, and now I have a crippling addiction to them.)

Where do you call home: USA

Any tattoos or piercings: Just my ears pierced. I’m too scared of needles to get Tattoos. (I do have Blue hair!)

Fandoms: Mass Effect, FC5, Doctor Who, Control, Dishonored, Fallout, Marvel, Resident Evil, Pokémon, and many more.

Favorite Characters: Commander Shepard, Thane Krios, Tali'Zorah, Garrus Vakarian, Miranda Lawson, Steve Cortez, Wrex, Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, Albert Wesker, Jesse Faden, Frederick Langston, Tenth Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Grace Armstrong, Sharky Boshaw, Arcade Gannon, Nick Valentine, Veronica Santangelo, Natasha Romanov (Comics Nat, not MCU Nat. Same goes for the others.), Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Sharon Carter, Sabriel (Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series), Fang Runin (The Poppy War), Vic McQueen (NOS4A2), and so many others that I can't think of at the moment.

What do you do on Tumblr? I reblog stuff. I write fics and make edits sometimes too!

Currently reading: Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid (I’m very slowly reading through this.)

Currently watching: Nothing. I’m going to see the new Scream movie tomorrow.

Currently daydreaming about… My fics/writing.

In 2022 I look forward to… obviously writing! I’m also looking to trying to read more this year. My reading has dropped since I finished Grad School last year, and I’m hoping to do more this year. I’m also hoping to adopt a dog this year!

Do you collect anything: Books? I may also be starting a type writer collection. (I just got my first one for Christmas.) Also, Jackets. I have so many jackets.

Morning person or night owl: Night Owl forced to be a morning person.

Are you an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist: Depends on the mood.

Are you an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert: Introvert.

A weird or fun fact about yourself: I've read Virgil's Aeneid in Latin and English. I actually took Latin Language classes in high school and college. (I read the Latin version in High School.) I'm actually tempted to pick Latin up again as Latin is such a cool language.

if you could have coffee with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be: Vincent van Gogh. IDK. I really like his art. I'd also love to chat with Jeff VanderMeer and Ray Bradbury too.

Five songs I want to share: (I just think these songs are neat!)

Knights of Cydonia by Muse

Johnny Boy by Twenty One Pilots

You and I (Stripped) by PVRIS

This is How I Disappear by My Chemical Romance

Satellite by Rise Against

[tealenko]

Olay well you offered so I couldn't resist, I want to hear about all of your WIPs you posted about that haven't been asked!!

XDDD You really know how to make me happy 🥰🥰🥰

Whatever it is that Turians do when they are Happy

Fandom: Mass Effect

Ship: Come on... You know it's Shenko (duh!) fShepard x Kaidan

Rating: Teens and up

60% done

Summary: Garrus discovers that Shepard and Kaidan are back together and, of course, he wants to know more, so he (and also Vega) get Kaidan drunk so they can get all the info (this is in fact a one shot that belongs in my "Through Hell and Back" saga, in between part 1 and 2 and mimics a little the 3rd chapter of "Somebody that I Used to Know")

3 Letters

Fandom: Rise of the Tomb Raider

Ship: Lara Croft x Jacob (YAAAAAHHHHSSSS!!) -> I have to amp myself up given the fact that I'm alone in this ship T-T

Rating: Explicit 🤩🤭🥵

100% done in my head, 0% done in reality (I just have the folder and general ideas written down lol~)

Summary: Uff well... you're in for a ride. So, by the end of RotTR, they are both already super in love with each other (btw Jacob doesn't die in my fic, just so you know) but they are two cute potatoes unable to talk to each other so, when the war is over and she's about to leave they both write a letter to confess their feelings (kyaah~ they're sooo made for each other my heart hurts thinking about it T-T) You get to see both of their reactions when they read their letters (my baby Lara always keeps hers in a hidden pocket of the jacket he gives to her -> which she is wearing everytime she is able in SotTR) The story follows Lara a little in SotTR, mostly her missing Jacob tbh, and before the final mission, Lara writes a goodbye letter because she thinks she's gonna die. So the end of the 3rd game happens (where the reason Lara choses to NOT change the world is because of what she learned at the end of the 2nd game -> translation -> because of Jacob) and she goes back to Siberia. They reunite, Lara gives him the "I thought I was going to die so I wrote something so beautiful about you that it will make you cry but now that I'm here I cannot bring myself to say it out loud so here have this" letter, and they finally get together (I hope you're in for the slow burn ehehehe) She stays in Siberia for months, stuff happens, Sofía ends up being the new Chief, and they eventually leave and explore the world together. Bonus: Jonah doesn't know aaaaannnythiiiing LOL They meet again a couple of years after the 3rd game, when she takes Jacob to Paititi, and he's in for A SURPRISE when she appears with Jabob by her side (Ufff.. *Chef's kiss* best thing ever XDDD)

After-party

Fandom: Mass Effect Andromeda

Ship: fRyder x Reyes

Rating: Teens and Up

90% done (honestly, I just have to add a few touches and type it -> I have it in my notebook... but the thought of checking the grammar *ufff* keeps me from finishing it)

Summary: Right after the party where they kiss for the first (and second) time. It's basically Reyes freaking out because of #feels XDD And not knowing what to do with Ryder (Let's be honest, my Ryder is soooooo extra even Reyes has a hard time keeping up with her) I thought Reyes needed this kind of development, you know... That way you can see him go from "latin lover" to desperate in love... This is just the beginning of that change.

Uff... Sorry for the long post XDDD But I get super excited talking about my fics 😊😊😊 Writing them though... Well, that's different story 😅😂

[livelovelaug-h]

Irreplaceable you pt 1

Sam x reader

Summary- inspired by the movie irreplaceable you. Sickness/cancer and a lot of emotions. Definitely grab a box of tissues.

You: "What if we stayed in bed all day?"

" That sounds like the best day ever. We should stay here all week."

You: "What if we got bored?"

"Us, bored? When have we ever been bored?"

" What if we got hungry? What would we do for food?

Sam: "Well, we could order takeout and have it delivered right there."

"you know dean would come in and make us get up."

Sam laughs "Stop. Stop worrying."

~~~~~~~

Full disclosure:

I didn't have to worry about any of that, because this is where my story ends. So does yours, by the way. So does everyone's.

It's okay. Really.

Most of it I don't miss at all.

One with nature.

Really.

Calm. Peaceful.

But then, there's Sam.

Sam was... is the love of my life.

Sams walking to your grave. You narratoring: " Hi, Sam."

Sam by your grave: "Hi, y/n."

But let's start at the beginning.

~~~~~

Even with being a hunter, you were so excited. You were late for your period, it had been a couple weeks late. Now it felt like you were bloated like maybe a baby bump showing.

"Sam?"

"Hey what's up ?" He answers as you walk into the library.

"I kind of have some good news." Siting down next to him.

"oh yeah what's that ?"

You smile big "well... we need to make a doctors appointment. Because... I think I'm pregnant. I haven't had my period for about two months."

His turn to smile real big "really????" You nod.

"This so great, I'm gonna be a dad.!" He hugs you and kissed your forehead then nose and then lips. "And I'm gonna be a mom."

You set up your doctors appointment for about a week later. You were getting some stomach pains. You got up to throw away your wrapper when:. "ah ouchhh".

'Why does this hurt so much.' you thought.

You were waiting for the doctor to come back and confirm your good news !

There's a big picture of a baby inside of a belly showing the insides and sam says

"that picture makes it look gross and painful."

"that's not helpful!" The doctor comes in:

"I'm so sorry to keep you waiting."

"Um, y/n, I have some difficult news. The blood test shows that you are not pregnant.

Oh. Sam grabs ahold of your hands and squeezes them.

" Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Oh, okay." It felt like someone just ripped your heart out but you couldn't believe it. Sam started rubbing your arms and hands.

"I guess that's okay. I- I mean, the whole thing was kind of a surprise... Yeah. We probably weren't even ready."

" Right-"

"It-it-it's just.. its weird 'cause, um, I know it's super early but I really feel something there." You say.

"The sonogram shows that you have a mass in your pelvis roughly the size of a tangerine. It can mimic pregnancy."

"A mass?"

"What kind of a mass?" Sam asks. He looked pretty discouraged to.

[Dr. Michaelson] "I don't want you guys to panic, because it couldbe nothing."

There's this moment

when everything changes.

You look back, and there was the moment before.

See that person?

Flashback to a few minutes -

"It's not helpful!"

She's thinking about whether she's hoping for a boy or a girl, and tiny fingers and toes, and then...

[Dr. Michaelson] "I'm so sorry to keep you waiting."

[you] and now Suddenly...

End of flashback

~~~~~~~~

You and Sam were laying down in bed:

"At least we won't have to pay for college." You say.

"Unless it's a really smart tumor... Too soon?" He says.

You sigh "It's too soon."

"A tangerine is better than an orange." You say.

"Or a grapefruit."

"Right. Or, um... What's bigger than a grapefruit?"

both of you say "A watermelon."

Cas can't heal you because he's human so there is really no other option.

.... At the doctors again .....

Did I say that was the moment?

[Dr. Kessler] "It's two tangerines and a grapefruit."

Correction, this is the moment.

"That's a lot of fruit."

[Dr. Kessler] "Uh, the tests have shown that it is cancer. And I know how hard this must be to hear. It's incredibly rare in someone your age. It's just... It's just terrible luck. Now we can talk aboutoptions whenever you're ready."

"Is there one that doesn't involve dying?" You ask.

[Dr. Kessler] "Uh, I-I've already consulted with a colleague, and after the initialsurgery, there's a clinical trial I'd like to enroll you in"

"You didn't answer my question."

Did he answer my question?

[Dr. Kessler] "We don't like to make predictions. But in addition to your treatment, I want to talk to you about your quality of life. Uh, we can help with pain management and some palliative care. And also some people have found great solace from supportgroups. I know this is a terribleshock, but let's take it one day at a time."

You knew you would go out one day probably hunting, but not like this. Not cancer.

"hello yes I would like to cancel my subscription to you guys."

"oh why is that?"

"I just have cancer now so I figured I wouldn't really be exercising."

"oh that's terrible. Are you sure you want to cancel?"

"yes . ... I am."

~~~~~ later that night ~~~~~~

Sam: "how you feeling?"

"I'm scared."

"It's-It's gonna be okay."

"What if I die?"

"We're gonna fight this, I'll always be there for you"

~~~~

Your laying on the floor because They say after surgery there's gonna be some minor discomfort.

It's Stage IV cancer.

Nothing is minor.

Nothing is comfortable.

Your doctor talking :

"So, let's, um, let's take another look at the proposed model for auto-associative memory and its constituent neural network."

'Or not. Let's not and say we did. Class dismissed.' you think.

you're walking to the other clinic and the guy greets me. "Hey."

"Hi."

"How's it going? I'm Dominic."

"y/n, Nice to meet you."

"I'm gonna be running your treatment suite."

"Treatment suite? "

"Oh, yeah, don't get excited. It doesn't even have four walls. Uh, go ahead and grab a seat right there. For the next time, you're probably gonna want to bring your own pillow in from home. You're also gonna need your cell phone with headphones and grab a magazine. Some of these guys tend to hoard 'em. You're gonna end up reading an old ripped up copy of Duck Enthusiast.

"Oh. It's okay, I don't read Duck Enthusiast. "

"Yeah, well, you will. All right, feet up. " he says.

"Uh, yes, you will feel like shit after this, but it's different for everybody. And no, your hair isn't gonna fall out right away. And besides, it looks like you have plenty of it, so you're doing good. Uh, and if you need snacks, you got to bring them from home."

Great. Just great.

You walk into one of the support groups.

"Hey."

"Come on in. We're just getting started. " the girl says. "Go grab yourself a hook and yarn."

One of the people in the group start saying "have you heard of Catholic yoga? It's a full Latin Mass with vinyasa yoga positions, and I come out... "

"You serious? " someone asks. "yeah!"

"How is Estelle holding up?"

"She's good. There's a new hawk in Central Park. Every morning we go out there and watch the little guy. I hope she keeps up the bird-watching after I'm gone. With whatever new guy she's banging.

[laughs]

"Welcome to group." they all say. "It's the way we roll."

" We have fun. "

"Cool." you say. The end of session finishes up and you start walking away when the guy who was talking about the bird calls to you.:

"The whole point is to mingle. "

"Not feeling up to it. " you say.

"Neither does anybody. That's why we do it. Myron. Multiple myeloma. You've never heard of it? Stay a while. " he says.

"I'm not really a mingler. "

"Not a crocheter either, apparently. "

"Didn't have time for pointless hobbies then, really don't have time for them now, and I'm especially uninterested in discovering that crocheting is a metaphor for healing or whatever."

"What you're feeling is totally normal." Myron says.

"You know, I wish people would stop telling me that totally insane things are normal."

"Have you looked around? "

"But you just accept that? You just accept everything that's going on? You make jokes about your wife having a new boyfriend?"

"I don't accept it, but in the event that I do kick the bucket, I hope she does find a boyfriend. Somebody nice. Less well-endowed to be sure, but nice. "

"Well, I just think I am in a different situation. Sam and I met when we were kids, and then started dating 10 years ago."

"How old is he? "

" Thirty-five."

"Yeah, he's gonna go through a major slut phase."

You laugh.

"I also have Tourette's."

You- "Good to know."

"Yeah. You come back."

"Nice to meet you, Myron."

"Nice to meet you, y/n."

"And thanks for the advice. "

" All right"

~~~~~~~~~~~

"Are you gonna go through a slut phase?" You ask Sam.

"What? No. Why would you say that?"

"You're not even thinking about it?"

"That's the absolute furthest thing from my mind right now. It's further than like meeting someone on Tinder." You chuckle.

"Okay, but Tinder can't be that far from your mind because you just said it, which means you had to be thinking about it, which means you're thinking about this too."

"Yeah. I'm busted." Sam says.

"I'm serious. Look at you. The puppy-dog eyes.

"What?"

" This is a disaster. "

Sam: "What are you talking about?"

"You don't know. Because you have no experience. Women are gonna eat you alive."

" I can take care of myself."

"I know But what if you can't? Who's going to get you to go to bed and stop researching? Who's going to make you real food?"

"you don't make me real food."

"Yeah, but I would, hypothetically. "

"Well, our hypothetical food has been in the freezer for like a year." You got up and started near the kitchen.

"What are you doing?"

"Figuring out how to cook a real meal."

"Now?"

"No time like the present."

"How do I cook a chicken?" You say into the phone.

[Siri] Let me think about that.

Okay, I found this on the web for "How do I cook a chicken?"

"It's gonna be amazing."

~~~~~~~~~~

Just 'cause you're dying

doesn't mean your life stops.

Sam has been through so much so maybe if you found him a new girl, he wouldn't think about your passing.

In group support-

"And so, uh, when my numbers came back this time, I just, honestly, I just thought I can't keep fighting."

[Kate] "Jim, you don't have to go there. 'Cause it's all about attitude. "

"Well, let's let Jim have his process."

[Kate] "Oh, absolutely. Yeah. I just think that his process should be more positive. Everyone is entitled to... to be sad."

"Thank you."

"You know what I'm loving these days is meditation. And I... I know it sounds trite, but I just have been feeling so blessed every time I sit there in silence. Maybe you could try that now?

You laugh.

"Or we could laugh."

"That's okay too. "

" Sorry. I'm sorry. Just... Some of these women are so cheesy. "I want to dip you in whipped cream and put my cherry on top." What does that even mean, anatomically speaking?" You ask.

"Using a sundae model as a sexual proposition. It is confusing. I have to s... " Myron says.

"I mean, cherry... cherry's got to be a hymen, right?" You ask.

"Probably a busted hymen." You giggle.

[Kate] "Mm-hmm."

"I... I, um... mine broke on a horse. And me, I was born without one. So... It was my favorite horse, though. " ......

"Okay, uh, that's about it for today. "

~~~~~~~~~~

"Were you sexting just now?" Myron asks while you sitting down looking through tinder.

"Let me have my process." You say.

"Your process is sexting?"

"You're the one who said Sam would go through a slut phase. I thought you were crazy, but then I thought about it more, and he's gonna be a chick magnet. he already is And the worst part is, he's gonna have no idea how to handle it because he's going to be too sad. He hasn't dated to many people in his life. He's gonna be lonely and vulnerable. He already lost his fiance."

"Classic rookie mistake. " Myron states.

"What are you talking about? "

"Thinking you can do something to lessen the loss. There's a word for what you're doing. It's a technical term. You want to know it?"

You: "No, thanks."

"Anticipatory grieving.' Trying to cope with the loss before it happens. So, Meryl over there writes a birthday card to her husband for every year she's gonna be gone, and Jim... makes a video montage of himself as Santa for all the Christmases he's gonna miss with his kids. It doesn't change anything. Look, what do I know? My advice? You're hooking him up, concentrate on a booty. Yours, you know, it's... it's flat."

You laugh "My booty is not flat."

"You have a terrible ass. "

"Fuck you."

"Here, give me that. Oh, you got a match. Sexypants89."

"Okay, let me see that."

~~~~~~~~~~

You started interviewing girls that Sam got a match on from tinder at a coffee shop.

To be continued.

[jdmainman123]

And once again the blacks are pretending not to know yet fish copying white skin behaviors although ignoring the law and order they said forward YOU KNOW PICKING OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND THEN LAUGHING AT THE REST BECAUSE IT'S JUST ONE MAN

THE BLACKS ARE PRETENDING TO BE IN A BUBBLE NOT READING WHAT I'M SAYING BECAUSE THE WHITE HAIR WHITES CAME IN SAYING IT WOULD FORCE A RELAPSE FORCE YOU BLACKS TO REMEMBER THE ACTION DENSE WHAT FORCED YOU TO BE BLACK

And here I am again in co-ops with the black skin and the white man who clearly know who I am but pretending they don't know me

AND I ALREADY TOLD YOU IT'S TOO OLD AND TOO LATE FOR YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE THESE ANTICS WHEN I ALREADY TOLD YOU I DON'T NEED YOU THAT'S WHY I WAS FORCED TO KIDNAP HERE what have you ever done for me was it and you being a satellite maker isn't the answer today I'M JUST THE MAN WHO DONE NOTHING FOR YOU WHO YOU DON'T NEED IS THE ANSWER I'M LOOKING FOR

So for you to pretend to not know me to treat me anyway you want just cuz you know a black skin man that knows

And I already pronounce all you white skin satellite makers dead I mean satellite operator's dead for one reason you know the blacks can rule outside you know the boys we've for 5 years been baby proof in the city for this little white skin boy not to see any black skin men AND FOR THEM TO BE OUT THERE AROUND THESE FAMILIES I SAID EVERY WHITE SKIN CELLULITE OPERATOR WHO KNOWS THIS IS SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING

And it's not pronounced dead no daughter I believe the same satellite maker and satellite operator are sharing the same dead daughter challenging me to protect a favor for another man's daughter at another airport in another city far far away

And if it wasn't for your idiocracy of English and and me witnessing the Spanish invade the islands of English for 15 years from Ireland

For 15 years we watch this and then you guys built the site and you're telling me the latins haven't built it in Spanish and built it to capture an African-American team of a satellite operators and white skin men to hold us accountable to one word we can't think anything we can't think really THE WORD ANTECEDENT IS LATIN FOR IT TO BE ON HER SATELLITE SPECIFICALLY SAYS ONE THING THE SOUND BABY THE SOUND PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WORDS ENGLISH OR SPANISH OR FRENCH this is the most language you know these are the only words they know the accent that

And for you guys that protest at school and kidnap me here because I know a few extra words I was handed another sheet of paper with a few extra words they said that I would need the way they were spelled to know the sound AND SHE SAID IT WAS CALLED BLACK MASS JUSTICE AND MIKE WAS CALLED BLACK MESH JUSTICE BECAUSE WE LOSE YOUR CHOSEN NAME

Then I want you to battle was over when we when we threw up our hands in court me white hair white skin Jason in snow and yacht fish threw up her hands it's over we got them all off our backs AND THEN YOU GUYS BRING HIM FORWARD ONCE AGAIN CLAIMING THE ENTIRE BLACK RACE LAX 34TH AND DALLAS THEY ALL HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO THIS BOY ONCE AGAIN

And I told you your satellite called Black Mass this is officially a family of a white hair white skin man that is not welcome on my beach that does not have a yacht that doesn't have a daughter with us IF HE THINKS IT'S FUNNY TO EMPLOY HIS ENTIRE BLACKSKIN ARMY AFTER ME I'LL JUST FACILITY AND ATTACK ME FOR ONE WORD DAUGHTER AND NOT AMIGA IN SPANISH #AMIGA

[majestywritez]

Reasons for War:

Source ^^^

Hey everyone!! Todays post will just be me explaining the eight main reasons for War. This can be useful in many of you all's stories and even some who are looking to write a war but have not yet come up with a reason for why the war is going on. I got this idea a couple of days ago when I was researching things about war for a new WIP I've come up with. Okay, lets get started!

What is War?

Obviously we want to go over what war actually is before we get into why they happen. War is usually defined as a country or group of countries against an opposing country or group with the aim of achieving an objective through the use of force. Wars can also be fought within a country in the form of a civil or revolutionary war.

Eight Main Causes of War

Economic Gain

Territorial Gain

Religion

Nationalism

Revenge

Civil War

Revolutionary War

Defensive War

Economic Gain:

Wars can often be caused by one country's desire to take control of another country's wealth. There is almost always an economic motive underlying most conflicts, even if the stated aim of the war is presented to the public as something more noble.

In pre-industrial times, the gains desired by a warring country might be precious materials such as gold and silver, or livestock such as cattle and horses.

In modern times, the resources that are hoped to be gained from war take the form of things like oil, minerals, or materials used in manufacturing.

Historical Examples of Wars Fought for Economic Gain

Anglo-Indian Wars (1766-1849) – The Anglo-Indian wars were a series of wars fought between the British East India Company and different Indian states. These wars led to the establishment of British colonial rule in India, which gave Britain unrestricted access to exotic and valuable resources native to the Indian continent.

Finnish-Soviet War or "The Winter War" (1939-1940) – Stalin and his Soviet Army wanted to mine Nickel and Finland, but when the Finnish refused, the Soviet Union waged war on the country.

Territorial Gain:

A country might decide that it needs more land, either for many different purposes. Territory can also be used as “buffer zones” between two hostile enemies.

Related to buffer zones are proxy wars. These are conflicts that are fought indirectly between opposing powers in a third country. Each power supports the side which best suits their logistical, military, and economic interests.

Proxy wars were most common during the Cold War.

Historical Examples of Wars Fought for Territorial Gain

Mexican-American War (1846-1848) – This war was fought following the annexation of Texas, with Mexico still claiming the land as their own. The U.S. outfought the Mexicans, retaining Texas and incorporating it as a state.

Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885-1886) – Bulgaria and Serbia fought over a small border town after the river creating the border between the countries moved.

Arab-Israeli War or "Six Day War" (1967-1988) – Israeli forces took the territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, from Jordan.

Religion:

Religious conflicts often have very deep roots. They can lie dormant for decades, only to re-emerge in a flash at a later date.

They can often be tied to other reasons for conflict, such as nationalism or revenge for a perceived historical slight in the past.

Although different religions fighting against each other can be a cause of war, different sects within a religion (for example, Protestant and Catholic, or Sunni and Shiite) battling against one another can also instigate war.

Historical Examples of Wars Fought for Religion

The Crusades (1095-1291) – The Crusades were a series wars sanctioned by the Latin Church during the medieval age. The aim of crusaders was to expel Islam and spread Christianity.

Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) – When Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II tried to impose Roman Catholicism on the people of his domains, a faction of Protestants from the north banded together, sparking war.

Nationalism:

In this context nationalism means attempting to prove that your country is superior to another by violent subjugation. This often takes the form of an invasion.

Related to nationalism is imperialism, which is built on the idea that conquering other countries is glorious and brings honor and esteem to the conqueror.

Racism can also be linked to nationalism, as can be seen in Hitler’s Germany. Adolf Hitler went to war with Russia partly because the Russians (and eastern Europeans in general) were seen as Slavs, or a group of people who the Nazis believed to be an inferior race.

Historical Examples of Wars Fought for Nationalism

Chichimeca War (1550-1590) – The Chichimeca war was one of many wars fought during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec civilization in modern day Mexico.

World War I (1914-1918) – Extreme loyalty and patriotism caused many countries to become involved in the first world war. Many pre-war Europeans believed in the cultural, economic and military supremacy of their nation.

Revenge:

Seeking to punish, redress a grievance, or strike back for a perceived slight can often be a factor in the waging of war. Revenge also relates to nationalism, as the people of a country which has been wronged are motivated to fight back by pride and spirit.

Unfortunately, this can lead to an endless chain of retaliatory wars being set in motion which is very difficult to stop.

Revenge has been a factor in many European wars.

Historical Examples of Wars Fought for Revenge

World War II (1939-1945) – The rise of the Nazi Socialist Party and Germany's eventual domination of the European continent were direct results of the Treaty of Versailles, which imposed strict punishments on Germany.

War on Terror – The September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 prompted President George W. Bush to initiate a war on terror. This global war began with an invasion of Iraq and is ongoing.

Civil War:

Civil wars usually take place when there is sharp internal disagreement within a country. The disagreement can be about who rules, how the country should be run or the people's rights. These internal rifts often turn into chasms that result in violent conflict between two or more opposing groups.

Civil wars can also be sparked by separatist groups who want to form their own, independent country, or, as in the case of the American Civil War, states wanting to secede from a larger union.

Historical Examples of Civil Wars

American Civil War (1861-1865) - The American Civil War was fought by the Union army and the Confederate army as a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery.

Russian Civil War (1917-1923) – The Russian Civil War followed immediately after the Russian Revolution, with the Red Army and the White Army vying to determine Russia's political future.

Revolutionary War:

Revolutionary Wars happen when a large section of the population of a country revolts against the individual or group that rules the country because they are dissatisfied with their leadership, hence striking a revolution.

Revolutions can begin for a variety of reasons, including economic hardship amongst certain sections of the population or perceived injustices committed by the ruling group. Other factors can contribute too, such as unpopular wars with other countries.

These wars can easily descend into civil wars.

Historical Examples of Revolutionary Wars

Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668) – The Portuguese revolution ended the 60-year rule of Portugal by Spain.

American Revolution (1775-1783) – The American Revolution gave the 13 North American colonies independence from British rule and established the United States of America.

Defensive War:

In the modern world, where military aggression is more widely questioned, countries will often argue that they are fighting in a purely defensive capacity against an aggressor, or potential aggressor, and that their war is therefore a “just” war.

These defensive wars can be especially controversial when they are launched preemptively, the argument essentially being that: “We are attacking them before they inevitably attack us."

Historical Examples of Defensive Wars

Iraqi Conflict (2003-Present) – An international coalition, led by the US, invaded Iraq on the grounds that the country's leader, Saddam Hussein, was developing weapons of mass destruction, and therefore presented a threat to surrounding countries and rest of the world. The war was controversial as the allegations made about the weapons of mass destruction made by the US and UK were shown to lack substance.

Alright, we've now finished our overview of the eight main causes for war. I hope this helped anyone writing wars at the moment. Also welcome back everyone. I haven't been active in a couple weeks but I am now back to posting for you guys. I've missed you all so much! School ends today, finally!